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CALIFORNIA
I visited the towns below on April 11, 1993. There are many books about
California ghost towns, and some of the most famous ghost towns in all of ghost
town-dom are in California. I used the following two books for
comparisons:
 | Ghost Towns of the West, text and photographs by William Carter
(Lane Magazine and Book Company, Menlo Park, California, 1971) |
| Ghost Towns of the West by Lambert Florin (Promontory
Press/Superior Publishing Company, 1971, 1972) |
I do not know if the photos in these books are contemporary with their
publication dates, but I would guess that they're close.
Click on the town's name to see the photos:
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Here's a photo contributed by someone who saw this
website. His ancestors, many of whom were miners, lived in
Calaveras County, California during the 1800s and the gold boom.
The photo above is of miners working at the Ranch Mine
in Calaveras County. It was apparently taken in the mid-1890s. |
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