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The Calico & Odessa Railroad is a narrow gauge〔(Surviving Steam Locomotive Search )〕 heritage railroad in the ghost town of Calico, California, headquartered in Yermo, California. It was named for the town and mountain range of Calico and the nearby Odessa Canyon.〔(Odessa Canyon hiking trail info at trails.com )〕 It is a remake of the narrow gauge Waterloo Mining Railroad, the original narrow gauge railroad line that hauled silver ore (and later borax) from Calico to the mills of Daggett in the 1880s, although the present-day tracks do not follow the trackbed of the original one.〔(San Bernardino County Park website )〕 The railroad, like Calico itself, is now operated as a San Bernardino county historic park. Visitors to the park may take a short ride on the railroad for a fee. ==History== They found Calico in April 6, 1881. Calico itself is an old West mining town which was restored as a living-history museum by Walter Knott, who then gave it to the county. Some of the original buildings and railroad equipment were moved from Calico to the "ghost town" exhibit at the Knott's Berry Farm theme park. Walter Knott purchased Calico in the 1950s. He then restored all the architecture in the town except for the five original buildings. He wanted these buildings to look the way they did in the 1880s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://cms.sbcounty.gov/parks/Parks/CalicoGhostTown.aspx )〕 Calico has been around since 1881 during the largest silver strike in California. Over a 12 year span, Calico has 500 mines which produced over $20 million in silver ore. Unfortunately Calico lost it population in the mid-1890s because silver lost its value. There was no reason for the miners to continue their mining so they just left. The miner's moved away, abandoning their town. Calico was later known as a ''ghost town".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Calico and Odessa Railroad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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