Don't be too quick to give up trying to read wooden grave markers. I had a lady friend who was blinded in an auto accident as a kid. She grew up with all the training a blind person gets. Then one day as a teenager her sight came back. I met her as an adult. We went to the Bodie Ghost town. I was saddened that many of the grave markers couldn't be read. She said to let her try. She began to trace her fingers over the wood, and was soon reading the names and dates from the badly weathered boards. It was almost like Spock, of Star Trek, doing a mind meld. It was amazing. I'd love to have someone with that talent go with me to any old cemetery.
Camped there way back in college days. Had an excellent geology field trip in that area. Didn't get to see much of Calico during daylight unfortunately as the park was closed when we arrived. There was an old miner playing solitaire in a lantern lit cabin. Was perfectly still. I thought he was real, some in the group thought he was a dummy. Some nitwit tapped the window. We all ran when he chased us! Sounded like our college was invited to never return.... (No vandalism, at least)
I’m named after a Cowboy myself and that person is Wyatt Earp and Wyatt is my first name and he stopped all the outlaws in Tombstone Arizona and did shootings at the O.K coral
HI! Gang: What you asked about is a stitching horse. You clamp your pieces of leather in it and then stitch them together. The one you showed is made onto a chair. More recent ones were made with just a single board across the bottom. That way you could stitch anywhere you could find to sit down. The clamp comes up between you legs and helps keep the leather pieces in control. And it is easily adjusted as you progress with your project. It is like having two extra hands, sometimes needed when stitching.
Visited in the 1960s with my family--it was a lot more rustic back then! Remember a photograph taken of my siblings and I, pretending to burn our hands on a huge cast iron stove in the middle of the floor. Western nostalgia! 👢👢
@@jbenziggy Always look forward to your HH episodes, Jeff! Top job! :D 👏👏👏👏👏(Loved Sarah's sass in this one...and she was right about Virginia City's tourist trap status--sad, but true...)
I went here as a kid. At least im pretty sure this is the place if there is a glass bottle building. There was a cool mine tour and i remember there being some kind of battle reenactments. Also a historic western graveyard. It was pretty cool
I just love Old West ghost towns! So glad Calico was preserved! Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers!💕🥂🎉Just hope that alien beef jerky was made with real aliens😂👽
Well, I was employed by San Bernardino county regional park stationed at Calico Ghost Town. If you’re a hunter of history, then here’s some information you might wanna know. Mr. Knott actually grew up in the area and played at the town quite a bit when it was rundown and nobody there. Mr. Knott was able to restore some of the town that had been affected by a fire. At that time he also owned the town because he had purchased it before the restoration. Mr. Knott also owned Knotts berry farm at that time. After the restoration Mr. Knott began taking actual buildings from calico down to Knotts berry farm and that is why there is a town down there called calico ghost town and it’s an old western kind of same thing. Then him, not believing that the town would make much money he donated it to San Bernardino county. After that, there was actually another fire from the candle shop that burned down some of the buildings as well, and the county restored that. There is camping, festivals, ohv, and all of the shops that are out there are run by what is called concessionaires, and they rent the building from San Bernardino county. Nobody owns the buildings, but San Bernardino county. Unfortunately, there’s not a lot of history that the park employees will tell because it’s really kind of turned into a tourist trap. There’s still a lot of history out there and it was a real place during of course the California gold rush, but in reality calico did silver. about 80 million in today’s dollars.
Sunday adventure. My GrandFather plowed Mr Knotts fields back in the day and I worked on the burro/mule ride at Knotts for a couple summers. Good memories. Thank you very much
Thank you so much guys for the trip down memory lane! We have such fond memories of Calico! Gordon’s dad worked as a reserve deputy at Knott’s Berry Farm long ago. We spent many, many hours at both Calico and Knott’s Berry Farm along with the kids. I’m a little teary-eyed so I’ll go for now. Thanks a bunch! Your biggest Tennessee (formerly California) fans! ♥️
Thank you so much for the heartfelt words. Sounds like U2 need to head on back to California but I certainly understand why you don’t. I’m trying to remain positive about California’s future, but it seems like at times it’s going the other way. You guys take care and a beautiful state of Tennessee.
Happy Sunday History Hunters! The sun is up in Cheyenne, WY and it may warm up enough to water trees today. While we patiently await the arrival of some much needed warmth, we will stay warm inside with another fantastic episode! Cheers!
Me too, she was so cute dancing for us. Sarah makes History Hunters even more exciting than it already is. Sarah should be in every episode, she is too beautiful and spunky to miss even one episode!
