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Don't know about you, but things like this get my adventurous mind racing!
Did you know...
...that Providence, Ohio became a ghost town in the mid-nineteenth century after suffering both a catastrophic fire and a cholera epidemic? (October 31, 2006)
...that a wooden grain elevator is the only building still operational in Boyd, Oregon? (December 16, 2006)
...that Mogollon, New Mexico had a reputation as one of the wildest mining towns in the American West? (June 17, 2007)
...that the Friends Meeting House is the only remaining structure in the ghost town of Benjaminville, Illinois? (June 26, 2007)
...that DeWitty, the largest African American village ever founded in Nebraska, existed for only 29 years? (August 21, 2007)
...that the stagecoach line running between Kelton, Utah and several gold mines in Idaho and Montana was robbed more often than any other stage line in the Old West? (December 10, 2007)
...that the ghost town of Melmont, Washington was only populated for twenty years? (February 23, 2008)
...that the ghost town of Ajax, Utah was centered on an 11,000 square foot (1,000 m²) department store lying entirely underground? (February 25, 2008)
...that much of Glencoe, Oregon, was relocated to the new town of North Plains after the railroad bypassed the old town? (March 2, 2008)
...that Mosida, Utah was a failed planned community whose developers tried to irrigate the desert with water pumped from Utah Lake? (March 7, 2008)
...that Kiz, Utah, now a ghost town, was named for the first woman to settle in the area? (March 17, 2008)
...that Home of Truth, Utah was a religious utopian community in the 1930s whose leader claimed to receive divine revelations through her typewriter? (March 25, 2008)
...that Woodside, Utah is a ghost town with a roadside cold water geyser? (April 2, 2008)
...that the name of Mohrland, Utah was formed as an acronym from the surnames of the principal investors in its coal mining company? (April 9, 2008)
...that the ghost town of Buffalo City, North Carolina was once the largest community in Dare County? (May 13, 2008)
...that the colonial ghost town of Brunswick, North Carolina was named after Braunschweig, Germany, the birthplace of Great Britain's King George I? (May 21, 2008)
...that a movie set built for the 1962 Rat Pack film Sergeants 3 is often mistaken for the ghost town of Paria, Utah? (June 2, 2008)
...that the American Fork Railroad stopped 4 miles (6.4 km) short of the Forest City, Utah smelter it was built to serve? (June 12, 2008)
...that Widtsoe, Utah was made a ghost town in 1936 by the federal Resettlement Administration, a New Deal program that bought out indebted landowners? (June 15, 2008)
...that miners living in Sego, Utah bought out the coal mine they worked for? (July 17, 2008)
...that Samuel Newhouse offered a US$50 prize to the first couple to have a baby in the silver mining town of Newhouse, Utah? (July 18, 2008)
... that Mount Silverheels was named after a popular dance-hall girl in the now-deserted ghost town Buckskin Joe, Colorado? (December 1, 2008)
... that Wahsatch, Utah, established in 1868, was the first of many camps set up in Utah by the Union Pacific Railroad in the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad? (December 3, 2008)
... that in the town of Santa Claus, Arizona, visitors could once purchase Dasher and Dancer omelettes and Santa burgers? (December 25, 2008)
... that Shelldrake, Michigan is a ghost town whose name was translated from the Ojibwa word for a kind of duck? (January 13, 2009)
... that the Kay Moor coal mine near Fayetteville, West Virginia, was first worked with mule-drawn railcars? (January 30, 2009)
... that Knightsville, Utah, a company town owned and operated by Mormon entrepreneur Jesse Knight, was known as "the only mining camp in the United States without a saloon"? (February 11, 2009)
... that Hebron, now a ghost town in Utah, was destroyed by an earthquake in 1902? (February 27, 2009)
... that the city of East Layton, Utah, now a part of Layton, was incorporated in 1936 to qualify for funding from the Works Progress Administration for a municipal water system? (March 9, 2009)
