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Funding Approved for 6 CWA Projects in Daviess County, MO

Funding Approved for 6 CWA Projects in Daviess County, MO

The Great Depression

In 1933 there were six Civil Works Administration (CWA) projects scheduled to be initiated in Daviess County, MO: Improving the road from Brown Cemetery and building roads and fences within Brown and Lile cemeteries, in the sum of $1,675. Building city sewer serving...
Funding Approved for 6 CWA Projects in Daviess County, MO

CWA Funds Distribution Helps More But Not As Intended

The Great Depression

By 1933, Civil Works Administration (CWA) funds were being misused by spreading the money more thinly and enabling more people to work. This was contrary to the president’s original plan to provide a 30-hour work week for the same employees and on a permanent...

Visit the 1889 Squirrel Cage Jail, located 2 blocks west of the Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin, MO. This historic relic is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as a visitors’ center — by appointment,
Trudi Burton, ph: 660.663.7342

Search digital posts from 1999 to 2021:
GallatinNorthMissourian.com

Read the last special edition published by the Gallatin North Missourian in 2021:
Daviess County History Guide

Recent Posts

  • Everly Cemetery: Oldest Gravestone of Grand River Twp. (1835) March 7, 2023
  • Yesteryear Photographs of Jameson, MO March 7, 2023
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