Full Description
Join Route 66 expert Jim Hinckley as he tours more than 60 ghost towns along the Mother Road, rich in stories and history!
The quintessential boom-and-bust highway of the American West, Route 66 once hosted a thriving array of boomtowns built around oil mines, railroad stops, cattle ranches, resorts, stagecoach stops, and gold mines. Illustrated with gorgeous sepia-tone and color photography by Kerrick James, this book tours dozens of ghost towns in:
Illinois (Braidwood, Braceville, Gardner, Dwight, Bloomington, Funks Grove, Springfield)
Missouri (Rolla, Dootlittle, Springfield, Halltown, Paris Springs Junction, Avilla, Carthage, Joplin)
Kansas (Galena, Riverton, Baxter Springs)
Oklahoma (Narcissa, Afton, Tulsa, Warwick, Bridgeport, Foss, Elk City, Erick, Texola)
Texas (Shamrock, McLean, Alanreed, Jericho, Amarillo, Glenrio)
New Mexico (San Jon, Tucumari, Montoya, Newkirk, Cuervo, Dilia, Tecolote, Santa Fe, Thoreau, Gallup)
Arizona (Lupton, Chambers, Two Guns, Flagstaff, Truxton, Hackberry, Kingman, Goldroad, Oatman)
California (Needles, Goffs, Essex, Cadiz, Chambless, Amboy, Ludlow, Newberry Springs, Daggett, Barstow)
This edition also includes directions and travel tips for your ghost-town explorations along Route 66, as well as a fold-out map of the Mother Road.
Explore the beauty and nostalgia of these abandoned communities along America's favorite highway!
Contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: ILLINOIS
The Towns that Coal Built
Into the Land of Lincoln
CHAPTER 2: MISSOURI
Ghost of the Modern Era: Times Beach
The Ghost Town Trail of Missouri
Avilla
CHAPTER 3: KANSAS
CHAPTER 4: OKLAHOMA
Afton and Narcissa
Warwick
End of the Road
Foss
Texola
CHAPTER 5: TEXAS
To Amarillo
The Staked Plains
CHAPTER 6: NEW MEXICO
Introduction to the Land of Enchantment
Montoya, Newkirk, Cuervo
Ghosts of the Santa Fe Trail
The Timeless Land
CHAPTER 7: ARIZONA
Ghosts of the Painted Desert
In the Footsteps of the Camel Corps
Chasing Louis Chevrolet
Route 66, the Forgotten Chapter
CHAPTER 8: CALIFORNIA
Goffs
Ghosts of the Desert Cauldron
Daggett
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SUGGESTED READING
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER
