Comments on: North Carolina Ghost Town http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2010/08/north-carolina-ghost-town.html Stories, quotes and anecdotes. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jim Rada http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2010/08/north-carolina-ghost-town.html#comment-9695 Jim Rada Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:45:20 +0000 http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2007/08/north-carolina-ghost-town/#comment-9695 If you’re interested in ghost towns, I have an article in the July/August 2010 issue of Maryland Life about western Maryland ghost towns, primarily in Garrett County. These are old company towns that surrounded the mines in coal mines in the area. All that’s left of many of them are slag heaps and the remnants of some structures. I’ve visited some of them and it can feel like you’re in the Old West as you walk along the streets.

Jim Rada
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