Massachusetts Ghost Towns

Massachusetts ghost towns are embedded in the story of American industry. Former textile mill towns in the Merrimack Valley, iron works communities in the Berkshires, small farming villages in the hill country, and Cape Cod fishing communities that could not survive the depletion of the fisheries all left their marks on the Massachusetts landscape. Some of the oldest ghost towns in America are found in Massachusetts, their stone walls and cellar holes hidden in forests that were once open farmland.

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Jason Smith’s Ghost Towns of New England series covers Massachusetts and the surrounding states in depth.

Ghost Towns of New England on Amazon

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