Ghost towns of the American West
by Silverburg, Robert
Published by : Thomas Y. Crowell (New York) Physical details: 309 p ISBN:41050. Year: 1968| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sw 900 - 999 | 978 Sil (Browse shelf) | Available | In Memory of : Mollie Killian | 41050 |
Includes Index and Bibliography
Golden ghosts --
The California Gold Rush --
California mining camps --
Ghost towns of California --
The boom moves inland --
Phantom cities of the Nevada desert --
On to the Rockies --
The Prospectors head north --
Montana's lawless camps --
Ghost towns of the Southwest --
The Last ghost towns.
The story of the American mining frontier can be traced in the ghost towns--from the camps of California's forty-niners to the twentieth-century ruins in the Nevada desert. They mark an epoch of high adventure, of qick wealth and quicker poverty, of gambling and gunslinging and hell-raising.