California Ghost Towns Live Again
Author | : Rockwell D. Hunt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1948 |
Genre | : California |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Rockwell D. Hunt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 1948 |
Genre | : California |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : Voyageur Press (MN) |
Total 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.
Author | : Cecile Page Vargo |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0738595209 |
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 | : Philip Varney |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total 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.
Author | : Lambert Florin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : California |
ISBN | : 9780875643243 |
Author | : Mickey G. Broman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : California |
ISBN | : 9780935182217 |
Best-selling guide showing the best-known ghost towns in the state. Detailed maps, interesting facts and historical data.
Author | : Philip Varney |
Publisher | : Voyageur Press (MN) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : California, Northern |
ISBN | : 9780896584440 |
A pictorial discovery guide through about 50 of Northern California's most
Author | : Anita Goldwasser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Alviso Region (Calif.) |
ISBN | : 9781543927320 |
There's a certain mystique to the ghost town of Drawbridge, California, even though it "died" 37 years ago. Because of its isolation on a marshy island, the town remains unknown, even to people who live a few miles away. This unusual community lacked streets, schools or stores and its buildings constantly sank into swampy water. Residents had to walk three miles on railroad tracks to the nearest grocery. Their kids trudged to school on those same busy tracks. Still, residents loved its lifestyle. Why were they forced to leave? Why is the island off limits today? The town remains alive in an unusual manner. You will meet the hardy folks who lived there and learn their stories firsthand, thanks to unexpected events that took place after it became a ghost town. Photos and rare interviews with former inhabitants bring Drawbridge to life again, allowing readers to experience the town without slogging through its mud.
Author | : Susan Drew, Philip Varney, John Drew |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : |
Genre | : California, Northern |
ISBN | : 9781610600804 |
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 | : Richard B. Miller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : California |
ISBN | : 9781558381254 |