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THE GREAT DEPRESSION BETWEEN THE WARS (1918-1945) <br />Historic Sites Act <br />authorized by the U.S. involvement in <br />Secretary of the World War II <br />Interior. (1941-1945). <br />1939 <br />All White elementary <br />classes consolidated <br />in laboratory school at <br />the Southwest Texas <br />Normal School.* <br />1940 <br />Hays County and San <br />Marcos populations <br />increased to <br />15,349 and 6,006, <br />respectively. <br />III VAVS COUNT <br />J JAIL III <br />e <br />1941 <br />White public high <br />school classes moved <br />to college campus.* <br />1942 <br />San Marcos Army <br />Airfield opened; <br />trained 10,000 <br />navigators during <br />WWII. The Calaboose <br />housed the United <br />Service Organization <br />(USO) for Black <br />soldiers. <br />� •ft I I I <br />TEX <br />013L A <br />kiaHAIR go, <br />1939 County Jail <br />1940 Wool and scouring plant water tank <br />(Top Photographs by Lee Russell, Courtesy <br />of LOC, Office of War, FSA) <br />1943 Army Airfield <br />(Courtesy of SMPL) <br />*School consolidations and relocations during this period applied primarily to white <br />students, reflecting the segregated nature of San Marcos' educational system at the time. <br />38 SAN MARCOS HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN (2026) <br />