GHOST TOWN
Since 1968, Ghost Town
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what photographs are posted on these web pages.
Where photos are indicated in any applicable vignettes, they will be
indicated thusly OR PHOTO!. In either case, you’ll
need to use your browser’s “BACK” button to return to the original page as I
did not add “back-link” any of the jpg images. Most of the photographs displayed
are at 72-200 dpi. As I modify these pages, I have been moving towards using
PDF files, so some of the vignettes and photos of license plates are being
grouped together. Those too will be
listed here. Since the photos are not
clickable, they are not included individually, but a link to the page IS
included. .
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All of Gary’s
photographs: both displayed on these webpages - and
MANY others not displayed - are available for purchase or licensing. Most are available in higher resolution
without the graphics.
Speaking of photography: In Gary’s
2010 book GHOST
TOWNS: Yesterday & TodayTM some 380 or so contemporary and historic photos
illustrate the book. The contemporary photos
come from some of the best ghost town photographers out there. The publisher - Publications International,
LTD. - included around 80 of my (Gary’s) photos, which I feel is a great honor. I am very appreciative of that fact and
knowing that my work is being featured alongside some of the best photographers
in the country is truly a wonderful validation of the years of research,
countless tens of thousands of miles traveled and hundreds, if not thousands,
of rolls of film burned up. Now with
digital cameras, toss in countless thousands of digital exposures! For those of you who HAVE sold or licensed
photos, you know how exciting it is to have your work appear in books and
magazines! As the author of this book, I
didn’t expect to see so many of my own pictures appear, and know what an honor
it is to have my work right alongside photographers whose work is widely known.
All I can say is WOW!!!
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can join in the excitement and become an active friend of Ghost Towns: Yesterday and
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This
index page displays scores of photos showing details that make for fun picture
taking in ghost towns - stuff other than buildings: such as signs, textures,
unusual juxtapositions and other details that normally get overlooked such as
weather conditions and wildlife. The “DETAIL”
photos are listed on that page, and not itemized on this page. Please note that links to most of those
detail photos appear nowhere else except on that index page, so check them out
and enjoy the intimate details of a ghost town’s personality!
GHOST TOWNING Definitions:
This
page explains some of the terms used in Ghost Towning. Some of the terms are illustrated in
photos. See that page for the photo
list. Like the Ghost Town Detail page,
these photos will not be itemized on this page.
INDIVIDUAL GHOST TOWN LOCATIONS (by
state)
·
ALASKA
o
Independence Mine (These photos were
contributed by a reader several years ago, but I lost his or her name. As a result, they have been attributed to
“unknown reader.”)
§ Welcome
plaque, mine
& engineering offices, mill
complex, bunkhouses,
huge
mill, assay
office
·
ARIZONA
o Dateland
§ Dateland, motel,
small
cabins, semi
filled-in irrigation pond, swimming
pool
o Dos Cabezas
§ Ruins
of an
adobe-walled building, Stage
station
o
Fairbank
§
cabin,
cabins,
fenced
off store area, on
site plaque, school
& cabins, school,
signs,
store
building, storefront,
south
end of store building
o
Goldroad
§
highly
visible, ruins,
rock
walls
o
Jerome
§ Basement
of large
commercial building, Building for sale, Connor
Hotel sign, Crumbling
sidewalks, Door
to the past, Downtown,
Fire
Station door, Fool
on the Hill store, Gas
pump, Holy
Family Church, Interesting
old buildings, Jail,
Little
Daisy Hotel, Main
Street, Mohawk
Mini-Mart, Police
Department sign, Poster
in window, Pressed
tin ceiling, Ruin
of old building, Ruins
of several buildings, Safeway
sign, School,
Side
of a steep hill, Sign
at entry to town, Sign
for the Post Office, Upper brick wall, Post
Office sign, slope,
west
end of town
o
Mohawk
§ Mohawk
panorama, former
highway routings, collapsed
billboard, lots
of rusty cans, memories
etched into the concrete, gas
station foundation, a
forgotten car, a
restaurant slab, two-holer outhouse
o
Oatman
§ stranded
motorists, column
of black smoke, hungry
burros, scads
of burros, Speck
family, warning
sign, found
a copy (Dust
in the Wind), Glory
Hole, Oatman Hotel, shady
sidewalk, dollar
bill-lined window, dollar
bill-covered restaurant, ghost,
weathered
sign, false
fronts, painted
details, tourist
dollar attractors, faded
signs, main
street, ore
car, murals,
old,
rock
breaker, ruin-filled
lot, business
signs, Oatman Theatre Building, faded
sign, wall
art, curious
tourists
o
Superior
§ 2003,
May
2009, abandoned
buildings, colorful
buildings, faded
signs, Magma
Hotel, Main
Street, reflection,
old
saloon, smelter,
stop
to visit, old
theater
o
Two Guns
§ Water
Tanks, Old
Route 66 bridge, Ruins
o Yuma Territorial Prison
§ Beds
inside cell, Cell
bars, Central
cellblock and bell, Central
cellblock, Entrance
gate, Map
of facility, Prisoner
wagon and cellblock, Watch
tower
·
ARKANSAS
o
Rush
·
CALIFORNIA
o
Agua Fria (Mariposa Co.)
