Your grandfather,we called him Andy back then baptised one of my daughters.. When I left US Gypsum I was making $3.50 per hour. I was part of the blue birds, went to Sunday school. However, you can see a bit of Eagle Mountain by looking at the Youtube videos of Top Gear shows that are filled there, pulling down shells of houses, racing through streets, riding down mountainsides. amnesia for a week, shook it off, went back to work. YES BAD BAD MEMMORIES. For the next 15 years the small town would enjoy a small resurgence. What a crap hole. It was like an oasis in the desert. I miss it and the people. I would almost rather see it demolished outright than just left to rot. And I had a good life there not saying it was perfect at all times but it was a good life. I went to work at Eagle Mt. As I remember your Mom so well Erben, she was a grand lady. I had my first motorcycle at age 12 and was driving by then as well, Is this the Dennis Pointer who served in Nam with Boyd Brown. Is there an industry that would suit Eagle Mountain and keep it alive? "When we got to Eagle Mountain they were still building the houses. Eagle Mountain, a town filled with fond memories. I could go to the first gulley by myself, but my brothers had to be with me if I went to the second one. ð ~Dawn (Hamilton) Duval. WOW YOUR THE CLOSEST PERSON IVE FOUND THAT WAS CLOSE TO SAME YEARS WE LIVED THERE BUT MY MEMMORIES HERE ARE NOT OF HAPPY TIMES. I even remember the earth quake .what a scare, I lived here from 1978 to 1983. We were taken to a place Trading pop bottles in to buy penny candy. I always described it like an oasis in the desert. It appears like it would be one hell of a road trip and camp out/BBQ on a long fall evening. No one can tell us that EM wasn’t the best little community to live in… Of course, we weren’t there in the years that followed, but many of our friends kept up posted on the changes, deaths, move in and out of families, and the work itself. Eagle Mountain Casino uses Third-party vendors and distributors. It still looked is a ghost town. effect. Eagle Mountain Casino's relocation is approved by Tulare County. It didn’t occur to me until many years later, ð I miss our town. Jack and I spent a lot of our days off, when we didnât need to go to Gemco in Indio for groceries, 4-wheeling out in the desert. Eagle Mountain, CA refugees has 1,766 members. My grandfather was Harry Creveston who began working there in the early 50’s. The mine produced a steady supply of iron ore for 25 years until the 1970s, when environmental concerns started curtailing mining operations. We had one teacher in a class room for two grades. We shot pictures of the school and houses from the fence line, but when we walked too far away from our car, the guard came out and made sure we knew he was there. The only building still in use is the Eagle Mountain School, located outside the fenced area, which provides education for children in ⦠again, we got out and walked a for a little, coming up on Indian writings I remember you.. Our dog Shang bit you in the stomach because you took his favorite rock! One is a Suburu versus a Yamaha bike. There were two Irma Garcia’s, one in the 7 th grade and myself a senior. I’m the youngest, and I’m 62 so it’s been yrs, the last time i was there though was 13yrs old so that was 1967 and i stayed with Shirley and Les CaHill for 2 or 3 week’s my folks let me ride back with them in there jeep and they were both Drunk they even drank while we were driving back there we lived in San Bernardino they were visiting us it was the best time i ever had they both gave me money every morning, Byrine and i would meet me and we would be gone all day, ya i looked her up when i went back. I have so many memories there. My siblings and I spent many summers there and have wonderful memories of it all! And read your post. Hi guys…been a long time since I heard ether of those names. that’s about all I remember my mom was tonia west step dad larry west my aunt was Dorothy mcatlin my uncle was curt mcatlin. My father worked there as well in the 60″s my family lived in indio till a house came up for us, there was 5 of us kid’s, we had some Really good friends Cahills Les and Shirley they had a son his name was Lester also. Hi all.former worker,welder mech,tool room, Scoutmaster,fireman,4h,ect, helped build play ground ,raised 36goats in pen for meat and milk, a Morgan horse,peanut the poney.Kaiser got shut down by the EPA by a 13 million fine . Really sad. Our neighbours were the Gains, my best friend was Calvin. He has since passed, but we were married for almost 40 years. still standing. Unfortunately things weren’t working out but that’s another story. in Eagle Mtn. the station wagon rolled along, a noticed many scorpions on the ground My family lived there for my entire childhood, 1966-1983. I am surprised to hear a town I actually used to visit Even when prisoners would escape..and they did they would go straight to the pumping plant…there was even a time one stole a work van from the inside and crashed it into the big gate to get out….they would call us and inform us of the escapee so we could protect ourselves..then there would be helicopters flying over like mad. The Eagle Mountain pumped storage facility is a $2.5 billion construction project, forecasted to generate 4,310 full and part-time jobs and $328 million of annual income for California residents. 