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 of California
Ghost Towns of California - 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 California write by . This book was released on 2012-07-15. Ghost Towns of California available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "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.
Cerro Gordo
Cerro Gordo - 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 Cerro Gordo write by Cecile Page Vargo. This book was released on 2012. Cerro Gordo available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Ghost Towns of California
Ghost Towns of California - 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 California write by Richard Miller. This book was released on 1992-04-01. Ghost Towns of California available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Ghost Towns of Northern California
Ghost Towns of Northern California - 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 Northern California write by Philip Varney. This book was released on 2001. Ghost Towns of Northern California available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A pictorial discovery guide through about 50 of Northern California's most
