Ghost Towns of the Rockies

by Burkholder Preethi and Preethi Burkholder

Book Overview

Rocky Mountain ghost towns are filled with chilling, but captivating stories. Horace Tabor (in 1879) was said to be the fifth richest man in the United States; he wore night shirts with diamond-studded buttons. But in the silver panic of 1893, Tabor lost his fortune and was reduced to working for sixty-five cents a day at the time of his death. South Pass City, Wyoming, was the home of the women's suffrage movement. It was here that the first woman...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764335693
• ISBN13: 9780764335693
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"