Muriel Sibell Wolle, "The Bonanza Trail: Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of the West"
English | ISBN: 0253033276 | 2018 | 526 pages | EPUB | 13 MB
English | ISBN: 0253033276 | 2018 | 526 pages | EPUB | 13 MB
Searching for gold in the American West was not for the faint of heart. To reach the fabled gold fields of California, prospectors penetrated the boundless high Sierras and the Rockies and crossed the desert wastes of Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. Waves of would-be miners poured into the golden gulches of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, while others climbed to the deeper mines high in the mountains of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. Along the way, they made their homes and earned a living in makeshift camps and towns, many of which have since vanished.