Gold Mining Boomtown

Author : Roberta Key Haldane
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806188308
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gold-Mining Boomtown written by Roberta Key Haldane and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The town of White Oaks, New Mexico Territory, was born in 1879 when prospectors discovered gold at nearby Baxter Mountain. In Gold-Mining Boomtown, Roberta Key Haldane offers an intimate portrait of the southeastern New Mexico community by profiling more than forty families and individuals who made their homes there during its heyday. Today, fewer than a hundred people live in White Oaks. Its frontier incarnation, located a scant twenty-eight miles from the notorious Lincoln, is remembered largely because of its association with famous westerners. Billy the Kid and his gang were familiar visitors to the town. When a popular deputy was gunned down in 1880, the citizens resolved to rid their community of outlaws. Pat Garrett, running for sheriff of Lincoln County, was soon campaigning in White Oaks. But there was more to the town than gold mining and frontier violence. In addition to outlaws, lawmen, and miners, Haldane introduces readers to ranchers, doctors, saloonkeepers, and stagecoach owners. José Aguayo, a lawyer from an old Spanish family, defended Billy the Kid, survived the Lincoln County War, and moved to the White Oaks vicinity in 1890, where his family became famous for the goat cheese they sold to the town’s elite. Readers also meet a New England sea captain and his wife (a Samoan princess, no less), a black entrepreneur, Chinese miners, the “Cattle Queen of New Mexico,” and an undertaker with an international criminal past. The White Oaks that Haldane uncovers—and depicts with lively prose and more than 250 photographs—is a microcosm of the Old West in its diversity and evolution from mining camp to thriving burg to the near–ghost town it is today. Anyone interested in the history of the Southwest will enjoy this richly detailed account.

Author : Baby Professor
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1541957857
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Search for Gold : History of Boomtowns and Gold Mines | History of the United States Grade 6 | Children's American History written by Baby Professor and published by Speedy Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let’s go back centuries past and visit the American West during its settlement. How did mining and the transcontinental railroad help in the development of the West? What were boomtowns and why did they mushroom in certain areas of the US? Travel back in time and learn about history the fun way. Grab a copy today.

Author : Marguerite Sprague
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
ISBN 13 : 0874178681
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bodie’s Gold written by Marguerite Sprague and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2005-08-03 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bodie Mining District was established in 1860 after the discovery of gold deposits in the area. Bodie's largest boom ended just over twenty years later, but the town survived into the twentieth century supported by a few small but steady mines. Mining ended with World War II. What remained of the town became a state park in 1964. In Bodie's Gold, author Marguerite Sprague uncovers the original sources of information whenever possible, from the first mining claims to interviews with former Bodieites. Enhanced with numerous historic photographs and extracts from newspapers of that period, as well as by the reminiscences of former residents, the book offers a fascinating account of life in a Gold Rush boomtown. The book is now available in a new, easier-to-handle paperback edition that will make it more convenient for readers who want to carry if with them in a car or backpack.

Author : Richard Perske
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692393826
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boom Town to Ghost Town written by Richard Perske and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GOLD! The one-word headline in the July 3, 1893 edition of the Fulford Signal newspaper summed up the very reason for the existence of this mining boom camp in the rugged mountains southeast of Eagle, Colorado. Although Fulford's booms were early and short-lived, interest in the one-time mining camp has continued for decades. Over the years, the stories of adventure and tragedy (including a tale of a lost gold mine) kept people intrigued. Author Richard Perske is the first writer to spend countless hours researching old newspapers and historical files to present the true story of Fulford.

Author : Mrs. Hugh Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lady in Boomtown written by Mrs. Hugh Brown and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George J. Dellar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ebb-flow of a Boom Town written by George J. Dellar and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jerry Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780944958285
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boom Towns & Relic Hunters of Northeastern Washington written by Jerry Smith and published by . This book was released on 2002-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chris Allan (Historian)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Rough and Tumble Country written by Chris Allan (Historian) and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Douglas McDonald
Publisher : Gem Guides Book Company
ISBN 13 : 9780913814888
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bodie Boom Town-Gold Town written by Douglas McDonald and published by Gem Guides Book Company. This book was released on 1988 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of the last of California's old-time mining camps, now a state historic park. Includes visitor info. and many historic photos.

Author : Thomas Cook
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781721229888
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Boom to Ghost Town written by Thomas Cook and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-27 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ghosts, miners, prostitutes, Chinese, Basques, outlaws, politicians, and yet more ghosts - the Wallowa Mountains gold-mining boomtown of Cornucopia in Oregon's wild northeast corner saw it all. Thomas Cook told the story of 'Copia's' gold mine in his first book, The Cornucopia. Now he describes the wide-open frontier town that the mine created, and the historic ruins that cry out for preservation." - William L. Sullivan, author of Hiking Oregon's History and over twenty other books.