Thanks for sharing another dreamers dream.🥰

Hello Brett from the great state of Michigan good to see you happy freedom God Bless America

Thanks for another great video Brent. Good to hear from you again, glad you're staying warm. How is the road doing into Cerro Gordo these days? We are thinking of coming up to visit.

I like rocks. Some of them light up with UV. What else might light up in and around those old mines? You gotta get a half-decent UV light to take around with you! Who knows what you might discover?

Just more mine adventures and general adventures to walks love to take part in a stay underground longest challenge

Going over to subscribe sir

I absolutely can't wait to see your project move forward. I subscribed to your channel and look forward to your videos. Best of luck to you.

subbed, looking forward to the restoration process has anybody set up a gofundme or anything of the sort yet?

Coming over from Brent's channel!

Subscribing to your channel right now :)

You sound like someone who can help get a team together to help this guy! I am afraid without the community, it may turn into an apartment complex😢

That's well said! I'm excited too to see that someone is 'going for it' to save another amazingly cool old building!

Go help them, rally the community! If you don't he will lose this battle. Actions speak louder than words

@@zioncardman18 This purchase was a huge mistake. I feel bad for this guy he is going to lose his ass.

@@NoNORADon911 You are criticizing his Idea, but I am sure it‘s entirely possible when they get the walls back into good order so the roof is able to be fixed. Then the inner stuff can be done step by step as the rotting is stopped.

@@cherylmayo1276 no I sure haven’t and thank you I will look him up

@@Texas_patriot76 his right here in the comments bro

I would love to see this man helped, as well as many more people please do what you can.

@@becca7455. thank you Rebecca !

@@DJ-East bro bro bro bro lol

Did people smoke grass there at the castle?

I hope you will support and encourage Ian.

At a glance it's beyond hope, rotted to the core.

@@missingremote4388 Odd question. Learned to play billiards properly though.

@@missingremote4388 Grass??? some of these rooms reflect full on acid trips. hahaha

That's a great idea!

@@myname744 correct and you need to protect that and let the whole roof and inside of the house dry. You would put up a temporary roof by cementing polls in the ground outside of the building. Then gor lack of a proper word you buld a dome over the castle out of canvas waterproof canvas. Yes this will be costly but you can offset the cost by advertising for the company that puts it up. You have to stop the leaking before you can do anything inside. Like I said think in the lines of what RV's park under when you store them. It has a roof and that's it all the sides are open. This will give you time to dry the house out and keep it from getting worse. If you don't address the roof first your just going to waste time because everything you do will get wet also. So put a protective dome will let you address everything when you can and prevent further damage. Plus the castle can dry out and you need to dry everything before rebuilding anyway

@My Name Yup. You get it, at least.

@My Name Yup. I bought a rental property back in 2014 with a flat roof. The previous owners added a new additional sloping roof on top of the original. That did mitigate the problem but not entirely. Every year during fall/winter it's the same story with a new leak popping up. I've had roofers come out but they all said the roof is in brand new condition. They've run water tests but can't pinpoint any vulnerable areas. It only occurs after days of prolonged rain. Water is such a devastating force. It will find a way in eventually. With a flat roof it's only a matter of time.

Good idea. Hes racin against time too. Hes likely going to need some help. It wasn't clear in the video what his plan and resources are. I subscribed to his channel and wish him the best of luck.

Subscribe and share!

I live in the Fe. Wow

Me, too!

Ah, good to know! Thanks for checking it out!

@@GhostTownLiving ❤️

From the wiki: "In the mid-1970s, the neighboring city of Hitchcock attempted to annex an area in eastern Alta Loma known as the Morningview neighborhood. Amid intense opposition to becoming part of Hitchcock, residents began a petitioning effort to incorporate the area into a new city." I'm surprised Hitchcock didn't launch a "special operation".

Became Santa Fe in 1979 when they incorporated.

Me as well, the disappoint seeing its just a large house with a weird tower and crenalated palisade...

That was my first thought too!

ME TOO

Lol same

Same

Ditto

Your so inspirational Brent how about having some buses or ATVs at the bottom of Cerrogordo to help people that would like to come up and visit your property

Yep hes achieved legend status already in my eyes for such a massive commitment to such a cool project.

Hello Marilyn...glad to see another "The Black" on UKposts. I suppose you may understand the reference if you've ever Googled your surname meaning.

Yes he is! I think so to!

I think this is a future plan! I don't remember which video is was, but he responded to a similar comment saying it sounded like a great idea. So fingers crossed we see something that like in the future!

