Ghost StoryGHOST TOWNS offer a wealth of picture potential, says photographer Jim Shoemaker, who has explored California's Gold Rush relics for years. "The buildings are weathered and worn, displaying a patina that only decades of exposure to the harsh elements can create."Jeff Wignall...
a gold rush in Washington and then Alaska brought Americans to Washington. There was a rush to start towns all over the state. Railroads also needed to set up depots, so they started towns in remote locations of the Washington forest. In certain places, they also found coal deposits...
Ghost towns have always fascinated me. They provide windows on the past. Visiting my daughter in the foothills of the Sierras not far from Lake Tahoe, I ma... D Metraux 被引量: 0发表: 2010年 Boom and Rust A Gold Rush ghost town embalms the risks that haunt all California settlements...
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The town is one of the best-preserved, historic towns from the era of the wild, wild west. Whether you’re visiting nearby Mono Lake for a look at the tufa or exploring the world-famous Yosemite National Park, a day trip to Bodie State Historic Park is worth adding to your itinerary....
Those settlements that lacked other viable economic activities soon became ghost towns after the gold was exhausted. The California Gold Rush peaked in 1852, and by the end of the decade, it was over. Other Famous Gold Rushes Australian gold rushes (began 1851) Cariboo Gold Rush (1860–63) ...
Ghost town, town that was once an active community but has since been abandoned by all or nearly all of its residents. Ghost towns are found on every continent. The reasons for abandonment of a town include economic or resource issues, natural disasters,
Quesnelle Forks is a BC ghost town located near Likely, BC. Glimpse the history behind BC's Gold Rush with 1800's log cabins and a heritage graveyard.
It is with a heavy heart that we announce we will no longer update Ghost Cowboy. We have thoroughly enjoyed putting together the site, but over the last couple of months our focus has been on our other site,Shorpy, and Ghost Cowboy has been badly neglected. We hope to begin adding old...
By all accounts, these men stuck around, even though no rail car has creaked over the abandoned railroad tracks in more than 70 years. After the railroad halted and the boom towns disbanded, visitors traveling along a stretch of road near Chitina bordering the railway reported tombstones appear...