Unique Ghost Towns And Mountain Spots

Author : Caroline Bancroft
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unique Ghost Towns and Mountain Spots written by Caroline Bancroft and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-27 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Unique Ghost Towns and Mountain Spots" by Caroline Bancroft offers a fascinating exploration of ghost towns and mountainous regions that are rich in history and mystery. Bancroft's vivid descriptions and historical insights bring these unique locations to life, making this book an exciting and informative read for those intrigued by the allure of abandoned places and the stories they hold.

Author : Philip Varney
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN 13 : 1610600908
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( 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.

Author : Kevin Singel
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781719553469
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finding Gold in Colorado - Prospector's Edition written by Kevin Singel and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-26 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel guide book inspired by the gold prospecting origin of Colorado. Includes touring information on all the major towns founded as gold mining camps as well as summaries of each town's origin story. Includes reviews and recommendations on historic districts to visit, mines to tour, driving tours of ghost towns and places to gold pan. Includes information on 16 historic districts, 31 museums, 18 mines, 186 gold panning sites across the state of Colorado. Thoroughly researched to confirm public access to the panning sites (no private property or areas subject to mining claim has been included - unlike other books.)Written by a long-time Colorado resident and gold prospector. Based on years of research and field work.Get your share of the gold by prospecting for it in historic, urban, and remote locations across the gold districts of Colorado.

Author : Sandra Dallas
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806120843
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( 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

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 : Peter Bronski
Publisher : Wilderness Press
ISBN 13 : 9780899975184
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Powder Ghost Towns written by Peter Bronski and published by Wilderness Press. This book was released on 2013-03-04 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its heyday, Colorado had more than 175 ski areas operating on the slopes of the Rocky Mountains, and while many of those resorts have shut down, their runs still shelter secret stashes of snow. Pristine slopes await backcountry powder hounds out to discover these chutes and steeps, bunny hills and bumps. Chronicling the history of more than 36 of these "lost resorts," Powder Ghost Towns provides the beta for how to ski and board these classic runs today, with comprehensive information on trailheads, where to skin up, and the best descents. Coverage ranges from southern Wyoming's Medicine Bow Mountains to the Colorado-New Mexico border, including famous old resorts like Hidden Valley in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Author : John K. Aldrich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982174005
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghosts of Park County written by John K. Aldrich and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghosts of Park County is John K. Aldrich¿s classic ghost town and historic mining camp guide, updated with GPS locations and elevations. Aldrich¿s Ghosts is a colorful and engaging history of Park County's boom-and-bust mining towns. You¿ll follow the footsteps of the determined men and women who lived the Colorado gold and silver rushes.Gold was the principal mineral mined in Park County, Colorado, and the county ranks eighth in the state in gold production. Most of the production came from the northwest part of the county along the east slope of the Mosquito Range. Placer gold was discovered in Park County in 1859. The placers were found in the streams of South Park; later rich lode deposits were discovered at the headwaters of the South Platte and its tributaries. Ghosts of Park County features the historic towns of Como, Fairplay, and Alma, and locations in the Mosquito Range and Pike National Forest.Numerous color photographs and our exclusive 16x20 inch topographic map showing site locations will help you explore Colorado¿s mountain history from your armchair or from back country roads and trails.Ghosts of Park County is one in our series of books on the ghost towns and mining camps of Colorado. There are 14 additional titles in John Aldrich¿s series available through Columbine Ink, a Denver-based regional publisher. Read them all for a journey you¿ll enjoy time and again!

Author : John M. Mulhouse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781634992343
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Abandoned New Mexico written by John M. Mulhouse and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abandoned New Mexico: Ghost Towns, Endangered Architecture, and Hidden History encompasses huge swathes of time and space. As rural populations decline and young people move to ever-larger cities, much of our past is left behind. Out on the plains or along now-quiet highways, changes in modes of livelihood and transportation have moved only in one direction. Stately homes and hand-built schools, churches and bars--these are not just the stuff of individual lives, but of an entire culture. New Mexico, among the least-dense states in the country, was crossed by both the Spanish and Route 66; the railroad stretched toward every hopeful mine and outlaws died in its arms. Its pueblos are among the oldest human habitations in the U.S., and the first atomic bomb was detonated nearly dead in its center. John Mulhouse spent almost a decade documenting the forgotten corners of a state like no other through his popular City of Dust project. From the sunbaked Chihuahuan Desert to the snow-capped Moreno Valley, travel through John's words and pictures across the legendary Land of Enchantment.--Back cover.

Author : Cecile Page Vargo
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738595209
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cerro Gordo written by Cecile Page Vargo and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By the last quarter of the 20th century, Jody Stewart and Mike Patterson found themselves owners of the rough and tumble camp that helped Los Angeles turn into a thriving metropolis because of silver and commercial trade. Cerro Gordo found new life, second to Bodie, as California's best-preserved ghost town.

Author : Robert L. Brown
Publisher : Caxton Press
ISBN 13 : 9780870045301
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colorado Ghost Towns written by Robert L. Brown and published by Caxton Press. This book was released on 1972-07 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press This is the third in Robert Brown's series of picturesque guidebooks to another era. In text and photographs he has captured the sense of the historic as well as the nostalgic of a new selection of ghost towns and mining camps that dot the back country byways and high mountain valleys of Colorado.