For the longest time I could never figure out why this area and the property I live on seemed to be so haunted. Last night I got a history lesson. I guess your never too old to learn history. During the Ghost Town tour, I got sent back in time. Almost like being sucked into a time machine. I found out that the street that I live on is Indian Burial ground for one...that's not good. The Indians once inhabited this area all along my street. Also, people have found many arrowheads in the dirt around here too. Not far from my house, within walking distance about 30 yards is a hill where two young boys stumble upon a cave in the side of that hill. When they both entered the cave, they came up on two small skeletons of young children. Which later turned out to be two small Indian children from the area. Then I also found out when the Flume was being constructed back in 1905, chinese men were hired to help build this flume ( and flume is a large canal use to carry a large amount of water) after completion of the flume, these chinese men were all shot dead and burried in a mass grave at the base of this hill. Then later as years pass, the bones were discovered by local men who were just looking around the area for minerals. The mass grave was uncovered. This was all taking place during the California Gold Rush. I was always wondering why this area seemed to be so haunted. As the park I manage has so much activity of the spirit world. I still a major history project to do on this valley and to do some serious research. I need to know more. If you would like to see what the area of  Lake Isabella and Bodfish are all about. Just visit http://www.lakeisabella.net/silvercity/

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