Ghost Towns of the Santa Cruz Mountains

John V. Young

Great West Books, 2002 - History - 144 pages

A fascinating human and cultural history of the Santa Cruz Mountains from 1850 to the middle of the 20th century. The lives of the early settlers and their descendants; a narrow-gauge railroad from Los Gatos to Santa Cruz in existence from 1880 to 1940; mining, logging, and grizzly bears. Tales of Patchen, Burrell, Austrian Gulch and Germantown, White Wash Alley, Lexington, Alma, Glenwood, New Almaden, and more.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ghost Towns of the Santa Cruz Mountains
• Author: John V. Young
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Great West Books, 2002
• ISBN: 0944220126, 9780944220122
• Length: 144 pages
• Subjects: History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); History / United States / 19th Century; History / United States / 20th Century; History / United States / State & Local / General; Travel / Special Interest / General