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Show This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. federal agencies and private groups are trying to save the few remaining ghosts. I f these photos inspire you to visit any of these historic treasures, I hope you'll t read lightly and then join those who work for their preservation. Bannack, Montana's Masonic temple and school stand deserted. TOM Till has photographed nature and historical subjects in all 50 states and on six continents. His nineteenth photographic book, Hawaii (Tehabi Books), will be published in 1998. He lives with his family in Moab, Utah. FINDING THE GH OST Bodie,C~!ifornia-From Bridgeport, take U.S. 395 seven miles south to State Rt. 270. Go east 10 miles to the end of the pavement and continue three miles on an unsurfaced road to Bodie. Road conditions can be treacherous, even with four-wheel drive, and in winter impassable except by snowmobile. For more information contact Bodie State Historic Park, P.O. Box 515, Bridgeport, CA 93517, or call (619) 647-6445. Alta, Colorado-The turn-off to Alta is 3 1/ 2 miles south of Telluride on State Rt. 145. Turn left onto Forest Service Rd. 632 and proceed for about four miles. A four-wheel drive is a plus; in winter vou 'li need a snowmobile or skis. Capitol City, Colorado--Capitol City is south of Gunnison on State Rt. 149. At Lake City, take Henson Creek Rd. west for about 10 miles toward Engineer Pass. Winter travel requires a snowmobile or skis. Bannack, Montana-From Dillon, follow Rt. 278 west about 20 miles over Badger Pass to a gravel road. Turn left to Bannack, about five miles. For more information, contact Bannack State Park. (406) 834-3413. Elizabethtown, New Mexico-Elizabethtown is northwest of Taos and about eight miles north of Eagle's Nest on State Rt. 38. Mogollon. New Mexico-From Silver City, take U.S. Rt. 180 north to State Rt. 159. Go east about six miles to Mogollon. Pinos Altos, New Mexico-Pinos Altos is north of Silver City. From Silver City take State Rt. 15 north about four miles. Cisco. Utah-Cisco is just off 1-70 on Utah's eastern border. Exit at State Rt. 128 south. Grafton, Utah-From Springdale on the southern edge of Zion National Park, take State Rt. 9 southwest two miles to Rockville. Take Bridge Rd. south; keep to the right at a junction a mile and a half from Rockville. Most of Bridge Rd. is gravel. Ophir. Utah-From 1-15 between Salt Lake City and Provo. take State Rt. 73 west about 30 miles to the Ophir turnoff on your right. EMBER 199 7 |