23, ⦠Renewed hope for the landfill plan came in August of 2000 when Eagle Mountain received EPA approval as a refuse site. They are clueless. My Indio is the place 60 miles away, but to someone who now lives in a much bigger city, I realize that was not so far away, Diana, I am a former resident as well. Thier was some tragic moments of love ones passing but not of dark nature, not to cover up any dark spots but to keep the history true of great moments in my life and a place i called home and a little slice of heaven. 200 from what I remember. Los Angeles and Fontana have long since signed contracts with other waste management sites, leaving Eagle Mountain looking for a host industry once more. Hello, keith i remeber you and had a great time being your friend.Going to school together and playing sports what a great time growing up. Hah Hah! Sincerely, Aaron Hall, I grew up in Eagle Mtn. Mike Owens here. Calif while the mine was in full operation. I think! In 1960 Kaiser built us a church. The Eagle Mountain Mine of southeastern California (fig. Did it ever occur to you (or to any of us for that matter) when we lived there that having the elementary school right across the road from the tailings as a somewhat unsafe idea? I joined my fellow siblings in the plea not to go. PART OF ME DIED OUT THERE . I remember everyday @ 3:55 the sirens would warn us of the dynamite blast. My parent’s Albert and Gloria Glosch all of us Kid’s there was 5 of us Phyllis, Joyce, Marie, Paul, and me Della. My dad seemed to know so many people from swimming, photography & other things he was involved in. I lived there for a couple of months also. Would love to hear from you all again! God Bless You!!! in Sept. of 1953. a spirit entered into the dummy and it became animated at times as people Check flight prices and hotel availability for your visit. debating whether or not to take a 2WD on a very bad road. There are treasure troves out there of Indian life, and modern the trampolines they installed @ the elementary school. My ex husband Dennis Jent drove a dump truck as well in the early 80’s, we left in 82. it Wheelers Rock. Hi there! It appeared as a That would only make it harder for those of us who call this our hometown to ever get to go in even on a very limited guided basis every few years. Kaiser founded the town of Eagle Mountain in 1948 with the intent of setting up an open-pit mining operation for the iron ore. and the members left, scared. Email me, at irma.gott@yahoo.com, My brother was in your class, Brian Owens. Very sad that this town is in such bad condition without much hope of improvement. go out for a hike to see even more Indian heiroglyphs. Byrine and I started Kindergarten and graduated together. Of course I had to tackle this one ð https://sometimes-interesting.com/2012/08/20/accidental-bodies-of-water-the-salton-sea/. I knew your dad, but I’m not sure I knew any of the rest of you. I was there from 1963 until 1970. Cheers! I don't to research and remember these places. I have always felt like I was the luckiest girl in the world to have grown up in such an amazing little Camp. Wish you have a wonderful life now! I didn’t know everyone’s name but their faces were familiar to me so I did feel safe. Early on the RecHall was where we all took turns having our worship services. My whole adult life still feels a connection to the people that I knew in Eagle Mountain, and it always will. like the Top Gear episode mentioned previously.The only part of the site that is accessible is the Henry J. Kaiser school at the far Southwest end of town. purposes. I’ve thought of you also. It’s remote, quiet, guarded and hard not to be noticed. The climb was for the very skilled. The United States has many ghost towns scattered throughout the West. The 1,232 sq. Golf Courses Golf Practice Ranges. Always feeling safe in our little camp. The mining produced iron ore for 35 years before lawsuits shut operations down. We lived in Eagle Mountain in the mid ’60 my dad Maurice Richard worked as a “boss” in the mines. as I gazed out the window. 1140 Eagle Mountain Dr , Big Bear City, CA 92314-9487 is a single-family home listed for-sale at $339,000. I can confirm there is a guard and full time maintenance person who occupy the buildings at the Southeast corner on Kaiser Road, and they can see your car coming up the road from more than a mile off. I always felt like we were very blessed to have that experience in the Oasis, like you said. Baseball games, football games. Just saw your comments Barb! The grass would stink for awhile but then it would turn to a beautiful green. My grandparents lived there for years with my mom and her sister, Harry & Gertrude Creveston were my grandparents. Find 35 photos of the 1140 Eagle Mountain Dr home on Zillow. IN 1979 I WAS 1 OF 2 GIRLS KIDNAPED FROM THIS SMALL TOWN. A rich iron ore deposit brought Henry Kaiser (of Kaiser Steel and Kaiser Permanente fame) to the area in 1948. We moved there in 1972 till 1982. Effective Nov. 24, Eagle Mountain City will follow guidelines for the high transmission level of COVID-19 on the state index. Great foundations were built there!!!! I loved the swimming pool in the hot summer & our air conditioning unit would be set @ 70 degrees all summer long. Very different from an old town that just died off when the ore gave out. I lived there from 1975 to 1984. No, no one else who didn’t live there could possibly understand. Although I remember a few bad things happening (forgive me I was to young to remember names) an older woman stabbed her husband in Desert Center and covering him with baby powder, my aunt & Uncle owned a station/watering hole in Desert Center, she was robbed and the man hit her in the head with a claw hammer, she wore wigs for a long time…these things were few and far between….I remember walking to school, picking pomegranites, going home for lunch, a trip to the mine got to stand by the truck my dad drove, heck the wheel itself was twice as big as my daddy was, the shopping center…we lived directly across the street from it at one point there on Main street, the bank that sat on top of the hill, with the steep walkway, my cousin and I was riding a 10speed dwn the walkway into the parking lot, she decided to go the opposite direction, busted my head open, Dr. Smoot fixed me up..for some reason I remember him…lol…Eagle Mountain will always be home to me…unless you lived there I don’t think you could comprehend the serene peace that follows most all of us, the true sense of enjoying our childhood, no fear of being kidnapped or anything like that, we just lived. Eagle Mountain is very much a ghost town with rows of mostly empty houses It;s not treehuggers, so much as ore prices: http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=iron-ore&months=60. I am teary-eyed after reading all these posts. The Eagle Mountain Mine and Plant is a iron mine located in Riverside county, California at an elevation of 1,499 feet. It was almost a magical time and place, those who lived there miss it for those reasons. My family (Jimmie & Gwen Giles, me-Di Ann, my young sister Connie & my brother Randy) moved to Eagle Mountain Jan.1960 we lived with my grandparents (Floyd & Iris Anderson) on the 900 block for 3 months until we got a 3 bedroom house on the 400 block. Wish I had more pictures of when it looked really nice to show people. Total production was about 120 x 106 short tons of ore; yearly production reached 9 x 106 tons ⦠Did you live there? Lots of booze and weed !! They called With China’s rising demand, this mine might reopen. No going home for the holidays either. JR, are you the brother of Ken Langford? It was, I believe, a magical place to grow up. I love thinking about the many parades we had (church, school & community). It was a great town to grow up in and a very safe place for children to be raised. It could only be seen at a certain angle and you had But Eagle Mtn will always be home. Despite no longer having industry and thus no source of income, several stayed behind in Eagle Mountain. You could walk all over the whole town without worrying about people being mean. You are missing the whole point bully bob. 75 students from K-6 grade. I searched for the Bicycle rim of Wheeler Rock and got a three second I do remember it did snow a couple of times & turned our little camp into a winter wonderland. Another decade later, the lawsuits still continue to keep the project from progressing. To those traveling through the Amargosa Valley of California/Nevada, Eagle Mountain (or Eagle Mountain #2, as it's also known) stands out as an impressive island in the middle of a vast sea of flat desert. Hi Keith, I agree. Uncovering the history of the abandoned, forgotten, and unexplained. knew where they were, I kept asking were they might be. Arnold Jent must have come later, after we left in ’72. The roads are all paved, but no care is taken to repair I heard many a story about my father’s employment with Kaiser Steel, and I appreciate the corroboration by all… Wish I had found this website and postings sooner! I lived around Eagle Mountain and worked there from early 1974 to August 1976. I may have been young but the memories I have will stay with me always. until you got to 6th then we had one teacher in a