... that in the 1700s and 1800s, Tocowa, Mississippi, was home to a natural spring that Native Americans visited for its reputed healing powers? (April 24, 2009)
... that in April 1920, Texas Rangers expelled some 125 prostitutes from the oil boomtown of Desdemona in Eastland County east of Abilene, Texas? (April 29, 2009)
... that children in the high-altitude gold mining town of Kimberly, Utah, attended school from April through November to avoid the deep snows of winter? (May 1, 2009)
... that the South Carolina town which Biggin Church's chapel of ease, Strawberry Chapel, was built to serve, no longer exists? (May 22, 2009)
... that Anthracite, Alberta, now a ghost town, was once a hotspot for illegal activities? (June 6, 2009)
... that a group of Russian Molokans left California to start a settlement in Utah in 1914 after a judge annulled a traditional marriage between two teenagers? (November 6, 2009)
... that Thistle, Utah, was destroyed by the most costly landslide in the United States and was the first federal disaster area declared by the U.S. President in the state of Utah? (March 23, 2010)
... that in 1910, the public library in Dragon, Utah, arranged for the Uintah Railway to deliver borrowed books for free? (June 14, 2010)
... that Harrisburg, now a ghost town in Utah, was named after an early resident named Moses, and most of its residents left by 1895 due to grasshopper plagues and floods? (September 28, 2010)
... that Spring Canyon, Utah, the largest coal mining town in Carbon County, Utah, was abandoned in 1969 and nothing remains of the town except a railroad trestle? (October 9, 2010)
... that although Sulphurdale was established due to nearby sulfur deposits, it was abandoned and the area is now exploited for its geothermal power? (January 1, 2011)
... that when Cape Cod's village of Long Point, Massachusetts (pictured) became a ghost town, its residents took their houses with them – by floating them across the harbor? (queued for June 10, 2012)
... that until the Allied invasion of Normandy, the largest amphibious operation in American military history took place in Bruinsburg, Mississippi.
From: Wikipedia Ghost Town Project
Did you know...
...that Providence, Ohio became a ghost town in the mid-nineteenth century after suffering both a catastrophic fire and a cholera epidemic? (October 31, 2006)
...that a wooden grain elevator is the only building still operational in Boyd, Oregon? (December 16, 2006)
...that Mogollon, New Mexico had a reputation as one of the wildest mining towns in the American West? (June 17, 2007)
...that the Friends Meeting House is the only remaining structure in the ghost town of Benjaminville, Illinois? (June 26, 2007)
...that DeWitty, the largest African American village ever founded in Nebraska, existed for only 29 years? (August 21, 2007)
...that the stagecoach line running between Kelton, Utah and several gold mines in Idaho and Montana was robbed more often than any other stage line in the Old West? (December 10, 2007)
...that the ghost town of Melmont, Washington was only populated for twenty years? (February 23, 2008)
...that the ghost town of Ajax, Utah was centered on an 11,000 square foot (1,000 m²) department store lying entirely underground? (February 25, 2008)
...that much of Glencoe, Oregon, was relocated to the new town of North Plains after the railroad bypassed the old town? (March 2, 2008)
...that Mosida, Utah was a failed planned community whose developers tried to irrigate the desert with water pumped from Utah Lake? (March 7, 2008)
...that Kiz, Utah, now a ghost town, was named for the first woman to settle in the area? (March 17, 2008)
...that Home of Truth, Utah was a religious utopian community in the 1930s whose leader claimed to receive divine revelations through her typewriter? (March 25, 2008)
...that Woodside, Utah is a ghost town with a roadside cold water geyser? (April 2, 2008)
...that the name of Mohrland, Utah was formed as an acronym from the surnames of the principal investors in its coal mining company? (April 9, 2008)
...that the ghost town of Buffalo City, North Carolina was once the largest community in Dare County? (May 13, 2008)
