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Midwest Ghost Town
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It started on a lonesome highway in North Dakota.
I came across these abandoned places as I went out making a video for a personal project (The Enchanted Highway), and these mysterious places on the Dakota plains seemed to call out, begging me to tell their story. What happened? Who had lived here? The Midwest was home to over a thousand different abandoned towns, camps, farms, and ranches. Whether it was due to economic hardship and migration during the Great Depression, “Boom or Bust” mining situations, railroad shifting or the survival from mother nature with her winds of fury through Tornado Alley, or the great floods of the mighty midwest rivers! Either way - it was clear to me - there was a story to tell.
So, I'm setting out to cover these abandoned places all over the Midwest (with roughly thousands of these Ghost Towns scattered through America's Heartland), not including some of the abandoned individual places.
Come along and join me on the journey.
I came across these abandoned places as I went out making a video for a personal project (The Enchanted Highway), and these mysterious places on the Dakota plains seemed to call out, begging me to tell their story. What happened? Who had lived here? The Midwest was home to over a thousand different abandoned towns, camps, farms, and ranches. Whether it was due to economic hardship and migration during the Great Depression, “Boom or Bust” mining situations, railroad shifting or the survival from mother nature with her winds of fury through Tornado Alley, or the great floods of the mighty midwest rivers! Either way - it was clear to me - there was a story to tell.
So, I'm setting out to cover these abandoned places all over the Midwest (with roughly thousands of these Ghost Towns scattered through America's Heartland), not including some of the abandoned individual places.
Come along and join me on the journey.
Jerome, Arizona - Interview Podcast
Interview with Jim
Jerome, Arizona - a historic town in the mountain of Arizona - Jerome is about 100 miles north of Phoenix and 45 miles southwest of Flagstaff along Arizona State Route 89A between Sedona to the east and Prescott to the west.
The town was self-titled the largest Ghost Town (or Ghost City) in America - and one that I like to consider a "Living Ghost Town" - The population has fluctuated over the years hitting 15,000 at its high point, and averages around 400-500 today.
It was famous for its mines - and with the mining business - miners, saloons, brothels, and a whole host of other "wild west" activities to go along with an old west mining town. It had built such a notorious reputation that one newspaper dubbed it "The Wickedest Town in the West" - and another paper called it "The Wickedest Town in America!"
In this episode - we have the honor of interviewing Jim Schooley (woodworker, toymaker, barista - and whole list of other awesome titles to accommodate his talents!) Jim lived in Jerome, Arizona -during the artist movement and renaissance (as one could call it). Here is Jim's interview. "Let's Keep History Alive!"
Jerome, Arizona - a historic town in the mountain of Arizona - Jerome is about 100 miles north of Phoenix and 45 miles southwest of Flagstaff along Arizona State Route 89A between Sedona to the east and Prescott to the west.
The town was self-titled the largest Ghost Town (or Ghost City) in America - and one that I like to consider a "Living Ghost Town" - The population has fluctuated over the years hitting 15,000 at its high point, and averages around 400-500 today.
It was famous for its mines - and with the mining business - miners, saloons, brothels, and a whole host of other "wild west" activities to go along with an old west mining town. It had built such a notorious reputation that one newspaper dubbed it "The Wickedest Town in the West" - and another paper called it "The Wickedest Town in America!"
In this episode - we have the honor of interviewing Jim Schooley (woodworker, toymaker, barista - and whole list of other awesome titles to accommodate his talents!) Jim lived in Jerome, Arizona -during the artist movement and renaissance (as one could call it). Here is Jim's interview. "Let's Keep History Alive!"
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Five Missouri Ghost Towns - PODCAST
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I'm starting a podcast along with my video documentary series "Top 5 Ghost Towns" - this is the Missouri Podcast version. We'll follow up with the video portion - We cover Five Ghost Towns - and like every Ghost Town - "How do you RANK THEM" - honestly, you don't - but we did our best to list the ones that we felt had an interesting story to go along with the podcast - we mention a couple more ...
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Top 5 African American Ghost Towns - (Black History Month 2024) PODCAST
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Fordlandia - PART 2 "Ghost Town in the Heart of the Amazon Rain Forest"
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"Fordlandia" A Ghost Town in the Heart of the Amazon Rain Forest//PODCAST
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My favorite is Muscotah in the northern part of Kansas. About 2 hours from me or so. It has the worlds biggest baseball.
