'From this Mountain' was written by my father and his good friend, Robert Likes. I grew up with the stories of Cerro Gordo. Thank you for featuring their work.
I was up at Cerro Gordo in 1980 as a side trip to doing geologic studies in Darwin. I met Jodi and she was the most gracious women. I dont remember much about the trip but I never forgot Jodi and her hospitality. You would have loved her. Just a fresh, straightforward and enjoyable woman. May she rest in peace. Would like to come back soon. Thanks for the memories.
I am a French guy I have 21 years old I don’t speak English very well. But know that if one day you need someone to help you for 2 or 6 month that’s something I’d really want to do, The history of this town is incredibly interesting and I am in love with all your work and what you’re doing here. Je te souhaite une excellente continuation, et je continuerais à suivre ton histoire. Thanks for your work.
old lady. but if I make it another year through all this mess, would love to go to california, meet up with my grandson and stay at the newly constructed hotel for a few nights. haha, sit around a camp fire while someone strummed a guitar quietly in the background listening to tales of the town. rooster wake you in the morning.
just be sure to bring supplies, including drinking water. aside from that, seems like a cool place to escape from the rat race. ., but theres probably lots of mice lol. :D
As an Asian American it’s refreshing to see early Asian American history recognized and affirmed. Particularly in frontier/western American history. Thank you for speaking up about the presence and importance of the Chinese miners in Cerro Gordo’s history! Big fan of the channel already - this definitely cements my support for the great historical work you’re doing.
@@lorriecrow7872 Sure, as indentured servants, trapped here by financial bondage and threats against their families back home without any legal protections or even recognized as citizens much less people.
Brent, I just want to say that I admire your efforts in keeping the history alive in Cerro Gordo. My Father was a Geologist who visited there quite often back in the 1990's when he was investigating fault lines in Owens Valley. He was a friend of Jody's and when I was about 15 years old I used to stay up there with him sometimes. Jody was a great lady and so full of life. I feel very fortunate to have met her. I remember staying in the bunkhouse a couple times and my friend and I got to stay in the American Hotel all by ourselves for a night. Needless to say, we had some interesting experiences while staying there. Even though I am 40 years old now, I still recall having some great memories from my childhood there, and I hope all goes well with your ventures in preserving the town.
We agree. This beats being a doctor, lawyer or banker for sure. We'd love to enjoy the silence up there. And the big sky. Take care from two UK subscribers.
great to hear you mention and pay respect to the Indigenous peoples of the lands Cerro Gordo rest on. i had commented on other videos wondering about that, so thanks!
Consider developing swells around your area using rocks locally. When it rains/snows it can help concentrate moisture and retain it in the soil. Just a thought.
I was thinking something similar. With all that snow that you get there, surely your could build your own lake up there and use it for the town water supply!? Just a thought! Love your videos and content. I wish you the best of luck from Australia. 🤗🙂
@@margaretkeay97 I've thought the same thing, rain/snow water catchment but saw a TH-cam video of the old caretaker giving a tour and he said the dust that comes off the dry Owens lake bed contains arsenic so that isn't an option. The ground water likely contains lead and other contaminates which may be why a previous owner got cancer and died at a young aged late 50's I believe. They thought she may have got cancer from the water.
I've thought the same thing, rain/snow water catchment but saw a TH-cam video of the old caretaker giving a tour and he said the dust that comes off the dry Owens lake bed contains arsenic so that isn't an option. The ground water likely contains lead and other contaminates which may be why a previous owner got cancer and died at a young aged late 50's I believe. They thought she may have got cancer from the water.
@@silverbuyer Thank you for the info. Gosh, errrrgghhh, that's terrifying! Mmm, I wonder if they post notices around up there so people/tourists etc know about it?
@@margaretkeay97 Yes pretty terrifying that any ground water or rain water could potentially get you sick 😷. Have you joined the Ghost Town Living official fan page group on Facebook yet?
well we all have chances everyday, social media will make things look normal which are not, most is fake too, set ur goals on a paper and try reach them in 5 years
An idea - create an area just for star-gazers. Large pad with a compass-rose so they can set-up telescopes. There is one at the national park campground at mount palomar that's always in use.
I am such a history nerd that I absolutely adored this video. Thank you for being so interested in this side of Cerro Gordo. I have been loving learning about it.
I’m so glad that a man with this much passion and integrity bought such a historic town. Could have been a massive development company that just paved over it. The town is now a credit to you!
