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Battle of Cerro Gordo

	About Cerro Gordo
		The name was given to the town in 1855 in honor of the early citizens who fought and were wounded in the heroic battle at the mountain pass of Cerro Gordo, Mexico, in the Mexico War 1845-1848.
		The Cerro Gordo volunteer fire department and community ambulance service provide the village and surrounding areas with fire protection and emergency service.
		Cerro Gordo maintains its own school system with a closed campus policy for grades K through 12.
	www.fathill.com /about_cerro_gordo_IL.htm (212 words)

	Cerro Gordo 1 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Cerro Gordo's ore was of such high quality, that, even the Mexican vasos extracted a larger amount of silver than might have been expected.
		Cerro Gordo's silver ingots became a common sight in the city, and were proudly displayed at most hotels and banks, as well as many business establishments along Main and Spring Streets.
		Cerro Gordo was also classified as a "wide-open town" with only a semblance of law and order.
	www.owensvalleyhistory.com.cob-web.org:8888 /cerro_gordo1/page43.html (1114 words)

	Cerro Gordo Mines - Ghost Town
		By early in 1867, tales of the strike at Cerro Gordo had spread to other mining camps and a full blown silver boom had blasted its way onto the new land of opportunity.
		Because of the vast quantities of silver and lead that needed to be transported, Visalia, Bakersfield, Ventura and Los Angeles, all competed for the trade that was developing from the mines at CERRO GORDO.
		Los Uvas is known as Lone Pine and Cerro Gordo is considered to be the one of the best "authentic ghost towns" in California.
	www.cerrogordo.us (439 words)

	Cerro Gordo, CA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Cerro Gordo, CA Cerro Gordo was discovered by Mexican miners in 1864 or 1865, but it was not widely known until 1867 when chunks of silver ore were displayed in Nevada.
		The sudden and swift boom in Cerro Gordo helped stimulate the growth of the small village of Los Angeles, as merchants, freight companies, and railways sought to supply the town.
		Cerro Gordo is privately owned and run by Jody Stewart and her husband.
	www.ghosttown.info /ca/cerrogordo/index.html (188 words)

	How Cerro Gordo Mountain got its Name
		It is true that Cerro Gordo Mountain is golden brown in the summer, but the grass on most Oregon hills turns brown in late summer and neither word means the color gold.
		The battle at Cerro Gordo was a key to opening up the now “American” West for the European Immigrants of the 1850’s.
		For a quarter century, these latest residents of Cerro Gordo have sought to build a planned village for 2,000 people living in harmony with Nature and with less reliance on oil or the automobile.
	www.efn.org /~opal/cerrogordo.htm (1551 words)

	Cerro Gordo
		In 1871 alone, 2,500 tons of bullion from the mines of Cerro Gordo were taken to Los Angeles by the famous freighter Remi Nadeau down this road.
		When the "bullion wagons" would descend the grade, the massive wheels on the wagons were chained together to prevent them from rotating, iron "shoes" were then attached to the wheels to prevent wear, and the wagon would then slide down the road with several spans of mules tied behind to hold the wagon back.
		Between the years of 1868 and 1875 approximately $13,000,000 in silver-lead bullion was shipped from Cerro Gordo smelters, making these mines the greatest producers of silver-lead in California's history.
	www.ghosttownexplorers.org /california/cerrogordo/cg.htm (361 words)

	CERRO GORDO
		Nestled high in the Inyo Mountains east of the Sierra Nevadas, at an altitude of 8,500 feet, Cerro Gordo, Fat Hill, was discovered to be rich in silver deposits by a group of Mexican miners led by Pablo Flores.
		From the mid to late 1800’s, Cerro Gordo was a lively silver boom town, controlled by a savvy French Canadian merchant named Victor Beaudry, and Mortimer Belshaw, a well educated son of Irish emigrants who just happened to have a background in both engineering and silver mining.
		Cerro Gordo, a museum in restorative reuse, is billed as the only "bed and cook your own breakfast" ghost town in the world.
	www.explorehistoricalif.com /cerro_main.html (1067 words)

