▁ran ch ers . ▁After ▁the ▁county ▁out g rew ▁the ▁one - story ▁stone ▁building ▁that ▁had ▁hous ed ▁its ▁public ▁offices , ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 5 , ▁an ▁orn ate ▁brick ▁cour th ouse ▁was ▁completed ▁on ▁the ▁square ▁on ▁the ▁south ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁river . ▁A ▁fire ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 1 8 9 2 , ▁destroyed ▁this ▁cour th ouse ; ▁the ▁present ▁county ▁cour th ouse ▁was ▁completed ▁and ▁occupied ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 8 9 3 . ▁It ▁is ▁listed ▁in ▁the ▁National ▁Register ▁of ▁Historic ▁Places . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s ▁the ▁L l ano ▁R ural , ▁the ▁town ' s ▁first ▁newspaper , ▁was ▁established , ▁followed ▁by ▁the ▁Iron ▁City ▁News , ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁which ▁reflect s ▁growing ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁county ' s ▁min eral ▁resources . ▁The ▁R ural ▁eventually ▁incorpor ated ▁several ▁other ▁newsp apers , ▁including ▁the ▁Adv oc ate , ▁the ▁Search light , ▁and ▁the ▁Gazette , ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁L l ano ▁News ▁by ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 0 0 s . ▁The ▁L l ano ▁Times ▁was ▁where ▁J . ▁Mar vin ▁Hunter , ▁author ▁and ▁historian ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁West , ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁staff ▁for ▁a ▁brief ▁time ▁early ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁ ▁Ant icip ation ▁of ▁significant ▁economic ▁growth ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁iron ▁depos its ▁discovered ▁at ▁Iron ▁Mountain ▁in ▁north