@@fraterfraxinus6293 Los Angeles is literally lucky to survive Resources were given from all the towns inland and they take the most important thing, water
As a child of the West, a former carpenter, and, now, former History teacher, I find this channel delightful in many ways. I look forward to your progress on the American Hotel.
I noticed you talking about the silver wagons. If you are interested, there is a TH-cam channel Called Engles coach shop. He specializes in historical wagons, coaches, etc. he has made full reconstructions of the Death Valley wagons for Death Valley.
Thank you for preserving a huge piece of history, so much is being destroyed, lost, or forgotten about when it comes to history. History is what gives future generations truth, love, meaning, and a way of guidance. Again thank you, hope to someday make it out thier to see everything.
Out of all the people that could have purchased Cerro Gordo, I'm glad it was you. Someone with such pure passion for history and discovery. Thank you for creating this channel and taking us on the journey with you.
I hate to be that guy, but under his supervision, the most important piece of history in that town was burned down. A building that was standing for over a hundred years was destroyed within a few months of this dude gaining ownership of it.
@@thinbluelinepics5688 That’s why genuine campers express it so much. Here in South Australia we have a last minute combing of the camping area called an EMU BOB. Very fitting.
This is my favorite Cerro Gordo video so far. I used to work at a museum and I was always digging through the archives to uncover some history that may not be significant to the general public, but it was so interesting to me.
Great job telling the story of Cerro Gordo. I live in Los Angeles County and have been there many times over the years going back to the early 1990's. Our camping group used to camp at Conglomerate Mesa and come up from the back side through the Saline Valley. I've also been up from the front side and from the Swansea to Cerro Gordo Trail. In the early years Jody guided us (I have pictures of my friend in the operators chair of the hoist.) In the later years we were guided by Mike and then by Robert the last few times. Last time there was just before you guys bought it. It's a shame about the hotel, hope you can bring it back to it's former glory!
Man, your videos just make me feel so calm and happy when I watch them. It's a much needed feeling these days. Just wanna say thanks, your dedication is obvious, and it's super inspiring. Much love
I’m sure someone has already scoured the premises for coins with metal detectors But still would be fun if he would allow it. But he owns everything on and in the place.
oh, man, if i was only in my 30's again ... watching this and listening to you, i would BEG you to let me come live there ... i could help in a garden, with hotel hospitality, make my stained glass windows, perhaps develop nature program for children to partake .... but i am old now & perhaps my usefulness has waned .... so i just sit here in idaho and daydream ... great channel & series, have enjoyed it all ... thank you, young man!
This channel makes me so happy like it’s so wholesome and inspiring. My boyfriend showed me it when we first started dating and it’s just made me more excited to go on adventures together - little adventures every day and bigger adventures of life together. Thanks Brent ❤️
Just wanna take this time to sincerely thank u for helping to rebuild the hotel. Really love the town and it's history and preserving both is very important imo. Really looking forward to the hotel being rebuilt and to the day I can visit cerro gordo and see the hotel for myself.
You bought your beautiful Cerro Gordo on my birthday, July 13th. I just want to say that you're a true inspiration! I love your videos, your great attitude, calm good nature and your passion for your gem of a ghost town. You are a wonderful historian & motivational speaker and you're my go-to YT channel when I'm feeling stressed... you're that good at what you do! Keep up the good works, I'm hooked on your journey sir. Thank you for all you do for those of us who need a level headed voice of reason in these trying times. Peace & God bless my friend, and a very merry Christmas to you & the kittens! 👼🎄📯
As an anthropologist who especially loves history, thank you so much for making this (and every) video! My husband & I watch weekly from Northern Cali, we hope to visit in the future. Love buying Cerro Gordo merch cause we know it's supporting such an amazing cause & the materials are high quality! Wishing you/the kitties a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year as well :)
Brent, you are an inspiration. I am a history buff and believe very strongly in the preservation and protection of our history. I am renovating an old house in Salt Lake City. She was built about the time of the first boom of Cerro Gordo in 1875. I will see you there in Cerro Gordo some day.
This channel has been a great escape for me during Covid. The history, buildings, and exploration are all wonderful things to think about instead of polarized America. If this channel has helped you, leave a reply or comment. And Keep up the great work Brent!
@@coraldiamond1922 I am sure with his YT following he'll get some tourists come through just to meet him. So sure it will be more lively. Its just entire west is littered with abandoned mines and many of those remote desert areas aren't much of tourist attraction areas. This place will never be what it once was or have same significance to the region, its about this channel and a guys dream now.
