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Abandoned Villages And Ghost Towns Of New England
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Book Synopsis Abandoned Villages and Ghost Towns of New England by : Thomas D'Agostino
Download or read book Abandoned Villages and Ghost Towns of New England written by Thomas D'Agostino and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories from 30 ghost towns in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Book Synopsis Lost Towns of New England by : Renee Mallett
Download or read book Lost Towns of New England written by Renee Mallett and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-27 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New England is home to abandoned towns and forgotten main streets that once bustled with life and commerce. From villages sunk underwater to cities undone by the rise and fall of mill life, madness or just plain bad luck, these ghost towns offer a unique look into the rich history of the past. Get a glimpse into what early life was really like through historical accounts of abandoned villages. Discover the history behind the ruins of towns like Connecticut's religious community Gay City, the former New Hampshire resort town of Unity Springs and Massachusetts's famed Dogtown--before nature reclaims them entirely. Join local author Renee Mallett as she uncovers the heydays of some of New England's most fascinating lost towns.
Book Synopsis Ghost Towns of New England by : Taryn Plumb
Download or read book Ghost Towns of New England written by Taryn Plumb and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-10-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People are inexplicably drawn to abandoned places. Believe it or not, New England is home to numerous ghost towns long abandoned, but filled with mystery, unexpected beauty, and a sense that these locations are simply biding their time, waiting for people to return. Taryn Plumb explores dozens of locations in the region, revealing the surprising histories of the towns and the reasons they were abandoned. In Maine, sites include Flagstaff, whose citizens were forced out to make way for a dam and which now sits at the bottom of Flagstaff Lake; Riceville, wiped out by cholera; and Perkins Township, which was abandoned so suddenly the remaining houses are still filled with furnishings. Locations in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut are also covered in this unique and fascinating tour.
Book Synopsis New Mexico's Best Ghost Towns by : Philip Varney
Download or read book New Mexico's Best Ghost Towns written by Philip Varney and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This useful guidebook surveys more than eighty ghost towns, grouped by geographic area. First published in 1981 and now available only from the University of New Mexico Press, it has been praised in particular for its instructions on how to reach even the most obscure sites.
Book Synopsis Haunted Hikes of New Hampshire, 2nd Edition by : Marianne O'Connor
Download or read book Haunted Hikes of New Hampshire, 2nd Edition written by Marianne O'Connor and published by Peter E. Randall Marianne O'Connor. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Are ghosts real? Have aliens visited New Hampshire? Is there such thing as "Big Foot"? These questions and more are covered in Marianne O'Connor's extraordinary program "Haunted Hikes of New Hampshire" based on her popular book. Marianne O'Connor is the author of Haunted Hikes of New Hampshire, 2nd Edition. First published in 2008, the new edition features six new spooky hikes! Marianne has been presenting her engaging program for nine years. The program is a slide show which includes spooky sound effects, ghostly specters and mysterious stories. The program is appropriate for young and old. O'Connor has appeared on WMUR's "New Hampshire Chronicle" and NHPTV "Windows to the Wild" with Willem Lange. O'Connor has also been featured in New Hampshire Magazine as well as numerous publications over the years. The hour-long program presents "ghost stories" from the book. The program includes slide photos of some of the many hikes. The presentation is geared to engage listeners such that they might want to get outside and hike. (Ghosts not guaranteed.) The program is perfect for Halloween, and those looking for something different this fall"--
Download or read book Dogtown written by Elyssa East and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The area known as Dogtown -- an isolated colonial ruin and surrounding 3,000-acre woodland in storied seaside Gloucester, Massachusetts -- has long exerted a powerful influence over artists, writers, eccentrics, and nature lovers. But its history is also woven through with tales of witches, supernatural sightings, pirates, former slaves, drifters, and the many dogs Revolutionary War widows kept for protection and for which the area was named. In 1984, a brutal murder took place there: a mentally disturbed local outcast crushed the skull of a beloved schoolteacher as she walked in the woods. Dogtown's peculiar atmosphere -- it is strewn with giant boulders and has been compared to Stonehenge -- and eerie past deepened the pall of this horrific event that continues to haunt Gloucester even today. In alternating chapters, Elyssa East interlaces the story of this grisly murder with the strange, dark history of this wilderness ghost town and explores the possibility that certain landscapes wield their own unique power. East knew nothing of Dogtown's bizarre past when she first became interested in the area. As an art student in the early 1990s, she fell in love with the celebrated Modernist painter Marsden Hartley's stark and arresting Dogtown landscapes. She also learned that in the 1930s, Dogtown saved Hartley from a paralyzing depression. Years later, struggling in her own life, East set out to find the mysterious setting that had changed Hartley's life, hoping that she too would find solace and renewal in Dogtown's odd beauty. Instead, she discovered a landscape steeped in intrigue and a community deeply ambivalent about the place: while many residents declare their passion for this profoundly affecting landscape, others avoid it out of a sense of foreboding. Throughout this richly braided first-person narrative, East brings Dogtown's enigmatic past to life. Losses sustained during the American Revolution dealt this once thriving community its final blow. Destitute war widows and former slaves took up shelter in its decaying homes until 1839, when the last inhabitant was taken to the poorhouse. He died seven days later. Dogtown has remained abandoned ever since, but continues to occupy many people's imaginations. In addition to Marsden Hartley, it inspired a Bible-thumping millionaire who carved the region's rocks with words to live by; the innovative and influential postmodernist poet Charles Olson, who based much of his epic Maximus Poems on Dogtown; an idiosyncratic octogenarian who vigilantly patrols the land to this day; and a murderer who claimed that the spirit of the woods called out to him. In luminous, insightful prose, Dogtown takes the reader into an unforgettable place brimming with tragedy, eccentricity, and fascinating lore, and examines the idea that some places can inspire both good and evil, poetry and murder.