class room with 6th 7th and 8th graders. I remember my neighbor chuck gaines, I can’t find him anywhere on internet. problem, it busted open burying our friend alive in mud. People will never understand the freedom we had as kids. There isn't really much From 48 Eagle Mountain attractions, Yelp helps you discover popular restaurants, hotels, tours, shopping, and nightlife for your vacation. I remember your mom and she was a great librarian, scorekeeper, person. A small correction to the article; is my understanding the resources were far from depleted and depletion of resources was not the cause of the actual shutdown of the mine. You should look into it! I had a crush on a new boy in the 7th grade (there was no way I would tell anyone my deep secret about the crush) but 10 years later I married that 7th grade crush. I remember sneaking into the locker rooms of the gym…it was so spooky. Our friends worked There were sand dunes, white, clean, very hidden. Something changes in 2012 where it essentially went from “free escorted access” to having to get a permit at some outrageous cost because they now see it as having commercial potential for movies and TV (e.g. The roads are all paved, but no care is taken to repair them. There were a lot of them at that time. It was a small building but, The tables were metal, there were metal sheets covering the five or six However the rich iron ore deposits were over fifty miles away, accessible by train via the Eagle Mountain railroad. Unfortunately a series of budgetary cuts in 2003 would see the prison closed. Unfortunately that visit sort of fell apart. I too loved there for a short time and loved it. It is not accessible to the public, has a fence and guarded gate at the road leading into town. As life gets in your way, it becomes difficult Now just a fenced off ghost town, it's slowly decaying, frequented only by the small security staff that watches over it. My best friend there was a guy names Jack Towne. And only now, I notice your “Map it!” link. ME TO . We saw “Sound of Music” in Palm Springs. I am trying to find information regarding history CANT EXSPLANE ALL I KNOW IS I HAVE TO WALK THAT PATH I WALK THAT DAY. ” PART OF ME IS STILL THERE” I HAVE TO GO BACK, I REALY NEED TO CLOSE THAT DOOR. Maybe you can help me. Now Nancy Shorter she married Tommy in 1973. I still have lots of good memories from that place, even though it was âout in the booniesâ. Or Lester CaHill parents Shirley and Les? L. Halsey, I wanted to let you know that I visited Eagle Mountain in full swing You have to establish a connection for access. Browse the most recent Eagle Mountain, California obituaries and condolences. Even the larger trees were uprooted and sold. My family owned the shopping center till 1979 when my mother(Pat Statler) and step father(Ken Statler) divorced. If you are on Facebook, please look me up. Get directions, maps, and traffic for Eagle Mountain, CA. Hi Lenita. Eagle Mountainwas not done, however. It was said that I miss my hometown. My mom, Evelyn worked in the payroll office with my aunt Margaret and my dad, Bill was a heavy equipment lead mechanic on the primary crusher while my uncle. went to use the restrooms. Byrine next then Barbara and Donna the youngest. All of us kid’s are old now my oldest sister Phyllis was 69, she just passed away ? We lived there for a few years maybe till the mid 70’s. I could go on and on about my memories there, I miss it so much! has been revived. Would be great to find all my old class mates. to know what to look for. Eagle Mountain, California, is a modern-day ghost town in the California desert in Riverside County founded in 1948 by noted industrialist Henry J. Kaiser.The town is located at the entrance of the now-defunct Eagle Mountain iron mine, once owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad, then Kaiser Steel, and located ⦠I STILL REMEMBER MY Step father John Gray coming home after a hard day work from the mine. untravelled. Eagle mountain is my home. I remember my teacher caught me with bubble gum in my mouth it was a big piece and she made me kneel down on my knees for a really long time and she drew a circle on the chalk board and i had to put the gum in the circle and made me put my nose against the gum all threw recess and during class, i have knee problems today because of her. Eagle Mountain From Lost Palms Oasis Trail Eagle Mountain is the highest peak in the Eagle Mountains, a range of the northern Colorado Desert in south central Joshua Tree National Park. My dad was Richard Carmichael and worked in Accounting. a month). The Richard family, my dad was Maurice Richard. is staffed. I usually never mention Eagle Mountain for the fact that most people have never heard of the place. even an entire week. However, coming over a small hill, we were floored. memories of this area. The friendships that people had, were close friendships. to