Del Norte Public Library

Describes the history, population, geography, and other aspects of each of the fifty states in the U.S., including Washington, D.C., and includes fact boxes, photographs, and maps.

Description of 42 "ghost towns" in photograph and story. All but 3 are accessible by car.

Explores the history, routes, landmarks, and legacy of the famous Oregon, California, Mormon, and Santa Fe Trails as well as the people who risked all in order to expand the American frontier.

Colorado Collection

In 1977, Laura Bell, at loose ends after graduating from college, leaves her family home in Kentucky for a wild and unexpected adventure: herding sheep in Wyoming's Big Horn Basin. By turns cattle rancher, forest ranger, outfitter, masseuse, wife and mother, Bell vividly recounts her struggle to find solid earth in which to put down roots.

The history of many deserted towns, scattered across the western states, is revealed in nineteenthand twentieth-century photography