“Good-bye God, I’m going to Bodie.” This entry in a young girl’s journal has become legendary and says a lot about the lore of the old California mining town known as Bodie. The history of Bodie begins like a lot of western boom-towns and ends the same as well; get in, get rich, get out. ...
Oklahoma became a state in 1907, but it’s history began long before that. In fact, many settlements and towns had sprang up and disappeared long before statehood. Tornadoes, floods, mining, the Dust Bowl and outlaws are just a few reasons many of these Oklahoma towns no longer exist. These are just a few of the ...
While many people think that the American West is the only place to find ghost towns, it is not. There are many ghost towns located throughout Florida. These ghost towns might not have silver mines, tumbleweeds, or old desert cactus, but they have more than their fair share of abandoned outlaw hideouts, taverns, and other ...
Arizona is a state rich in history and abounding with once thriving ghost towns. With a mixture of popular tourist locations as well as remote, desolate areas, it would take nearly a year to see them all if you visited one per day! Because of the region’s severe weather and the inability to secure outlying ...
Karla News
Karla News
