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Lexington, California, is a ghost town in Santa Clara County, now submerged by the Lexington Reservoir. Originally located along Los Gatos Creek, the town was 550 feet above sea level. [2] Lexington started out as a sawmill built in 1848 by Isaac Branham and Julian Jank.
Alma is a ghost town and drowned town in Santa Clara County in California, United States. It lies beneath the waters of the Lexington Reservoir above Los Gatos. The location is latitude 37.18N and longitude 121.98W. It was 551 feet (168 meters) above sea level. [1] There are two different possible origins for the name of the town.
Some building foundations in the ghost towns are also visible at times. [11] The photo at right shows a bridge across Black Creek, built in 1926. The bridge, along with a few house foundations from the towns of Lexington and Alma, were exposed in 2008 when the reservoir was drained for dam maintenance.
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Truly was abandoned after a fire burnt down the town in 1866. Agua Mansa: San Bernardino: 1853 After 1862 [3] Barren [4] Declined slowly after the Great Flood of 1862. [3] Alma: Lexington [5] Santa Clara
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