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CALICO, etc!

Welcome to the Harry Oliver archive! But there's more here than just HO/DRSB stuff. Below are a few images of Calico and other ghost towns, various (south)Western humor and lore, and related goodies.

We need your contributions of memorabilia, images and texts to fill in the holes. [hint, hint...] Join the Desert Rat Scrap Book discussion group and post or upload your treasures there.   Enjoy —Ric

CONTENTS:
• Knotts & Calico Stuff
• Calico History Photos
• Calico Color Postcards
• Calico Prints & Weights

ALSO:

• Fine Misc. Goodies
• More Misc. Goodies
• 49er Image Gallery
• back to HOFC index

Walter Knott and his Ghost Town theme parks in Buena Park and Calico reinforced many of the popular images and storylines of the Old West. As I accumulate more such images, they'll reside here. Stay tuned.

The following Calico / Knotts images were contributed by Dave Thompson (MANY THANKS!!) whose young face appears in some - and when I get that damned Round Tuit I'll append his emailed notes to each one. I promise! And I'll append attributions to all the contributions, soon as I get straightened out.

These Calico images were scanned from an 1960 CALICO PRINT broadsheet produced by the Weights (see below) for Knott. Read the text! (excerpts here)

Harold and Lucile Weight emitted vast amounts of material on the Old West. Their periodical CALICO PRINT (published in TwentyNine Palms) (no connection to Knott's Calico Ghost Town) was a treasure trove of historical nuggets, and I'll be looking for these and more. Meanwhile, here are a few covers: