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  2. Ballarat, California - Wikipedia

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    Ballarat is an unincorporated community in Inyo County, California. [1] It was founded in 1897 as a supply point for the mines in the canyons of the Panamint Range . A quarter-mile to the south is Post Office Springs, a reliable water source used since the 1850s.

  3. Panamint Valley - Wikipedia

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    The ghost town of Ballarat is located in the Panamint Valley about three miles east of Trona Road, near Happy Canyon. [1] The Panamint Springs Resort, on Highway 190 west of Panamint Valley Road near Rainbow Canyon, provides the only lodging, dining, and gas in the area. [2] The former Epsom Salts Monorail crossed the valley on a wooden trestle.

  4. Category:History of the Mojave Desert region - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "History of the Mojave Desert region" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total. ... Ballarat, California; Barker Dam (California ...

  5. Cerro Gordo Mines - Wikipedia

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    In 2013, an episode in the series Artbound entitled "Agh20: Silver and Water" features Cerro Gordo's role as a source of silver for the nascent film industry in California. Cerro Gordo, the Belshaw House, and the Inyo Mine are featured in the season 19 episode of Ghost Adventures titled "Cerro Gordo Ghost Town", which aired in 2019 on the ...

  6. George Robert Johnston - Wikipedia

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    George Robert Johnston (1954 – 2004), better known as the Ballarat Bandit or John Doe #39-04, was a Canadian-born burglar who gained nationwide attention as he spent the last several years of his life hiding from police in Death Valley National Park, California, United States.

  7. Category:History of Inyo County, California - Wikipedia

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    National Register of Historic Places in Inyo County, California (19 P) Pages in category "History of Inyo County, California" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.

  8. Victorian gold rush - Wikipedia

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    Fossickers in the Nerrena Creek outside Ballarat. The Victorian Gold Discovery Committee wrote in 1854: The discovery of the Victorian Goldfields has converted a remote dependency into a country of worldwide fame; it has attracted a population, extraordinary in number, with unprecedented rapidity; it has enhanced the value of property to an enormous extent; it has made this the richest country ...

  9. Territorial evolution of California - Wikipedia

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    Before 1768: An enlargeable territorial map of California tribal groups and languages prior to European contact within the modern day borders. Before 1768: An enlargeable map of the world showing the dividing lines for; Pope Alexander VI's Inter caetera papal bull (1493), the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), and the Treaty of Saragossa (1529).