Unique Ghost Towns and Mountain Spots

About this eBook

Author

Bancroft, Caroline, 1900-1985

Credits

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

F721: United States local history: Rocky Mountains. Yellowstone National Park

Subject

Colorado -- Guidebooks

Category

Text

eBook-No.

51678

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51678

Release Date

April 6, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Unique Ghost Towns and Mountain Spots
2. 2.The Author — The Cover — UNIQUE GHOST TOWNS and MOUNTAIN SPOTS
3. 3.Personal to the reader — THE ALICE POST OFFICE STILL STANDS
4. 4.⇐ PLAN OF TOURS
5. 5.From Central City — NEVADAVILLE HAD THIRTEEN SALOONS — CORNISH COTTAGES COVERED THIS SLOPE — AMERICAN CITY HUGS THE TREES — KINGSTON IS IN TWO SECTIONS
6. 6.From Idaho Springs — ALICE BOASTED OF ITS GLORY HOLE — NORTH EMPIRE CLUNG CLOSE TO THE MINES — THE CONQUEROR’S MINERS LIVED WELL
7. 7.From Georgetown — WALDORF WAS A RAILROAD MINING TOWN — PRETTY SAINTS JOHN WAS SECLUDED
8. 8.From Boulder — WINDY CARIBOU NEARLY BLEW AWAY
9. 9.From Estes Park — WARD DELIGHTED SUNDAY EXCURSIONISTS
10. 10.From Grand Lake — LULU CITY BECAME A GHOST EVEN BY 1889 — BEAR TRAP — CHRISTMAS TREES CHOSE CABINS FOR BOXES
11. 11.From Steamboat Springs — HAHNS PEAK COMMEMORATES ITS FOUNDER
12. 12.From Glenwood Springs — FULFORD HAD AN UPPER AND LOWER TOWN — UPPER FULFORD HAD A STURDY ASSAY OFFICE — CRYSTAL CITY USED SPARKLING WATER POWER
13. 13.From Aspen — LENADO BEGAN AS A SILVER CAMP — LENADO’S NAME MEANS “WOODED” — ASHCROFT WAS A BIGGER TOWN THAN ASPEN
14. 14.From Leadville — INDEPENDENCE LIES BESIDE THE HIGHWAY — THE “UNSINKABLE” MRS. BROWN LIVED HERE
15. 15.From Fairplay — DID “SILVERHEELS” DANCE HERE IN THE 1860’S? — RAILROAD GHOSTS HAUNT SOUTH PARK — THE PARK’S MINING GHOSTS ARE MANY
16. 16.From Cripple Creek — ALTMAN CLAIMED TO BE THE HIGHEST TOWN — THE CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT HAS MORE GHOSTS
17. 17.From Canon City — ROSITA’S HANDSOMEST HOUSE LIVED ON — SILVER CLIFF CHOSE A MAGNIFICENT BACKDROP
18. 18.From Salida — TURRET FACED THE COLLEGIATE RANGE — BONANZA — KERBER CREEK IGNORES THE GLORIOUS PAST
19. 19.From Buena Vista — SAINT ELMO HAD A CLIFTON HOTEL — WINFIELD
20. 20.From Gunnison — TIN CUP’S TOWN HALL LOOKS CHURCHLY — GOTHIC HAS TURNED FROM MINES TO PLANTS
21. 21.From Lake City — THE GRANDEUR OF CAPITOL CITY IS DUST — CARSON SNUGGLES AGAINST THE DIVIDE
22. 22.From Creede — BACHELOR WAS FULL OF BRAWLING “BATCHERS” — MAIN STREET — REMNANTS — ODD GRAVE — SPAR CITY HAS A CHARMING MAIN STREET — ITS OLD HOTEL AND JAIL ARE CHERISHED
23. 23.From Del Norte — NINETY-YEAR-OLD SUMMITVILLE WON’T DIE
24. 24.From Silverton — THE SUNNYSIDE WAS EUREKA’S MAINSTAY — EVALYN WALSH McLEAN DID NOT SLEEP HERE
25. 25.From Ouray — THE NATIONAL BELLE MARKS RED MOUNTAIN — IRONTON WAS THE RAILROAD TERMINUS
26. 26.From Telluride — PANDORA’S SETTING IS SUPERB — MINING GHOSTS OF THE STORIED SAN JUANS
27. 27.L’Envoi
28. 28.Acknowledgments — For Research Aid: — For Proofreading: — For Photographs:
29. 29.By the Same Author : — ( See back cover for prices ) — GULCH OF GOLD — COLORFUL COLORADO: ITS DRAMATIC HISTORY — SILVER QUEEN: THE FABULOUS STORY OF BABY DOE TABOR — AUGUSTA TABOR: HER SIDE OF THE SCANDAL — TABOR’S MATCHLESS MINE AND LUSTY LEADVILLE — THE UNSINKABLE MRS. BROWN — FAMOUS ASPEN — HISTORIC CENTRAL CITY — DENVER’S LIVELY PAST — THE BROWN PALACE IN DENVER — SIX RACY MADAMS OF COLORADO — COLORADO’S LOST GOLD MINES AND BURIED TREASURE — ESTES PARK AND GRAND LAKE — TWO BURROS OF FAIRPLAY
30. 30.Transcriber’s Notes

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