Here's Cody, Wyoming: America's Last Wild West Town
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2023
- This might be the most American place we have left!
I traveled to Cody, Wyoming on the final day of the Wyoming trip to check out how people live in the northwest part of the state. Everything about Cody screams COWBOY!
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In front of the Irma the grey suv is my grandpeaunts suv
Morocco is home of over 70 percent of the world's phosphorus but I am afraid the people are of no concern in a way when California goes Yellowstone goes and science says overpopulation is the issue so we are mining the fault lines at the salt n sea for lithium.
awesome job!
LOL Nick. Gotta love the Bonanza-like lettering. Good stuff, as usual.
@@Charlesvalcarce Wow. That is cool. They are famous now. 😀
I DARE Nick to go back in the WINTER !! LOL 😅
And it doubles as the real windy season! Although Cody isn't as windy as other parts of the state, it's enough to break a lot of people.
I drove semis out west and winter in Wyoming is guaranteed stopped traffic and trucks off the road everywhere. The wind is just brutal and constant along with the icy conditions. It is absolutely beautiful otherwise and i enjoyed my times there. Nature is just amazing!
@ABTheCreatorI’m sorry you have to go through that. It’s a shame. LA lmao.
Winter isn't that bad so long as you don't leave town.
Walk in the park for us canucks 😂
I live in Cody, about 2 blocks from the Irma Hotel. I love it here. I grew up in Pennsylvania and then moved to New Mexico. This place is like no other place. Old Skool Values and simple living is what make Cody a wonderful place to live.
Yes. Nick drove past our house! 😊
Yay!!
He drove right past mine, too! My old Yamaha YZ490 looks pretty good in the back end of my Ranger!
Hello fellow Cody resident
Gorgeous part of our country! Thanks for sharing 👍
I have never heard of that place but I took a moment to check it on Google maps and it looks very nice. I've never been to Connecticut at all but I've been all over the Midwest from being raised in Michigan to buffalo NY is as northeast as I could get. If my company has a truck route out that way we will for sure try it out. I recommend brown county state park in indiana, kindve resembles a smaller smoky mountains
Nick, when you finish traveling to all 50 states we’re gonna need a 50 state ranking video from best to worst based on your experiences
Nick, it's time to update your 50 States Ranking.
California is the worst, but sadly is the epitome of America
I imagine he will put Nebraska number one, given his rave review of the place.
These videos of rural America are by far the best! Keep up the great work Nick!
yes, i find them also more interesting than the videos about the big cities, for me as an german places like cody are the real us! same here, berlin is not the real germany. we have the same problems here, because of the woke madness. that makes places like cody even more special...
@@TheDubOrange It is one of the final holdouts of true America for certain. A place where the American spirit and American people remain unscathed by the tentacles of globalism.
Vacation vs actually living there are 2 separate things but we are glad you enjoyed Cody.
The difference is when you actually live there, you get an annual membership at the local gun range :-)
Do you love living in Cody? What are things you recommend doing if one travels there to see if they would want to live there?
the long winter would be tough...i think that is the reason no.1, why not more people move there, and places in cody are not the best to find a decent job. but the beauty is so amazing....
Does Cody have an ice skating rink or A shopping plaza or a 24 hour fitness/la fitness...I've never been in Cody I'm pretty sure I've been in Sheridan Wyoming and definitely Cheyenne...can barely remember any other town names other than those two
@@vardekpetrovic9716 I play a bit of hockey I might be too old to play semi pro I'm 42...I can still play rec league level hockey like B/C league type rec league... I would love to be paid somehow doing something on an ice rink...Rink guard... Hockey Ref...semi pro hockey player (least likely) there have been some really old NHL players...I'm an intermediate level ice skater at best
Informative and goofy, my favorite combination!
Yeah I’ve noticed he also tries to stay relatively neutral on certain topics and rarely gives his personal opinions on politics and touchy subjects, which I like.
Haha THATS not true Claudio
@@NickJohnson Let’s ask Mappy
My niece lives in Cody, Wyoming. She started as a real estate agent, got engaged, and does horse back trips through the wild. And works at Cody Regional Medical Center
What a beautiful place! Greetings from Europe, Wyomingites!
yes, beautiful. i am from germany and think, that there are similiar places in norway....greetings
@@TheDubOrange Yeah, we do have similar nature and landscapes in Europe, no doubt
@@jordy786 yes, but in the us everything is bigger, more place. europe is also beautiful, so much different landscapes...
@@jordy786 But can you own guns? Nope.
@@mikieemiike3979 You actually can
LMAO your commentary is GOLD Nick! Loving this Western road trip series!
I can’t wait for Montana!
my first time in Wyoming, I was just struck by the absolute natural beauty of it all. one day, I will own land, hundreds of acres, out in a beautiful valley in Wyoming. one day.
Good luck for you
I did that and left after 6 years.
9 months of winter is too much
i hope your dream will come true, i can understand you really good, such a beautiful place, far away from all the madness. good luck!
@@Dangic239 months of winter is tough, but it is so beautiful...
@@TheDubOrange
It is.
I had no idea Wyoming was so beautiful. This is a fascinating state. If only winters were shorter I would want to move there.
I've been to Wyoming (you actually have visited lots of the places I've been to and they're in your videos), and really loved it there. In my opinion, what it lacks in population, it doesn't lack beauty and peace and quiet! Love it!
The lack of population is why it's good. That's a bonus, not a negative. It would otherwise be ruined by too many humans cause that's how we roll.
sounds perfect!
@@ShadowAussiei can't agree more!
@@ShadowAussie so true!
I’ve lived here for my whole life it is a pro and a very big con
I’m a Minnesotan, I love Wyoming. I find some states to be objectively good no matter one’s political views, that would generally be New England, and the Great Plains states like Wyoming, Montana, Kansas, Iowa, and Minnesotan. Characteristics of these objectively good places include good education, good healthcare, strong middle class, opportunity, a good business environment, a good environment in general, and good rooted values. These places generally value hard work, personal responsibility, community, the basic rights of all in that community to participate in the community. These objectively good places aren’t completely along modern political blue vs red divides but to some extent are along old ones.
KY is pretty much nonpolitical. They vote for the best candidate vs their party. Everyone gets along and are kind. We moved back here after 30 years in Philly and DC. I feel like I live in a Hallmark movie now.
ur cops are a bunch of crooks then
@@marystewart1125 yes, live here in SE Kentucky. Beautiful mountains
@jakes4164 😂😂😂I grew up in country in Kentucky and 64 now.
@@marystewart1125 Mitch "The Turtle" McConnell just entered the chat...a well known corrupt RINO!
Your there on the nicest day of the year. Comeback in three months and see how you like it.
Lmao those winters are no joke. Deadly cold
I wish I were younger, I wouldn't think twice about moving there. It reminds me of what a lot of America was 50 years ago. Thanks for posting this.
Yah. At 62 years old myself I need to be closer to hospitals. Unless I just throw caution to the wind.
I'm 65 and would move there in a second!😊
50 years ago? So like 1973? Might want to check the math on that one lol
@@ProfessorPancakes420 50 years ago it was even more open country. If I remember right I was 7 years old when I first went to Wyoming to visit my Aunt. Shoot even California was different then. We had more Hunters and very little gun control. But the rat Democrats had to take over. And it's been down hill ever since.
@@ProfessorPancakes420 yeah America 50 years ago. Look at old footage. Nice small towns with little businesses. Peaceful.
Anyone else wonder if Nick’s always been a funny guy?
His videos always crack me up
really funny, i love it, specially in this video😊
Bought our retirement home in Cody nearly two years ago from the W Coast. We love it here! We spend a lot of money and we DONT CHANGE ANYTHING.
Good man!
I think the Wyoming road trip is my favorite road trip series. Big Country.
Yes, what an awesome job!
Mine too!😊
You go to some bloody awful places. It’s so good to see you somewhere so beautiful. Cheers from England.
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Beautiful scenery and clean air .
This might be where I need to settle Down. I like the weather, the philosophy and the freedom there. No smash and grab looters, no riots, no burning cities, no drama. You get pulled over, you show your ID and be on your way.
Consider staying away from Cheyenne and Casper. They've grown a bit too big for their britches. But, many nice little towns around the bigger cities.
@@Erik_Swiger How is Laramie?
i can understand you, far away from all the madness! the long winter would be tough...
Wow scenery is beautiful !
As a truck driver wyoming is a horror show in winter. I sat for a week on the side of the interstate snowed in. Another few days I would have started chewing my boots for food
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Beautiful country, and as always informative and entertaining. Thank you Nick.
Thank You Nick For Your Observation Of These Places You Visit, Very Refreshing And We Need More Of This, Wendy
My birth state! Born in Cheyenne but left when I was really young. Cody is beautiful! Thanks for the tour! I heard on the news unfortunately that Wyoming is going to have an influx of people moving there like Texas!😮
I moved to Cheyenne in 1998. The population signs said roughly 50,000 people, for years and years. Then recently, as in a couple of years, we've grown to 65,000, and some say it's even more. It's insane here now.
Why are people moving out of their blue states to red meat ones like Wyoming?
They have done such a great job voting in policies to make places like California and New York amazing! Don’t leave your paradises
@@kamakaziozzie3038To be fair, many of the people moving to Wyoming are moving because their belief line up more accordingly. Looking at the voting record in presidential and senate races around the state. If anything, Wyoming is only becoming more conservative. Some left-leaning people were moving to Cheyenne because it was cheaper and they could commute to Fort Collins for work. Those days are pretty much gone now. Cheyenne is almost just as expensive as Fort Collins and Wellington these days. Never thought I'd see it.
LOL!!! Well, they got some "Adjusting" to do!!! I live in Kansas.. We are the same!!! Do Not bring your crap here!!!!
Just don’t change the politics and everything will be fine
Haha “I’m on a start calling you Cappy”. I swear Nick could have a kids show that adults like as well.
Nick, we can definitely say that you're not a slacker because you get around the country like you're always on the move. 😂
The way you put words into sentences is so hilarious SIR X) BAHAHAHHAHA
Nice video bro. I recently visited Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho for the first time and I loved all! Just wanted to echo that here!
Haha! You cracked me up when you said “The deer feel the tension.” 😄
My mom and dad and I passed through Wyoming on are way too Westconson. We had a Chihuahua sitting on my mom's lap looking out the window. And I was kicked back in the back seat. I mentioned we went all them miles without a flat tire and then my mom and dad threatened me with a spanking because I was going to cause them to have bad luck.
Where is Westkonsin?
@@keithbalke6352 I'm not sure I was a kid. It had a lot of Germans. My brother in law was German so I remember hanging around that side they didn't like polish people saying how stupid they are. I remember in a German owned bar they had a corncob on the wall with a string underneath it and under it they had written polish chainsaw.
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Westconson (not "WestKonsIn") is next to Minipop, Iawhat, and Inanoise 👍
@@Variety1985lol 😂😂😂
I spent 3 months in Cody back in 08. I miss the steak houses and local burgers! Amazing country!
Nick, I've extensively lived and traveled the United States and your videos are often places I've been to. Thanks for rekindling my life-long vanderlust!
Ok!!
Stopped at Cody twice this year. Beautiful drive into Yellowstone from there, same with taking the Chief Joseph Hwy up to Cooke City.
I sent this video to one of my friends. We worked together as nurses in Basin, Wyoming (when I lived in Greybull, Wyoming). She is originally from Cody and lives there now.
That's so nice❤ Thank you for share that with a old Lady from Germany.
Be careful Nick
Until soon❤
I like it when you show the sound of surrounding. We can feel the place.
I'll be in Wyoming next week! If I could stand the snow and cold for longer than 3 days, I'd make it my home.
Love Cody Wyoming. Rest in Peace Kit, Barry, and Rob. Fly high my friends. Wished I hadn't waited so long to visit. Thank you Kit and Linda.
Your right Nick. The last of America's the Great Frontier for sure, great outdoors is Amazing!
what about alasca???
Every piece of artwork we have is from Cody WY, a beautiful place.
So when are you moving to Cody, Nick? As I watched this video, I couldn’t help but think of how drastically different Wyoming is from Utah. I think Wyoming’s isolation is what has preserved it so well.
