If you want that too, we would deeply appreciate your contribution to our work in any amount. Everyone who makes a monthly donation will get access to exclusive bonus content. Although ghost towns are common in the rough and tumble California desert, Cerro Gordo stands out with its lethal legacy. During its 1870s heyday, Cerro Gordo, or 'fat hill,' was a rollicking silver town of 4,800 people and 1,600 mules, ruled by the six-gun. Dotting a rugged slope in the Inyo Mountains are the remains of one of early California’s great engines of prosperity. We love making Endless Thread, and we want to be able to keep making it far into the future. California ghost town famous for riches and rowdiness prepares to welcome guests. (Courtesy Brent Underwood) Cerro Gordo's newest residents: Tofu, Bubba, Bucket, Elon, and Senorita Juanita. (Courtesy Brent Underwood) A peak into the old silver mine at Cerro Gordo. (Courtesy Brent Underwood) Robert Desmarais, Cerro Gordo's caretaker. (Courtesy Brent Underwood) The winter of 2020 at Cerro Gordo, CA. (Courtesy Brent Underwood) The sun sets over Cerro Gordo, CA. (Courtesy Brent Underwood) Cerro Gordo's lack of light pollution makes for a breathtaking night sky, Milky Way and all.
(Courtesy Brent Underwood) Cerro Gordo circa 2018 (Courtesy Brent Underwood) The saloon inside the American Hotel at Cerro Gordo, CA. The American Hotel at Cerro Gordo, before and after the fire that burned it down in June of 2020. There's more information about helping the town rebuild HERE. To see more pictures of Cerro Gordo, check out and on Instagram. A BBC story on Robert Desmarais, the town's caretaker.The New York Times' coverage of the purchase of Cerro Gordo in 2018.This petition is one of 34 petitions in the movement Save historical buildings and structures.Learn. But he thinks back to "memento mori" - everything dies, so what does he want to do with the time that he has? Preserve the historic Cerro Gordo mining ghost town. (Courtesy Brent Underwood)įrom dealing with a lack of running water at Cerro Gordo to getting snowed in there during a global pandemic, Brent has had no shortage of challenges so far. Brent Underwood, co-owner of Cerro Gordo, CA. Look at this ghost town for sale!" Within the month, Brent, his business partner Jon Bier, and a handful of friends-turned-investors had purchased Cerro Gordo for $1.4 million with a plan to revive the town for visitors while preserving its history. When the town was put on the market in 2018, Underwood - founder of the hostel HK Austin - got a message from a friend that joked, "I know you're looking for a bigger project. During its heyday in the mid-late 1800s, it's believed to have produced half a billion dollars worth of silver, adjusted for inflation. It refers to the inevitability of death, which is fitting given that Brent owns something that died long ago: a ghost town.Ĭerro Gordo, California is an abandoned silver mining town tucked between the tallest mountain in the continental United States - Mount Whitney - and the lowest point in North America, Death Valley. The old Latin phrase "memento mori" is a favorite of 33 year-old Brent Underwood's.
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