Arthurdale, West Virginia
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arthurdale-west-virginia-256-12542598
title:
Arthurdale, West Virginia
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Arthurdale is an unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. It was built in 1933 at the height of the Great Depression as a social experiment to provide opportunities for unemployed local miners and farmers. Arthurdale was undertaken by the short-lived Subsistence Homesteads Division and with the personal involvement of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who used her influence to win government approval for the scheme. The aim was to encourage self-sufficiency and reduc
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description:
Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthurdale,_West_Virginia
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date modified:
2024-02-15T02:25:59Z
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13
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