Ghost Towns and Historical Haunts in Arizona
Title | Ghost Towns and Historical Haunts in Arizona PDF eBook |
Author | Thelma Heatwole |
Publisher | Primer Publishers |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 9780914846109 |
Visit the golden past of Arizona's cities. See adobe ruins, old mines, cemeteries, cabins and castles! Experience Arizona's history!
Ghost Towns of Arizona
Title | Ghost Towns of Arizona PDF eBook |
Author | James E. Sherman |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1969-08-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780806108438 |
A pictorial survey of the past history of more than one hundred former mining towns in Arizona
Ghost Towns of California
Title | Ghost Towns of California PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Voyageur Press (MN) |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2012-07-15 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 076034082X |
"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.
Southern California's Best Ghost Towns
Title | Southern California's Best Ghost Towns PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Varney |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 1994-03-01 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 9780806126081 |
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.
Haunted Mining Towns of Arizona
Title | Haunted Mining Towns of Arizona PDF eBook |
Author | Parker Anderson |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 160 |
Release | |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1467151882 |
Ghost Towns of Northern California
Title | Ghost Towns of Northern California PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Varney |
Publisher | Voyageur Press (MN) |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | California, Northern |
ISBN | 9780896584440 |
A pictorial discovery guide through about 50 of Northern California's most
Haunted Arizona
Title | Haunted Arizona PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen Robson |
Publisher | Golden West Publishers (AZ) |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 9781885590909 |
A travel guide to haunted locations throughout the state of Arizona features black-and-white photographs, supernatural anecdotes, addresses and contact information of scary sites open to the public, and more.