Flanigan: Anatomy of a Railroad Ghost Town

Flanigan, 1984
Flanigan Real Estate Promotion sign, 1984

This is a 1985 book by Eric N. Moody (6×9, softcover, 121 pages) I have four used copies at $25. each on a first come, first served basis.

For those not familiar Flanigan was a small railroad community in eastern Honey Lake Valley, on the Nevada side. One of the items that made it unique was the crossing of the Southern Pacific and Western Pacific Railroads.

Flanigan

The townsite was plotted in 1913 by real estate promoters from Oakland, California. The Honey Lake Valley was a realtors dream come true in this era with so many promising developments taking place with the construction of two railroads, irrigation reclamation projects and the Red River Lumber Company’s construction of a lumber town to provide a local market for some many items. It would be one of many boom and boost cycles for Flanigan and today not much remains there.

Flanigan, 1976
Flanigan, 1976, courtesy of Christopher Moody

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