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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ย. 2024
- Welcome to Wonderhussy Adventure #696
Date of adventure: 1/18/23
Hiking along the old Death Valley Railroad grade to the remote, forgotten ghost town of Colemanite with my pal Larry.
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As somebody who loves old and historical cemeteries, you can guess what portion of this one I liked best. Loved it. Larry in Fort Worth.
Larry is a lucky guy going for a walk with a history teacher awesome ❤
Really enjoy your excursions. They've great for an ancient viewer whose explorations are now from his recliner!
That USMM is a surveyor marker (Mineral Marker) that would have also been used to record deposits found in that area.
Thanks, can always trust one if WH peeps know...
Larry is so Cool. Hanging out with Larry is always a great Video.
The General Land Office devised a process where the mineral surveys would be tied into a local point known as a “Location Monument” or sometimes referred to as a “Mineral Monument”. These monuments were usually designated USLM or USMM. This square nail (above) is likely the tie-in point on USLM No. 54 near Silver City,
The piece of wire is the one she used for her many many abortions.
I was going to comment that it was likely a federal survey marker of some type since I had seen similar before, but thanks for the extra details, The founders of this nation were serious about surveying land and mapping it.
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cool Sarah and Lar! 👍
Ryan Camp in Death Valley looks very interesting
I love it when you find old newspapers. They are documented history.
Glad you live for this. I do too but from sitting in my recliner!
The papers are from between 1905 and 1907 according to the advertisement and the address listed for Harris and Frank. So cool that they are still there!!
I really like when you have Larry on your videos because I know Larry will protect you and I just like Larry thank you
Good video, Sarah. It's nice to see you and Larry out exploring together again.
15:00. My Great Great Maternal Grandfather, Everett Davidson, worked on that railroad in the very early 1900's. He lived in a crude tent on site and went back to Reno, Nevada once a month to be with his wife.Shirley. We have a small photo album of his escapades.
Please share his escapades
Ohhhh, the little cemetery - how primitive and haunting. What a life that must have been. That ought to be a postcard. Nice to see Larry again.
11.24 Note the ad's address, 437-423(?) South Spring St. According to one online history of the Frank & Harris clothing store in LA, the start of THIS address (for South Spring St. location) was 1905/1907. The 300 block was in 1905. The 400 block of S. Spring St. was in use starting in 1907. The online people use 447-443 S. Spring St. The store apparently was here from 1907-1925. In 1925 it relocated to S Hill St. then years later to Broadway.
11:24 above.
Interesting. The style of the truck in the cartoon could be 1925 or earlier. It has pretty thick fenders to be too much earlier I think. Thanks. Thailand Paul
I checked this out myself and then found your research here. I concur 1905 - 1925 per the address in the newspaper.
Never boring with your videos. 😊
It was actually a Mule shoe.
Mules were better at packing and pulling, and much heartier in the desert.
Fun video as always! Thanks!
I was going to write that, but when I started scrolling down I saw yours
@@rangerkyle6681 I've been a farrier for 30 years, so I'm Ocd when folks call mule shoes horse shoes. Lol
@@carolynslette6073 Yep, just to help people know what they are looking at, horse and pony shoes are more of a round bowl shape, while mule shoes are a longer skinny "U" shape. Cool to know there are lady Farriers out there. Assuming Carolyn is a lady's name. You never really can assume anything about a name and expect to be correct in that assumption.
Ferrier
"Hardier" in the desert
Good. Going Larry!
You can read those old newspapers and magazines all day, I sure enjoyed them.
Thank you.
❤ it when you hike with Larry - he has an eagle eye for things. ❤ the old newspaper! The graves were sad to see, but neat that the markers have been preserved.😊
I want to hike this! Thanks WH!
That was damn hard living and a damned hard life for those that worked and lived in that area. Can't imagine it! Nice peek back at history.
Unlike Wonder Crusty who hangs around hot springs getting banged all day.
I really enjoy your explorations. You do it for those of who no longer can.
Thank You!!
I love it when you hike the old railroad grades.
Please do keep reading the old newspapers you find! I could honestly watch an entire hour while you go over one!
It’s always good to see you and Larry!!! Some of the best adventures!
Outstanding adventure, as usual. And growing up in the SFV, suburbs of Los Angeles, I remember TV commercials for Harris and Frank in the late 60's to early 70's. And I just googled it, they were in biz from something like 1870 until 1980
I googled it too and by the address listed in the advertisement it looks like it was during 1905-1907 as that was the only time the store was located at 337-341 S. Spring St as the advertisement listed. Amazing that the newspaper survived all these years in a broken down wooden cabin!!