Jeff and Sarah, History Hunters gets better and more exciting every time I watch it. Have Sarah dance some more for us. She always looks so pretty entertaining us.
fANNTASTIC lOCATIONmAGICAL spot. Thanks for using my Music. An Honor to appear in one of yorr lovely Videos. UIUnfortuunately i had a Stroke last September and can not play at all right noww. . So hearring me poppin u p in your Video is some ggreat Motivation for me to hopefully come back at some point.thanks alot and all the best to you lovely People
Oh man, so sorry to hear that you had a stroke. They can be quite devastating. We hope and pray that you can make a complete recovery. Glad to feature your awesome playing from time to time!
This is so wonderful that Mr. Knot’s refurbished this ghost town! Love seeing the old history kept around for future generations! Calico house is recycling at its best. 😊 Sarah has some serious dance moves! Congrats on 100,000 subscribers! 👍
How cool was the miner's cabin? Who would have thought that they had 20th Century kitchen designs, way back then? 🤔 No "Belfast sink" style. Was there an outdoor pump, did either of you see? You do get copper and silver in conjunction, but silver being the most valuable of the two, combined with the "get rich quick" ethic, then they'd mine the silver. The can-can was playing, but realise that for filming purposes, side to side flicks are better than the kicks out front and into the air. You have a lovely voice for narrating. I love history. Keep on searching, I can't get enough! 😊😊😊
In my earlier years, I was a tour director on bus tours out of Canada, on our California trips we would stop at Calico on our way to Las Vegas. Such a cool historical place! Thanks for the memories!
My family went to Calico almost every weekend when I was a kid cause we lived in Barstow. Great times. I still have plenty of photos from the 90’s. I still go around the holidays Halloween and Christmas. Hope it survives many more years.
We visited there in the early 60's and it was not as it is today, however, it was also touristy then, and windy. Fun seeing it again Jeff. Sarah, I think you were the only smiling jailbird in that cell.
Calico is one of our favorite places to visit. We were just talking about going back there for a visit, when the notification came through for this video! Thank you, Jeff and Sarah, for the history lesson - we learned some more details we didn't know about!
Excellent as always, Jeff and Sarah. As kids going on road trips with mom and dad on what seemed like every weekend, I very much recall visiting Calico back in the mid 60's. We also visited Rhyolite, Nevada which had more than one if my memory serves me right. Then, much later as a Hollywood High Schooler, I often went up over the Santa Susana Pass in Simi Valley to visit a cousin and would stop by to say hello to Gran'ma Prisbry at her Bottle Village. Just a real sweetheart of an old lady. I would always stop to grab a bag of chips or cookies to give her. There are some VERY sweet people out there who don't have much but light up the lives of everyone fortunate enough to know them. Gran'ma Prisbry was one - may God bless her soul. Great episode Jeff/Sarah!
Hello Jeff and Sarah, wow!!! Your travels brought back so many memories of traveling with Grandma! We went to Calico so many times in my youth while living in Fontana, CA ! I absolutely loved going there! First we would visit Calico for a couple of hours then drive to Dagget, CA to visit Sister Meyers who was a missionary to the Native Americans who lived in the area and also In Arizona. Her and her husband, until he went home to heaven , and until she passed served tirelessly on the reservations for their entire lives. She was sold out to Jesus!!! Jeff thank you for the outstanding video I enjoyed very much! As always you guys are the best! Wether it’s our editor or historian you always show us what America was and should be! Tom in Ceres
Wonderful memories Jeff and Sarah I remember it was 1962 I was 6 years old riding in the backseat of my Sister and Brother in laws Corvair with my nieces going to Calico being a kid it was so much fun a great memory of my dear sister taking us for a day of exploring. The connection to Knotts Berry farm still exists. The farm was free back then boy I’m getting old I need a nap😂. Thanks you guys rock!
Very cool! Thank you so much for the nice words. Sarah and I were just talking yesterday about riding in the back of a pick up at about how long it has been. Those were the days, weren’t they?
Lol I went there from my childhood on... 60s, 70's and on until I left So Cal in 03. I also remember when there was no admission fee, you parked where Camp Snoopy was later built and tame chickens roamed the parking lot. I also went to the grand opening of the Independence Hall/Liberty Bell exhibit. I've been to Knott's many dozens of times. Mrs Knott's Restaurant was my mom's favorite. I was very fond of it also. Almost had a job there in maintenance back in the early 80's but it did not pan out... so I went and got a job at D Land! Do you remember the Alligator farm across the street? Also Japanese Deer Park a couple miles away...
I ❤️how America has kept so much of its history in tact instead of bulldozing it down and digging it up. So many beautiful buildings and towns all over the country still. Well done USA for preserving your history. Thanks Jeff and Sarah ❤️Jodie 🇦🇺
Thanks for watching but to be honest, a lot of our history has been bulldozed or just neglected to the point that buildings rot and fall down. I cringe when I see all of the Hollywood landmarks that have been razed, like the Brown Derby restaurant and the Carthay Circle Theater. I'm always glad when it can be spared and restored.
