Facts about Three Rivers Gardens
Title
Facts about Three Rivers Gardens
Subject
subsistence homesteads
Excerpt
Three Rivers Gardens was initiated as a subsistence homesteads project under the Division of Subsistence Homesteads of the Department of Interior in January, 1934. In June, 1935, Federal supervision was transferred to the Resettlement Administration and the project was completed as of August, 1935.
Three Rivers Gardens is a subsistence homesteads community for low-income families who are employed on a full or part-time basis in the trades and industries of Three Rivers, George West and the vicinity. It provides better housing and living conditions and allows these low-income families to increase their incomes by the production of a major portion of food in subsistence garden plots.
Three Rivers Gardens is a subsistence homesteads community for low-income families who are employed on a full or part-time basis in the trades and industries of Three Rivers, George West and the vicinity. It provides better housing and living conditions and allows these low-income families to increase their incomes by the production of a major portion of food in subsistence garden plots.
Creator
Farm Security Administration
Date
n.d.
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