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In my recent trip through Death Valley and Owens Valley, I made brief side trips to visit two ghost towns (Rhyolite, NV and Keeler, CA).

I find ghost towns fascinating for a couple of reasons. 1) It is interesting that there was enough open land that settlers could make a town in the boonies and then abandon it within a decade or two. 2) It's also interesting that an entire community of thousands could gather so quickly due to a silver or gold strike. 3) True ghost towns act as time capsules preserving the architecture of the time they were abandoned (and before).

Do any of you visit or read about ghost towns? What do you like about them? Any photos to share?

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 Posted: 08:59 pm

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Sure thing, Shiro.  I live in northwestern New Mexico, very close to the Colorado border.  There are tons of ghost towns around here from the gold rush days and the Rio Grande trail days.

I especially like the ones in the LaPlata Valley. Mostly I just like to look around for trinkets, antiques and other cool stuff that can be found around them.  This area has all kinds of lost treasures. I even know where an Air Force cargo plane from WWII crashed.

Supposedly, there's a wagon full of gold that was a pay shipment for soldiers in the Civil War that got lost around here.  It had really wide wagon wheels because of the weight.

There are some locals that have seen the wheels sticking out of the ground, but couldn't find the location when they came back because of a flash flood.

There are also a lot of Anasazi ruins around here as well.  My friends and I know of a cave we call the "Cave of the Hand" because it has a prehistoric handprint embedded in solid sandstone in it with lots of hieroglyphics and arrowheads.

My best friend has a full-sized and complete  Tyrannosaurus fossil lying right on the ground on his land.  I told him, "You should cut it out and sell it, it's worth serious money."  But he replied, "I can't, it's a part of the land." because he is Navajo.


this is typical of the stuff around here.  I think it's in Ouray, about an hour north of me.

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Well, shiro, this is an idea I have not ever given some thought to.  It seems interesting to read about or visit some of them there ghost towns.

Some time  if I am ever out west, I will have to do just that.

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Ouray looks like a cool place.

Here's a snapshot of Rhyolite:

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