California in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the Golden State
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Alive with the exuberance, contradictions, and variety of the Golden State, this Depression-era guide to California is m
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Table of contents :
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
Part III. Up and Down the State
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