Route 66's Hidden Ghost Town
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- Join us as we explore one of Route 66's ghost towns hidden in plain site.
Rock Island, which later became Glenrio, began its life around 1901-1903 as a railroad siding for the Rock Island Railroad. Officially named Glenrio in 1908, the town thrived as more motorists arrived. By the 1930s, it boasted a paved two-lane road, petrol stations, a restaurant, and a motel. During the 1950s road-widening project, a Texaco Station was added, along with the Brownlee Diner and Little Juarez Cafe.
Glenrio's unique location on the Texas-New Mexico border led to an interesting setup: petrol stations were on the Texas side (due to cheaper gas prices), while the bar and motel were on the New Mexico side. However, the construction of Interstate 40 in 1975 bypassed the town, leading to its decline. Residents moved out, the post office closed, and Glenrio became a ghost town.
Despite its abandonment, Glenrio's charm and eerie ambiance have made it a popular filming location. It was featured in the 1940 film "The Grapes of Wrath," and the Glenrio Motel inspired Radiator Springs in Disney's "Cars." Additionally, the opening scene of the 2018 film "Daylight's End" was filmed here.
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BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA..GREAT JOB,THANK YOU BOTH
Thank you so much
Having driven every conceivable passable (not private/closed) bit of Route 66 a few times, it's great to see how much or little things have changed. There are many old, old cemeteries in that area, too. Thanks for this little journey!
You’re welcome Joey
I love this type of explore. Thank you, Gramma Candy
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it
"Rowdy" looks like an interesting fal...fellow 😂 5:25
Love the old gas station ❤
Happy 39th birthday 🎉
Thanks Tim. ❤️😘
Interesting, and sad to see how many towns became ghost towns when major highways were built. Happy Birthday Andrea, hope Steve baked you a cake.
So true Lorna. Many small towns and ma and pa businesses are being eradicated.
We only have a Colemans two burner stove in Tonto - no oven!
What an interesting place that must have been in its heyday. Thank you for the background story, Andrea and Steven. As always, well researched, and a great video.
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Happy you enjoyed it Rhonda
Love these old places You guys really are the best.Thank you for your research and comentary.👍❤️❤️
You’re welcome Gayle
Thanks!
Wow. Thank you Tina. Much appreciated.
@@PinInTheAtlas yw. I’d like to send more but I don’t have a PayPal account. Don t like paypal
I really would love to see the inside of that little service station at the end.
Unfortunately, it has private property signs all over it and someone lives in the building behind.
Ahh ,, those memories 😊
I remember passing by this place on my way east. Now I wish I had taken time to stop.
It’s an interesting place Lesley.
great catch thanks Andrea and Steve.
Thanks Ken.
Great little village. Loved the look of that petrol station; pity you couldn't take a closer look.
BTW: is it just me or are you uploading videos later in the day?
We did put out a community post saying we’re going to post later to see if they get promoted more.
Another Awesome adventure with my pin and beers 🍻 Happy Birthday beautiful awesome video
Thanks Raymond. Enjoy your beer 🍺
Great photography and video! Seems like I've see the gas station and old Pontiac in a lot of TH-cam videos. I do like knowing if a site was used in a movie. It makes it a little more interesting! It does make me wonder if the the bar and motel were on the New Mexico side of the line ... how could they be the first and last hotel in Texas? 🙂
As you cross from NM into TX on Route 66 it was the first hotel you came to. When leaving TX on Route 66 it was the last hotel before crossing into NM.
Trying to imagine the gas station in its prime - the style reminded me of a TV series I loved to watch when I was in my teens - "Highway Patrol." Dan Matthews alias Broderick Crawford always gave motoring advice - 'reckless driving doesn't determine who's right, only who's left.'
Would be nice to see the whole town in its prime. Another part of Route 66 almost forgotten.
I forget the Game Show, maybe " Wordmatch ". I don't remember. But the answer Frank Gorshin said was, in his best Broderick Crawford voice, " somebody asked the score, I said, 10-4, 10-4 ! " Frank Gorshin was a Voice Impersonator, and the Original Riddler in the TV series Batman.
Wonderful explore. I wonder if it's for sale?😊
Someone still lives there Richard, and there's a cigar shop in the middle of town
I haven't been there in about 10 years but it looks like it's been cleaned up, there use to be alot of trash and junk in the buildings.
That’s interesting. We visited several years ago. A few things have changed
I'm surprised that the vehicles are still there. That being the Ford Rancho and the Pontiac maybe Bonneville? They look from a distance in decent shape.
They are on private property. Someone lives there with two big dogs! Don't thing anyone would try to take them!
@@PinInTheAtlas Just wondering. I lived in Florida so wasn't thinking about that for myself.
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That row of rooms @ 8:00 seems like they were intentionally stripped of wood, like why would the entire roof structure and every window jam and door casement be gone totally, and not a pile of debris left like it collapsed or slowly dissolved .. very odd
Maybe it was all repurposed. There wasn't really any debris anywhere around the town!
I've drove by there on the 40 so many times thanks to you maybe I will stop in those places
Steven and Andrea thank you for the great info on this town. Stay safe in your travels and remember snakes will be coming out soon. Thank you for sharing and God Bless you and your family. 🥰👍👍👍👍👍(🌹🐞🦂🌵)
Thank you Rose. We will and glad you enjoyed a piece of Route 66 history
Did I miss your birthday, Andrea? Wow, I hope not. Many happy returns of the day.
Thank you Diane.
I'm so blessed to be here with you I'm happy to see our history of our lives in the past and I always said that we have to make sure we live together and be blessed to have each other to rely on for a better place to live together we have to make sure we learn from each other and always make it a god given rights to life and being a good person to each other and build the world in a relationship with our Creator and make life as good and always be loyal to each other and get knowledge about our past life of others we are not ment to be regulated from a form of government Washington DC and their State agency they are foreign to our land together we can make it a better place than what we have today
Glad you enjoyed our video
First. Fav travelers and history tellers.
Thank you Victoria.
So sad seeing these towns like this . Seems once those big highways are built that’s the beginning of the end . Really interesting stuff
@@igavehimadollar3354 so true.
@@PinInTheAtlas it really is sad. theres an area a few hours from me in australia wear they shut a rail line down and similar happened
@@igavehimadollar3354 they say for progress!!! We don’t always agree!
@@PinInTheAtlas i agree some of these homes businesses schools halls etc would have stories in those walls and there would’ve been a lot of happiness but then sadness at the end . Places like Picher and centralia are terrible stories but these ones with the new highways they would’ve seen the slow decay as those where built
Howdy Pin. Over 20 years ago since I drove to Texas. Got to Corpus Christi. They have a cool Aircraft Carrier there. Forget the name, but " Blue Ghost ", comes to mind. If you get to the Alamo, there was a poor soul there with the same last name as mine. Spelled with an s, instead of a z.
That,s the USS Lexington.Tbere is also a Texas State Aquarium there.
@@hildahilpert5018 Thank You !
She speaks with a British accent yet she lived in Texas ? 🤔
Love Texas but have never lived there.
Thanks!
We ❤️ you T.
@@PinInTheAtlas yw money always speaks in volumes