I thought Alaska was America's last great frontier. But what do I know? The Wyoming you filmed seems idyllic, but truth be told, it gets really cold there in the winter. According to Wikipedia, the average low temperature in Cody, Wyoming in January is 17 degrees Fahrenheit. Please don't tell me your trip to Wyoming did not include a stop in Jackson, Wyoming? Jackson is basically the number one place in Wyoming that wealthy Americans outside Wyoming would consider moving to.
the average low temperature in Iowa is 14 degrees Fahrenheit. I never stopped riding my motorcycle when I lived there in the winter, and I was born and raised in Florida. I've got pictures of my bike somewhere in 3 feet of snow, and a big ol' trail carved behind it.
it was a 1977 Yamaha Xs750 triple, with a big fairing and skinny tires. the electric start wouldn't work in the winter so I always just kick started it.
Jackson is a shithole that brings the entire state down a notch. If you want that just stay in San Francisco or Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, etc.
Jackson is the epitome of all the wrong that is happening to beautiful places, outsiders moving in and trying to force their ways on locals, buying up land to turn it into ugly and overpriced condos. Driving hard working people out of their spaces. Stop colonizing and stay in your cities, you made your beds.
I will never understand the mindset of going somewhere else to experience it, just to complain and try to make it exactly like the place you came from. It's like putting a Hilton resort in the middle of the amazon.
You act like people don’t understand how the climate is at high elevations haha, everyone knows how brutal the winters can be in Wyoming, it isn’t a secret.
Alaska gets to -45F Lol
Alaska will be the first tragic frontier
Good Morning Nick the more Wyoming places you have taken us the more Majestic it's been, Cody is by far the most Majestic scenic part of Wyoming hopefully my Auto correct has spelled it right 😅, that Dude Ranch holy crap I could live in a place like that waking up to the sound of the river and the nature what a privilege.
I hope those destructive land developers Stay well away from this gorgeous state.
Have a blessed week ahead.
to live there would be a dream...but the long winter would be tough...
@TheDubOrange +I would totally agree mate, be absolutely beautiful though, throw a few logs on the fire and wrap up.. the American winters are definitely more extreme then my New Zealand ones
@@UrbanKiwiana and tougher than the winters here in germany! greetings from berlin
it is amazing, that only 570 000 people live there...few people, much space and nature. here in tv there was a film about the north west and that that region becomes a place for freedom loving people, they framed them as far right...state tv, they frame everybody as right who is not extreme left.
Great video, Nick! I'm really enjoying this series.
A wonderful video! Beautiful scenery. 😊❤
Thanks for the video Nick, fully watched, Have a great week 🐨🦘
Yay you too!
I would love to move to Wyoming but I know I couldn't handle the winters at my age.
Love your videos Nick! Thank you
Nick, I have enjoyed your videos about Wyoming. There is a lot to see and do in the state and you only covered a little bit. I encourage you in the future to come out and visit more of the state. If you do, give me a call.
This is prolly one of your best episodes nick...keep up the good work..😂😂😂😂
I was in Cody a few years ago. It was June 9, 2000and whenever and we flew from Salt Lick City-but had to be re-routed from landing in Cody to Bozeman, Montana. There was 8 inches of SNOW on the runway in Cody--on June 9th by god! What's up with that?
We ended up having to drive from Montana down to Cody.
I was in Cheyenne on the last day of June, 1990. And it snowed. Less than 1 week before the 4th of July, and it snowed. We're at about 6,000 elevation here, that's part of it.
I'd love to live in Wyoming but this ol' Georgia boy would freeze solid in winter!
Great video! Really enjoyed it!
I loved this video! I definetely want to visit it one day soon. Very emotional ending.
A+ video!
Award-worthy video of Cody, would have loved to go to that dude ranch also!
x 0:13 Amazing shot!
x 0:58 Awesome clip of the horses!
x 1:47 Great intro music!
x 2:13 What a great viewpoint and view!
x 4:52 For a field trip in elementary school, we went to Buffalo Bill Ranch in North Platte, Nebraska.
x 8:09 Those stage coaches are supercool!
x 15:02 Great footage!
x 16:29 That is where I used to shop when I lived in Greybull, Wyoming, I probably went there 12+ times.
x 16:50 I remember going there too, very cool!
x 20:04 Shooting the Winchester '73 would be awesome!
o When I went there, I shot a Colt 45 (which shot beautifully!), a Sig Sauer pistol, and an assault rifle.
o That gaming area is really fun too!
x "Cappy" Mappy hahaha. Awesome nickname!
