Episode 5

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2nd Feb 2024

Fordlandia PART 2 - "A Ghost Town in the Heart of the Amazon Rain Forest"

Part 2 - covering the lost rubber plantation of the Ford Motor Company - Fordlandia - the rise and fall!

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) -

Disclaimer Note - Fordlandia had a re-population take place around the 2000's - as of 2017 it is populated at 3,000-

It was virtually a Ghost Town (Abandoned Ford Plantation) from the 1940's - through the early 2000s - It's still a fantastic story -

Thanks for following along!

Country Rock - by LiteSaturation found on Pixabay Royalty Free Music - excellent song - check them out.











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Midwest Ghost Town
Midwest Ghost Town is about exploring the history of abandoned towns and places in the Midwest and around the world- most importantly - we are here to tell the story of these places and the people who lived there.

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Dan Cline

Born and raised in the Midwest - History Enthusiast, Ghost Town and Abandon History Adventurer. Serving on several travel and tourism boards - his main passion links to heritage tourism - and covering things like museums, cemeteries, genealogy studies and ghost towns --and most importantly - the invaluable stories that weave themselves in between.