Well, I gues I’m going to look for gold on the zumbro river. See ya…
@@tractorguy100 LOL!
Craigville near Effy😅
Used to live in Akron, IA for a short while; just a few miles to the east lies the remains of the unincorporated town of Ruble, IA --- more info. about this town can be found elsewhere on TH-cam. My father also grew up in rural Mills county during the depression, near the unincorporated town of Folsom, IA -- nothing remains there, but an old acreage farmstead and a wayside preserve w/hiking trails by the same name, a mile up and across the road from where the town was once.
Unbelievable timing - my friend "rural adventurer" did some detailed work on Ruble and did a pretty cool video. We've been trying to work a time to get additional footage. If I get a video - I'll post it here and on my other site. Ruble has a very interesting story connected to it - and I know they have plans to hopefully save the school house building. Thanks for sharing!
Most people don't know it, but in the early 1900s, thete were coal mines in Ankeny, Iowa.
Amazing how much coal was found around that area - extending from Fort Dodge - down towards Keokuk. Towns like Coalville - Buxton. I did hear stories from my parents about Ankeny back in the day. My mother grew up around the Grandview neighborhood. Thank you for sharing!
I've been to Peshtigo. I grew up in Shawano. I'm so glad more of this story is being told. The story of O'Leary's cow in Chicago was a myth. Supposedly she was chastised for it. But much of the Great Lakes area was a huge forest land. And that whole area was a tinder box. Chicago, Peshtigo, Holland Michigan and much of the east of Holland was a huge tinderbox ready to go off. And we did not have the knowledge or equipment in those days to handle that. Many structures were wood built and we had to learn from that as well.
I began to hate IL in the 70's. Every year after it got worse.
How about Juliette ND? Pembina County. Used to have a bar, 2 churches, a grocery store and a post office. It’s all gone now.
Went to day care in the donohoe building when I was little. A couple of us with a worker would walk back the lunch cart to the main building using the tunnels. So creepy
Yes...the tunnels. Interesting you bring them up, they have a museum on the grounds.
The buildings are not abandoned, they are neglected! CMHI is still a functioning State Psychiatric Hospital.
Those two buildings are indeed a abandoned. I asked about saving, apparently full of asbestos. Cherokee is my hometown. The MHI is still in use, but not Donahoe and Wade
The grounds are beautiful - if they can keep them. There was word of new developments happening around or on the grounds.
I was born and raised in Old Hickory Village. I’m actually sitting in a parking at the corner of Lawrence St and 9th ave in the village right now… almost every house in the village, are the original homes. The guard posts still exist on the bridge that enters the village. The original shopping center in the village burned down 2 decades ago due to arson. The layout of the village was designed for specific purposes. The village is split in half, with Hadley Ave being the main road. One side of Hadley housed workers and execs. The other side housed families. Riverside drive has the biggest homes, built for execs. The home I grew up in, is on Hadley Ave. This town is full of memories. I don’t live in the Village anymore, but the connection is still there, and I spend a lot of time driving through the Village, or sitting in a parking lot.
I absolutely love that you responded to this in the comments! What a fascinating history. I knew the neighborhood was still there...I ran into the story while researching the DuPont Powder facilities and the connection to company towns....amazing to have a former resident catch the podcast. Oh the stories I'm sure you have! Thank you for stopping by a d commenting.
There’s gold just south of international falls in the rivers
Most of the gold stories I've heard follow along with that - the further north, the more gold? I know one thing...if you are up by International Falls, you are in some beautiful country!
Im team Bonnie& Clyde
Lake City Iowa was the county seat then went to Rockwell City also
Good times in Calhoun around 1877! I bet that didn't go down without a fight - at least a vote anyways.
Funny thing is i have found gold in our creeks, rivers and lakes just flour gold and dang fine and some very small pickers if you call them that . But its there i found it in quite a few spots just nothing to make a racket but it sure is fun!
Makes sense - it reminds me of some of the other Gold Rushes that occurred in history - Boom and Bust! If you ever get a chance to read Brent Underwood's latest book "Ghost Town Living" he brings up some of these hardships - minors literally dying from infection due to a few scrapes - all to strike it rich! You must be around south central Minnesota? I'm hoping to head up that way this Summer - and further North to the Iron Range.