Always nice to find an old right-of-way intact to some degree. There's bits and piece of the "St Louis, Rocky Mountain and Pacific" that's visible along the US 87 between Raton and Des Moines NM. Temporary railroads that serve their purpose until coal or gold are completely mined out and then the abandonment usually comes some years later.
Thank you Sara ! We love watching your travels. My wife and I cannot get enough of your adventures. Three months to go and she retires. We plan on seeing for ourselves what you’ve shared with the world. We plan on keeping our eyes open for that white rig of yours. We own one too. Have faith in the old gal. Lots of life left in her. Happy trails.
I love Larry, this is awesome. So glad to see you guys together collaborating!
Wonder Hussey, love it when you read those old newspapers, and you take some of us back in time, I’m the guy that’s visually impaired, anything you say you read I interpreted it in my mind love it, and keep reading those old newspapers. 14:12
That's they kind of history exploration I love! Not the just off the road trashed sites. But out there where nobody wanted to be but to earn a dollar it was necessary. Great to see you both exploring again Sarah. I hope there's more to come.
The real Death Valley is the one between Wonder Hussy’s legs.
@@residentpotato6023 And the one true dead brain is the one between your ears. I'm sorry that you have apparently led such an unfilling and boring life.
@@residentpotato6023 you could have left that "comment" off mine. She's got more class than obviously any woman you have contact with.
Grow up and learn some manners.
Shame on the guy that said that.
...like the quick nod to "behind the green door"...
Just love history like this. It’s not that long ago that people lived hard lives, and we think we struggle sometimes.😮
Good one WH! I'm continually struck by how similar the terrain appears to be, in relation to Mars pics and vids.
The blue sky is the give away for this being Earth. But otherwise, so much like it.
You're very lucky to live there and have such nice people to help you.
Great film. What a hell of a life those miners endured. Well done Larry for finding the settlement.
They likely used pick and shovel to dig the graves in that rock hard earth. Rocks to keep animals out as you surmised. There are graves in the Arctic where they were dug in the permafrost and remains are remarkably well preserved. Great video, just found and subscribed
another, wonderful share! thank you so much !
Love your history lessons… awesome WH ❤😊😮
Of all my channels I’m subscribed to……you are my favorite and the one I watch every single video!!!!!……great work!!!
Me, too. I look forward to Wednesdays postings from Wonderhussy!
These kind of explorations are the stuff I enjoy! Great video!
USMM = United State Mineral Monument, which were apparently placed as part of mineral surveys. You can see USMM 47 marked on the 7.5 minute USGS topo map for where you were.
Always a pleasure watching your videos! Thank you for sharing! Continued prayers and love for you!❤
Off the beaten track exploration is one of the best ways to see abandoned, historical locations like this. Well done by Larry and you!
Thank you for taking us along Larry&Sarah
Sandy here: Colemanite is an important ore for boron and was probably used in heat-resistant borosilicate glass production. But what a desolate place to have to live and work...
Still, a beautiful day for a winter hike and a glimpse of history, thanks for taking me along.
Stay safe and be well ❤❤ Sandy and Ruth
Looks like the mining was of sedimentary horizons in the side of the hill which were lake deposits that are probably relatively old. (Mio-pliocene).
Hi, Wonderhussy! I so totally love when you show and read the old newspapers and magazine ads from long ago💯 percent! Thank you! And thanks to Larry, too! Beautiful hike. So interesting and refreshing. 💋
Larry is soooo sweet! What's great is you have the sensitivity to imagine what the poor animals might have felt like in such a harsh "farm" environment, God love ya for it! Darn, I wish you'd been able to find a date on those newspaper pieces, just to have the satisfaction of SEEING it for real. You look beautiful BTW.
You just don't get this kind of hard hitting southwestern history lesson from anyone else. Awesome stuff.
I can't help to think that maybe mules or oxen were pulling those slips instead of horses. Keep pumping out the vids Huss. None better.
Great seeing the both of you together on this adventure! Looking forward to more videos! Bless you
Lived in Vegas in the '80s and '90s and was a Death Valley explorer. But I never made it there. Thank You both for showing me something I'd never seen before... Spectacular View of the Valley.
I love America it has so much history in places we never heard of but thanks to you and your friends we getting a education we didn’t get in school.
FASCINATING!!! Love this! It truly is the valley that time forgot and finding remnants of civilization ...too cool!
I love looking at old newspapers. You should do a whole video on just that. Even if you find them in antique stores or other places that are NOT out in the wilderness.
