BACK IN 1969 THRU 1975 I LIVED IN ARIZONA AND HAD A BIG INTEREST IN GHOST TOWNS AND OLD MINES, HIKING TO GHOST TOWNS, OLD TRAILS PANNING FOR GOLD< JUST LOVED THE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS<>WERE EVER I COULD GET TO BY JEEP, HIKING CLIMBING, CRAWLING, ETC,,( 1971 IS WHEN I BOUGHT THIS VINTAGE FUN BOOK' IT MAY HAVE BEEN PUPLISHED IN 1970 OR 1969 I REALLY DON'T KNOW )<> NOW THIS IS BACK WHEN ARIZONA WAS OPEN TO GO ANYWHERE YOU WANTED TO GO<> MOUNTAINS, CANYONS, TUBE DOWN RIVERS, DESERT, HIKING TRAILS, CAVE EXPLORATIONS AND SO MUCH MORE<> NOT LIKE NOW WHERE THEY CHARGE FOR THINGS AND HAVE SO MANY OF THE OLD TRAILS AND ROADS CLOSED OFF<> I EVEN HAD A TWO STATE MAP OF OLD TRAILS, MINES, GHOST TOWNS< IT EVEN TOLD YOU HOW HARD AND IF YOU COULD DRIVE OR HAD TO HIKE TO THESE AREA'S, IT COVERED ONE COMPLETE WALL IN ONE OF THE ROOMS OF THE HOUSE.( NEW MEXICO & ARIZONA TOGETHER ) WISH I COULD FIND IT NOW BUT IT'S LONG GONE. ANYWAY I BOUGHT BOOKS LIKE THIS EVERY CHANCE I HAD. THIS BOOK I HAVE UP FOR AUTION IS ONE I BOUGHT BACK IN 1971. IT HAS THINGS IN IT THAT TODAYS BOOKS OF THIS KIND WILL NOT HAVE BECAUSE BY THIS TIME MOST OF THE BUILDINGS ARE LONG GONE OR YOU ARE NOT ALOUD BACK IN THOSE AREA'S ANY MORE BY THE STATES. THE GOOD OLD DAYS ARE GONE AND COMMERCIALISED NOW. THIS BOOK WILL REALLY ENLIGHTEN YOU AND MAKE YOU WANT TO GO OUT AND HAVE FUN AND ADVENTURES IF IT'S STILL THERE NOW. ( SOME ARE, SOME ARE NOT ) IN THIS BOOK YOU WILL HAVE PICTURES OF ROADS, BUIDINGS,OLD MINES AND MAPS OF OLD TRAILS TO SHOW YOU BACK THEN, HOW TO GET THERE BY ROAD HIKING OR CONDITION OF BIULDINGS AND WAYS OF GETTING THERE ). ALSO IT COVERES 12 STATES INCLUDING ONE IN CANADA<> FULL STORYS AND HISTORY OF GOLD AND SILVER MINES, WHAT THE TOWNS LOOKED LIKE BACK THEN OR BUILDINGS, PEOPLE THAT LIVED THERE> IT WILL JUST AMAZE YOU. I COULD TELL YOU STORIES OF THE THINGS WE DID AND SAW BUT IT WOULD TAKE HOURS.<>ANY WAY THIS IS ONE GREAT OLDER NICE CONDITION HARD COVER BOOK WITH PAPER OUTSIDE COVER IN GOOD CONDITION, VFINE<> CLOSE TO 200 PAGES OF GREAT PLACES AND PIC'S WITH STORYS OF THE PAST<> THE AUTHOR IS LAMBERT FLORIN WHO AFTER COUNTLESS MILES OF MULE BACK TRAVELING, IS KNOWN FAR AND WIDE AS THE BEST GHOST TOWN FINDER AROUND AND HAS WRITTEN MANY BOOKS<>. I THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AND BELIEVE ME IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS KIND OF HISTORY AND MORE YOU'LL LOVE HAVING THIS BOOK<>THERE ARE PROBABLY PLACES YOU CAN STILL GET TO IF YOU ARE PLANNING A VACATION SOMETIME I WOULD MAKE A POINT TO HIT AT LEASE 4 OR 5 OF THESE PLACES THEY STILL MY BE THERE. REMIMBER THIS IS A VINTAGE BOOK AND EVERYTHING IN IT IS AND WAS REAL<> THANKS FOR LOOKING CHUCK WEST P.S. I JUST WANT EVERYONE WHO LIKES MINES ,GHOST TOWNS AND JUST PLAIN OLD PLACES TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY AND CHECK OUT THINGS LIKE THE OLD WAGON WHEEL RUTS, CAMP SITE ETC, THRU THE NATIONAL MARKED OLD WAGON TRAILS, BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM. THIS BOOK IS REALLY A SUPER BOOK FOR HISTORY BUFFS OUT THERE AND EVEN OLD BUILDINGS FOR TREASURE HUNTERS. IT IS REALLY WORTH IT ! ! CHUCK
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