Jim Hinckley

Ghost Towns of the Southwest (eBook, ePUB)

Your Guide to the Historic Mining Camps & Ghost Towns of Arizona and New Mexico
Fotograf: James, Kerrick

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A traveler's guide to ghost towns and historic villages of Arizona and New Mexico, featuring maps, historical background, and color photos. The Southwest is home to an enticing array of ghost towns and historic villages. Once-bustling mining camps, frontier towns, and railroad towns stand today as reminders of the glory days of mining and the Wild West. Historic buildings, abandoned schoolhouses, old mills, and overgrown cemeteries offer fascinating glimpses into the past. Ghost Towns of the Southwest guides you to the fascinating and scenic ghost towns of Arizona and New Mexico. Popular tourist destinations as well as out-of-the-way spots unfamiliar even to natives of the region are included. Many ghost towns are within a short drive of the Grand Canyon, Santa Fe, Big Bend, Phoenix, Albuquerque, and other tourist attractions. Maps, historical background, and stunning color photographs bring to life dozens of ghost towns and provide practical information for exploring this fascinating chapter of American history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Voyageur Press
• Seitenzahl: 261
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781616738952
• Artikelnr.: 41819377

Autorenporträt

Jim Hinckley is the author of twenty books and hundreds of feature articles on Route 66, the American Southwest, and the American auto industry. He has been a featured speaker at European Route 66 festivals in Germany and the Czech Republic, and at events in the United States and Canada. Hinckley is a former associate editor for Cars & Parts, and currently writes a monthly feature for New Zealand-based MotoringNZ. He also assists with the creation of visitor guides for communities such as Tucumcari, New Mexico, and the development of historic district walking tours. Jim is the creator of the Jim Hinckley's America network that includes a website (jimhinckleysamerica.com), social media, the weekly livestream Coffee with Jim program, a YouTube channel, and the Wake Up with Jim podcast. Linked with this are community education programs developed to foster an increased awareness of an area's history and its role in the development of tourism as a component in economic development.

Kerrick James has been a professional photographer for more than twenty years. He specializes in travel imagery, and he is a regular contributor to Arizona Highways, Sunset, National Geographic Adventure, and Alaska Airlines Magazine. He lives in Mesa, Arizona.