Ruinas de utopía

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Mientras el Imperio Romano caía y unos bárbaros descendían sobre las ciudades romanas saqueando bienes y quemando libros, los irlandeses, que apenas aprendían a leer y a escribir, se dedicaron al arduo trabajo de copiar toda la literatura de Occidente a la que tuvieron acceso, convirtiéndose en el cauce a través del cual las culturas grecorromana y judeocristiana se transmitieron a las tribus recién establecidas en Europa sobre los escombros y los viñedos en ruinas. De no ser por la misión de los monjes irlandeses, que sin la ayuda de nadie fundaron de nuevo la civilización europea...

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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...