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Bust Town: Ghost Town(ing) Part 2
FromThe Modern West
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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Sep 30, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Why are we so fascinated by old ghost towns? And what can they teach us? We go looking for the ghosts of an old silver mining community called Teller City to see if they have any lessons for how the nearby town of Walden, Colorado can keep from falling into the same cycles of boom and bust.
Released:
Sep 30, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (87)
"You Can’t Eat The View": Ghost Town(ing) Part 1: Years ago, small towns like Walden, Colorado were vibrant. Street dances, a health food store, a movie theatre, the works. At least, that's how host Melodie Edwards remembers it from her childhood. Now it's shrinking, part of the "ghost towning" of the American West. But can communities like Walden find a way to survive? Or will Melodie's parents be forced to move away, like so many others? by The Modern West