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• A topographical description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, comprehending the rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Illinois, Missisippi [sic], &c. The climate, soil and produce, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral; the mountains, creeks, roads, distances, latitudes, &c. and of every part, laid down in the annexed map. / Published by Thomas Hutchins, captain in the 60th Regiment of Foot. ; With a plan of the rapids of the Ohio, a plan of the several villages in the Illinois country, a table of the distances between Fort Pitt and the mouth of the Ohio, all engraved upon copper. ; And an appendix, containing Mr. Patrick Kennedy's journal up the Illinois River, and a correct list of the different nations and tribes of Indians, with the number of fighting men, &c. (Boston: : Printed and sold by John Norman, in Marshall's Lane near the Boston Stone., MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]), by Thomas Hutchins, John Norman, and Patrick. Mr. Patrick Kennedy's journal of an expedition .. Kennedy, illust. by Thomas Hutchins (HTML at Evans TCP)

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• The Traveller's and Tourist's Guide Through the United States of America, Canada, etc. (1851), by W. Williams (page images at MOA)
• The United States, With an Excursion Into Mexico: Handbook for Travellers (Leipzig, Germany: K. Baedeker; New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1893), by James F. 1853-1934 Muirhead, ed. by Karl Baedeker (Firm), contrib. by John Bach McMaster, James Bryce, Otis T. Mason, Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, Edmund Charles Wendt, William A. Coffin, Montgomery Schuyler, and Henry Harmon Neill (page images at HathiTrust)
• The United States, With an Excursion Into Mexico; Handbook for Travellers (third revised edition; Leipzig, Germany: K. Baedeker; et al., 1904), by James F. 1853-1934 Muirhead, ed. by Karl Baedeker (Firm), contrib. by John Bach McMaster, James Bryce, Otis T. Mason, Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, Edmund Charles Wendt, William A. Coffin, and Montgomery Schuyler (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Green Book (African-American travel guidebook) (partial serial archives)
• The Negro Motorist Green Book: An International Travel Guide (New York: Victor H. Green and Co., c1949; see also The Green Book) (PDF with commentary at Michigan)
• Guide through North America. Editor: Arthur Schüler. Souvenir of the North German Lloyd, Bremen. (New York, J. Reichmann & Cantor, [1898?]), by Norddeutscher Lloyd (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Appleton's Guide-Book to Alaska and the Northwest Coast (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1893), by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore (page images at LOC)
• Sights and Scenes in Oregon, Washington and Alaska for Tourists, by Union Pacific Railway Company (page images at LOC)

• Arizona ghost trails, by Richard J. Hinton (Gutenberg ebook)

• Beaches and Parks From San Francisco to Monterey (Berkeley et al.: University of California Press, c2012), by California Coastal Commission, ed. by Steve Scholl (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Beaches and Parks From Monterey to Ventura (Berkeley et al.: University of California Press, c2007), by California Coastal Commission, ed. by Steve Scholl (multiple formats at archive.org)
• California Coastal Access Guide (seventh edition; Oakland: University of California Press, c2014), by California Coastal Commission, ed. by Steve Scholl (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Bancroft's Tourist's Guide. Yosemite. San Francisco and around the Bay, (South.), contrib. by A.L. Bancroft & Company (Gutenberg ebook)

• "Around the Circle": One Thousand Miles Through the Rocky Mountains, by Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company (Gutenberg ebook)
• Unique Ghost Towns and Mountain Spots, by Caroline Bancroft, contrib. by Daniel K. Peterson (Gutenberg ebook)

• Connecticut Walk Book (revised (second) edition, with ski trails; 1940), by Connecticut Forest and Park Association (page images at HathiTrust)

• A guide to Florida for tourists, sportsmen and settlers, (New York, Dodd, Mead and company, 1912), by Harrison Rhodes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rinaldi's official guide book of Tampa and South Florida : with maps and illustrations / compiled and edited by Charles Vincent Van Horn. (Tampa, Fla. : Rinaldi Printing Co., c1920) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to southern Georgia and Florida, containing a brief description of points of interest to the tourist, invalid or emigrant, and how to reach them. (Savannah, Ga., Morning News Steam Print. House, 1879), by Florida and Western Railway Company Savannah (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to southern Georgia and Florida, containing a brief description of points of interest to the tourist, invalid, or immigrant, and how to reach them. Pub. by General passenger department, Atlantic and Gulf railroad. Issued gratuitously. (Savannah, Ga. Morning news steam printing house, 1879), by Florida and western railway company Savannah (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to southern Georgia and Florida, containing a brief description of points of interest to the tourist, invalid, or immigrant, and how to reach them. (Savannah, Ga., Morning news steam printing house, 1876), by Florida and western railway company Savannah (page images at HathiTrust)
• The standard guide. (St. Augustine, Fla., 1895), by Charles B. Reynolds (page images at HathiTrust)
• The standard guide, St. Augustine, east coast of Florida and Nassau. (St. Augustine, Fla., Foster & Reynolds, 1905) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Guide-Book of Florida and the South for Tourists, Invalids and Emigrants, by Daniel G. Brinton (Gutenberg ebook)