	projects
		Cerro Gordo Historical Society has executed a favorable long term lease upon the Union Consolidated Mines Hoist House complex (circa 1877) which will be the society's museum site.
		Occasionally draped in the shadow of Mt. Whitney and overlooking the former Owens Lake (dry), Cerro Gordo is situated in a high mountain pass, serving as a gateway to more remote areas of the new Death Valley National Park.
		The Cerro Gordo Mining Museum is destined to become a world class, site specific mining museum, complete with life sized displays of mining activities and working examples of mining equipment and specimens of the wealth of minerals extracted from the Southern Inyo Mountains.
	www.cerrogordo.us /projects.htm (1234 words)

	Trail Report - Swansea-Cerro Gordo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		We didn't stop in Cerro Gordo to look around, since it was still a long drive back home, and I needed to be back to work the next day.
		The rest of the way to Cerro Gordo was uneventful, but we were on a very narrow and rocky road with nothing but straight down on one side.
		Because Cerro Gordo is privately owned, and because we hadn't been able to contact the owners before starting our trip (we tried), we elected not to explore the town and possibly disturb the occupants.
	www.off-road.com /4x4web/travels/swansea.html (2427 words)

	Cerro Gordo - California Ghost Town
		Cerro Gordo is at an elevation of 9,000 and it snows deep up there.
		Enough remains at Cerro Gordo to warrant a visit including the hotel, livery stable and other original buildings.
		The old mining of Cerro Gordo looks down on Owens Valley on the east side of the Sierra mountains from its site in the Inyo Range some 9,000 feet high.
	www.ghosttowns.com /states/ca/cerrogordo.html (354 words)

	CERRO GORDO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Cerro Gordo As Seen From The KD Radio Airplane
		At nearly 5000 feet above the now dry Owens Lake, Cerro Gordo's mining machinery was originally hauled in and lifted over cliffs with an ingenious block and tackle system.
		Later, a steep 8 mile dirt road was constructed, and supplies were transported by mule teams.
	www.westernghosttowns.com /cerro.htm (121 words)

	FDIC: Decisions on Bank Applications - Cerro Gordo Building and Loan, s.b.
		As described in the notice and amendments Cerro Gordo proposes to convert from an Illinois chartered mutual savings bank to an Illinois chartered stock savings bank.
		Cerro Gordo must provide written evidence that its Plan of Conversion has been approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of votes by eligible voting members at a special meeting to be called for that purpose.
		Cerro Gordo must receive final approval from the appropriate State of Illinois officials (State Authority) for its establishment as a stock savings bank and final approval must be received from the Federal Reserve Board and the State Authority for the holding company to acquire the bank.
	www.fdic.gov /regulations/laws/bankdecisions/Mutual/CerroGordo.html (341 words)

	Cerro Gordo County online
		Cerro Gordo County launches prescription drug discount card that can be used by all residents
		The Cerro Gordo County Conservation Board will hold a lottery to allow two fur harvesters an apportunity to trap the portion of the Lime Creek Conservation Area that is closed to firearms.
		Members of the Cerro Gordo County Conservation Board's Roadside Management staff have begun the annual fall tree and brush removal within county road right-of-ways.
	www.co.cerro-gordo.ia.us (205 words)

	California Ghost Town: Cerro Gordo
		Cerro Gordo is located in the Inyo Mountains, high above dry Owens Lake.
		In Cerro Gordo there was more silver gained than in any other Californian Town.
		Travellers reach the ghost town of Cerro Gordo by a steep road which goes from Keeler about 8 miles up the hill.
	www.ghosttowngallery.com /htme/cerro.htm (175 words)