§ E Clampus Vitus plaque, State
Historic Landmark plaque
o Alum Rock Park (Santa
Clara Co.)
§ bridge1,
bridge2,
bridge3,
bridge4,
grotto1,
grotto2,
grotto
interior, grottos,
light
pole, light,
Natatorium
tiles, pagoda,
spring,
squirrel,
steps,
stonework,
trees,
vintage-Alum
Rock House, vintage
bathhouse, vintage
grotto, vintage
Natatorium, vintage
pagoda, vintage
train, Youth
Sciences Institute
o
Amboy (San Bernardino Co.)
§ ”Downtown”
core, Roy’s
café, gas station and motel, Sign
at Roy’s, Amboy
Church, Amboy
School
o
Argo Mine (Greeley Hill/Kinsley Mining
District) (Mariposa Co.)
§ 1939
photo showing Martin
Glover in front of the headframe,
1939 photo of headframe, 1939 photo of a miner’s
cabin, 2nd
photo of a miners cabin in 1939
o
Atolia (San Bernardino Co.)
o
Bagby (Mariposa
Co.)
§ Site
of town on north bank of Merced River., Ruins
of town on north side of Merced River.
o
Bear Valley (Mariposa Co.)
§ Bon
Ton Café, Pendola Store Site, Downtown
Bear Valley, Jail,
Mrs.
Trabucco’s Store, Simpson
& Trabucco Store
o
Benton (Mono Co.)
§ Cafe,
Cafe
Window detail, Restaurant,
Store
o
Benton Hot Springs (Mono Co.)
§ Store,
Rock
House, Miner’s
Cabin, Auto
Repair
o
Bodie (Mono Co.)
§ View
north on Main
Street, View east on Green
Street, In Memoriam … BJ
Speck
o
Bombay Beach, Salton Sea (Imperial Co.)
o
Chalfant (Mono
Co.)
§ Ruins to north, Model of General Store
o
Cima (San
Bernardino Co.)
§ Cima Store, Shacks
o
Coulterville (Mariposa Co.)
§ Bruschi Brothers Gen’l Store,
Coulterville
General Store, Coulterville
Hotel and store, Downtown
Coulterville, Gazzolo Building, IOOF
Hall, Jaenecke Building, Jeffery
Hotel, Memories,
Sun
Sun Wo Store, “The
Boardwalk”, The
Heart of Coulterville, Whistling
Billy
o
Desert Center (Riverside Co.)
§ sun-blasted,
road
town, Eagle
Mountains, picturesque
remains, Lake
Tamarisk, well-worn
one, Desert
Center, Desert
Center Cafe, post
office, gas
stations, restaurants,
old
motel, strip
center, army
training facilities, General
George Patton, Kaiser
Steel’s Iron Mine, palm
trees, old
Desert Center School, hamburger
stand, Texaco
gas station, offices,
strip
center, Desert
Center Market, cluster,
cabins,
vintage
Chevron gas station, Family
Café, Desert
Center Cafe, swimming
pool, caboose,
couple
of old trucks, “ATOMIC
GAS”, auto
parts store, empty
shelves, old
market, signs,
west,
old
US Highway 60, abandoned,
gas
station, foundation
& slabs, store
and possibly a cafe, massive
dump, broken
bottles, frontage
road
o Desert Shores (Imperial
Co.)
