Colorado Ghost Town Guide - Softcover

Jessen, Kenneth

 
9781928656135: Colorado Ghost Town Guide

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Explore the abandoned with Kenneth Jessen as he recounts some of his travels throughout Colorado’s backcountry over the past 60-plus years. Colorado Ghost Town Guide covers over 180 “towns” and provides directions, 80 maps and 380 photographs and illustrations. Learn how the last man in Carbonate was paid to leave. And how Slim Hecock lost his head. Included is a close call where ghost town hunters were nearly shot. Unusual is the story of Larimer County town founder convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Images show the how former county seat of Badito is melting away. Duncan residents were forced to abandon their homes and move to a new location. While trying to reach the ghost town of Orient, ghost town hunters were blocked by nudists.

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