"No one brings ghost towns to life like Philip Varney." --Tony Hillerman "Ghost Towns of California" guides you to the fascinating and scenic ghost towns of the golden state. Once thriving, these abandoned mining camps, company towns, and pioneer villages still ring with history. Philip Varney equips you with everything you need to explore these remnants of the past, including maps, directions, town histories, site recommendations, and stunning photographs of more than 35 sites. This is the essential guidebook to the glory days of California's ghost towns! Philip Varney is the author of…mehr
"No one brings ghost towns to life like Philip Varney." --Tony Hillerman "Ghost Towns of California" guides you to the fascinating and scenic ghost towns of the golden state. Once thriving, these abandoned mining camps, company towns, and pioneer villages still ring with history. Philip Varney equips you with everything you need to explore these remnants of the past, including maps, directions, town histories, site recommendations, and stunning photographs of more than 35 sites. This is the essential guidebook to the glory days of California's ghost towns! Philip Varney is the author of several ghost town guidebooks. He has toured and photographed more than six hundred ghost towns throughout the American West. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.
Phillip Varney is the author and photographer of seven books about ghost towns. He has toured and photographed more than six hundred ghost towns throughout the American West. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.
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Contents To the Reader Introduction: “Gold! Gold! Gold on the American River!” Chapter OneGhosts of The Mother Lode Coloma Georgetown Amador City Volcano Mokelumne Hill Campo Seco Murphys Columbia Chinese Camp Chapter Two Ghosts of The Northern Mines Nevada City Dutch Flat North Bloomfield and Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park Downieville Sierra City Johnsville and the Plumas-Eureka State Park Chapter ThreeGhosts of the North Country Shasta French Gulch Weaverville Helena Callahan Chapter FourGhosts of San Francisco Bay Alcatraz Angel Island Fort Point China Camp Locke Chapter FiveGhosts of the Eastern Sierra Bodie Manzanar The Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns Cerro Gordo Keeler Chapter SixSpirits of Death Valley Skidoo The Wildrose Charcoal Kilns The Harmony Borax Works Leadfield Ryan Shoshone Chapter Seven Ghost of the Mojave Desert Kelso Calico Randsburg The Tropico Gold Mine Willow Springs Llano Acknowledgments Glossary Bibliography Index About the Author and Photographer
Contents To the Reader Introduction: “Gold! Gold! Gold on the American River!” Chapter OneGhosts of The Mother Lode Coloma Georgetown Amador City Volcano Mokelumne Hill Campo Seco Murphys Columbia Chinese Camp Chapter Two Ghosts of The Northern Mines Nevada City Dutch Flat North Bloomfield and Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park Downieville Sierra City Johnsville and the Plumas-Eureka State Park Chapter ThreeGhosts of the North Country Shasta French Gulch Weaverville Helena Callahan Chapter FourGhosts of San Francisco Bay Alcatraz Angel Island Fort Point China Camp Locke Chapter FiveGhosts of the Eastern Sierra Bodie Manzanar The Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns Cerro Gordo Keeler Chapter SixSpirits of Death Valley Skidoo The Wildrose Charcoal Kilns The Harmony Borax Works Leadfield Ryan Shoshone Chapter Seven Ghost of the Mojave Desert Kelso Calico Randsburg The Tropico Gold Mine Willow Springs Llano Acknowledgments Glossary Bibliography Index About the Author and Photographer
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