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Definition of Boomtowns
1. boomtown [n] - See also: boomtown
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boomtowns
Literary usage of Boomtowns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"The lake was used as a boat building site during the Cassiar gold rush (1872-1880),
and the boomtowns that ..."
2. Adventure Guide to the Inside Passage and Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2002)
"Along the way, boomtowns sprang up, some considerably bigger than modern Skagway.
Atop the pass, miners built rough boats on the lakes and floated the Yukon ..."
3. Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"... local merchants sold $325000 worth of mining gear). Along the way, boomtowns
sprang up, some considerably bigger than modern Skagway. ..."
4. British Columbia Adventure Guide by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2004)
"Hope was a jumping off point, serving steamboats on the Fraser River; shops and
sawmills soon followed. Unlike most boomtowns, Hope outlasted the gold rush, ..."
5. Mallorca by Sebastian Melmoth (2001)
"These boomtowns of tourism, with their "hotel skylines." have quickly expanded
to become one built-up area. Pubs and "fish & chip" shops cater to the taste ..."
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