Rocky Mountain ghost towns are filled with chilling but captivating stories. Horace Tabor was said to be the fifth richest man in the United States and he wore night shirts studded with gold buttons. But with the silver panic of 1893, Tabor lost all his fortunes and was reduced to working for sixty-five cents a day at the time of his death. South Pass City, Wyoming was the of the women's suffrage movement and it was here that the first woman was sworn to a political office. The Carissa Mine poured millions of dollars into South Pass and by 1873, there were 4000 residents - and it was a bustling place. Today, it lies abandoned and desolate, with less that seven residents living year round. Read about Annabelle Stark of St. Elmo, Colorado, a long-time local, who is still believed to haunt the hotel at St. Elmo and Olive Oatman who was captured by Indians near Gila Bend and held in captivity for years before her brother found her. Soft Cover, 191 pages. ISBN9780764335693
