This land is your land — until a foreign mining company wants it,” writes the owner and caretaker of a historic 19th-century mining town in Inyo.

CERRO GORDO - Until recently, the site of Cerro Gordo's first hotel and post office along the Sangamon River held nothing but a cornfield. Now relatives of the man who built that long-ago landmark ...

CERRO GORDO, Ill. (WAND) — Cerro Gordo Fire Chief Brian Schoemperlen is retiring after 15 years with the department, the town's Fire Protection District announced on Saturday. Schoemperlen ...

When the well-known LA Times journalist Louis Sahagun walked up to Cerro Gordo in the Inyo Mountains in California, he found Brent Underwood looking at the pile of wood sticks and ashes that was once ...

After years of failed starts and collapsing plans, the City Council is signing another development agreement to bring a hotel to downtown Mason City. At Tuesday night’s meeting, the Council will vote ...

Cerro Gordo Ghost Town located in Death Valley is ... This 1868 town site includes: the American Hotel built in 1871, the 1904 Bunkhouse, and the Belshaw House built in 1868.

At its most populous the California mining town of Cerro Gordo was home to around 4,700 ... and years later construction of a hotel is underway in the abandoned mining town. Brent said the biggest ...

From left, Dylan Davis, Eli Corpus and Mark Aubert will be key to success for Cerro Gordo/Bement football this fall. College/Prep Sports Reporter CGB Group Photo side by side From left ...

Cerro Gordo County Public Health ... out of the house while lead paint is being removed and will stay in a local hotel for the 10 to 14 days it takes to complete the work. "I'm a stay-at-home ...

“I am also a prisoner of this place.” The former American Hotel in Cerro Gordo, a ghost town nestled in the Inyo Mountains of California. This hotel burned down in 2020, though Underwood is ...

Brent Underwood moved from Austin to the abandoned mining town of Cerro Gordo, California, in 2020. He spent three years living there alone working to bring a relic of the past back to life.

especially with the hotel being built. 'I think 2024 is going to be a big year for water at Cerro Gordo,' he said confidently. Brent has previously spoken about his experiences in the ghost ...