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Calico Ghost Town

Description: 1881 marked the beginning of one of the largest silver strikes in California history and the birth of Calico. This ... more

Calico Ghost Town ... authentic silver mining town lives on as one of the few original mining camps of the Old West.

Newest Review: ... silver towns ever in the old west, producing $86 million in silver, $45 million in borax and, of course, gold. After 1907, when silver prices dropped and borax mining moved to Death Valley, Calico became a ghost town. In 1950 the town was restored to it's original condition by Walter Knott (founder of Knott's Berry Farm) and then donated Calico Ghost Town to the County of San ... more

... Bernardino in 1966, and it is now a 480-acre County Park. Home page www.calicotown.com ...more

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Calico Ghost Town: A great place to break up a long car journey (240 words)
by - written on 07/08/02 (Useful, 162 readings)
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Situated just off the I-15, approximately half-way, between Las Vegas and Los Angeles Calico is a great place to break up a long car journey and stop off for an hour or so. Calico is an authentic, restored "Ghost Town" and is one of the"real" old west mining towns in the USA. To get to the town you need to exit I-15 at "Ghost Town Rd", which is about 10 miles north of a town called Barstow. Admission to the town is $6 per adult and $3 for children, parking is free. It's open from 9.00 a.m. until 5.00 p.m. More than a century ago, the town of Calico started as a small silver mining town. Founded in ... Read the complete review