We had a town go from around 2000 down to 4, now a new avacado farm, dams and a highway have gone out there and it's back up to over 500 now and growing. It's amazing how things can change hey
In 1975, when I was 12, we moved from Whittier, CA to Kingman, AZ. My older brother and I spent a lot of time exploring old mines around there. It would be great to visit your old town in coming years to see what you’ve done with it! Thanks for documenting the journey.
You are doing a brilliant job so interesting well filmed full of detail documentation, I’m sitting here in 🇬🇧 UK discussing a trip to come to see you with my wife when all of this pandemic is over.. Stay safe & thank you 🙏...
Cerro Gordo is lucky to have you dude. Love the content, been watching for the past few month. Hopefully I can visit one day with my family. All the best from the UK.
The more I watch, the more I want to come. I'm a retired railroader and retired part-time professional photographer and I see a million photographs waiting to be taken!
Love seeing this channel blow up. Not to many thing in 2020 that where awesome here on TH-cam but this is one of them. I appreciate the content you produce for us!.
Thank you so much for the little history lesson! Buying land with history on it is pretty darn awesome. Preserving American history is what keeps us moving forward, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
It would have been Silver Ore, unlike Gold, silver needs to be refined from Iron, copper, zinc, malachite, just to name a few, I have a 10 lbs chunk of Silver Ore from mountains close by, it contains about 60% to 70% silver.. but with Silver being roughly $25 an ounce there is no money to be made from Silver Ore anymore.
A few wall tent accommodations would be amazing, wood bases on the tents with views of the mountains. Love this channel. Keep it up, I grew up in an old mining town. Something amazing about the history of them
@@liamroggenkamp probably. This happened with the comstock lode. Over nearly 20 years they pulled out hundreds of billions of dollars worth of gold but mostly silver. The original claim owners sold out for what was considered to be obscene profits at the time. Selling early was fairly common, since you could quit while you were ahead. It wasnt till later they realized just how big the deposit was.
@@everythingsalright1121 Same thing happened at the famous Empire Mine. Original discoverer sold the claim before it made the huge amounts of money it did.
I think its amazing that someone cares so much they spent as much money as you did on the town. Its crazy how much inspiration it brings. Stay you brother.
Thank you for not sugar coating the history. History is history and should not ever be altered to not "offend" people. History should be used as a reminder.
Supposedly there is a boatload (literally of silver in the lake). A steamer containing Cerro Gordo silver sank when it was a lake and nobody has found it since...
@@GhostTownLiving I believe the lake is owned by the LADWP and is thus probably posted no trespassing. I'd metal detect on and around it if it was allowed.
Mister, you continue to keep it so real and quite fascinating for us who are following your adventure. You narrate so very wonderfully your passion for what you are doing. Mucho Gracious.
I just found your videos over the last weekend. I've had a great time watching them every day. I don't know if you still read comments on videos from the past, but Brent I just love them, and what you're doing, and you. What an inspiration you are.
Than, you so much for the history lesson. A few more pieces of the history have fit into place. But oh so many more need to be filled. Thank you. From a new subscriber.
Loved the old picture of the huge wood burning stove, from the hotel. As I've mentioned, before, my brother and I and several other off roaders came up to Cerro Gordo every Easter weekend, for several years, back in the 1970s. We would put in some time and effort to clean up the stove and then would have a big pancake breakfast, on Sunday. Really great times and lots of fond memories. I live in Arizona, now, but really want to come back up to Cerro Gordo one day to meet you and chat with you. I want to thank you and say how much I appreciate you overseeing Cerro Gordo and preserving and promoting the town. Much appreciated.
Been watching almost from the beginning, and look forward to your updates every week. Love what you're doing and the passion you have for it. Keep it up! One day my partner and myself would love to come from the UK and stay at the town, but Right now we are in the middle of a cross country re-location, and for me, a new career sector in my dream job, after 25 years in the same industry! We keep referring to it as 'chasing our Cerro Gordo' . After all, you gave us the thumbs to do it up in your last video! All the best Brent! Hope you find some denim soon! Ed.
@ghost town living Brent, the amount of respect you show for the land, it's prior inhabitants, and the history reflects great credit upon your character and your family. Your adoption of Cerro Gordo is nothing short of remarkable. I am humbled and inspired by your story, and hope to be fortunate enough to meet you eventually and see your amazing town in person. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us. 🇺🇲
Thank you for preserving this piece of history. I love this area and frequent it often. I've been to Bodie just up the hill. I can't wait to visit and explore a little.
'From this Mountain' was written by my father and his good friend, Robert Likes. I grew up with the stories of Cerro Gordo. Thank you for featuring their work.
