Montana Ghost Towns and Gold Camps
Author : William W. Whitfield
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,14 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Ghost towns
ISBN : 9781931291385
Author : William W. Whitfield
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,14 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Ghost towns
ISBN : 9781931291385
Author : Muriel Sibell Wolle
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 24,14 MB
Release : 2018-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0253033284
ElkhornBasin; Butte; Georgetown and Southern Cross; Granite; Gold Creek; Beartown; Garnet; 6. IDAHO: FROM BOISE BASIN TO THE COEUR D'ALENES; Spalding; Pierce (City) and Oro Fino; Elk City; Florence; Leesburg; Pioneerville; Idaho City; Centerville; Placerville; Boonville and Ruby City; Silver City; De Lamar; Dewey; Wallace; Gem; Burke; Eagle City; Murray; Kellogg and Wardner; 7. WASHINGTON: CHIEF MOSES HELD THE KEY; Fort Colvile; Colville; Kettle Falls, Daisy, and Marcus; Bossburg; Northport; Orient and Laurier; Republic; Okanogan City, Chopaka City; Oroville; Ruby; Conconully.
Author : Muriel Sibell Wolle
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 20,10 MB
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0253033314
This classic account of Old West mining camps and gold-hunting prospectors is “a successful digging of a rich historical vein . . . phenomenal” (The New York Times). This colorful blend of history, reference, and travelogue brings to life the frenzied search for precious metals in nineteenth-century America through a tour of mining camps and former boomtowns, many now abandoned. It reveals the unbelievable privations men endured in the high Sierra and the Rockies and in crossing the desert wastes of Arizona, Utah and Nevada; the mines first discovered in New Mexico by Coronado and his men four centuries ago; and the first great rush that hit California in 1849. She follows the miners who poured in successive waves into the golden gulches of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, climbed to the deeper mines high in the mountains of Montana, Wyoming and Colorado, and dared at last to penetrate the hostile Black Hills of South Dakota. In personally following the trails of the pioneering prospectors, Wolle stumbles upon mute evidence of past bloodshed, lust, and struggle, and recreates the excitement of the period. A gifted artist, she also includes maps and “more than a hundred poignant sketches conveying the loneliness, melancholy and crumbling dryness of ghost cities which throbbed once with the hopes of many people” (The New York Times). “The fascinating and definitive book on the ghost and near-ghost towns of the Old West.” —Lucius Beebe, The Territorial Enterprise “Good popular history and [a] useful reference work.” —Library Journal
Author : Barbara Fifer
Publisher : Farcountry Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 31,45 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Ghost towns
ISBN : 1560371951
Photographs-landscapes, townsites, homes, stores, mining structures.
Author : Shari Miller
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 29,40 MB
Release : 2008-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1461746434
This part guidebook, part history book is an up-to-date collection of photos and true stories about the most famous ghost towns of Montana—packaged with more than 100 historical images.
Author : Muriel Sibell Wolle
Publisher : Swallow Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 27,61 MB
Release : 1963
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Jolene Ewert-Hintz
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 10,32 MB
Release : 2017-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781718091993
A guide to 25 of Montana's ghost towns! Learn the history, reminisce with black and white photos and get directions to take you there!
Author : Todd Webb
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 16,62 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN :
Author : Muriel Sibell Wolle
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 30,25 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN :
Author : Philip Varney
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 35,49 MB
Release : 2010-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1610600908
The Rocky Mountain and Great Basin states are the heart of ghost-town country. Once-bustling pioneer outposts, mining camps, lumber towns, and railroad villages stand today as reminders of the glory days of gold rushes, industrial progress, and that pioneering spirit of the Old West. This book guides readers to the fascinating and scenic ghost towns of Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Nevada. Varney highlights popular tourist destinations as well as out-of-the-way spots unfamiliar even to natives of the region. Maps, historical background, and stunning color photographs bring to life dozens of ghost towns and provide practical information for exploring this fascinating chapter of American history.