Join me as I tour around western Oklahoma in search of abandoned places and ghost towns. If there are any places I should have visited please let me know. The building in Alva, OK was a food mill.
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@History_v_detalyax5 місяців тому
Even though I'm from Russia, I really like your videos. It's always sad to see abandoned places where people lived.
@tylerjones26954 місяці тому
Hey there from America
@NoName-rl3fh4 місяці тому
Greetings from America. And yes, decay places can be both interesting & also bittersweet.
@noworriesmate23232 місяці тому
So am and do I
@rjn69534 місяці тому
My grandparents lived in Gate Oklahoma. Seeing it featured on your video brought back many wonderful memories. I remember going to Avery's and Curtis' grocery stores with my Grandma when I was a little girl...
@attrell4 місяці тому
Glad you enjoyed it
@shinybudlv-kg7ok2 місяці тому
Bro my great grandparents lived there too. That’s crazy. Now they’re in the panhandle of Oklahoma
@user-tw1nl4ju5v4 місяці тому
Chris, The building in Alva was a flour mill. Also the grain elevators you showed are still in operation. One of them used to be owned by my grandfather.
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thank you!!
@reedsilvesan21974 місяці тому
I'm old enough to remember when these little towns were bustling with life. I even remember the trains with the wooden cars, the transition to steel cars was just beginning.
@tylerjones26954 місяці тому
Me too
@tylerjones26954 місяці тому
Love to see people document these little towns, they were the Wild West once Sorry to see people have to leave their home places for financial reasons these last 30 yrs and glad people in other parts of the country can see them because you explored them
@jeroberts72285 місяців тому
I loved this tour - it was so fascinating!
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thank you!
@MrDarkTenebrae4 місяці тому
it s incredible the enormous amount of abandoned towns in Usa. I enjoy so much see the users who are dedicated to documenting him. Greetings from Bs As , Arg .-
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thank you!
@LisaCabelarow4 місяці тому
@@attrell what is the name of the mayor of the town Gotebo OK in the thumbnail with the Massey Ferguson tractor sitting abandoned on the street ?
@kenthompson57234 місяці тому
Gage, with over 400 people, I would not consider a ghost town, though a lot of downtown does seem abandoned. A couple of interesting things about Gage >>> First, the National Weather Service still maintains a weather station here, which has been keeping area weather data for over one hundred years. Second, Gage has an Artesian Park, consisting of a spring-fed, artesian lake the size of five football fields. The Park, located just east of town, functions as a large outdoor swimming pool, with a water depth that ranges from 3 feet to 14 feet. At one time, the park was so popular that is supported a motel nearby. Nice video. There are several additional ghost towns, or ghost towns-in-the making, in western Oklahoma, that I am aware of.
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thanks for sharing! I am eager to visit again, I really enjoyed the area. I'll check out that park next visit.
@aaronshoyt2 місяці тому
Do you know any Clark's there?
@chriscosby24598 днів тому
I remember growing up in Tulsa the local TV station would always list the temperature for Gage.
@docshreck44 місяці тому
I grew up 7 miles east of Putnam, Oklahoma on the family farm. I attended the Putnam Schools from 1st through 4th grade. I still have the family farms and travel out there and through Putnam almost daily. The first building you showed was the lumber yard and general store.
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thank you!
@vaclavshabanov85115 місяців тому
Little mayor looks great 😊
@attrell4 місяці тому
I think so too!
@FuHackers-wx9lq4 місяці тому
OMG!!! Crying room? They need to bring that back. Also, make them for planes too! Amazing... 👶👶👶👶👶
@JoeBachmann-ry7wm4 місяці тому
Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. It is very interesting.
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thank you!
@jjnich49152 місяці тому
Really cool video. My grandmother grew up in a dugout on the side of a cliff in rural western Oklahoma in the 1920's. I understand it was somewhere West of Watonga. I have been all through the West there. She ended up in Geary, Oklahoma and even seeing houses there collapsed and boarded up only to realize people still were living in them. It was like going to a different world since I am from Canada.
@apocyldoomer4 місяці тому
Chris, beautiful decay, good stuff man, yet, sad!