That's so cool
You should reach out to him and share some of them!
Hopefully Brent @ghost town living will see this
@@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage me
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Love your content.
Maybe find some Bones?
Hey Brent how’s it going?
Been to Cerro Gordo Springs yet?
Keep doing what you’re doing. Loved last week’s video!
Brent seems such a genuinely nice man,so glad i found this channel.
Me too!
Same
I was up at Cerro Gordo in 1980 as a side trip to doing geologic studies in Darwin. I met Jodi and she was the most gracious women. I dont remember much about the trip but I never forgot Jodi and her hospitality. You would have loved her. Just a fresh, straightforward and enjoyable woman. May she rest in peace.
Would like to come back soon.
Thanks for the memories.
That's really cool that you met her.
I am a French guy I have 21 years old
I don’t speak English very well.
But know that if one day you need someone to help you for 2 or 6 month that’s something I’d really want to do,
The history of this town is incredibly interesting and I am in love with all your work and what you’re doing here.
Je te souhaite une excellente continuation, et je continuerais à suivre ton histoire.
Thanks for your work.
who else wants to spend a week at Cerro Gordo?
old lady. but if I make it another year through all this mess, would love to go to california, meet up with my grandson and stay at the newly constructed hotel for a few nights. haha, sit around a camp fire while someone strummed a guitar quietly in the background listening to tales of the town. rooster wake you in the morning.
me 🙂
just be sure to bring supplies, including drinking water. aside from that, seems like a cool place to escape from the rat race. ., but theres probably lots of mice lol. :D
6 days... just to be safe.
@@TheDanm22 heh... good one.
I think Jody would be pleased that you have the place now buddy.
I hope so!
Love this comment, I think she means a lot to him and I agree with your comment!
Is buddy a diminutive?
@@kjohn5224 it is not
@@LUISga55555 I mean... sometimes
As an Asian American it’s refreshing to see early Asian American history recognized and affirmed. Particularly in frontier/western American history. Thank you for speaking up about the presence and importance of the Chinese miners in Cerro Gordo’s history! Big fan of the channel already - this definitely cements my support for the great historical work you’re doing.
It would be amazing if he could rebuild the China Town!
Would also love to hear more about the history of Asian Americans in this town!
Asians were big contributors to the development of California..
A japanese containment camp is not too far down the road as well.
@@lorriecrow7872 Sure, as indentured servants, trapped here by financial bondage and threats against their families back home without any legal protections or even recognized as citizens much less people.
Brent, I just want to say that I admire your efforts in keeping the history alive in Cerro Gordo. My Father was a Geologist who visited there quite often back in the 1990's when he was investigating fault lines in Owens Valley. He was a friend of Jody's and when I was about 15 years old I used to stay up there with him sometimes. Jody was a great lady and so full of life. I feel very fortunate to have met her. I remember staying in the bunkhouse a couple times and my friend and I got to stay in the American Hotel all by ourselves for a night. Needless to say, we had some interesting experiences while staying there. Even though I am 40 years old now, I still recall having some great memories from my childhood there, and I hope all goes well with your ventures in preserving the town.
This channel is better than anything you could ever find on Netflix or any other mainstream produced documentary.
10 pm in Germany, nowhere to go, this and a beer will make my night
Same :)
Schönen Abend dir 🙆🏻♀️🙏🏻
@@kikki172 ebenso! ✌️
Gute Nacht... 😉
Haha, mir geht's auch so. Prost! :D
Video idea: if possible you should try to reconnect with past caretakers children or grandchildren that would be so cool!
Really cool idea!
That’s so smart!
Great idea
And invite those to the Hotel opening next year.
Yes please this! What a great idea!
We agree. This beats being a doctor, lawyer or banker for sure. We'd love to enjoy the silence up there. And the big sky. Take care from two UK subscribers.
And another (Scotland)
And 1 more from England too
Add another
One from Canada, I would love to help and build something for you one day. Thanks for keeping history alive and sharing with the world!!!
Also in the UK.
great to hear you mention and pay respect to the Indigenous peoples of the lands Cerro Gordo rest on. i had commented on other videos wondering about that, so thanks!
Consider developing swells around your area using rocks locally. When it rains/snows it can help concentrate moisture and retain it in the soil. Just a thought.
