A restored headstone and a careful archival search brought the story of Boston, a formerly enslaved Black man, back into view nearly 300 years after his burial.
Lost Places
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How Eagle Mountain Became a Desert Company Town for More Than 4,000 Miners, Then Fell Silent After the Iron Mine Closed and the Residents Left
Built in the Mojave Desert for postwar iron mining, Eagle Mountain later emptied out and became one of California’s starkest ghost towns.