Title: Ghost towns of Kansas :
Authors: Fitzgerald, Daniel.
Date: 1988
Publisher: University Press of Kansas,
Physical description: xiv, 348 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: F
Abstract: This illustrated guide to Kansas ghost towns will delight travelers and armchair tourists alike. Organized by region, it tells the story of 100 towns that have either disappeared without a trace or are only "a shadowy remnant of what they once were." Fitzgerald chronicles each town's settlement, politics, colorful figures and legends, and eventual abandonment or decline. Ten maps and detailed intructions for finding each site are included.
Contents: Foreword / Joseph W. Snell -- Northeast Kansas -- East Central Kansas -- Southeast Kansas -- North Central Kansas -- Central Kansas -- South Central Kansas -- Northwest Kansas -- West Central Kansas -- Southwest Kansas.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Extinct cities--Kansas--Guidebooks.; Ghost towns--Kansas--Guidebooks.; Kansas--Guidebooks.; Kansas--History, Local.