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11 Responses to “Contact”

  1. Dave Says:

    April 12, 2008 at 6:24 am

    Hi Clint,
    I just read your most recent article in the Tooele Transcript titled “Afternoon at Grantsville Reservoir yields more than fish”. I’m new to the area. My wife and I just moved here from Southern California. So far I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your articles and I can’t wait to start exploring some of the areas you write about. In regards to your lack of luck in fishing, I have grown up fishing and I’m quite skilled at it. One of the most enjoyable parts of fishing for me is sharing with other people. I have shared my knowledge and skills with many people in the past and it is so rewarding to watch someone catch a fish using information I have shared with them. As a thank you for all the wonderful information you have shared through your articles I would love to spend a day fishing with you, sharing my knowledge and skills with you. I have faith that we can get you and your kids catching some fish. How would you like to write an article about a successful fishing trip? Let me know if you are interested and thank you again for the wonderful articles. Keep up the great work.

    -Dave

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  2. Conor Says:

    June 6, 2008 at 8:58 pm

    Hi, my name is Conor, and I work out at the Saltair in both the gift shop and during concerts. I’m glad you had a good time and just wanted to invite you in for a chat. Long live the Lake!

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  3. Curt Hall Says:

    July 7, 2008 at 5:27 pm

    Clint, thought you might want to check out http://www.expeditionutah.com It is dedicated to exploring Utah.

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  4. Stephanie Says:

    July 16, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    Hello, Clint. I read the article today about ghost towns in USA TODAY and was most intrigued! When I go to http://www.clintthomsen.com/, there is nothing there. Do I have the wrong URL?

    Can you recommend any books about ghost towning?

    Thanks so much.

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  5. bonnevillemariner Says:

    July 16, 2008 at 6:16 pm

    Stephanie, thanks for stopping by!

    Unfortunately I don’t own the http://www.clintthomsen.com domain. Right now, this is my only home on the Web.

    Regarding books on ghost towning, it depends on what you’re looking for. There are no general books on the hobby that I know of. There are also no real satisfactory book on ghost towns in general.

    There are many excellent books on ghost towns in certain regions, or pertaining to certain historical events and eras.

    For example, Stephen Carr’s Historical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns is an excellent work on ghost towns in Utah, but wouldn’t do you much good if you live in Florida.

    I would probably be able to recommend a good book based on your particular state.

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  6. Steve McAlister Says:

    August 14, 2008 at 12:09 pm

    Clint,
    I was interested by the mention of you in the AP article on ghost towns. As both a former Tooelean AND a “ghost”,i.e. one-time resident of what is now a ghost town (Darwin Mines, CA), I thought I’d give you a shout. Come to think of it, any discussion of lost history and landscape in Tooele Valley would have to include the once-desolate Millpond area that became Stansbury Park!
    One other note of interest- I live in rural New England, and the woods are full of the stone cellar holes of abandoned villages, left to die when the residents moved west or to the factory cities. Many a township had more people 200 years ago than now. Even Massachusetts and Connecticut have ghost towns of a sort.

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  7. Gracie Says:

    August 15, 2008 at 7:51 am

    I read Heather Clark’s article in the San Diego Union Tribune on Aug. 10th. It got me thinking about ghost towns again. I’m a healthy old lady (77) and still like the outdoors. At this time I don’t have access to off-road places but I like to read about them.

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  8. bonnevillemariner Says:

    August 19, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    Thanks for the comment, Gracie. Pretty name, by the way. I hope I can write more interesting ghost town articles for you to read.

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  9. bonnevillemariner Says:

    August 19, 2008 at 4:48 pm

    Steve,

    Right on! I live not far from the grist mill, and technically the land my house sits on was part of E.T. City (I’m told it was on land that was a turkey farm). Stansbury Park is now more populated than Grantsville, which means this is the second time that Stansbury (then E.T. City/Richville) has been the second most populated place in the county!

    I’d love to explore some of those old places in New England. Talk about saturated with history! That’s one of the places I truly have never really explored at all. Thanks for the comment.

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  10. Mike Mower Says:

    September 24, 2008 at 9:59 pm

    Hello Clint:

    Just a quick note to thank you for writing about your recent visit to White Rocks. Thanks for sharing the beauty of our Great Basin with your readers. Keep up the great work.

    Regards,

    Mike Mower
    State Planning Coordinator
    Office of Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr.

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  11. Marc Trueb Says:

    December 19, 2008 at 3:19 pm

    Really great photos and history!

    I have a small company that sells barn owl pellets to grade schoolers for science classroom dissection labs. We also seek to let people know more about how valuable barn owls are in controlling rodent populations and about what a unique bird they are. Additionally, we install barn owl nesting boxes to help young barn owls survive the first few months of their lives, since their moms typically lay eggs in precarious places!

    I am wondering if you can tell me, from your travels, where you have found a great number of little used outbuildings, barns or houses that are no longer lived in and open to owls? These are places where barn owls are nesting in great numbers and we are trying to get property owners more interested in preserving these buildings and allowing us to place nesting boxes.

    I have an interest,too, in seeing the old west landscape preserved, as much as possible, and this may be one way to help foster preservation of barns and other buildings that remind us of times past and the history of our country.

    If you have any ideas for me I would be very grateful.

    Sincerely,

    Marc Trueb
    Oregon City, OR

    If you have any ideas it would be great to hear back from you.

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