U.S. Homstead
N 38° 47.938 W 079° 53.768
17S E 595856 N 4295046
Tells what the federal goverment provided to help families move back to the land during the Great Depression.
Waymark Code: WMECRM
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 05/08/2012
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U. S. Homestead
A federal New Deal project to move families back to the land during the Great Depression. Homes had water, electricity, barn, chicken coop, cellar and garden. Community had school, store, gas station, workshops, lumber mill, and quarry. U.S. government built 198 homes at Valley Bend and Dailey. Sold to private owners in 1946~47.
Marker Number: none
Marker Title: U. S. Homestead
Marker Location: In Dailey North West of Rt 92.
County or Independent City: Dailey
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Division of Archives and History, 2008
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