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Facts about Duluth Homesteads
Title
Facts about Duluth Homesteads
Subject
subsistence homesteads
Excerpt
Duluth Homesteads. In St. Louis County, northeast Minnesota, 7 miles west Duluth and 4 miles north of Proctor. Initiated by Subsistence Homesteads Division of the Department of the Interior. Transferred to the Resettlement Administration by Executive Order. Preliminary R. A. approval, December 30, 1935. Final approval, February 13, 1936. Construction started in June, 1936.
To relieve the housing shortage near Duluth by providing homesteads for low- income families. These families, who are subject to part-time employment, will try to increase their real income by raising food crops at home.
This subsistence homestead community project of 1,220 acres has 84 homesites of 5 and 10 acres each. Homesteaders will raise garden crops and berries, for which soil and climatic conditions are favorable, to supplement income for employment in the city of Duluth. Approximately 400 acres will be reserved for future development.
To relieve the housing shortage near Duluth by providing homesteads for low- income families. These families, who are subject to part-time employment, will try to increase their real income by raising food crops at home.
This subsistence homestead community project of 1,220 acres has 84 homesites of 5 and 10 acres each. Homesteaders will raise garden crops and berries, for which soil and climatic conditions are favorable, to supplement income for employment in the city of Duluth. Approximately 400 acres will be reserved for future development.
Creator
Farm Security Administration
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Date
n.d.
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