Treasures Beyond Belief Found in Abandoned Gas Station and General Store
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.พ. 2024
- Abandoned and left to melt away in the Arizona sun, an old gas station and general store full of treasures and history. During the DIY restoration we found money, old new stock, original 1920s Vivo gravity-fed gas pumps, old trucks, old cars and so much more. Operated as a general store from 1920 to 1980, everything was still inside! Hoghland Store is located on the corner of the Graham Ranch in Pleasant Valley, Arizona, site of the Pleasant Valley War.
Love this. My dad grew up in Pleasant Valley and he and his siblings pumped gas and did odd jobs for Mr. Hoghland. Mrs. Hoghland was the local medical provider, being a nurse, and patched my dad up when he did things like gash his leg open on a cattle guard. We visited the store after it was closed, but, while Mr. Hoghland was still alive, and I remember it looking like your pictures, full of ancient merchandise. My dad adored that place, and I wonder how many times he sat on the porch looking over the same view.
That's awesome man. Like they say it's a small world.
Deborah Martin
Amazing to see the transformation of the old Hoghland store. We used to ride our bikes up there to buy candy from the large display case. I remember my dad pumping gas from the gas pumps and there used to be a meat and cheese slicer and he Ray would slice longhorn cheese and bologna for you.
I would say the right folks bought it . Thank you for preserving it. 😊
Can’t wait to see more of this beautiful place you found! And the work you’ve done to bring it back to its former glory is astounding! Would love to come see it one day. It’s beautiful!
You have done an amazing job preserving that property👍🏻 Life was good back then too....🇺🇸🇺🇸
Such a great triumph to preserve the past which gets farther and farther away each day. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for sharing. I went to highlands with my parents and grandparents in the 70’s and 80’s. I love that that the old store is now receiving a little TLC
Great job in preserving some of America's greatest memories. I hope you made arrangements for the future of this so people can still enjoy it for years to come.😊
Thank you for preserving history keep up the good work
What an amazing treasure!! Thanks for sharing. Absolutely a historical gold mine.
Beautiful restoration.
You folks are havin a ball God love ya Thank you for sharing .
Great job.🍃👍
Really a awesome job. I remember back when I was a child and going to my family for visits and watching the old clocks tic away. Brings back good memories.
Greetings from the Great Sioux Nation in the Dakotas. You folks as a team of two are to be commended for the restoration/renovation of this historical community structure. Also I really like your ideas and theme that was followed in the process, I especially liked the antique car headlights your turned into hanging lights in the kitchen. Much much work many many hours but alas jola you have a treasure that you not only love but what youve accomplished for the entire community will be realized in the process. The before and afters was another great idea to show all the hard work your husband did in the process (its so much more enjoyable being the boss,lol jk). Again great work, I think the community should recognize the significance of what was accomplished here and support as well as advertising this showpiece. I wish for you the sense of accomplishment you both deserve and hope your future at this spot is everything you worked so hard for. I do hope to get into this area this coming summer and look forward to seeing for myself the entire area. Take care and keep up the good work! Ohan Mitakuyaoyasin (we are all related).
That's a labor of love that only history buffs could do, and what an amazing job you did.
Wow great job! Really amazing! Love it!
So many treasures too, this was so cool. Love how you are preserving history and keeping it as close to how it used to be, that isn't easy. It reminds me of folk art and how people would use what they had to build art and other things with. You and Robin have done a great job, That new back porch addition is so creative.
I was hoping to see the jars full of old money, that you found under the floor boards. Major kudos for rescuing this wonderful piece of Americana! God Bless!
Resellers heaven
Just found this channelyou guys are so lucky to buy such a treasure.And you both have done such a wonderful job of cleaning and preserving.You guys should be very proud.Ill watch for the next video.Enjoyed it very much ❤️🇺🇸
awesome job !!! alot of time and dedication !
Wow thanks for doing this. It has so many memories from my childhood growing up in Young back in the 60's. My parents build the Pioneer Market down the road on the south side. I think it may be a car repair place now, not sure. We purchased the old Allen Dairy property. I miss those days.
Thank you for sharing this history and your journey. I am looking forward to seeing the next video.
Thank you so much for sharing all this beautiful place! You did truly hit the jackpot! I am a true history buff and genealogist who loves finding new places and the names and histories on people! I did the genealogy on my mom’s mom and dad’s side and have absolutely loved doing it so I am continually looking for new places and things to write about!
I wish you had a bunch of my old 1800's early 1900's Antiques, But everyone wants everyting for free.
You've done a great job of bringing the place back to life, the kitchen re-fit and use of on-site materials is excellent. I'm happy to have stumbled upon your channel 😀👏
Thank you for sharing. I have pumped gas there many times. Loved that place. Love this! Linda
This is so cool. It's nice to see this renovation before and after. Very well done.
