Western Places is not your Hollywood version of the Old West. Sometimes it is much more interesting! Each publication is based on extensive research of early newspapers, official records, plus conversations with people who know the area well. And best of all, you can visit the places yourself using the appropriate Western Places publication to serve as your tour guide. It will tell you just what happened and where, and will direct you to other nearby places that you otherwise may overlook. The author has visited all of these places, and each publication provides information on what remains at each site.

Many Western Places publications include an index listing all the people from that place mentioned in contemporary newspaper accounts. For example, the index for Lundy has 950 names, while Belmont has over 1300 names and Coloma has 1850 names. Since many of these early towns flourished between censuses, this is an opportunity for genealogists to tap into a new source.

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