San Bernardino County Regional Parks will commemorate the 5th annual California Days event at Calico Ghost Town over Presidents Day weekend on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event focuses on the historic lives of the mining settlers in Calico and their contributions to California through silver and borate mineral mining.
California Days will feature family games and activities, including pony rides, gunfighter shows by the Calico Mountain Volunteers, historical reenactments, educational displays on the Pony Express, State Flag and Butterfield Overland Trail. You can even bring your furry friend and enter the Dorsey Doggie scavenger hunt to win a prize. There will also be a live burro corral to see how miners transported silver and borate through the hills.
There will be live music performances by The Storytellers, The Blue Henrys, and Holy Crow Jazz Band as well as the High-D Boys, Orange Town Revival, Mojave County Band and Blacksmith Boys.
Other entertainment includes the Victorian Muse Theatre/Guns of Cajon Pass at the Town Hall and classroom reenactment sessions from the 1880s at the schoolhouse as well as some Wild West street skits performed by the “Scoundrels Alley” Calico troupe Pico Pistolero. The Calico Print newspaper will also be running a Valentine’s Day scavenger hunt on Sunday. Free copies will be available in the Calico House Restaurant.
There will be food options and beverages for attendees at the Calico House Restaurant, Silver Rush Burger and Lil’s Saloon. All the Calico attractions will be open, including Maggie Mine and the Calico Oddessa Railroad.
Calico will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Prices are $10 per adult, $5 children ages 4-11, and 3 years and under are free. Calico Ghost Town is located at 36600 Ghost Town Road in Yermo. Attractions are an additional charge. For attraction prices, visit www.calicoattractions.com or the Calico Attractions Facebook page. For more details and a daily schedule of events, visit parks.sbcounty.gov/calico-california-days.
