Johnnie Bachusky: 3 books
Ghost Town Stories of the Red Coat Trail: From Renegade to Ruin on the Canadian Prairies
From Renegade to Ruin on the Canadian Prairies
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
The Red Coat Trail of southern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta runs near the route of the North West Mounted Police’s famous 1874 March West. Today, this lonely highway passes through a windswept land of ghostly abandoned towns. Johnnie Bachusky takes readers back to the heyday of these towns,...
Ghost Town Stories of BC: Tales of Hope, Heroism and Tragedy
Tales of Hope, Heroism and Tragedy
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Many of BC's old mining towns are now abandoned ruins, disappearing into the wilderness. These once-thriving towns and the pioneers who built them are remembered in 10 fascinating stories of hard work and heroism. A mine rescue worker sadly recounts a tale of death underground at Coal Creek. Three...
Ghost Town Stories of Alberta: Abandoned Dreams in the Shadows of the Canadian Rockies
Abandoned Dreams in the Shadows of the Canadian Rockies
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Today, many of the historic coal-mining communities of the Rocky Mountains are uninhabited ghost towns. Yet behind the crumbled ruins are tales of perseverance, danger and romance. A devastating mine explosion on Halloween shatters the lives of mining families in Nordegg. The miners of Mountain Park...