Wyoming Ghost Towns Part 1 // Wendover, Jeffrey City, Piedmont, Sage
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- These are some of the best ghost towns I've ever been to! I don't know much about Wendover, but the remaining buildings are all abandoned and very creepy. Jeffrey City was a big bust of a mining town, and now tons of abandoned buildings are left in the small community. Piedment is a spectacular ghost town with all abandoned buildings and some historic kilns. Sage is a bit of a mystery and fading into the Wyoming prairie that is conveniently hidden by a bunch of train cars. Really fun places to check out!
More info from Roxie Harris …
Wendover was a railroad town. In its heyday the C&S (Colorado and Southern) and the CB&Q (Colorado, Burlington (?) and Quincy) Railroads met there. The house my cousins were raised in is still owned by the BN (Burlington Northern) Railroad and some higher up official lived in it I believe. The boxcar houses were for the track workers and train crews. This was all taking place before I was born, probably in the 30's and 40's.
Across the river was the old town of Wendover (the side encompassing the ranch where I grew up). The first railroad was attempted on that side by some company, can't remember the name, but went broke. It was a narrow gauge and was probably attempted not too long after 1900, guessing here. The Town of Wendover that you explored used to have a store, post office, and dance hall. My aunt and cousin worked in the store/post office. There was also a very nice depot north of the old town which I do remember. I was told that Teddy Roosevelt stayed there on occasion. I was also told that there was talk by the railroads of putting in a roundhouse and yard in either Guernsey or Wendover. Everyone knew that whichever town got that kind of development would grow and the other would fade. Obviously, Guernsey won.
My dad bought the ranch I grew up on in 1953 but he and my grandmother drove the mail route from Wendover to Guernsey when he was young so Wendover was part of his life from an early age.
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0:00 Wendover
3:29 Jeffrey City
6:41 Piedmont
10:16 Sage
12:50 Outtakes
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This is the first time I've viewed your Wyoming videos. That state is incredible. The terrain and landscape are amazing to behold. One has to be truly gifted in how to live a rustic lifestyle to survive out there I'm sure, but wow, truly beautiful to view.
Yeah Wyoming is awesome. I’d love to go and spend a couple week wandering around there!
Someday!
Charcoal was transported to foundries in S.L.C. The timber was stripped from the whole Piedmont area. The road leading to Piedmont was the railroad bed.
Some years back, I worked with a lady who grew up on a ranch dozens of miles south of Jeffrey City. During the summer, they might come into Jeffrey City once a week for some groceries and fuel. By the time she was in high school, the high school had closed in Jeffrey City, so she would live for the winter with relatives in Rawlins and went to high school there. During those times, her parents would drive from their ranch once a month to Rawlins to see her and to shop in the "big city." She must have been raised right, though--she was an "A" student all through school and graduated from college with honors. She was a delightful, kind, but "rugged" Wyoming lady--typical of native Wyomingites.
Windover was an awesome find!!! Great job
Thanks so much! I loved that one too 😊
The kilns are so cool!! 😯
Yeah they were! And just sitting there for anyone to check out!
Jeffrey City was one of my favorite stops in WY.. was unexpected surprise
I agree - so much more interesting than I thought it would be!
I’ve just discovered your UA-cam videos. Your photography and editing of your videos as well as how informative they are are just high quality and enjoyed. I love small town traveling too. Thank you
I really appreciate you finding my channel and making that nice comment! Always great to find like minded people to share these stories with. Thanks!
Great video. Love your channel
Glad you enjoy it! Much appreciated!
Been watching your travels I grew up in Wyoming another cool place or places to visit is powder river, Waltman, and armento back in the day was really awesome it’s north of Casper going up tword Shoshone Wyoming enjoy your videos a lot thank you
Thank you for the recommendation! And thanks for watching!
The great Stobe the Hobo stayed in Wendover for a night while he was train hopping back in 2017. During that video he explored the two story white house as well as other abandoned structures in the area. He commented on the fact that there weren't any hobo tags to be seen in any of those houses and how surprising that was. I guess that proves how far out of the way Wendover actually is!
