January 30, 2007 Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: Ballarat Ghost Town, Inyo County, California Ballarat Ghost Town is located at the foot of the Panamint Mountains off the Trona-Wildrose Road just outside Death Valley in Inyo County, California   Vi overnattede i Panamint Springs og satte tirsdag morgen kursen mod Ballarat Spøgelsesby. We camped overnight at Panamint Springs and Tuesday morning we headed to Ballarat Ghost Town.         BALLARAT 5½ KM ØST HERFOR LIGGER BALLARAT, GRUNDLAGT I 1897 SOM MINELEJR OG FORSYNINGSCENTER FOR DE GULD- OG SØLVMINER, DER LÅ PÅ DEN VESTLIGE SIDE AF PANAMINTBJERGENE. DEN FIK NAVN EFTER ET KENDT GULD-PRODUCERENDE OMRÅDE I AUSTRALIEN. BYEN HAVDE EN BEFOLKNING PÅ NÆSTEN 500, DILIGENCESTATION, POSTKONTOR, SKOLE, FÆNGSEL, LIGHUS, 3 HOTELLER OG 7 VÆRTSHUSE. DA RATCLIFFMINEN INDSTILLEDE DRIFTEN I 1905, GIK DET HURTIGT NED AD BAKKE FOR BALLARAT. EFTER POSTHUSET LUKKEDE I SEPTEMBER 1917 BLEV BALLARAT EN SPØGELSESBY... BALLARAT 3½ MILES EAST OF THIS POINT LIES BALLARAT, ESTABLISHED IN 1897 AS A MINING CAMP AND SUPPLY CENTER FOR THE GOLD AND SILVER MINES LOCATED ON THE WESTERN SLOPE OF THE PANAMINT MOUNTAINS. IT WAS NAMED AFTER A WELL-KNOWN GOLD PRODUCING AREA IN AUSTRALIA. BOASTING A POPULATION OF NEARLY 500, IT HAD A WELLS FARGO STATION, POST OFFICE, SCHOOL, JAIL, MORGUE, 3 HOTELS AND 7 SALOONS. WHEN THE RATCLIFF MINE SUSPENDED OPERATIONS IN 1905, BALLARAT BEGAN TO RAPIDLY DECLINE. AFTER THE POST OFFICE CLOSED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1917 BALLARAT BECAME A GHOST TOWN... BALLARAT 5½ KM BALLARAT, SOM NU ER EN SPØGELSESBY, FORSYNEDE NÆRLIGGENDE MINELEJRE FRA 1897 TIL 1917. DE PRODUCEREDE NÆSTEN EN MILLION I GULD. FÆNGSLET & NOGLE FÅ ADOBE-RUINER STÅR TILBAGE. SELDOM SEEN SLIM, DEN SIDSTE BEBOER, BLEV BEGRAVET PÅ KIRKEGÅRDEN I 1968. HER VAR EN SKOLE, MEN INGEN KIRKE. POST OFFICE SPRING 400 METER SYDPÅ ER HVOR BRIER-SELSKABET, NOGLE JAY HAWKERS & ANDRE GULDGRAVERE KOM TIL, DA DE SLAP UD AF DEATH VALLEY I JAN. 1850. KL. 3 SØNDAG MORGEN DEN 22. MARTS, 1908, ANKOM EN BIL I VERDENS LÆNGSTE VÆDDELØB, EN THOMAS FLYER, TIL BALLARAT. DEN VANDT VÆDDELØBET FRA NEW YORK TIL PARIS, OG KØRTE 21470 KM PÅ 169 DAGE. BILEN STÅR NU PÅ HARRAH'S MUSEUM I RENO. BALLARAT 3½ MILES NOW A GHOST TOWN, BALLARAT SERVED NEARBY MINING CAMPS FROM 1897 TO 1917. THEY PRODUCED NEARLY A MILLION IN GOLD. THE JAIL & A FEW ADOBE RUINS REMAIN. SELDOM SEEN SLIM, ITS LAST RESIDENT, WAS BURIED IN BOOTHILL IN 1968. IT HAD A SCHOOL BUT NO CHURCH. POST OFFICE SPRING ¼ MI SOUTH IS WHERE THE BRIER PARTY, SOME JAY HAWKERS & OTHER 49ERS CAME IN THEIR ESCAPE FROM DEATH VALLEY IN JAN. 1850. ON SUNDAY MORN AT 3 AM, MARCH 22, 1908, A CAR IN THE WORLDS LONGEST RACE, A THOMAS FLYER, ARRIVED IN BALLARAT. IT WON THE NEW YORK TO PARIS RACE, COVERING 13,341 MILES IN 169 DAYS. THE CAR IS NOW IN HARRAH'S MUSEUM IN RENO.

Ballarat Kirkegård ~ Ballarat Cemetery   CHARLES FERGE "SJÆLDENT SETE SLIM" GULDGRAVER 1889 - 1968 "MIG ENSOM? NEJ, FOR FANDEN! JEG ER HALV PRÆRIEULV OG HALV VILDT ÆSEL" CHARLES FERGE "SELDOM SEEN SLIM" PROSPECTOR 1889 - 1968 "ME LONELY? HELL NO! I'M HALF COYOTE AND HALF WILD BURRO"     Owen & Lance venter på os ~ Owen & Lance waiting for us

BALLARAT BLEV FØDT I ATTEN SYV OG HALVFEMS EFTER OPDAGELSEN AF RADCLIFF MINEN I PLEASANT CANYON DEN VAR OPKALDT EFTER DEN BERØMTE GULDGRAVERBY I VICTORIA AUSTRALIEN DEN VAR ALDRIG EN SÆRLIG STOR BY DEN FORSYNEDE PANAMINT VALLEY OG DEATH VALLEY SOM FORSYNINGS- OG FORLYSTELSES CENTER FOR MINERNE BALLARATS FARVERIGE LIV EBBEDE UD MED LUKNINGEN AF POSTHUSET I 1917 BALLARAT WAS BORN IN EIGHTEEN NINETY SEVEN FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF THE RADCLIFF MINE IN PLEASANT CANYON ITS NAMESAKE WAS THE FAMOUS GOLD CITY IN VICTORIA AUSTRALIA IT WAS NEVER A VERY LARGE TOWN IT SERVED PANAMINT VALLEY AND DEATH VALLEY AS MINERS SUPPLY AND RECREATION CENTER BALLARATS COLORFUL LIFE EBBED WITH THE CLOSING OF THE POST OFFICE IN 1917         Fængslet ~ The Jail             Vi fortsatte mod Death Valley ad Trona-Wildrose-vejen over Emigrant Pass. We continued toward Death Valley along the Trona-Wildrose Road over Emigrant Pass.

Camping Information We camped overnight at the Panamint Springs Resort RV Park. They charge $30 per night for full hook-ups, $20 for water only. We got 10% off for having a AAA card. We were impressed with the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff. Facilities: Restrooms with hot showers Restaurant Small convenience store Propane sales Fortsæt turen ~ Continue the trip More Ghost Towns Here More Historical Sites Here More Deserts Here More California Travel Information Here YESTERDAY A BIT LATER ON