...that the colonial ghost town of Brunswick, North Carolina was named after Braunschweig, Germany, the birthplace of Great Britain's King George I? (May 21, 2008)
...that a movie set built for the 1962 Rat Pack film Sergeants 3 is often mistaken for the ghost town of Paria, Utah? (June 2, 2008)
...that the American Fork Railroad stopped 4 miles (6.4 km) short of the Forest City, Utah smelter it was built to serve? (June 12, 2008)
...that Widtsoe, Utah was made a ghost town in 1936 by the federal Resettlement Administration, a New Deal program that bought out indebted landowners? (June 15, 2008)
...that miners living in Sego, Utah bought out the coal mine they worked for? (July 17, 2008)
...that Samuel Newhouse offered a US$50 prize to the first couple to have a baby in the silver mining town of Newhouse, Utah? (July 18, 2008)
... that Mount Silverheels was named after a popular dance-hall girl in the now-deserted ghost town Buckskin Joe, Colorado? (December 1, 2008)
... that Wahsatch, Utah, established in 1868, was the first of many camps set up in Utah by the Union Pacific Railroad in the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad? (December 3, 2008)
... that in the town of Santa Claus, Arizona, visitors could once purchase Dasher and Dancer omelettes and Santa burgers? (December 25, 2008)
... that Shelldrake, Michigan is a ghost town whose name was translated from the Ojibwa word for a kind of duck? (January 13, 2009)
... that the Kay Moor coal mine near Fayetteville, West Virginia, was first worked with mule-drawn railcars? (January 30, 2009)
... that Knightsville, Utah, a company town owned and operated by Mormon entrepreneur Jesse Knight, was known as "the only mining camp in the United States without a saloon"? (February 11, 2009)
... that Hebron, now a ghost town in Utah, was destroyed by an earthquake in 1902? (February 27, 2009)
... that the city of East Layton, Utah, now a part of Layton, was incorporated in 1936 to qualify for funding from the Works Progress Administration for a municipal water system? (March 9, 2009)
... that in the 1700s and 1800s, Tocowa, Mississippi, was home to a natural spring that Native Americans visited for its reputed healing powers? (April 24, 2009)
... that in April 1920, Texas Rangers expelled some 125 prostitutes from the oil boomtown of Desdemona in Eastland County east of Abilene, Texas? (April 29, 2009)
... that children in the high-altitude gold mining town of Kimberly, Utah, attended school from April through November to avoid the deep snows of winter? (May 1, 2009)
... that the South Carolina town which Biggin Church's chapel of ease, Strawberry Chapel, was built to serve, no longer exists? (May 22, 2009)
... that Anthracite, Alberta, now a ghost town, was once a hotspot for illegal activities? (June 6, 2009)
... that a group of Russian Molokans left California to start a settlement in Utah in 1914 after a judge annulled a traditional marriage between two teenagers? (November 6, 2009)
... that Thistle, Utah, was destroyed by the most costly landslide in the United States and was the first federal disaster area declared by the U.S. President in the state of Utah? (March 23, 2010)
... that in 1910, the public library in Dragon, Utah, arranged for the Uintah Railway to deliver borrowed books for free? (June 14, 2010)
... that Harrisburg, now a ghost town in Utah, was named after an early resident named Moses, and most of its residents left by 1895 due to grasshopper plagues and floods? (September 28, 2010)
... that Spring Canyon, Utah, the largest coal mining town in Carbon County, Utah, was abandoned in 1969 and nothing remains of the town except a railroad trestle? (October 9, 2010)
... that although Sulphurdale was established due to nearby sulfur deposits, it was abandoned and the area is now exploited for its geothermal power? (January 1, 2011)
... that when Cape Cod's village of Long Point, Massachusetts (pictured) became a ghost town, its residents took their houses with them – by floating them across the harbor? (queued for June 10, 2012)
... that until the Allied invasion of Normandy, the largest amphibious operation in American military history took place in Bruinsburg, Mississippi.
From: Wikipedia Ghost Town Project
