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Ruby City (other)
Ruby City may refer to the following United States locations: Ghost towns * Ruby City, Idaho * Ruby City, Nevada * Ruby City, North Carolina - see List of ghost towns in North Carolina * Ruby City, Washington - see List of ghost towns in Washington This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Washington, a state of the United States. Classification Barren site * Sites no longer in existence * Sites that have been destroyed * Covered with water * Reverted to pasture * May have a few ... Other * Ruby City (San Antonio) museum in Texas {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby City, Idaho
Ruby City is a ghost town in Owyhee County, Idaho, United States. It was located along Jordan Creek about a mile below Silver City. Ruby City was a mining town settled in November 1863. The town was the first county seat of Owyhee County and was born to serve the rich mines in the vicinity. '' The Owyhee Avalanche'', first newspaper in Owyhee County, started in Ruby City in 1865, but was moved to nearby Silver City just over a year later. The post office, which opened in 1864, closed in 1867. In 1867, the county seat was also moved to Silver City, along with the better buildings and the end was in sight for Ruby City. Nowadays, only remains of a cemetery mark the town's location. In popular culture The 1993 Western film '' The Ballad of Little Jo'' was set in Ruby City, Idaho, where Jo Monaghan eventually settles down. See also * List of ghost towns in Idaho A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby City, Nevada
Ruby City is a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It was a planned city of 75 families, established seven miles south of Arthur, Nevada in 1912. History Ruby City was created by land promoters from Utah who had purchased and built 75 homes. In 1915, there was a hotel, two schools, a water canal and a chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). However, because of water issues and bad soil, the community was abandoned by 1918 and became a ghost town A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi .... References {{Elko County, Nevada Ghost towns in Elko County, Nevada Ghost towns in Nevada Populated places established in 1912 1912 establishments in Nevada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ghost Towns In North Carolina
A list is a Set (mathematics), set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ghost Towns In Washington
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Washington, a state of the United States. Classification Barren site * Sites no longer in existence * Sites that have been destroyed * Covered with water * Reverted to pasture * May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings at most Neglected site * Only rubble left * All buildings uninhabited * Roofless building ruins * Some buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless Abandoned site * Building or houses still standing * Buildings and houses all abandoned * No population, except caretaker * Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, for example old church, grocery store Semi-abandoned site * Building or houses still standing * Buildings and houses largely abandoned * few residents * many abandoned buildings * Small population Historic community * Building or houses still standing * Still a busy community * Smaller than its boom years * Population has decreased dramati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
