Calico, California: as we were in the far west time

When I went to California, I visited some amazing places. One of them was Calico Ghost Town. It is a real ghost town in the middle of the Mojave Desert, California. This city was developed in the XIX century during a silver strike. Located at the side of towering King Mountain, the town was named for the variety of colors in the mountain that were "as purty as a gal's calico skirt."
Calico's boom occured in 1881-1896. However, in the end of the silver strike, its buildings were abandoned and since 1904 it has become a ghost town. oday the historic silver mining town lives on as one of the few original Old West mining camps. One-third of Calico's original structures still stand; the remaining buildings have been carefully reconstructed to capture the Old West spirit. Walk Main Street and experience the life of the townspeople; see the blacksmith shop, the old school house, and do a little gold panning of your own.
In 1951, Walter Knott, founder of Knott's Berry Farm, purchased the town and began restoring it to its original condition referencing old photographs. In the late 1950s, a western garbed man with Custer whiskers known as Calico Fred was a local fixture. Though five of the original town buildings exist today, many others were recreated as replicas of their originals on preexisting foundations. In 1966, Knott donated the town to San Bernardino County, and Calico became a county regional park.