§ Desert
Shores business district along east side of Scott
Drive, Fire
House Cafe, Liquor
Store, Dock/Boat
launching ramp, ”China
Lady” Chinese Junk at Desert Shores in Apr 1966, Family
Fun On one of “The Fingers” in the early 1970s, On
“The Fingers” in 1971, ”Docks
and water area of “The Fingers” December 2006, RV
Pad area of “The Fingers” December 2006, Marina
Mobile Estates Clubhouse Front entrance – 1963, Marina
Mobile Estates Clubhouse Front entrance – 2003, Marina
Mobile Estates Clubhouse and pool December 2006, Marina
Mobile Estates pool 1970, Marina
Mobile Estates pool Dec 2006
o
Dixieland (Imperial Co.)
§ School
– side view, School
– front view
o
Drawbridge (Alameda Co.)
§ Water
Tower, East
side of the tracks, Sinking
in the mud
o
Eagle Mountain (Riverside Co.)
o
Exposed Treasure Mine (Kern Co.)
§ 1914
view, map
of the Mojave-Rosamond
Mining District
o
Garlock (Kern Co)
o
Hammil (Mono Co.)
o
Hornitos (Mariposa Co.)
§ St.
Catherine’s Catholic Church, Cavagnaro Store, Gagliardo Store, Ghirardelli
Store ruins-01, Ghirardelli
Store ruins-02, Jail,
Masonic
Hall, North
end of town, Saloon
on north side of Plaza, Unidentified
building
o
Johannesburg
(Kern Co.)
o
Kelso
§ Depot: arches,
baggage
room, crew quarters, Kelso Depot (view from
tracks), depot (view from lawn), ticket counter, wall sign
§ Other structures: jail,
lamp
post sign, beanery
interior, beanery
sign, Packard
Store (angle from side), front
view, store
– 1930s, round
roofed house, round-roofed
house side view, train
schedule, unidentified
bldg, small
home, California
poster
o
Knights
Ferry (PDF)
o
Laws (Inyo Co.)
§ Bunker,
Depot,
Museum,
Overview,
Railroad
crossing
o
Ludlow (San Bernardino Co.)
§ Murphy
Brothers store earthquake
damage
o
Mammoth Lakes (Mono Co.)
o
Mariposa (Mariposa Co.)
§ St.
Joseph’s Catholic Church, Court
House, Downtown,
IOOF
Hall, Jail,
Masonic
Hall, Schlageter Hotel
o
Montgomery City (Mono Co.)
§ Historical
Monument, Site
in distance to east
o
North Shore (Riverside Co.)
§ Marina
pilings, Marina
at sunrise, Marina
& yacht club, Marina
breakwater, Motel1,
Motel2,
Motel
sign, Shuffleboard
court at motel, Mailbox
at motel, Motel
site Oct 2009, Playground,
Salton
Sea, Dead
Tilapia, Yacht
club from breakwater, Yacht
club from street side, Yacht
club Oct 2009
o
Pine Tree & Josephine Mine (Mariposa
Co.)
o Rand
Mountains (Kern Co.)
o
Randsburg (Kern Co.)
o
Red
Mountain (San Bernardino Co.)
o
Salton Sea Beach (Imperial Co.)
o Shasta
(PDF)
o The
Corners - 2006 (Imperial Co.)
o
Tumco (Imperial
Co.)
§ Tumco Cemetery- 1989, Ruins
of fieldstone building in Tumco – 1989, Roofless
building shell in Tumco 1989, Cyanide
vats at Tumco – 1989, Wall
ruins of another Tumco building - 1989
o
US Highway 6 Signage
§ “END”
US
Highway 6, GAR
Highway, “Provincetown
MA 3205 miles”, State Line – CA,
State Line – NV
o
Virginia
Mine (Mariposa Co.)
