Piedmont is a
ghost town in
Yavapai County,
Arizona, United States. It was located between the
Weaver Mountains and the
Date Creek Mountains of central-west Arizona, on Date Creek Road (Yavapai Route 62). It is near the ghost towns of
Congress and Hillside. All that remains of the town is the sign, along the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
In fiction
Michael Crichton
John Michael Crichton (; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature tech ...
's
novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...
''
The Andromeda Strain'' is partially set in Piedmont, Arizona, the population of which is almost entirely killed by an extraterrestrial virus. However, it is unlikely that Crichton's Piedmont is related to the real Piedmont in any way, as the book places the town south of Las Vegas, east of San Bernardino and west of Phoenix, and also at a spot with "no important area of habitation for a radius of nearly one hundred and twelve miles", which would place it roughly east of
Lake Havasu in a barren mountain area.
See also
*
List of ghost towns in Arizona
References
External links
Piedmontat GhostTowns.com
Ghost towns in Arizona
Former populated places in Yavapai County, Arizona
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