Oh wow that’s interesting! Yeah it’s definitely out there, and not much reason to visit - unless you like that kind of stuff (like me) 😂
Не знаю как я попал на это видео из далекой России, но очень впечатлен этим видео. Красиво. По-своему даже прекрасно. Своих воспоминаний куча нахлынула...
I appreciate your watching! It was a great little trip!
It's too bad they are keeping Sage from view. Glad you found it!
That was one of the oddest places I’ve ever visited!
Home On The Range had little bar and restaurant years ago, you had your choice, beer, cheese sandwich or both.
I find it funny that the shiny new Tesla in the middle of a ghost town 😮
😂😂
Wow. What a find in Wendover!
That first town looks like a RR town. Just a place to stop for water for the steam powered trains. Many towns were built when rails came through and many were abandoned or greatly reduced when steam became obsolete because trains didn't need to stop as often.
Inspiring info if I'm going to buy a place. Thank you.
great video! i always love to see completely abandoned ghost towns!
Thank you! Me too! Always a very unique experience.
Wise guy it's been 25 yrs ago I told about young guys in flint hills. They would pull crawl space cover off an abandon house. Shin a flash light under the house , shoot the eye reflection of a raccoon. They quit when a very angry Bob cat came out from under house!
Oh my! 😳
I love going to these small ghost towns!!
Thanks for the adventures!!!
Thanks for watching! It's a fun hobby!
Your videos are so interesting! To think people just got up and left homes and businesses is eerie. The larger towns too! Apartment buildings, homes, stores etc. Just left to stand there. Great video!😊
Thank you! All of them are intereting to me. I love learning about their stories!
Thats one thing that I find interesting as well
I always look forward to your videos.
I appreciate that! I’ll keep trying to put out interesting stuff 😊
I think my favorite towns were Sage and Piedmont. At Sage I could take my horse and ride down that trail along the railroad. Pretty neat. Great job. Keep a smile. 😁
Piedmont was definitely one of my favorites. And it was a very scenic drive to get there. Sage is a mystery. I’d like to know more about its history. But I can see why it was named Sage!
Yeah there was something about Sage that I really liked. I did like some of the older buildings that were left in the towns. I was surprised they were still standing.
Probably won’t be for too much longer!
Those homes have seen better days. What weird vibes.
Haha yeah they have 😂😂 Definitely some fixer uppers!
Sage, Wyo. lies along the old Oregon Short Line Railway. Which forked off of the Union Pacific line at Granger, Wyo. in 1881, and reached Huntington, Oregon in 1884. Also only about 11.5 miles east of Sage, in the shadow of the Fossil Butte National Monument is the Ghost Town of Fossil, Wyo. There are a few old buildings remaining at Fossil, & a nonprofit is currently working to restore the old OSL R/R Depot there at Fossil. As the railroads transitioned from steam to diesel electric in the late 40's, mid 50's, these small railroad towns were no longer needed & were left to their own demise. Piedmont & the kilns lie along the original 1869 Transcontinental Railway route.
Awesome info about Sage - thank you! I couldn’t find anything about it online.
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Unfortunately there isn't a lot of info on most of these old towns. I wish you could have filmed Fossil while you were so close. I lived in the area in the late 50's early 60's. And occasionally return for a visit, having family in the area. I really enjoy your videos. Thank you.
@@josephlupcho4061 I definitely would have but I didn't know about Fossil, unfortunately. I'll have to make another trip someday! Thank you for watching and for the terrific information - much appreciated!
It’s crazy how little information there is on sage. It’s shocking how we can just not know something that wasn’t that long ago
Agreed!