I'm in the big valley HoHoHo 😉you be surprised where and when you find it but boy you have to read soil,sands& clay layer. Or very top soil layer. Buy the valley and gravel by me I fight Mica so bad I could of seen them thinking it was gold not knowing.... As we exchange words were losing the best panning we ever had but seems the rain going to wash our flour gold away now. Its some of the best challenges you ever pan or sluice. Good luck maybe someday we cross pans!
I’d recommend researching the town of Beaver in the Whitewater River valley north of Winona. The town kept getting buried by several feet of eroded soils over the course of several floods.
Thank you for the tip! I've been through that part of the state between Rochester and Winoa - and hadn't heard about Beaver! Thank you
Another great story!
Thank you, Don!
Thanks for having me! Looking forward to future collaborations!
It was a great time! Thanks for coming!
So Illinois founded Utah.
What do you mean? 😊 Just making sure I follow.
@@midwestghosttown You mentioned that the Mormons living in western Illinois migrated to Utah and founded Utah there
Gotcha! That might have rolled off my tongue wrong. Sorry about that...they migrated to Utah. U.S. founds their own states. 😉 Thanks for clarifying! I'll make a note in the description.
Those must be your top 5. There are many others. FYI it’s pronounced POT ASH, not poat ash. It’s an important ingredient in fertilizer.
😊 Pot-ash...got it. Thank you! I'll be out there later this year - hoping to get a glimpse of something, but it sounds like just a historical marker. - BTW - Just a few top 5 from across several platforms. But...you are 100% correct! So many Ghost Towns in Nebraska. I talk about the "top 5" thing in my podcast. How do you rank a Ghost Town? It's really more to just get a working list and tell the story. I'm thankful for you correcting my pronunciation - and dropping a comment.
Thanks to you both for all you do to save history.
Trying to capture it anyways- really need to get some more video footage. We'll keep marching...thanks for the kind words Don!
I live an hour away from Cardiff going to go look it at sometime
Let me know...would love to hear about it.
@@midwestghosttown I will record a video
Fantastic!
Saw the broken building multiple times when we would go outside
You were across the way in the bigger Kirkbride building! The grounds are beautiful there. I've been in there many times - I even had the opportunity to perform on the stage in the theatre area in the main building. - Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
I went there 3rd floor
Lexington Carroll County please
I mentioned you in my podcast coming out this Thursday - I have Lexington down - trying to narrow the county to be sure -it might be further south. I talk about it a little bit in the Jerome, Arizona Podcast. Thanks for commenting! I appreciate you - (if you are in Carroll - I know Carrollton is a big one (the former county seat). Typing fast, hopefully I didn't slaughter that spelling! =)
Born and raised in Quincy, IL here. You got it right it sounds like (El+uh+noy) bro.
I had family who used to live in Quincy! We would share basketball stories. Apparently, basketball is a big part of that area. Maybe? Anyways, thank you for commenting - I appreciate any feedback from viewers/listeners it's all good. Have a great weekend!
@@midwestghosttown Ya high school basketball is a BFD. Quincy High won the state championship in 1934 and 1981. I was a kid during the 81 run, I remember the excitement around it.
I lived in IL and lived there through my 20s. I didn’t even realize or hear the difference! I say IL, but I didn’t know people were getting upset about it.
There's a certain "tribe" that says Ill-i-noise.....and yeah they are a noisy bunch🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@georgelanders4271 🤣
Ok I agree- ''let's keep History alive''...I'm a Life-long Illinois citizen and appreciate your very interesting content (not enough people realize how important accepting our 'past' is to navigate our future!)- posts like yours are very needed. But PLEASE if you're not AI Voice-- please learn to pronounce ''Illinois'' properly...it's NOT ''ELinois'', it's ILLINOIS. Thanks!!!
Thank you for the content compliments. I'll work on your pronunciation 😉 wasn't intending to offend with my word variation of Ih to El (I hear it from my Wisconsin friends as well..the Wih and Weh). I'm hearing you and will try and be more mindful of it. Thank you for following, and your constructive criticism. I appreciate you.
And please don’t pronounce the S either. A transplant to IL here and nothing drives me more crazy. But for some reason Illini is weird for me. I’d rather say Illinoisan. Lol. But I knew someone who said it Ill ee nee.
