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Ghost Town Wednesday: Total Wreck, Arizona

In 1879 silver was discovered in the eastern Empire Mountains of Arizona and the claims were held by John T. Dillon.  According to Ed Vail, author of The Story of a Mine, one of the mines and the little town that sprung up nearby got their name from remarks made by...
Ghost Town Wednesday:  Santa Fe, Kansas

Ghost Town Wednesday: Santa Fe, Kansas

The town of Santa Fe, Kansas was officially platted on July 31, 1886 at 4:00 p.m. and named for the Santa Fe Trail which was situated about five miles north of town.  It wasn’t long before several business sprang up – two grocery stores, a restaurant and hotel, a...
Ghost Town Wednesday:  Burning Bush Colony (Texas)

Ghost Town Wednesday: Proffitt, Texas

This ghost town in Young County, Texas was named after a part-time Methodist minister and storekeeper from Tennessee, Robert S. Proffitt,  who migrated to Hood County, Texas in 1852 and then moved to Young County in the early 1860’s.  Robert and his sons were...
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