From the category archives:

ghost towns

Bodie State Historic Park

June 9, 2010

So, this isn’t exactly a hiking trip – but anyone who’s even mildly interested in the history of the American West owes it to themselves to visit this unique State Park just outside the eastern boundary of Yosemite National Park. The town of Bodie, north of Mono Lake, was a bonafide boomtown. Named for W. [...]

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More Bad Park News – Only 4.6% of Parks Self-Funding

July 30, 2009

More bad news for the California State Park system today. In an earlier post, I mentioned Parks Director Ruth Coleman’s comment saying that those parks who can sustain their own operations will most likely be safe when the time comes to start locking up entrance gates. But a story in today’s LA Times makes the [...]

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Steam Wells Petroglyphs

February 9, 2009

Texas-based writer and publisher Harry Helms has a personal blog detailing his travels and experiences. And luckily for us, he seems to take an intense interest in the ghost towns and lesser-known areas of the California-Nevada high desert. His most recent post gives some directions and descriptions to an area called Steam Wells — near [...]

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