·
COLORADO
o Bent’s Old Fort
§ Bents
Old Fort, overview,
small
cannon, central
square, southeast
corner, trade
room
o
Nevadaville,
o
St
Elmo
·
DELAWARE
o
Zwaanendael
§ Site
of old Colony, Historic
Marker at colony site, Museum
at Lewes, Historic
Marker at Zwaanendael Museum,
Lewes
·
IDAHO
o Black Bear
§ Ruins above the creek, Mine adit,
Foundation along creek
o Burke
§ Central
BURKE, mill
foundation, crib
wall, two-story
brick building, concrete
steps, mill
foundations, business
district 1, business
district 2, building
shells, garage,
Ghost
Town Auto sign, roofless
store, saloon,
weathered
buildings, concrete
mill building, mill
building, mill
2, brick,
HECLA
MINE office, ore
chutes, railroad,
interior
of mill shipping area, slash
burner, cabins,
residential
area, creek
o Cornwall
o Frisco
§ Historic Marker, Frisco Mill site, Frisco Mill ruins, Frisco
sign
o Gem
§ Hecla
Mining Co. Assay Office, burnt
out cabin, repair
garage, garage
sign, ruins of a couple
of mills
and rubble.
o Kellogg
§ Real
Estate office shaped like a miner’s hat, Miner’s Hat Realty, Rooftop carbide lamp
o Mace
§ Creekside
ruins, dam, rubble, Concrete ruins, Site sign
o Monument City
§ Rocky
trail, rock-walled
ruins,
fireplaces
o Roosevelt-Thunder Mountain
Cemetery
§ Entrance
Monument, grave
markers, headboards
o Stibnite
§ Foundations,
standing
buildings
o Trap Creek
§ Flat
rocks, top
of each other, rock-walled
cabin
·
ILLINOIS
o
Alpine
§ Town
map, Detail
map, Circa
1910 Photo
·
IOWA
o
Corley
§ little
community, barn,
grain
elevators, storage
shed, antique
store, Ben
& Darlene Hare, barber
shop, barber
shop2, shaving
cream mug, cash
register, shelves,
hair
tonic, razor
strops, leaning
corn crib
·
KANSAS
o
Amy
§ Amy
Baptist Church, brick
school, playground,
swing
set
o
Englewood
§ Donnell
Store, Hink Homestead – 1904-5, Hink Homestead – Old Town - 1906, Hink Shoe Store on Main Street - right, Main
Street – Apr 1976, Main
Street - Aug 1993, Main
Street – North Side - early 1900s, Main
Street – north side - 1976, Main
Street – north side - 1993, Main
Street – south side - 1976, Parade
- 1910, Partial
plat map of “downtown” Englewood, Postmark
– 1984, Railroad
depot - 1896, Railroad
depot - interior, Residential
district, School
– circa 1900, Store
located west of the Post Office, Map
of “Old Town”, Old
Town – Douglas Ave, White
home located west of town,
·
KENTUCKY
o
Boone Furnace
§ Behind
house, Side
view, Front
view, Area
map
o
Juniata
(Jolly Store)
·
MARYLAND
·
MINNESOTA
o
Pelan
·
MONTANA
o Elkhorn
·
NEBRASKA
o Brownson
§ tallest
false front, large
brick school building
o McGrew
(PDF)
§ fire
station, garage,
Pink
Palace, school,
McGrew
Mercantile storefront, Store
- side, bank,
Main
Street looking north, Main
Street looking south, Store
- side, south
half of Main Street
·
NEVADA
o
Belmont
§ Belmont
panorama, brick
storefront, Cameron
Mill, cemetery,
Combination
Mill, Combo
Mill smokestack, Cosmopolitan
Saloon, East
Belmont, Main
Street, Main
Street ruins, Main
Street with gas pump, miner’s
cabins, Monitor-Belmont
Mill, Monitor-Belmont
mill ruins, Nye
County Courthouse, jail,
side
view of courthouse, ruin
south of courthouse, well-drilling
rig, wooden
structures
o
Goldfield
§ Bank,
Cabin,
Goldfield
Hotel
o Millers
§ Broken
glass, coiled
hoses, dugout,
explosives
bunker, foundations,
metal
building, power
poles, railroad
ties, relics,
rotten
barrels, warped
& sand-blasted wood, wooden
pipes
