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Articles
- Ghost Towns Along the Moffat Road with John K. Archer and Dick Oakes
- A Listing of Ghost Towns in the "Ghost Towns of..." Series Compiled by Dick Oakes
- The Moffat Road: The Former "Hill" Route Compiled by Dick Oakes
"Ghosts of..." Book Series
If you want to pinpoint actual researched Colorado ghost town and mining camp locations on 16x20 topo maps accompanied by well-researched historical text of each location, we suggest that you obtain one or all fourteen of John K. Aldrich's ghosts of colorado counties book series.
You may order them directly from Mr. Aldrich at a buck off list price ($5.95 rather than $6.95), and have them autographed too! Go to
Mr. Aldrich also has ghost town classes from time to time at various colleges around the Denver area, in which he gives a lot more info than he could fit into his small books (34 to 64 pages). See his Website for contact information.
Here's a list of the books, which are 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches. Each includes a preface, some generalities, info by ghost town, full-color photos, and a separate topo map printed from government sources.
- Ghosts of Clear Creek County
- Ghosts of Gilpin County
- Ghosts of Park County
Ghosts of Boulder CountyOUT OF PRINT
- Ghosts of Summit County
- Ghosts of Lake County (and eastern Pitkin County)
- Ghosts of Teller County
- Ghosts of Chaffee County (and eastern Gunnison County)
- Ghosts of the Sangre de Cristo Area (and Saguache, Custer, Alamosa, Fremont, and Costilla Counties)
- Ghosts of the Eastern San Juans (and Mineral, Saguache, Gunnison, Rio Grande, and Conejos Counties)
- Ghosts of Pitkin County (and northern Gunnison County)
- Ghosts of Northern Colorado (Eagle, Grand, Jackson, Routt, and Larimer Counties)
- Ghosts of the Western San Juans Vol. 1 (Ouray, San Juan, and Hinsdale Counties)
- Ghosts of the Western San Juans Vol. 2 (San Miguel, La Plata, and Dolores Counties)
GhostTowns.com
We cannot do justice to Colorado ghost town locations here, especially as it has already been done better than we could ever do it by ghosttowns.com. For Colorado, "Select a State," click on Colorado, and click the county of your choice on the interactive map.
Ghost Town Links
Colorado
Beaver City, Vicksburg, Rockdale/Silverdale, Winfield (Online tour 2 at ColoradoGhostTowns.com.)
Colorado Ghost Town Tours (The tours page of ColoradoGhostTowns.com.)
Colorado Ghost Towns (Chaffee, Lake, and Park County Ghost Towns)
ColoradoGhostTowns.com (Fifteen online ghost town tours)
Colorado Ghost Town Videos (Chaffee County Ghost Towns)
Columbia City (Online tour 1 at ColoradoGhostTowns.com.)
FourteenerNet (Hancock, Romley, St. Elmo, Vicksburg, Winfield in Chaffee County)
GhostTowns.com (Select Colorado)
Ghost Towns of Colorado (Home page of John Aldrich, author of 15 ghost town books.)
Latchaw Mine (Online tour 3 at ColoradoGhostTowns.com.)
Leadville (Leadville, Twin Lakes -- Lake County ghost towns.)
May Murphy Mine (Leadville area.)
St. Elmo Area (Online tour 4 at ColoradoGhostTowns.com.)
St. Elmo History (One of the FourteenerNet pages.)
Winfield History (One of the FourteenerNet pages.)
Vicksburg History (One of the FourteenerNet pages.)
Elsewhere
Bodie (California)
Jerome (Arizona)