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thanks!
@planetbell15 місяців тому
Hahaha, that same cat in Kenton is in my most recent video. She gave me a tour!
@attrell4 місяці тому
Too funny!!
@nickmerrick184 місяці тому
Great HD and camera work. The colors really stand out.
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thank you!
@waynehawkins90904 місяці тому
Been thru some of these towns in my previous job.
@pattylawson16964 місяці тому
I grew up in Aline the garage was my uncles it served as a garage for the town
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thanks for all that info! Great town, I am glad I checked it out. ALmost missed it because it was so foggy I missed the turn off from the highway.
@mjeanhibbs32724 місяці тому
Love your video!! I grew up in western Oklahoma! I had to chuckle a little when you said town of Gotebo! I think you're the first person to say it correctly. Great job on the video❣
@attrell4 місяці тому
Oh good! I am thrilled you like the video! Thanks!
@dougrobinson58304 місяці тому
You could get many more ghost towns in Okla. Ive been to many. We are moving to the town of Depew soon. Pop. 400.
@attrell4 місяці тому
Hello and I agree! I wish I had 2-3 more days on that trip. Will go back next year. I added Depew to my Route 66 abandoned video I uploaded today. I enjoyed that town.
@lefturn992 місяці тому
Don't know how I missed this video when it came out. Many familiar places. Very well done. I'm sure you know, but rural towns lived by the railroads and schools. When trucking killed the minor rail lines and consolidation killed the local schools,.....
@attrell2 місяці тому
Thanks for sharing that, I was surprised that rail at Keyes doesn't operate anymore.
@lefturn992 місяці тому
@@attrell Apparently the farm trade was not enough to keep them going. Of course, many unused rails were pulled during WW II for their steel to support the war effort. After the war, many of the elevators consolidated but were finally abandoned. There is a rail bed you can still follow on google starting a mile south of Keyes going east to Hooker.
@jackpeters61255 місяців тому
The factory @17:42 is a food mill. Look up ADM Mills in Calgary
@RealityUrbex4 місяці тому
Nice video. I like to see the differences between abandoned places in the US and over here in germany.
@attrell4 місяці тому
Must be amazing stuff over there!
@jasonsmith875616 днів тому
Great video. 😊😊Its always good to see other ghost towns history that can be related to Saskatchewan in some ways. 😊😊Thanks for sharing these moments Chris.👏👏
@attrell10 днів тому
Glad you enjoyed it!
@anthonybaroni32854 місяці тому
Seeing old towns like this is why I take my road trips...Great job!
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thank yhou!
@alexzildjian5 місяців тому
Your NEW SUSCRIBER love a Lot This place , This vídeo 😊🙌 Huge Hug from Ensenada bajá MÉXICO 🇲🇽
@tylerjones26954 місяці тому
When I lived in S California we used to go to Rosarita Beach and Ensenada
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thank you!
@Bud16324 місяці тому
Could you please show the firehouses in the old towns you showcase?
@attrell4 місяці тому
Good idea, I will do that!
@bmichaud10004 місяці тому
Nice job Chris.
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thanks!
@zacharycranor70714 місяці тому
I recommend trying the Mexican restaurant in Cherokee or "Ingersol" BBQ (on the Hwy from Cherokee and Alva) or if you're in Alva, Taco Village is a long time multi generational local eatery! And a Family Favorite for my wife and her mother!
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thanks for the tips! Next time I a there I will!
@latanyadavis87004 місяці тому
Picher, Oklahoma is a ghost town as well. Both of my parents were born and raised there, and I spent some of my childhood there.
@attrell4 місяці тому
I drove thru that town, so sad. Out of respect for the residents who remain, I didn't include that. I feel just awful what happened.
@sunnyskye2134 місяці тому
Great video/material/history.....Enjoyed; THANK U.....
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thank you too!
@weekendwithbevoblog21714 місяці тому
Have to love the humour in the antique shop sign.
@attrell4 місяці тому
Yeah I liked that one too.
@Lyle_918Місяць тому
The dust bowel of the 1930's took a toll on that area. Most of the original inhabitants are still nearby ... at the cemetery.
@cherylspelino23654 місяці тому
This is my first time watching your videos. I really enjoyed it. I love looking at abandoned buildings and older things. Please post more videos.🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thank you I will!
@mikenichols48894 місяці тому
I hope you go to the other end of Oklahoma when I was a youngster back in 1995 I was young man and we built the movie twister and a lot of the towns. I think it was Enid Oklahoma was one of the places we built I remember going in the back vacant town and putting fake store, friends and building fake homes over the pre-existing homes. The town was 95% deserted. It was right next to Kansas and I believe the story goes that a twister scared everybody out of town. I would love to get back there and see what the town looks like now.
@attrell4 місяці тому
I am going in spring to the rest of Oklahoma!
@ddoppster4 місяці тому
I'll never get there, so thank you for the tour, it is captivating!!
@GABYDOW2 місяці тому
Much LOVE from Roumania
@kimberwest73044 місяці тому
Addington looks like Shattuck, back in the Gage area of the video because of the windmill museum 😊 thanks for your content! Arnett, Oklahoma here… (the armpit of Oklahoma 😂)
@attrell4 місяці тому
I was in that town in 2013 when I was chasing a potential tornado. Had to turn around when I got to Canadian because the storm was moving too fast. I may have even took some photos in Arnett.
@jackallen6261День тому
I work at the Roosevelt ok post office which is just southwest of Cooperton Ok. The second church you went to is still used to this day for weekly dances, there a gentleman that comes into the the post office every week to buy a money order to send to the old church to help support the weekly dance!
@attrell14 годин тому
Thank you for the info! It's a great looking Church, glad it is still being used!
@lostvlog68574 місяці тому
Really good with locations! I look forward to watching your other videos!
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thank you!
@user-wb5lq9jz5z4 місяці тому
For me it's so sad. Where are the Generation of these people who built all these things, towns and cities? Are they all dead or did they vanish? There should be a cause thanks for your updates
@user-wb5lq9jz5z4 місяці тому
Thanks for escepting my comment. I feel sad because my late father had a farm planted with Rubber, Coffee and Coco ect. In LIBERIA, West Africa but the generation continue to keep it warm thanks again 👍💯🙏
@deaddocreallydeaddoc52444 місяці тому
Corporate farms killed off the small farms, so the towns died.
@marrissadonet6983 місяці тому
I love your videos it's like a time travel. Thanks from Canada
@attrell3 місяці тому
Thanks for watching!
@michaelgreen48384 місяці тому
Very good job!
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thank you!
@soonerstatefirephotography2 місяці тому
I live about 45 minutes west of Tulsa, so pretty much the northeast of the state. There is a town in south-west creek county, called Depew, and most of the businesses are gone. But some person, group, organization idk, came and painted the windows of the abandoned buildings downtown, so it looks like there still open.
@attrell2 місяці тому
I enjoyed my visit to Depew
@riverraisin14 місяці тому
I feel like I know your shadow, personally! lol Very interesting and enjoyable walk thru old time OK. Thanks.
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thanks for watching!
@jwrappuhn715 місяців тому
Great vid.
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thank you so much!
@travelvideos3 місяці тому
It looks pretty ok shape after such a long time. Ether weather is not that harsh or build quality is great. I guess the second most likely.
@shinybudlv-kg7ok2 місяці тому
My great grandma who is 94 or 95 was born and raised in Gate Oklahoma. She told me her dad owned a drug store as in the general store back then. And that it caught on fire. That’s all I remember. So interesting
@pattylawson16964 місяці тому
And the ioof building was on the end where we had Eastern
@Blazefork5 місяців тому
I'm guessing the building in Alva was a flour mill, my grandpa grew up in Waynoka
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thank you!
@Blazefork4 місяці тому
@@attrell your welcome, enjoyed your work!
@danielclayton75244 місяці тому
It's an old flower mill. Critic mills used to have them. There's another bldg. ,same design in Beardstown il.
