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Ghost Towns of the Mountain West

Author : Philip Varney
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN 13 : 1610600908
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns of the Mountain West written by Philip Varney and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2010-07-04 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rocky Mountain and Great Basin states are the heart of ghost-town country. Once-bustling pioneer outposts, mining camps, lumber towns, and railroad villages stand today as reminders of the glory days of gold rushes, industrial progress, and that pioneering spirit of the Old West. This book guides readers to the fascinating and scenic ghost towns of Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Nevada. Varney highlights popular tourist destinations as well as out-of-the-way spots unfamiliar even to natives of the region. Maps, historical background, and stunning color photographs bring to life dozens of ghost towns and provide practical information for exploring this fascinating chapter of American history.

Ghost Towns of the West

Author : Philip Varney
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 0760350418
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns of the West written by Philip Varney and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ghosts Towns of the West is the essential guidebook to the glory days of the Old West! Ghost Towns of the West blazes a trail through the dusty crossroads and mossy cemeteries of the American West, including one-time boomtowns in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The book reveals the little-known stories of long-dead soldiers, American Indians, settlers, farmers, and miners. This essential guidebook to the historic remains of centuries' past includes maps, town histories, color and historical photographs, and detailed directions to these out-of-the-way outdoor museums of the West. Plan your road trips by chapter--each section covers a geographic area and town entries are arranged by location to make this the most user-friendly book on ghost towns west of the Mississippi. Ghost towns are within a short drive of major cities out West, and they make excellent day trip excursions. If you happen to be in or near Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas, or El Paso, for example, you ought to veer towards the nearest ghost town. Western ghost towns can also easily be visited during jaunts to national parks, including Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Crater Lake, Mount Rainier, Glacier, Yellowstone, and many others throughout the West. Ghost Towns of the West is a comprehensive guide to former boomtowns of the American West, covering ghost towns in eleven states from Washington to New Mexico, and from California to Montana. This book has everything you need to learn about, visit, and explore a modern remnant of how life used to be on the Western range"--

Ghost Towns

Author : Clint Thomsen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0747810869
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns written by Clint Thomsen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-20 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tombstone, Bodie, St. Elmo, Silver City: these are some of the most famous of the Old West ghost towns and mining camps that dot America's landscape and provide hints to the country's history. But literally thousands more are scattered throughout the West, with some states boasting hundreds of abandoned boomtowns. Attracting thousands of visitors every year, many of these are protected by public and private parties alike, and visits are carefully regulated in order to preserve these valuable historical relics. Clint Thomsen describes various types of ghost town, explains their histories, and outlines ongoing research and archaeological study into decaying towns and mining camps.

Ghost Towns of California

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Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 076034082X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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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.

Finding the Wild West: The Mountain West

Author : Mike Cox
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493064169
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Finding the Wild West: The Mountain West written by Mike Cox and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the famed Oregon Trail to the boardwalks of Dodge City to the great trading posts on the Missouri River to the battlefields of the nineteenth-century Indian Wars, there are places all over the American West where visitors can relive the great Western migration that helped shape our history and culture. This guide to the Mountain West states of Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana--one of the five-volume Finding the Wild West series--highlights the best preserved historic sites as well as ghost towns, reconstructions, museums, historical markers, statues, works of public art that tell the story of the Old West. Use this book in planning your next trip and for a storytelling overview of America’s Wild West history.

Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest

Author : Philip Varney
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 1610587995
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest written by Philip Varney and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest is a guidebook to the best boomtowns of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Once thriving centers for mining, fishing, logging, and national defense, these abandoned camps and pioneer villages still ring with history. Nowadays, these ghost towns are some of the best places to travel to, filled with fun things to do and see.Ghost town expert Philip Varney equips you with everything you need to know to explore these remnants of the past. Featuring color maps, driving and walking directions, town histories, touring recommendations, and stunning color photography, Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest details famous sites such as Port Gamble (Washington), Fort Steele (British Columbia), and Jacksonville (Oregon) â€” in addition to out-of-the-way gems like Holden (Washington), Sandon (British Columbia), and Flora (Oregon).Chasing down the ghost towns of the Pacific Northwest will take you from the seacoast high into the forests of the Cascade Range. You will view the magnificent Columbia River as it passes through Revelstoke, British Columbia, to its first entry into the United States in Northport, Washington, and to its dramatic meeting with the Pacific Ocean near Astoria, Oregon. See the region as you have never seen it before with this essential guidebook to the glory days of the Pacific Northwest!

Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest

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Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 0760343160
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest written by and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2013-04-29 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest is a guidebook to the best boomtowns of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Once thriving centers for mining, fishing, logging, and national defense, these abandoned camps and pioneer villages still ring with history. Ghost town expert Philip Varney equips you with everything you need to know to explore these remnants of the past. Featuring color maps, driving and walking directions, town histories, touring recommendations, and stunning color photography, Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest details famous sites such as Port Gamble (Washington), Fort Steele (British Columbia), and Jacksonville (Oregon) â€” in addition to out-of-the-way gems like Holden (Washington), Sandon (British Columbia), and Flora (Oregon). See the region as you have never seen it before with this essential guidebook to the glory days of the Pacific Northwest!

