Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps
Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps

Author: Sandra Dallas

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 1988-01-01

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780806120843

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Depicts the history of more than one hundred Colorado towns abandoned after the end of the mining boom

Timberline Tailings
Timberline Tailings

Author: Muriel Sibell Wolle

Publisher: Ohio University Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780804009638

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'Timberline Tailings' is made up of material--letters and interviews--of the hardy men and women who met the challenges of the gold and silver mining camps of Colorado with stamina, ingenuity, and a keen love of life.

Colorado Ghost Towns
Colorado Ghost Towns

Author: Robert L. Brown

Publisher: Caxton Press

Published: 1972-07

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780870045301

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Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press This is the third in Robert Brown's series of picturesque guidebooks to another era. In text and photographs he has captured the sense of the historic as well as the nostalgic of a new selection of ghost towns and mining camps that dot the back country byways and high mountain valleys of Colorado.

Ghost Towns of Colorado
Ghost Towns of Colorado

Author: Philip Varney

Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780896584181

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Get ready for adventure as Philip Varney and John Drew take you on a tour of Colorado’s most fascinating historic mining camps and ghost towns. Ghost Towns of Colorado provides comprehensive information on more than 90 towns and sites from Cripple Creek to Leadville; from Silverton to Georgetown and Crested Butte to help you discover this engaging region for yourself. If you’re an armchair visitor, you’ll appreciate the rich color photos and descriptive text that bring the region to life; if you’re an actual visitor you’ll appreciate the directions and the many maps that make traveling the area a breeze. Chapters are arranged geographically by regions, and Varney provides precise directions and mileage to sites, plus information on what roads can be reached via car, truck, or 4-wheel drive. Philip Varney is also the author of Ghost Towns of Northern California. He has written books on ghost towns in Arizona and in Southern California. Photographer John Drew, along with his wife Susan, teamed up with Varney for Ghost Towns of Northern California. He has photographed ghost towns throughout the West.

Colorado Traveler - Colorado Ghost Towns
Colorado Traveler - Colorado Ghost Towns

Author: Carolyn Bauer

Publisher: American Traveler Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9781558380677

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As you travel the state, read about the life and times of people from years past. An excellent map in the centrefold, and driving directions on each page make it easy to find the ghost towns, some now abandoned and others alive with new "pioneers".

Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of the San Juans
Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of the San Juans

Author: Dave Southworth

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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Each year thousands of people journey to see what still exists from the fascinating gold rush days. The San Juan mountain region is full of mining camps, ghost towns, mills and other mining structures that were centers of activity over a century ago. Every settlement has its own special history that was molded by its industrious and dedicated people. Prospectors headed to the mountains motivated by their dreams. As gold strikes were made, communities popped up as tent cities. Gradually the tents were replaced by log cabins. When a sawmill was completed, frame structures were built. Stores with massive false fronts were erected shoulder-to-shoulder. Many towns have withstood the test of time while others are in various stages of decay. To tour these sites is exhilarating. The flapping shutters and creaking boards will amplify your imagination. So should this book.