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Yermo, CA
Calico Bottle House
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Bottle environment
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Information:
"Nothing is known of the Calico House's origins. It might have been created in Calico or brought there from another ghost town, possibly even Nevada. But it is also possible that this is a modern reproduction.
Walter Knott (of Knott's Berry Farm amusement park fame) bought the ghost town of Calico in 1951 and restored it from old photos. Therefore, Calico is a mix of original buildings and replicas built on remaining foundations. In 1966, Knott donated the town to San Bernardino County."
An early preservation attempt by Walter Knott of Knott's Berry Farm in Southern California assembled a haphazard collection of buildings from abandoned mining camps all over the West. Knott used some of the buildings at the berry farm and stored others at the site of Calico, an authentic ghost town near Barstow, Calif., then owned by the Knott family. Calico later was deeded to San Bernardino County for a regional park.
A fine bottle house stands among the structures seen today in Calico, but historians cannot trace its origins. Visitors to Calico enjoy looking at the unusual structure with its large star of contrasting bottles at one gabled end. The Calico bottle house may be original to the town or it may have been imported from some other ghost town, perhaps even Nevada. Only Knott knew its story.
From Agility Nut
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Bibliography:
"Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations Coast to Coast Travel-o-Pedia" by Randy Mason, et. al., Kansas City Star Books, 2009. |
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