Best Ghost Towns In New Mexico - May 2024

New Mexico's Best Ghost Towns: A Practical Guide

This useful guidebook surveys more than eighty ghost towns, grouped by geographic area. First published in 1981 and now available only from the University of New Mexico Press, it has been praised in particular for its instructions on how to reach even the most obscure sites.

• ASIN: 0826310109
• ASIN: 0826310109
• ISBN: 0826310109
• Brand: Brand: University of New Mexico Press
• Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press

Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of New Mexico

In places like the valley town of Alma, once known to Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, and through the dusty streets of San Antonio, where Conrad Hilton began his fabulous career by carrying luggage from the train station to his father’s hotel, the Shermans have explored the past and present of New Mexico’s famous and infamous ghost towns and mining camps. They have arranged for the reader a historical and pictorial journey through more than 130 of the state’s old and defunct mining, farming, railroad, and lumbering communities. A cross section of New Mexico’s legacy from the frontier... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0806111062
• ASIN: 0806111062
• ISBN: 0806111062
• Brand: Brand: University of Oklahoma Press
• Manufacturer: University of Oklahoma Press

Haunted Highways: The Ghost Towns of New Mexico

Book by Looney, Ralph

• ASIN: 0826305067
• ASIN: 0826305067
• ISBN: 0826305067
• Brand: Brand: University of New Mexico Press
• Manufacturer: Univ of New Mexico Pr

Saint Death - John Milton #2 (John Milton Series)

John Milton has been off the grid for six months. He surfaces in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and immediately finds himself drawn into a vicious battle with the narco-gangs that control the borderlands. Milton saves the life of an idealistic young journalist who has been targeted for execution. The only way to keep her safe is to smuggle her into Texas. Working with the only untouchable cops in the city, and a bounty hunter whose motives are unclear, Milton must keep her safe until the crossing can be made. But when the man looking for her is the legendary assassin Santa Muerta - Saint Death - that... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00EZQ2BZC
• ASIN: B00EZQ2BZC
• Manufacturer: Unputdownable

The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child

After dark in a Mexican border town, a father holds open a hole in a wire fence as his wife and two small boys crawl through.So begins life in the United States for many people every day. And so begins this collection of twelve autobiographical stories by Santa Clara University professor Francisco Jiménez, who at the age of four illegally crossed the border with his family in 1947."The Circuit," the story of young Panchito and his trumpet, is one of the most widely anthologized stories in Chicano literature. At long last, Jiménez offers more about the wise, sensitive little boy who has grown... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0826317979
• ASIN: 0826317979
• ISBN: 0826317979
• Brand: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
• Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press

Ghost Towns of the West

Ghosts Towns of the West is filled with photographs, maps, history, and detailed directions to find the best ghost towns to linger in the wake of the Old West.Ghost Towns of the West blazes a trail through the dusty crossroads and mossy cemeteries of the American West, including one-time boomtowns in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The book reveals the little-known stories of long-dead soldiers, indigenous peoples, settlers, farmers, and miners. Perfect for planning a road trip, each section covers a geographic area and ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0760350418
• ASIN: 0760350418
• ISBN: 0760350418
• Manufacturer: Voyageur Press

Ghost Towns of the Southwest: Your Guide to the Historic Mining Camps and Ghost Towns of Arizona and New Mexico

For centuries, the stunning panoramas of Arizona and New Mexico served as the backdrop for a veritable cavalcade of human history. From Anasazi cities built within towering canyon walls to early outpost villages of an expanding young nation, the Southwest served as the home to a range of communities that first thrived and ultimately demised in the region's rugged, sprawling landscapes. Today, the Southwest lures visitors with its majestic natural scenery and links to a fascinating chapter in our nation's history. In Ghost Towns of the Southwest, Jim Hinckley and Kerrick James present the color... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0760332215
• ASIN: 0760332215
• ISBN: 0760332215
• Brand: Voyageur Press
• Manufacturer: Voyageur Press

New Mexico Atlas & Gazetteer

Delorme, a travel planning resource. More than just a great place to purchase DeLorme mapping software, the earth mate GPS and Atlas & gazetteers for every state. You'll find a rich assortment of travel planning items, guide books, globes, maps and atlases covering the entire world. Plus geography-related gift items for travelers, perfect for graduation, retirement, father's day, and holiday gifts.

• ASIN: 0899333176
• UPC: 019916003173
• ASIN: 0899333176
• ISBN: 0899333176
• Brand: Delorme
• Size: One-Size
• Manufacturer: DeLorme Publishing

New Mexico, Ghost Towns,;Map Set Then & Now

A collection of copies of historic maps showing the location of historic ghost towns and an overlay map that depicts the current highway system near those historic places.

