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  2. List of ghost towns in California - Wikipedia

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    Town Other names County Latitude/Longitude Founded Abandoned Status Remarks Agua Fria: Mariposa: 1850 1862 [1]: Barren [2]: Truly was abandoned after a fire burnt down the town in 1866.

  3. Fort Ord - Wikipedia

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    Fort Ord is a former United States Army post on Monterey Bay on the Pacific Ocean coast in California, which closed in 1994 due to Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) action. . Most of the fort's land now makes up the Fort Ord National Monument, managed by the United States Bureau of Land Management as part of the National Conservation Lands, while a small portion remains an active military ...

  4. List of former United States Army installations - Wikipedia

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    California Camp Anza; Camp Callan; Camp Kearny; Camp Kohler [2] Camp Lawrence J. Hearn; Camp Lockett; Fort Humboldt; Fort MacArthur; Fort Mason; Camp McQuaide; Camp Santa Anita; Camp Seeley; Camp Stoneman; Camp Young [3] Castle Air Force Base; Desert Training Center; Fort Baker; Fort Ord; Fort Point; Fort Tejon; Fort Winfield Scott; Fort Yuma ...

  5. Eagle Mountain, California - Wikipedia

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    Eagle Mountain is a ghost town in the California desert in Riverside County founded in 1948 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser.The town is located at the entrance of the now-defunct Eagle Mountain iron mine, once owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad, then Kaiser Steel, and located on the southeastern corner of Joshua Tree National Park.

  6. Hazardous Air Force base that potentially poisoned thousands ...

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    A former Air Force base responsible for potentially exposing hundreds of thousands to toxic chemicals is now a desolate wasteland that has remained abandoned in California for 32 years.

  7. Camp Grant, California - Wikipedia

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    Camp Grant is a ghost town in Humboldt County located on the South Fork Eel River 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Weott and 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Dyerville. [1] It was originally settled by Northern Sinkyone people, followed by a Union Army camp and later a logging and railroad support settlement for the construction of the Northwestern ...

  8. Military Base Closures and the Towns They Leave Behind - AOL

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    In addition to empty buildings and abandoned property, the military often leaves behind extensive environmental damage. The Air Force and Navy both rank among the nation's top 100 polluters , and ...

  9. Slab City, California - Wikipedia

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    The camp had fully functioning buildings, water, roads, and sewage collections. The base was used for three years during the war. [5] By 1949, military operations at Camp Dunlap had been greatly reduced, but a skeleton crew continued on until the base was dismantled. By 1956, all buildings had been dismantled, but the concrete slabs remained. [5]