lived in cut bank to age 5 or 6. It was cold in my memory. Moved to Milwakee with my mother in 1963 and lived here ever since. thanks for the video tour. Maybe I'll go visit some day whil I still can
I am 91 - Was in the Air Force in Havre MT 1955 56 Got married - now in New York - went back many times with my Family loved Montana - still do Excellent presentation thankyou
I very much like these videos and can't understand why big corporations can't make field offices out of some of those abandoned schools, especially the brick ones that only need some roof work or updating? It would be a lot cheaper than building a new industrial building from the ground up plus it would save a lot of old style architecture you don't see anymore like Deco or modern streamline. These areas would also become inhabited if people had to live nearby to go to work. Oh, I'm watching this from Amiens, France ...Bonjour et au revoir.
I live in Montana. Montana is just over 1000km wide. Your idea is great but nobody wants to drive 2 hours to get to work out in the middle of nowhere. We don't measure driving distance by miles here in Montana, we measure it in hours to get there. Then there's the minus 40 weather and 6 feet of snow in the winter, add in the occasional elk or Buffalo standing in the road. Even though our speed limit is 130km per hour on the main roads we just don't want to drive that far every day.
I enjoy touring ghost towns. I kind of got the bug from my late father who became quite an explorer. In 1972 we toured towns all over Montana and were surprised to find evidence of forgotten communities, almost in our own backyard. Today, watching from Coaldale, AB. Grew up on a cattle ranch along the border, west of Sweetgrass, MT...
8:00 ... It's not an engine but a tender for a steam locomotive. The tender was pulled directly behind the steamer and carried the fuel (either coal or fuel oil) and water needed for operation. Usually the capacities are stenciled on it somewhere. Viewing from Carrington ND. I enjoyed the tour.
@@attrell Here is a video of a Milwaukee Road steam locomotive with the tender in tow. Looks to be the same design as the one in Ingomar MT.ua-cam.com/video/vIICaGkkGc4/v-deo.html
@attrell The Milwaukee Road set this tender at Ingomar to help the town with water storage. When the Milwaukee Road abandoned their Pacific extension from Miles City, MT to Tacoma, WA they never recovered the tender. The track was removed around it.
Dear Chris, I follow your channel for a couple of years now and today i subscribed because you have a lot of amazing and intresting vid's in high quality. I live in the Netherlands and we don't have such town's here because our country is simply to small🙂 I keep wondering about the VS and Canada with all those ghost town's in remote and rural area's are left behind, you don't see that in our country so when i watch the counterpart its very amazing, each time i watched your vid's i watch again after because all of it and your comment, respect! With loves from Netherlands.
I have lived in Texas for the past 30 years, but was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, and lived there until my late teens. I have traveled many of the areas that you have done your videos on, and I am in awe of the fortitude people had that established these communities. It would be nice to know some of the personal stories of people that lived there, or knew more of the community's history. Thanks for taking the time to make the videos, they are quite interesting.
I am currently living in South Central Pennsylvania, but my family is from Scobey, Glasgow, Ft. Peck. I love your videos and enjoy seeing the landscape that my I love. I like sharing these with my husband so he can see where I am from. Thank you 🙂
My family is from Ingomar. It was known as the sheep shearing Capitol of the world. A million sheep a day would go through ingomar. Just outside of ingomar, was the highest point in elevation of the original continental railroad in Sumatra, which is home to 1 family. Just south of ingomar is known as the unofficial quietest place on earth and was posted about it in a book of a guy traveling the backroads of America. Was part of the ancient sea and you can find fossils all over the place. Must go check out if your in the area!
This was truly a wonderful video Chris! I myself would really enjoy exploring old abandoned places like this. Not much left to that gas station except memories now. You can barely make out the Chevron painted by its garage. I think they call them Standard now. Thanks Chris from Ed in Jasper Texas.
Love your videos!, Montana is beautiful 😍, I love western TV shows, I'd love to visit there. I'm watching from Virginia. Looking forward to more videos, thanks .🐴🐎🫎😃
I'm always happy to see one of your videos posted, Chris! I enjoy every minute, and from my point of view, no need to worry about cutting down the length. By the way, I'm watching from Ohio in the U.S. I do so love your ghosttown videos!