@@jbenziggy I’ve never been to America Jeff, I was going off all the u tube videos I’ve seen. Seems to be a lot of history preserved there, so it is a shame to hear that a lot is also being taking over with new developments. Still think America has done a lot better than we have here in Australia. Seems that we are all not just losing our history but our identities. Jodie.
Thankyou Both Very much! Be Safe, HEALTHY and keep on Going!!! Love these Ghost town History vids! Aswell as ALL History and Old BoneOrchard content. Cheers and please be well. ZACK DANIELS ~
Thank you so very much. We are so excited that we have reached 100,000 subscribers. 1 million would be nice but I think that would take a long, long time.
So Sarah and Jeff! It is so good to see both of you. Thanks for inviting me along on an interesting and fun outing it's always fun to be with you too, and I appreciate it!
I remember Knott's Berry Farm when I was a little girl I am from Fillmore California we moved from there in 1972 it is really cool to see it again thank you so very much I haven't seen this place since I was 7 years old
Another great video. This makes me want to see places that I passed and didn't know about. I'm glad that people are trying to keep the older history alive.
Good to see Calico as it is now. I was there in the late 60's and was a little touristy but now much more. If Knott had not rebuilt it there would just be splinter of wood and rust from tin cans left so thank you Mr. Knott.
Another great fun and educational history video. Thank you Jeff & Sarah. Great way to spend my Monday lunch time, watching the weekly edition of History Hunters!
I remember coming to this town in the late 50's as a kid when in was truly a ghost town. You had to climb stairs up to the town from the parking area below. After I was married and had children of my own we visited a couple of times but by then it was so commercial that it took away from the "ghost town" feeling. I haven't been back since.
My family and I visited Calico 3 yrs ago. Really enjoyed the town and especially sharing history with my children. Did you happen to eat at the 50's diner across the highway? Very cool experience. Always enjoy going to Knots Berry Farm as well. Bless Mr. Knott for having the wisdom to save the old town of Calico, and bless you and your gorgeous wife for sharing your journeys with us!
I grew up camping there and the surrounding canyons, I even went to Death Valley Helen’s birthday party, so many awesome memories with all the people, Popcorn & Tumbleweed ❤
I'll likely never get there as I'm always in a hurry to get to or from someplace, so I enjoyed this tour with you two. I'm a bit like Sarah in that I love visiting Virginia City when I visit my family in Tahoe, but it seems less commercialized when going in an off-season with fewer tourists!
Jeff, I'm so excited. A number of years ago, we went to Calico Gold Town. I'm from New England, so I don't often see personally, the interesting places you bring us. I recall how mobbed it was the day we were there. Thank you so much for this wonderful video, in every way, Jeff and Sarah. 👏🤠👏☀️ 100,000 so well-earned subs🎊👏🎉
Good morning...... Sunday morning is special. I have my special chocolate flavored coffee while watching a well-researched informative video from History Hunters. Thank you for this treat.
Grew up in Orange County and when I was a kid we’d get a tour of Ghost Town at Knott’s Barn to learn about the early settlers. I was younger than 10 years old when my parents took us out to Calico Ghost Town. We got a tour I’m thinking from a park ranger but not sure. There weren’t any gift shops, just the old buildings.
I have been there in the the 1970s.Expected meet Doc Holiday doing the dental work! Great watching Sarah having fun there, she is a real explorer. I worked and lived in Buena Park in the 1960s. Alot more realistic than it was later.
So now we know that Sarah wants her nooks and crannies washed for 10 cents, and she's a great dancer, lol. Great episode, guys. You almost had Sarah show us her buster Keaton impression when she almost fell😂. Never a dull moment when both of you are in an episode.
I really enjoyed seeing this video. I actually was there about 11 years ago but I got a lot more info from watching your video. I couldn’t walk around the town very well because of arthritis in my knees. You all completed the experience for me!😁 Thank you so much!🤗❤️
Hi Jeff and Sarah thank you for sharing a wonderful video of your trip to calico ghost town next time I am in that area I would love to see that place. I like seeing places like too. It more interesting to see in person than reading about it. I have really enjoyed seeing knotts berry farm of course I have been there three times and it was nice to see Sarah in the video and I always miss seeing her when she not in the video looking forward to next Sunday for the next history lesson god bless you and Sarah love ❤️ and blessings Larry June and Laurie
Thankyou Jeff and Sarah😊 I enjoyed this video. Calico was definitely alot of fun and the history was great . I love to wander through places like this . 😃❤😃
You and Sarah are great thank you I grew up in grayson And Sonora and live in mo. Now I really mis it and your videos do mg heart so well. Like the powers cave on mid seven the I rode my Yamaha 125 up and down all ov we there.❤
I always enjoy tagging along with your adventures. I haven’t been to Calico in years but I do travel to Barstow once a month to work on the military base nearby. Thank you!
