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John Steinle, history education supervisor for Jefferson County Open Space, gives a lecture about ghost towns in Jefferson County on Feb. 9 at the Hiwan Homestead Museum.
Haunted past

Jefferson County is boasts more than a dozen ghost towns, mostly due to the gold rush and the transportation routes that developed as a result.
Nothing is left of most of the towns, according to John Steinle, history education supervisor with Jefferson County Open Space. Some of the communities flourished, but others faded away.

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