fly as we packed it in for the day. Unlike most ghost towns, Eagle Mountain still has a firehouse that I have been wanting to make a trip to see EM and it looks like this summer will be it. They lived on the corner of the main street coming into town and Smoketree Dr. right across the street from the LDS church and next door to the Eller’s. ð IM STILL LOST OUT THERE. Eagle Mountain Casino is not responsible for any intentional or non-intentional technical issues arising from said vendors/distributors. I rented a trailer there from a lady named Mrs. Boohheim. I’m his younger sib Mike. My boyfriend was James Nelson (passed about 2012?). Our new football fields w/ new lights & a birds nest where I could see my dad taking pictures. There is a bond between us that were blessed enough to grow up there. Celebrate and remember the lives we have lost in Eagle Mountain, California. By 1980 only 750 workers remained at Eagle Mountain. My Oldest Sister Margaret Day was Homecoming Queen and Miss Eagle Mountain. In 2011 Eagle Mountain was reportedly dealing with the final lawsuit. I know all of them, Jackie passed away several years ago, she was the oldest. Numerous environmental lawsuits would hold up the project, and after fighting litigation for nearly a decade, the private ownership group finally gave up in 1999. Premium members have access to Google dynamic maps. The answer might just be surprising. Our friends Something pulls at my heartstrings when I think of her now and I feel melancholy when I hear the name Eagle Mountain. Three years later, hope for the struggling town would improve; in 1986 the Department of Corrections proposed placing a private prison on the land. big brushy bush and shhok their tails for all they had near the trail. For now, it seemed Eagle Mountain was once again doomed to be a ghost town. I only lived there for four years, (1964 – 68), but it has always been home to me. Hi. If our parents knew we were swimming in deep mud holes we had found in the desert they would not have been very happy. and responded to Eagle Mountain several times on emergency calls. Do you remember seeing one in this or other ghost town? No we can’t forget those incredible teachers that came to us, commonly fresh out of school, provided a glimpse of the outside, and grew with us. ____; kids Sandra, Danny, Jerry, Edward, and couple of others that I don’t remember their names. Best of Eagle Mountain: Find must-see tourist attractions and things to do in Eagle Mountain, California. I lived there from 1975 to 1982 I worked in tire shop and on conveyor belt crew. The plan of the Tule River Indian Tribe to move their Eagle Mountain Casino from the Tule River Reservation to a 40-acre site near the municipal airport in Porterville, California was approved by the Tulare County ⦠We, all, miss the desert, Eagle Mountain, & the people we shared life with there. He had survived several big blue lake. Im a Verizon employee.I have to go to Eagle Mt from time to time to maintain the phone service to the former Eagle Mt High School(now k thru 8th grade).Verizon still has a central office in the town,so I get to drive thru town past all the old houses,churches and business.It really is a ghost town now and I always wonder what it was like to have lived there in its heyday and after reading all the posts on this site it sounds like it was a great place to live. #1 Eagle Mountain, California Settlement Updated: 2020-04-23 Eagle Mountain, California, is a modern-day ghost town in the California desert in Riverside County founded in 1948 by noted industrialist Henry J. Kaiser. This is an 18 and over Casino. He would miraculously Lived in EM from 1966 to 1983. I loved living there and all the friends we made. I remember attending most of the churches with my friends. I graduated in 1977, I loved my high school, and the teachers were awesome. I met some amazing people there had some awesome friend and met the love of my life there. Those were big adventures for me. We lived there 1960 to 1964. If you were found right away, you might face a criminal complaint. Eagle Mountain has the distinction of being one of the countryâs best-preserved modern ghost towns which is why it ⦠anyway I could keep going…I sure miss it there. Too bad we can’t go see the old house though. observed motorcycle riders, racing up and down the dunes. Susie, when your Uncle Bill Schroeder was married to Marilyn , my ex-husband Iggie Grywusiewicz and I used to go flying with them all the time, we were pretty close friends. Like you, Erben, I never heard of any kidnapping. He worked @ Eagle Mountain for many years. My brother andre was part of a baseball team. We It’s sad to say 50 years later it has become a Ghost Town ! Numerous attempts to bring industry back to revitalize the town have tried, and failed, to resurrect the old mining site. 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