Great video ! Thank you. We just made camping reservation last night for this coming weekend to experience their California Days. After seeing your video , I’m more excited to see everything in person.
When I visited there were loads of people. I think there was a campground nearby too. Clog dancing for entertainment. My 10 year old (at the time) and I enjoyed the old place. She also got to pan for good. Thanks for the memories, Jeff and Sarah.
Been by there many times never stopped. Sarah sure can shake a leg lol thanks for the entertainment 😂 great video thanks for sharing Jeff and Sarah. Safe travels.
@History Hunters when my wife rides with me we get to do things but I usually don't do things on my own, plus a lot of places don't have truck parking lol
Don't be too quick to give up trying to read wooden grave markers. I had a lady friend who was blinded in an auto accident as a kid. She grew up with all the training a blind person gets. Then one day as a teenager her sight came back. I met her as an adult. We went to the Bodie Ghost town. I was saddened that many of the grave markers couldn't be read. She said to let her try. She began to trace her fingers over the wood, and was soon reading the names and dates from the badly weathered boards. It was almost like Spock, of Star Trek, doing a mind meld. It was amazing. I'd love to have someone with that talent go with me to any old cemetery.
Love your story! 👍👍👍
The stitching horse was used for stitching leather.
Camped there way back in college days. Had an excellent geology field trip in that area. Didn't get to see much of Calico during daylight unfortunately as the park was closed when we arrived. There was an old miner playing solitaire in a lantern lit cabin. Was perfectly still. I thought he was real, some in the group thought he was a dummy. Some nitwit tapped the window. We all ran when he chased us! Sounded like our college was invited to never return.... (No vandalism, at least)
"Here lies Lester Moore. Took 4 slugs from a 44. No Les, no Moore" 😉
I’m named after a Cowboy myself and that person is Wyatt Earp and Wyatt is my first name and he stopped all the outlaws in Tombstone Arizona and did shootings at the O.K coral
HI! Gang: What you asked about is a stitching horse. You clamp your pieces of leather in it and then stitch them together. The one you showed is made onto a chair. More recent ones were made with just a single board across the bottom. That way you could stitch anywhere you could find to sit down. The clamp comes up between you legs and helps keep the leather pieces in control. And it is easily adjusted as you progress with your project. It is like having two extra hands, sometimes needed when stitching.
That’s correct, it’s a stitching horse, for sewing leather pieces together.
Visited in the 1960s with my family--it was a lot more rustic back then! Remember a photograph taken of my siblings and I, pretending to burn our hands on a huge cast iron stove in the middle of the floor.
Western nostalgia! 👢👢
The great thing about places like this are the memories associated with them! Thanks for watching and leaving the comment, Rando!
@@jbenziggy Always look forward to your HH episodes, Jeff! Top job! :D 👏👏👏👏👏(Loved Sarah's sass in this one...and she was right about Virginia City's tourist trap status--sad, but true...)
Sundays are always much better with a History Hunters episode . Thank You.
Our pleasure! Thanks Dana!
Jeff would you fulfill my suggestion by visiting the grave of john philip sousa please and you have a sweet caring wife on youtube ♥️
The Knotts have really left their mark on Southern California! How awesome! ❤️
I’m sure he’d be mortified at what it turned into
I went here as a kid. At least im pretty sure this is the place if there is a glass bottle building. There was a cool mine tour and i remember there being some kind of battle reenactments. Also a historic western graveyard. It was pretty cool
I just love Old West ghost towns! So glad Calico was preserved! Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers!💕🥂🎉Just hope that alien beef jerky was made with real aliens😂👽
Thank you so much!! We just received our celebratory Play Button today!
Well, I was employed by San Bernardino county regional park stationed at Calico Ghost Town. If you’re a hunter of history, then here’s some information you might wanna know. Mr. Knott actually grew up in the area and played at the town quite a bit when it was rundown and nobody there. Mr. Knott was able to restore some of the town that had been affected by a fire. At that time he also owned the town because he had purchased it before the restoration. Mr. Knott also owned Knotts berry farm at that time. After the restoration Mr. Knott began taking actual buildings from calico down to Knotts berry farm and that is why there is a town down there called calico ghost town and it’s an old western kind of same thing. Then him, not believing that the town would make much money he donated it to San Bernardino county. After that, there was actually another fire from the candle shop that burned down some of the buildings as well, and the county restored that. There is camping, festivals, ohv, and all of the shops that are out there are run by what is called concessionaires, and they rent the building from San Bernardino county. Nobody owns the buildings, but San Bernardino county. Unfortunately, there’s not a lot of history that the park employees will tell because it’s really kind of turned into a tourist trap. There’s still a lot of history out there and it was a real place during of course the California gold rush, but in reality calico did silver. about 80 million in today’s dollars.
