Shoutout to my brother, he is the mayor of Optima. He got a grant to restore the old bank building, it will be the new town hall when it is finished. I can't wait till you see Optima Dam, I still laugh when I think about it.
Wish you were able to see the Norwegian community of Oslo 2 miles south of the county line into Texas. 80or so year old church (the community and congregation has been the around 115 years) and the well kept cemetery
Whenever you go between towns that are strictly farms and the next town is strictly ranches with cows, it always reminds me of that song from the musical "Oklahoma" "Oh the farmers and the cowmen should be friends." And so now I have that song rent free playing in my head.
You are correct about Midway being off on the map. The lone elevator you seen IS Midway. I grew up in Hooker and moved around a bit in my 20's. Now I'm back and it's honestly the best place to live!! The people here are like no other! ❤️
What picturesque vistas you capture in your videos! Of particular interest, note the beautiful blue skies and vast prairies! So quiet and peaceful! You won't get this in the city.
The business in Straight is a natural gas compressor station. It is used to pump natural gas through the pipeline. They are set up at regular intervals along the pipeline.
Beware of those High Plains grasshoppers, especially during droughts. I've made the mistake of stepping out of vehicles unaware that they were lying in wait for some unsuspecting traveler to make himself available for their entertainment. It's scary how quickly you can find yourself covered in them, with no easy way to shake them off. The part about the massacre is pretty creepy, but not unheard of in those days. Thanks for another great video Coach.
Another wonderful day in Texas County! As well as another wonderful trip with the Wiseguy. I think we could definitely say this is part of the plains. Ready for the next installation!
This was a nice video / it is interesting how the panhandle is different from the rest of Oklahoma / I live in Tulsa in the east part of Oklahoma with the Ozark mountains in Northeast Oklahoma and the Ouachita, Kiamichi Mountains in Southeast Oklahoma and zillions of trees
When you did the drone shot in Straight. It look like the majority of the town was across from the school. Awesome video. By the way the railroad that ran through Guymon is the southwest mainline of the Rock Island Railroad that use to go through Horton Kansas. Thanks for sharing. 😊
A level 10 (on them both) for me. You rarely see 2 Merry-go-Rounds spin that easy/and that long. Nice video. We lived in Oklahoma (Enid and Woodward) and never knew anything was in the panhandle. Be good, be safe !!
Straight at one time had 50 families living there, 1940’s to 1990’s. The bread winner of the family was employed with Cities Service Natural Gas Company working at either compressor plant or the pipeline division. In the early 70’s my dad was the Superintendent of the pipeline. Cities Service was bought out by Williams Natural Gas Company in the 90’s. Not sure who owns this energy supplier now. We moved to Straight my Junior year of high school in 1972. However, many of my summers were spent there since my maternal grandparents resided there since the late 1950’s. High school age kids there had the option of going to either Hooker or Guymon High School. I chose Guymon, graduating in 1973 and then off to the Navy for 27-year career and to see the world. Two of my siblings graduated from Hooker HS. Straight has a lot of good history and memories for me.
That is Midway @ 12:35. Never was a town to my knowledge, just a grain elevator. I still live in the area. Just down the road from Wild Horse Lake actually. Went to grade school at Straight in the early 90's and then to Hooker. I can't believe they still have that same merry-go-round from when I went to school there. I recall several of us kids getting grounded from playing on it. We thought it would be fun to have 3 or 4 us spin that thing as fast as we could while some kids rode on top and held on for dear life. Most got launched off into the grass at high speed, some got slung into the crowd of kids watching. One time, one of the bigger kids that was strong enough to climb to the center while it was spinning managed to throw up while it was at full speed, evenly spraying the up chuck amongst the surrounding spectators. Good times...
Interesting about Optima is on the map you displayed that there is/was an "Old Optima." I wonder if the town was founded elsewhere then moved to it's current location? Great video Coach, looking forward to the next one!
Always interesting. I wouldn't want to live in such a dry, dusty place. I give those who do a lot of credit! Thanks so much for the trip. You sure find some lonesome places!
Your feelings about living in such a place are natural, especially if you live in a metro city or someplace similar. But attitudes can change when you live in the area for a few years. It is dry, true, but not as dusty as you'd think. Granted, we sometimes have dust storms due to strong winds and fields that have been cleared for planting, or the landowner prefers a cleared field. The constant hum of traffic noise is absent, as is the light pollution seen in larger cities. We aren't that far from a few major cities that offer more in the way of shopping and the like. And when I say not far, I mean we're around 1 1/2 to 2 hours away from those cities. And before you think these drive times are crazy, some people spend that much time just going to work each day. There are trade-offs to living in the area, and drive times are one of those trade-offs. Living in Texas County is like living in other areas of the US with similar geographics. These places aren't for everyone, but the people who live there often wouldn't live anywhere else.
@@jamielpatterson2576 I live about 10 miles from the nearest town which is small. We live in the farm country of Michigan. Our nearest neighbors are Amish (horses and buggies). Their pasture is on the other side of our backyard. I completely understand what you are saying. That's why we live in the country. At night it's completely dark and quiet. No street lights, etc. I certainly didn't mean any criticism of where you live! I hate big cities. We are about an hour from Midland and 1 and a half from Lansing, which is my hometown. Haven't lived there in decades. I love it here and understand why people like you live where you do. I'm glad so many people like big cities. There are lots of people who would not be able to stand living where we do.
@@rosiemcnaughton9933 No offense was taken, though I sometimes may sound like I'm offended. The first time we came out to see my inlaws, I fell in love with the area. At the time we were living in the Phoenix, AZ, area with its constant lights and traffic noise. We eventually moved where we currently live and neither of us would consider another metro city. We are 30-35 minutes away from two small cities, and 1 1/2-2 1/2 away from three others. And between those cities the are a few small towns and absolutely nothing between the small towns except farmland or pastures. Out here you don't tell someone how far it is to somewhere. You tell them how long it takes to get there, especially if you've driven it enough times. That's true, areas like ours aren't for everyone. Some may live in these areas for a time but end up moving back to a metro city where there is more to do and more available.
Hey Coach Nice trip. Good still photos. Regarding the play machines, Good tick and snake free stone bed, along with an excellent drive axle placement pleasing aesthetics and so on for machine #1, alas, a splinter factor doth rear it's ungainly skull, so we find it a challenge to rate such higher than 8.8 . As for apparently well constructed second contrivance, This is a cool weather machine for the reason you stated, although we marvel @ the sturdy build quality. After crunching the numbers, we arrive @ a strong 8.0 rating overall, with a heavy cloud rating somewhere approaching 8.8. The grassy base surface, says bug or worse as a possible factor to be considered. Happy Motoring.
That was desolate John. It was nice to see a ten. All too well I remember the scalder as that is what we called our all metal death go round at my elementary school. Now, on to Hooker.
To say some of those places are isolated is not an understatement.. you would see so few people that must be pretty mentally tough to work in places like that? I couldn’t do it…
Good video as usual. Hovey reminds me of Ray City, Oklahoma. There was an oil boom town there in the 1930s. Ray City had a church, school, and some stores. My grandfather was on the school board and was involved in some kind of lawsuit because of it. Now all that is left is a bare place on the land due to salt water spillage (long ago) and a metal sign put up by a landowner. Even the "Danger H2S may be present" sign is appropriate. There are several oil wells still in the area and they reek of H2S.
Golly John, Optima in Texas County Oklahoma was cool. I just knew it the minute I saw the school you would have to push/ride the Merry-go-rounds if there was one and sure enough there was two. On a trip my family took in the early 1970s we went through Guyman but it must have been on the outskirts of the city because I sure don't remember it being that big. The lake looked like it was drying up from lack of rain. Sure was a bad time for all concerned and the men that did the killing sure got off without being hung easily enough. Oh well that's all history now. Thank you for the trip as it was good. Happy trails to you and God bless.
STraight is a gas compressor station and long time ago they had a bunch of houses for workers but they abandoned the houses and a lot of the houses were moved to guymon
Speaking of your Google maps, I noticed that you haven't done a single video in Saline county. I know Salina is too big but there are several small towns.
Just watched the video. No Man's Land is quite the territory. The story of the massacre was sure interesting and the fact no one had any jurisdiction over that part of the country. You could literally get away with murder and not be punished. Crazy, but kind of funny. You sure had to be tough to live there back then. Keep up the good work. So interesting.
Hovey is pronounced as HUVEY, not with the O sound. Like most railroad spots it came from the man who started the small town, even though not nuch ever came from it. Happened many times,
Read the excellent book “The Worst Hard Time” regarding the days of The Dust Bowl. If you think today’s world is challenging, this will put our ‘first-world’ problems into proper perspective.
Gotta love Guymon been on hiway 54 many times. Love those merry-go-round and playgrounds. Back in my youth all the merry-go-round had a trench all around it ,from the kids feet.😊
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Shoutout to my brother, he is the mayor of Optima. He got a grant to restore the old bank building, it will be the new town hall when it is finished. I can't wait till you see Optima Dam, I still laugh when I think about it.
Awesome that he’s helping take care of the town. Small town pride is a great thing
@@Rfk1966 cool
We need to be grateful for the farmers who care for the cemeteries located on their property.
Absolutely 💯
Wish you were able to see the Norwegian community of Oslo 2 miles south of the county line into Texas. 80or so year old church (the community and congregation has been the around 115 years) and the well kept cemetery
Whenever you go between towns that are strictly farms and the next town is strictly ranches with cows, it always reminds me of that song from the musical "Oklahoma" "Oh the farmers and the cowmen should be friends." And so now I have that song rent free playing in my head.
Very catchy tune 😊
You are correct about Midway being off on the map. The lone elevator you seen IS Midway. I grew up in Hooker and moved around a bit in my 20's. Now I'm back and it's honestly the best place to live!! The people here are like no other! ❤️
Thanks for the info!
Hi Kenlee
I have learned more about history and geography than I learned in school or college by viewing these videos. Thanks coach.
Wow that’s very humbling 😊
@@senzanome8294 amen
What picturesque vistas you capture in your videos! Of particular interest, note the beautiful blue skies and vast prairies! So quiet and peaceful! You won't get this in the city.
Many thanks! And I totally agree 😊
The business in Straight is a natural gas compressor station. It is used to pump natural gas through the pipeline. They are set up at regular intervals along the pipeline.
I believe that was originally Williams. And those abandoned houses that look the same where company houses?
Thanks for the info!
We had the scalding hot death go rounds as a kid. They sucked in winter too, but they could go FAST
Yes! 😂😂
Beware of those High Plains grasshoppers, especially during droughts. I've made the mistake of stepping out of vehicles unaware that they were lying in wait for some unsuspecting traveler to make himself available for their entertainment. It's scary how quickly you can find yourself covered in them, with no easy way to shake them off. The part about the massacre is pretty creepy, but not unheard of in those days. Thanks for another great video Coach.
😮 they are pretty intense at times. Thanks!
I live just north in Steven's County Kansas, for how empty it is its got a lot of history and it's an amazing place to grow up
I agree 😎
Another wonderful day in Texas County! As well as another wonderful trip with the Wiseguy. I think we could definitely say this is part of the plains. Ready for the next installation!
You got that right!
This was a nice video / it is interesting how the panhandle is different from the rest of Oklahoma / I live in Tulsa in the east part of Oklahoma with the Ozark mountains in Northeast Oklahoma and the Ouachita, Kiamichi Mountains in Southeast Oklahoma and zillions of trees
Thanks!
The Beaver, Meade and Englewood Railroad wentthrough Hovey, Okla. Torn out in 1973.
THANKS COACH 😊
Any time! 😊
Great production ,great history lesson , thanks WG
Very welcome!
When you did the drone shot in Straight. It look like the majority of the town was across from the school.
Awesome video. By the way the railroad that ran through Guymon is the southwest mainline of the Rock Island Railroad that use to go through Horton Kansas.
Thanks for sharing. 😊
I appreciate that! Thanks!
In 1962 I moved from Hutchinson, Ks to Albuquerque, NM. I traveled US54 many times between then and when I moved to Texas.
A level 10 (on them both) for me. You rarely see 2 Merry-go-Rounds spin that easy/and that long. Nice video. We lived in Oklahoma (Enid and Woodward) and never knew anything was in the panhandle. Be good, be safe !!
For sure! Next video in the series will have ratings all over the place 😂
Straight at one time had 50 families living there, 1940’s to 1990’s. The bread winner of the family was employed with Cities Service Natural Gas Company working at either compressor plant or the pipeline division. In the early 70’s my dad was the Superintendent of the pipeline. Cities Service was bought out by Williams Natural Gas Company in the 90’s. Not sure who owns this energy supplier now. We moved to Straight my Junior year of high school in 1972. However, many of my summers were spent there since my maternal grandparents resided there since the late 1950’s. High school age kids there had the option of going to either Hooker or Guymon High School. I chose Guymon, graduating in 1973 and then off to the Navy for 27-year career and to see the world. Two of my siblings graduated from Hooker HS. Straight has a lot of good history and memories for me.
Thanks for the info!
I grew up in Tyrone, thanks for showing the current state of the county. (Out of state now)
Thanks 😊
Looks Dusty there...Love those back roads
Very dusty! My allergies were kicking!
Straight Oklahoma is mostly that large gas compressor station .
That is Midway @ 12:35. Never was a town to my knowledge, just a grain elevator. I still live in the area. Just down the road from Wild Horse Lake actually. Went to grade school at Straight in the early 90's and then to Hooker. I can't believe they still have that same merry-go-round from when I went to school there. I recall several of us kids getting grounded from playing on it. We thought it would be fun to have 3 or 4 us spin that thing as fast as we could while some kids rode on top and held on for dear life. Most got launched off into the grass at high speed, some got slung into the crowd of kids watching. One time, one of the bigger kids that was strong enough to climb to the center while it was spinning managed to throw up while it was at full speed, evenly spraying the up chuck amongst the surrounding spectators. Good times...
Oh my what a comment 😂😂😂
You should film the Lutheran cemetery north of Guymon. I can give you some history.
I live in guymon awesome video
Much appreciated!
Interesting about Optima is on the map you displayed that there is/was an "Old Optima." I wonder if the town was founded elsewhere then moved to it's current location? Great video Coach, looking forward to the next one!
Yes actually I mentioned that when I showed the map. They moved it to line up with the railroad. Thanks!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy I must have missed that. I'll go back and relisten! Yep, found it!
Always interesting. I wouldn't want to live in such a dry, dusty place. I give those who do a lot of credit! Thanks so much for the trip. You sure find some lonesome places!
So nice of you! And I agree it would be such a tough place to earn a living!
Your feelings about living in such a place are natural, especially if you live in a metro city or someplace similar. But attitudes can change when you live in the area for a few years. It is dry, true, but not as dusty as you'd think. Granted, we sometimes have dust storms due to strong winds and fields that have been cleared for planting, or the landowner prefers a cleared field. The constant hum of traffic noise is absent, as is the light pollution seen in larger cities. We aren't that far from a few major cities that offer more in the way of shopping and the like. And when I say not far, I mean we're around 1 1/2 to 2 hours away from those cities. And before you think these drive times are crazy, some people spend that much time just going to work each day. There are trade-offs to living in the area, and drive times are one of those trade-offs. Living in Texas County is like living in other areas of the US with similar geographics. These places aren't for everyone, but the people who live there often wouldn't live anywhere else.
@@jamielpatterson2576 I live about 10 miles from the nearest town which is small. We live in the farm country of Michigan. Our nearest neighbors are Amish (horses and buggies). Their pasture is on the other side of our backyard. I completely understand what you are saying. That's why we live in the country. At night it's completely dark and quiet. No street lights, etc. I certainly didn't mean any criticism of where you live! I hate big cities. We are about an hour from Midland and 1 and a half from Lansing, which is my hometown. Haven't lived there in decades. I love it here and understand why people like you live where you do. I'm glad so many people like big cities. There are lots of people who would not be able to stand living where we do.
@@rosiemcnaughton9933 No offense was taken, though I sometimes may sound like I'm offended.
The first time we came out to see my inlaws, I fell in love with the area. At the time we were living in the Phoenix, AZ, area with its constant lights and traffic noise. We eventually moved where we currently live and neither of us would consider another metro city. We are 30-35 minutes away from two small cities, and 1 1/2-2 1/2 away from three others. And between those cities the are a few small towns and absolutely nothing between the small towns except farmland or pastures.
Out here you don't tell someone how far it is to somewhere. You tell them how long it takes to get there, especially if you've driven it enough times.
That's true, areas like ours aren't for everyone. Some may live in these areas for a time but end up moving back to a metro city where there is more to do and more available.
The straight compresor plant closed a couple years ago after a couple accidents killed and severely injured some workers.
Thanks for the info. Sad 😔
The plant in Straight, looks like a natural gas plant. Very similar to one that used to be in south Wichita back in the day.
..and by the way, your finale is proof that whoever designed the death-go-rounds never sat on them in the summer! 🔥🔥🔥
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Hey Coach Nice trip. Good still photos. Regarding the play machines, Good tick and snake free stone bed, along with an excellent drive axle placement pleasing aesthetics and so on for machine #1, alas, a splinter factor doth rear it's ungainly skull, so we find it a challenge to rate such higher than 8.8 . As for apparently well constructed second contrivance, This is a cool weather machine for the reason you stated, although we marvel @ the sturdy build quality. After crunching the numbers, we arrive @ a strong 8.0 rating overall, with a heavy cloud rating somewhere approaching 8.8. The grassy base surface, says bug or worse as a possible factor to be considered. Happy Motoring.
Very thorough and logical ratings this week 😊
Death Go Rounds on a t-shirt!
My best selling shirt 😂😂
@@TravelwithaWiseguy I saw that in the merch store. I will be ordering one!
That was desolate John. It was nice to see a ten. All too well I remember the scalder as that is what we called our all metal death go round at my elementary school. Now, on to Hooker.
😊 yes on to Hooker - a location not a vocation!
To say some of those places are isolated is not an understatement.. you would see so few people that must be pretty mentally tough to work in places like that? I couldn’t do it…
I would agree!
On my travels I ise my phone for a camera. It usually stamps my location or nearest location if unsure you're in the right place
Good video as usual. Hovey reminds me of Ray City, Oklahoma. There was an oil boom town there in the 1930s. Ray City had a church, school, and some stores. My grandfather was on the school board and was involved in some kind of lawsuit because of it. Now all that is left is a bare place on the land due to salt water spillage (long ago) and a metal sign put up by a landowner. Even the "Danger H2S may be present" sign is appropriate. There are several oil wells still in the area and they reek of H2S.
Thank you!
I was hoping you would release the drone. Annd you did. Very Cool!😎👍
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Golly John, Optima in Texas County Oklahoma was cool. I just knew it the minute I saw the school you would have to push/ride the Merry-go-rounds if there was one and sure enough there was two. On a trip my family took in the early 1970s we went through Guyman but it must have been on the outskirts of the city because I sure don't remember it being that big. The lake looked like it was drying up from lack of rain. Sure was a bad time for all concerned and the men that did the killing sure got off without being hung easily enough. Oh well that's all history now. Thank you for the trip as it was good. Happy trails to you and God bless.
Thanks for the comment! A lot going on there!
👍👏🤠another great video you never disappoint me
Safe travels Coach
I appreciate that!
Where do you get death go round , I always heard them called Merry go round!
Me too, decades ago when I was in elementary school. We never heard them called death-go-rounds back then...😁
death looms at every turn as the speed increases the daring cling on and it isn't so merry anymore
@@tinman7130 😵💫
I can’t remember where I saw it the first time. It just made sense because it seems more dangerous than a typical merry go round 😊
@@TravelwithaWiseguy You have a point there...😨
STraight is a gas compressor station and long time ago they had a bunch of houses for workers but they abandoned the houses and a lot of the houses were moved to guymon
Thanks for the info!
0:46 A car driving by is so rare that the horses stop grazing to watch it go by.
Very true! 😂
Guymon and Hardesty lots of snakes lol!
I didn’t see any!
We play music in Boise City. It's a quiet little town.
My family homesteaded in Texas county outside of Hooker.
The flowers are Jerusalem artichokes if anyone wonders.
Speaking of your Google maps, I noticed that you haven't done a single video in Saline county. I know Salina is too big but there are several small towns.
Someday! It’s a big country 😊
Guymon is more like 23k, approximately half of the population is not on the census.
Source: I live here lol. Thanks for checking out No Man’s Land!
I don’t doubt you 😊
There are mostly NO jobs (other than a few city personnel ) in Optima, the people almost all work in Guymon.
Thanks again John for touring me through the Panhandle, you have bought me places I haven't been. My wife and I tour Oklahoma quite often.🌾🛤
Thank you 😊
I would’ve checked out the sign. They ain’t gonna shoot ya! 😂😂😂
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Just watched the video. No Man's Land is quite the territory. The story of the massacre was sure interesting and the fact no one had any jurisdiction over that part of the country. You could literally get away with murder and not be punished. Crazy, but kind of funny. You sure had to be tough to live there back then. Keep up the good work. So interesting.
I agree. Such a unique part of our country!
The compressor station in Video , transfers natural gas to the North and North East .
When I hear Texas County Oklahoma I think of the two moms who were recently killed there. 😢
Yes I talk about this at the end of part 3. Wild!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy I will be watching that one too!
It's odd I find beauty in Desolate places. I would love to live out there.
A lot of us feel the same 😊
Hovey is pronounced as HUVEY, not with the O sound. Like most railroad spots it came from the man who started the small town, even though not nuch ever came from it. Happened many times,
Thanks for the info!
Read the excellent book “The Worst Hard Time” regarding the days of The Dust Bowl. If you think today’s world is challenging, this will put our ‘first-world’ problems into proper perspective.
in honor of my late daddy (Garfield Sniffles Gazooberful ) id like to remind everybuddy to NOT drink and spin !!😵
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Why would they go all the way to Paris,TX for a trial? No wonder they had no jurisdiction.
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Sometimes your videos seem like a post-apocalyptic movie: there are so few people in them.
Something fascinating about those places to me!
I love your videos, I watch a lot, but...I wonder why no one but me mentions chemtrails, the skies are full of them and it kills the buzz.
Gotta love Guymon been on hiway 54 many times. Love those merry-go-round and playgrounds. Back in my youth all the merry-go-round had a trench all around it ,from the kids feet.😊
Nice!
Why on earth would you call a County Texas when there is another State called Texas????
There’s a Texas New York , maybe the state of Texas was named after Texas New York❤
@@Mikell-h2c Hahaha maybe not lol
I think I I read they named it Texas because that area used to be Texas 🤷🏼♂️
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Thank you John
@21:10 is the reason we got them going as fast as we could to help cool it down, lol :)
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The first death-go-round was a perfect 10. The second one looked like a medieval torture device so I have to give it a lesser score...7 maybe an 8! 🫠
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So was Mouser named after the founders cat? Asking for a friend.🧐🥸
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Looks Dusty there...Love those back roads
It was!