Silver Lake, Riggs, Valjean, Sperry - California Ghost Town

SILVER LAKE, RIGGS, VALJEAN, SPERRY

NAME: Silver Lake, Riggs, Valjean, Sperry
COUNTY: San Bernadino
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 3
CLIMATE: Mild winter and hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Spring, winter, fall.

COMMENTS: Just off I-15.
REMAINS: Mostly collapsed buildings.

Silver Lake was a railroad town located on the Tonopah Tidewater Railroad. Also nearby are the towns of Riggs, Valjean, and Sperry, also railroad towns on the Tonopah Tidewater. When the railroad tracks were torn up the towns moved on. The only one with sizable remains is Silver Lake.	Silverlake Courtesy Kurt Wenner Silverlake Courtesy Kurt Wenner Silverlake Courtesy Kurt Wenner Always seem to be a moron with a shotgun around. The Sperry wash road was once paved! Courtesy Bill Cook Another building location Courtesy Bill Cook Bridge washout on the T&T in Sperry Wash Courtesy Bill Cook Concrete pads show the location Courtesy Bill Cook Crossing the mighty Amaragosa on the way to Sperry Courtesy Bill Cook Fill for the Tonopah & Tidewater Courtesy Bill Cook RR set-out pad at Sperry Courtesy Bill Cook Sperry cistern was filled with fresh water from tank cars on passing trains Courtesy Bill Cook Sperry debris. Sperry was named for Grace Sperry. Amazing Courtesy Bill Cook Sperry station location Courtesy Bill Cook Sperry Wash Courtesy Bill Cook Sperry Wash hillside cut for the Tonopah & Tidewater RR Courtesy Bill Cook Sperry Wash wash out Courtesy Bill Cook T&T RR grade at Sperry Courtesy Bill Cook Washout. The tracks were removed in 42 Courtesy Bill Cook Washtub in the wash at Sperry Courtesy Bill Cook Where Sperry station stood Courtesy Bill Cook Silver Lake before the 1916 flood Courtesy Bill Cook Silver Lake during the 1916 flood Courtesy Bill Cook Moving Silver Lake - 1916 Courtesy Bill Cook Silver Lake station in it's last form Courtesy Bill Cook Silver Lake in the late 60's Courtesy Bill Cook Silver Lake 2008 Courtesy Bill Cook What remains of Silver Lake 2008 Courtesy Bill Cook T&T in the cut Amaragosa Canyon Courtesy Bill Cook

Silver Lake was a railroad town located on the Tonopah Tidewater Railroad. Also nearby are the towns of Riggs, Valjean, and Sperry, also railroad towns on the Tonopah Tidewater. When the railroad tracks were torn up the towns moved on. The only one with sizable remains is Silver Lake.

Silverlake
Courtesy Kurt Wenner