Sunday adventure. My GrandFather plowed Mr Knotts fields back in the day and I worked on the burro/mule ride at Knotts for a couple summers. Good memories. Thank you very much
Very cool! Mr. Knott was one hard working decent man! What an incredible experience!
Wow, I haven't been to Calico Ghost Town in about 40 years. You've helped motivate me to go again.
Thank you for the video, Jeff and Sarah!
Glad to hear it! Check it out next time you’re there!
Thank you so much guys for the trip down memory lane! We have such fond memories of Calico! Gordon’s dad worked as a reserve deputy at Knott’s Berry Farm long ago. We spent many, many hours at both Calico and Knott’s Berry Farm along with the kids. I’m a little teary-eyed so I’ll go for now. Thanks a bunch! Your biggest Tennessee (formerly California) fans! ♥️
Thank you so much for the heartfelt words. Sounds like U2 need to head on back to California but I certainly understand why you don’t. I’m trying to remain positive about California’s future, but it seems like at times it’s going the other way. You guys take care and a beautiful state of Tennessee.
@@jbenziggy ♥️
The kids where wore out after a day there .they loved it .we loved it
Happy Sunday History Hunters! The sun is up in Cheyenne, WY and it may warm up enough to water trees today. While we patiently await the arrival of some much needed warmth, we will stay warm inside with another fantastic episode! Cheers!
May the warmth come soon for you guys up in Cheyenne!
I’m really enjoying more of Sara’s humor and silliness
Oh she’s a card at times! Thanks for appreciating her!
Me too, she was so cute dancing for us. Sarah makes History Hunters even more exciting than it already is. Sarah should be in every episode, she is too beautiful and spunky to miss even one episode!
Jeff and Sarah, History Hunters gets better and more exciting every time I watch it. Have Sarah dance some more for us. She always looks so pretty entertaining us.
fANNTASTIC lOCATIONmAGICAL spot. Thanks for using my Music. An Honor to appear in one of yorr lovely Videos. UIUnfortuunately i had a Stroke last September and can not play at all right noww. . So hearring me poppin u p in your Video is some ggreat Motivation for me to hopefully come back at some point.thanks alot and all the best to you lovely People
Oh man, so sorry to hear that you had a stroke. They can be quite devastating. We hope and pray that you can make a complete recovery. Glad to feature your awesome playing from time to time!
@@jbenziggy thank you very much. It means a lot to me😀
This is so wonderful that Mr. Knot’s refurbished this ghost town! Love seeing the old history kept around for future generations! Calico house is recycling at its best. 😊 Sarah has some serious dance moves! Congrats on 100,000 subscribers! 👍
Calico gets better every year. All things considered it’s in remarkable shape.
Glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for the congratulations! It’s a fun milestone to hit!
@jbenziggy can you do a video on Bodie in Mono County, Ca, its a ghost town
Cup of coffee and History Hunters! The perfect Sunday morning. Thanks Jeff and Sarah😊
Good morning!
I never knew about Calico. Thanks Jeff for the tour. I will check it someday after I'm retire.
How cool was the miner's cabin? Who would have thought that they had 20th Century kitchen designs, way back then? 🤔 No "Belfast sink" style. Was there an outdoor pump, did either of you see?
You do get copper and silver in conjunction, but silver being the most valuable of the two, combined with the "get rich quick" ethic, then they'd mine the silver.
The can-can was playing, but realise that for filming purposes, side to side flicks are better than the kicks out front and into the air.
You have a lovely voice for narrating. I love history. Keep on searching, I can't get enough! 😊😊😊
In my earlier years, I was a tour director on bus tours out of Canada, on our California trips we would stop at Calico on our way to Las Vegas. Such a cool historical place! Thanks for the memories!
My family went to Calico almost every weekend when I was a kid cause we lived in Barstow. Great times. I still have plenty of photos from the 90’s. I still go around the holidays Halloween and Christmas. Hope it survives many more years.
Thanks for sharing!
We visited there in the early 60's and it was not as it is today, however, it was also touristy then, and windy. Fun seeing it again Jeff. Sarah, I think you were the only smiling jailbird in that cell.
Sarah you made LOL with your dance moves! Love Calico
She, too, laughed when I sped it up to music! Lol
Some times you just need to dance a jig. 😊
The thing you were asking about is a vise for hold leather while it's being stitched. Shoes, for instance.
Calico is one of our favorite places to visit. We were just talking about going back there for a visit, when the notification came through for this video! Thank you, Jeff and Sarah, for the history lesson - we learned some more details we didn't know about!
