Calico - California Ghost Town

CALICO

NAME: Calico
COUNTY: San Bernadino
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 3
CLIMATE: Mild winter, hot summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime

COMMENTS: Tourist location with gunfights etc... Great Article on Calico.
REMAINS: Some is original, set up like an old ghost town.

For the most colorful of the natural surroundings of any ghost town, Calico is the place to visit. It gets its name from the myriad of colors that are part of the mountains which are the backdrop for the town. There is none other like it. Walter Knott who worked the mines in 1910 has restored the town. The original buildings, as in many of the early mining camps, were constructed from adobe brick for the lack of lumber. Cement has been used during the restoration but made to look as original as possible. Calico had its heyday during the 1880s. By 1892, the town began to suffer the beginning of its decline but lasted until 1929 when it truly became a ghost town. A must place to see. Calico & Odessa R.R. Courtesy Dolores Steele Calico & Odessa R.R. Courtesy Dolores Steele Calico Courtesy Dolores Steele Calico Cemetery Courtesy Dolores Steele Tumbleweed Harris -- Marshal of Calico for 7 years Courtesy Dolores Steele Calico Sign Courtesy Joe Kidd Calico Courtesy Joe Kidd Calico Courtesy Joe Kidd Calico - Aerial Photo Courtesy Cheryl A. Muzinich Calico - Fire Engine History Courtesy Cheryl A. Muzinich Calico Cemetery Courtesy Al Chinese Bathtub Courtesy Al Calico School Courtesy Al Calico Typewriter Courtesy Al The Old Calico Schoolhouse Courtesy Caitlin John and Lucy Bell Courtesy Caitlin	Rough Town Courtesy Dolores Steele Lanes General Store Courtesy Dolores Steele Bonnets on sale Courtesy Dolores Steele Hotel Courtesy Dolores Steele School Courtesy Dolores Steele Home in the mountain Courtesy Dolores Steele Inside Home Courtesy Dolores Steele Maggie Mine Courtesy Dolores Steele Maggie Mine Courtesy Dolores Steele Calico Courtesy Joe Kidd Calico Man Courtesy Toni Palmer Calico - Fire Engine Courtesy Cheryl A. Muzinich Calico 1950 Courtesy Johnnie Church Calico 1950 Courtesy Johnnie Church Calico 1950 Courtesy Johnnie Church Looking up Main Street Courtesy Caitlin The Hanks Hotel Courtesy Caitlin

For the most colorful of the natural surroundings of any ghost town, Calico is the place to visit. It gets its name from the myriad of colors that are part of the mountains which are the backdrop for the town. There is none other like it. Walter Knott who worked the mines in 1910 has restored the town. The original buildings, as in many of the early mining camps, were constructed from adobe brick for the lack of lumber. Cement has been used during the restoration but made to look as original as possible. Calico had its heyday during the 1880s. By 1892, the town began to suffer the beginning of its decline but lasted until 1929 when it truly became a ghost town. A must place to see.