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ISBN: 9780763131524
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Languages : en
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2001 Calendar Ghost Towns
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ISBN: 9780763131524
Category :
Languages : en
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780763131524
Category :
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Ghost Towns
Author: Clint Thomsen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782001077
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Tombstone, Bodie, St. Elmo, Silver City: these are some of the most famous of the Old West ghost towns and mining camps that dot America's landscape and provide hints to the country's history. But literally thousands more are scattered throughout the West, with some states boasting hundreds of abandoned boomtowns. Attracting thousands of visitors every year, many of these are protected by public and private parties alike, and visits are carefully regulated in order to preserve these valuable historical relics. Clint Thomsen describes various types of ghost town, explains their histories, and outlines ongoing research and archaeological study into decaying towns and mining camps.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782001077
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Tombstone, Bodie, St. Elmo, Silver City: these are some of the most famous of the Old West ghost towns and mining camps that dot America's landscape and provide hints to the country's history. But literally thousands more are scattered throughout the West, with some states boasting hundreds of abandoned boomtowns. Attracting thousands of visitors every year, many of these are protected by public and private parties alike, and visits are carefully regulated in order to preserve these valuable historical relics. Clint Thomsen describes various types of ghost town, explains their histories, and outlines ongoing research and archaeological study into decaying towns and mining camps.
Ghost Towns of the West
Author: William Carter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Survey of abandoned towns, mostly mining towns, in the West. Well illustrated.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Survey of abandoned towns, mostly mining towns, in the West. Well illustrated.
Ghost Towns
Author: Sarah Parvis
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1684028671
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Deserted towns are time capsules of the past, and the 11 places explored in this book all have a past marked by tragedy. The Lost Colony, for example, on Virginia’s Roanoke Island, was the first place the English established residence in the new world. But between 1587 and 1590, something went very wrong. All 115 residents, including women and children, simply vanished. Many theories abound about what happened to them, but no one knows for sure. Tales such as these will keep young readers turning the pages as they learn about a fascinating part of history. Ghost Towns is part of Bearport’s Scary Places series.
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
ISBN: 1684028671
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Deserted towns are time capsules of the past, and the 11 places explored in this book all have a past marked by tragedy. The Lost Colony, for example, on Virginia’s Roanoke Island, was the first place the English established residence in the new world. But between 1587 and 1590, something went very wrong. All 115 residents, including women and children, simply vanished. Many theories abound about what happened to them, but no one knows for sure. Tales such as these will keep young readers turning the pages as they learn about a fascinating part of history. Ghost Towns is part of Bearport’s Scary Places series.
Ghost Towns
Author: Ruth E. DeJauregui
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780861244256
Category : Extinct cities
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780861244256
Category : Extinct cities
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Ghost Towns of the American West
Author: Bill O'Neal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ghost towns
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Photographs of Ghost Towns.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ghost towns
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Photographs of Ghost Towns.
Ghost Towns of the Old West
Author: Gary Topping
Publisher: BDD Promotional Books Company
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Whatever the reasons, the fascination is undeniable and GHOST TOWNS OF THE OLD WEST is sure to please even the most ardent ghost town aficionado. Featuring a lively, informative text by historian Gary Topping and more than 150 color photographs by noted California photographer Lynn Radeka--all commissioned especially for this volume--this handsome book surveys 18 of the richest, wickedest, and most colorful communities on the frontier.
Publisher: BDD Promotional Books Company
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Whatever the reasons, the fascination is undeniable and GHOST TOWNS OF THE OLD WEST is sure to please even the most ardent ghost town aficionado. Featuring a lively, informative text by historian Gary Topping and more than 150 color photographs by noted California photographer Lynn Radeka--all commissioned especially for this volume--this handsome book surveys 18 of the richest, wickedest, and most colorful communities on the frontier.
Ghosts on a Sea of Grass
Author: Donald C. Miller
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ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Ghost Towns of the West
Author: Philip Varney
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN: 0760350418
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
"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"--
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN: 0760350418
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
"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"--
Ghost Towns
Author: Lynn M. Stone
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780866254496
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Examines the ghost towns scattered across America, discussing their decline and current status.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780866254496
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Examines the ghost towns scattered across America, discussing their decline and current status.