I was thinking something similar. With all that snow that you get there, surely your could build your own lake up there and use it for the town water supply!? Just a thought! Love your videos and content. I wish you the best of luck from Australia. 🤗🙂
@@margaretkeay97 I've thought the same thing, rain/snow water catchment but saw a TH-cam video of the old caretaker giving a tour and he said the dust that comes off the dry Owens lake bed contains arsenic so that isn't an option. The ground water likely contains lead and other contaminates which may be why a previous owner got cancer and died at a young aged late 50's I believe. They thought she may have got cancer from the water.
I've thought the same thing, rain/snow water catchment but saw a TH-cam video of the old caretaker giving a tour and he said the dust that comes off the dry Owens lake bed contains arsenic so that isn't an option. The ground water likely contains lead and other contaminates which may be why a previous owner got cancer and died at a young aged late 50's I believe. They thought she may have got cancer from the water.
@@silverbuyer Thank you for the info. Gosh, errrrgghhh, that's terrifying! Mmm, I wonder if they post notices around up there so people/tourists etc know about it?
@@margaretkeay97 Yes pretty terrifying that any ground water or rain water could potentially get you sick 😷. Have you joined the Ghost Town Living official fan page group on Facebook yet?
This man is winning in life frl
Yes!
Yup
Completely agree!!
I agree
well we all have chances everyday, social media will make things look normal which are not, most is fake too, set ur goals on a paper and try reach them in 5 years
An idea - create an area just for star-gazers. Large pad with a compass-rose so they can set-up telescopes. There is one at the national park campground at mount palomar that's always in use.
Thats A Great Idea !!
Wow!!! Great idea!!!
With pretty much zero light polution, it would be a perfect place to stargaze
A great way to observe our flat stationary plane we live in. Great idea
I agree, great idea.
At least you've documented the hotel before the fire nation attacked
oml💀
Lmao gave me a good chuckle
burn the fire nation to the ground!!!
wait......
FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE, FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE, FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE!!!!
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lol
Haha💀
I am such a history nerd that I absolutely adored this video. Thank you for being so interested in this side of Cerro Gordo. I have been loving learning about it.
I’m so glad that a man with this much passion and integrity bought such a historic town. Could have been a massive development company that just paved over it. The town is now a credit to you!
It's quite ironic that Cerro Gordo made Los Angeles what it is, just to have LA return the favour by taking all the water.
Los Angeles is a bitch like that. Cerro Gordo is fortunate that Los Angeles can't write parking tickets up there.
@@fraterfraxinus6293 Los Angeles is literally lucky to survive
Resources were given from all the towns inland and they take the most important thing, water
Los Angeles is a parasite, its sucks the life out the surrounding area and gives nothing but garbage in return.
LA doing what LA does best, suck the life out of everything and destroying whatever is unfortunate to touch it. Cerro Gordo is beautiful, however.
@@d.ag.b1135 Got that right, Now a days it's becoming a communist State.
Hopefully they all get "Ridden out of town or Hung"
As a child of the West, a former carpenter, and, now, former History teacher, I find this channel delightful in many ways. I look forward to your progress on the American Hotel.
I really admire the way you jumped into the deep and decided to make this town relevant again Brent.
I noticed you talking about the silver wagons. If you are interested, there is a TH-cam channel Called Engles coach shop. He specializes in historical wagons, coaches, etc. he has made full reconstructions of the Death Valley wagons for Death Valley.
Thank you for preserving a huge piece of history, so much is being destroyed, lost, or forgotten about when it comes to history. History is what gives future generations truth, love, meaning, and a way of guidance. Again thank you, hope to someday make it out thier to see everything.
Out of all the people that could have purchased Cerro Gordo, I'm glad it was you. Someone with such pure passion for history and discovery. Thank you for creating this channel and taking us on the journey with you.
I hate to be that guy, but under his supervision, the most important piece of history in that town was burned down. A building that was standing for over a hundred years was destroyed within a few months of this dude gaining ownership of it.
@@originalname6367 Considering how it burnt it would have happened no matter the owner.
If camping was available, I’d show up there right after Christmas. I have a Jeep and a four season tent, and I think that would be awesome.
Camping leads to littering, and careless people that don’t pick up after themselves
@@thinbluelinepics5688 what do you think happens in hotels?
He probably would love some company and some help. Email him
@@thinbluelinepics5688 That’s why genuine campers express it so much. Here in South Australia we have a last minute combing of the camping area called an EMU BOB.
Very fitting.
Did you see in his latest vlog where he talks about an area close by that has trees and grass? He wants to have camping and maybe cabins.
This is my favorite Cerro Gordo video so far.
I used to work at a museum and I was always digging through the archives to uncover some history that may not be significant to the general public, but it was so interesting to me.