Colemanite is a mineral which must be what they were mining. It can be used in the manufacture of heat resistant glass...maybe like Pyrex? Maybe for observation glass in wood stoves, etc. There certainly wasn't much effort in long term residency but by the appearance of all the road cutting and tailing piles on the hill sides they were there for a while. The news papers help to block the drafts...i noticed some car illustrations and they appeared to be early 20s but im with you on time frame. Graves were interesting. Since the mine didn't appear to have been there long enough to have accumulated so many burial site I wonder if there had been an event like an explosion, collapse or possibly a result from the 1918 to 20 flu epidemic. Fantastic exploration. Keep up the good work...you're my favorite Hussey
I missed this when it came out. Fun little adventure and always good to see Laaaarrrry.
Nice of you to acknowledge and empathize with the animals who were forced out into these locations 🐴
Excellent explore with Larry Word.
What a beautiful looking place and a beautiful day in the Valley that Time Forgot. You sure know how to.pick them and an interesting history lesson on that railroad line. Good job with Larry.
LOVE THIS!!! I love railroad stuff old and new!!
Well worth the watch time, start to finish. Those lonely graves marked with weathered old wooden crosses certainly speak of a hardscrabble life and an inglorious ending to it. I wonder if they all died around the same time - maybe the Spanish Flu epidemic swept through the camp, or perhaps there was a cave-in at the mine. If only those old stone shelters could talk. Excellent adventure! Be well, and stay safe out there.
I have seen that trail from the main road and never tried it. Now I know that there is actually something interesting back there. I need a road trip.
Great to see Larry again
What a very interesting video.Great scenery and lots of history.Amazing.
Wonderhussy and Larry Riding again cool and nice to see a wonderful abandoned site like this great video the both of you two lovely people ❤️🤍💙
Very interesting. Love you exploring places like this.
What a great adventure/hike. Good times.
I grew up riding in trucks hauling out of the talc mines in the 70’s. Such an amazing place.
BTW, that was a mine claim marker.
Pretty interesting video, hello Larry, hello Sarah. Great start to a new year..............................
I have watched a lot of your videos and they are great keep up your good work. I am a big fan of Wonder Hussey!!!!!!!!!!
💗🤠😎 I'M STONED. but i like this eposode.
Love to explore things like this! Thanks for taking us around.
Your videos are awesome
Usmm 47 is a geographical coordinate marker under GNIS
I'm glad Larry was patient. But he knows you've got a lot of places already lined up🙂. It's actually nice that the southwest is so vast. Makes for lots of places to explore. Thanks for the tour
and all the great info on Colemanite...and much love to you, Sarah Jane.
Fascinating stuff. Thank you both for the adventure.
Thanks for the cool videos 😎😉
Hey wonder , maybe not just a stove, but a big crucible ?❤🎉✌️😉
It's always astonishing to watch these videos. The harsh and desolate conditions that these miners lived-in. Thank you for a different perspective of the old west in the previous century.
Wow, I was in DVNP on that same day, 18 Jan. I visited the RR depot at DV Jct, across the street from the Amargosa Opera House. I didn't know the road to Colemanite was open. Thank Larry for the info, it was nice seeing him in your video.
Those graves part of them might be mikes and horses 🐎 probably the big ones thanks beautiful lady and Larry , good job thanks BigAl California, praise Jesus Christ grace grace amen 🙏
Love Your old Railroad vids and Ghost towns, i used to work on the railways here in south africa in the 1980s, love Your videos Sarah!🙂👍🌵🏜🏚🚂
Can't quit thinking about those pits.
Beautiful
That is amazing Sarah, what a find. Such history to discover. Incredible! 😎👌👍
Wonderhussy makes a piece of wire historic and interesting
👍🏼 Gota love Californias mining history. Nice tour. Never been out there.
That was awesome, thank you.
It's so interesting how you bring life to death and disparity.
Thanks Larry & WH..👍
I really enjoyed this one! What a great adventure to a really remote and worthy destination. Glad Larry finally got you out there.🙂
That was great. Now I have too save and come back in year or so and look at comments to see what they all say about US mm 47. Have a great year WonderHussy and Larry.
Love this Thank you for your videos I love them
Hi Larry!!😅
Your channel is like a old friend. I was born at edwards AFB in 64 and lived in these deserts my whole life
I love and cherish your adventures thank you
cool place to live..
Love this content, Thank You!
You and Larry the A team! thank you ALL stay safe
This was a very entertaining adventure today. I loved it.
Love yer stoff !
Greetings from a cold , damp Scotland.
Your Desert vids really warm me up !
Am jealous of Larry !
Love to go hiking with you . XX
Fascinating history, thank you for the travels! Love it 😊
The General Land Office devised a process where the mineral surveys would be tied into a local point known as a “Location Monument” or sometimes referred to as a “Mineral Monument”. These monuments were usually designated USLM or USMM. Keep up the good work WH.🙂
Did you get photo of you on that skid ❓ that would be a great shot