Excellent as always, Jeff and Sarah. As kids going on road trips with mom and dad on what seemed like every weekend, I very much recall visiting Calico back in the mid 60's. We also visited Rhyolite, Nevada which had more than one if my memory serves me right. Then, much later as a Hollywood High Schooler, I often went up over the Santa Susana Pass in Simi Valley to visit a cousin and would stop by to say hello to Gran'ma Prisbry at her Bottle Village. Just a real sweetheart of an old lady. I would always stop to grab a bag of chips or cookies to give her. There are some VERY sweet people out there who don't have much but light up the lives of everyone fortunate enough to know them. Gran'ma Prisbry was one - may God bless her soul. Great episode Jeff/Sarah!
Very fascinating place. Appreciate you taking us on the tour of the place! Great Video Jeff & Sarah!
Hello Jeff and Sarah, wow!!! Your travels brought back so many memories of traveling with Grandma! We went to Calico so many times in my youth while living in Fontana, CA ! I absolutely loved going there! First we would visit Calico for a couple of hours then drive to Dagget, CA to visit Sister Meyers who was a missionary to the Native Americans who lived in the area and also In Arizona. Her and her husband, until he went home to heaven , and until she passed served tirelessly on the reservations for their entire lives. She was sold out to Jesus!!! Jeff thank you for the outstanding video I enjoyed very much! As always you guys are the best! Wether it’s our editor or historian you always show us what America was and should be! Tom in Ceres
Very interesting. I loved your dance Sarah!💃🏼
Wonderful memories Jeff and Sarah I remember it was 1962 I was 6 years old riding in the backseat of my Sister and Brother in laws Corvair with my nieces going to Calico being a kid it was so much fun a great memory of my dear sister taking us for a day of exploring. The connection to Knotts Berry farm still exists. The farm was free back then boy I’m getting old I need a nap😂. Thanks you guys rock!
Very cool! Thank you so much for the nice words. Sarah and I were just talking yesterday about riding in the back of a pick up at about how long it has been. Those were the days, weren’t they?
Lol I went there from my childhood on... 60s, 70's and on until I left So Cal in 03. I also remember when there was no admission fee, you parked where Camp Snoopy was later built and tame chickens roamed the parking lot. I also went to the grand opening of the Independence Hall/Liberty Bell exhibit. I've been to Knott's many dozens of times. Mrs Knott's Restaurant was my mom's favorite. I was very fond of it also. Almost had a job there in maintenance back in the early 80's but it did not pan out... so I went and got a job at D Land! Do you remember the Alligator farm across the street? Also Japanese Deer Park a couple miles away...
I was there once about 50 years ago I always wanting to go back. Thank you, Jeff you save me a trip.
No desire now? Lol
I ❤️how America has kept so much of its history in tact instead of bulldozing it down and digging it up. So many beautiful buildings and towns all over the country still. Well done USA for preserving your history. Thanks Jeff and Sarah ❤️Jodie 🇦🇺
Thanks for watching but to be honest, a lot of our history has been bulldozed or just neglected to the point that buildings rot and fall down. I cringe when I see all of the Hollywood landmarks that have been razed, like the Brown Derby restaurant and the Carthay Circle Theater. I'm always glad when it can be spared and restored.
@@jbenziggy I’ve never been to America Jeff, I was going off all the u tube videos I’ve seen.
Seems to be a lot of history preserved there, so it is a shame to hear that a lot is also being taking over with new developments. Still think America has done a lot better than we have here in Australia.
Seems that we are all not just losing our history but our identities. Jodie.
Awesome happy Sunday Jeff and Sarah
Thank you Racca! One of our longtime viewers!
@@jbenziggy very welcome
Another fond childhood memory brought back courtesy of Jeff & Sarah. It's an interesting apostrophe to the Walter Knott legacy. Thanks,Jeff & Sarah
Former SoCal gal here, fun to see places my parents and I either visited or whizzed past on the way to other places. Thanks for your content.
Our pleasure!
Loved this one Jeff, I would so love to go there. Thank you Jeff and Sarah
Thankyou Both Very much!
Be Safe, HEALTHY and keep on Going!!!
Love these Ghost town History vids! Aswell as ALL History and Old BoneOrchard content.
Cheers and please be well.
ZACK DANIELS ~
Thank you, Zack! We appreciate the friendly wishes! We wish you health and happiness! Jeff & Sarah
Thankyou both,
Godbless ~
That brings back memories! I’m almost 60 now. The last time I visited Calico, I was probably 12 or 13 years old.
💃 Sarah is quite the dancer.💃 Those old towns of are so cool. Thanks for showing. 💃
Thanks for watching!
Professional 😊
CONGRATULATIONS ON 100k SUBS!!! Next stop, one million!!!
Thank you so very much. We are so excited that we have reached 100,000 subscribers. 1 million would be nice but I think that would take a long, long time.
