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Lost L.A.
Zzyzx: The Snake Oil That Fueled a Community
Post date:The kind of dreams that Curtis Howe Springer peddled were tied to health and prosperity, but it didn't take long before "the last of the old medicine men" brought Zzyzx to ruins.
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ghost towns
Lost L.A.
Bodie: A City of Abandoned Dreams
Post date:Such was the case for William S. Bodie, who founded the ghost town we know today as Bodie. Though Bodie himself never lived to see its prosperity, several of its structures from its heyday still stand as a monument to the power of dreams and the hope for
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Lost L.A.
Bodie: The Ghostliest of Ghost Towns
Post date:From bad-guy shooters to gold and silver bonanzas, there’s much that has been lost from the once-thriving mining town of Bodie. There’s still more that's left to protect in the ghost town that survived the Wild West.
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ghost towns
Lost L.A.
Lost LA Field Notes: Ghost Towns
Post date:The only ghosts in this episode are the dreams of the past — visions of wealth, of new cities, and of new ways of living that failed. One of our stops was at Zzyzx, where we found multiple layers of history baked under the desert sun.
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Lost L.A.
Miracles and Mirages: How Curtis Howe Springer Stole the Desert
Post date:Former insurance salesman turned radio evangelist Curtis Howe Springer successfully transformed a seemingly barren patch of desert now known as Zzyzx into a bustling business, selling snake oil and salvation. It was his success that led to his downfall.
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communities
Lost L.A.
Llano del Rio: From Utopia to Ghost Town
Post date:The Llano del Rio commune offered a way out of the “circle the drain” life of most Americans. More importantly, it did so while forcibly demonstrating to the rest of the world the validity of dreams.
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ghost towns
Earth Trek
Earth Trek Through Montana
Post date:Lewis and Clark's path along the Missouri, dinosaur fossils, and ghost towns in Montana.
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Departures
Pischon Jones and Barbershop
Post date:On Abbot Kinney--Pischon was forced to relocate his barbershop due to rent hikes. Jones is disappointed, and relishes the days when locals would play dominos and chat outside his barbershop.