Boom Town Links

          These are links to sites that may be of interest to people in learning more about relic hunting, ghost towns and Northeastern Washington. If you find a broken link please let me know. Select a link category:

          Places to Stay
          Ghost Towns
          Relic Hunting
          Northeastern Washington
          Washington State
          International Sites
          Educational
          The Rare Find Award Winnners

          Places to Stay

          Washington State Parks Home Page
          In case a tent is your style!

          Advertise your hotel, Inn or B&B here!

          ghost towns

          High Desert Drifters
          Ghost town explorations.

          Ghosttowns.com
          A complete guide to everything you ever wanted to know about ghost towns.

          Ghost Towns And Other Adventures
          Follow Ripley in search of more ghost town adventures.

          Digital Desert
          All The Goodies From A To Z

          Ghost Town Explorers
          Follow Lewis on another adventure, hiking, 4wheeling, exploring old ghost towns and mining camps of California and Nevada

          KDRADIO (And Ghost Towns)
          Ghost town links and Boom Town music.

          relic hunting

          A Useful Guide to Metal Detecting
          It has some helpful information and sites to learn all about metal detecting, history, prospecting, beach hunting, etc. Link provided by Mrs. Wright's class.

          Metal Detecting: A Complete Guide for Beginners
          Recommended by the amazing intern at valleybookclub.com

          metaldetector.com
          Hobby, Security and Industrial Metal Detectors for Every Use.

          Detectors Unlimited
          Detectors Unlimited carries all major brands of metal dectors.

          GoldRushTradingPost.com
          provides everything for the treasure hunter — whether you enjoy prospecting for gold or swinging a metal detector, you'll find great prices on a wide variety of essential equipment, tools, and outdoor gear that makes gold recovery easier, more profitable, and lots more fun!

          Treasure Quest
          Online treasure hunting community. metal detecting forums, auctions, guides, directories and more.

          The Rocker Box

          Tom's Treasures
          Everything you wanted to know about metal detecting and more.

          Gold Maps
          Buy maps for treasure hunting.

          northeastern WA

          The Wenatchee World
          North Central Washington's primary source for local news.

          Okanogan County Genealogy
          Find yer roots in Okanogan County!

          Conconully Chamber of Commerce

          Okanogan County Tourism Council
          This is the best on the web for the most popular tourist attractions in Washington state

          Books on Okanagon County History

          The Chronicle On Line
          Your complete guide to Okanogan County

          WA state

          Seattle Gold & Prospecting
          Washington’s most complete full line mining and prospecting supply store.

          Mining Claims
          What Is A Mining Claim?

          Recreational Gold Panning
          Panning In Washington State

          Washington Prospectors Mining Association
          The largest non-profit small scale mining association in the State of Washington

          Washington State Historical Society & Museum
          Excellent resources for Washington State History

          American Local History Network
          A very comprehensive gateway site to information on Washington State

          Access Washington
          Our state's official homepage

          Go Northwest!
          A Travel Guide

          International

          Gold Miner's Headquarters
          A international recreational gold mining directory. The largest listings of clubs and gold mining related businesses in the world. This site includes some great Ghost Town related information.

          Ghost Towns In Ontario, Canada
          A Great Canadian Ghost Town Web Site.

          Educational

          Ghost Town Report Outline
          Make writing reports on the history and ghost towns of Northeastern Washington a whole lot easier!

          HistoryLink
          A database containing over 1,000 original essays and an evolving encyclopedia of local history for Seattle and King County, Washington State.