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Photo Credits 29 Morning Sun News-Herald; Mason City References Cited
Globe-Gazette.
Except where noted, images were obtained from the Bauer, Patrick B.
public domain via online websites. 30 Iowa Conservation Commission, table titled
OSA—provided by the University of Iowa Office of “Iowa Inland River Dams.” 1989 Farm Mortgagor Relief Legislation in Iowa
the State Archaeologist. during the Great Depression. Annals of
LCHS—digital image from Dennis McGlaughlin cour- 31 Such practices are described in handbooks Iowa 50:23–62.
tesy of the Littleton and Chatham Historical Society. of the period, such as Edward Wegmann’s
LCHS-FFPC—digital images from the Fisher family classic treatise The Design and Construc- Bender, Robert J.
photography collection courtesy of the Littleton and tion of Dams, published in several editions
Chatham Historical Society. between 1899 and 1922. 1932 Old “Corn Belt” Group First to Suggest
USFWS—provided by the United States Fish and Strike. Ames Daily Tribune-Times (Ames,
Wildlife Service. 32 Waterloo Evening Courier 1929; Waterloo Iowa), August 27, 1932, p. 1.
Daily Courier 1933a, 1934b.
Endnotes Bulletin-Journal, The (Independence, Iowa)
33 Carlson.
1 Iowa Public Broadcasting Network. 1933a Plan Relief Large Scale. The Bulletin-
34 Sumner Gazette 1938a. Journal, November 16, 1933, p. [5].
2 Bauer.
35 Bulletin-Journal 1934d, 1934g, 1934h, 1933b Work For 174 Men By Dec. 4[,] 143 To
3 Bauer; McElvaine, pp. 35–37; Narber, pp. 1934i, 1934j, 1934k. Date. The Bulletin-Journal, November 30,
15–25. 1933, p. 1.
36 Bulletin-Journal 1934h, 1934i.
4 Dileva 1953; Dileva 1954. 1933c Re-employment Workers Total 331 For
37 Bulletin-Journal 1934l, 1934m. An often County. The Bulletin-Journal, December
5 Vollan; Iowa Public Broadcasting Network. cited 1967 history of Quasqueton identifies 14, 1933, p. 1.
this dam as a Public Works Administration
6 Narber, pp. 24–28. (PWA) project, but no evidence of a PWA 1933d Approve Ten CWS Projects. The Bulletin-
connection has been found; see Miller Print- Journal, December 21, 1933, p. 1.
7 Schwartz, p. 26; Narber, p. 164; McElvaine, ing, pp. 22, 74.
p. 265. 1933e New Projects Added. The Bulletin-
38 Bulletin-Journal 1934l, 1934m, 1934n, Journal, December 21, 1933, p. [8].
8 Schwartz, pp. 26–27, 33–35. 1934o, 1934p, 1934q, 1934r, 1935a.
1933f CWA Has 351 Men and CWS Has 22
9 Schwartz, pp. 239–252. 39 Bulletin-Journal 1934n, 1934r, 1935a, Women. The Bulletin-Journal, December
1935c, 1935d; Work Projects Administra- 28, 1933, p. 1.
10 The Nation; McElvaine, p. 153; Waterloo Dai- tion, Buchanan County, Iowa, card for WPA
ly Courier 1933b. project No. 82618. 1934a CWA Work Completed. The Bulletin-
Journal, January 11, 1934, p. 1.
11 Schwartz, pp. 213–214, 226–231, 239–240. 40 Love; Iowa Department of Natural Resources
2010, Chapter 1. 1934b Some CWA Projects. The Bulletin-Journal,
12 McElvaine, pp. 265–288; Schwartz, pp. January 18, 1934, p. 1.
252–259. 41 Iowa Conservation Commission, table titled
“Iowa Inland River Dams.” 1934c Road Work In Buchanan. The Bulletin-
13 Waterloo Daily Courier 1933c. Journal (Independence, Iowa), January
42 Marion Sentinel 1934a, 1934b; Work Proj- 18, 1934, p. 1.
14 The number of CWA projects in Iowa and ects Administration, Linn County, Iowa, card
Buchanan County is derived from the table for WPA project No. 57-1115. 1934d Trio Of Small Dams Will Be Erected Here.
in Appendix B of Narber, pp. 259–264. A The Bulletin-Journal, January 18, 1934,
slightly different number (5,977) is given in 43 Work Projects Administration, Linn County, p. 1.
Narber, p. 171. The CWA total appears to Iowa, card for WPA project No. 57-1115.
include both CWA and Civil Works Service 1934e CWA Work Pictures. The Bulletin-Journal,
projects (see below). 44 Sumner Gazette 1935a, 1935b. January 25, 1934, p. 1.

