Ghost towns in California Ghost towns in California Amboy, California is a nearly empty western US small town in California's Mojave Desert roughly sixty miles (97 km) northeast of Twentynine Palms. It was once a major stop along famous Route 66 but has seem much lower visitation since the opening of Interstate 40 to the north in 1973. Amboy is famous for a genuine Route 66 landmark as well. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amboy, California"
Ballarat is a ghost town that was born in 1896 as a supply point for the mines in the canyons of the Panamints. A quarter-mile to the south is Post Office Springs, a reliable water source used since the 1850s by prospectors and desert wanderers. George Riggins, a young immigrant from Australia, gave Ballarat its name when he proposed it should be named for the city in the heart of Australia's gold country, Ballarat, Victoria. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ballarat, California"
Bodie, California, is a ghost town on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California, United States, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Lake Tahoe. It is located at , ...more on Wikipedia about "Bodie, California"
Calico, California is a ghost town located in the Mojave Desert region of Southern California. Founded in 1881 as a silver mining town, today it is a county park. It is located off of Interstate 15 near Barstow. Giant CALICO letters can be seen on the hills behind the ghost town from the freeway. ...more on Wikipedia about "Calico, California"
Carson Hill is a ghost town in Calaveras County, California. It sits at an elevation of 1441 feet (437 m) above sea level and is located at . It was one of the most productive mining camps in the state, with nearly $26 million in gold and quartz found in the area. Carson Hill is registered as California Historical Landmark #274. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carson Hill, California"
Coloma is a former small town in El Dorado County, California, USA (Latitude/Longitude: 38.8000/-120.8892). It is approximately 9 miles northwest of Placerville, California. Coloma is most noted for being the site where James W. Marshall first discovered gold in California, at Sutter's Mill in 1848, leading to the California gold rush. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coloma, California"
Drawbridge is an abandoned hunting village located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay, in unincorporated San Jose. ...more on Wikipedia about "Drawbridge, California"
Eagle Mountain, California is a modern day ghost town founded in 1948 by iron magnate Henry J. Kaiser. The town is located at the entrance of the now-defunct Eagle Mountain iron mine, once owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad and located on the southeastern corner of Joshua Tree National Park. The town's fully integrated medical care system was the genesis of the modern-day Kaiser Permanente health maintenance organization. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eagle Mountain, California"
Freeman Junction was first homesteaded in the 1920's by Clare C. Miley, who was born in 1900. By the 1930's a restaurant, gas station and mining activities dominated the site. ...more on Wikipedia about "Freeman Junction, California"
At first Garlock was known as El Paso City or Cow Wells interchangeably. The little town provided water for cattlemen and freighters wishing to avoid the potentially trecherous washes in Red Rock Canyon. Some gold had been found in the canyons of the El Paso Mountains, enough to warrant an arrastra being built in 1887. In 1893 a nugget was brought in worth $1,900 from Goler Canyon and so the rush began. In 1894 Eugene Garlock of Tehachapi moved in an eight stamp mill. Miners would talk of going down to "the Garlock mill," "down to the Garlock," and finally just "Garlock." ...more on Wikipedia about "Garlock, California"
Goffs, California is a nearly empty one-time mining town on a mesa in the Mojave Desert which was a stop along famous Route 66 prior to 1931, when a more direct route between Needles and Amboy was built. Goffs was also home to workers of the nearby Santa Fe Railroad. ...more on Wikipedia about "Goffs, California"
Holy City, California is a unincorporated community in Santa Clara County, California, USA. With only one permanent resident, it is arguably a ghost town. The town is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains, off Highway 17 on Old Santa Cruz Highway. It is part of the Lexington Hills census-designated place. The ZIP code is 95026. ...more on Wikipedia about "Holy City, California"
Kelso is a ghost town and defunct railroad depot in the Mojave National Preserve in California. It was named after a railroad worker who won a contest to have the town named after him. The town was built specifically as a railroad station because of its location and nearby springs that provided abundant water. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kelso, California"
Founded in 1873- 74, Panamint City had many mills, saloons, stores, a red light district, a cemetery - all built along the uppermost end of the Surprise Canyon. Panamint City was regarded as a "bad and wicked" town, with Death Valley on one end of town and the Panamint Mountains on the other end. Due to the constant hijacking of the ore wagon, the miners soon cast the silver into one large ingot that was too big and heavy to be stolen. Then it hit. On July 24, 1876, a flash flood roared down the canyon and washed nearly the entire town away leaving nothing worth saving. This spelled the end of the town. Some people say they got what they deserved for their wickedness. The County of Inyo used to maintain the road to Panamint City until about 1983, when a terriffic series of cloudbursts completely washed the canyon out to bedrock. ...more on Wikipedia about "Panamint City, California" Please visit again shortopedia shortopedia
Rice, California is a vacant town site in the southern tip of the Mojave Desert. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rice, California"
Silver Lake is a town that existed near the Tonopah Tidewater Railroad in San Bernardino County. When the railroad ceased to operate, the town was abandoned. It is now mostly collapsed buildings. ...more on Wikipedia about "Silver Lake, California"
Swansea, in Inyo County, California, USA is a perfect example of a North American ghost town: there is approximately one building. The tourist information office in nearby Lone Pine, California tell travellers to head down the road for exactly nine miles and then stop, for that is Swansea, and the sign is easy to miss. ...more on Wikipedia about "Swansea, California"
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia . Direct links to the original articles are in the text.
If you use exact copy or modified of this article you should preserve above paragraph and put also : It uses material from
the Shortopedia article about "Ghost towns in California".
| MAIN PAGE | MAIN INDEX | CONTACT US |