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Description:: During the Depression, the federal government employed writers in the Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration (WPA) to compile the first comprehensive guidebooks to the United States, the American Guide Series. Guides were published for the 48 states, Alaska, and countless cities. This category is for waymarking places referred to in the series.

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The American Guide Series was published in the 1930s-1940s, long before photography was easy to obtain and publish, so the books relied heavily on prose to describe America. Some of the best 20th-century writers, including Saul Bellows, Richard Wright, Studs Terkel and John Cheever, contributed to the Series. Most of the writing is surprisingly lyrical.

Each volume began with a lengthy background of history, art, architecture, economy, environment, racial relations and social life. Then the cities of the state were detailed, followed by driving tours down the US Highways across the state, from US 1 to US 90.

Most of the volumes are available on-line. If you are not able to locate a particular guide, email BruceS, one of the category officers, as he maintains a list of available guides

This category's goal is to find and waymark places referenced in the American Guide Series, transcribe the entry from the Guide Series, and tell how the place differs now (if it still exists).

Instructions for Posting a American Guide Series Waymark:

The place must be referenced in one of the 320 books in the American Guide Series. Anyplace -- a hospital, prison, mission, Indian mound, neighborhood, or city --referenced in the Guides may be waymarked.

To choose which co-ordinates to use, you may have to use the maps in the Guides to reconstruct the old roadway routes. Put the waymark where the Guides put the place, which is usually at a specific mile marker or intersection.

Please follow the name of the waymark by the state. If you'd like to add the city or county, that's fine. Write whatever you'd like in the Short Description.

The Long Description should begin with the excerpt from the Guide that describes the place you're waymarking. To ensure a consistent format, italicize the excerpt, and follow with the name and year of original publication, i.e. "--- Texas A Guide to the Lone Star State, 1940"

After the excerpt, use whatever you would like to describe what the place is like now, how it is different than it was when the Guide was published. You may do this with either text or photographs, or both, but this work must be original (in other words created by you).

At least one original photograph of the place being waymarked must be in the gallery.

Instructions for Visiting a Waymark in this Category:

To log a Visit, please supply an original image of the Waymark.

