"Fordlandia" A Ghost Town in the Heart of the Amazon Rain Forest//PODCAST

Part I - covering the lost rubber plantation of the Ford Motor Company - Fordlandia -
Reference given to Fordlanda: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City - By Greg Landon. - Excellent read if you get the chance - a lot of the background was given from research with Greg's book - plus from many of the same references included in his book - (A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize) -

[@Spookysexyes]

This was great can’t wait for next episode for part 2!

[@midwestghosttown]

Thank you...Part 2 will be super interesting! Thanks for the compliment and following along.

[@jedgarren2901]

I can't wait till you get to the Grand Opera House that's slowly decaying in the middle of the Amazon rainforest

[@jedgarren2901]

I learned about Fordlandia by reading the Jimmy Buffett autobiography A Pirate Looks At 50

[@midwestghosttown]

Interesting enough, apparently the town has made a comeback with population? Sitting around 3,000 pop - before the 2000's less than 90. Interesting story - RIP Jimmy Buffett