Ghost Towns of California Your Guide to the Hidden History and Old West Haunts of California

by Varney, Philip

• ISBN13: 9780760340820
• ISBN10: 076034082X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-07-15
• Publisher: Voyageur Press

Summary

Ghost Towns of Californiais a guidebook to the state's best boomtowns. Once thriving, these abandoned mining camps and pioneer villages still ring with history. Ghost town expert Philip Varney equips you with everything you need to know to explore these remnants of the past. Featured are color maps, driving and walking directions, town histories, touring recommendations, and stunning color photography of 70 sites, including the famous Bodie. Come see where it all started at the mother lode, and trace the great migration throughout the region. Visit the northern mines and the ghosts of San Francisco Bay, the Eastern Sierra, Death Valley, and the Mojave Desert. This is the essential guidebook to the glory days of the Old West!

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

To the Reader	p. 8
Introduction	p. 14
Ghosts of the Mother Lode
Coloma	p. 24
Georgetown	p. 30
Amador City	p. 33
Volcano	p. 40
Mokelumne Hill	p. 43
Campo Seco	p. 46
Murphys	p. 48
Columbia	p. 52
Chinese Camp	p. 56
Ghosts of the Northern Mines
Nevada City	p. 62
Dutch Flat	p. 68
North Bloomfield and Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park	p. 72
Downieville	p. 79
Sierra City	p. 85
Johnsville and the Plumas-Eureka State Park	p. 88
Ghosts of the North Country
Shasta	p. 96
French Gulch	p. 100
Weaverville	p. 102
Helena	p. 107
Callahan	p. 110
Ghosts of San Francisco Bay
Alcatraz	p. 118
Angel Island	p. 124
Fort Point	p. 129
China Camp	p. 132
Locke	p. 135
Ghosts of the Eastern sierra
Bodie	p. 146
Manzanar	p. 159
The Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns	p. 164
Cerro Gordo	p. 166
Keeler	p. 173
Spirits of Death Valley
Skidoo	p. 180
The Wildrose Charcoal Kilns	p. 183
The Harmony Borax Works	p. 185
Leadfield	p. 188
Ryan	p. 190
Shoshone	p. 199
Ghosts of the Mojave Desert
Kelso	p. 208
Calico	p. 212
Randsburg	p. 216
The Tropico Gold Mine	p. 220
Willow Springs	p. 222
Llano	p. 224
Acknowledgments	p. 228
Glossary	p. 229
Bibliography	p. 232
Index	p. 235
About the Author and Photographer	p. 240
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