Southern Idaho Ghost Towns
- ISBN-10
- 0870042297
- ISBN-13
- 9780870042294
- Category
- Extinct cities
- Pages
- 135
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1974
- Publisher
- Caxton Press
- Author
- Wayne C. Sparling
Description
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press When mineral riches were found in southern Idaho "boomtowns" arose across this rugged land. When the mining activity ceased these towns were quickly abandoned yet they still stand; a testimony to the vagaries of life in the frontier in pursuit of gold and silver.
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