Ghost Towns Of Northern California

Author : Susan Drew, Philip Varney, John Drew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610600804
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns of Northern California written by Susan Drew, Philip Varney, John Drew and published by . This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A travel guide to northern California's 50 deserted mining towns, plus the "ghost prison" of Alcatraz and a couple of Chinese fishing villages in the San Francisco Bay area.

Author : Philip Varney
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 9780896584426
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns of Northern California written by Philip Varney and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2001 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A travel guide to northern California's 50 deserted mining towns, plus the "ghost prison" of Alcatraz and a couple of Chinese fishing villages in the San Francisco Bay area.

Author : Philip Varney
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 9780896584440
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns of Northern California written by Philip Varney and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial discovery guide through about 50 of Northern California's most

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Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 076034082X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( 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.

Author : Mickey G. Broman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780935182217
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book California Ghost Town Trails written by Mickey G. Broman and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling guide showing the best-known ghost towns in the state. Detailed maps, interesting facts and historical data.

Author : Northwest Distributors, LLC
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780972044110
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book California Ghost Towns written by Northwest Distributors, LLC and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip Varney
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806126081
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southern California's Best Ghost Towns written by Philip Varney and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1994-03-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ghost towns of Southern California-some dramatic and nearly intact, others devastated-are well worth visiting. Most are remnants of once-colorful mining towns, though there are also railroad towns, a World War II relocation center, a promoter's swindle, and a failed socialist colony. Some excellent attractions remain. One of the best-preserved stamp mills in the West is in Skidoo. Smelters, homes, stores, and the remarkable wooden American Hotel can be found in Cerro Gordo, which the author calls "California's best true ghost town." Seasoned back-roads traveler Philip Varney, who has visited nearly a hundred ghost towns in the area, provides a down-to-earth and helpful guide to more than sixty of the best in Southern California and nearby Inyo and Kern counties. He defines a ghost town as a town with a population markedly decreased from its peak, one whose initial reason for settlement no longer keeps people there. It can be completely deserted, have a resident or two, or retain genuine signs of vitality, but Varney has eliminated those towns he considers either too populated or too empty of significant remains. The sites are grouped in four chapters in Inyo County, Death Valley, the Mojave Desert and Kern River, and the regions surrounding Los Angeles and San Diego. Each chapter provides a map of the region, a ranking of sites as "major," "secondary," and "minor," information on road conditions, trip suggestions, and tips on the use of particular topographic maps for readers interested in more detailed exploration. Each entry includes directions to a town, a brief history of that town, and notes on its special points of interest. Current photographs provide a valuable record of the sometimes fragile sites. Southern California's Best Ghost Towns will be welcomed both by those who enjoy traveling off the beaten path and by those who enjoy the history of the American West.

Author : John G. Edmonds
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781532930935
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gold Rush Ghost Towns of North Central California written by John G. Edmonds and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-24 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1849 Gold Rush lives today throughout Northern California, from the name of a San Francisco football team to the many small towns -- including "ghost towns" -- scattered throughout the Sierra Nevada foothills. This book visits 10 of those towns, all for the fun of searching for gold and ghosts.

Author : Richard Miller
Publisher : American Traveler Press
ISBN 13 : 9781558381247
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns of California written by Richard Miller and published by American Traveler Press. This book was released on 1992-04-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ghost town is only as good as the stories about it. The legends of bar-fights, famous visitors, and big findings of gold are throughout this book. It also has a good map and directions on locating the towns, some of which are "alive" today.

Author : Charles A. Stansfield
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 081174079X
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunted Southern California written by Charles A. Stansfield and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there a shadow over this sunny land of healthful vigor and natural abundance? This region includes the Central Coast, the San Joaquin Valley, and metropolitan Los Angeles and San Diego, where readers will encounter the spirits of gold prospectors, cowboys, Spanish padres, and movie stars, as well as the phantom camels of Fort Tejon, the shape-shifting witch of Tulare, underwater UFOs, ghosts aboard the Queen Mary, and the tragic specter of Marilyn Monroe.