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Chloride
Chloride [1] is a self-proclaimed "living ghost town" in Northern Arizona.
Culture and History
Dating back to 1862 and once a silver mining boomtown (hence the name, from "silver chloride") with 2000 residents, the mining pretty much dried up by 1944 and most of the town along with it. Chloride todays hosts about 250 people, many retired, and subsists on a trickle of tourism. If you want a taste of the Old West without any tacky commercialism, this just might be your ticket.
Travel to Chloride & Visa Requirements
Chloride is off Highway 93, 18 mi north of Kingman, Arizona on the road to Boulder City and Las Vegas. Turn at mile marker 53 onto Mohave County Route 125 and drive for four miles.
Tours & Getting around Chloride
Chloride can comfortably be covered on foot.
Chloride attractions and sightseeing
There is a mine shaft open to tourists on odd days. The desert landscape is fairly beautiful and quite serene, and provide a perfect backdrop to this little piece of americana. No other major tourist attractions.
Chloride city tours
Chloride souvenirs & shopping
- Free Spirit Mercantile, [2]. Locally made wire-wrapped jewelry.
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This page was last edited at 09:51, on 14 January 2008 by Daniel Hansson. Based on work by Jani Patokallio.
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