o Mount Montgomery
§ Boundary
Peak Lodge, casinos,
East
side of US 6, full-service
island, gas
station/repair garage, homes,
Montgomery
Pass Casino, Montgomery
Pass Motel, restaurant,
roof-top
sign, tourist
cabins
o
New Coaldale
§ Burnt
rubble, cabins,
gas
station, houses,
motel,
pale
white buildings, restaurant/bar/casino,
school,
west
˝ of townsite
o Old Coaldale
o
Rhyolite
§ Bottle
house, Bottle
House closeup, Cook
Bank Bldg (vertical), Cook
Bank Bldg (horizontal), Cook
Bank after dark, Golden
Street, Filming
“Life After People”, Being
filmed for “Life After People”, Overbury Building ruins, Porter
Brothers store facade, Railroad
Depot, Redlight District crib, Rhyolite in the fog - 1997, Rock
wall after dark, Ruins,
School,
Sculpture
at entrance
o Tonopah
§
Heading
east towards Tonopah, panorama,
apartment,
Chevrolet
dealership, dirty
windows, Masonic
Hall, Mizpah Hotel, Main
Street, west
side of Main Street, Belmont
Mill, mill,
explosives
bunker, foundations,
oven
or kiln, settling
tanks, winch,
view
east from mill site
o Tonopah Army Air Field
§ barracks,
original
base entry, rusting
fire hydrants, east
hanger, east
hanger overlapping doors, east
hanger open doors, east
hanger interior1, east
hanger interior2, northern
hanger, southern
hanger, west
hanger door tracks, west
hanger slab, west
hanger chimney, refinery,
runway,
office
slabs, other
slabs, Joshua
Country sign, faded
FAA sign, street
signs, site,
theater
o Warm Springs
§ bar
& café, cafe
interior, rock
corral, dead
cars, empty
townlet, overview
of WARM SPRINGS, older
wooden buildings, pool,
pool
house, rock
house and garage, small
rock building, shack,
ruins,
spring,
stinky
water, trailer
park, TRUE
Lonliest Road, water
tank, wide
dirt pullout
·
NEW JERSEY
o
Asbury Park
§ Amusement
Building, Boardwalk,
Abandoned
Stores, Street
scene
·
NEW MEXICO
o
Carrizozo
§ Carrizozo
street scene, north
on 12th Street, west
on 12th Street, two-story
adobe, armadillo
sculpture, Ben
Franklin store, burro,
tin
can lid ants, rusty
cowboy, two
doors, green-water
fountain, art
galleries, Gas
Company building, Jason
Kehrer sculpture, fence
top burro, lizard
door, Lutz
Building, second
floor Lutz bldg hall, 1917
sign, Lyric
Theater, rooftop
burro, “World’s
Most Privileged Burro”, red-roofed
building, shoe
shine stand, script
sign, pressed
tin ceiling, wheelbarrow
critter
o
Chloride
§ The
Bank Saloon, Pioneer
Store Museum, Monte
Cristo Saloon, Old
Post Office
o
Fort Union
§ Overview
of the fort, Sundial,
Mechanic’s
corral
o Glenrio (ALSO in TX) (COMING
SOON)
o Lake Valley
§ Lake
Valley (overview), handful
of buildings, cemetery,
dark
clouds, quiet
streets, the
last resident, crumbing
cabin, dead
trees, dead
chairs, Conoco
service station, Railroad
Avenue, green
washing machine, Jessee Stanley, splintering
porches, rubble,
photogenic
ruins, crumbing
rock, chapel,
museum,
school
o
Montoya
o
Watrous
o White Oaks
§ WHITE OAKS, dry valley, entry sign, two-story store building, main street, Brown Building, White Oaks Historical Association, Taylor House, fake false-front, cow skull, deer antlers, “No Scum Allowed”, sign on the door, One of the best cowboy bars in the West”, brick schoolhouse, flight of steps, Gumm House, Hoyle’s Folly, melted adobe-walled building ruins, nearly abandoned aura
·
NEW YORK
·
NORTH DAKOTA
o
Amidon
§ Church,
Unidentified
store, Downtown
o
Gascoyne
o
Temple
§
Overview,
School,
School
with field, School