So.....how much money did Ray hide away?....wanna tell?
Great video
This is a great video. I've lived in payson for almost my entire life, and over the last 34 or 35 years I've been in Young many, many times. So i always wondered what was going on inside that building every time I went past it.
Very cool place.
Such a beautiful historical property renovation❤️, Montgomery Ward sink-we moved to California in 2000 for Wards, they bellied up a year later 💔
Very interesting time capsule! 😁
Cowboy motif & corrugated steel surrounding tub and ceiling fits the era! Thank you for sharing 😍
Love this! Thank you for sharing and all your hard work in restoring this wonderful piece of history!
I’ve always wondered who owned this place everytime we pass it! Great job looks perfect!!
This was amazing. Ya'll did a wonderful job. It takes people like ya'll to make old new again. this is a wonderful thing ya'll did. I hope any money ya'll found was useful to that dream. I believe it was ment for ya'll to find. I wish ya'll the best in the future.
Beautiful old gas station
get you a flash light dude !
Fascinating. So much history. A lot of work but well worth it. Waiting for Part 2. Bill in Texas!
I would metal detecting. I bet you would find a lot of treasures that way, too. Thank you for taking care of this place. Beautiful place.
Love the place. Just my style. You are lucky that you are in a dry enough area that the place was still standing.
Great work and i get to look at the store from my porch!
Good job folks pulled it off without any electricity
so awesome thanx much
It's amazing the number of abandoned gas ⛽ throughout the Southwest. It wasn't uncommon to find six or more gas stations abandoned in a small town. There were other buildings that were crumbling. But that high number of gas stations that were abandoned seemed to me to be a little out of the ordinary.
God bless you for taking on such a challenge but you need some youngsters to help you out on this
I cannot imagine maintaining all this stuff , you must have some plans , I hope, because the thought of just your daily routine and then also to keep all that property and buildings and dusting all the insides , it's like "Lions and Bears Oh My "!!! You have your work cut out year after year ? Oh my. Have fun in all you do and this too !?
How many rattlesnakes have you found on the property since moving inn? Seems there would be many hiding places for them.
I bought gas there, January 1, 1970. Old man pumped a handle back and forth to fill the glass tank atop the pump. Then gravity filled my VW Bug's tank when he squeezed the nozzle. The old guy then looked at the graduated marks on the glass tank and took a pencil from behind his ear did some math on the white wooden post by the gas pump. Told me the total, and I paid him in cash.
Really nice work you hang on your man he is a hard worker and thanks so much it would be interesting to know how much paper money might have been chewed up and what kind of coinage was found your place is so nice really enjoyed the history of it God Bless
Dear Old Folks Adventure, @ 14:22 you pan past an old loading dockhand truck with a fuel can on it. It is military and was used up until mid 1942. Ten gallons of fuel became too much for the re-fuelers to lift by hand and the 5 gallon ones became more common. It is kinda on the rare side, it even still has the bungs in it. So please don't get rid of it. I had to ad more. @ 14:42 the truck you have is a Chevy G-506 military cargo truck, don't get rid of it either...
Definitely got to say y'all did it up really good that is beautiful what a nice piece of history all have saved that's cool definitely wish I knew where this was I lived down here in South Central Arizona almost to Mexico not too far from nogales not too far from a Amado if you guys know where that is, 24 mi due West from Amado you said earlier they were going up to globe been through there quite a few times buy Superior on 60 heading into Phoenix or back to safford Arizona. So I take it it's out and Eastern Arizona somewhere???
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Are you going to sell gas.that wood be so cool.😊🎉
What year did the general store go out of business?
Man, this is fun. This is great. I got tetanus and tb ... twice just watching this. We miss you 2.
You think now days they could of used a flashlight strong enough to see everything
I got a 1930s icebox you put ice in it’s for the house but needs to be restored. I pulled it off of farm side here in Minnesota. Don’t know what to do with it yet.
Really curious about the jars of money,was it silver or bills and what about the cash the rats made nests out of? I'm a coin collector that's why the curiosity
What size is the bathtub. Wow, please show us the money. I bet there was silver and maybe some gold coins, too. I could spend weeks in the dungeon.
You keep saying you found lots of old treasures but you never show any of that.
Antique dealers in Northern Ca. Still you blind . They have two and three other psople looking as they catch the owners attention and when they are gone you can see where many items havd diapeared.
Interesting. More editing needed.
I suggest you get one of your gran kids to do the videos for you ,,needs a lot of polish. have no idea where this is other than in Arizona
Need to call the American pickers and let them come and see what all you do got. They can tell you how much things really cost. And they would have a good time. Might help you out a little bit?
treasure beyond belief?!? that's what's called click bait
Too many teasers about money found ? How much ? Asking for a friend ?
Get a real light