Ghost Towns of the American West

  • Ghost Towns of the American West
    Ghost Towns of the American West
    By Raymond Bial

    As Raymond Bial’s narrative explores the history of our ghost towns, his well-composed photo-graphs silently tell their stories: of bustling, muddy streets, of large mercantile stores, and, ultimately, of short-lived dreams of gold, ...

  • Ghost Towns of the American West
    Ghost Towns of the American West
    By Robert Silverberg

    The story of the American mining frontier can be traced in the ghost towns — from the camps of California's forty-niners to the twentieth-century ruins in the Nevada desert.

  • Ghost Towns of the American West
    Ghost Towns of the American West
    By Bill O'Neal

    Photographs of Ghost Towns.

  • Ghost Towns of the American West
    Ghost Towns of the American West
    By Robert Silverberg

    The story of the American mining frontier can be traced through the ghost towns that dot the western landscape to this day, from the camps of California’s forty-niners to the twentieth-century ruins in the Nevada desert.

  • Ghost Towns of the American West
    Ghost Towns of the American West
    By Mario Kaiser, Michal Koetzle

    Commissioned by Smithsonian Magazine, a tour of nineteen of America's ghost towns features coverage of such deserted places as Bodie, California; Gold Point, Nevada; and Steins, New Mexico; depicted at dusk while using long exposures and ...