x 20:54 Hahaha! That is one of my favorite PSAs, where the father catches the son with drugs.
x 26:24 Looks really great!
x 26:33 Cowboy Mac & Cheese looks and sounds like a winner!
x 27:31 John Cook, Nebraska's volleyball coach, has a horse and is an avid horserider. He is from San Diego, California.
o The volleyball team actually broke a world record on August 30th!
x 28:07 One thing I like about Wyoming is all the natural landscapes and beautiful areas to explore!
x 28:44 Awesome shot of her!
o I often go to the TH-cam channel Save A Fox, whose star is Finnegan Fox
x 29:11 Awesome grab on the cabin location!
x 30:06 Supercool explanation of the area and his perspective!
o He is certainly a good person to know!
Notes:
x I went to Irma Hotel and Restaurant for lunch one time when I went there, I had the Buffalo Bill Burger and fries.
x There was a Strong Man competition one time I went to Cody, it was downtown and the rest of the streets were closed off.
o I am not sure if that was a one-time thing or an annual tradition....?
x There is an experimental log cabin mansion nearby, but the roads were closed off when I tried to go there.
x I am not much of a shopper, but I still thought that was an amazing place to shop for historical items and for cowboy culture clothes.
x The Buffalo Bill Center of the West was excellent.
x I remember thinking the Sierra Trading Post there was particular great too.
I enjoyed this a lot!
Cheers from Spain
Very beautiful video. Thank you to share with us all these beauty
These videos are sooooo goood! Thanks Nr. Nick 🙏🏼💙🤠
Love your videos Nick and with Humor you add
Cody looks beautiful. The land is spacious and sparsely populated, even the roads in the housing area is almost twice as big as normal. If it weren’t for these videos I would never have known about places like this. Thank you very much Nick.
Nick the best TH-cam now fr
THANKS, NICK JOHNSON PRODUCTIONS FOR THIS GREAT WESTERN VIDEO! GREAT VIDEO! THE COWBOYS APPRECIATE THIS VIDEO!
GOOD GARY
Nick, great video! You really need to see the major gun museum. It’s huge. How about covering the same ground plus the museum in January? Lots of people cover the mountain states and upper mid west in the summer. Nobody goes in the winter. I’ll bet there are winter activities no one else reports on.
I'm going to do cold soon!
I think the main reason why people aren't moving there, because its such a beautiful area that people would rather leave it alone and just vacation there.
No Jobs, low quality of life, no health care, Limited educational options, brutal winters, are some of the reasons people don’t move there.
Now explain the low quality of life?
And there are no jobs. They're all coming down here to Colorado, damn it!
That's a nice thought, but I don't think that's why. High real estate prices, horrible weather, entirely homogenous population, no real social welfare policies in place, terrible job market , bad healthcare and basically nothing to do are the reasons people don't move there. Nice place to visit and probably a good place to grow up, but I think it would be hard to move there from anyplace else
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The combination of the other factors add to the low quality of life.
WY is on top of the charts for suicide, depression, divorces, etc.
Cheyenne was ok because I had CO to go to for all my needs.
Still had to drive 45 to 90 minutes.
But that’s better than other towns in WY that are 2+ hours away from anything.
Thank you for sharing!!! Love it!!
This trip seems to have changed you and Mappy. I think it's changed me too! Thanks for bringing me along. Pardner.
Great video!!!!
Wyoming is VERY windy! We love the beauty there!! Been there several times.
Very nice post. Thanks for sharing this.
Spent a couple days in Cody 15 years ago, went to the rodeo, to a cookout at night, rode horsies up a mountainside. It was great.
That bit with the horses was hilarious! 🤣
Absolutely fantastic video Nick!!! I loved it.
If I ever come to the USA I will definitely Cody as a place to visit!
Thanks for the tour Nick! I’m headed out there in May. Really looking forward to it.
You are probably one of my most favorite people on the planet! Thank you for all your work!
Really wow?
@@NickJohnsonyou two should meet. It's your destiny Skywalker! Nick wherever you are today, you better find the nearest horse and saddle up, you greenhorn! 🦬🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🦓🦄🐸🐸🐸🐸. And stop all that cussing until you are saddle sore or have bow legs.