• ASIN: 0981669603
• ASIN: 0981669603
• ISBN: 0981669603
• Manufacturer: Northwest Distributors

Ghosts of Old Town Albuquerque (Haunted America)

Old Town Plaza has been the center of Albuquerque community life since the city was founded in 1706 by Governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdez. Historically known as the crossroads of the Southwest, and reflecting an amalgamation of Spanish, Mexican and Native American cultures, Old Town Plaza has been home to many of New Mexico's proud ancestors--and still is. Ghosts of Old Town Albuquerque presents the evidence of their specters wandering the shadows, gathered by author Cody Polston, president of the Southwest Ghost Hunter's Association. Having tracked spirits for three decades, including in such... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1609496620
• ASIN: 1609496620
• ISBN: 1609496620
• Brand: Brand: The History Press
• Manufacturer: The History Press

The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts: Murder and Memory in an American City

• ASIN: 150110425X
• ASIN: 150110425X
• ISBN: 150110425X
• Manufacturer: Scribner

True West Magazine Volume 59, Issue 1, January 2012

The 10th Annual Guide to Everything Western. Going out West for a vacation? True West Magazine steers (no pun) you in the right direction with its annual guides! Phone numbers, addresses, links, your how-to on contacting. Best Adventure: Day Tours/Trips (gold mine tours, natural bridges, walking tours, more), Expeditions (rivers, cattle drives, more) Frontier Towns (Railroad Town, living history, heritage centers), Gambling (Little Wind Casino, Wind River Casino, more), Ghost Towns (Shakespeare Ghost Town, Goldfield, Bodie), Movie Experiences, Performance Centers, Railroads (Durango & Silverto... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00DL5LBDG
• ASIN: B00DL5LBDG
• Manufacturer: True West Publishing , Inc.

Weekend Explorer Santa Fe, New Mexico

• ASIN: B01BXDBU3I
• ASIN: B01BXDBU3I

XHFITCLtd Cars Decor Collection, Old Rustic Rusty Automobile in the Middle of New Mexico Bushes Ghost Town Vehicle Theme Print, Bedroom Living Room Dorm Wall Hanging Tapestry, Tan Blue

Print technology: using heat dye sublimation technique, long-lasting effects. stylish design can reveal your personal taste and highlight the home decoration. This gorgeous piece of art can be used as bedspread, bed cover, table cloth, curtain and of course as a tapestry or a wall hanging.And it is perfect to take along to a picnic or to the beach.It brings a different level of enthusiasm to the atmosphere.It also will be a best chioce to give this item as a gift at festival time, parties, housewarmings and birthdays.

• ASIN: B07BW269JV
• ASIN: B07BW269JV
• Brand: XHFITCLtd
• Size: 40" W By 60" L
• Manufacturer: XHFITCLtd

YOLIYANA Cars Durable Hexagon Ceramic Tile Stickers,Old Rusty Automobile in The Middle of New Mexico Bushes Ghost Town Vehicle Theme Print for Living Room Kitchen,9" W x 7.8" H

Please Understand That The Color of The Reality of The Item May Be Slightly Different from That of The One Shown on The Photo Due to Photography Technologies.Hexagon Ceramic Tile Stickers Are Easily Removable with Little Effort And Mo Messy Residue.Our Hexagon Ceramic Tile Stickers Are Not Blistering, Waterproof, Scratch-Proof And Durable.HEXAGON CERAMIC TILE STICKERS MODEL:WCOTAF

• ASIN: B07V2ZJNRV
• ASIN: B07V2ZJNRV
• Brand: YOLIYANA
• Size: 9"W x 7.8"H
• Manufacturer: YOLIYANA

Ghost Town (DVD)

Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has

• UPC: 207517031

Ghost Town (Blu-ray)

This interesting fusion of the horror and Western genres involves a modern-day sheriff (Franc Luz) whose search for a missing heiress leads him into the title locale, a frontier-age Arizona township whose residents are cursed

• UPC: 44723907
• Model: 826663159745
• Color: YOther

Ghost Town (Blu-ray)

Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has

• UPC: 747992565

Dean Teaster's Ghost Town (DVD)

Love, hate, family, forgiveness, redemption and sacrifice rock this small western town. Family honor is defended while the gold rush surges

• UPC: 10258755
• Color: YOther
• Rating: 3.5

Ghost Towns (DVD)

Some of Americas early towns boomed faster than a speeding bullet, but historical experts guide a 5-part journey into understanding how they went from boom to doom just as quickly. Original archival footage, interviews and

• UPC: 36905850
• Color: YOther

Enchanted Legends and Lore of New Mexico : Witches, Ghosts and Spirits

Beginning in the seventeenth century, townsfolk and rural dwellers in the remote Spanish colonial city of Santa Fe maintained a provocative interest in mysterious and miraculous visions. This preoccupation with the afterlife, occult forces and

• UPC: 20633741

Dogtown : Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town

Winner of the 2010 L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award in nonfiction and named a Must-Read Book by the Massachusetts Book Awards, "Dogtown" takes readers into an unforgettable place brimming with tragedy, eccentricity, and fascinating lore,

• UPC: 14044211
• Rating: 4.0

New Mexico's Best Ghost Towns : A Practical Guide

This useful guidebook surveys more than eighty ghost towns, grouped by geographic

• UPC: 25661066

Ghost Towns and Other Quirky Places in the New Jersey Pine Barrens - eBook

The Pine Barrens of New Jersey contain more ghost towns, some say, than the entire American west. In Ghost Towns and Other Quirky Places in the New Jersey Pine Barrens author Barbara Solem-Stull tells the

• UPC: 363889841

New Mexico Ghost Stories Vol. I - eBook

This award winning true ghost story book is a unique collection of interview sessions between myself and the individuals who have actually experienced, first hand paranormal experiences throughout the entire state of New Mexico. The

• UPC: 452868747