We’ve visited Calico in the heat of the summer and the cooler April days, and many other times, and one thing you need to remember is that when it is hot- it is REALLY hot, and when it is cold, it is pretty cold. For the next 60 years, Calico was a true United States ghost town. Unfortunately, around 1890 silver lost its value and almost all of the townspeople left Calico for better opportunities. In 1881 the largest silver strike in California happened and the City of Calico was formed with over 500 miles of mines making it a true silver rush ghost town! During the next 12 years, there was over $20 million produced in silver ore mined there. The Calico Ghost Town was once a flurry of commerce during the silver mining rush as a west mining town. If you want to get a chance of encountering these friendly ghosts, Marshal Harris is said to roam the town keeping peace and order, while Lucy is often seen tending to her shop on Main Street and maybe sharing the current price of silver? We have also heard that there are other ghosts of past boarders that roam the many boarding houses. The ghosts we have been told about are the last Marshal to work here, Tumbleweed Harris, and the general store owner, Lucy Lane. The once-bustling town of Calico has a very haunted history, although we didn’t see any spirits during our time here. On the way back from our Las Vegas long weekend in April to celebrate Maddie’s birthday, we took a break to stretch our feet in the Mojave Desert at one of our favorite road trip stops, Calico Ghost Town in Yermo, San Bernardino County. How to get to Calico, what to do, eat and see. A desert ghost town that once was home to over 1200 silver mining families for 12 years before it was abandoned. We may earn compensation when you click on the links at no additional cost to you.ĭiscover Calico Ghost Town in Yermo, California.
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