History ETDs

Publication Date

5-24-1950

Abstract

Old army forts and ghost mining towns present intriguing possibilities for research to the historian. When considering a thesis subject interest centered on those in New Mexico. While browsing through an 1880 newspaper file, the writer made a choice between old army forts and ghost mining towns. Ghost towns was decided upon. Research on all the deserted ghost towns in New Mexico was an impossibility. What area was most worthy of narrowed concentration?

Level of Degree

Masters

Degree Name

History

Department Name

History

First Committee Member (Chair)

Josiah Cox Russell

Second Committee Member

George Winston Smith

Third Committee Member

Everett Hays Fixley

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Included in

History Commons

Share

COinS