Around here in west Texas there's abandoned houses.. I always have to explore inside.. lol.. usually they're already stripped of old door knobs and light fixtures.. but it's so fun! I found a baby coyote in one.. we raised him bout 6 months then a lady familiar with wild animals took him.. lol
I’m planning to go to Texas late in the year and I’m doing some research. So many ghost towns to find! I usually don’t go inside, but every once in a while it’s too inviting haha. That’s craZy about the coyote!
It is so interesting that there are so many ghost towns around the US!
I agree! I love learning about each and every one of them!
Wish I had known about these places when I lived in Wyoming. But I was only there for a year!
Always time to go back and visit! 😊
@@TravelwithaWiseguy I’ve been asking my husband if we could go up through WY & see where I lived (Gillette) & up through Yellowstone & Paradise valley for years. He’s younger than I am so he’s still working, has his own business, & he can’t seem to get away for more than a week. By the time he gets around to it, I’ll be too old!😂
Maybe you should go on a solo trip or with some friends!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy I used to go to Florida every September, if he couldn’t go, & a friend couldn’t go, I’d go alone or take one of our dogs with me. But I’m older now & don’t want to travel alone. We live in Oklahoma so it would take 12 to 14 hours, depending on where I went. I loved driving on the highway, I always drove straight through. People would ask how long the trip would take & he would say,” it’s 12 to 14, unless Sharon’s driving!” 😂 I haven’t been able to find a dr. To remove the lead from my right foot!
@@SKC193 Hahaha!!!
In some of these "towns" if you ever wanted to feel like the last person on earth, you found the places to do that.
I felt like that a few times 😂😂
I want to visit wyoming so badly to pan for gold. Trying to even get a bicycle to ride from Texarkana to give it a try.
I always love visiting Wyoming! Lots of hidden gems 😊
That location looks like the one from Stobe the hobos last videos before he passed. If so there is a canyon not far from the first town in your video
These ghost towns has a story different then the usual. Lots of buildings left, rare stone kilns, and long train presence parked as though in protection to the town
This area of Wyoming has beauty. 😊
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It is SO beautiful in that area - and much of Wyoming for that matter. I always love exploring up there, but never have enough time!
@@TravelwithaWiseguyHave for several years. Enjoyed very much. Seen places never would have unless someone like you with the spirit of unique desire to uncover the the world of the undiscovered of history past. Thank you! You are a jewel.
I'm not sure that I'd like to live in a town with so many abandoned houses
Guernsey, Wyoming, was recently in the news as an epicenter of meth production in SE Wyoming. Nice little town, out in the sticks, with some breaking bad chemists doing their thing.
"Four saloons seems like a lot for a small town" For some reason I am the opposite. When I picture old wild west small towns I picture a town that has nothing but saloons and brothels 🤣
You’re probably right! I wonder what the amount of saloons per capita was for the average town!
I know you said the town was once Home on the Range but it looked like there was a building with that title as well, any idea what it was? There was a new looking car in front of it like somebody still occupied it
Apparently that is the old post office they are trying to restore. And it was there from when it was called Home on the Range. Pretty cool!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Trying to restore, wow that would be interesting. Wonder what they're going to do with it.
Was that a road that was covered by floodwater? A boat launch? What was that lake in Wendover? Any idea?
Pretty sure it was for a boat launch unless there was an old bridge not there anymore.
Oooh, advertisement for a youtube channel on one of the buildings!
Maybe I should slap a Wiseguy sticker on there 😂😂
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Probably not worth the long drive back now haha
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait ... wait ... wait ... wait you buried the lede. You have stickers? 😲
😂😂 no I don’t. Someone suggested it previously haha.
@@TravelwithaWiseguy 🤣🤣
Are you going to show the Michigan ghost towns, clip.
Not sure which clip you’re referring to. Do you mean just some Michigan ghost towns in general?
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Yes anything you have. I just found your channel, it's great. Anything Michigan is fine. Have a blessed day.
Gotcha! I would really love to but I don’t get up that way often. I have friends there so maybe I need to make a road trip!
Would like to re-purpose some of that wood.
Go into the house that's the best part of this kind of video