Unlike other California ghost towns, Eagle Mountain never truly died. A mystery buyer just purchased entire California ghost town for $22.5 million and a new chapter has been added to its history.

Eagle Mountain is a ghost town in the California desert in Riverside County. It was founded in 1948 by industrialist Henry Kaiser. Henry Kaiser founded Kaiser Permanente health care for his workers and their families and the town had fully integrated medical care system.

The town is located at the entrance of the closed Eagle Mountain iron mine, once owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad, then Kaiser Steel. It is located on the southeastern corner of Joshua Tree National Park. Eagle Mountain is accessible by Kaiser Road from Interstate 10 (I-10), twelve miles north of Desert Center.

In 1950s, as the mine expanded, the town of Eagle Mountain grew to a peak population of 4000 residents. It had wide, landscaped streets lined with over four hundred homes, some with as many as four bedrooms. Two hundred trailer spaces and several boarding houses provided living space for Kaiser's workforce. Other amenities included an auditorium, a park, a shopping center, a community swimming pool, lighted tennis courts, and a baseball field.

There were several businesses including a bowling alley, two gas stations, eight churches, and three schools. In the late 1930s, Kaiser built the West Coast's first fully integrated steel mill. In 1942, Kaiser built such a mill in Fontana, California, which is located 112 miles west of the Eagle Mountain Mine.

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