• Guide to southern Georgia and Florida, containing a brief description of points of interest to the tourist, invalid or emigrant, and how to reach them. (Savannah, Ga., Morning News Steam Print. House, 1879), by Florida and Western Railway Company Savannah (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to southern Georgia and Florida, containing a brief description of points of interest to the tourist, invalid, or immigrant, and how to reach them. Pub. by General passenger department, Atlantic and Gulf railroad. Issued gratuitously. (Savannah, Ga. Morning news steam printing house, 1879), by Florida and western railway company Savannah (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to southern Georgia and Florida, containing a brief description of points of interest to the tourist, invalid, or immigrant, and how to reach them. (Savannah, Ga., Morning news steam printing house, 1876), by Florida and western railway company Savannah (page images at HathiTrust)
• Summer resorts and points of interest of Virginia, western North Carolina, and north Georgia. (New York, C. G. Crawford, printer, 1884), by Richmond and Danville Railroad Company (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Pocket Guide to Hawaii (1944), by United States Army Service Forces Information and Education Division, illust. by Robert Bach (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Tourists' Guide Through the Hawaiian Islands, Descriptive of Their Scenes and Scenery (Honolulu: Hawaiian Gazette Co., 1890), by Henry M. Whitney (page images at HathiTrust)

• Louisiana and its resources; the state of the future. ([New Orleans?, 1886]), by Louisiana. Bureau of Immigration (page images at HathiTrust)

• Carleton's pathfinder and gazetteer of the hunting and fishing resorts of the state of Maine, together with a digest of the laws pertaining to inland fisheries and game. ([Dover, Me., Press of Observer pub. co., 1899]), by Leroy Thomas Carleton (page images at HathiTrust)

• The north shore of Massachusetts bay. (Salem, Mass., Printed at the Salem press, 1879), by Benjamin D. Hill (page images at HathiTrust)

• Michigan Family Field Trips: Fun Sites for Kids (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2008), by Ellyce Field (page images at HathiTrust)
• Detroit and the Pleasure Resorts of Northern Michigan, by Detroit Lansing and Northern Railroad Company (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)
• A Summer Holiday: A Brief Description of Some of the Most Popular Summer Resorts in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota, and the Routes By Which They Can be Reached, by Chicago and North Western Railway Company (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)

• The Minnesota Guide (St. Paul, MN: E. H. Burritt and Co., 1869), by J. Fletcher Williams (page images with commentary at loc.gov)
• A Summer Holiday: A Brief Description of Some of the Most Popular Summer Resorts in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota, and the Routes By Which They Can be Reached, by Chicago and North Western Railway Company (multiple formats with commentary at loc.gov)

• Nebraska: A Guide to the Cornhusker State (WPA guide, 1939), by Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Nebraska (PDF at unl.edu)

• The Tourist's Guide through the Empire State (1871), by Mrs. S. S. Colt (page images at MOA)
• New York: A Guide to the Empire State (New York: Oxford University Press, c1940), by Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• Harper's New York and Erie Rail-Road Guide Book (ca.1856) (page images at MOA)
• A Pocket Guide for the Tourist and Traveller, Along the Line of the Canals, and the Interior Commerce of the State of New-York (New York: T. and J. Swords, 1824), by Horatio Gates Spafford
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  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Hudson river by daylight. New York to Albany and Troy, Catskill mountains ... by Wallace Bruce. (New York, G. Watson, [1884]), by Wallace Bruce (page images at HathiTrust)
• The River Hudson, together with descriptions and illustrations of the city of New York, Catskill Mountains, Lake George, Lake Champlain, Saratoga. Illustrated with fifty engravings. (New York : A. Harthill and Co., [1860]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Greatest Highway in the World: Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica., by New York Central Railroad Company (Gutenberg ebook)

• Descriptive Illustrated Guide-Book to North Carolina Mountains: Their Principal Resorts (New York: E. J. Hale and Son, 1881), by Ida F. Chunn
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Summer resorts and points of interest of Virginia, western North Carolina, and north Georgia. (New York, C. G. Crawford, printer, 1884), by Richmond and Danville Railroad Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide book of N. W. North Carolina, containing historical sketches of the Moravians in North Carolina, (Salem, N.C., L. V. & E. T. Blum, printers, 1878) (page images at HathiTrust)

• North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern Prairie State, by Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of North Dakota (Gutenberg ebook)

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