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Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps
Prospectors lured to the West in hopes of striking rich settled a thousand towns in the Colorado mountains. The cry of “Gold!” or “Silver!” or a few flecks of color in a tin cup sent them to remote, often inhospitable locations to search for the precious metals. Close on the heels of the miners were the merchant, the gamblers, the prostitutes, the washerwomen, the capitalists, and the con men. Together they turned the mining camps into bustling towns where saloons never closed and the safest place for a man to walk after dark was down the middle of the street with a gun in each hand. C... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0806120843
- ASIN: 0806120843
- ISBN: 0806120843
- Manufacturer: University of Oklahoma Press
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Ghost towns of Texas
Briefly describes the history of eighty-eight Texas ghost towns, explains the reasons for their decline, and includes directions
- ASIN: 0806119977
- ASIN: 0806119977
- ISBN: 0806119977
- Brand: Brand: University of Oklahoma Press
- Manufacturer: University of Oklahoma Press
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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
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Weird Oklahoma: Your Travel Guide to Oklahoma's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets
Oklahoma has a history that's both notorious and peculiar, from legendary natives like Giggling Granny-a jovial woman responsible for as many as eleven murders-to Shaman's Portal, a gateway said to have swallowed handfuls of unsuspecting travelers over the last few centuries. And keep your camera at the ready for shape-shifting manimals”! On this tour of the Sooner State, you'll encounter the outlandish, exceptional, and bizarre.
- ASIN: 1402754361
- ASIN: 1402754361
- ISBN: 1402754361
- Brand: Brand: Sterling
- Manufacturer: Sterling
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Winding Stair
“Winding Stair is True Grit for grown-ups... A significant and highly entertaining contribution to the popular literature of the American West.”—The New York Times Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1890, is a haven of justice presiding over thousands of square miles known as the Indian Nation, a land that harbors the most hardened criminals in the country. When a woman is found murdered, young attorney Eben Pay, newly arrived to the territory, is pulled into a posse that follows a trail of blood and destruction. Among the dead he discovers a survivor, the beautiful, traumatized Jennie Thrasher... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0451234790
- ASIN: 0451234790
- ISBN: 0451234790
- Manufacturer: Berkley
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Gone Fishing in Lottawatah (Brianna Sullivan Mysteries Book 14)
"Nothing lifts your spirits like a good mystery with humor, and Evelyn David delivers." Lorna Barrett, author of the NY Times bestselling Booktown Mysteries.Has pregnancy affected Brianna's psychic abilities? When Doc Myers, her mother's boyfriend, who also happens to be Brianna's boss, is kidnapped, and a respected member of the community turns up dead, this medium doesn't have a clue. It's hard to fight crime when you're fighting 24/7 morning sickness. With ghosts only talking in riddles, Brianna must rely on old-fashioned sleuthing and her intuition to find Doc and stop the murders. GONE ... [Read More]
- ASIN: B07G81J4S3
- ASIN: B07G81J4S3
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Cimarron: Vintage Movie Classics
The basis for the Academy Award-winning major motion picture starring Best Actor nominee Richard Dix and Best Actress nominee Irene Dunne.This vivid and sweeping tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush, from Pulitzer Prize winner Edna Ferber, traces the stunning challenges of settling an untamed frontier. Staking claim to their new home in Osage, Yancey Cravat, a spellbinding criminal lawyer, and his wife, well-bred Sabra, work against seemingly overwhelming odds to create a prosperous life for themselves. And as they establish themselves in this lawless land, Sabra displays a brilliant business sense ... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0345805755
- ASIN: 0345805755
- ISBN: 0345805755
- Manufacturer: Vintage
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American Carnage: Wounded Knee, 1890
As the year 1890 wound to a close, a band of more than three hundred Lakota Sioux Indians led by Chief Big Foot made their way toward South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation to join other Lakotas seeking peace. Fearing that Big Foot’s band was headed instead to join “hostile” Lakotas, U.S. troops surrounded the group on Wounded Knee Creek. Tensions mounted, and on the morning of December 29, as the Lakotas prepared to give up their arms, disaster struck. Accounts vary on what triggered the violence as Indians and soldiers unleashed thunderous gunfire at each other, but the consequences w... [Read More]
- ASIN: 0806144483
- ASIN: 0806144483
- ISBN: 0806144483
- Manufacturer: University of Oklahoma Press
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1940 Photo Abandoned railway station, now used for a church, in the oil ghost town of Slick, Oklahoma. The railroad no longer goes through the town Location: Creek County, Oklahoma, Slick
1940 Photo Abandoned railway station, now used for a church, in the oil ghost town of Slick, Oklahoma. The railroad no longer goes through the town Location: Creek County, Oklahoma, Slick
- ASIN: B018E3O3YI
- UPC: 785279266363
- ASIN: B018E3O3YI
- Brand: Historic Photos
- Manufacturer: Historic Photos
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One Legging it Around I'd Rather Be in Oklahoma - Hashtag Men's Funny Soft Adult Hoodie Pullover, Black, XXX-Large
Brought to you by people who care, this apparel item fits, feels, and looks great!