Great job telling the story of Cerro Gordo. I live in Los Angeles County and have been there many times over the years going back to the early 1990's. Our camping group used to camp at Conglomerate Mesa and come up from the back side through the Saline Valley. I've also been up from the front side and from the Swansea to Cerro Gordo Trail. In the early years Jody guided us (I have pictures of my friend in the operators chair of the hoist.) In the later years we were guided by Mike and then by Robert the last few times. Last time there was just before you guys bought it. It's a shame about the hotel, hope you can bring it back to it's former glory!
Man, your videos just make me feel so calm and happy when I watch them. It's a much needed feeling these days. Just wanna say thanks, your dedication is obvious, and it's super inspiring. Much love
You should metal detect around those houses. I bet you find 1800’s coins.
I’m sure someone has already scoured the premises for coins with metal detectors
But still would be fun if he would allow it. But he owns everything on and in the place.
@@stephenzwemer2905 that’s why he should do it to add to the museum.
And slugs
Oh yeah
oi! u gimme tressur!
You are telling stories I never thought would see the light of day on TH-cam. This is just amazing, it's so interesting.
oh, man, if i was only in my 30's again ... watching this and listening to you, i would BEG you to let me come live there ... i could help in a garden, with hotel hospitality, make my stained glass windows, perhaps develop nature program for children to partake .... but i am old now & perhaps my usefulness has waned .... so i just sit here in idaho and daydream ... great channel & series, have enjoyed it all ... thank you, young man!
Hi, I'm Chris , you don't mind me sending you a direct message, I'd love to talk to you
@@christophermuller3180 sure chris (not sure how dm works on utube)
@@syrahlover thanks, are you on instagram or whatsapp
@@christophermuller3180 no, i don't .... i don't even have a smartphone!
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This channel makes me so happy like it’s so wholesome and inspiring. My boyfriend showed me it when we first started dating and it’s just made me more excited to go on adventures together - little adventures every day and bigger adventures of life together. Thanks Brent ❤️
I love the progression of brents beard throughout the vids.
I'm still coming out in Feb. to help build the hotel. can't wait
Just wanna take this time to sincerely thank u for helping to rebuild the hotel. Really love the town and it's history and preserving both is very important imo. Really looking forward to the hotel being rebuilt and to the day I can visit cerro gordo and see the hotel for myself.
BYOW bring your own water
@@alysonlavergne889 Thanks for the advice
I'd love to see a video showcasing the coolest artifacts you have there. The collections have been glossed over, but a deeper dive would be sweet!
Very informative, well done! Would love to see a metaldetection hunt in the future!
You bought your beautiful Cerro Gordo on my birthday, July 13th. I just want to say that you're a true inspiration! I love your videos, your great attitude, calm good nature and your passion for your gem of a ghost town. You are a wonderful historian & motivational speaker and you're my go-to YT channel when I'm feeling stressed... you're that good at what you do! Keep up the good works, I'm hooked on your journey sir. Thank you for all you do for those of us who need a level headed voice of reason in these trying times. Peace & God bless my friend, and a very merry Christmas to you & the kittens! 👼🎄📯
Oh wow, thank you! I really appreciate that. I'll keep making these. Merry Christmas to you too
Found you on TH-cam while searching for Old West stuff..Addicted mate..Love what you do..Hello from Australia 🇦🇺
As an anthropologist who especially loves history, thank you so much for making this (and every) video! My husband & I watch weekly from Northern Cali, we hope to visit in the future. Love buying Cerro Gordo merch cause we know it's supporting such an amazing cause & the materials are high quality! Wishing you/the kitties a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year as well :)
The Jody moment was pretty cool Brent.
Brent, you are an inspiration. I am a history buff and believe very strongly in the preservation and protection of our history. I am renovating an old house in Salt Lake City. She was built about the time of the first boom of Cerro Gordo in 1875. I will see you there in Cerro Gordo some day.
You should sell all those books in your future stores for everyone to get when they visit
The ghost in the bunkhouse is Jody. She's still taking care of things for you.
This channel has been a great escape for me during Covid. The history, buildings, and exploration are all wonderful things to think about instead of polarized America. If this channel has helped you, leave a reply or comment. And Keep up the great work Brent!
It's weird how a town goes from 4000 inhabitants to 1 like this. Hopefully the town will be a bit livelier in the future.
Not gonna happen. Its just barren desert land all around there with nothing but history.
@@liutasllc6338 well it’s never going to be a mining town again but hopefully there will be a fair amount of tourists that make it more lively.
