Building A Hotel In A Ghost Town (3 Year Timelapse)
Ghost Town Living
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Living in an abandoned ghost town, trying to bring it back to life. Cerro Gordo was established in 1865 and went on the be the most prosperous silver mine in California's history. At it's peak, over 4,500 miners called Cerro Gordo home. Nearly $500 million worth of minerals were pulled from the hills. Law enforcement wouldn't go to Cerro Gordo and miners were expected to solve their own problems. This led to over a murder per week in it's heyday. Once the silver and water ran out, most packed up and headed out. The town has sat mostly abandoned for over 100 years. My hope is to breathe life back into this town. My goal one day is to allow more people to come and stay overnight. Restoring an abandoned ghost town with no running water is a long process with many ups and downs, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. This channel is dedicated to tracking that progress.
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Hello there! This is a video I dreamed of for a very long time. The American Hotel has risen from the ashes and is now framed in. Losing the original hotel was one of the most devastating days of my life and made me question the entire project, my life's path, and more. But thanks in big part to the support of this channel, we are seeing the American Hotel stand once again. Thank you all so, so, much for all the support over the years. 2024 is going to be the best year yet at Cerro Gordo, and I can't wait to share it with you all! Special thanks to each and every volunteer who came up here over the past few years and put work into this place. This wouldn't have happened without you. Another special THANK YOU to Kyle and Andrew at Southern Sierra Framing. They did amazing wood work raising this thing. My time up here has taught me so much and I have another very exciting announcement to make - I wrote a book! I have been working on this for almost two years now and I am SO excited to finally announce it. I put my put my heart and soul into this thing and really dug deep on making sense of these past 3+ years living up here. The book has all sorts of new stories, insights, and history of the town. I think it’s the best content I’ve ever made. If you've ever got anything out of this channel, I hope you'll consider pre-ordering the book. It is a HUGE way to show support for everything going on and would mean the world to me. Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Town-Living-Purpose-Chasing/dp/0593578449/ Barnes & Noble (Signed Copies!): https://bit.ly/3QrzoYb BooksAMillion: https://bit.ly/3tNaUks BookShop.Org: https://bit.ly/3rZb5bN Available in all formats - hardcover, e-book and audio: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709605/ghost-town-living-by-brent-underwood/ If you do pre-order the book before March 1, 2024 I have some special bonuses for you: - Buy 1 book and get unreleased pages from the book and an unreleased full video of some of the best mine exploration I've never shown. - Buy 5 books and I'll send you a signed page from the draft manuscript for you to have. - Buy 10 books and you'll get an invite to a VIP party / tour of Cerro Gordo, hosted by me at Cerro Gordo, in April of 2024. - Forward all receipts of the book to: [email protected]. For more behind the scenes photos, check out my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brentwunderwood/ Merch! Cerro Gordo t-shirts and more: https://store.cerrogordomines.com/ Mailing Address: PO Box 490, Lone Pine, CA 93545 For shorter videos from around Cerro Gordo, check out my second channel: @ghosttown2 THANK YOU!
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