	Cerro Gordo Illinois Official Website. Cerro Gordo IL, Piatt County, 61818
		Conveniently located between Decatur (14 miles) and Champaign (40 miles), Cerro Gordo Illinois is a small, quiet community steeped in old fashioned tradition and values.
		Established in 1844 as "Griswold", veterans of the Mexican-American War renamed the town to "Cerro Gordo" after the "Battle of Cerro Gordo" in 1947.
		Cerro Gordo boasts a fantastic school system, several downtown merchants, public library, a bank, a gas station/service center, grocery store, and much, much more!
	www.fathill.com (250 words)

	Cerro Gordo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Cerro Gordo is nestled in the hills above Owens Lake CA.
		The Mines at Cerro Gordo extracted an incredible amount of lead / Silver ore. The town is privately owned which has prevented the wholesale vandalism and ravages of weather that would have normally obliterated a gem like this.
		The history of Cerro Gordo is too rich to go into at length here.
	www.wyncor.com /wyncor/html/cerro_gordo.htm (674 words)

	Cerro Gordo
		Cerro Gordo, Spanish for "Fat Hill",was a silver mining city high in the Inyo Mountains of Owens Valley. Cerro Gordo's major development took place in the early 1870s primarily by Mortimer Belshaw and Victor Beaudry.
		Cerro Gordo is considered to be one of the best remaining early mining camps in the West.
		Both Cerro Gordo and the old Ghost Port of Swansea are hubs, central to many wonderful rides.
	www.geocities.com /Yosemite/1911/cerro2.htm (509 words)

	Cerro Gordo News
		Local news for Cerro Gordo, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
		At first, the Cerro Gordo High School post-prom committee was a bit worried that Kitty the Cow wouldn't cooperate in their Willie Bingo quest.
		Cerro Gordo man is hot on the trail of tombstone cold case
	www.topix.net /city/cerro-gordo-il (641 words)

	Cerro Gordo, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cerro Gordo is a village in Piatt County, Illinois, United States.
		Cerro Gordo is located at 39°53′28″N, 88°44′0″W (39.891002, -88.733362)
		Cerro Gordo is named after the Battle of Cerro Gordo (1847) in the Mexican-American War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cerro_Gordo,_Illinois (373 words)

	SOLO to Cerro Gordo! - ADVrider
		Cerro Gordo, an old silver minning town nestled amidst the Inyo Mountains, southeast of Lone Pine, Ca.
		In the late 1800's and early 1900's; The huge amounts of silver ore that flowed into Los Angeles from Cerro Gordo was vital to LA's economic revival.
		Finally at Cerro Gordo, to my pleasant surprise; there were few people up there, mainly the caretakers of the camp and some university researchers.
	www.advrider.com /forums/showthread.php?t=97358 (940 words)

	Cerro Gordo 2
		Remi Nadeau 18 mule team, hauling three wagons, was one of 100 mule teams operated by freighter Remi Nadeau to Cerro Gordo and other mining towns in the 1870s.
		In 1929 this was all that was left of the Cerro Gordo Freighting Company rock wharf at Cartago.
		Around 1882 when the railroad came to the high desert of California and the silver boom of Cerro Gordo and Panamint had passed its heyday of record bullion production, Remi Nadeau sold his mule teams and built the first four-story building, and the first with and elevator, at First and Spring Streets in Los Angeles.
	www.owensvalleyhistory.com /cerro_gordo2/page44a.html (844 words)

	lodging (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Heralded by the Inyo Register as the "new Cerro Gordo bunkhouse" in 1904, this wood-framed, metal-skinned building was built during the second boom period on Fat Hill, known as the "zinc era." Featuring six private rooms and a large sitting room, served by a central hallway, our bunkhouse will comfortably accommodate up to 12 guests.
		Authentic and clean "facilities" are reached by a short path and include a shower building with hot and cold water (as big a deal back then, as it is now!).
		This charming little 2 bedroom, 1 bath house was once the Cerro Gordo home of Mortimer Belshaw, who was indisputably one of California's "Bullion Kings," in the 1870's.
	www.cerrogordo.us /lodging.htm (272 words)