interior, Store
interior, Side
view of the church, Closeup of church front, Combine,
Old
car in garage
o
Wheelock
§ Church, Grain elevator, House, Main street, Residential area, School, An old store, Last open store
·
OHIO
·
OKLAHOMA
o
Deer Creek
§ Main
Street, west
side Main St,
sagging
canopies, window
advertisements, Deer
Creek General Store, garage,
2-story
brick structures
o Picher (PDF)
·
OREGON
o
Antelope
(PDF)
§ Main
Street, door,
Shell
gas station, Antelope
Garage, Union
76 station, Antelope
Mercantile, newspaper
office, school, welcome
sign,
o
Fort Stevens
§ Battery
Russell, wreck of the HMS
Peter Iredale
o
Kent
§ heart
of old Kent, elevators,
false-fronted,
roofless
garage, gas
station, gas
station, porch
of the gas station, rock-domed
structure, George’s
Studio, lodge
hall, old
lodge building, empty
stores, art
studios, restaurant,
school,
outside,
very
photogenic, inside,
Narnia
o
Shaniko–2009
§ Cabin,
City
Hall, Entrance
sign, Expresso trailer, Fire
truck, Front
of fire truck, Fire
hydrant, Livery
stable, Old
cars, Overview,
Partners,
Shaniko Hotel, Shaniko Hotel door windows, Shaniko Post Office, Theater
seats, (Colorized)
theater seats, Truck,
Wagons,
Wedding
chapel, Wool
shed
·
SOUTH DAKOTA
o
St.
Onge
·
TEXAS
o
Glenrio – SEE New Mexico -
above
o
Penwell
§ high
scrub, two-island
gas canopy, fascinating
remains, large
gas station, gas
pumps, convenience
store, bright
red chillers, Country
Kitchen Café, fading
signs, Penwell Enterprises, former
gas station, sheet-metal
gas station, full-service
diesel fuel, gas
pumps, wooden
heaps, automobile
repair garage, Penwell, prickly
underbrush, peeling
truck mural, waler, northeast
corner of Downtown, posted
signage, rusty
signage, truck
scales, street
signs, multi-sized
oil tanks, concrete
block café, The
Joker Coffee Shop, businesses
folded, the
boomers disappeared, automotive
repair, TEXAS
FUEL STOP, Passing
under the freeway, active
welding shop,
o
Toyah:
§
In
the Fog, downtown
ruins, United
Methodist Church,
Catholic
Church, 1903
Baptist church, present
city hall, tennis
court, playground,
abandoned
city hall, Toyah
Christian Church window, high
school, bank
walls, stairwell
to nowhere, antique
car, tornado
damage rubble, fire
station, store,
repair
garage, sidewalk,
street
posts, old
house with pigeons, high
school, dead
house, dead
store, dead
sign, old
adobe, restaurant,
gas
station, memories,
gas
station/garage, TiA EMMA’S BURRiTOS, burned-out
gas station, gas
station, old
bridge
·
UTAH
o Coal City:
§ Collapsed
wooden bldg, Overview,
Store,
Store
wall
o Consumers
o Deseret:
o Elberta:
§ Currant
Creek Convenience Store & Amoco, Sinclair
gas station
o Eureka:
§ Main
street view, Merchandise,
Faded
advertisement, two-story
bldg, unsound
stairs, City
Hall, sidewalks,
buff-colored
brick bldgs-1995, W
on Main Street-1995, W
on Main Street-2008, missing
roofs, BPOE
Block, Shea
Building
o Fort Deseret:
§ Fort
Deseret, door,
gun
port, wall
o Grafton
§ Grafton townsite-2009, Townsite-1990, Distance view of townsite,
Entry road, Trees, Cemetery Overview, Hill behind cemetery, Across Cemetery to N, Gibson grave, Indian attack victim grave, School-front, School-side, Adobe block & windows, Louisa Russell home, Alonzo Russell home, Side view of A Russell home, A Russell home across from Louisa Russell
home, Out buildings at Wood home, John & Ellen Wood home, Greenery at Wood home
o Harold:
§ Tintic Standard Company mill ruin
