K7-500
CALICO, CALIFORNIA
Calico was discovered in the spring of 1881
spring of 1881 by Frank
Mecham, his uncle Doc Yager and two deputy sheriffs. The
find was named after the sheriff, King, uncle of Walter Knot,
who had grub staked the party. The color had been noticed
some time before by Lafayette Mecham, father of Frank.
Mining had been going on in the area some time before this
strike. The ore never did play out in the Calico mines, with
the drop in silver price and the higher costs of mining the
operation just closed up. Calico kept going for some time
after the mines closed with the operation of borax. Today the
camp is again in operation as a tourist attraction . . . M.P.
Photo-Color by Merle Porter
© & Published by Royal Pictures, Colton, California
B-498
$19011-1