	Introducing the New Cerro Gordo Co
		Please be sure when posting information that you are not quoting directly from any copyrighted material (this is especially important for Obituaries and Biographies; when in doubt, summarize or paraphrase) and that you are listing sources for the information.
		The Cerro Gordo Co. IAGenWeb Boards are the perfect vehicle for researchers to share information in a convenient manner.
		We encourage those who visit the Cerro Gordo Co. Boards to not only search for information that might be useful to them, but to also "leave behind" a little of their own research so that other's might share in what each submitter has learned about their own ancestors.
	iagenweb.org /cerrogordo/board.htm (672 words)

	Tobacco Free Cerro Gordo County
		In the fall of 1999, the Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health had the opportunity to apply for grant funding through the Iowa Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control.
		Through a series of meetings, the Partnership for a Tobacco Free Cerro Gordo County has analyzed various tobacco issues and problems associated with tobacco use and developed a multi-media counter-tobacco campaign.
		Recognizing that no one is safe from the hazards associated with tobacco use, members of the Youth Leadership Group recognized the need to target both youth and adults with their important message.
	www.cghealth.com /webdocs/tobacco/tobacco.htm (2051 words)

	Cerro Gordo, Illinois Neighborhood Lawyer
		Residents of Cerro Gordo can trust a lawyer who knows how to help the residents of Illinois.
		With the Illinois legal assistance of a lawyer from Weitz and Luxenberg, you know you're represented by attorneys with the clout to make your lawsuit one that wins and the diligence to treat you with the unique attention you deserve.
		Cerro Gordo Vioxx, Defibrillator Lawyer: Free Legal Services in Illinois (IL)
	weitzlux.com /personalinjurylawyer/il/illinois/cerrogordo_179810.html (415 words)

	Battle of Cerro Gordo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The final battle of Cerro Gordo, April 18, 1847.
		The Battle of Cerro Gordo, April 16, 1847 (George B. McClellan)
		U.S. Casualties During the Battle of Cerro Gordo
	www.latinamericanstudies.org /cerro-gordo.htm (82 words)

	Cerro Gordo County Extension (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		2006 Stakeholder's Report for the citizens of Cerro Gordo County.
		Here are a few examples of the many ways ISU Extension in Cerro Gordo County delivers to citizens.
		Cerro Gordo/Worth County Crop Clinic/PPAT, January 19, 2007, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Location to be announced.
	www.extension.iastate.edu /cerrogordo (941 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
		Capital Impact: Cerro Gordo County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
		Fedstats/Mapstats: Cerro Gordo County -- data on agriculture, population, immigration, business, crime, environment
		Politicians who were born in Cerro Gordo County
	politicalgraveyard.com /geo/IA/CG.html (502 words)

	Cerro Gordo Fire Protection District @ Firehouse.com Network
		The Cerro Gordo Fire Protection District serves a population of 6,500 residents in a district size of 110 square mile, which lays in Macon and Piatt County's of Illinois.
		We run an average total of 200 alarms a year with the biggest portion being the assistance to the community ambulance service in Cerro Gordo.
		We are currently rated a 6 in the village and a 7 in our district for the Insurance Service Office.
	cms.firehouse.com /dept/CerroGordoIL (176 words)

	The U.S.-Mexican War . War (1846-1848) . The Battle of Cerro Gordo \| PBS
		In April 1847, U.S. General Winfield Scott moved his army away from Vera Cruz and down the national road toward the interior.
		Mexican forces under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna occupied the strategic mountain pass of Cerro Gordo to block the way.
		The collision of these two armies on April 18 began a string of American victories that lead, ultimately, to the capture of Mexico City.
	www.pbs.org /kera/usmexicanwar/war/cerro_gordo.html (313 words)

	Cerro Gordo County Conservation
		The Cerro Gordo County Conservation Board (CGCCB) was established in 1958.
		The Conservation Board consists of five county residents, from different regions of the county, appointed by the County Supervisors.
		These appointed members donate their time and work with the CGCCB staff to further conservation within Cerro Gordo County.
	www.co.cerro-gordo.ia.us /Conservation/Conservation_Overview.cfm (141 words)

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