Research Catalog

Title

Southern California's best ghost towns : a practical guide / by Philip Varney ; photographs by the author ; maps and drawings by James M. Davis.

Author

Varney, Philip.

Publication

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1990.

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Details

Description

xiv, 137 p. : ill.; 29 cm.

Subject

• Ghost towns > California, Southern > Guidebooks
• California, Southern > Guidebooks

Genre/Form

• travel guidebooks.
• Guidebooks
• Guides touristiques.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-130) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

[1] Inyo ghosts -- Kearsarge / Manzanar / Reward / Dolomite / Swansea / Keeler / Cerro Gordo / Darwin / Cottonwood charcoal kilns -- [2] The spirits of Death Valley -- Area one: On the Valley floor -- Death Valley Ranch / Old Stovepipe Well / Harmoney Borax Works / Graves of Jimmy Dayton and Shorty Harris / Eagle Borax Works / Ashford Mill -- Area two: The eastern ranges -- Leadfield / Chloride City / Keane Wonder Mine / Ryan / Death Valley Junction -- Area three: The Panamint Range -- Skidoo / Harrisburg Aguereberry Camp / Wildrose Charcoal Kilns / Panamint / Ballarat -- [3] Ghosts of the Mojave and the Kern -- Area one: East and northeast of Barstow -- Calico / Ludlow, Ragtown, and Stedman / Kelso / Providence / Silver Lake / Ivanpah -- Area two: Randsburg and Environs -- Goler / Randsburg / Garlock / Johannesburg / Atolia / Red Mountain -- Area three: In and around Antelope Valley -- Llano / Tropico Gold Mine / Willow Springs -- Area four: Near Lake Isabella -- Keyesville / Kernville and Quartzburg / Havilah / Caliente -- [4] Ghost towns of the southland -- Area one: East of Los Angeles -- Holcomb Valley (Belleville and Doble) / Berdoo Camp / Lost Horse Mine / Eagle Mountain -- Area two: East of San Diego -- Julian / Banner / Stonewall Mine -- Area three: Imperial ghosts -- Hedges (Tumco) / Picacho / Potholes / Mullet Island -- Area four: Lagniappe -- Vallecito Stage Station / Araz Stage Station / Old Plank Road.

ISBN

0806122528 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^89022742^

OCLC

20319644

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library