Calico is a ghost town located in the Mojave Desert region of Southern California. Founded in 1881 as a silver mining town.
At its height, shortly after it was founded, Calico had a population of 1,200 people and over 500 silver mines. Besides the usual assortment of bars, brothels, gambling halls and a few churches, Calico also supported a newspaper, the Calico Print. In the mid 1890s the price of silver dropped and Calico's silver mines were no longer economically viable. With the end of borax mining in the region in 1907 the town was completely abandoned.
Today the town is a thriving tourist ghost town.
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