How FDR's Federal Relief Program Helped Rebuild Nevada

Update: 2019-02-06

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In the 1930's, the effects of the Great Depression reached nearly every community in the United States. In this segment of Time & Place, Historian Alicia Barber describes one federal relief program that helped rebuild Nevada while putting thousands of Americans back on their feet.

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How FDR's Federal Relief Program Helped Rebuild Nevada

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How FDR's Federal Relief Program Helped Rebuild Nevada

Alicia Barber

How FDR's Federal Relief Program Helped Rebuild Nevada