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Author: Linda G. Harris
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780826329080
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhotographs and text describe some of New Mexico's ghost towns, providing information on their history, role in the state's development, why they have become ghost towns, and how some have been transformed.
Author: Cecile Page Vargo
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0738595209
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHigh 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: Lisa M Russell
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2021-06-28
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 143966501X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn archeologist reveals the mysterious world that disappeared under North Georgia’s man-made lakes in this fascinating history. North Georgia has more than forty lakes, and not one is natural. The state’s controversial decision to dam the region’s rivers for power and water supply changed the landscape forever. Lost communities, forgotten crossroads, dissolving racetracks and even entire towns disappeared, with remnants occasionally peeking up from the depths during times of extreme drought. The creation of Lake Lanier displaced more than seven hundred families. During the construction of Lake Chatuge, busloads of schoolboys were brought in to help disinter graves for the community’s cemetery relocation. Contractors clearing land for the development of Lake Hartwell met with seventy-eight-year-old Eliza Brock wielding a shotgun and warning the men off her property. Georgia historian and archeologist Lisa Russell dives into the history hidden beneath North Georgia’s lakes.
Author: George A. Thompson
Publisher:
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780942688016
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Barbara Solem-Stull
Publisher: Plexus Publishing (UK)
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780937548608
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carder Stout
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2020-03-10
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0757323545
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDr. Carder Stout's memoir about his fall from grace into addiction to crack; finding redemption in the most unlikely of places.
Author: William W. Whitfield
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781931291385
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Troy Larson
Publisher: Sonic Tremor Media
Published: 2014-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780989096935
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGhosts of North Dakota, Volume 3 is a 110 page, hardbound, full-color coffee table book featuring some of the best photos from the Ghosts of North Dakota project- photos of ghost towns, near-ghost towns, and abandoned places across the state of North Dakota, plus comments from the photographers, historical tidbits, and more. Places in this book include Antler, Marmarth, Arena, Sanish, Haymarsh, and Bathgate. Volume 3 also includes a 19 page special section on the abandoned Fortuna Air Force Station, and a map which includes most of the places featured in Volumes 1 through 3.
Author: Michael Pryor
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2017-07-26
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 1760638897
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLet's get this straight - ghosts are everywhere. And they're dangerous. This is why my family has hunted them for hundreds of years. The Marin family run a two-man operation in inner-city Melbourne. Anton has the ghost-sight, but his father does not. Theirs is a gentle approach to ghost hunting. Rani Cross, combat-skilled ghost hunter from the Company of the Righteous, is all about the slashing. Anton and Rani don't see eye to eye - but with a massive spike in violent ghost manifestations, they must find a way to work together. And what with all the blindingly terrifying brushes with death, Anton must use his gap year to decide if he really wants in on the whole ghost-hunting biz . . . Gap Year in Ghost Town is smart, funny and scary - with extra action and attitude. 'FILLED WITH GHOSTLY INTRIGUE AND DELIGHTFUL CHARACTERS, MICHAEL PRYOR'S LATEST NOVEL IS PURE ENTERTAINMENT.' Books + Publishing
Author: David Dekok
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2009-10-01
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 0762758244
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow a modern-day mine disaster has turned a Pennsylvania community into a ghost town * For much of its history, Centralia, Pennsylvania, had a population of around 2,000. By 1981, this had dwindled to just over 1,000—not unusual for a onetime mining town. But as of 2007, Centralia had the unwelcome distinction of being the state’s tiniest municipality, with a population of nine. The reason: an underground fire that began in 1962 has decimated the town with smoke and toxic gases, and has since made history. Fire Underground is the completely updated classic account of the fire that has been raging under Centralia for decades. David DeKok tells the story of how the fire actually began and how government officials failed to take effective action. By 1981 the fire was spewing deadly gases into homes. A twelve-year-old boy dropped into a steaming hole as a congressman toured nearby. DeKok describes how the people of Centralia banded together to finally win relocation funds—and he reveals what has happened to the few remaining residents as the fiftieth anniversary of the fire’s beginning nears.