Book Synopsis Lost Ski Areas of the Berkshires by : Jeremy K. Davis
Download or read book Lost Ski Areas of the Berkshires written by Jeremy K. Davis and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Berkshires of Massachusetts have long been known as a winter sports paradise. Over the years, many of these ski areas faded away and are nearly forgotten. Forty-four ski areas arose from the 1930s to the 1970s. The Thunderbolt Ski Trail put the Berkshires on the map for challenging terrain. Major ski resorts like Brodie Mountain sparked the popularity of night skiing with lighted trails. All-inclusive resorts - like Oak n' Spruce, Eastover and Jug End - brought thousands of new skiers into the sport between the 1940s and 1970s. Jeremy Davis of the New England/Northeast Lost Ski Areas Project brings these lost locations back to life, chronicling their rich histories and contributions to the ski industry.
Book Synopsis New England's Hidden Past by : Dan Landrigan
Download or read book New England's Hidden Past written by Dan Landrigan and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New England is so compact that even casual visitors can sample its diverse history in just a short time. But travelers and residents alike can also pass right by historic buildings, landscapes, and iconic objects without noticing them. New England's Hidden Past presents the region’s history in an engaging new way: through 58 lists of historic places and things usually hidden in plain sight in all six New England states. Pay attention and you’ll find stone structures built by Indians, soaring churches financed by Franco-American millworkers, and public high schools started by colonists when New England was still a howling wilderness. You may have seen them, but you probably don’t know the story behind them. New England's Hidden Past takes readers to the grave sites of revolutionary heroines, Loyalist house museums, as well as, Revolutionary taverns and colonial inns. It takes them to Indian trails, the oldest houses, historic department stores, ghost towns, and Little Italys. Each unique, interesting location or object has a counterpart in the other five New England states. A perfect guide to keep in the car and refer to when traveling New England or planning a trip.
Book Synopsis Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of New Mexico by : James E. Sherman
Download or read book Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of New Mexico written by James E. Sherman and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1975-01-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given in memory of Ethel A. Tsutsui, Ph.D. and Minoru Tsutsui, Ph.D.
Book Synopsis Ghost Towns Alive by : Linda G. Harris
Download or read book Ghost Towns Alive written by Linda G. Harris and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs and text describe some of New Mexico's ghost towns, providing information on their history, role in the state's development, why they have become ghost towns, and how some have been transformed.
Download or read book Ghost Towns written by Chris McNab and published by . This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Abandoned NYC written by Will Ellis and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Manhattan and Brooklyn's trendiest neighbourhoods to the far-flung edges of the outer boroughs, Ellis captures the lost and lonely corners of New York. Step inside the New York you never knew, with 200 eerie images of urban decay
Download or read book Quabbin written by and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gone But Not Forgotten by : Summer Paradis
Download or read book Gone But Not Forgotten written by Summer Paradis and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New England has a long, rich history that can be experienced by visiting the abandoned villages, monuments, and cemeteries that cover the region. Here are 36 locations including a recent ghost town found in Connecticut, an eloquent 9-11 memorial in New Hampshire, a cemetery in Vermont that is more like an outdoor art gallery, the grave of an accused vampire in Rhode Island, an Island in Maine, whose residents were forced out by the state, and the New England Holocaust Memorial in Massachusetts. This handy pictorial guide includes visitor information, detailed directions, 180 color photographs, and the history associated with the towns, monuments, and cemeteries scattered across New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Download or read book Ghost Towns of California written by and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A guide to the best ghost towns of California. Once thriving, these abandoned mining camps and pioneer villages still ring with history. Philip Varney equips you with everything you need to explore these sites, including maps, directions, history, and photos"--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis A Guide to Haunted New England by : Thomas D'Agostino
Download or read book A Guide to Haunted New England written by Thomas D'Agostino and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-30 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fun, charming . . . includes not only locales with reported ghosts, but also sites with macabre (though not haunted) histories” (True Crime Librarian). Visitors and New England natives alike will see a new side of the region through Thomas D’Agostino’s road trip guidebook. He captures the reader’s imagination with folklore and anecdotes, plus recommendations useful for any traveler. This guide uncovers lingering spirits across all six states in the region, from the victims of alchemy gone awry in the White Mountains, to wraiths in the Berkshires, to the ghosts of drowned sailors in Mystic, Connecticut. Enjoy these retellings of classic New England ghost stories and discover obscure ones, and then go visit the spooky sights for yourself. Includes photos! “Anyone interested in exploring the haunted, macabre and abandoned throughout New England knows they can count on D’Agostino to find out more about the site’s history, past sightings and how to find them.” —Mobile Rving
Book Synopsis Ghosts of North Dakota by : Troy Larson
Download or read book Ghosts of North Dakota written by Troy Larson and published by Sonic Tremor Media. This book was released on 2014-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghosts of North Dakota, Volume 3 is a 110 page, hardbound, full-color coffee table book featuring some of the best photos from the Ghosts of North Dakota project- photos of ghost towns, near-ghost towns, and abandoned places across the state of North Dakota, plus comments from the photographers, historical tidbits, and more. Places in this book include Antler, Marmarth, Arena, Sanish, Haymarsh, and Bathgate. Volume 3 also includes a 19 page special section on the abandoned Fortuna Air Force Station, and a map which includes most of the places featured in Volumes 1 through 3.
