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| Coordinates:34°39′54″N116°09′07″W / 34.66500°N 116.15194°W /34.66500; -116.15194 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | San Bernardino |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 252961[1] |
Ragtown was amining town, now aghost town, in theMojave Desert,San Bernardino County, California, United States. John Sutter found gold in theBagdad-Chase area in about 1898.[2] Ragtown was also the site of theOld Pete Mine.[3]
Ragtown, existed just north ofStedman, California (Stedman was established first, and Ragtown's development was closely related to Stedman's) on Bagdad Chase Road. Ragtown's name was derived from the many tents that served as its residents sleeping quarters, as well as its infamy as ared-light district, as a ragtown was another word for that.
Ragtown is classified as a cold desert under theKöppen climate classification.
Little remains of Ragtown except a few building foundations, a trashmidden, and a boulder-lined dirt road, as well as the Old Pete Mine.[4]
A plaque in memory of this historical place is installed byE Clampus Vitus on May 3, 1981, about six miles south ofLudlow, California.[5]
The plaque reads:
- Site of Ragtown and the Buckeye Mining District
At this location, Ragtown stood as a part of the once-booming "Buckeye Mining District". One mine in the district, the Bagdad-Chase, discovered by John Suter in the 1880s, was to become the largest single source of copper and gold in San Bernardino County. The owner, Benjamin Chase, built the Ludlow and Southern Railroad, just west of here, to carry ore to theSanta Fe Railroad in Ludlow.
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