Ghost Town Ranch - Historic Stage Coach Stop
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- When you think of the “Old West,” images of Cowboys, stagecoaches, gunfights and rowdy saloons immediately fill your mind. But, for a good reason, that’s how it always seems to be portrayed.
There were also ranchers, who still to this day work mighty hard for their income. This particular ranch was a stagecoach stop in 1865, and due to its popularity, a new larger station was built in 1880.
What makes this particular ranch so special was, that a post office was established in 1888.
With the railroads becoming a more favourable way to travel, the stagecoaches dwindled, and this ranch, like so many others, was of little use. Finally deserted, it now lies forlorn and is a Ghost Town Ranch.
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The machinery with the tines is an old Hay Rake 2 roll the hay into windrows for the balers!
Some people are saying the station wagon is a Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser. It also could be a Ford Station Wagon too. Ford also did swing open wagon door too! Sometimes either on the firewall or drivers door frame you might find a vendors tag with information. Somebody was still going up their at least to the 1980's. Finding the Chevrolet up there. Another good video.
We are not too knowledgable on classic cars, Wayne. So any help in identifying them is always appreciated. Glad you enjoyed our explore, and thanks for your support.
@@PinInTheAtlas You do quality work and research. I'm just one out there that appreciates your hard work.
Judging by the metal fence posts in one barn, I'd say it was still actively used at least into the 60s or 70s. Just hard to say. I pounded my fair share of them into the ground, when I was a teenager in the 70s! Quite an extensive old place, that a lot of labor went into. Thank you, again, for an awesome tour of the past!
Finding that date was a bonus too. It must have been a majestic place in its prime. Glad you enjoyed it Kerry.
So when the stage coach arrived couldn’t you imagine how exhausted the horses would be.So they would put the exhaust horses in the stable to feed and water them and check them out and hook fresh horses up to the coach. And they would have chickens maybe pigs and cows to feed the tired travelers. And bunk houses for the travelers to rest. I think the length of your videos are just fine. You guys are getting better with every video. Thank you for sharing with us.
I've always heard those two piece doors referred to as 'Dutch Doors'.
Interesting.
Bingo: Dutch Doors!
@@RaoulThomas007 In England we call them stable doors. The bottom stays shut, and the top is open for the horse to look out. So funny that we have such different names for things.
Being a former stage stop, often they would have fresh horses to swap with the Stage Coaches.
Yes, definitely William. This place did appear to have an old corral and stable, plus people stayed here overnight. We've read different things about the length of time the stage horses ran before they were swapped. Some sites say 10 miles, others 12. Some even 25. I guess it would depend on how tough the trails were.
My guess on the duplex building is that it is kitchen on the right and dining room on the left. Not only did the ranch hands have to eat but also the travelers from the stage. The funny shaped tank, being that it is on the ground and revited together was most likely a fuel tank to run the generator in later years being that you saw electrical in the building. The electricity also most likely ran a pump from the well in later years. I think the station wagon may have been a Vista Cruiser like the one seen in the TV show "That 70s Show"... Judging from the sun window in the roof. In the final building the door is called a Dutch Door. Stable door in England I suppose. And I bet that building was the post office. Thus the dutch door to hand out mail. The board you thought was a ladder was for shelving. The rest of the structure for the shelving is just gone. People have been dismantling wood structures for fires all these years. So much is missing. Thanks for the tour. Another great video guys.
That 70's show! Loved that one! We have to admit, this is one of the best parts for us. We make guesses (some make us cringe after we rewatch) at the time and our incredible viewers help us out in the comments to really put the full picture together. Thank you so much for this we absolutely love it!
22:55 It is a hay rack. It racks cut hay into windrows in preparation for it to be baled.
Thanks for the info. Couldn't figure out what it was exactly used for.
The manufacturer should have been stamped on it too! Maybe a McCormick Deering!
Is it suppose to be rake not rack and rakes not racks. Now I know why a flunked spelling in the 3rd grade. And from Wikipedia; "a mechanically more complicated rake was developed, known as the side delivery rake. This usually had a gear-driven or chain-driven reel mounted roughly at a 45-degree angle to the windrow, so the hay was gathered and pushed to one side of the rake as it moved across the field. A side delivery rake could be pulled longitudinally along the windrow by horses or a tractor, eliminating the laborious and inefficient process of raising, lowering, and back-and-forth raking required by a dump rake. This allowed for the continuous spiraling windrows of a classic mid-20th-century farm hayfield. Later versions of the side delivery rake used a more severe transverse angle and a higher frame system, but the basic principles of operation were the same."
@@TheWozWizard Replaced with the swather!
What a welcome, thriving place that ranch/stagecoach/post office settlement must have been, for weary travelers and horses, alike.
YES, we can almost picture what it must have been like in its heyday. I think that's part of the eerie attraction of such places. What once was and the now remnants of what remains... Another great video, Andrea and Steven...You always leave us with open imaginations and appreciation of the past. The railroads certainly did impact life as *they knew it. 👏🤠🧡 🚂
Our imaginations run wild too, Rhonda. We picture what life must have been like all those years ago. In some ways more simple, in others so much harder.
Steven, "what have you found so intriguing over there?" Andrea - "Well..." Steven - "Well what?" Andrea - "No that's what it is a well!" Had me laughing and wondering if you were doing a Laurel and Hardy skit? This was a cool video of a Stage Coach Stop. Had me wondering what it was like to live there.
Living there, or even travelling through on the stage. Just seeing all those buildings and what they were used for. Nice to know that we brought a smile to your face, Pat.
We all got to have a little fun here .... Mate. Just look at her bonnet mate!
This lady is so observant and so logical thinking, and funny! “Well…” lol
Very enjoyable
Thank you very much, glad you are enjoying our adventures!
Great video, very interesting. It’s so sunny and quiet there.
It was an idillic location, Becky. Glad you enjoyed it.
That large large cylindrical object was probably a large space heater and the object on the wall was probably a mounting bracket for a fire extinguisher.
Thanks Elwood!
That looks like a stage coach place in one of Louie L'Amour's short stories. Its amazing these places survive for so long in the Nevada desert!
Things in the desert do seem to last longer because of the dry climate. It's the vandals that seem intent on destroying places. (BLM and NFS do their fair share too!!!!!)
I love that you both have a microphone on. So many times only one person on an exploration has a microphone and you can’t hear the comments of others. Thanks for that!
Thanks, Ed. We only purchased the mic in March, so our earlier videos weren't the best sound quality. Still learning as we go.
Rock towns are my favorite! When you photographed that first place with the light shining thru the walls and roof it was beautiful!!! What are you looking at well. Well what? It's a well. To funny! Also when you photographed the rock ruins with the 2 trees in the background was good because most of those places never have trees. That was a really good video. Thanks PS liked the bloopers at the end too.
the small square nails are definitely horseshoe nails. we call the split doors Dutch doors here and the stove is from the 1930s probably an o'keef and merrit or a hotpoint.
I thought the nails were for horseshoes. Thanks for clarifying. Someone else has mentioned Dutch doors. Ive never heard of those.
The station wagon is a 68 to 72 Vista Cruser. The sunroof and tail lights are a dead give away.
Thanks, Kevin. Our knowledge of old cars is quite limited.
Loved the extra footage!!
These old places have such a nice peaceful feel. As if the souls that lived there still linger. That ranch must have been awesomely cool, with all those interesting buildings and huge corrals. Must have been as majestic as hell! Love old car wrecks. I don’t know the makes of those old cars. The outro was fun 🤙🏽😹😹
Getting a time machine would be fun. Seeing these old places in their heyday. This old stage coach stop was truly amazing, and great to explore. Glad you enjoyed it, Bernardo.
Another place, i would like to live in ...
Us too!
I say the station wagon is indeed an Olds Vista Cruiser.
VERY COOL..TY SAFE TRAVELS
This one had loads to look at. Well done!
Another interesting find.Great job🌟Thanks.Really enjoy these👍
So appreciate your great work you two. Another great video!
Thanks, Bill.
very interesting exploration, thanks for sharing.
The station Wagon is definately an Oldsmobile Vista Criuser. When I was a kid we had two of these (different years) to pull our camper trailer.
Cool place! 70s Olds probably.
Really enjoyed this.
Thank you Arleen.
The builging wirh wood chimney may have been the smokehouse.
Oh we hadn’t thought of that. Yes it’s quite possible.
Awesome video guys
Glad you enjoyed it, Marilyn
Olds Vista Cruiser --Station wagon I had a 1968 Olds
Almost every home here has 2 front doors, ie they were duplexes. And yes, always had a door between the units if you wanted to rent both units. And/Or, often the home was added onto, for a son or daughter, who wanted to have their own entrance.
Excellent thanks for the info Ed!
