Hanson - California Ghost Town

HANSON

NAME: Hanson
COUNTY: San Bernadino
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 4
CLIMATE: Mild winter, mild summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.

COMMENTS: Concerts, food, fun...
REMAINS: Mostly original, a few buildings restored.

Hanson ghost town was a little town for performers and wanderers to stop and rest at. Not many people came but it had a a few familys. (mostly mothers with children.) Hanson was founded by Clarke Hanson in 1905 and stayed in buiessness for the next thirteen years. It became a ghost town in 1918 becuase everyone started moving to Calico. Only Clarke Hanson and his family of a wife and seven kids stayed, when everyone moved but they later died, and Hanson became a real ghost town.

Hanson ghost town was a little town for performers and wanderers to stop and rest at. Not many people came but it had a a few familys. (mostly mothers with children.) Hanson was founded by Clarke Hanson in 1905 and stayed in buiessness for the next thirteen years. It became a ghost town in 1918 becuase everyone started moving to Calico. Only Clarke Hanson and his family of a wife and seven kids stayed, when everyone moved but they later died, and Hanson became a real ghost town.

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