Can’t believe you covered my old stomping ground, I grew up there. I miss it but could never thrive there because it’s all tourism. Thanks! Btw, the Dollar used to be a great dive bar. They’ve tour-ond it! It looks awful.
Nick, if you are perhaps headed to Billings my daughter is there and would be a good interview. I have great contacts in Butte as well--"the most Irish town in the world outside of Ireland/Ireland's 5th Province," as they say, and it lives up to it.
I was there! It'll be in a video one day!
Gorgeous, Nick! Love your work. You need to record more songs though!❤
I will when I stop traveling 😥
Wyoming looks absolutely beautiful
Beautiful, looks like an all-human area in America. Not many left!
Thank you for showing this. Living in Australia I doubt I’ll ever go to Cody Wyoming. However we have similar places in Australia but they don’t have snow capped mountains. They have miles of scrub and dust.
Another great video. Love your sarcastic storytelling sense of humor. Ammo-sexuals😂😂 LOL, wonder what you’ll think when you visit us in Alaska:)
Oh I'm coming!
Nick is the best! MISTER!
I have very much enjoyed all your Montana videos & now your Wyoming ones! I relocated from California to Meridian Idaho & am quite anxious to see & hear your impressions of the Gem State my friend!
Best thing Wyoming could do is enact a state wide ban on Californians moving there
Any chance some of the folks you prejudge could be model citizens and assets to the community?
@@mattdecker6791 No.
Whatever 😂
Found your channel from the videos about Los Angeles and SB. Been watching the rest of these because they're all my favorite travel destinations. I spent three nights in Cody. Man, I sincerely hope you both got to drive and see Chief Joseph Scenic Byway and Beartooth Highway on your way to Montana. Those two roads are the absolutely most gorgeous roads I've ever traveled. Jellystone was nothing by comparison.
WTG Nick! You are crushing it!! 😊
Thanks, Nick, for showing us the places in interesting, funny way!
You drove right past my house and kinda focused on it! I know, i know, you were admiring my old Yamaha YZ490 in the back end of my Ranger!
Also, in reference to Old Trail Town, you mentioned that the buildings are replicas, but they are indeed original buildings from all over this region. Bob Edgar started Old Trail Town on the original townsite of Cody (then called DeMaris Springs) and he personally dismantled the old cabins and buildings, then carefully reassembled them on the site.
Wy-OOO-min! Love yer video, Nick!
Now I'm interested in Wyoming. Great video Nick!
LOVE this portrait of Cody!!! Hey Nick, if you liked Cody, you'd love Buffalo, WY and Bridger/Red Lodge, Montana...If you get a chance, check out the Beartooth Highway...Charles Kurault picked it as one of America's best. These places are all True West. ❤❤❤
I saw some of that part of Montana! It will be in a video one day!
@@NickJohnson AWESOME!!! Looking forward to seeing more of your Montana travels! 😎
Believe it not, the Cowtown Rodeo in Cowtown, NJ has the longest running Rodeo show in the USA. It's in South Jersey, that part of the state most people don't know about. Also, Wild West City in northwest Jersey has the oldest western theme park in another part of the state most people don't know about.
Wow I live in nj and have never heard of it. Definitely gonna check it out. Thanks
@platypus1216 Wyoming clearly has an amazing landscape, but it's nice to know there's little pieces of that beauty & experiences in other states if you can't make it out there.
Yes, go there;)
DID NOT REALIZE THE SOPRANO'S RAISED COWS TOO.
@@jimharvey4941they're a bunch of farmers 😆
I live in Sitka Alaska now but wanting to move to Wyoming😊
Glorious videography to start today’s adventure.
My grandfather did calf-roping at the Sky High Stampede rodeo in Monte Vista, Colorado. The family had a cattle camp on the west slope of Pike's Peak in the 1920s. He had a lot of tall tales to tell about his life at the defunct mining town of Cripple Creek. When he moved to Los Angeles that allowed him to become friends with a lot of movie cowboys, and he would hold poker games for them at his home in Van Nuys. (Tex Ritter, Andy Devine, Gene Autry, Yakima Canute, etc.).
Nick this place is amazing. My family traveled a lot when I was young. I remember being in that area when I was about 11 years old (I am 55) I am going there this summer to Wyoming and to Yellowstone. So beautiful- if the winters weren’t so brutal I would move there.
Love your videos!