The rural unincorporated community of Campo more than an hour east of downtown San Diego has been owned by a Las Vegas investor since the early 2000s.
The rural hamlet, an example of California’s Old West, is a more than an hour’s drive from downtown San Diego, in far eastern San Diego County. The lion’s share of its buildings were built in the 1940s. And it hasn’t changed much since then.
Lucy Thomas, 86, organizes the baby section inside the Mountain Empire Homemakers Assn. Thrift store. A longtime resident of the Campo area, she was not aware the town is for sale. Lucy Thomas, 86, of nearby Lake Morena, has lived in the Campo area since 1940 when her father took a job with the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway. She went to grade school and high school there, and raised children. On Monday, she was volunteering with other women at the town’s thrift shop run but the Mountain Empire Homemakers Association. Thomas said she hopes whoever buys the property keeps the small town feel of Campo, and doesn’t increase traffic.
for around $350,000. The project was approved in 1985 and has been consistently cheaper than other homes in the county.Campo’s claim to fame is that it was once home to the Buffalo Soldiers, the Army’s all African American cavalry unit. The soldiers patrolled the area on horseback until 1944. During World War II, the base there, called Camp Lockett, was also used to house German and Italian prisoners of war.
The building that houses the lumber shop is included in the sale of properties. Bob Marks, who has co-owned the business with his wife, Deborah, for six years, says he hopes whoever buys the property will see the value in the shop. He said no one has talked to him about the sale yet.
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