One of three volumes covering ghost towns in Colorado. This volume includes over 280 town histories, 150 detailed maps and 230 historic and contemporary photographs. This is the most complete ghost town guide ever published on Colorado.
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Kenneth Jessen is author of 11 books and over 700 articles on Colorado, its people and history. He has appeared five times on Colorado Getaways and has made several other appearances on other television and radio programs. He is author of a weekly column in the Loveland Reporter-Herald.
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This review is from: Ghost Towns, Colorado Style (Volume 3) (Paperback)
This book looks pretty, but its binding is not adapted for use out-of-doors. I would have thought it should have been bound in a guide- or map- or atlas-style book (or even hardcover) with large, flat pages, suitable for reference while traveling. Instead, it reads and looks like a large paperback novel. Its description is deceiving as it should say "Great for your library shelf but not much else!" If you're looking for a book with directions and good maps, keep looking. This one reads like a dry history book and it's virtually impossible to keep open unless you want to completely break its spine. Moreover, the table of contents looks like it was an after-thought as all the ghost towns are just lumped together by counties rather than by names. The maps in it are insulting to your intelligence as they look like the author copied them by his own hand and couldn't be bothered to research the lesser-traveled roads, but they're so miniscule anyway I imagine there would have been no room for road numbers. Indeed, you're better off picking up a FREE U.S. Forest Service map (especially of the San Juan National Forest) and saving yourself $30!
I'm truly sorry I bought this book as IT FRUSTRATES ME TO NO END: trying to locate certain places and traveling in my Jeep while trying to keep open this pretty-to-look-at-it-but-tiny-to-read "novel." I was able to find many ghost towns better on my own with a laminated map of ghost towns I bought for $6.95 than with Jessen's help. Save your $30 and research this stuff on the Internet. What a colossal waste of money!
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This series is presented in three volumes and concentrates on towns and mining camps in the Colorado mountains. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
several original structures, lower tram station, graded dirt road, remote ghost towns, toll road company, many original structures, few abandoned buildings, concentration mill, own post office, company cottages, only remaining structure, mine portal, dozen structures Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rio Grande, Kenneth Jessen, Colorado Post Offices, Colorado Railroad Museum, San Luis Valley, Muriel Sibell Wolle, Lake City, Silver Cliff, Denver Public Library, Sage Books, Animas Forks, Animas River, New Mexico, Mineral Point, Cañon City, Colorado Fuel, Pruett Publishing Company, Camp Bird, Custer County, Sundance Publications Limited, Allen Nossaman, Colorado Springs, Otto Mears, Red Mountain Town, Parrott City New!
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This series is presented in three volumes and concentrates on towns and mining camps in the Colorado mountains. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
several original structures, lower tram station, graded dirt road, remote ghost towns, toll road company, many original structures, few abandoned buildings, concentration mill, own post office, company cottages, only remaining structure, mine portal, dozen structures Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rio Grande, Kenneth Jessen, Colorado Post Offices, Colorado Railroad Museum, San Luis Valley, Muriel Sibell Wolle, Lake City, Silver Cliff, Denver Public Library, Sage Books, Animas Forks, Animas River, New Mexico, Mineral Point, Cañon City, Colorado Fuel, Pruett Publishing Company, Camp Bird, Custer County, Sundance Publications Limited, Allen Nossaman, Colorado Springs, Otto Mears, Red Mountain Town, Parrott City New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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