Arizona's Ghost Towns and Mining Camps by Philip Varney

You won’t be disappointed.Īnyway, Arizona Highways also publishes books, mainly travel guides and some historical topics, including Arizona Ghost Towns and Mining Camps. If you don’t live here, and you want to see, experience and read about Arizona (which I highly recommend), subscribe. It’s amazing that a state bureaucracy can produce such a fine magazine, but it’s the truth. It’s the premier magazine in the state, produced by the Arizona Department of Transportation. If you haven’t seen an issue of Arizona Highways, you’re really missing something. And they're both excellent for armchair travellers, too. Those with an interest in Western history *need*īoth books. The photos are excellent, the maps and directions are easy toįollow, and Varney's writing style is personable and informative.Įither book will make a fine companion for your next Colorado orĪrizona vacation, even if you don't ordinarily pay much attention I've been to most of the sites in bothīooks in almost every case I've learned something new from hisīooks.

But the Arizona book is no slouch: it has the advantage ofĪrizona Highways' long experience in producing good, easy-to-use The Colorado book is nicer: all the present-day photographs are inĬolor, and the extra 24 pages allow more photos and a bit more depth Truck.' Both books are squarely on his mark. Would give me the details I needed next to me on the sea of my Varley writes 'I wanted a practical, informative guide that Good directions to the sites, excellent photographs and well-written Photos, little organization and an amateurish look. Ghost town books are traditionally rather scruffy affairs, with dim

Arizona's Ghost Towns and Mining Camps by Philip Varney