When I see old derelict rusted out cars I always imagine how proud someone was when they very first drove it home. Gramma Candy
Now that’s a thought!
Well produced series
The reason that his is a vista Criuser is that there is the sloped skylight light over the rear passager area and the two rounded skylights that run down the top sides.
At 14:58, those probably are garage doors. The concrete "lip" at the bottom is there to prevent rain water, and snow melt, from entering the garage keeping the interior mud free.
@@PinInTheAtlas Possibly but I'm guessing early autos. And wagons would have a tougher getting over the lip.
Hi. Don't know why but a complete sentence, and one word, are missing from my last reply. After the first sentence, I wrote "From where I'm from, New Mexico, and was raised with horses, wagons were not parked inside garages. The missing word is "time" just before'getting' in the last sentence.
Station wagon looks like an Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser.
What does the “step” in the rear bumper do? Does that open the rear gate or roll the window down?
You guys are awesome!! I can just imagine the stage coach coming in with the horses. And the people I always wonder what the people were like. Great buildings that are left too. Thanks guys
And their stories, where were they going and why was it as mundane as today like going to the store for groceries or were they off to start a new life.
The station wagon is a Vista cruiser!
Your seeder is actually a hay rake
Looks almost like an old stockyard. Very interesting, keep up the cool adventures guys!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed our pin
25:20. That looks like an oldsmobile.
That piece of old machinery was an old hay rack for racking hay. Or what some ranchers will do is rack the cow shit around in the corrals or cow pens to dry out and eventually become ground again
Former California city boy, now some 30 yrs in Utah when not trucking... I think the door that appears to be a 2nd story door out to nothingness was for when the snow piled up so high it would be the only way in or out above the snow. Also, the bins in the "barn" looked like chicken nests, so as to have fresh eggs since chickens love to nest (raised my share as a lad). Also, alot of stage stops were built of stone and had stalls and corrals for horses as well as other farm animals. Not sure where you were here, but I've seen similar (though not as extensive) a stage stop in Wyoming just south of I-80. I don't know if you are trying to keep locations obscured but it might be nice to show the roads in to these places. Some TH-camrs make the journey the show, others, the destination. Me? I enjoy a bit of both. Thanks to my dad, I got the bug back in the '60's before people started doing such things en mass out in Death Valley and Yosemite. Many thanks for the videos. Keep on truckin'!
That theory about the door makes a lot of sense. It does get snow up there. We don't give the locations out on most of our videos for obvious reasons. My Dad was the same, always encouraging me to explore and research, learn and grow. Your Dad sounds like he was a great and fun man.That stop in Wyoming sounds interesting. If you do have any sites you'd like us to explore, then please email us: info4pinintheatlas@gmail.com. So glad you enjoyed the show, we have many more to come.
@ 22:11 That looks like the thingamajigger used to move hay.
In a livestock Barn they're called stalls
Great job. Love the info. Wife and I LOVE exploring Nevada. The more remote the better. But!!
How do we “Put A Pin In The Atlas”
when we don’t know where you’re at???
We don't always give out the location of our explores to protect them as much as possible. We do give clues in the video and leave the rest up to the viewer. The research is part of the fun. We did find this place just looking at the map of Nevada, then started googling.
one omre comment on the vista cruiser, we had a 1964 model and a 1968 model of the years. THis one looks like the 1968 model, since the 1968 model was more rounded than the squareish 1964 version.
I think you need to join forces with Historicorps. I would like to see them re-roof some of those buildings and they can last another 30 years!
We'll check them out. Thanks for the tip Raoul
Great ranch and stage stop! You guys always do a Great job making your videos!
I wish you could tell us at least what county you're in. There's no harm in telling us what County in NV. It's a big State!
That Flat bed with the boom and cable on it is a hay boom for lifting and stacking hay bales. Next to it is a hay rake for windowing cut hay, so the hay could be baled. Its not a "plowing device". I wish people would fix the roofs on those places so they won't collapse.
Glad you are enjoying our Pins, Giulio. It would be wonderful if these places were kept up somewhat. Unfortunately, there are also too many people out there who want to destroy, leave their mark or scavenge the artefacts, which is why we don't say where they are. There are enough clues in the video if people really want to search for them. We found them doing research and looking on google earth.
Would be cool if you actually had a pin in the atlas in the videos to show on map where you are.
We are both a little technophobe, Ryan. Maybe we can figure something out. Thanks for the suggestion.
It's not A thing to plant seeds. It's for raking hay.
35:00 It's called a loft.
Amazing place! Wish you guys could tell us what part of the State you're in.
Men on one side and women stay on the other? Stagecoach stops sometimes had post offices as well to support local mine towns.
Yes, this was an amazing place, with a very interesting history. It is such a shame that people feel the need to set a fire in one of the old buildings. Crazy, eh? And finding that date on the wall of, we imagine the people who built it and lived there.
Hi...your guesses are amusing...the truck bed with the drive axle and the truck frame with the single pole is referred to as a Gin pole used for lifting heavy loads in lieu of a crane the piece in the front of the bed is called a headache rack it's job is to rest long objects against to protect the truck cab...the antique farm implement looks like a spring tooth rake...the car referred to as a Beret is a Chevrolet Beretta the station wagon is an Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser....they had tinted glass around the top rear area...search it paying attention to the shape of the rear side windows...also there should be identification plates on the door frames to identify the manufacturer...if it's not been removed burned up.the split door is sometimes referred to as a dutch door...I dunno if you've tried this but maybe sometime y'all could do a live stream and interact in real time on an adventure...what say you?
Thanks for all the info, Steven. We know very little about cars, which is why we enjoy these comments so much. As far a a live stream goes....maybe one day when we have a lot more subs.
@@PinInTheAtlas ... y'all are welcome... I'm 68 grew up in a family of car truck and motorcycle guys...enjoy your videos keep'em coming....
What an interesting collection of buildings did you find here; that last one was rather puzzling indeed. Did you mention the state, or did I miss that?
Loved that last shot, as it gives a bit more 'location' of your whereabouts.
Still in Nevada, Peter. As this stop became more popular, a bigger station was built which included a post office. Pretty amazing place. Glad you enjoyed it.
Chevrolet was using wood beds all the way through the early 70s
think that last building was the post office/general store
Possibly. Fascinating place isn't it?
I kept trying to make the stone structure the original stage stop and the wooden building the add on but I’m not sure. Some of it doesn’t seem to fit.
It is so curious why the wooden building and the stone building were put up so close to each other no matter which one came first. Gramma Candy
This was a strange place. Couldn’t find a lot of info about it. We believe that the stone building was the original ranch. But it was strange how the wood building was built!
Since you say it was a stagecoach stop, did you find any wagon wheel tracks?
Even though it's on a nice road, not many people out there. An overhead drone shot seeing the whole place would've been neat. Earthquake swarm not far from there, also a unique solar farm. Grantsville next? Lot of quiet country thereabouts.
We have toyed with getting a drone, but the laws seem to be getting more strict, with the licences, so for now we are putting it on the back burner.
It's an old Oldsmobile Vista cruiser
Such shame, there are people who don't understand anything than destruction.
Totally agree. Would love to have seen it in its prime.
This ranch even had its own post office!
Wow!! First to comment? Yee-Haa!!! That means i can really run my mouth:) Station wagon, Looks like an old Vista Cruiser. Oldsmobile? That big crane/hoist truck bottom thingy:) was a truck bed. The grate that the pole (pole truck) was sitting on would have been behind the cab. Thie grate protected the driver. That pole would have been leaning the opposite way during operation. Like a tow truck. If you tried to pick up to much for the cable to handle and it broke , the pole would come flying back at the cab, Didn't take but once or twice before you'd have the pole on your head. Not good. Really cool looking place. Up by that station wagon was a truck bed turned on its side; If you notice it's laying across a wash, modern day flood control. Believe the rock building was before the wood. It almost looks like the wooden building was built in the old rock corral. Think it had two rooms because one would have been used as a kitchen/ storage area, the other wold have had tables to sit at while they changed their teams. Big building i believe you were right, A store/hardware/post office, might have even had a small bar for the locals. More then likely the stone building got burned down by the Injuns:) Sounds cool. Then they built the new building in the corral. Yeah!!! Then they'd have a place to hunker down behind the stone walls and shoot back; And then, maybe my imagination runs wild sometimes. Yee-Haa!!! Great video.
Love it Richard! We searched for some old photos to kind of help us picture it, but came up empty handed. Your explanations always sound right on point to us. This was such a cool find in every aspect, to the amount left, the condition of it all and the lush grassland and trees made it seem like a paradise in the desert!
@@PinInTheAtlas As you can tell, i really got excited about it. We call them boom trucks by the way. That boom would extend toward the rear and would be held up by two other poles, like a tri-pod. When they first started using them they were he men and often tried to pick up something that was much to heavy for the cable. It would snap and the boom would fly toward the cab often with fatal results. Hence the rack behind the cab. Sure would have been cool to be in an actual indian fight. Yee-Haa!!! Y'all be cool. Catch ya on the next; "Pin in the Atlas".
@@PinInTheAtlas I don't care what you know or don't. Your fun, i enjoy your videos, and i think it still would be fun to shoot em up bang,bang:) Just like them ole westerns. Yee-Haa!!! You'd be fun to make a movie with:)
@@richardbeee I am picking up what you're laying down there Richard, LOL... loved it! The boom as you call it, is what we used on an alfalfa ranch... it was called a "cherry picker" as I knew it. They would lift hay bales up to 30' in the air, one or two guys on the boom truck and one to catch on top of the stack. One day my dad was working on the boom with a guy and the cable got away from him, it almost took the guys head off. This place was wonderful to see and does get the imagination going for sure!!! Loved the video!
@@elvistherapy3931 Yeah, i remembered what it was called and corrected myself with them. People did use them as tow truks also.They do make great videos.
I put a kettle on but you didn't join me another great adventure cool structures if only they could talk
The one piece of machinery could have been a hay rake?
Those ARE Horseshoe nails.
I thought they were Richard. Thanks for clarifying
@Pin In The Atlas Did you write the GHOST TOWN RANCH DESCRIPTION in your own words or no?
Yes its all ours and thank you for reading it. We used to put a lot of time and effort into our descriptions, but have found they are rarely read.
@@PinInTheAtlas I'm glad to know that. I kinda figured by the way it was worded. That's why I asked. Very creative and professional.
@@seebreannarowdscrosshere6312 Thank you very much!
@@PinInTheAtlas You're very welcome.
Did they have glass or windows back done and it wasn’t very sick was it?
@@user-sh6ol6st3k there would have been glass in the windows.
Oldsmobile station wagon..
LOL
Once again, the driver door or door jamb would have a data plate with that station wagon's specifications. That particular car would like have glued on lable stickers that cannot hold up to heat.
However, at bottom driver side corner of the windshield would be an aluminum VIN tag. You could google the VIN tag to get information about the car.
Trucks as late as 1972 and even later had wood for a cargo area. And if the VIN tags or other information markings, or the cab is destroyed to a point you cannot find VIN information you have to rely on your expert knowledge of vehicles. Good luck with that one.
Your videos can be addictive. I must watch with caution and in moderation.
Ok, maybe restrict viewing to 20 of your videos per day.
We rely on people like you for truck info. As you know we appreciate them but not something we excel in.
So glad you are enjoying our explores. We have lots more to come but do excuse our early ones. We didn’t have mics and were still learning- we still are with every video. Thanks again and we’ll see you on our next adventure.
wench system maybe moving hay bales
It’s a corral with a horses isn’t it gotta have a corral. We’re gonna deal with the workers hot
Family truckster
There is a lot of dumb people around. Building fires in the wrong places. Could burn down buildings
They don’t seem to care anymore Ronnie. Very sad
the wooden building is not old..
Which building are you referring to ?
the first one in video,, but at the time i sent the comment i did not realize that your knowledge was liminted to the American west and construction materials used then, thank you for the vedio however. joe@@PinInTheAtlas
@@joedorotik9159 you’re welcome. We post new content every Tuesday at 7am PST. Hope you join us for more explores
Please take this as constructive criticism. If I didn’t like your channel I wouldn’t care. It’s my opinion that your videos are a tad too long. Ideally, 25 -30 minutes in length is perfect. A lot of viewers see the time and move on. Just consider my suggestion and see if your subscribers climb in numbers. Wishing you the best! Been with you since the beginning..
Come on Ralph. This is our history. You should appreciate it instead of criticizing the length
Patrick said he liked the channel. He obviously cares. This is called an opinion and its ok to have one. He's not complaining and his criticism is self described as constructive. He is a fan of the channel and cares about it. I happen to want longer videos with as much detail as possible. We differ in opinion but have similar interests. It's ok. Really!
@@mobiltec Are you his Lawyer???
So what I'm hearing here Ralph is you like the channel, you just wanna see less of it.
@@mobiltec No,,i was talking to you..Cant handle it??,,then dont dish it out..
I appreciate your videos, but you two are clueless about the where and how of most of these places.
Well Russell, we don’t pretend to be experts so please elaborate