Ghost Towns of the West - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ghost Towns of the West write by Philip Varney. This book was released on 2017-04-11. Ghost Towns of the West available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "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"--
Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps
Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps write by Sandra Dallas. This book was released on 1988-01-01. Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Depicts the history of more than one hundred Colorado towns abandoned after the end of the mining boom
Ghost Towns of the West
Ghost Towns of the West - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ghost Towns of the West write by William Carter. This book was released on 1971. Ghost Towns of the West available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Survey of abandoned towns, mostly mining towns, in the West. Well illustrated.
Southern California's Best Ghost Towns
Southern California's Best Ghost Towns - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Southern California's Best Ghost Towns write by Philip Varney. This book was released on 1994-03-01. Southern California's Best Ghost Towns available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Ghost Towns and Historical Haunts in Arizona
Ghost Towns and Historical Haunts in Arizona - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ghost Towns and Historical Haunts in Arizona write by Thelma Heatwole. This book was released on 1981. Ghost Towns and Historical Haunts in Arizona available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Visit the golden past of Arizona's cities. See adobe ruins, old mines, cemeteries, cabins and castles! Experience Arizona's history!
