Slapout, Oklahoma! Funny Name, Friendly People!
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- This tiny town with a population of 8 is located in the panhandle of Oklahoma. Most of the old stores and various shops are closed now but there is still one store open. Many thanks to Jim Winn for the tour and Cindy Weigand for the photos.
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Mom and dad’s house made a cameo! My dad was born in Slapout in Feb. 1951. There was a blizzard, and they couldn’t make it to the hospital. He was raised there, and my parents moved back when my grandparents needed help. They are still there today!
Are they the house on the south side to the east of where I was filming?
I grew up in the Slapout Community. Who were your parents?
80 year Old Man sharing history, wonderfull video !
Yeah he was amazing! Thanks for watching.
Loved learning a little about Slapout. But I really loved you taking time out of your day to listen to the stories of what seems to be a really nice “seasoned” gentleman. Today’s generation just look at them as old people with no purpose. I believe they are so special and knowledgeable. Jim for instance knew a lot of history about a town that lets face it probably won’t be around much longer, but you took the time and documented it for future generations. I think it is super cool and I thank you!
Slapout ended up way more interesting that what I thought it would. And Jim made it that way. I definitely grateful for that. That's really a rare experience. I've always loved listening to people and their experiences of where they lived. Especially if it was far different. Maybe I'm bias but my favorite were my grandparents generation. The greatest generation. They lived thru the great depression and WW2. Its was just unbelievable what they had to go thru. Thanks for watching as well as the kind words. I'm happy to know that others wanted to hear about Jim and his life in Slapout. I could really tell that he was passionate about his town.
RhettyforFun we had the sweetest little old lady at church, she passed a few years back and was almost 100. She would tell about moving to Oklahoma in a covered wagon. One of the teachers here in Tipton, OK was able to interview her before she passed and capture some of her stories. It is definitely a treasure!
That is a treasure. It's such a different lifestyle that it's hard for any of us to imagine how that would be. I'm glad her story was captured though.
He was treasure of knowledge. Can't help but wonder how he's doing today.
Slapout: Population 8, Rattlesnakes 12+. This was one of the best videos I have seen. Jim was great and he certainly wasn't afraid of the spiders or snakes! I think he really enjoyed sharing the history with you. Loved the school; I hope they still use it for meetings or functions. I would have loved to looked at the books. Jim lived a lifestyle that most kids today couldn't do. And thank you for going down the slide! It was a perfect ending for the video.
There's no telling how many rattle snakes are out there but I'm sure its 4 or 5 times the population. Jim was an awesome tour guide and it was something I didn't expect to happen at all. We spent hours out there. And you're right about his lifestyle. There is no sense of entitlement coming from him.
I absolutely love listening to the stories that older people tell!! The history is amazing, and this man’s mind is still sharp! Love love this!! He has been there all his life and he has seen it all! Thanks for sharing this!!
I love it too! He was really great! I enjoyed him taking the time to explain everything as well as giving me a tour of those abandoned buildings. You're right about him seeing it all. Lots of changes! Thanks for joining me on this journey!
Blast from the past! I remember burning my buns on metal slides back in the day too! haha
Haha! Made us tough though didn't it?
I was raise on playground just like that ! Oh what memories ! Thanks !
I love playgrounds like that. Much more durable and fun than the ones they have now.
Fred ran the store after Rex and Alice Hagan retired. I can't remember Fred's last name. I remember Rex and Alice well. That's me wearing the shirt with number 24 on it. We lived three miles west and one south, across from Fairview Methodist Church. Mom and Dad built a house one mile west of Slapout in '71. Dad attended Overstreet School, District 111, Gordon Paxton, Superintendent about the time Jim did. My sister, brother, and I attended it as well. My sister and I left in the sixth grade. My brother in the 5th when the school closed. I remember reading that sign over the door every time I went through the door. Sophia Howard was my teacher. Parents took turns taking us to school in personal vehicles with a sign on the front that said "School Bus". Fridays was "treat" day. The bus driver for the week took us to Hagan's store for a soda and candy bar.
Thanks for sharing that history as well as the photos. It's really surprising those stores are gone. There is so much traffic thru there and so many that stop it seems like a good restuarant/store would do well there.
That was my grandpa, Fred Druce and his wife Bert.
And most likely lots of fun playing on the playground equipment
Hi Cindy,
My brother and I spent a lot of time in Slapout back in the late 60s and 70s. My uncle and aunt were the Baxters. My great grandparents were some of the first settlers there and had a sod house ( which my brother has a picture of them standing in front of it). My aunt Viola was the teacher in the original Overstreet school around the 1930s? That school house was moved onto their property just west of Slapout about 1.5 and is still standing there! Although my brother says that is looking really bad. I had so many fond memories of Slapout and enjoyed reading your memories as I have forgotten a lot.
@@UsedCarDetectives I remember a Grit Baxter.
Fascinating when you think of what that place would look like in his minds eye.
Yes, you're right about that. It was fascinating to hear him speak of how it was.
Nye out means your almost out Slap out means your are completely out of what ever. Cool names of old time sayings . Great video Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome. Thanks for watching. I haven't heard of those old terms before. I had heard that Slapout was because of two things. 1. was because they were out and the other was because meat was slapped out on the counter. The Nye I had heard was named after a politician. But Mr. Winn said differently. Either way I love those old names.
Been through Slapout, OK many of times while driving from Tulsa to Colorado and northern parts of New Mexico. Mr. Winn's store was my stop for coffee or soda, giving me time to stretch my legs also. Very friendly people there, that's for sure.
I've been thru there a ton of times going the same direction. We used to go snow skiing a lot but we never stopped there. I remember stopping in Woodward and then Guymon. Does make me wonder what it was like when I first passed thru there 30 plus years ago.
This is the kind of place I wish I could find in Florida. That was such a great video man. Slapout is so cool. I liked how you were just passing threw and you discovered something very awesome and you were able to share it with everyone and turn in to a great video. The gentleman showing you aground was very kind.
Fun fact my Granpa won the State Championship Horshoe competition twice in Indiana lol
Yeah he was a great sport. There are a lot of places like this in Florida too. Some of it may be in the panhandle or some of it may be near where those ranches are. I think most people don't realize that Florida has the oldest working ranches in America or that the original descendants of the Spanish Cattle are still in Florida. Everyone just thinks of Disney and beaches. Florida is a great state! I used to spend a lot of time there. Thanks for watching my friend.
Oh wow! That's a big accomplishment! Some of those competitions even if they are friendly get pretty serious! I love horseshoes!
Ahh I used to play on similar old playground equipment in Welch Oklahoma
I love those old ones like that! Simple yet fun and clearly durable.
I just wanted to say you must have made this old guy's day I think that's really cool I wish somebody approached my grandparents and get them on film thank you
He did enjoy it and so did I. And to think I only stopped in that little store for some pop and chips. When I saw him I just asked him about the history and he was super friendly about showing me around.
What a nice video, listen ing to the history thay old man was talking about,I definitely would visit there when I visit the usa just waiting for when it's safe to fly again with what's going on, little town s on the of beaten track amaze me,I'm planning to visit as much of USA as I can but I know that would take a long time .injoy your videos
There is a ton to see here and it depends on what you have time for as well as an interest in. I appreciate you watching the videos.
Nice adventure! That ol guy was pretty cool. I liked the old photos to go with it all.
He really did make this video great! I stopped in for a quick tour but it turned out so much better. Thanks for watching Ken!
Rural America I love it. Old fellow didn't look 80 he was very respectful. Love the video brother the old school is a blast from the past. Did a wonderful job on the video. Loved it. 😀
Thank you! Jim was a great tour guide. I'm glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate you watching.
How wonderful it is that you recorded all this oral history. This is so awesome.
Yes I just happened to be there at the right time asking questions across the street. It really worked out well and he made the stop much better than I ever could have hoped for. Thanks for watching!
Great video. Jim really added to the video with all his information and memories. Thumbs up:) 👍👍👍
Jim was an awesome tour guide! It was fun having him show me around. Thanks for watching Mary!
Jim's stories and perspective were great! I especially liked when he opened the spider eggs. I'm glad you took the time to talk with him. Your work keeps getting better and better. I will be looking forward to your installment. Until then, safe travels!
Thank you my friend. I've never split open a spider egg sac. He was great and I'm glad I met him. It could have worked out better. Thanks for watching.
The spider-egg thing impressed me too! I wouldn't have touched those things with a ten foot pole.
@@raymonaanderson9783 It was funny to watch Jim just casually grab it and then open it up. I was thinking hundreds of tiny spiders may have come out. LOL
I don't know why, but I feel like watching Fried Green Tomatoes. This reminds me of going through the small towns my grandparents are from and them telling me about how things used to be when they were growing up.
Sometimes it's interesting to see and hear how things were from those that were there. Thanks for watching!
That gentleman was amazing for showing you around and sharing his story with you. This is how we really learn about history. You are absolutely right about the fact that many kids today would not appreciate what he went through in order to get an education. He probably had to work as soon as he got home from school as well. I do know some student now who work very hard , but they seem to be few and far between. Great video Rhett! I have really been enjoying your channel as a new subscriber.
Yes I really enjoyed the tour that Jim gave. It was great listening to how it was and he was really excited about giving it. I told him that I was making a video and putting it on TH-cam. He thanked me for it but something tells me he will never see it. He doesn't seem like a man who really does the internet. Welcome to the channel and thanks for watching!
I Lov e this kinda stuff, Jim was a nice guy..
Jim was awesome! I spent way more time in this little community than I thought I would and it's all because of him.
I live here in Oklahoma and there is so many funny names here. when I first moved here from Kentucky I just sit here and laughed at some of the names.
We do have some interesting ones. IXL is possibly the strangest.
There's a child in us all, LOL ... Good on you for going through with the slide, Rhetty For Fun!
And how sweet is Jim for giving you the grand tour of Slapout and talking all about the old days ... I love the way he agrees with you when he says, "Oh, yes sir!"
But what I found really interesting was the spelling of 'NYE' in the advertisement on the old stage curtain. I guess that's the teacher in me, but when Jim was explaining the differences between the town names I thought that the saying of "We're nigh out of everything " actually made sense...and that's how 'nigh' is correctly spelled - it's the old English word for 'near'. So in other words, he meant "We're nearly out of everything". But the spelling on the advertising was 'NYE' - and that makes no sense AT ALL.
But I was hoping there'd be a great discovery for you to take home for your collection inside the derelict service station! But ... it wasn't to be : ( Maybe next time?
Thanks for sharing, Rhetty! And safe travels until the next vid : )
It was a different way of spelling it. Jim really made this video fantastic. He was really trying to get me to take memories of his town but I refused to take anything. I just enjoyed the tour and information that he gave. I planned on spending 15 to 20 minutes there but I ended up spending a few hours. I'm glad you enjoyed it too! Thanks for watching Johnell!
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Awww, Rhetty - we all know you'd NEVER just take anything! And old Jim was ever so sweet to show you around several hours...What a nice fellow : )
You have yourself a great day!
Yes Jim really mad this whole experience special!
I’m 66 years old & I can remember my maternal grandmother telling me stories about coming to Oklahoma in a covered wagon. I so wish I could remember those stories! But I was only about 6 at the time & really wasn’t interested. My maternal grandfather’s mother was Cherokee. I found out that my 5th great grandfather was a Cherokee chief. There’s a painting of him in Gilcrease, a local museum here in Tulsa. My mom was the youngest so she didn’t ever know her grandparents but my aunts remembered & told stories.
That is some fascinating family history you have there. I think all of us wish we would have paid better attention to what our grandparents were telling us. I thought I did but I have so many more questions now that I wish I could ask. Thank you so much for watching and sharing.
Thankfully, my grandmother wrote family histories and left them to us. A cousin has taken the history and done a lot of genealogy research.
RhettyforFun I was raised in Hominy, OK till about age 13. Spent much time with my grandparents who’s property was divided from the Osage Indian Village by a big ditch. So I grew up around the Osage tribe. My fondest memory of my childhood was attending the pow wows with friends & family then going home with grandma & falling asleep in the “summer house” (a big screened in room built above the cellar), listening to the drums going all night as they danced. Hominy is about 15/18 miles south of Pawhuska, OK. A very interesting place.
Yes there are some more interesting cemeteries in that area as well.
@@SKC193 Nice memory. The story of the Osage is sad, though.
I remember rubbing wax paper on the slide. We thought it made us go faster. I also remember sliding down the poles.
I think that young at heart man enjoyed giving you that tour. He probably doesn't get to talk to too many people. Thank you for being so kind to him and listening to his stories 🥰
He did enjoy it and he was a wonderful tour guide! I don't think many are all that interesting in his town. I just happened to catch him at the right time and asked the right person. He really made that little stop great. Thank you for watching!
That little old man is just too cute.
Yeah he was a great tour guide!
I loved listing to this man tell the stories of his town. Thank You
He was amazing! He really made the video! Thanks for taking the time to watch him.
RhettyforFun I loved listing to the stories my grandfather used to tell me.
He’s gone now 😢
And this gentleman reminded me of him.
Thank You for posting this video.
You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Grandparents are special people.
You always find the best spots. Tons of history there in such a small town.😎
Thank you! Jim made it a lot more interesting than I would have. I'm thankful for running into him at that small store. Thanks for watching.
That was very cool and to hear the history of the town from an 80 year old man who grew up there was amazing! I'm so glad you went down to the school. I was wondering if you would as I was watching. Glad you didn't come across any rattle snakes. You must have to do some traveling to get to all of these different places that you end up in. I don't know how you find them all but you sure always do a great job!
Thank you Flo Costa. Jim was great. I enjoyed him showing me around and telling me history from his point of view. I'm glad I didn't see rattle snakes as well. I was definitely in their world. Thanks for watching.
TL Lemmons owned the filling station across the street, then his son Frank took it over. Follett is in Texas and where we went to see movies or "the picture show" as we called it back then. The following are comments of people who lived in and around Slapout. Fermur Keith As I remember somewhere close to where the picture was taken from my Aunt (Mom's sister) Lottie had a Rock Shop and made jewelry to sell.
Fermur Keith Aunt Lottie was married more than once but Deanna Laverty at this time I think Aunt Lottie's last name was Sherret. I'm not sure of the spelling.
Fermur the brown building on the right of the cafe was the rock shop. Her house was just to the right of that. I Loved that rock shop!
I think maybe the last name was Eades. Fermur Keith what was it ?
Gayle Redinger- Levings I think my uncle & aunt, Kenneth & Alta Woolley lived in the little house, when they ran the cafe.
Anita Kamp Inselman Seems like there were several different families running the cafes at different times.
I always loved eating at Slapout because we didn’t always have to eat the dinners. We got hamburgers & French fries!
Deanna Laverty Cindy Weigand it was a little house. We lived in it during the winter when my dad ran the station on south side of the highway approx.1955/56. Sometime later Frank used it as a parts house. That is the only history I know. I am sure there is lots more
EdJimmie Linda Hart Elam Emma Jean Zetterburg’s beauty shop was in a little White House. It is still there. The blacksmith shop was Herman Kamp’s. In the early days Maggie Kamp had a Cream Shop in the front of it. The blacksmith shop and the old Kamp house burned down in 2007 when a fire came through. Herchal, Edward and I lived there in a double wide at that time. Now Edward and I live there.
EdJimmie Linda Hart Elam Cindy the last house on the east was Tommy and Lu Eads. Lottie last name was Sherret not sure how to spell it. Tommy sold insurance.
Would be a great location for a rock shop. The town needs something to draw a little more people. They love the name. Some sort of tourist shop/museum would be amazing there.
It takes me back to my childhood wen i was 6 years old had to walk in deep snow people had more love 4 1 another they look out 4 your childen wen mom dad wornt home i miss it so much thank u 4 the lov u show in your veito
Sounds like you did something similar. Thank you for watching!
I loved listening to the gentleman tell the history of this place i would love to visit there
It's a town worth stopping in. Odds are you won't run into anyone but the owners of the store across the street and visitors passing thru.
Use to stop at the cafe ,on the way to Guymon or Colorado
Great Video! I’ve said it before and I will say it again you are my favorite youtuber.
Thank you! There's a ton youtubers out there so that's saying a lot!
RhettyforFun No you make my favorite type of content Oklahoma History and as a Oklahoman I appreciate your videos. Your content is great 👍🏼
Well I appreciate you watching! I always hear people say there's nothing to do in Oklahoma. I'm hoping to show that there is.
This is awesome! Keep up the great work, bro!
Thank you Chris!
I’m 51. Back when I was about 7-8 years young, my family and I passed thru Slapout and we ate at a small cafe in the evening. I have always remembered the place because of 2 happenings while there. 1 - While we were in the diner, I went back out to the Winnebago camper we were traveling in to retrieve a handheld game. When I turned around to open the camper door and step back outside, I almost stepped on a massive green lizard, which was at least a few pounds and 2 feet long! I jumped back inside and was too scared to come out for a while. 2 - Second thing I will always remember was seeing the gorgeous Aurora Borealis glimmering in the dark night sky over tiny Slapout, OK! Love and Peace to all!
Brought back a lot of memories.
Having a wonderful evening watching all your videos.Thank you for such great videos.
You're welcome! I'm happy you found them and enjoy them! Thanks again for watching!
Great video! Reminds me so much of my youthful days in the Great Plains baking in the hot summer sun listening to the quietude and chorus of singing insects. Wonderful peace and solitude. Jim was great. Thanks for this reflection of some good old days.
Jim was awesome! It was super hot out and he didn't have to do that. I'm glad he shared his memories though. I do like sound of the insects like you do. I think it's difficult for others to understand that if they didn't grow up with it. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Hey, you got to at least try and slide down the slide, right? Pretty cool. Already almost 100 times the population watching the video so far. I passed through Laverne once and makes me wonder if I did go through Slapout but blinked and missed it. Lucky you found a good tour guide while you were there.
The slide was just too tempting! Depending on the direction you were going you may have passed thru Slapout. Jim was a fantastic tour guide. All by chance too that was the amazing thing.
Wow very cool and funny name for a town but Great Video😀
Thank you! I love the name. The panhandle of Oklahoma has several towns with funny names.
There it is. Real people. Small town people are the friendliest. I'm from the midwest but the job moved me away. And whenever I return I have perspective on how nice people are. Great video getting Mr. Jim's story.
Yes I love how friendly and welcome people are in small towns. Jim really made what I thought would be a little stop so much better. Thanks for watching and commenting!
very neat place. that was awesome he showed you around and told you the history of the town :) btw that wasnt a ford explorer. its roughly a 1990 GMC Jimmy SLT amazing condition. to bad its sitting there. maybe someone could save it. i never see those on the road anymore. looking at slapout theres 2 houses abandoned behind those stores you captured. then way way down the road behind the opened service station theres an abandoned farm house. thanks for taking on this history trip before it fades away into history :)
Yes you're right. I didn't notice that it was a Jimmy until I was editing and then I was wondering why I said that.. it was in fantastic condition even on the inside. I guess it didn't run and that's why it was there but it did make me wonder what was wrong with it. Someone does need to save it. There are quite a few abandoned houses around Slapout. Actually there are a lot of them throughout the panhandle. A good portion of them look like ones that people built when the lands opened up for settlement. Jim was a great town treasure. Thanks for watching and commenting.
That's a cool little hamlet of a town. It was nice of that old codger to give you a detailed tour, he looks good for his age, probably has a lot to do with never being exposed to the stresses of highly populated cities. Thanks for the detailed video, you did a great job putting it together.
Thank you and I appreciate you watching. I thought this was just going to be a small stop but it turned into a lot more.
Love hearing the old timers recount the life, that's real history, he doesn't seem to be concerned about the rattlesnakes the way he's charging through the undergrowth & old buildings. I think he enjoyed talking about the old times. I bet you made his day. Thank you so much. 🐍🕷🕸🐍 🇦🇺🐨👍🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️ Australia. The school is fantastic, well done on the slide, thoroughly enjoyed the video.
Wen small some things r biger then u i still lov what u doing we need more like u and your fun lov of doing tjis
Thank you for the kind words
My brother and I spent a great deal of our childhood here, just 1 mile West of Slapout. Our great uncle and aunt had a home on the South side of the highway. My grandad would take us into the grocery store you were looking in and buy us Nehi sodas. My great uncle & aunt were good friends with the Winns and we would go look for the wild turkey that would live along the river by their home. I have so many good stories about all the time I spent in Slapout as a child…thank you for doing this little story. Btw my grandmother grew up there and her family owned the property on the NW corner of Slapout, her daughters finally sold it all off when she passed away some years ago.
This was so awsome
Thanks Rob!
How Funny But the History behind the small town is wonderful
Just wonderful, i love to see old towns and hear about the history of them. Jim was great and looks amazing for an 80 yr old. I would love to know if he is still going strong. You needed some water on that slide Rhett, looked more like a shuffle 😂❤️Jodie 🇦🇺
Yeah it was hot and sticky out and th3 slide had some grime on it. Jim was great on this little tour. It's been a few years since I have been up there and I don't know him personally but I'm sure he is still going strong. Thank you for watching Jodie!
I LOVED this! I felt as though I was right there with you, I love Mr. Winn, he's such a sweet Man and his stories....wow! And you,...LOL I can't believe you went down that slide, you're braver than I am! In the past 2 days I have probably watched a couple dozen of your video's and have really enjoyed them. Stay safe and thanks again for taking us along...
You're welcome and thank you for coming along on the adventures! I'm glad to see you are watching some of the older ones. Thank you for watching!
Love your videos and the history. Thanks!
Thank you Linda! Glad to have you along for the journey!
Cool Story, hard to believe its still around. Just like the little town my Mother was born in. Tina Mo. Thank you for sharing. I loved the Playground equipment Everything pretty much was what I grew up playing on. The Swings had the old wooden seats that dated back when my Father went to school. Merry-go,round was diffrent too but you just brought back memories wow. I love it.
I really enjoyed this little stop and it tuned into way more than I thought it ever would have. I'm glad you enjoyed it as well. Thank you so much for watching!
you know rhett,i sure am glad i found your channel.yours is truly one of the top five on youtube.this old man is going to spread the word on your channel.very informative,well done.
I'm glad you found the channel as well and I'm glad to hear you are enjoying it. Thank you for watching and commenting!
...enjoyed listening to Jim talk...you made me laugh so hard when you went down the slide....just love the video....
Jim really was an unexpected treasure here in this little community. I really enjoyed him giving the tour. Thank you for watching Jody! I'm sorry for the late response. TH-cam never gave me the notification for some reason.
I wish someone could restore this to original construction for historical purposes.....we are losing our heritage....very few kids know what their ancestors went through.....
It would be nice to see that happen. It's literally out in the middle of nowhere though.
This is exactly the type of trip I love! I’ve been to 48 of 50 states and have met so many really awesome people. Visiting almost all the western national parks I met such nice people and families from all over the world and states. It doesn’t seem to matter where you go you meet kind people Witt interesting stories to tell. I especially love older people’s stories and history. Thank you SO MUCH!!!!! Probably why I’m a hospice volunteer. I live hearing WWII stories and all their history in addition to giving them comfort in their final days. You rock!👏🏻❤️
I wanted to add one more comment! We had the exact type of slide and when it was in the 100’s you would burn the heck out of your legs, etc. nice to see old-school!
I remember those times of the burnt legs on slides, teeter totters and swings. Good times though!
My grandparents were of that WW2 generation and I loved listening to their stories. My grandfathers, grandmother, and great uncles all served. I never grew tired of listening to them. I also used to visit some when I had a family member that was in a retirement home. Some of their stories are beyond belief. My only regret is that I did not pick up a camera and document them. That's awesome what you do though! We always need special people like you! That's a special time to be involved in their life and very personal. It's something that not only helps them but also the families.
RhettyforFun you crack me up! When I began listening to stories of my gparents, etc. and hospital e volunteering there was nothing but point and shoot cameras. Then video recorders were available but too expensive for normal people. I sure wish I’d had an iPhone back in the day!! Ty again. You’re really good at this. Please keep it up.
When I was going in the retirement homes for a relative it was 2004 to 2008. I had a camera but it was a huge sony digital camera. 1.3 megapixel or something like that. Super grainy. But I remember the days of VHS recorders and those were a better quality. I just never had one. Would have been great to capture their stories. There are things I wish I would have asked and didn't think about it until after they were gone. I do have a lot of the old film 8mm film reels of my parents and grandparents in the 1940's and 1950's. No sound to them but still great to have.
I saw the slide and thought u would have to go down it. I was so happy to see you do it. U gave done it to elsewhere. My wife tells me I'm nuts and laughs. I'm not alone.
I can't resist this old school equipment! I'm glad I didn't get hurt though because nobody was around! Thank you for watching Devin!
Glad you found Jim it gave more insight to the town Great video :)
Jim was absolutely a treasure to meet and have him give me a tour! Thank you for watching!
The slide was the same one that was in my school yard in the sixties.
They were good ones and they sure don't make them like that anymore. They were still around in school when I was a kid in the late 70's and early 80's.
Yes I remember that shiny metal in the summertime, ouch!😅😂😂
I was a littled creeped out when that guy showed you the spider eggs. I can't get over that the population is only 8. I love small towns but not that small. I think it's nice to encounter a resident of a town and to hear something about the town's history. I'm glad you had a picture of what the town looked like before. You're brave to go into some of those dilapidated buildings. Someone should buy up all that land and develope it. Thank you to you and Jim for the tour. The school building was in fairly good shape. It's nice that it's still in use. That playground reminds me of the ones that I grew up with. Did you have fun on the slide? 🙂💕
Jim was awesome! Those spiders are really harmless but I never touch the egg sacks because I don't exactly know what kind they belong to. This was certainly a great little stop! Thank you for watching!
Loved it thank you xx
You're welcome and thank you for watching!
Great video 👍 learn something new.. nothing better than history.. Thanks..
You're welcome. Thanks for watching.
So glad you went down the slide. I would have done so too.
It was fun even though I didn't really slide. Thank you for watching!
Love it thank you hope you do more like this one thank you l am English a l live in chaing mai Thailand
You're welcome! I would love to do more like this. I got pretty lucky with this gentleman being there to give the tour. Thanks for watching!
Loved this video. Thank you!
You're welcome and thank you for watching!
You don't see a lot of 80-year old on TH-cam, so that was interesting. You are going to have to start wearing a hard hat :-) That roof looked like it was going to come down on you guys at any minute. That slide didn't look too solid either! I thought Palm Springs was small. I guess it's all relative :-) Nice trip to the past. My favorite kind of trip!
I think the biggest danger was the rattle snakes but the ceilings in that building weren't much better. The slide was unbelievably sturdy. It was just hot and I was really too tall to duck down to go on it. But overall it was a great little explore. Thanks for joining me on this one!
Yeah, all that junk and old debris looked like a perfect hiding spot for rattle snakes!
Oh for sure! It was 108 that day so they would have gotten in there to cool off. But they could have been anywhere. I do have snake gaiters but I didn't have them on. That tour was unexpected.
I've never heard of a snake gaiter. I live in the desert, but it sounds like you have more of a snake problem than we do. Good you are prepared.
I don't know if we have more or not but we have all three of America's venomous snakes. Water Maccasin, Rattle Snake and copperhead. Snake gaiters just wrap around your leg and fasten in the back. Prevents them from biting you in the leg anyways.
Thank you for sharing! Man, you travel a lot! You were right slap in the middle of Slapout, and all the action✌️
Haha! Not much action happening up there but I did get lucky that day with the tour. Thanks for watching Lori!
Your welcome ✌️
Loved this.
Thank you! I appreciate you watching.
Thanks for posting. I was born on a farm just East of Gate, which is a few miles North of Slapout.
I haven't heard of that town. Is there much there?
There's about 150 there... give or take... but they have a cafe that serves the best steaks in the country, and something else really interesting; lots of the buildings are painted up in murals. Just google Gate, Oklahoma images and you'll see what I mean. I think it would be worth your time to look around for sure.
Yeah that sounds like my kind of small town! I love a good steak as well as some great murals.
By the way, some time ago I ran across your video on the "circus cemetery". Good stuff!
I'm happy you found it and enjoyed it. That's one of my favorite cemeteries that I've ever visited.
Wow! Love it! And the size of that spider... Tfs.
Thank you Rosi! There were a lot of spiders out there!
Elmwood and Slapout were always on my way to working the oil fields west of Guymon. I used to stop and visit in Elmwood with a fellow who had a small boat dealership as I recall, and store. I remember for some strange reason, he had a clock made from a piece of Aspen wood in cross section that was actually a small tree that had been planted there. Aspens are not common in OK so I always thought it unique that it was a local piece of wood. I find the High Plains to be far less boring than many people imagine. The people are especially hard to beat as friendly and hardy folk.
Not only is that wood odd in the panhandle so is a boat dealership. I don't think I have ever noticed one.
Great video! I love it! Very good channel and interesting content. Discovered you and your channel in the comment section of Adam the Woo.
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it and I'm happy to have you along in the adventures!
everybody used that word Slapout, when I was growing up in NC.. heck, honestly, you'll hear it used today in a lot of our Diners.. .especially when there's no more of the Lunch Special left!
That's interesting. I haven't heard it said here.
That is one brave man All those spiders. I would still be running down that old road when I saw that first spider then standing next to that big spider, The kicker as finding that spider egg on him.
The more you're around them the more you get used to it. I used to not like them but I've had a lot on me. I haven't ever messed with a spider egg next until just then though.
great interview
Thank you
My kids got a kick out of this video because they are part of the 4H club that meets at over street and their latest projects were the posters inside on the tables. They also still go down that slide all the time. The school house is used for community events and is our place of voting as well. Jimmy's brother Jo's funeral meal was actually served in the school building when he passed last year. the 4H kids helped serve at that and do a veterans day meal on veterans day there as well. The school house is used pretty regularly at least once a month for different things. My husbands Grandmother Phyllis Nine (age 90) was Jimmys school teacher and is still living a couple miles from the school house. Lots of neat history around thanks for getting some of it on video.
That's awesome on your kids seeing their projects. I thought they were really neat. I looked at them more but I didn't want to showcase them more since it was someone else's kids. I did love that slide. I think I'm a little too big for it but I just don't see see playground equipment like that anymore. That's great that the school is still used regularly. I'm noticing name Nine and wondering if your grandmother is the wife of the gentleman who had the cowboy funeral in January of this year? The creator of that video just shared it with me last night.
That's amazing, Anita! Hi from Australia and I hope you have a nice day. (And please tell Jimmy he's famous all over the World!!)
I attended school in Overstreet as did my dad before me, my sister and brother. My wedding shower was a there. Lots of fun memories of the school. Dad had the new sign made. Bebeann Messner painted the first curtain. Concerning the slide, we heard that if you rubbed it with wax paper, you could go faster. We never could prove that theory.
@@RhettyforHistory Hello! Anita is my mom! Yes that was my grandpa who died! And I know the the guy you talked too! That playground is really fun to play on!!
Just trying to make sure I understand but Jo was your grandfathet? Jimmy was a great tour guide!
You went back in time brother😎... I love Listening to elders when they talk history generations these days some don’t know some don’t care 😢.....!!! I was raised right but I love hearing my grandfather telling me he lied that he was 17 so he can join the Army 🤙🏼🇬🇺🇧🇿🤙🏼💯!!!!! Love your show 💯❤️🙏🏼!!!
It's amazing that there were kids willing to go in so young like that but it happened a lot. Great stories though!
My brother lives in "Slapout, Alabama." In the center of town are two stores, both still in business. One store is called the "boys' store," the other the "girls' store." We visited Slapout, Oklahoma, in early June, 2022, and purchased the shirts. The panhandle was called "No Man's Land."
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I need to get one of the t-shirts! 👍🏽 So interesting.
Yeah I really wished they had my size. I'll swing back thru there this summer. I have some more things to cover further west in Oklahoma.
You know young man, all you needed was a bicycle to make that slide a little more interesting LOL.
Haha! Adam the Woo style! One of my favorite vlogs of his!
Yeah LOL. that was crazy I still go back and watch it for good chuckle LOL. But it really looked fun to do until well I guess the skin met the ground but until then it looked fun to do LOL
I knew it was going to turn out bad from the beginning but it was absolutely hilarious! The whole blog was great! My other favorite of his is the one where there is poo on his shoe in Buc-ee's!
Great video. Jimmy did a bang-up job of telling Slapout's story. I did a story about Tom Lemmons for the Daily Oklahoman some years back. Tom told me that his store name stuck after he told highway workers he was "slap-out" of this or that item. The Johnson service station was Nye, and maybe went in before Lemmons. I'm not sure. The store that most recently belonged to Fred and Numberta Druce (I think) was built by Rex and Alice Hagan. They sold out to Elmer and Elsie Woolley. They all sold groceries, feed, etc. I believe that Fred and Numberta were the first to add a cafe. My husband, Curtis and I lived west of Slapout for almost 50 years. He lived there before we married, so he is a real old-timer.
I had heard two stories about how Slapout got it's name and the more common one was what you have stated. I may have read your newspaper article. But apparently that was a fairly common expression back then as there was another town in Alabama that got its name the same exact way. But I had also read somewhere else on a website saying that someone would go in asking for meat or bread etc and the clerk would slap it out on the counter to sell it. Jim telling the story he didn't really know why it was called slapout but he used the expression Nyeout which I had never heard of before. They may have both used that just because of competition? When I looked on that curtain in the school it was only painted with Nye. But thank you for all the additional history on the town. It's extremely fascinating. I think the article I read on the town was like 1982 and the Mr Lemmons passed away in 1984. Is your article posted online anywhere? I would love to read it.
I have some information that I found in Dad's things. I posted in on Forgotten Oklahoma. If you can't find it, let me know.
Rhetta, forgive the delay. I don't do TH-cam as a rule, and just today found your comment. I don't remember when I wrote the article about Tom, but it was probably around the time you mention as I was doing a lot of that type of thing then. Thanks for your comment. I hadn't heard of Nyeout either, but am familiar with the competitive nature of the owners of Nye and Slapout service stations. When I married and moved into the community, the only grocery store was in Slapout until the whole place went by that name. Thanks for your interest in my article, but it isn't online.
I'm wondering if over time Jim might have just forgotten. I went in the school and the curtain had the store Nye. Its interesting history though all lost.
Great vid! 👍
Thank you!
Heard it was named that cause a store owner would say he was “slapout” of what the customer was asking for
I do think that's where the name was from.
Very very cool. Hi from Phoenix🌵🌵
Thanks Dianne! Good to have you watching from Phoenix!
Slapout, Oklahoma? Sounds like the ideal sister town for Show Low, Arizona!
Oh that's a funny one too! Any idea how they got their name?
@@RhettyforHistory The town of Show Low was founded at the location of a large ranch that was desired by two men who decided -their- there wasn't room for both of them, so they decided to play a game of show-low card to determine who would have it. At least that's the legend I always heard.
I have been in that store that is open, many times. At one time they had a a pair of panties hanging on the wall, that said "Panhandle Panties" Slapout, Oklahoma. I mean they were huge, I still have a pair around here somewhere! They had em for sale at that time.
Holy Cow! That is funny! I didn't see those in there but that would certainly be a conversation piece! Thank you for watching!
My dad would have enjoyed this video. Imagine the changes these men have seen over the years.
Definitely a lot has changed!
very interesting,great video,tfs!
You're welcome and I appreciate you watching.
Lol there’s a town in Alabama named Slapout the answer I got when I asked how it got it’s name the old man said it’s slap out in the middle of nowhere, also in Alabama we have an area called lick skillet on butter and egg road, talk about country
I've heard of that other Slapout before but never that Lick Skillet. That's interesting!
Very interesting vid about this itty bitty town. Thanks to mr. Winn for telling us the local stories, hope he's still going strong, God Bless him. The more i look at videos like these, the more i feel like the heydays of the US were before 1970. Gone downhill ever since, culturally and spiritually(wokism is going nuts)..
That was so cool I played on that kind of playground equipmentwe had to Maple dad to take it down there cuz people kept getting hurt
I loved playgrounds like that. I think they were more fun that what they have now. Maybe it's just nostalgia. I'm not sure.
Cool..
Thanks
Good video. A better name for the town would have been "Plum Out" being that the store across the street was "Nigh Out".
Thank you Gary and I agree. That's something I have heard used a lot.
that old school house is right across the street of my family’s land that’s in slap out
That's pretty cool! I enjoyed seeing that school house.
Crazy!
Thank you for watching Sally!
The spider is the black and gold orb weaver, Argiope aurantia.
She will mate several times and make up to 5 egg sacs.
Thank you for explaining a little more information about them. I've just always referred to them as garden spiders.
The black and gold orb weavers are one of my most favorite spiders, too.
To me, spiders are not "creepy."
Most spiders are quite beautiful and the little jumpers are just downright cute!
As for rattlers, go near, and you hear the loud buzz.
Take another step or just a step-down, in-place.
More "buzzing" sound. It's a dry, monotonous buzz.
Had it been from an INSECT, such as a cicada, katydid, or bush cricket, the buzzing STOPS when approached.
Just a little nature safety tip.