- ASIN: B07GM3H7BT
- ASIN: B07GM3H7BT
- Brand: One Legging it Around
- Size: XXX-Large
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Deserted bank building in the oil ghost town of Slick, Oklahoma
Historic Creek County, Oklahoma, Slick Photograph Deserted bank building in the oil ghost town of Slick, Oklahoma 1940
- ASIN: B017AHYY98
- UPC: 753015139424
- ASIN: B017AHYY98
- Brand: Historic Photos
- Manufacturer: Historic Photos
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Abandoned building in the oil ghost town of Slick, Oklahoma
Creek County, Oklahoma, Slick Abandoned building in the oil ghost town of Slick, Oklahoma 1940
- ASIN: B0167S9I4M
- UPC: 787751270424
- ASIN: B0167S9I4M
- Brand: Historic Photos
- Manufacturer: Historic Photos
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Sign on building in Forgan, Oklahoma, ghost dust town
Historic Forgan, Oklahoma Photograph Sign on building in Forgan, Oklahoma, ghost dust town 1939
- ASIN: B0176AIDZU
- UPC: 753015064283
- ASIN: B0176AIDZU
- Brand: Historic Photos
- Manufacturer: Historic Photos
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Unused community rest room in Forgan, Oklahoma, ghost dust town
Forgan, Oklahoma Unused community rest room in Forgan, Oklahoma, ghost dust town 1939
- ASIN: B0167P24KU
- UPC: 787751218303
- ASIN: B0167P24KU
- Brand: Historic Photos
- Manufacturer: Historic Photos
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Wrecking foundation of old building in Forgan, Oklahoma, which is a ghost dust town
Historic Forgan, Oklahoma Photograph Wrecking foundation of old building in Forgan, Oklahoma, which is a ghost dust town 1939
- ASIN: B0176AICN8
- UPC: 753015064276
- ASIN: B0176AICN8
- Brand: Historic Photos
- Manufacturer: Historic Photos
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Ghost Towns of Oklahoma
In the past 150 years as many as two thousand Oklahoma hamlets, villages, towns, and even cities have bloomed and then died. Some have faded away, with not even a fallen chimney to mark their
- UPC: 33648345
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Ghost Towns of Texas
"The indefatigable T. Lindsay Baker has now turned his enormous mental and physical energies to the subject and has brought to view - if not to life -eighty-six Texas ghost towns for the reader's pleasure.
- UPC: 26886051
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Best Served Cold : A Small Town Police Procedural Set in Oklahoma
Twenty years ago, the Whitebridge Players staged their last ever performance and swore that they'd return to the same theatre and stage the same play. Two decades later, they do - with tragic results. DCI
- UPC: 856139155
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Southern California’s Best Ghost Towns : A Practical Guide
The ghost towns of Southern California-some dramatic and nearly intact, others devastated-are well worth visiting. Most are remnants of once-colorful mining towns, though there are also railroad towns, a World War II relocation center, a
- UPC: 52851724
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Ghost-Town Tales of Oklahoma : Unforgettable Stories of Nearly Forgotten Places
A rare collection of accounts of incidents and legends throughout the state - intriguing bits of the past generally not found in conventional works of history. Used in some schools as a teaching aid. Included
- UPC: 53374420
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New Mexico's Best Ghost Towns : A Practical Guide
This useful guidebook surveys more than eighty ghost towns, grouped by geographic
- UPC: 25661066
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Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps
Prospectors lured to the West in hopes of striking rich settled a thousand towns in the Colorado mountains. The cry of "Gold!" or "Silver!" or a few flecks of color in a tin cup sent
- UPC: 35394299
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Ghost Towns of Arizona
9780806108438
- UPC: 34414362
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Best Served Cold : A Small Town Police Procedural Set in Oklahoma
Someone is getting revenge against Milt Kovak with a series of pranks. But things escalate when the brakes on Milt's deputy's car are cut and his wife to crashes. Then two friends of the mother
- UPC: 56120572
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Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of New Mexico
In places like the valley town of Alma, once known to Butch Cassidy, and through the dusty streets of San Antonio, where Conrad Hilton began his fabulous career by carrying luggage from the train station
- UPC: 52851623
Picher, The Town Oklahoma Forgot
Haunted Places in Oklahoma
The ghost town of Skedee, Oklahoma
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