I was there in my youth and would love to go back
Watch, enjoy, repeat. God bless you, Jeff and Sarah.
God bless you too, Carolyn!!!
So Sarah and Jeff! It is so good to see both of you. Thanks for inviting me along on an interesting and fun outing it's always fun to be with you too, and I appreciate it!
Our pleasure! Thanks Connie!
I just love all your videos!! Congratulations on reaching 100K!! It's well deserved. 👏
Thank you so much!! We appreciate the support!
I remember Knott's Berry Farm when I was a little girl I am from Fillmore California we moved from there in 1972 it is really cool to see it again thank you so very much I haven't seen this place since I was 7 years old
Thanks for another interesting history lesson. Thank you, Sarah for the entertainment in the video.
When I lived in California I went to Calico on several occasions. It is beautiful and I love it.
Another great video. This makes me want to see places that I passed and didn't know about. I'm glad that people are trying to keep the older history alive.
Well said! Thanks!
Enjoyed the luaghter on the walk round Very good video and very interesting Thankyou Jeff and Sarah
Thanks 👍 If you're delighted, we are happy about that!
Good to see Calico as it is now. I was there in the late 60's and was a little touristy but now much more. If Knott had not rebuilt it there would just be splinter of wood and rust from tin cans left so thank you Mr. Knott.
Another great fun and educational history video. Thank you Jeff & Sarah. Great way to spend my Monday lunch time, watching the weekly edition of History Hunters!
Thanks again! Did you mean Sunday lunchtime?
@@jbenziggy Nope, Monday. It is now 11:49 Tuesday here. 😅
@@WayneKline oh yeah! I forgot where you live! Lol
Great California activity. Lots of fun.
Thanks for visiting!
Love love love these stories and history of the Old ghost towns. Wonderful presentation.
Glad you enjoyed! Thank you!
Had the pleasure of visiting the town twice.
Cool town, love the dance
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I remember coming to this town in the late 50's as a kid when in was truly a ghost town. You had to climb stairs up to the town from the parking area below. After I was married and had children of my own we visited a couple of times but by then it was so commercial that it took away from the "ghost town" feeling. I haven't been back since.
My family and I visited Calico 3 yrs ago. Really enjoyed the town and especially sharing history with my children. Did you happen to eat at the 50's diner across the highway? Very cool experience. Always enjoy going to Knots Berry Farm as well. Bless Mr. Knott for having the wisdom to save the old town of Calico, and bless you and your gorgeous wife for sharing your journeys with us!
Thank you Jeff and Sarah for another fun video. I really enjoyed seeing that old Calico town and I'm a history buff myself so thank you so much.
Our pleasure!
Thank you for the tour Jeff! I haven't seen there in many years and it's good to see it again. I remember buying popcorn from that very cart. Lol
Very cool! The place probably hasn’t changed much, has it?
@@jbenziggy
Thank you for the reply.
It looks pretty much the same, just a little older. Brings back a lot of good memories.
Jeff and Sarah, the Bonnie and Clyde of historians, another fun video
The Bonnie and Clyde of history? LOL. Thanks, Little Joe -- I think. LOL
Congratulations🎉😊on getting 100,000 Subs. You always do a gr8 job.
Thank you so much!! Much appreciated Philip!
I grew up camping there and the surrounding canyons, I even went to Death Valley Helen’s birthday party, so many awesome memories with all the people, Popcorn & Tumbleweed ❤
Blasted by 100's of times and never checked it out.
Thanks for taking us !
Any time! Thanks for your time watching!
I like looking at old ghost towns. Even if some of it is touristy. Thank you.☮️💖🎶
I'll likely never get there as I'm always in a hurry to get to or from someplace, so I enjoyed this tour with you two. I'm a bit like Sarah in that I love visiting Virginia City when I visit my family in Tahoe, but it seems less commercialized when going in an off-season with fewer tourists!
Growing up in Pomona we visited Calico Ghost town as a young boy. Thanks for the memories.
I wonder if it had changed much. I know a fire did destroy some buildings a while back which night account for the vacant places.
Thanks Jeff
Hey Sarah
Nice to get out of town once in a while, just remember you can't come back unless you leave.
Central California watching
Jeff, I'm so excited. A number of years ago, we went to Calico Gold Town. I'm from New England, so I don't often see personally, the interesting places you bring us. I recall how mobbed it was the day we were there. Thank you so much for this wonderful video, in every way, Jeff and Sarah. 👏🤠👏☀️
100,000 so well-earned subs🎊👏🎉
Good morning...... Sunday morning is special. I have my special chocolate flavored coffee while watching a well-researched informative video from History Hunters. Thank you for this treat.
Good morning! Enjoy, Norma!
