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New Deal Homestead Museum

New Deal Homestead Museum

The project was created for coal miners and industrial workers by Eleanor Roosevelt in 1934, giving them a chance for a new life. The museum offers tours with costumed guides of the forge, service station, administration building and the E-15 homestead giving insight into this depression era project. Located off of Route 92 in Arthurdale, WV.

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