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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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American Guide SeriesGuignard House - Columbia, South Carolina

in American Guide Series

N 34° 00.112 W 081° 01.618 17S E 497510 N 3762363 Quick Description: Historic house in Columbia, South Carolina.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 4/7/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesThe Crane Memorial Public Library - Quincy, MA

in American Guide Series

The Crane Memorial Library, commissioned in 1880, is considered the best of the H. H. Richardson's work in architecture, and is still part of Quincy's main public library.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 4/7/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesTrinity Episcopal Church - Columbia, South Carolina

in American Guide Series

Historic Episcopal church in Columbia, South Carolina.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 4/6/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesEaston, PA

in American Guide Series

If you ever wondered what it would be like to time travel back to any downtown city in 1900, then Easton is your vehicle. Not much has changed here in the last one hundred years as the concrete landscape has remained the same.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 4/6/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesLegare College - Columbia, South Carolina

in American Guide Series

Historic residence hall on the campus of the University of South Carolina.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 4/5/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesLibrary - Columbia, South Carolina

in American Guide Series

W.P.A. built library now museum on the campus of the University of South Carolina.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 4/5/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesRutledge College - Columbia, South Carolina

in American Guide Series

Historic and oldest building on the campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 4/4/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesSite of Original University President's House - Columbia, South Carolina

in American Guide Series

Site of original university presidents house on the campus of the University of South Carolina.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 4/4/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesCenter Square - Easton, PA

in American Guide Series

The centerpiece of downtown Easton is a large rotary or circle, filled in the center with a 1900 war monument, over 10 historical markers and other types of memorials. It is an attractive, well-manicured and historic piece of ground.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 4/4/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesThe Tredegar Ironworks - Richmond, VA

in American Guide Series

Tredegar Ironworks Richmond, VA

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member ljparr

location: Virginia

date approved: 4/4/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument - Easton, PA

in American Guide Series

The 75-foot tall Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument/obelisk was dedicated in 1900 as a tribute to all Union militia. It has been the centerpiece for this historic town for over 100 years and is featured in the American Guide Series.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 4/4/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesMelton Observatory - University of South Carolina - Columbia, South Carolina

in American Guide Series

Observatory on the campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 4/2/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesAumsville, Oregon

in American Guide Series

Town established in the 1860s and named for Amos "Aumus" Davis

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ddtfamily

location: Oregon

date approved: 4/2/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesDeSaussure College - Columbia, South Carolina

in American Guide Series

Historic residence hall on the old campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 3/31/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesHarper College - Columbia, South Carolina

in American Guide Series

Historic residence hall on the campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 3/28/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesLibrary - Columbia, South Carolina

in American Guide Series

Historic library on the campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 3/27/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesWorld War Memorial - Columbia, South Carolina

in American Guide Series

Historic World War I memorial building constructed in 1935 using Public Works Administration funding on the campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 3/27/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesUSS Constellation - Baltimore City, MD

in American Guide Series

The USS Constellation, the last all sail warship for the United States, was instrumental in helping the Union defeat the Confederacy as well as stymieing Souhern Slave trade on the open waters.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Math Teacher

location: Maryland

date approved: 3/27/2013

last visited: 4/21/2012

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American Guide SeriesSite of First State House - Columbia, South Carolina

in American Guide Series

Stone monument marking the location of the site of the first South Carolina State House on the grounds of the current State House in Columbia, South Carolina.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 3/26/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesPalmetto Tree - Columbia, South Carolina

in American Guide Series

Memorial to the Palmetto Regiment of the Mexican War on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 3/26/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesMonument to South Carolina Partisans - Columbia, South Carolina

in American Guide Series

Monument honoring Revolutionary War Generals from South Carolina, located on the grounds of the Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 3/26/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesStatue of General Wade Hampton - Columbia, South Carolina

in American Guide Series

Equestrian statue of Civil War General and later Governor of South Carolina and U.S. Senator Wade Hampton on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 3/24/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesMonument to the Women of the Confederacy - Columbia, South Carolina

in American Guide Series

Impressive monument honoring the women of the Confederacy on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 3/24/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesGrave of Captain S. Lunsford - Columbia, South Carolina

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Grave of Revolutionary War veteran Captain Swanson Lunsford on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 3/23/2013

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesBronze Bust of J. Marion Sims - Columbia, South Carolina

in American Guide Series

Bust of famous physician on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: South Carolina

date approved: 3/23/2013

last visited: never

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