@@coraldiamond1922 I am sure with his YT following he'll get some tourists come through just to meet him. So sure it will be more lively. Its just entire west is littered with abandoned mines and many of those remote desert areas aren't much of tourist attraction areas. This place will never be what it once was or have same significance to the region, its about this channel and a guys dream now.
We had a town go from around 2000 down to 4, now a new avacado farm, dams and a highway have gone out there and it's back up to over 500 now and growing. It's amazing how things can change hey
PLEASE make the campsites priority!! As an Overlander, I would be there in a heartbeat since I am always around the Inyo area adventuring around.
In 1975, when I was 12, we moved from Whittier, CA to Kingman, AZ. My older brother and I spent a lot of time exploring old mines around there. It would be great to visit your old town in coming years to see what you’ve done with it!
Thanks for documenting the journey.
I love the acknowledgement of the Native American community on the land.
I’m so happy I came across this channel, I can’t get enough of it.
I find this channel interesting, truly a representation of early America and the people that struggled to exist.
More good reads: The Images of America, Lone Pine by Christopher Langley and Western Mining by Otis E. Young Jr.
Isn’t that the mall in Back to the Future?
You are doing a brilliant job so interesting well filmed full of detail documentation, I’m sitting here in 🇬🇧 UK discussing a trip to come to see you with my wife when all of this pandemic is over..
Stay safe & thank you 🙏...
Cerro Gordo is lucky to have you dude. Love the content, been watching for the past few month. Hopefully I can visit one day with my family. All the best from the UK.
I love hearing the Pride in your voice and I love hearing about the history of your town.
It's just amazing, how he stays so positive and motivated every day I adore the videos
Never stop making videos Brent 🥺🥺 love this town and love you even more.
The more I watch, the more I want to come. I'm a retired railroader and retired part-time professional photographer and I see a million photographs waiting to be taken!
It's officially on my bucket list to come here
Thank you for your passion, and keeping the history alive!
I'm so glad I found this channel. Everything is so interesting!
Love seeing this channel blow up. Not to many thing in 2020 that where awesome here on TH-cam but this is one of them. I appreciate the content you produce for us!.
What a great video! Thank you for covering some of the history of CG! Hope to see more and love watching your channel!
your passion for this town makes me tear up. i wish in life i find something that gives me 1/10th the joy cerro gordo bring you brent.
Thank you so much for the little history lesson! Buying land with history on it is pretty darn awesome. Preserving American history is what keeps us moving forward, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Hi, I'm Chris , you don't mind me sending you a direct message, I'd love to talk to you
Have you found a graveyard yet? Would be interesting to see.
My son and I were talking about that today. Kinda funny I’m watching this video for the second time and seeing your comment.
The Halloween video I think he was sitting next to a gravestone at the start
@@bingusaerospace he was
There has to be a graveyard with so many people killed there. Putting sandbags around their bed to sleep and actually wake up in the am.
These videos make me feel like I’m there I really enjoy watching them
Hi Bret, Hi from South Africa! Love the videos, keep them coming, thank you for sharing!
One awesome video young man, your passion for the place is off the charts! Thank you for sharing this with us all.
Great story, and the love of the Town shines trough! - Norway
There is an old legend told of a boat filled with silver that sunk in the owens lake.
It would have been Silver Ore, unlike Gold, silver needs to be refined from Iron, copper, zinc, malachite, just to name a few, I have a 10 lbs chunk of Silver Ore from mountains close by, it contains about 60% to 70% silver.. but with Silver being roughly $25 an ounce there is no money to be made from Silver Ore anymore.
Just think if any one of you have an old US silver coin with an "s" mint mark, that silver could have come from this mine.😁
Sacramento or San Francisco.
@@ddd228 ur mom
San Francisco
@@ddd228 your mom
You are living my dream!! Love your channel and all that you are doing. Cheers from Alberta, Canada!
Great re cap. Love watching videos. Thank you. Great passion. Bless you.
I really appreciate you talking about the indigenous people that lived in Cerro Gordo before it was taken by the settlers.
A few wall tent accommodations would be amazing, wood bases on the tents with views of the mountains. Love this channel. Keep it up, I grew up in an old mining town. Something amazing about the history of them
I'm really curious what happened to Pablo Flores, was he murdered for the land?
he became Pablo Escobar and the Federali's got him in the 80's......
wait.....
