Title & Author:

Missouri : a guide to the "Show me" State / compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Missouri ; sponsored by the Missouri State Highway Department.

Publication:

New York, [NY] : Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1941]
©1941.

Description:

652 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 21 cm.

Series:

American guide series

Notes:
The plates are in eight groups, each preceded by half-title not included in paging.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 596-611) and index.
Part I. The general background. -- People and character, by Irving L. Dillard -- Land of Missouri -- Archeology and Indians -- History and government -- Agriculture -- Industry, commerce, and labor -- Transportation -- Newspapers and radio -- Religion -- Sports and recreation -- Folklore and folkways -- Literature -- The theater -- Music -- Art and the crafts -- Architecture -- Part II. Principle cities. -- Cape Girardeau -- Columbia -- Hannibal -- Jefferson City -- Joplin -- Kansas City -- St. Charles -- Ste. Genevieve -- St. Joseph -- St. Louis -- Springfield -- Part III. Tours -- Tour 1 -- (east st. louis, ill.)-st. louis-st. charles-columbia-boonville-concordia-kansas city-(kansas city, kan.) [us 40] -- section a. illinois line to columbia -- section b. columbia to kansas line -- Tour 1a -- junction with us 40-augusta-warrenton [state 94, state 47] -- Tour 2 -- (quincy, ill.)-taylor-florida-paris-brunswick-lexington-kansas city-(kansas city, kan.) [us 24] -- Tour 3 -- (shepherd, ill.)-hannibal-macon-st. joseph-(troy, kan.) [us 36] -- Tour 4 -- (east st. louis, ill.)-st. louis-jefferson city-sedalia-kansas city-(kansas city, kan.) [us 50] -- section a. illinois line to jefferson city -- section b. jefferson city to kansas line -- Tour 5 -- (east st. louis, ill.)-st. louis-rolla-springfield-joplin-(galena, kansas) [us 66] -- section a. illinois line to rolla -- section b. rolla to kansas line -- Tour 6 -- (cairo, ill.)-poplar bluff-cabool-springfield-neosho-(vinita, okla.) [us 60] -- section a. illinois line to cabool -- section b. cabool to oklahoma line -- Tour 7 -- (keokuk, iowa)-canton-hannibal-bowling green-kirkwood-bonne terre-farmington-jackson-sikeston-new madrid- caruthersville-(blytheville, ark.) [us 61] -- section a. iowa line to kirkwood -- section b. kirkwood to jackson -- section c. jackson to arkansas line -- Tour 8 -- (bloomfield, ia.)-macon-moberly-columbia-jefferson city-rolla-cabool-(mammoth spring, ark.) [us 63] -- section a. iowa line to jefferson city -- section b. jefferson city to arkansas line -- Tour 9 -- (des moines, ia.)-south lineville-carrollton-waverly-sedalia-preston-buffalo-springfield-hollister-(little rock, ark.) [us 65] -- section a . iowa line to sedalia -- section b. sedalia to arkansas line -- Tour 10 -- (council bluffs, ia.)-maryville-st. joseph-kansas city-harrisonville-butler-rich hill-nevada-lamar-carthage-(fort smith, ark.) [us 275, us 71] -- section a. iowa line to kansas city -- section b. kansas city to carthage -- section c. carthage to arkansas line -- Tour 10a -- (des moines, ia.)-bethany-pattonsburg-plattsburg-excelsior springs-(kansas city, kan.) [us 69] -- Tour 11 -- junction us 61-jackson-dexter-cardwell-(paragould, ark.) [state 25] -- Tour 12 -- junction us 61-fredericktown-greenville-poplar bluff-(corning, ark.) [us 67] -- Tour 13 -- junction us 61-festus-de soto-potosi-centerville-doniphan-(pocahontas, ark.) [state 21a, state 21] -- Tour 14 -- junction us 66-cuba-salem-eminence-winona-junction us 63 [state 19] -- Tour 15 -- (springfield, ill.)-louisiana-vandalia-mexico-fulton-jefferson city-eldon-camdenton-hermitage-eldorado springs-nevada-(fort scott, kan.) [us 54] -- section a. illinois line to jefferson city -- section b. jefferson city to kansas line -- Tour 15a -- junction us 54-camdenton-gravois mills-versailles-tipton-junction us 50 [state 5] -- Part IV. Appendices

Subject:

Missouri Guidebooks 20th century.
Missouri Maps 20th century.
Missouri Guidebooks.
Missouri Guides.
Missouri Guides 20e siècle.
Missouri

Form/genre:

Guidebook
travel guidebooks.
Maps
Guidebooks
Books.
Guides touristiques.
Cartes géographiques.

Added entries:

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Missouri, compiler.
United States. Work Projects Administration. Missouri. issuing body.
Duell, Sloan & Pearce, publisher.
Missouri. State Highway Department, sponsor.
United States. Work Projects Administration. issuing body.
American guide series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318044
Call No.: 318044
Copy: 1
Status: Available