@jerroldmcley43474 місяці тому
Love those old towns have you ever watched Joe n nics road trip
@attrell4 місяці тому
I think I saw a video from them about texas towns
@jerroldmcley43474 місяці тому
I like the way he tells you the history what it was what it is n
@jerroldmcley43474 місяці тому
Now housing prices and what it's like to live there
@jkingsley93853 місяці тому
I would suspect that the abandoned large building next to the railroad tracks in Alva would have been a flour mill as it is connected to the grain elevators.
@attrell3 місяці тому
Thank you!
@tomcaldwell57504 місяці тому
Thank you!
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thank you!
@eljefe623 місяці тому
As always, the best way to see Oklahoma is: in the rear view mirror! How did you miss Slapout???
@attrell3 місяці тому
I will check out that town!
@Terry96244 місяці тому
Glad you put this om I can see what I can no longer travel to. From a small town and I know all to well how so many places get Abaddon, glad I could se, sad that they have lost their [people. If I had the money and the health I would try to bring life back to one of tham
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thanks for watching!
@pattylawson16964 місяці тому
That used to be goodno grocery store the section to the to the north used to be the post office until I moved across the street
@mattcero1Місяць тому
Yes, it had a motel. It was only open on prom night though.
@ReynoldsBerry-xe8np4 місяці тому
Takes me back to Lawton in the 1970s😊
@pattylawson16964 місяці тому
That building was a meat processing in locker plant for many the springers ran it fo ears
@brandonrich18774 місяці тому
This could be called "The Decline of Oklahoma Through Corporatism, A Journy in Pictures".
@deaddocreallydeaddoc52444 місяці тому
I saw some of that process occur in my life (1952). But of course, it began during the Great Depression.
@puckerbutton70254 місяці тому
Hi oklahoma resident here This is just north tulsa You gotta go south of admiral to see the nice houses
@attrell4 місяці тому
I'll do that!
@RamblingRodeo4 місяці тому
You know it is sad to see this, but in this day in age, could these little towns be revitalized in some way? People are moving out of the US BIG cities, new industries need areas to build, i know it would take a lot to do so but so many want to move out, to repurposing should be pushed into these little towns. I am not sure what that might or would be, but i think and would hope that something could be looked at doing so.
@dallasdillmon665325 днів тому
How about doing this same thing in north central Oklahoma? Around Medford, Wakita, Deer Creek, Lamint.
@attrell19 днів тому
Yes! I am eager to go! Thanks.
@aaronshoyt2 місяці тому
I'm from Cyril, Oklahoma.. We have around 2,000 Residents.. Great video man, where are you from?
@jewishman26873 місяці тому
I do not know what that building in Alva was used for, BUT my father said they imprisoned high level Nazi's there during WW II. They also made Case Tractors there..
@attrell3 місяці тому
Oh wow! Thanks for sharing
@NoName-rl3fh4 місяці тому
If I was ultra wealthy (and maybe had several lifetimes) I'd consider moving to one of these places and just revitalize it like crazy.
@attrell4 місяці тому
That would be fun to do!
@horseman9424 місяці тому
When was this filmed? Really enjoyed it!
@attrell4 місяці тому
This month! Thank you!
@bettetindel21274 місяці тому
Should do Hastings, OK , used to have college
@attrell4 місяці тому
THanks! I added to my list.
@pattylawson16964 місяці тому
That was Otis hasty chiropractor
@BarryKaiser-tp4lj4 місяці тому
There is a cemetery in Aline Oklahoma..has 1,090 graves.
@attrell4 місяці тому
That's a lot of graves!
@TsukoblueМісяць тому
It would have been nice if you went deeper into these buildings
@FuHackers-wx9lq4 місяці тому
Love how you call cats mayors. What are dogs sheriffs? 🐶
@attrell4 місяці тому
YES! :)
@carriemartz89524 місяці тому
I was born in Woodward, Oklahoma!
@attrell4 місяці тому
I was there in 2014 and had to turn around because there was a million storm chasers creating traffic jams
@pattylawson16964 місяці тому
Is pronounced al one kids can always go in the bar and get him a pizza or pop anytime
@bandaf.28994 місяці тому
You totally missed Waurika, OK. The antique shop there Nancy's Antiques is a fantastic antique shop, you totally missed it!
@attrell4 місяці тому
Next time! I was there in 2014. I will be back!
@michaelsmith1412 місяці тому
My mom was born Gotebo, OK.
@readytobelieve61232 місяці тому
You have a very interesting channel! I have a desire to continue watching it. But the automatic English subtitles are not professional. There are no punctuation marks, the last words in the sentence appear very late. I would really like you to correct these inconveniences. Improvements will help us better understand the content
@attrell2 місяці тому
Thanks, i will see if I am able to make changes to that.
@brendatroy28434 місяці тому
WITH THIS ABANDON TOWN, OKLAHOMA COULD HOUSE THOSE THAT WANT TO STOP BEING HOMELESS. There are many homeless people that are Not on drugs or alcoholics that do want to be productive citizens of society
@TheReckoningBeginsToday4 місяці тому
Doing what?
@mgaeeeee9150Місяць тому
Gould OK is well on its way to being a ghost town
@attrellМісяць тому
I will check it out!
@RM-zy2pp4 місяці тому
THE MAYOR 🐱
@BeachCoryМісяць тому
Are any of these for sale?
@attrellМісяць тому
Likely yes
@nikollutc71062 місяці тому
Общая тенденция в мире, люди ломятся в города, как-будто там мёдом намазано.
@bosse6414 місяці тому
So sad to see the demise of Americas towns. Such a failure of leadership over many decades.
@Decybello3 місяці тому
12:41 - this Cessna Skymaster, trying to pretend it is an O2 Air Force version is interesting 😁 20:03 - don't worry about that, and if somebody try to whine about it, ask them to pronounce "aluminium" 😁 cause they still think it's called "almnum"...
@attrell3 місяці тому
Ha ha thank you!!
@aaronshoyt2 місяці тому
I'm not far from Gotebo.
@aaronshoyt2 місяці тому
Everyone in goatee Bo joined Mountain View and now they're both one town
@ruthvaughan4504 місяці тому
The locals pronounce Gage, OK as “Gay-gee”, not Gage like you would think. Suggestion: when you document towns, ask how the name is pronounced by the locals.
@attrell4 місяці тому
Thanks for that. I got that from a news story I found on UKposts and that is how the reported called it. My error.
@matscheel30804 місяці тому
iwana go to aline oklahoma and sit in the plane . cool mf tractor
@attrell4 місяці тому
It is a cool plane!
@stanleybest88334 місяці тому
OK, I watched, but not one peep or hint how to buy some suitable land. ( ? )
@attrell4 місяці тому
I didn't even think of that. I am sure each town has something for sale online.
@stanleybest88334 місяці тому
@@attrell Online or realtors is where I don't want to look for land.
@Dkrpan594 місяці тому
All these towns could take all the homeless around America
@darryn.leedavis72124 місяці тому
You pronounced it wrong it's kooky bow Oklahoma
@darryn.leedavis72124 місяці тому
Kooty bow
@attrell4 місяці тому
I like that pronunciation better. Sorry I messed that up.
@robnewman61013 місяці тому
Get your kicks on Route 66.
@SallySallySallySally4 місяці тому
The phone number shown on the window at 12:08 for "Seiling Community Hospital" still answers so is apparently still operating somewhere.
@attrell4 місяці тому
That is great, probably moved to larger town
@farmer91804 місяці тому
Should have visited Corn and Colony.
@attrell4 місяці тому
I'll do that next time
@farmer91804 місяці тому
@@attrell Bob Denver has relatives in Corn or did. Originally spelled Korn but name was changed around WW1 since Germans weren’t to popular.. settled in the early 1900s several of the original settlers came up from south Texas after the big hurricane including my grandparents.
@scottmaggard65613 місяці тому
Back n the day ppl didn't have modern transportation n each twn sustained its self
@wandawalton1904 місяці тому
Maybe these Town are Ghost town because of the Evil that was done in Tulsa ,OK
@deaddocreallydeaddoc52444 місяці тому
Corporate farms took the small farmers out. No mythic payback.
@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty3 місяці тому
Capitalism and conservatism killed these small towns.