Enjoyed, Sarah Jeff 😊
Wow another fantastic episode showing some history of Calico, 😊😊😊😊
Thanks for making this episode on Calico! I enjoyed it. I always liked going to Calico, also a big Knott's Berry Farm fan.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great tour Jeff and Sarah! I love looking at those old western towns.
Us too! Thanks so much!
Grew up in Orange County and when I was a kid we’d get a tour of Ghost Town at Knott’s Barn to learn about the early settlers. I was younger than 10 years old when my parents took us out to Calico Ghost Town. We got a tour I’m thinking from a park ranger but not sure. There weren’t any gift shops, just the old buildings.
Ghost town that restore interester and thanks to the history and for the free tour around
One of my Absolute favorite places to go!! Thank you for doing it proud!!👍👍
Our pleasure!
I have been there in the the 1970s.Expected meet Doc Holiday doing the dental work! Great watching Sarah having fun there, she is a real explorer. I worked and lived in Buena Park in the 1960s. Alot more realistic than it was later.
So now we know that Sarah wants her nooks and crannies washed for 10 cents, and she's a great dancer, lol. Great episode, guys. You almost had Sarah show us her buster Keaton impression when she almost fell😂. Never a dull moment when both of you are in an episode.
Om I been going there since I was a kid I'm 64 now Mr & Mrs Knotts always sent us Christmas cards the were beautiful
Wow, nice mementos! Did you save those cards?
I really enjoyed seeing this video. I actually was there about 11 years ago but I got a lot more info from watching your video. I couldn’t walk around the town very well because of arthritis in my knees. You all completed the experience for me!😁 Thank you so much!🤗❤️
Hi Jeff and Sarah thank you for sharing a wonderful video of your trip to calico ghost town next time I am in that area I would love to see that place. I like seeing places like too. It more interesting to see in person than reading about it. I have really enjoyed seeing knotts berry farm of course I have been there three times and it was nice to see Sarah in the video and I always miss seeing her when she not in the video looking forward to next Sunday for the next history lesson god bless you and Sarah love ❤️ and blessings Larry June and Laurie
Good to see you back Sarah.
Thanks Dave!
My dad has home movies from the 1960s when him and my grandparents visited Calico.. such a fun looking place.
Great memories! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Jeff. As always a fun time following you. 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it!!!
Thankyou Jeff and Sarah😊 I enjoyed this video. Calico was definitely alot of fun and the history was great . I love to wander through places like this . 😃❤😃
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hello Jeff & Sarah, Happy 🌞 Sunday Thanks for sharing this story and history. Have a wonderful day.
Our pleasure! Thank you Charles! Have a great and productive week!
Thanks again Jeff and Sarah enjoyed your episode may you and Sarah have a wonderful week God bless you and your family sending you love
Thank you, Bruce! Blessings to you, too!
The girl can dance! nice job ALL stay safe thank you
Thank you!
Thank you Jeff and Sarah for this video
You are welcome, Harvey!
You and Sarah are great thank you I grew up in grayson And Sonora and live in mo. Now I really mis it and your videos do mg heart so well. Like the powers cave on mid seven the I rode my Yamaha 125 up and down all ov we there.❤
I always enjoy tagging along with your adventures. I haven’t been to Calico in years but I do travel to Barstow once a month to work on the military base nearby. Thank you!
Thanks! Happy to hear you liked it! Are you in the military or a military contractor?
A contractor…..
Sarah~ I loved your dance!! 😂 💕
Thank you!! 😁
Haven't been to Calico since '09. Time for a return visit.
Great video ! Thank you. We just made camping reservation last night for this coming weekend to experience their California Days. After seeing your video , I’m more excited to see everything in person.
When I visited there were loads of people. I think there was a campground nearby too. Clog dancing for entertainment. My 10 year old (at the time) and I enjoyed the old place. She also got to pan for good. Thanks for the memories, Jeff and Sarah.
Visited there a couple times in the 1960s. Thanks for the memories!
Another cup of nostalgia- has been a great experience. 👍 Thanx.
You bet! Thanks, Red!
Loved everything about this one! Great to see Sarah, funny outtake, loved the music, and congratulations on 100k!!
Can't stop whistling that tune!! 😗
You have no idea how I have been whistling that tune all week! 😂 it is a catchy tune, isn’t it?
Another interesting and educational video. I’ve traveled I-15 several times and never knew about Calico.
You should visit next time!
Thanks Jeff and Sarah! Throughly enjoyed this!
Our pleasure! Thanks for your time watching!
Been by there many times never stopped. Sarah sure can shake a leg lol thanks for the entertainment 😂 great video thanks for sharing Jeff and Sarah. Safe travels.
I sure would hate being close to these attractions and not be able to visit them! Does that drive you crazy too?
@History Hunters when my wife rides with me we get to do things but I usually don't do things on my own, plus a lot of places don't have truck parking lol