Article: Gone BUT NOT forgotten; Ghost towns continue to have a real presence in Carver County.(NEWS)

Byline: HERON MARQUEZ ESTRADA; STAFF WRITER

Erin Anderson spends a lot of her time studying things that are not there and talking about places that have disappeared.

Among them: The Baptists of Helvetia, the unlucky legacy of San Francisco, how Hollywood got its name, how Bongards is disappearing and why Mound St. Clair existed only on paper.

These stories harken back to the 15 or more "ghost towns" that dotted Carver County over the past 150 years, but which have since disappeared and receded into memory.

"There are a lot of lost memories there," said Anderson, the education coordinator of the Carver County Historical Society. "Of all ...

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