title: Ghost Towns of Southern Arizona and New Mexico
author: Robert C. Jones
description: Robert is President of the Kennesaw Historical Society, as well as well as a member of the executive board of the Kennesaw Museum Foundation, which helped fund the 40,000 square foot Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, GA. Robert has written a number of books on Civil War and railroad themes, including "Retracing the Route of Sherman's Atlanta Campaign", "A Guide to the Civil War in Georgia", and "Great Naval Battles of the Civil War".
zlib_text: GHOST	TOWNS
  of
  ROUTE	
  Text	by	Jim	Hinckley
  Photography	by	Kerrick	James	
  
  Sun	lights	the	front	of	a	stone	building	in	Afton,	Oklahoma.
  
  Page	1:	Route	66	in	Ludlow,	California.
  Page	2:	Ruins	in	Jericho,	Texas.
  Page	3:	Windswept	clouds	over	a	vintage	Packard	in	Endee,	New	Mexico.
  Page	4:	A	gas	pump	in	Funks	Grove,	Illinois.
  Opposite:	A	vintage	car	parked	at	Hackberry	General	Store	in	Arizona.
  Page	 11:	 Faded	 memories	 and	 faded	 signs	 are	 the	 silent	 monuments	 in
  Newkirk,	New	Mexico.
  
  To	the	one	who	has	been	my
  source	of	encouragement	and
  inspiration	for	more	than	two
  decades,	my	dearest	friend,	my
  wife.
  —J.	H.
  To	Julie	Ann	Quarry,	who
  made	the	miles	less	lonely	and
  the	route	traveled	never	far
  from	her	heart	and	smile.
  —K.	J.
  
  CONTENTS
  INTRODUCTION
  CHAPTER	1:	ILLINOIS
  The	Towns	that	Coal	Built
  Into	the	Land	of	Lincoln
  CHAPTER	2:	MISSOURI
  Ghost	of	the	Modern	Era:
  Times	Beach
  The	 Ghost	 Town	 Trail	 of
  Missouri
  Avilla
  CHAPTER	3:	KANSAS
  CHAPTER	4:	OKLAHOMA
  Afton	and	Narcissa
  Warwic