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November 30, 2008
Calico Ghost Town’s Richest Mine
Filed under Photographs by Rob Buell at 12:12 am.
San Bernardino County Sheriff John King (served from 1879 to 1882) financed the two prospectors who discovered what would be Calico’s richest mine. Named in honor of Sheriff King, who was also the mine’s owner, the “Silver King Mine” produced over $10 million in silver between approximately 1881 and 1896.
The mountainside entrance to the old Silver King Mine is circled in the above photo.
Also worth noting, Sheriff King was the uncle of Walter Knott, creator of the Knott’s Berry Farm amusement park.
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November 29, 2008
Lane’s General Merchandise
Filed under Banner Photograph Info by Rob Buell at 11:35 pm.
Dating back to the late 1800’s, “Lane’s General Merchandise” is one of Calico Ghost Town’s original structures. John and Lucy Lane lived in Calico for many decades during both the silver mining heydays and after the mines closed and Calico became a “ghost town.”
Today, four people still call Calico “home,” according to a park employee.
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November 28, 2008
New York Style Wal-Mart Shopping
Filed under General Thoughts by Rob Buell at 11:10 am.
The following is an excerpt from a New York Times article:
A Wal-Mart employee in suburban New York died after being trampled by a crush of shoppers who tore down the front doors and thronged into the store early Friday morning, turning the annual rite of post-Thanksgiving bargain hunting into a frenzy.
Those damn New Yorkers need sit back, have another cup of “cwoffee” and chill out.
This sort of reminds me of the Cabbage Patch Kid debacle back in the 1980’s. Back then, shoppers who were able to get their hands on the last of a store’s stock of those damn dolls risked verbal and/or physical assault, concussions and broken limbs.
Yes indeed. Let the holidays begin!
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| Humidity | 42% |
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69°F |
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69°F |
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68°F |
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69°F |
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76°F |
| La Verne La Verne Neighborhood Weather |
66°F |
| Rancho Cucamonga Milliken/Mountain View |
68°F |
| La Verne La Verne Neighborhood Weather |
71°F |
| La Verne La Verne - 3rd and White |
64°F |
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68°F |
| Pomona MesoWest Pomona CA US CARB |
0°F |
| Etiwanda Etiwanda Estates |
67°F |
| Chino Central Chino |
69°F |