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Unlocking the Past by Madeline DeJournett and Elfreda Cox (May 2007) ghost towns in Stoddard County, Missouri. Ghost towns of the American West; Ghost town Gallery;
One of Nevada's largest ghost towns, Rhyolite was once the third-largest city in the state. Formed during the Gold Rush in 1904, it grew to be a bustling town of more than 10,000 people with an ...
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Massachusetts. Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. Some sites no longer have any trace of civilization and have reverted to pasture land or empty fields. Other sites are unpopulated but still have standing buildings.
Neither the Texas Almanac nor the Handbook of Texas classify this a ghost town. Small population, but not a ghost town. [520] Whittenburg: Hutchinson: No longer exists, merged with Phillips, Texas, now also a ghost town. [521] [379] Who'd Thought It: Hopkins: No longer exists. [522] Whon: Coleman: Semi-abandoned
Ghost towns in Central, Southeastern Washington. Liberty. One of the most well-known ghost towns in Washington state is Liberty in Kittitas County.It’s in the Swauk Mining District, which was ...
Not all ghost towns are from the Old West, and the reasons vary why a popular tourist destination might become abandoned. Here are 16 from Detroit to Taiwan.
A gold mining town 4 miles east of Takilma in the Illinois River Valley. [12] Alma: 1880s Unknown Lane: A It was the location of a work camp for the county Department of Corrections in Lane County until 2008. [13] Andrews: 1880 1996 Harney: C When it burned down in 1996, the community became a ghost town. [14] Anlauf: 1901 1946 Douglas: D ...
Western ghost towns are the stuff of American folklore, and it's not uncommon lately to see one up for sale. In remote, southern Wyoming, Buford -- population 1 -- was sold at auction this year ...