@@ajstramaski6211for sure! I suppose it's the same as people pronouncing Des Moines ...Dez Moinz 😉
Salida and Cable are 2 ghost towns
Thank you - so many ghost towns in Minnesota for sure! We'll try to include some videos and not just podcast (a mix of both) and I'll add Minnesota to that list. Thanks for commenting.
Thanks for showing us this little slice of history, Dan.
You bet...we'll make a return trip and I'll show you around. Thanks for watching!
Great video, I work at the Minorca Mine, it’s neat seeing the history of Elcor.
Thanks for stopping by - I want to travel up that direction and tell more of the mining stories and ghosttowns on the iron range. What a fascinating history! I saw some of it along Superior, but need a deeper dive NW inland! Thanks for the comment.
Good job, Dan. Lots of history in Cherokee.
No doubt about it! Thanks for watching!
Floyd Booth was the J I Case dealer in Cherokee until he was killed in a plane crash in 1955.
Hey Don! Thanks for the email a few days ago! I appreciated that research you are doing on Case!
Fascinating... and tragic. And yeah, I was a bit lost at the beginning and trying to figure out how it tied into Powder Town!
Totally understand!!!! I took the long route! 🤣 Sorry brother! Always appreciate you...best band/album deep dive guy ever!
@@midwestghosttown Actually, I loved the long way around! It gave context to what was to come...
@@StephenSchnee Thanks, buddy! I always appreciate the feedback! You should go on another adventure outside the studio! I loved the Bonnie and Clyde gravesite video.
@@midwestghosttown I did one about the Westwood cemetery in LA. Definitely check that one out!
El Annoy lol😂
it's been awhile since I've been online. Fordlandia really interesting. We've been having a weird winter. Temperature s in the 40's and 50's (F). Rain instead of snow. Oh well, maybe I'm done with the bugs. I've been reading a reissued book about the Peshtigo Fire and the Sugar Bushes. It's three books/articles about the fire on both sides of Green Bay. It's got a rather long title: The Great Fires in Wisconsin of 1871. The authors are Franklin Tilton, 1871; Wisconsin's Weather and Climate; Joseph M. Moran and Edward J. Hopkins, 2002; Tornadoes of Fire at Williamsonville, Wisconsin. October 8, 1871; Joseph M. Moran and E. Lee Somerville, 1990. Karen Vincent Humiston has a couple of talks about Peshtigo and the Sugar Bushes. She's working on a book titled The Sky was Brass, the Earth was Ashes. Hope all is well with you 😸. My cat decided I have been "petting" the tablet enough.
I'm still hoping to get up to the Peshtigo Museum! It's one of my bucket list items. Fordlandia - if you get a chance to read more about it - I barely scratched the surface - I found it fascinating. Thanks for dropping comments - I appreciate it.
I can get to clay county in about 30 minutes. I'll have to check that out!
Let me know -I'll meet up with you. Meanwhile - there is a Ghost Town over in Sioux County (mostly cemetery today - but would be fun to meet up and collaborate on a video together - let me know. I believe Ionia has some of the history written about it.
Great video!
Thanks! Appreciate it - plus taking time for coffee!
Good production value in this one 👏
thanks @ruraladventurer1884 - dutch pastries over some coffee SOON!
Looks familiar! I used to drive that highway all the time, as well. Thanks for the great history lesson!
The story is rich for sure - and Hawarden is a nice little stop. Thanks for stopping by and dropping a comment!
Good video, but no list of SD ghost towns is complete without Capa!
I hear you brother! I need to get up there and do an individual one. I liked your video on it - nice work.
I learned about Fordlandia by reading the Jimmy Buffett autobiography A Pirate Looks At 50
Interesting enough, apparently the town has made a comeback with population? Sitting around 3,000 pop - before the 2000's less than 90. Interesting story - RIP Jimmy Buffett
This was great can’t wait for next episode for part 2!
Thank you...Part 2 will be super interesting! Thanks for the compliment and following along.
I can't wait till you get to the Grand Opera House that's slowly decaying in the middle of the Amazon rainforest
Of course you have to say el inois not Ill inois. And the S is always silent. Lol
You are funny. 😂 Had to go back and make sure I didn't pronounce a state I've lived a few miles from...wrong. and sure enough...I said IlliNOY ...like its pronouned. All that time driving my boy up to DeKalb for football reasons 😉 -something must have stuck. But, besides all that - How was the rest of the video Ghost Town-wise?