The Sunken City - San Pedro, Ca
You can still see pipes and wires from the old houses. It has been mostly off-limits but it appears they are building a viewing area now. There is actually a walking path open to the public from Pt Fermin Park."When they ... waymarking.com
East San Pedro, Terminal Island, Ca
Black Current off our shore Fishes so plentiful Yet, hardships parents endured We remember And honor forever Our village no more -From the memorial In a very out-of-the-way corner of Terminal Island, just after one of the... waymarking.com
Mentryville
Mentryville was establihed by Charles A Mentry, who had discovered oil in the Santa Clarita area near Los Angeles in 1876. Known as Pico Number 4, the well dug by Mentry was the first commercially successful oil well in t... ghosttowns.com
Eldoradoville
Eldoradoville was a mining community during the heyday of the hydraulic gold extraction in the San Gabriel canyon. Was washed away by a flood in the early 1900's. Locals tell a story of a miner and mule taken by the same ... ghosttowns.com
Llano Del Rio
Llano Del Rio was started as a socialist project by Job Harriman in 1913. By 1914 there were about 500 residents in this utopian commune. By 1917, there were water supply problems and there was friction amongst the reside... ghosttowns.com
Llano Del Rio
This class B, early 1900s utopian commune straddles SH 138, 20 miles east of Palmdale, along the south edge of the Mojave Desert. Roofless rock ruins and a tall concrete block silo remain scattered over the site. Nearby... history.rootsweb
Orchard Camp
Rollicking waystation on Mt. Wilson Trail from turn of the century until the floods of late 1920's. Depression prevented any rebuilding.Floods of late 1970's finsihed it off. Submitted by: Jay Preston ghosttowns.com