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Calico
Ghost town, former mining town
Calico in the Mojave Desert
Calico in the Mojave Desert
Calico is located in California
Calico
Calico
Location in California
Country United States
State California
County San Bernardino
Elevation
2,283 ft (696 m)
Time zone UTC−8 (Pacific)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP code
92398
Area codes 442/760
GNIS feature ID 1660414
Reference #: 782

Calico is a ghost town and former mining town in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Calico Mountains of the Mojave Desert region of Southern California, it was founded in 1881 as a silver mining town, and was later converted into a county park named Calico Ghost Town. Located off Interstate 15, it lies 3 miles (4.8 km) from Barstow and 3 miles from Yermo. Giant letters spelling CALICO are visible, from the highway, on the Calico Peaks behind it. Walter Knott purchased Calico in the 1950s, and architecturally restored all but the five remaining original buildings to look as they did in the 1880s. Calico received California Historical Landmark #782, and in 2005 was proclaimed by then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to be California's Silver Rush Ghost Town.

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  • Calico Ghost Town, CA (6432318017)

    Restoring Calico was one of Walter Knott's efforts to educate the public and honor the pioneers.

  • Calico ghost town

    Entrance to the town

  • Calico train

    Calico & Odessa Railroad

  • Calico Ghost Town 2004

    Calico in the evening

  • Calico Mining Crew Silver King2

    Original mining crew at the Silver King Mine.

  • Calico Ghost Town 2004 b

    The town in 2004

  • Calico Ghost Town Historical landmark N°782

    Historical landmark

  • CalicoEntrance

    Entrance to the town

  • HanksHotelCalico

    Hank's Hotel

  • ChinatownCalico

    Chinatown

  • LanesGeneralStore

    Lane's General Store

  • MaggieMine

    Maggie Silver Company and mine

  • CalicoSilverQueen

    Entrance to Silver Queen Mine

  • BarstowFormationAnticlineMarch2010

    Anticline in the Barstow Formation

  • CalicoGhostTownwarningsign

    Warning sign

  • CalicoAssayOffice53

    Assay Office

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