Ballarat, California

The Ballarat Ghost Town

Hamilton Historical Records

In 1897, Ballarat, California, a town that was named after famous a town in Australia that mined for gold, was founded. In 1917, a mere twenty years after Ballarats founding, the town became a ghostown.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a historian and legal expert from Virginia who is related to founding father George Mason IV and President Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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