"Hidden gems" come in all shapes and sizes. In most cases, the term refers to significant discoveries of physical things, such as restaurants, towns, and landmarks. But fascinating little pieces of history can count, I think. So I count this one.

Works Progress Administration

As part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program, the Works Progress Administration was established in 1935 to create jobs for millions of unemployed Americans. Many of the jobs were infrastructural (bridge, road, and public building construction, for example), but a WPA initiative called Federal Project Number One also employed artists, musicians, actors, and writers, as well as members of other cultural professions.

Pack Horse Librarians

One of the WPA's projects was a drive to promote literac

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