In 1937 the Farm Security Administration set out to discover a new system of farming for Southeastern I'd s sour i which would work better than the old. It decided to take the same land and the same people who had failed under the old system, and try to find new methods which might lead them to success.

Since the problems of Southeastern…

Initiated by the Division of Subsistence Homesteads of the Department of the Interior in March 1934, the Granger Homesteads project was transferred to the Resettlement Administration. May 15, 1935. Occupants were admitted in December 1935.

Purpose of Project: The Granger Homesteads was constructed to provide 50 miners' families with modern homes…

The project was designed to establish a community for tenant-farmer families and low- income families forced to go on relief because of poor farming land or because of drought. These families are being given an opportunity to become self-supporting and to raise their standard of living.

Most of the 5,305 acres of this agricultural community…

Initiated by the Division of Subsistence Homesteads of the Department of the Interior in December, 1933, the Wichita Gardens project was placed under the supervision of the Resettlement Administration in May, 1935. It was completed August 15 of that year. On September 1, 1937, the project was placed under the jurisdiction of the Farm Security…

Three Rivers Gardens was initiated as a subsistence homesteads project under the Division of Subsistence Homesteads of the Department of Interior in January, 1934. In June, 1935, Federal supervision was transferred to the Resettlement Administration and the project was completed as of August, 1935.

Three Rivers Gardens is a subsistence…

Initiated by the Subsistence Homesteads Division of the Department of the Interior, March 3, 1934, San Fernando Homesteads was transferred to the Resettlement Administration for completion, in June, 1935. Construction work was finished November 9, 1935.

PURPOSE OF PROJECT: San Fernando is a subsistence homesteads project for low-income families…

The Resettlement Administration established Highland Farms, later known as Sam Houston Farms, in 1956. The management of the project was transferred in
1937 to the Farm Security Administration, successor to the prior agency.

Sam Houston Farms was established as a practical demonstration in assisting farm tenants and other distressed farm…

Richton Homesteads were started by the Subsistence Homesteads Division of the Department of the Interior on December 15, 1933, and was transferred to the Resettlement Administration by Executive Order, May 15, 1935. The project is now under the jurisdiction of the Farm Security Administration.

Purpose of Project: The project was initiated to…

The project was originally planned by the Trustees of the University of Georgia and was later transferred to the Division of Subsistence Homesteads of the Department of the Interior. On May 15, 1935, it was placed under the jurisdiction of the Resettlement Administration.

Purpose of Project: The Piedmont Homesteads was planned to establish low-…

Initiated by the Division of Subsistence Homesteads of the Department of the Interior, the Phoenix Homesteads project was completed by the Resettlement Administration on September 7, 1935.

In the development of this project, a number of objectives were considered. A primary purpose was to provide housing facilities for low- income families…

Initiated by the Division of Subsistence Homesteads of the Interior, the project was transferred to the Resettlement Administration, May 15, 1935. Unit A, consisting of 60 homesteads, was completed December 3, 1935, and Unit B, consisting of 42 additional homesteads, was completed during the early months of 1937, making a total of 102 homesteads in…

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT: Initiated by the Division of Subsistence Homesteads of the Department of Interior. Transferred to the Resettlement Administration by Executive Order, Kay 15, 1935. Construction started in January, 1936.

PURPOSE OF PROJECT: To provide subsistence homesteads for low-income families dependent upon part-time or full-time…

Magnolia Homesteads were initiated by the Subsistence Homesteads Division of the Department of the Interior, December 15, 1933. The project was transferred to the Resettlement Administration by Executive Order on May 15, 1935, and is at the present under the supervision of the Farm Security Administration.

The purpose of the project is to…

Initiated by the Division of Subsistence Homesteads, March 3, 1934, and transferred to the Resettlement Administration in May, 1935.

Longview Homesteads is a subsistence homesteads project for low-income industrial families who are employed in the lumbering and wood processing plants in the vicinity. It purposes to provide better housing and…

Lake County Homesteads was initiated by the Subsistence Homesteads Division of the Department of the Interior, March 29, 1934. On July 20, 1935, the project was transferred to the Resettlement Administration, and it is now under the supervision of the Farm Security Administration.

This project was established to enable families employed in…

Houston Gardens was initiated by the Division of Subsistence Homesteads of the Department of the Interior, in the winter of 1933. It was transferred to the Resettlement Administration by Executive Order, May 15, 1935, and completed on November 16 of that year.

A subsistence homesteads community, the Houston Gardens project will provide homes for…

Hattiesburg Homesteads were initiated by the Subsistence Homesteads Division of the Department of the Interior, January 13, 1934. On May 15, 1935 the project was transferred to the Resettlement Administration by Executive Order, and it is now under the jurisdiction of the Farm Security Administration.

Purpose of the Project: The project was…

Initiated by the Division of Subsistence Homesteads, of the Department of the Interior, Greenwood Homesteads was transferred to the Resettlement Administration by Executive Order, May 15, 1935. Construction was started in January, 1S36.

This subsistence homestead community project was undertaken to help low-income families, dependent upon…

Started by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration in October, 1934, through the Nebraska Rehabilitation Corporation, Transferred to the Resettlement Administration, October 1, 1935.

PURPOSE OF PROJECT: To provide ten subsistence homesteads for low-income families formerly on relief rolls. Through intensive cultivation of their 7 acre…

The Fairbury Farmsteads project was initiated by the
Federal Emergency Relief Administration in September 1934 through the Nebraska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation as an agricultural community. The management of the project assets were transferred to the Resettlement Administration in the Spring of 1936.

Purpose of the Project: This project…