Author: Terri Lynn Geissinger
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738559865
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Contains captioned, archival photographs that provide insights into the history of Bodie, California.
Bodie, 1859-1962
Author: Terri Lynn Geissinger
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738559865
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Contains captioned, archival photographs that provide insights into the history of Bodie, California.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738559865
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Contains captioned, archival photographs that provide insights into the history of Bodie, California.
Bodie’s Gold
Author: Marguerite Sprague
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 0874178681
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The Bodie Mining District was established in 1860 after the discovery of gold deposits in the area. Bodie's largest boom ended just over twenty years later, but the town survived into the twentieth century supported by a few small but steady mines. Mining ended with World War II. What remained of the town became a state park in 1964. In Bodie's Gold, author Marguerite Sprague uncovers the original sources of information whenever possible, from the first mining claims to interviews with former Bodieites. Enhanced with numerous historic photographs and extracts from newspapers of that period, as well as by the reminiscences of former residents, the book offers a fascinating account of life in a Gold Rush boomtown. The book is now available in a new, easier-to-handle paperback edition that will make it more convenient for readers who want to carry if with them in a car or backpack.
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 0874178681
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The Bodie Mining District was established in 1860 after the discovery of gold deposits in the area. Bodie's largest boom ended just over twenty years later, but the town survived into the twentieth century supported by a few small but steady mines. Mining ended with World War II. What remained of the town became a state park in 1964. In Bodie's Gold, author Marguerite Sprague uncovers the original sources of information whenever possible, from the first mining claims to interviews with former Bodieites. Enhanced with numerous historic photographs and extracts from newspapers of that period, as well as by the reminiscences of former residents, the book offers a fascinating account of life in a Gold Rush boomtown. The book is now available in a new, easier-to-handle paperback edition that will make it more convenient for readers who want to carry if with them in a car or backpack.
California State Parks Museum Directory
Author: Patricia Morris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Museums
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Museums
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Bodie, 1859-1900
Author: Frank S. Wedertz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bodie (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bodie (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Abandoned America
Author: Matthew Christopher
Publisher: Jonglez Photo Books
ISBN: 9782361950941
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Originally intended as an examination of the rise and fall of the state hospital system, Matthew Christopher's Abandoned America rapidly grew to encompass derelict factories and industrial sites, schools, churches, power plants, hospitals, prisons, military installations, hotels, resorts, homes, and more.
Publisher: Jonglez Photo Books
ISBN: 9782361950941
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Originally intended as an examination of the rise and fall of the state hospital system, Matthew Christopher's Abandoned America rapidly grew to encompass derelict factories and industrial sites, schools, churches, power plants, hospitals, prisons, military installations, hotels, resorts, homes, and more.
California Gold Camps
Author: Erwin G. Gudde
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520261445
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
Many books have been written about the California Gold Rush, but a geographical-historical dictionary has long been lacking. With the publication of California Gold Camps, a monumental project has been completed. California Gold Camps is a basic reference that will be indispensable to the historian, the geographer, and to the general reader interested in California's colorful past.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520261445
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
Many books have been written about the California Gold Rush, but a geographical-historical dictionary has long been lacking. With the publication of California Gold Camps, a monumental project has been completed. California Gold Camps is a basic reference that will be indispensable to the historian, the geographer, and to the general reader interested in California's colorful past.
Big Bad Bodie: High Sierra Ghost Town
Author: Doug Brodie
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462833845
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462833845
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
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.
CRM
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Cultural property
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cultural property
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps
Author: Stanley W. Paher
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780913814093
Category : Ghost towns
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Newly revised editions with 62 new color topo maps, numerous photos and descriptions of ghost towns, historic places, gold sites, recreation areas, and more throughout Nevada.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780913814093
Category : Ghost towns
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Newly revised editions with 62 new color topo maps, numerous photos and descriptions of ghost towns, historic places, gold sites, recreation areas, and more throughout Nevada.
Bodie: Ghost Town
Author: Thomas W. Moore
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bodie (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bodie (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description