o
Helper:
§
bar
& company
houses
o
Latuda/Liberty
§
rock-walled
dugout, steps,
foundation
o
Little
Standard
§ small
cabin, tumbled
wooden rubble, rock
wall
o Lynndyl:
§ two
garages, old
tires & junk in the windows, corrugated
tin wall, peeling
paint, boarded
up house
o
Mammoth:
§
large
brick building-1995, cabin,
fire
station, Tintic Hospital plaque, mine
at the top end, concrete
wall ruin-1995, steps,
Mammoth
overview, mine-1995
o Mutual
§ company
store, roofless
shell
o National
§ company
store or offices, foundations,
ruins
of the old town, collapsing
wood building, concrete
steps
o Oasis:
o Peerless
o Rains
§ railroad
line, concrete
block shell, rock
shell, train
trestle
o Silver City:
§ dead
tree & fdn, foundations,
Knight
Mill-1, Knight
Mill-2, Knight
Mill-3, Knight
Mill-4, concrete
foundations, reservoir,
rock
rubble, store.
store
steps
o Silver Reef
§ Silver
Reef panorama, John
Rice Bank building, Rice
Building (side), 2008
Cosmopolitan in 2008, 2012
cosmo in 2012, interior
Cosmo interior 2012, ore
bin, upscale
housing, inside
the ore bin, rock-walled,
roofless
ruins, gully
holds the ruins, Peter
Harrison residence, signage,
Wells
Fargo (front), Wells
Fargo (NE corner of Wells Fargo bldg)
o Soldier Summit:
§ Overview,
major
highway, ruins,
abandoned
buildings, rows
of houses, foundations,
ruins,
plaque,
jail,
school,
school
steps, overlooking
the site
o Standardville
§ curved
concrete wall, dressed
rock, interior,
hospital,
ruins,
red-brick
walls
o Sweet
§
rock
wall, railroad
trestle supports, small
reservoir
o Thistle:
§ school
& foundation, crumbling
school walls, old
school, foundations,
flooded
out buildings, semi-buried
home, submerged
home in the creek, narrow
highway, view
to north, corrugated
metal building, rock
foundation
o Topaz (PDF)
§ Administration
area, boiler
house, Carnegie
brick, cook
stove, dead
tree, debris,
fence,
fender,
fire
station, flag
and monuments, gate,
gravel
chute, hospital
foundation, laundry
building slab, mess
hall slab and stoves, sign
at entrance, sign
for turnoff
§ VINTAGE photos from plaque on site: aerial
photo, internees
and mess hall, site
map, story
of Topaz
·
WASHINGTON
o Chesaw
§ near
ghost town, tavern,
store,
residential
buildings, weekend/summer
cabins,
false
front, large
cabin, front
porch, cabin interior
o Eltopia
§ general
store, gap-toothed
string, abandoned
buildings, stores,
looking
out, comin’ down, high
school
o Fort
Columbia (PDF)
o Knappton
o Molson
§ Old
Molson, chocolate-brown
buildings, the restored bank
building, cabins,
machine
shed, Molson
Community Church, teller
cage, period
furnishings, mining
relics, shingle
mill, real
estate office, Center
Molson, two-story
school, Molson
Trading Company General Store, museum,
store
front, New
Molson, former store,
automobile
repair garages, dead
cars, bank
sign, bank
door, undulating
sea of grass, remaining buildings, don’t spit
on the sidewalks
·
WEST VIRGINIA
o
Kaymoor (PDF)
o
Thurmond
§ Overview
of town from a display inside the bank building., View
looking west across townsite, Closeup of downtown core, Looking
east across townsite, Storefront
for the Thurmond Bank, Window
of Thurmond Bank, Looking
west from the RR Depot, Coaling
Tower, Sign
at Thurmond Post Office (closed)
·
WYOMING
o
Bosler
o
Manville
A
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TOWN USA “THANK YOU!”
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