Gowrie Junction Shapes as Coal Ghost Town
It was founded in 1900 near the site of an earlier mining camp named Turquoise (after a nearby mountain). The name Gleeson came from a prominent Irish miner named John Gleeson. By 1909, the town had a population of about 500. Courtland, Arizona in 1909 A fire wiped out much of the to...
Make sure you know whether the ghost town is on public or private land. Please, do not enter buildings or other structures for safety reasons. Do Not Vandalize or Take Items: ghost towns around Colorado have endured enough thanks to Mother Nature, we don't need to do any more damage. ...
The ghost of old Joe Simpson, hanged by a lynch mob for murdering the town banker, wanders what is left of the town Skidoo. The only items marking this gold mining town now are a cemetery, a mill, the abandoned mines... and Joe. Skidoo is located off California Highway 190 south of...