July 2010 | RUNOHIO
| | New Deal Festival 5K, Arthurdale, WV, 5km, Mary Ellen Smith (304) 256-6941. Band of Brothers Kicking Cancer 5K, Buckhannon, WV, Andrew Shay (304) 472-0789. John Henry Day 4 Mile, Talcott, WV, 4 mile, Donna Wykle (304) 466-0444 ... | |
The Peculiar History of Arthurdale - C.J. Maloney - Mises Daily
| | Today the town has a wonderful museum that keeps the memory of her beginnings alive, and every year the residents, many descendants of the original settlers, play host to the New Deal festival.[22] ... CJ Maloney lives and works in New York City. He blogs for Liberty & Power on the History News Network website. His first book (Like Moving Into Heaven: Arthurdale, West Virginia and the New Deal) is to be released by John Wiley and Sons in February 2011. Send him mail. ... | |
2009 New Deal Festival Schedule of Events
| | WV & Regional History Collection Arthurdale Exhibit (Inn). 10:30 am – Homesteader Panel Discussion (Inn). 11:00 am – Chicken Dinners and Festival Food (Center Hall) Music: The Riggins Brothers (AH Center) Guided Tours of the Arthurdale ... | |
Saturday, July, 11 , 2009 - New Deal Festival
| | Revisit the 1930s at the New Deal Festival in Arthurdale, WV. The 2009 New Deal Festival is July 10-12, 2009 in Arthurdale WV. It will feature great food, new exhibits in the New Deal Homestead Museum, artisan demonstrations, ... | |
2009 New Deal Festival THANKS YOU!
| | Arthurdale Heritage, Inc. and the New Deal Festival planning committee thanks you for your support of the New Deal Festival. We had a great turn out and hope all of you plan on attending next year on July 10, 2010. ... | |
2 of 2 Parts. Arthurdale, West Virginia, 1933: Historic First FDR ...
| | Fabbri, “The New Deal's Arthurdale Project in West Virginia,” West Virginia History, XXXVI, No. 4 (July l975), pp. 291-308; Holly Cowan, “Arthurdale,” Columbia University Faculty of Political Science thesis, 1968?; Kathleen Irwin, ... | |
The Genealogue: A Town Poorly Planned for the Poor
| | Arthurdale, West Virginia, has a peculiar history. It was America's first New Deal Homestead—a community designed by the federal government under the watchful eye of Eleanor Roosevelt. Like so many other projects planned in Washington, it quickly went over budget. ... Today the town has a wonderful museum that keeps the memory of her beginnings alive, and every year the residents, many descendants of the original settlers, play host to the New Deal festival. ... | |
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