Lost Ghost Towns of Teller County

Author : Jan MacKell Collins
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467135127
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Lost Ghost Towns of Teller County written by Jan MacKell Collins and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout Teller County, history lovers can find abandoned towns and forgotten main streets that once bustled with life and commerce. Even before Teller was carved from surrounding counties, the scenic mountains and lucrative mines of the gold rush era brought thousands of settlers and attracted resort owners and tycoons eager to exploit the rich setting. Seemingly overnight, towns in the Cripple Creek District and other places popped up, flush with gold and people looking for opportunity. As the ore disappeared, the miners moved on in search of the next big lode. One by one, the towns were all but forgotten. Join Jan MacKell Collins and discover the booming history, lost towns and hardy settlers of Teller County.

Ghost Towns Alive

Author : Linda G. Harris
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826329080
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (29 download)

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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.

Unique Ghost Towns and Mountain Spots

Author : Caroline Bancroft
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780933472242
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (722 download)

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Download or read book Unique Ghost Towns and Mountain Spots written by Caroline Bancroft and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 1961 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty-two of Colorado's romance-packed high country towns have their stories told with old and new photos, history, and maps.

Lost Ghost Towns of Teller County

Author : Jan MacKell Collins
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625857837
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Lost Ghost Towns of Teller County written by Jan MacKell Collins and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout Teller County, history lovers can find abandoned towns and forgotten main streets that once bustled with life and commerce. Even before Teller was carved from surrounding counties, the scenic mountains and lucrative mines of the gold rush era brought thousands of settlers and attracted resort owners and tycoons eager to exploit the rich setting. Seemingly overnight, towns in the Cripple Creek District and other places popped up, flush with gold and people looking for opportunity. As the ore disappeared, the miners moved on in search of the next big lode. One by one, the towns were all but forgotten. Join Jan MacKell Collins and discover the booming history, lost towns and hardy settlers of Teller County.

Ghost Towns of the American West

Author : Robert Silverberg
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821441094
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns of the American West written by Robert Silverberg and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the American mining frontier can be traced through the ghost towns that dot the western landscape to this day, from the camps of California’s forty-niners to the twentieth-century ruins in the Nevada desert. These abandoned towns mark an epoch of high adventure, of quick wealth and quicker poverty, of gambling and gunslinging and hell-raising. Those who have seen the Old West movies sometimes think that the legends of the Wild West were invented by screenwriters. The ghost towns remain, and their battered ruins testify that the legends are true. Behind the tall tales is a history where a fortune could be made in a week and lost over the course of an evening. With a historian’s attention to fact and a novelist’s gift for dramatic storytelling, celebrated science fiction author Robert Silverberg brings these adventures back to life in the rowdy splendor of their heyday in Ghost Towns of the American West. History and travelers’ tales are woven together with clarity and wit to create a lively account of a fascinating era in our history. Lorence Bjorklund’s illustrations, rich in detail, portray the ghost towns in their glory and in their dusty decline.

New York Ghost Towns

Author : Susan Tassin
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 081170825X
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book New York Ghost Towns written by Susan Tassin and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores towns, settlements, forts, and other areas that have been completely deserted or brought back to life as tourist attractions 40 ghost towns, including Love Canal, the Oneida Community, Fort William Henry of Last of the Mohicans fame, and Bedloe's Island, which now holds the Statue of Liberty Covers the history of the sites, personal interest stories, what remains today, and how to get there Divided into geographical sections so readers can plan visits to multiple sites

Montana Mining Ghost Towns

Author : Barbara Fifer
Publisher : Farcountry Press
ISBN 13 : 1560371951
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Montana Mining Ghost Towns written by Barbara Fifer and published by Farcountry Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs-landscapes, townsites, homes, stores, mining structures.

Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps

Author : Sandra Dallas
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806120843
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps written by Sandra Dallas and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depicts the history of more than one hundred Colorado towns abandoned after the end of the mining boom

Ghost Towns of the West

Author : William Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns of the West written by William Carter and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Survey of abandoned towns, mostly mining towns, in the West. Well illustrated.

Ghost Town Stories of Alberta

Author : Johnnie Bachusky
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 1926936183
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Ghost Town Stories of Alberta written by Johnnie Bachusky and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, many of the historic coal-mining communities of the Rocky Mountains are uninhabited ghost towns. Yet behind the crumbled ruins are tales of perseverance, danger and romance. A devastating mine explosion on Halloween shatters the lives of mining families in Nordegg. The miners of Mountain Park build a hockey rink still celebrated in local lore. A young immigrant couple in Mercoal establishes a successful business only to have their love story sadly cut short. These 11 dramatic and poignant ghost-town tales are sure to fascinate all who love pioneer history.