Drafts

File — Box: 4, Folder: 17-27

Identifier: G

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Four complete drafts of the manuscript including two carbon copies and two ribbon copies. One of the ribbon copies has editors notes and revisions as well as printing instructions.

Included in these drafts are sketches of five western towns as examples of different types of ghost towns. These are: Tuscarora, Nevada as a mining camp; South Pass, Wyoming as an example of a town on a once major travel trail; Winter Quarters, Utah, a coal town; Antelope, Oregon, a cattle drive stop-over; and Allensworth, California as the "ghost of a dream" or the settlement built around an ideal.

Also included are brief notes on numerous other ghost towns in the West.

Dates

1936-1980

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.