Ghosts Of Colorado Plains | 
 enlarge | Author: Perry Eberhart
Publisher: Swallow Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 574738
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 269
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0804008337
Dewey Decimal Number: 978.8
EAN: 9780804008334
ASIN: 0804008337
Publication Date: January 1, 1996
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Since the second quarter of the nineteenth century, changing conditions have built and emptied small and large towns across the Colorado plains. At the time when Denver was little more than an overpopulated campsite along Cherry Creek there were numerous other settlements to the east and south, each with its own dreams of growth, gold or silver strikes, railroad connections, and rising influence over the surrounding territory. In Ghosts of the Colorado Plains, Eberhart traces some 150 of these ill-fated settlements, providing accounts of their birth, peak activity, and ultimate demise.
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 An excellent ghost town guide October 13, 2005
This is one of the classiest ghost town books I've seen. Eberhart writes about roughly 150 towns that were once in existence (most had post offices at one time), all located along the I-25 corridor or east of there on the high plains. He gives a thorough historical account of each place and includes a hand-drawn map of the town's location, making it easy to see where each was exactly (this important element is missing in many ghost town books). In addition, there are many dozens of photographs, some contemporary, some historical, of many of the places described. One of the best books on the subject I've seen. Great for the traveler/explorer as well as for the armchair historian.
 A good overall view of life on the prairie. July 5, 1999
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
I found this to be a nice and not overly deep view of life on the Colorado plains. An area that is generally overlooked or forgotten today, the prairie played an important part in the settlemnet of the west and not much is left for us to learn from, and this book presented some obscure facts and tidbits of information that I found fascinating. As a history buff, I find it very interesting to see where man has been and may end up in the future.
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