Cerro Gordo / Cecile Page Vargo and Roger W. Vargo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vargo, Cecile Page., Author.

Vargo, Roger W., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cerro Gordo (Calif.)--History--Pictorial works.

Cerro Gordo (Calif.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By the last quarter of the 20th century, Jody Stewart and Mike Patterson found themselves owners of the rough and tumble camp that helped Los Angeles turn into a thriving metropolis because of silver and commercial trade. Cerro Gordo found new life, second to Bodie, as California’s best-preserved ghost town.

Contents:

A mining town is born

The Gordon family album

Tram it up

Of mines, men, mules, and machinery

Gone to the ghosts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 126).

OCLC:

885207793