Ghost Towns Of California

Author : Philip Varney
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781610585637

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Ghost Towns of California by Philip Varney Pdf

Ghost Towns of California is a guidebook to the state's best boomtowns. Once thriving, these abandoned mining camps and pioneer villages still ring with history. Ghost town expert Philip Varney equips you with everything you need to know to explore these remnants of the past. Featured are color maps, driving and walking directions, town histories, touring recommendations, and stunning color photography of 70 sites, including the famous Bodie. Come see where it all started at the mother lode, and trace the great migration throughout the region. Visit the northern mines and the ghosts of San Francisco Bay, the Eastern Sierra, Death Valley, and the Mojave Desert. This is the essential guidebook to the glory days of the Old West!

Author : Philip Varney
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : California, Northern
ISBN : 0896584445

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Ghost Towns of Northern California by Philip Varney Pdf

A pictorial discovery guide through about 50 of Northern California's most

Author : Philip Varney
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1994-03-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0806126086

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Southern California's Best Ghost Towns by Philip Varney Pdf

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.

Author : Mickey G. Broman,Russ Leadabrand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : California
ISBN : 0935182217

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California Ghost Town Trails by Mickey G. Broman,Russ Leadabrand Pdf

Best-selling guide showing the best-known ghost towns in the state. Detailed maps, interesting facts and historical data.

Author : Elroy Ecklar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1329207114

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Ghost Towns of California by Elroy Ecklar Pdf

A ghost town is an abandoned village, town or city, usually one which contains substantial visible remains. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters.

Author : Lambert Florin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : California
ISBN : 0875643248

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California Ghost Towns by Lambert Florin Pdf

Author : Richard Miller
Publisher : American Traveler Press
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1992-04-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1558381244

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Ghost Towns of California by Richard Miller Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780760340820

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Ghost Towns of California by Anonim Pdf

"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 : Susan Drew, Philip Varney, John Drew
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : California, Northern
ISBN : 1610600800

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Ghost Towns of Northern California by Susan Drew, Philip Varney, John Drew Pdf

A travel guide to northern California's 50 deserted mining towns, plus the "ghost prison" of Alcatraz and a couple of Chinese fishing villages in the San Francisco Bay area.

Author : Cecile Page Vargo,Roger W. Vargo
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738595207

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Cerro Gordo by Cecile Page Vargo,Roger W. Vargo Pdf

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 : Northwest Distributors, LLC,Ralph N. Preston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : California
ISBN : 0972044116

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California Ghost Towns by Northwest Distributors, LLC,Ralph N. Preston Pdf

Author : Jim Hinckley
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780760369692

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Ghost Towns of Route 66 by Jim Hinckley Pdf

Join Route 66 expert Jim Hinckley as he tours more than 60 ghost towns along the Mother Road, rich in stories and history! The quintessential boom-and-bust highway of the American West, Route 66 once hosted a thriving array of boomtowns built around oil mines, railroad stops, cattle ranches, resorts, stagecoach stops, and gold mines. Illustrated with gorgeous sepia-tone and color photography by Kerrick James, this book tours dozens of ghost towns in: Illinois (Braidwood, Braceville, Gardner, Dwight, Bloomington, Funks Grove, Springfield) Missouri (Rolla, Dootlittle, Springfield, Halltown, Paris Springs Junction, Avilla, Carthage, Joplin) Kansas (Galena, Riverton, Baxter Springs) Oklahoma (Narcissa, Afton, Tulsa, Warwick, Bridgeport, Foss, Elk City, Erick, Texola) Texas (Shamrock, McLean, Alanreed, Jericho, Amarillo, Glenrio) New Mexico (San Jon, Tucumari, Montoya, Newkirk, Cuervo, Dilia, Tecolote, Santa Fe, Thoreau, Gallup) Arizona (Lupton, Chambers, Two Guns, Flagstaff, Truxton, Hackberry, Kingman, Goldroad, Oatman) California (Needles, Goffs, Essex, Cadiz, Chambless, Amboy, Ludlow, Newberry Springs, Daggett, Barstow) This edition also includes directions and travel tips for your ghost-town explorations along Route 66, as well as a fold-out map of the Mother Road. Explore the beauty and nostalgia of these abandoned communities along America's favorite highway!

Author : Johnnie Bachusky
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781926936192

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Ghost Town Stories of BC by Johnnie Bachusky Pdf

Many of BC's old mining towns are now abandoned ruins, disappearing into the wilderness. These once-thriving towns and the pioneers who built them are remembered in 10 fascinating stories of hard work and heroism. A mine rescue worker sadly recounts a tale of death underground at Coal Creek. Three eccentric old bachelors become the final residents of Phoenix. Legends of Spanish treasure near a Vancouver Island gold-rush town persist to this day. Experience BC's colourful past in these entertaining stories from the province's vanished communities.

Author : Philip Varney,Jim Hinckley
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780760350416

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Ghost Towns of the West by Philip Varney,Jim Hinckley Pdf

"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 : Doug Brodie,James Watson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2001-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781462833849

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Big Bad Bodie: High Sierra Ghost Town by Doug Brodie,James Watson Pdf

The mid-19th century mining town of Bodie, California located at 8,369 feet, atop the Sierra Nevada Mountains, just 3 1/2 miles from the Nevada border, was considered one of the richest gold and silver mining towns in the west. Geologists who know of its present rich ore deposits, say it could have been again, but since it became a California historic state park in 1962, that possibility was terminated. The old town, now the best preserved ghost town in the Nation, is maintained in a state of arrested decay by the State of California, meaning it will never be restored to its once rough and tough condition of the 1870s, but it is prevented from further deterioration through a system of constant repair. The public is encouraged to visit the old town, and this book is a compilation of stories, news items, historic information, and reports of its past, some true, some possibly true, and some probably outright lies by citizens of the past and news reporters who wrote for the many old newspapers that described life as it was lived in the years immediately following the Civil War. Authors Jim Watson, photographer, and Doug Brodie, former newspaper reporter, have obtained items heretofore never explained nor described in writings about the old town. Their research has made this book a one of a kind publication.