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JK, so JK lolz
My guess is that he sold out when offered enough money. A lot of people who discovered famous ore bodies sold out before the mines became famous
@@liamroggenkamp probably. This happened with the comstock lode. Over nearly 20 years they pulled out hundreds of billions of dollars worth of gold but mostly silver. The original claim owners sold out for what was considered to be obscene profits at the time. Selling early was fairly common, since you could quit while you were ahead. It wasnt till later they realized just how big the deposit was.
@@everythingsalright1121 Same thing happened at the famous Empire Mine. Original discoverer sold the claim before it made the huge amounts of money it did.
I think its amazing that someone cares so much they spent as much money as you did on the town. Its crazy how much inspiration it brings. Stay you brother.
Thank you for not sugar coating the history. History is history and should not ever be altered to not "offend" people. History should be used as a reminder.
The most funny thing to me is that up the street from me is Cerro Gordo St in echo park, Los Angeles!!
Same! I was just driving in the area and noticed I was in Cerro Gordo street!
"Infamous bandits. Well maybe not bandits." Lol. That was great.
id find some lake "exploring" also very fascinating, maybe there is some interesting stuff still downthere from the time
Supposedly there is a boatload (literally of silver in the lake). A steamer containing Cerro Gordo silver sank when it was a lake and nobody has found it since...
Yup. Magnet 🧲 fishing and metal detector
@@GhostTownLiving dude, I bet if you dug a bit in the dry lake bed you would find some amazing fossils
@@GhostTownLiving I believe the lake is owned by the LADWP and is thus probably posted no trespassing. I'd metal detect on and around it if it was allowed.
@@GhostTownLiving check it out😍
Mister, you continue to keep it so real and quite fascinating for us who are following your adventure. You narrate so very wonderfully your passion for what you are doing. Mucho Gracious.
I just found your videos over the last weekend. I've had a great time watching them every day. I don't know if you still read comments on videos from the past, but Brent I just love them, and what you're doing, and you. What an inspiration you are.
I just love this! Thank you for the wonderful Los Angeles history. We’ll be there!
Hi, I'm Chris , you don't mind me sending you a direct message, I'd love to talk to you
Than, you so much for the history lesson. A few more pieces of the history have fit into place. But oh so many more need to be filled. Thank you. From a new subscriber.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for checking it out.
Very interesting and put together well. I enjoyed this history lesson. Thank you! I hope all of your dreams come to fruition!😊🙏
History is rarely something to be proud of. Yet its important to remember it and learn from it! Thanks for the videos!
Loved the old picture of the huge wood burning stove, from the hotel. As I've mentioned, before, my brother and I and several other off roaders came up to Cerro Gordo every Easter weekend, for several years, back in the 1970s. We would put in some time and effort to clean up the stove and then would have a big pancake breakfast, on Sunday. Really great times and lots of fond memories. I live in Arizona, now, but really want to come back up to Cerro Gordo one day to meet you and chat with you. I want to thank you and say how much I appreciate you overseeing Cerro Gordo and preserving and promoting the town. Much appreciated.
Been watching almost from the beginning, and look forward to your updates every week. Love what you're doing and the passion you have for it. Keep it up! One day my partner and myself would love to come from the UK and stay at the town, but Right now we are in the middle of a cross country re-location, and for me, a new career sector in my dream job, after 25 years in the same industry! We keep referring to it as 'chasing our Cerro Gordo' . After all, you gave us the thumbs to do it up in your last video! All the best Brent! Hope you find some denim soon! Ed.
I didn't know about Jody. That's really cool you have a recently deceased spirit in town.
Hey Brent! Watching this made me fall even more in love with the place! Love the work your doing.
@ghost town living Brent, the amount of respect you show for the land, it's prior inhabitants, and the history reflects great credit upon your character and your family. Your adoption of Cerro Gordo is nothing short of remarkable. I am humbled and inspired by your story, and hope to be fortunate enough to meet you eventually and see your amazing town in person. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us. 🇺🇲
Thank you for preserving this piece of history. I love this area and frequent it often. I've been to Bodie just up the hill. I can't wait to visit and explore a little.
Your gonna have to write your own book now!
"Up In Smoke: How To Preserve Landmarks"
Recent convert to this channel. Really enjoying it. Great to see the history of the town. Thanks for doing this episode on it. 😎
Next time I want to get out of an uncomfortable situation: “uh.....I need to go see my horse”. And disappear.
Talk to a man about a horse is an age old phrase
I just stumbled across your account and I love it so so much. There's so much melancholy for a time we were not even born yet.
Being from Bishop myself and a Paiute it’s so so so great to see someone actually tell the truth or at least do the proper research 😁