Near Quanah in Hardeman County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
W. P. A. Sanitation Project
Photographed By Bill Kirchner, June 8, 2017
1. W. P. A. Sanitation Project Marker
Inscription.
W. P. A. Sanitation Project. . In 1937 the State of Texas and Hardeman County worked with President Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration in an attempt to provide much-needed employment to indigent citizens and replace unsanitary privies with improved facilities. The advantages of these structures included a decrease in such diseases as typhoid fever, hookworm and dysentery. The privies featured fly-tight construction and were carefully placed in areas where they could not pollute the water supply. One toilet was placed on this site behind the Hicks and Cobb General Merchandise store. When it was destroyed, another privy was moved from where it originally stood on the property of the Bellamy family. W. H. Bellamy and his family were Medicine Mound town founders.
In 1937 the State of Texas and Hardeman County worked with President Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration in an attempt to provide much-needed employment to indigent citizens and replace unsanitary privies with improved facilities. The advantages of these structures included a decrease in such diseases as typhoid fever, hookworm and dysentery. The privies featured fly-tight construction and were carefully placed in areas where they could not pollute the water supply. One toilet was placed on this site behind the Hicks & Cobb General Merchandise store. When it was destroyed, another privy was moved from where it originally stood on the property of the Bellamy family. W. H. Bellamy and his family were Medicine Mound town founders.
Erected 1999 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 11929.)
Location. 34° 11.235′ N, 99° 35.681′ W. Marker is near Quanah, Texas, in Hardeman County. Marker is on Highway 91 Spur east of Farm to Market Road
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1167, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Quanah TX 79252, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Hicks & Cobb General Merchandise Store Marker, Medicine Mound Community Marker and W.P.A. Sanitation Project Marker.
Photographed By Bill Kirchner, June 8, 2017
3. Privy behind Hicks & Cobb General Merchandise Store
Bellamy family privy structure reported destroyed in Jun 2008. This is a reproduction.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 2, 2017. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2017, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 281 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on July 2, 2017, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona.