California in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the Golden State

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California in the 1930s

The WPA Guide to the Golden State

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2013

About this book

Alive with the exuberance, contradictions, and variety of the Golden State, this Depression-era guide to California is more than 700 pages of information that is, as David Kipen writes in his spirited introduction, "anecdotal, opinionated, and altogether habit-forming." Describing the history, culture, and roadside attractions of the 1930s, the WPA Guide to California features some of the very best anonymous literature of its era, with writing by luminaries such as San Francisco poet Kenneth Rexroth, composer-writer- hobo Harry Partch, and authors Tillie Olsen and Kenneth Patchen.

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Contributor: Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration The Federal Writers Project (FWP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) not only provided jobs and income to writers during the Depression, it created for America an astounding series of detailed and richly evocative guides, recounting the stories and histories of the 48 states (plus THE Alaska Territory and Puerto Rico) and many of the country’s major cities. David Kipen has written the introductions to reissues of the WPA guides to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. He is Southern California Public Radio's book correspondent, and the founder of a lending library/used book store east of Downtown Los Angeles called Libros Schmibros. Past book editor/critic of the San Francisco Chronicle and director of literature at the National Endowment for the Arts—where he led the Big Read initiative Kipen is the author of The Schreiber Theory: A Radical Rewrite of American Film History, and the translator of Cervantes’ The Dialogue of the Dogs.

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Contents
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Illustrations
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Maps
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General Information
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Calendar of Events
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A Guide to Recreation
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Preface 1939
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Editorial Staff
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Introduction
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Part I. California: From Past to Present
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Part II. Signposts to City Scenes
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Part III. Up and Down the State
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Tour 1. Westport–Fort Bragg–Point Arena–San Francisco–Santa Cruz–Monterey–Carmel–San Simeon–Morro Bay–San Luis Obispo–Las Cruces; 554.5 m. State 1
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Tour 2. (Brookings, Ore.)–Crescent City–Eureka–Santa Rosa–San Francisco–San Jose–Santa Barbara–Los Angeles–San Diego–San Ysidro (Mexican border); US 101. Oregon Line to Mexican Border, 980.8 m.
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Tour 2A. Junction with US 101–Lakeport–Middletown–Calistoga–St. Helena–Napa–Vallejo–Junction with US 40; 124.9 m. State 20 and State 29
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Tour 2B. Junction with US 101–Oxnard–Santa Monica–Long Beach–Doheny Park; 113.6 m. US 101-Alt.
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Tour 2C. Wilmington to Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, 27 m. by boat
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Tour 3. (Ashland, Ore.)–Yreka–Redding–Red Bluff–Sacramento–Stockton–Fresno–Bakersfield–Los Angeles–Ontario–Redlands–Coachella–Brawley–Calexico– (Mexicali, Mexico); US 99 and 99 W. Oregon Line to Mexican Border, 880.6 m.
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Tour 3A. (Klamath Falls, Ore.)–Dorris–Macdoel–Weed; US 97 Oregon Line to Weed, 57.4 m.
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Tour 3B. Red Bluff–Marysville–Roseville; 123.4 m. US 99E
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Tour 3C. Greenfield–Taft–Maricopa–Ojai–Ventura; 121.5 m., US 399 Route paralleled between Ojai and Ventura by Southern Pacific R.R.
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Tour 4. Junction with State 24–Sierraville–Sierra City–Auburn–Placerville–Sonora–Mariposa; 301.8 m. State 49
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Tour 5. Junction with US 99–Bartle–McArthur Memorial (Burney Falls) State Park–Lassen Volcanic National Park–Quincy–Truckee; 277.7 m., State 89
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Tour 6. (Lakeview, Ore.)–Alturas–Susanville–(Reno, Nev.)–Bridgeport–Bishop–Independence–Randsburg–San Bernardino–San Diego; us 395. Oregon Line to San Diego, 824.9 m.
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Tour 6A. Junction with US 395–Susanville–Chester–Mineral–Red Bluff; 112.3 m. State 36
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Tour 6B. Junction with US 395–Portola–Blairsden–Quincy–Rich Bar–Oroville–Marysville–Knights Landing–Woodland; 203.1 m. State 24
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Tour 6C. Junction with US 395–Warner Hot Springs–Santa Ysabel–Julian–Junction with US 8o; 81.7 m. State 79
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Tour 7. (Tonopah, Nev.)–Bishop–Brown–Mojave–LosAngeles–Wilmington–Long Beach; US 6. Nevada Line to Long Beach, 355.2 m.
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Tour 8. Alturas–Burney–Redding–Weaverville–Jct. US 101; 290.3 m., US 299
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Tour 8A. Canby–Lava Beds National Monument–Medicine Lake–Bartle; 118.8 m.
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Tour 9. (Reno, Nev.)–Truckee–Auburn–Roseville–Sacramento–Vallejo–San Francisco; US 40. Nevada Line to San Francisco, 219.9 m.
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Tour 9A. Sacramento–Rio Vista–Antioch–Pittsburg–Concord–Oakland; 118.4 m. State 24
580

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Tour 10. (Carson City, Nev.)–Lakeside–Placerville–Sacramento–Stockton–Tracy–San Francisco; US 50. Nevada Line to San Francisco, 239.5 m.
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Tour 11. (Las Vegas, Nev.)–Baker–Barstow–Mojave–Tehachapi–Atascadero–Morro Bay; US 91-466. Nevada Line to Morro Bay, 381.4 m.
602

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Tour 12. (Kingman, Ariz.)–Needles–Barstow–San Bernardino–Los Angeles–Santa Monica; US 66. Arizona Line to Santa Monica, 314.8 m.
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Tour 13. (Quartzsite, Ariz.)–Blythe–Indio–Beaumont–Riverside–Los Angeles; US 60-70. Arizona line to Los Angeles, 231.7 m.
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Tour 14. (Yuma, Ariz.)–El Centro–Jacumba–La Mesa–San Diego, US 80. Arizona Line to San Diego, 177.6 m.
635

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Death Valley National Monument
645

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Sequoia and General Grant National Parks
655

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Yosemite National Park
667

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Golden Gate International Exposition
680

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Part IV. Appendices
685

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https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520954649

eBook ISBN: 9780520954649

University of California Press

California in the 1930s

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Maps

General Information

Calendar of Events

A Guide to Recreation

Preface 1939

Editorial Staff

Introduction

Part I. California: From Past to Present

Part II. Signposts to City Scenes

Tour 1. Westport–Fort Bragg–Point Arena–San Francisco–Santa Cruz–Monterey–Carmel–San Simeon–Morro Bay–San Luis Obispo–Las Cruces; 554.5 m. State 1

Tour 2. (Brookings, Ore.)–Crescent City–Eureka–Santa Rosa–San Francisco–San Jose–Santa Barbara–Los Angeles–San Diego–San Ysidro (Mexican border); US 101. Oregon Line to Mexican Border, 980.8 m.

Tour 2A. Junction with US 101–Lakeport–Middletown–Calistoga–St. Helena–Napa–Vallejo–Junction with US 40; 124.9 m. State 20 and State 29

Tour 2B. Junction with US 101–Oxnard–Santa Monica–Long Beach–Doheny Park; 113.6 m. US 101-Alt.

Tour 2C. Wilmington to Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, 27 m. by boat

Tour 3. (Ashland, Ore.)–Yreka–Redding–Red Bluff–Sacramento–Stockton–Fresno–Bakersfield–Los Angeles–Ontario–Redlands–Coachella–Brawley–Calexico– (Mexicali, Mexico); US 99 and 99 W. Oregon Line to Mexican Border, 880.6 m.

Tour 3A. (Klamath Falls, Ore.)–Dorris–Macdoel–Weed; US 97 Oregon Line to Weed, 57.4 m.

Tour 3B. Red Bluff–Marysville–Roseville; 123.4 m. US 99E

Tour 3C. Greenfield–Taft–Maricopa–Ojai–Ventura; 121.5 m., US 399 Route paralleled between Ojai and Ventura by Southern Pacific R.R.

Tour 4. Junction with State 24–Sierraville–Sierra City–Auburn–Placerville–Sonora–Mariposa; 301.8 m. State 49

Tour 5. Junction with US 99–Bartle–McArthur Memorial (Burney Falls) State Park–Lassen Volcanic National Park–Quincy–Truckee; 277.7 m., State 89

Tour 6. (Lakeview, Ore.)–Alturas–Susanville–(Reno, Nev.)–Bridgeport–Bishop–Independence–Randsburg–San Bernardino–San Diego; us 395. Oregon Line to San Diego, 824.9 m.

Tour 6A. Junction with US 395–Susanville–Chester–Mineral–Red Bluff; 112.3 m. State 36

Tour 6B. Junction with US 395–Portola–Blairsden–Quincy–Rich Bar–Oroville–Marysville–Knights Landing–Woodland; 203.1 m. State 24

Tour 6C. Junction with US 395–Warner Hot Springs–Santa Ysabel–Julian–Junction with US 8o; 81.7 m. State 79

Tour 7. (Tonopah, Nev.)–Bishop–Brown–Mojave–LosAngeles–Wilmington–Long Beach; US 6. Nevada Line to Long Beach, 355.2 m.

Tour 8. Alturas–Burney–Redding–Weaverville–Jct. US 101; 290.3 m., US 299

Tour 8A. Canby–Lava Beds National Monument–Medicine Lake–Bartle; 118.8 m.

Tour 9. (Reno, Nev.)–Truckee–Auburn–Roseville–Sacramento–Vallejo–San Francisco; US 40. Nevada Line to San Francisco, 219.9 m.

Tour 9A. Sacramento–Rio Vista–Antioch–Pittsburg–Concord–Oakland; 118.4 m. State 24

Tour 10. (Carson City, Nev.)–Lakeside–Placerville–Sacramento–Stockton–Tracy–San Francisco; US 50. Nevada Line to San Francisco, 239.5 m.

Tour 11. (Las Vegas, Nev.)–Baker–Barstow–Mojave–Tehachapi–Atascadero–Morro Bay; US 91-466. Nevada Line to Morro Bay, 381.4 m.

Tour 12. (Kingman, Ariz.)–Needles–Barstow–San Bernardino–Los Angeles–Santa Monica; US 66. Arizona Line to Santa Monica, 314.8 m.

Tour 13. (Quartzsite, Ariz.)–Blythe–Indio–Beaumont–Riverside–Los Angeles; US 60-70. Arizona line to Los Angeles, 231.7 m.

Tour 14. (Yuma, Ariz.)–El Centro–Jacumba–La Mesa–San Diego, US 80. Arizona Line to San Diego, 177.6 m.

Death Valley National Monument

Sequoia and General Grant National Parks

Yosemite National Park

Golden Gate International Exposition

Part IV. Appendices

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