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Dr. Quincy Adams Wagstaff

@notgrouchomarx

Jersey-born, California-workin’, heart in the Plains and Mountain West. Son, brother, nephew, uncle. A deep affection for Great Plains small towns, architecture, and business history. Passable professor, pedestrian scholar, decent friend.

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Took me until last year after 15 years as a FT faculty to realize this. Now I describe myself as a pedestrian scholar.

11.03.2026 13:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Neosho County Courthouse in Erie Kansas. Entranceway screen of a New International design, 1962.

07.03.2026 03:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Carnegie Library, Downs, Kansas.

06.03.2026 15:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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There is a tidy little post office near to the world’s largest ball of sisal ( binder ) twine. Cawker City, KS. Stop by on your next time through northern Kansas.

03.03.2026 04:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Philanthropy funded in part by repressing labor: the Carnegie Public Library in Franklin (natch), Nebraska.

01.03.2026 20:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New Deal public works in Kadoka, South Dakota. Witness the 1938 Kadoka School built with the assistance of the Works Progress Administration.

27.02.2026 01:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Missouri River at Chamberlain, South Dakota, 11 June 2024

18.02.2026 01:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I do like a warm Coca-Cola.

07.02.2026 22:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Art Deco Public Works Administration style, 1935. Lake County Courthouse, Madison, SD.

27.01.2026 02:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Horton, Kansas. Public Art from 1939.

25.01.2026 03:44 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Civic Pride:

10.01.2026 17:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Fellsburg, Kansas. Ordinary beauty.

07.01.2026 02:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bucklin, Kansas and what public works can yield. WPA city Auditorium:

06.01.2026 15:14 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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This evening’s suggestion and listing session: Cal Jader’s 1967 MGM Records release “Along Comes Cal.” Note the conga in the background - apropos. The arranger was the impeccable Chico O’Farrill.

02.01.2026 03:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Happy New Year to you and yours!

01.01.2026 03:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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For your New Year’s Eve listening may I suggest the 1964 New Stan Getz Quartet featuring Astrud Gilberto live at the Cafe Au Go Go?

01.01.2026 01:10 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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This Texas town always brings to mind The [English] Beat.

31.12.2025 21:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sterling City, Texas in late February 2024:

30.12.2025 15:46 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy holidays from Heartland History and the Midwestern History Association! To celebrate the season, we are releasing a special bonus episode as our gift to you!

24.12.2025 14:31 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 2
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Anson, Texas:

27.12.2025 03:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Shackleford County Courthouse in Albany, Texas. A Second Empire beauty.

23.12.2025 02:32 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Former Texas & Pacific Railroad passenger depot and division offices in Baird, Texas.

21.12.2025 23:35 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Callahan County Courthouse in Baird, Texas.

20.12.2025 19:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Student white board preparation for a Case Study exam set in 1915:

11.12.2025 01:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Los Lobos at Pappy & Harriet’s: great, great show from my all-time favorite band.

10.12.2025 03:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Los Lobos at Pappy & Harriett’s. Great show, great venue.

08.12.2025 04:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Antler, North Dakota

03.12.2025 13:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Today’s board pictures - discussing the 1929 Stock Market crash as a catalyst, not a cause.

02.12.2025 03:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Summer hawk in Laramie.

01.12.2025 03:19 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Board notes, attempt at explaining the tumult of 1919 - 1927.

25.11.2025 03:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0