Missouri Ghost Towns

Missouri’s ghost towns reflect the state’s position as the Gateway to the West. Lead and zinc mining towns in the Ozarks, river communities bypassed by the railroads, Civil War era settlements destroyed or depopulated by the conflict, and small farming towns that could not survive rural consolidation all left abandoned places across the state. Missouri ghost towns span the full range of American frontier history.

Ghost Towns of Missouri on Amazon

Looking to explore Missouri’s ghost towns in more depth? Ghost Towns of Missouri by Jason Smith is available on Amazon.

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