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view gallery 0 km	Old Courthouse - Warrensburg, Missouri in American Guide Series Commonly called the Old Johnson County Courthouse, this former courthouse is located in the old town square which is west of the current business district in Warrensburg, Missouri. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 5/25/2007 last visited: 2/8/2008
view gallery W38.3 km	Civil War Soldiers Cemetery -- Lone Jack in American Guide Series The small town of Lone Jack saw an American Civil War border battle in 1862. A soldiers cemetery mentioned in the Writers guide is still there. Added is a small civil war museum. The battle of Lone Jack is interesting because of its participants. posted by: Carpe Diem59 location: Missouri date approved: 3/5/2011 last visited: never
view gallery N48 km	Christ Episcopal Church - Lexington, Missouri in American Guide Series Historic Episcopal church in Lexington, Missouri. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 5/26/2011 last visited: 8/15/2007
view gallery N48 km	Public Library and Historical Association Building - Lexington, Missouri in American Guide Series Historic church then library now museum in Lexington, Missouri. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 5/26/2011 last visited: 8/15/2007
view gallery N48 km	Wentworth Military Academy - Lexington, Missouri in American Guide Series Historic military high school and junior college in Lexington, Missouri. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 5/30/2011 last visited: 8/15/2007
view gallery N48.1 km	Lafayette County Courthouse - Lexington, Missouri in American Guide Series Historic county courthouse in Lexington, Missouri. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 5/26/2011 last visited: 8/15/2007
view gallery N48.3 km	Pioneer Mother Monument - Lexington, Missouri in American Guide Series Statue of a pioneering woman also known as the "Madonna of the Trail" in Lexington, Missouri. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 5/30/2011 last visited: 8/15/2007
view gallery N48.6 km	Lexington Battlefield - Lexington, Missouri in American Guide Series Civil War battlefield on the north side of Lexington, Missouri. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 5/26/2011 last visited: 8/15/2007
view gallery N48.6 km	Anderson House - Lexington, Missouri in American Guide Series Historic house which served as hospital during the Civil War now part of the Battle of Lexington State Historic Site in Lexington, Missouri. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 5/26/2011 last visited: 8/15/2007
view gallery N53.8 km	Waverly Missouri, an historic Missouri River town in American Guide Series Waverly Missouri hasn't grown at all since the Missouri Writers Guide was published. Apples,peaches, and grain storage are big now and there is a new General Shelby Park. posted by: Carpe Diem59 location: Missouri date approved: 11/21/2009 last visited: never
view gallery N61 km	Pioneer Cemetery Richmond, Missouri in American Guide Series An historic cemetery that lies a little northwest from the town square in Richmond, Missouri has new life and a monument to Mormon pioneers; but, it also contains the gravestone of the notorious civil war guerrilla leader "Bloody Bill" Anderson. posted by: Carpe Diem59 location: Missouri date approved: 8/14/2009 last visited: 7/11/2007
view gallery NW68.1 km	Jackson County Courthouse - Independence, Missouri in American Guide Series Historic log courthouse in Independence, Missouri. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 6/4/2011 last visited: never
view gallery NE70.8 km	Sappington Cemetery - Arrow Rock, Missouri in American Guide Series Historic cemetery near Arrow Rock, Missouri, the Sappington Cemetery houses the graves of prominent pioneer physician Dr. John Sappington and two former Missouri governors, Meredith Miles Marmaduke, and Claiborne Fox Jackson. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 2/6/2008 last visited: 6/5/2012
view gallery N72.4 km	Carrollton Missouri and Gen. James Shields Monuments in American Guide Series Mexican War hero, Union Civil War General,and the only man to represent three states in the United States Senate (Illinois,Minnesota, Missouri) is remembered by two exquisite monuments here. posted by: Carpe Diem59 location: Missouri date approved: 11/21/2009 last visited: 8/27/2014
view gallery NE72.9 km	William B. Sappington House - Arrow Rock, Missouri in American Guide Series Historic house also known as Prairie Park located southwest of Arrow Rock Missouri. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 2/6/2008 last visited: 4/21/2013
view gallery NE76.1 km	Arrow Rock Cemetery - Arrow Rock, Missouri in American Guide Series Town cemetery for the historic town of Arrow Rock, Missouri. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 2/6/2008 last visited: 4/21/2013
view gallery NE77.4 km	Arrow Rock Big Spring - Arrow Rock, Missouri in American Guide Series Important spring along the Santa Fe Trail in Arrow Rock, Missouri. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 2/5/2008 last visited: 7/14/2012
view gallery NE77.4 km	Old Tavern - Arrow Rock, Missouri in American Guide Series Historic tavern known as the Huston Tavern is located in Arrow Rock, Missouri. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 2/5/2008 last visited: 6/5/2012
view gallery NE77.6 km	Arrow Rock Jail - Arrow Rock, Missouri in American Guide Series Small single cell stone jailhouse in Arrow Rock, Missouri. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 2/6/2008 last visited: 4/21/2013
view gallery NE77.6 km	George Caleb Bingham House - Arrow Rock, Missouri in American Guide Series Historic home of George Caleb Bingham, American realist artist, is listed as a National Historic Landmark in Arrow Rock, Missouri. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 2/6/2008 last visited: 7/14/2012
view gallery NW81.9 km	Rosedale World War I Memorial Arch - Kansas City, Kansas in American Guide Series Triumphal arch honoring veterans of World War I in the Rosedale section of Kansas City, Kansas. posted by: BruceS location: Kansas date approved: 11/29/2009 last visited: never
view gallery NW82.6 km	Kansas City Livestock Exchange And Stockyards- Kansas City, Mo. in American Guide Series This nine-story building is located at 1600 Genessee Street in the Kansas City Stockyards District. posted by: iconions location: Missouri date approved: 6/25/2013 last visited: never
view gallery NE83.2 km	WALTER MUNDY FARM - Boonsboro, Missouri in American Guide Series Now known as Boone's Lick State Historic Site. posted by: BruceS location: Missouri date approved: 5/5/2010 last visited: never
view gallery NW85.1 km	Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Building - Kansas City, Ks. in American Guide Series This three-story brown brick building is located at 701 N 7th in Kansas City, Ks. posted by: iconions location: Kansas date approved: 6/16/2013 last visited: never
view gallery NW85.1 km	Wyandotte County Courthouse - Kansas City, Ks. in American Guide Series This is a six-story dressed limestone building located at 710 N 7th Street in Kansas City, Ks. posted by: iconions location: Kansas date approved: 6/16/2013 last visited: never

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