Abandoned Towns: Goodsprings
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Goodsprings, Nevada: Fall Out New Vegas Town
Intro: Hey everyone, thanks for checking out my TH-cam Video! This is the second installment in my "Abandoned Towns" series where I cover once-prosperous communities that have gone awry.
Description: Only about 30 miles southwest of Los Vegas sits Goodsprings, Nevada. Goodsprings used to be a town with 1000+ residents; today it's a ghost town. How did this once bustling wild west town with a mining, milling, and cattle industry fall?
Goodsprings is well known today due to the 2010 post-apocalyptic video game Fallout: New Vegas
#history #fallout #lasvegas #nevada #abandoned
Great resources on the topic:
(Goodsprings Historical Society)
www.goodspringsnv.org/goodspr...
(Western Mining History)
westernmininghistory.com/town...
(VicHarkness Blog)
vicharkness.co.uk/2019/04/14/...
(Legends of America)
www.legendsofamerica.com/nv-g...
Travelers continued to stop by Goodsprings and with more trade along I-15 after the NCR took control of it. The Brotherhood would patrol Goodsprings and other settlements in agreement with the NCR keeping remaining legionaries from establishing a new outpost within the mist. With New Vegas' independence formally declared in agreement with both the NCR and Brotherhood. More travelers would stop by Goodsprings on their way to and from the Strip, and the locals grew prosperous from the traffic.
Not a legion ending guy I take it 😂
I lived in Goodsprings for three years 2017- 2020. Never saw one cow!
Yea the cattle ranching industry dropped off there after the 90s when the town had its first collapse. Now it appears Goodsprings has no industry outside of tourism and being about 30 mins from Vegas.
@@abandonedhistoryUS No cows but there were some very ornery Donkeys that would walk through town just looking for a fight with the Blue Healer and wild horses near Mt Potosi. The Saloon was a weekend destination for Bikers from all over. Vegas only 30 minutes away, Vegas buffets and hiking to gold mines in the desert mountains. What could be better!
Fallout New Vegas is one of the best games and stories of our Modern Era. Hands down, along with Bioshock, to have the most interesting and practical take on politics and ideology in a Dystopian, “fictional,” world.
I agree entirely! I own all the bio shock games but couldn’t get into it. I have to give it another try!
@@abandonedhistoryUS the gameplay form the first game is dated compared to modern fps games. But, if you don’t know the story already it’s a truly interesting ride. If you know the story then I say watch analysis videos, and the main idea of all these games are “How real is choice?”
Small town with good people. The burgers there are great. I stop there every time I run a load across 15. If you go there on the weekends you may even meet what I call waste landers. They spend most there time out in far parts of the desert and stop at the bar there all the time. Also if you are there in the morning you will literally get the freshest eggs ever. Walk down the block and pic the eggs from the hen house.
That sounds so awesome. I want to visit one of the times I hit Vegas!
Nevada seems like the type of place where you'd find lots of ghost towns.
Centralia, Pennsylvania is an interesting ghost town on the other side of the country.
Thanks for your comment. Yea I noticed the same thing during my research, quite a few abandoned towns littered throughout its desert.
Centralia is one of the places that inspired me to make this channel. If you haven’t seen it (I’m sure you have) but I really recommend “Bright suns” video covering the town.
Goodsprings & Jean were part of my Master’s Degree at California State University - Stanislaus back in 1993.
Oh wow super cool. What aspects of the towns did you cover?
Great second video in this series! It's fascinating how it still operates today and a game was able to prop up the population -- reminds me of the boom that Alberqurcue got after Breaking Bad. I also think that your editing has gotten so much better - it's awesome.
I love the comparison with Albuquerque, Goodsprings is an interesting little example of how a tiny bit of marketing can go a long way
Please leave a comment for what you would like to see next!
It’s not really abandoned tho. I live here and yes it was “bustling” at one point but it’s not abandoned
I am using abandoned in a stylistic way, apologies if it offends you. Have a great day!!
Keep up the good work.
Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter!
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Loving the channel, but you definitely gotta find a better mic dude lol
Yea I have a blue yeti and frankly I agree with u. Not sure if it’s just not set to the right setting s or what , but I hate the way it sounds. Any recommendations
Do Hashima Island!
나도 가보고 싶다
You should go!
“Abandoned towns” nuh uh
tHE ToWn ISnt AbANDONed 🤤
Keep up the good work.
Thank you! New video coming out tomorrow!