Works Progress Administration

A program of the New Deal in the 1930s. The WPA built sidewalks, government buildings, and similar public works throughout the United States. During the Great Depression , the WPA employed many people who could not find other work.

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Some steps would offend some Republicans, such as restarting a modern version of the Depression era Works Progress Administration.

The first trails at the area were cut by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the winter of 1936.

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