Posted by Hawkwind A well-known California ghost town has a new owner, but nobody is quite sure what comes next for Eagle Mountain, California. The desert locale near Joshua Tree National Park was once a mining town before it shuttered in the 1980s... https://www.newser...m_campaign=rss_top
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It was probably bought by someone affiliated with a church.
A shell corporation buys some derelict property at full price and then resells it to a church. The church declares it a "mission" and it becomes tax-exempt and a safe parking place for their cash reserves.
I've seen this happen before.