3 Wild West Ghost Towns with Fascinating Backstories...

When you look across the landscape of the modern day United States of America, the actual footprints of the wild west are few and far between. The industrial revolution truly changed the iconography and images of American frontiers, infrastructures, and communities at large. That being said, not all that existed during the earliest eras in United States history are merely left in the dust of a more modern age. Ghost towns, especially those of long forgotten western settlements, are perfectly picturesque replicas of the spaces we once occupied all across the great plains and beyond.
In a way, ghost towns from the wild west are the best preserved footprints of the frontier we now only experience through textbooks and encyclopedias, their crumbling architecture and wayward atmospheres now the symbol of the period’s makeshift attitudes. If one thing is for certain, it’s that with every ghost town comes an incredibly rich story full of both optimistic beginnings and haunted endings, much like the general history of the wild west itself.
0:00 Introduction
1:26 Miner’s Delight, Wyoming
11:03 Shaniko, Oregon
18:00 Amboy, California
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Awesome video thank you for sharing 👍

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I like stories of history. 👍🏻

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[@tomcaldwell5750]

Thank you for presenting this interesting video about the ghost towns of the old west.

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Thank you for your viewership, Tom! We appreciate the kind feedback.

[@Heathershusbandbear]

Excellent video I really enjoyed the wyoming section keep up the good work

[@chrislong3938]

Good! By God, I'm going to Bodie!/Goodbye God, I'm going to Bodie is the best anecdote of any Old West town in history!
I'm stunned you didn't mention Bodie, California!!! Jeez man, at one point it was the second largest town in Ca. after San Francisco!
It is staffed year-round by Ca. State Troopers and in a state of arrested decay, dis-allowed to be touched in any way other than you are allowed to walk around the town!

[@footprintsofthefrontier]

We have a documentary about Bodie in development! Stay tuned!

[@UniusPoenitentis]

Thanks for this interesting video. I passed through Amboy for the first time this past spring. I saw people checking out the old motel buildings which are still standing there. It really is way out in the middle of nowhere nowadays, although back in the hay day of old Route 66, many would have passed through and possibly stayed the night there.

[@CharitoBaker]

Oregon has at least 70 other old town sights. they came into being and died for various reasons. Howard began as Sissordsville because of a gold strike and died when the gold played out. Richmond was developed to bring trade to the area, and it died due to the advent of the automobile so that people could travel to larger towns to buy what they required. Lamonta began as land donation for wry land farming and died after 7 years of drought. Lad was sold back to the government and is now the Crooked river grand lands.

[@user-us3ji5nm7c]

Calamity Jane and wild Bill were not friends, he hardly knew her and apparently what he did know of her he didn't like. They even buried them next to each other but just as a sort of Joke, so when you hear that they were close friends or even lovers, its just nonsense that people had invented. What I'm saying is the truth and if you look it up you will see it's so. Cool video really enjoyable to watch, I just spotted that one mistake haven't checked if there's anything else.

[@michaelterrell]

The first to comment!

[@markz3318]

I never knew this was exist in real life
I only saw this on Movies

[@bethbartlett5692]

Amazing, folks believe 24hr Cable News Opinion/Commentaries, but not the individual experiences of those with credibility.

[@jazzridez]

History is written by the victors/survivors and probably isn't true or factual. But it's a story nonetheless. good video, keep the background music low so we can hear you as you narrate.

[@AyePee]

Great video I travel and camp Route 66 a lot and have stayed and camped around amboy like 4-5 times might not go back after learning what I did that segment hahah

[@footprintsofthefrontier]

Definitely get your camera ready if you do go back!