Thematic index
Company Ghost Towns
Towns owned outright by a single company — the store, the houses, the water, the paychecks. When the company failed or left, the town had no reason to exist by design.
Terlingua, TX
1888–1946Near-Abandoned
A mercury-mining ruin near Big Bend that came partway back to life.
Holden, WA
1896–1957Verified Ghost Town
A copper company town in the North Cascades, reachable only by boat and foot.
Berlin, NV
1897–1911Verified Ghost Town
A company mining camp preserved whole — with ichthyosaurs buried next door.