15 Bulletin-Journal 1933b, 1933e, 1934a, 45 Work Projects Administration, Bremer Coun- 1934f Relief Work in Education. The Bulletin-
1934b, 1934e; Waterloo Daily Courier ty, Iowa, card for WPA project No. 82645; Journal, January 25, 1934, p. 1.
1934a. Sumner Gazette 1935c. Another article said
that funding had been approved in Decem- 1934g Two Dams Necessary. The Bulletin-
16 Narber, p. 173. ber 1935; see Sumner Gazette 1936a. Journal, February 15, 1934, p. 1.

17 Schwartz, pp. 164-166. 46 Sumner Gazette 1936b; Work Projects Ad- 1934h Work Started On 2 New Dams. The
ministration, Bremer County, Iowa, card for Bulletin-Journal, March 1, 1934, p. 1.
18 Bulletin-Journal 1933d, 1933f, 1934f. WPA project No. 82645.
1934i Plan One Small Dam Below Main Street
19 Iowa Emergency Relief Administration, p. 47 Postville Herald 1938a; Sumner Gazette Bridge. The Bulletin-Journal, March 15,
10-A. 1938b, 1938c. 1934, p. 1.

20 Bulletin-Journal 1933a. 48 Postville Herald 1938b. However, there is 1934j CWA Work Quits March 31. The Bulletin-
no evidence from WPA project cards that Journal, March 22, 1934, p. [8].
21 Bulletin-Journal 1933c. this project was approved any time between
1938 and 1942. 1934k Complete Dam Near Oak Grove Cemetery
22 Bulletin-Journal 1934c. Here. The Bulletin-Journal, March 29,
49 Elgin Echo; Postville Herald 1939. 1934, p. [4].
23 Bulletin-Journal 1935b.
50 Sumner Gazette 1939. 1934l Quasqueton column. The Bulletin-
24 Narber, p. 171. Journal, May 10, 1934, p. [9].
51 Fayette County Leader 1940; Sumner Ga-
25 Work Projects Administration, Buchanan zette 1940a, 1940b, 1940c. 1934m Quasqueton column. The Bulletin-
County, Iowa. Journal, May 17, 1934, p. [9].
52 Historian Gregg Narber spends seven pages
26 Iowa Department of Natural Resources ca. in his book on the New Deal in Iowa listing 1934n Start Work on Dam. The Bulletin-Journal,
2014. those New Deal structures that have played June 14, 1934, p. 1.
a part in his life; see Narber, pp. 1–7.
27 Church and Chappell, p. 38; State of Iowa, 1934o Quasqueton column. The Bulletin-
pp. 60, 97–98; Bulletin-Journal 1934d. Journal, June 21, 1934, p. [8].

28 Iowa Department of Natural Resources 1934p Quasqueton column. The Bulletin-
2010, p. 9. Journal, July 26, 1934, p. [6].

1934q Quasqueton column. The Bulletin-
Journal, November 8, 1934, p. [7].

1934r Dam Work Set Back. The Bulletin-Journal,
November 15, 1934, p. [7].

1935a Quasqueton column. The Bulletin-
Journal, April 25, 1935, p. [6].

1935b Relief Work Of 1933–1934 This County.
The Bulletin-Journal, May 9, 1935, p. [10].

1935c Quasqueton column. The Bulletin-
Journal, October 10, 1935, p. [6].

1935d Quasqueton column. The Bulletin-
Journal, November 14, 1935, p. [6].

Carlson, Richard J.

2012 Iowa Site Inventory Form for the
Littleton Dam (State Inventory Number
10-00603). Included in Morgan, Kendall,
and Carlson as Appendix III. Copy on file,
State Historic Preservation Office, State
Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.

16 University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist