Colorado mining camps, ghost towns, boomtowns, mines. There are more than 1,500 ghost towns in colorado, some that history and the harsh conditions have entirely reclaimed and others where foundations, dilapidated structures or completely preserved. Colorado ghost towns and mining camps by sandra dallas, 1985 this publication contains many excellent stories about the ghost towns and mining camps covered, which are many. Ghost towns of the colorado rockies follows a unique format which adds to the interest and value of the book. Remnants of the mining days colorado traveler guidebooks american traveler s by carolyn bauer jun 30, 1987 perfect paperback. Find colorado ghost town travels the high rockies by jeff eberle at blurb books. Five colorado ghost towns with tragic stories life. Residing along the continental divide trail, carson was founded in in the late 1880s just below 12,000 feet. This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in colorado, a state of the united states. The colorado guide to mountain ghost towns, mining camps, boomtowns, and historic sites. Ghost towns of colorado download ghost towns of colorado ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format.
Ghost towns of america mapped and photographed geotab. Download pdf ghost towns of colorado free online new. Aug 15, 2018 these abandoned ghost towns are the coolestand also the creepiestin america. Ghost towns of colorado paperback tattered cover book. Due to incomplete records and legends that are now accepted as fact, no list will ever be complete. This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in the united states. I seldom leave home for an offroading adventure without a backpack full of books on the region im visiting and its usually the san juan mountains. Nevadaville ghost town central city, colorado atlas obscura. He is a regular contributor to arizona highways magazine and frequently leads travel groups on ghost town tours. Longtime ghost town hunter philip varney is the author of six ghost town guides, including ghost towns of colorado, ghost towns of northern california, and ghost towns of the pacific northwest. Sep 12, 2014 there are as many reasons for towns dying as there are towns, says gary speck, a ghost town expert and author of books including ghost towns.
Writers program of the work projects administration in the state of colorado. Books and maps i would recommend for the loyal visitors to the site, disclaimer i do not profit from any of the recommendations list here. Sep 14, 2010 get stopbystop directions for a driving tour of the ghost towns of colorado from national geographics ultimate road trips. About the author perry eberhart was a social worker, teacher, reporter, editor. This is a partial list of ghost towns in arizona in the united states of america. This deserted gold rush town is home to a masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings. Some of my photographs have appeared in print in ken jessens books, colorados best ghost towns. Claylick, licking county located at the intersection of claylick and the licking river, this was one of the largest towns to be destroyed and caused primarily by 2 floods 1 in 1919 and 1 in 1959. The author has included a presentday picture taken from the same angle. Colorado ghost towns, mining camps, four wheel drive trips. These towns were abandoned for different reasons, some due to mining or economic struggles, others due to natural forces like cold winters. There at least that many more that were established that have no remains to provide evidence that they ever existed.
Books by kenneth jessen author of ghost towns colorado style. He has published a number of guide books focusing on colorado history including colorado on foot 1991 and ghost towns of the colorado rockies 1968, both published by caxton robert leaman brown was a teacher of western and colorado history in the denver school system for thirtythree years and later at the denver center of the university of. Colorado ghost town guide books and ghost town calendars. It contains maps and has a large list of references. This is one of a three volume set covering colorado ghost towns. Colorados gold rush brought humanity and hardship to these rocky mountains. I have also written a book detailing the early civil war era sociopolitical climate in colorado territory.
List of ghost towns in the united states wikipedia. This book was prepared by the writers program of the work projects administration in colorado. Guide to the colorado ghost towns and mining camps, swallow press, perry eberhart, click here. Distributed by the university of nebraska press for caxton press this is the third in robert browns series of picturesque guidebooks to another era. Photographer john drew, along with his wife susan, teamed up with varney for ghost. Most ghost towns in arizona are former mining boomtowns that were abandoned when the mines closed. Great books on colorado, offroading, san juan mountains. He has published a number of guide books focusing on colorado history including jeep trails to colorado ghost towns 1963 and ghost towns of the colorado rockies 1968. Together with several other people who shared an interest in colorado history and historic preservation, they created a group focused specifically on ghost towns their history and preservation. This book is the first in a series of three that begins with the earliest pioneers of colorado and their deep ties to the south. Mapped guide to colorados mustsee ghost towns 303 magazine. This book is an illustrated history of fiftynine towns famous during the gold and silver rushes of the 1800s, with directions on how to get to each. Nevadaville ghost town central city, colorado atlas.
This book should be read, if only for the stories, as it will provide an extensive appreciation of life and times in the. Discover nevadaville ghost town in central city, colorado. I have coauthored three books on breckenridge mining history in the past three years. The ghost town club of colorado was founded in 1958 by two denver teachers, jack morison and bob brown. I know some of you are always looking for good reference books to help in your search for colorado ghost towns. Ghost towns of the colorado rockies internet archive. I was just given your web site and found the stories fascinating on the town of tiger. This forms the most complete ghost town guide ever published on colorado. A 21st century guide book to the ghost towns and mining.
This article needs additional citations for verification. Welcome back to the channel, i hope you like ghost towns just as much as i do. Colorado ghost towns and mining camps by sandra dallas. Kenneth jessens most popular book is ghost towns colorado style. There are over 1,500 registered sites with over 600 still having some remains from their previous occupants. Written as a general guide for people searching out ghost towns in colorado, this book covers each region of the state where silver or gold was mined. He has written books on ghost towns in arizona and in southern california. Colorado is full of fascinating ghost towns located throughout the state, some of the best preserved around. Distributed by the university of nebraska press for caxton press settle into your fourwheeldrive vehicle or a chair and take off for the mining camps of colorado. Mining towns popped up by the dozen, but just as quickly found themselves.
There is an informal history of each town, along with early and contemporary photographs to aid in site identification. Illustrated with 59 sheetfed gravures of photos and prints. The 5 best colorado ghost towns with photos tripadvisor. In text and photographs he has captured the sense of the historic as well as the nostalgic of a new selection of ghost towns and mining camps that dot the back country byways and high mountain valleys of colorado.
If youre looking for paranormal activity, this boasts the most of any ghost town in the state of colorado. Buy ghost towns of colorado by philip varney, john m l drew photographer online at alibris. Colorado ghost towns and mining camps is my favorite, because it allowed me to prowl the colorado mountains with my daughter, povy kendal atchison, who took the pictures. The tours are broken into five regions click on each region of the map to zoom in, or select a specific tour from the menu to the left. Click download or read online button to ghost towns of colorado book pdf for free now.
Colorados best ghost towns kenneth jessen, sarah holdt, mary edelmaier. Brown personally visited each of the towns or town sites described and includes in his work detailed information for the reader wishing to do likewise. Get ready for adventure as philip varney and john drew take you on a tour of colorados most fascinating historic mining camps and ghost towns. I have had to buy multiple copies of my favorite book, since it loses pages and gets spilled on in the jeep.
Nov 25, 2018 click here colorado ghost towns travels. Located south of lake city, carson is one of the bestpreserved ghost towns in colorado. After the 2nd flood the dillon dam floodplain project destroyed this town. Ghost towns publisher caldwell, idaho, caxton printers. Colorado ghost towns and mining camps is my favorite, because it allowed me to prowl the colorado mountains with my daughter, povy kendal atchison, who. In ghosts of the colorado plains, eberhart traces some 150 of these illfated settlements, providing accounts of their birth, peak activity, and ultimate demise. An excellent map in the centrefold, and driving directions on each page make it easy to find the ghost towns, some now abandoned and others alive with new pioneers. Colorado has more than 600 ghost towns, most of which were mining towns, which are the most popular among visitors. Brown was a teacher of western and colorado history in the denver school system for thirtythree years and later at the denver center of the university of colorado. Ghost towns of colorado provides comprehensive information on more than 90 towns and sites from cripple creek to leadville. Guide to the colorado ghost towns and mining camps ohio. As you travel the state, read about the life and times of people from years past.
Distributed by the university of nebraska press for caxton press this book features information and travel directions for sixty of colorado s ghost towns and mining camps. The map below is an overview of our online tour of fifteen of colorado s historic ghost towns and mining camps. Kenneth jessen has 20 books on goodreads with 128 ratings. If youre not careful wandering through colorado s ghost towns you. Included in this volume are over 250 town histories, 80 detailed maps and 228 historic and contemporary photographs.
Colorado ghost town travels the high rockies by jeff eberle blurb. Most of the early settlers are gone, leaving few persons with any oral tradition to pass on to future generations. A guide to the ghost towns and mining camps of eagle grand jackson routt and larimer counties colorado published by john k aldrich john k. Most of these towns completely died when the ore played out and the mines closed. I know some of you are always looking for good reference books to help in your search for colorado ghost towns or perhaps just some old west reading. The site is littered with old machinery, mining equipment and structures. Guide to the colorado ghost towns and mining camps 9780804001403 by eberhart, perry and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Also, please consider his ghost town book on eastern colorado. Oct, 2017 the state of colorado is littered with ghost towns. Currently we are working on a book on swandyke, colorado, another ghost town that was inhabited by hippies in the 1970s. It is the story of the towns created during the gold and silver booms in colorado beginning in 1859. Colorado ghost towns and mining camps is the first new book in more than twentyfive years to document these mountain communities. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Ghost towns of colorado by philip varney goodreads.
I wrote nine nonfiction books on western subjects before i turned to fiction. Colorado ghost towns and mining camps by sandra dallas book cover, description, publication history. Ghost towns of colorado by philip varney, john m l drew. Ghost towns of colorado pictorial discovery guide by. Get ready for adventure as philip varney and john drew take you on a tour of colorado s most fascinating historic mining camps and ghost towns. The settlement was established by william thomas carpenter early in 1890 to provide the miners who worked in his two book cliff mines with a place to live. Find and circle the names of twenty colorado ghost towns in the puzzle.
Elmo area, and its also home to the aspen historical society, which leads tours of the independence ghost town. Sandra dallas, a reporter for business week for twentyfive years, is the author of colorado ghost towns and mining camps, no more than five in a bed also published by the university of oklahoma press, gaslights and gingerbread, many other books and articles on colorado and the west, and several bestselling novels. Those that werent set up as mining camps were usually established as locations for mills, or supply points for nearby mining operations. Place names of colorado denver public library history. The title of this book is colorado ghost towns and it was written by robert l. The ghost town club of colorado exploration, enjoyment.