Branson City or Branson is a
ghost town
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* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
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in
San Diego County
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California
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It lies at an elevation of 3996 feet.
It is located on State Highway 78 at its junction with Pine Hills Road, about one mile west of
Julian.
History
Branson City was founded in August 1870 by a lawyer, Lewis C. Branson, west of Julian, along
Coleman Creek, in the Julian Mining District. Branson City had a store, saloon, and a dance-hall, and also a post office from August 19, 1870, to October 13, 1870. Julian being closer to the
lode
In geology, a lode is a deposit of metalliferous ore that fills or is embedded in a fissure (or crack) in a rock formation or a vein of ore that is deposited or embedded between layers of rock.
The current meaning (ore vein) dates from the 1 ...
gold being found in the hills farther up stream, supplanted Branson City, which was also more exposed to the elements than Julian and it soon disappeared.
[Leland Fetzer, San Diego County Place Names, A To Z; Sunbelt Publications, Inc., San Diego, 2005, p.15]
References
Former settlements in San Diego County, California
Populated places established in 1870
Ghost towns in California
History of San Diego
1870 establishments in California
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