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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 SeriesAsh Fork, Arizona

in American Guide Series

Ash Fork is named after a nearby creek with the same name. The creek begins where several tributaries join in a thicket of Arizona Ash trees.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member rjmcdonough1

location: Arizona

date approved: 05/26/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesPeach Springs, AZ

in American Guide Series

Peach Springs is a census-designated place straddling U.S. Route 66 in northwestern Arizona.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member rjmcdonough1

location: Arizona

date approved: 05/25/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesMasonic Temple - Detroit, MI

in American Guide Series

Built in 1926, the Detroit Masonic Temple is the largest Masonic Temple in the world.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bobfrapples8

location: Michigan

date approved: 05/19/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesRandolph, AZ

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Randolph is a populated place in south central Arizona.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member rjmcdonough1

location: Arizona

date approved: 05/01/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesBridger, Montana

in American Guide Series

Named for legendary fur trader, mountain man and guide, Jim Bridger, the little town of Bridger, Montana was once bigger, though not by much and today has a population little different from that of a century ago.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: Montana

date approved: 04/22/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesHarlowton, Montana

in American Guide Series

Established in 1881, Harlowton was originally named Merino, only becoming Harlowton with the arrival of the "Jawbone Line" railroad in 1900.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: Montana

date approved: 04/22/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesDEEP RIVER (town Hall) - Deep River CT

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This building was constructed as a replacement in 1893, with town offices on the ground floor, and an auditorium space on the upper floors. It is an unusually large structure for an otherwise relatively rural community.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member nomadwillie

location: Connecticut

date approved: 03/22/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesCongregational Church - Essex CT

in American Guide Series

The Centerbrook Congregational Church, also known as the Centerbrook Meeting House. The main block was built in 1790, making it the oldest known church in Middlesex County and one of the oldest in the entire state.

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location: Connecticut

date approved: 03/22/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesUNCASVILLE (Town Hall) - Montville CT

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The Uncasville School is a historic school building was built during 1917-1918. The building now houses town offices.

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location: Connecticut

date approved: 03/20/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesPeck Tavern - Old Lyme CT

in American Guide Series

Peck Tavern may incorporate elements of a 17th-century structure which was known to stand hear about 1680. The main block probably achieved its present form about 1769, when the property was purchased by John Peck.

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location: Connecticut

date approved: 03/17/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesRepertory Theater - Ivoryton CT

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Comstock-Cheney Hall, also known as Ivoryton Playhouse. Construction began in 1910 and was completed 1911 as a recreation hall for the Comstock-Cheney factory. The theatre is the first self-supporting summer theatre in the United States.

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location: Connecticut

date approved: 03/17/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesFORTY FORT MEETINGHOUSE - Forty Fort, PA

in American Guide Series

Forty Fort Meetinghouse is a historic meeting house at River Street and Wyoming Avenue in the Old Forty Fort Cemetery in Forty Fort, PA. It was built in 1806–08 in a New England meeting house style with white clapboard siding.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member nomadwillie

location: Pennsylvania

date approved: 03/09/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesCongregational Church - Cheshire CT

in American Guide Series

The First Congregational Church of Cheshire was built in 1827, it was designed by David Hoadley and is a prominent local example of Federal period architecture.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member nomadwillie

location: Connecticut

date approved: 03/09/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesGrass Range, Montana

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Today not a very big town, Grass Range is actually a hamlet of about 110 rugged individualists.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: Montana

date approved: 03/08/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesBig Timber, MT

in American Guide Series

The county seat of Sweet Grass county, Big Timber has grown smaller since its heydays of the late 1800s, but it's not going away anytime soon.

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location: Montana

date approved: 03/08/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesGlacier National Park - MT, USA

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A World Heritage Site, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and an International Peace Park, Glacier National Park is unique in the world, a wonderland of nature unexcelled in the country.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: Montana

date approved: 03/08/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesTriple Divide Peak - Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

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This marker points out one of the few places in North America from which water will flow to three distinct and widely separated destinations.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: Montana

date approved: 03/08/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesSt. Mary Lake - Glacier National Park, MT

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The first of many mountain glacial lakes one will encounter on entering Glacier National Park from the east gate is St. Mary Lake, the second largest of the park's lakes, after Lake McDonald.

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location: Montana

date approved: 03/08/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesGoing-to-the-Sun Road - Glacier National Park, MT

in American Guide Series

Wending its way through Glacier National Park, Going-to-the-Sun Road was built by the National Park Service over the course of 11 years.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA

location: Montana

date approved: 03/08/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesCheshire Academy - Cheshire CT

in American Guide Series

Bowden Hall was built in 1796 and Bronson Hall was built in 1867. Bowden Hall was the first building erected for Chesire Academy.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member nomadwillie

location: Connecticut

date approved: 03/04/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesTown Hall - Cheshire CT

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The Cheshire Town Hall across the green from the church is a large brick building constructed just before the Civil War; it remains in use as a town hall.

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location: Connecticut

date approved: 03/02/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesAbijah Beach Tavern - Cheshire CT

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Different sources indicate two different dates for the construction of the Abijah Beach Tavern in Cheshire: 1750 and 1814. The Tavern is a contributing building to the Cheshire Historic District.

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location: Connecticut

date approved: 03/02/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesTower and Summer Home - Lancaster, NH

in American Guide Series

The auto road was built in 1912, as was the main house. Weeks was a driving force in the passage of the Weeks Act in 1911.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member nomadwillie

location: New Hampshire

date approved: 02/19/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesIRASBURG (Town Hall) - Irasburg VT

in American Guide Series

The town is a down to earth, no-nonsense kind of place. Population is around 1200 versus 924 in 1937. The town doesn't look like it changed much since the AGS description.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member nomadwillie

location: Vermont

date approved: 02/18/2023

last visited: never

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American Guide SeriesPeople's Academy building - Morrisville, VT

in American Guide Series

The property and initial building for the Peoples Academy were made by a donation by Alexander Hamilton Copley, a Lamoille County native who had made a fortune as a pharmaceutical businessman in Boston, Massachusetts

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member nomadwillie

location: Vermont

date approved: 02/16/2023

last visited: never

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