Ghost Towns of the Rockies
Rocky Mountain ghost towns are filled with chilling, but captivating stories. Horace Tabor (in 1879) was said to be the fifth richest man in the United States; he wore night shirts with diamond-studded buttons. But in the silver panic of 1893, Tabor lost his fortune and was reduced to working for sixty-five cents a day at the time of his death. South Pass City, Wyoming, was the home of the women's suffrage movement. It was here that the first woman was sworn to a political office. The Carissa Mine poured millions of dollars into South Pass and by 1873 there were 4,000 residentsit was a bustling place. Today, South Pass lies abandoned and deso…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7643-3569-3
- EAN: 9780764335693
- Produktnummer: 21242156
- Verlag: Schiffer Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.2 cm 376 g
- Abbildungen: 27 b/w photos
- Gewicht: 376
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Preethi Burkholder lives in Colorado and has published many travel articles. She is the author of three previous books and editor of www.giftedhandswriting.com. Preethi is also a classical pianist, a wife, and a mother.
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