Agua Fria - California Ghost Town

LLANO DEL RIO

NAME: Llano Del Rio
COUNTY: Los Angeles
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 3
CLIMATE: Hot summer, cool winter.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Almost anytime... hot in Summer.

COMMENTS:About 20 miles east of Palmdale on S.R. 138.
REMAINS: Rock walls of about a dozen structures.

Llano Del Rio was started as a socialist project by Job Harriman in 1913. By 1914 there were about 500 residents in this utopian commune. By 1917, there were water supply problems and there was friction amongst the residents and by 1918, most people had left and Harriman lost Llano Del Rio to bankruptcy. Today ruins are still spread out just off State Route 138 east of Palmdale.	Llano Del Rio Courtesy Kristen Allsbrook Llano Del Rio Courtesy Kristen Allsbrook Llano Del Rio Courtesy Kristen Allsbrook Llano Del Rio Courtesy Kristen Allsbrook Llano Del Rio Courtesy Kristen Allsbrook

Llano Del Rio was started as a socialist project by Job Harriman in 1913. By 1914 there were about 500 residents in this utopian commune. By 1917, there were water supply problems and there was friction amongst the residents and by 1918, most people had left and Harriman lost Llano Del Rio to bankruptcy. Today ruins are still spread out just off State Route 138 east of Palmdale.

Llano Del Rio
Courtesy Kristen Allsbrook

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