I’ve also commented something similar, but also suggested he hook up the GIS DB to a free (with internal donations?) “Cerro Gordo” iOS and Android app that lets visitors use it both as a map to explore the property, but also plots all the original locations of artifacts found spread out across the land that now reside in the museum, as well as all points of interest. He could also use augmented reality to show an overlay of these data points on the users’ screens when they hold up their cameras. Additionally, users could visualize the layout of the mines beneath their feet or through the hills with AR. Self-guided tours could be another top-level feature of the mobile app, complete with Brent’s narration either as audio or as more videos! I imagine the self-guided tour as a multi-part video in the history of Cerro Gordo with waypoints that are activated by QR codes at each stop. Each stop in the app could display museum-style signage/wayside exhibits/interpretive displays/extra information in the app, without having to build out extensive physical exhibits that require maintenance in the harsh climate and ruin the ambience. The app could potentially also manage booking for the future hotel or guided tours.

I've given him a few suggestions to get started before - so I know the idea is in his head. However, as someone who is mid-level management for a national firm who does exactly this kind of mapping and asset management for developers/cities/companies (a few Fortune 500's) his eyes would probably bug out of his head when he got the estimate. This kind of detailed mapping takes a lot more manhours than you'd initially think! The property is too big for most drone platforms - but you could probably fly with manned aerial/high density lidar for 20-40k. That's just the tip of the iceberg however, because then you have to post-process, extract features and data, and maintain the databases - it just doesn't make financial sense on a place like this...not to mention even the best resolutions will only resolve to 6-inches or so per *pixel*. Smaller records like the bottles and stuff would always be manual entry. There are some open source software packages that will do some low-level collection (such as geotagging photos, etc) but you couldn't do the 3D mapping and in-depth pretty exhibits that would get you the "bling" factor. Right now his money is much better spent elsewhere on the project.

I'd also recommend a Lidar scan if you could. Lidar will show minute differences on the ground which may uncover old structures that aren't there anymore and will provide a map of the town. Then you can do an overlay on a GIS map and mark out where different buildings were around the town.

​@@Ericsaidfulthat and finding the gravesites!

as a fellow european this looks like a strangely styled house, not a castle at all! It is pretty cool but not compareable to a proper castle

Yes!

To be fair, everything south of Houston is like that

It’s a hot mess.

It was that Junk Gypsy eclectic style that we love.

Thank you ❤️❤️

@@MoneyPitCastle mad props im renovating a tiny house from 1951 in working order and it is a huge job!

It doesn't hurt that the two of them look almost identical. When the castle-guy walked up to him in the video I thought it was a prank or something. They even have the same beard.

@@iamnuff1992 The origins of red hair are also interesting and those with it tend to often carry a more unique type of personality. Just throwing that in the hat

@@tabcreedence6553 What does that even mean?

Texas chainsaw massacre?

Couldn't imagine his "merch", probably sell you tinfoil and tell you it's medieval knights armour. (This isn't a castle fyi)

Just because its what you would do, O Castle Basher, doesnt mean its what Ian will do. Now shush, constructive people are speaking. If you dont like it, cya later.

@@RICDirector Castle Basher? Where did that come from?

@@matthewbrandon931 the people who keep ranting that thiz shouldnt be called a castle, over and over. Lol...we heard ya the first ten times, sort of thing. 🤣

But it's not a castle 😂

I love your ideas 🏰 The historical foundation have researched all they can and now it's down to us. My wife, Kristin, has found out alot of crazy things over the past 2 weeks as we are putting the Castle on the Historical Register if possible.

Canadian visitors can come to the US and Texas to visit you don't have to be smuggled in you can just come across the border you say you're coming across for a vacation you spend 6 months out being work on his castle and go back

Mule, burro or donkey but at least one named FRANCIS!!

I love Boldt Castle. I'm Canadian and when my son was young, taking the boat tour from Gananoque, was something we did every summer. The boat tours that area of the thousand islands and stops at Boldt Castle. It's all very beautiful.

This place is a big house with decorations that make it look like a campy 'castle' wanna be house. NOTHING like Boldt castle, sorry.

@@funone8716 I was alluding to the time period when it might have been made. The iron work on the front with the statues are similar. I agree, nothing like Boldt Castle. Although, that too was in a sad state of disrepair, and almost lost to vandalism and the elements.

@@kathylisowski8563 Ya, maybe slight resemblance of features. But this place was an economy build. Boldt spared no expense. Hundreds of tons of concrete and stone, Italian marble,etc. This place is a hack job in comparison.

@@funone8716 Oh I know, my second great grandfather had a steamboat called the ringleader. He hauled a lot of materials there.

Wow, thank you

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Thanks Inez! I know it's definitely possible. We have give it a chance that it wouldn't have had. It's a place which means alot to many people.