Ghost Towns Of The Old West

Author : Raymond Bial
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 054756189X
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns of the American West written by Raymond Bial and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001-02-26 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If it is abandoned by all or most of its inhabitants, a settlement becomes a ghost town. The buildings and dirt streets may remain, but the character and soul of the place change entirely. And so it was with mining camps, lumber camps, and cowboy towns scattered across America, particularly in the West: places with names like Gregory’s Diggings, Deadwood, Bodie, Calico, Goldfield, and Tombstone, some of the over 30,000 deserted towns in the United States. Why did people come to these isolated places? Why did they leave? As Raymond Bial’s narrative explores the history of our ghost towns, his well-composed photo-graphs silently tell their stories: of bustling, muddy streets, of large mercantile stores, and, ultimately, of short-lived dreams of gold, fertile land, or simply a good place to call home.

Author : Philip Varney
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 0760350418
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( 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"--

Author : Mario Kaiser
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780810945081
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns of the American West written by Mario Kaiser and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commissioned by Smithsonian Magazine, a tour of nineteen of America's ghost towns features coverage of such deserted places as Bodie, California; Gold Point, Nevada; and Steins, New Mexico; depicted at dusk while using long exposures and ambiance-capturing light technology.

Author : Clint Thomsen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782001077
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( 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 110 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.

Author : Thelma Heatwole
Publisher : Primer Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780914846109
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns and Historical Haunts in Arizona written by Thelma Heatwole and published by Primer Publishers. This book was released on 1981 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visit the golden past of Arizona's cities. See adobe ruins, old mines, cemeteries, cabins and castles! Experience Arizona's history!

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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 : William Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( 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.

Author : Matthew P. Mayo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 076278914X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunted Old West written by Matthew P. Mayo and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Howling hauntings from the raw mountain passes and wind-stripped plains of the Old West The Old West is filled with enough phenomenal happenings, curious mysteries, and ghastly ghosts to send chills up and down any spine. Haunted Old West is the petrifyingly perfect collection for campfire gatherings and makes an eerily ideal guide for a ghost-hunting trip to the Old West. In these pages explore horror-filled mine shafts and outrun herds of stampeding spectral cattle. Stumble upon a supernatural saloon, investigate ghost towns teeming with residents of the afterlife, and feel phantom freight trains pass through your body. Haunted Old West provides the inside story on some of the most actively haunted spots in the great American West, including: Ghostly Garnet: In summer, visitors frequent this best-preserved ghost town in Montana, but it is winter when Garnet truly comes alive. Raucous music can be heard within the Kelly Saloon, and the blacksmith’s ringing anvil punctuates the sounds of a busy 1880s street scene. Yes indeed, Garnet puts the “ghost” in ghost town. Bandit Ghoul of Six Mile Canyon: Respected businessman by day, bandit gang leader by night, Big Jack Davis amasses a fortune robbing trains, stagecoaches, and bullion wagons in 1860s Nevada. Shot in the back while robbing a stagecoach, Big Jack is now a shrieking white demon, flapping wings sprouted from his wounds and driving off anyone who gets too close to his buried loot.

Author : Derek Pearcy
Publisher : White Wolf Games Studio
ISBN 13 : 9781565043435
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns written by Derek Pearcy and published by White Wolf Games Studio. This book was released on 1998-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Werewolf: The Apocalypse is about anger over the loss of what the shapeshifting Garou hold dearest: Gaia, the Earth itself. Corruption from without and within has caused the destruction not only of the Garou's environment, but also of their families, friends and culture, which extends in an unbroken line to the very dawn of life. No matter how righteously the Garou hold themselves, no matter how they prey on their destroyers, the corruption spreads. Now the time for reconciliation is past. This grave insult against Gaia can end in only one way: blood, betrayal... and rage. The haunted places of the Savage West, ready to be explored.

Author : Jim Hinckley
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN 13 : 1610602471
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns of Route 66 written by Jim Hinckley and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the mystery and beauty of historic ghost towns from Illinois to California with this gorgeously illustrated guide to America’s favorite highway. The quintessential boom-and-bust highway of the American West, Route 66 once hosted a thriving array of boom towns built around oil wells, railroad stops, cattle ranches, resorts, stagecoach stops, and gold mines. Join Route 66 expert Jim Hinckley as he tours more than twenty-five ghost towns, rich in stories and history, complemented by gorgeous sepia-tone and color photography by Kerrick James. Also includes directions and travel tips for your ghost-town explorations along Route 66.