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Calico Cemetery
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The Calico Ghost Town Cemetery, located in the Calico Ghost Town near Barstow, California, holds a quiet, somewhat eerie charm that matches the spirit of the once-thriving mining town. This small cemetery is the final resting place for some of the residents and miners who lived and worked in Calico during its peak silver boom in the late 19th century.
The tombstones reflect the rough-and-tumble lives of the miners and their families, with some gravestones dating back to the 1880s. Many of the graves have simple markers, and some are unknown due to the transient nature of mining communities at the time. The cemetery gives visitors a tangible connection to the people who braved the hardships of the desert to seek their fortunes in the silver mines.
It's part of the larger Calico Ghost Town attraction, which was restored in the 1950s and turned into a park. As you walk through the cemetery, you get a sense of the history and struggles of life in the Old West, surrounded by the Mojave Desert's quiet and dramatic landscape.