Watched from North Carolina. Enjoy your videos Chris. Montana has some beautiful countryside. It’s a shame that some towns were dependent on a train line or a highway for survival. Keep up the good work!
Nice video. You can see enough without trespassing. Thanks for that. 8:00 coal and water tender, maybe for a 4-6-2. I'm definitely checking out your other videos. Great content.
Love your videos Chris, I always wonder about the people that are still living in these places, it seems so surreal to me. Haven't you thought about maybe interview some of the residents, it would be so interesting to hear.
Beautiful part of the country. I live in Los Angeles and try to get to Montana at least once a year. Imagine my surprise when I was reading over my car rental paperwork and it said the vehicle could not be driven on gravel roads haha… I don’t think you can avoid gravel roads on the Hi-Line and northeast corner that I love so much. 🤷🏻♀️
This was another great video. Watching from Edmonton, Alberta. Love seeing the grain elevators, as I'm originally from a very large farm in Alberta. The old trucks were pretty cool too. I have some questions. Long ago, were there ever railroads that went from Montana, into Alberta and Saskatchewan, and vice versa? If a school was not nearby in Alberta and in Saskatchewan, would parents send their children to school in Montana, in the late 1800s, and in the early 1990s? Could you do a video on any ghost towns that may be in east central Alberta, in between Vegreville and Lloydminister? Cheers, Chris! ✌️
Watching from SW Idaho. One thing I would like to suggest. Take a panoramic swing with your camera to show what else is in those towns. I see other structures that appear to be in current use and it gives a sense of what is really going there. If you take your video from the public road there is no invasion of privacy since anyone can see the same thing.
8:07 *If I'm not mistaken that's a coal car and water tender that fed a steam locomotive. Some of them had automatic conveyors to feed coal to the boiler as well as connecting piping feeding water.*
Expatriate from the States watching from St-Basile Québec. I got into ghost towns from exploring a mining town, Gagnon, in northern Québec that the province literally erased in 1982. What is it that hooks us on these abandoned communities?
WOW! For just a tiny moment I thought I caught a glimpse of WOODROW CAPT CALL PEA NUTE ETC. BUT NOT A ONE DAMNED COW OR HORSE. WEIRD. Didn't Guss Die in Miles city? Anyway I'm from Southeast Oklahoma U.S.A. POTEAU. THANKS it's sad to think about the lost cemetaries and to wonder where all the bottle dumps are. I bet there's some neat Archeology there.
Why would you use Harlowtown as a reference anywhere in Montana? Lewistown is the geographical center, it is actually a nicer town in a better environment! Harlowtown is comparable to Harding as far shitholes go.
I like Harlowtown. When I lived in Sidney, MT as a kid, that town name came up a lot. I expected it was a huge important city. I finally visited it, I was happy!
Watching from Romania.There is never a too long video when it comes to abandoned places.
Thank you!
How happy were you when the russians abandoned communism and your country? Live long and prosper my free friend
lived in cut bank to age 5 or 6. It was cold in my memory. Moved to Milwakee with my mother in 1963 and lived here ever since. thanks for the video tour. Maybe I'll go visit some day whil I still can
I'm from Montana with family all over the state, and I've never heard of a lot of the places you visit. That's how big Montana is. Love your videos.
It's HUUUUUGGEE! Thank you!
Love these videos 😍 in in broadus Mt
I am 91 - Was in the Air Force in Havre MT 1955 56 Got married - now in New York - went back many times with my Family loved Montana - still do Excellent presentation thankyou
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Love all your videos Chris, they can never be too long!..Manitoba
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This would make one heck of a 🏫 👩🏼🏫 🎒 field trip, wouldn't it 🤗
I very much like these videos and can't understand why big corporations can't make field offices out of some of those abandoned schools, especially the brick ones that only need some roof work or updating? It would be a lot cheaper than building a new industrial building from the ground up plus it would save a lot of old style architecture you don't see anymore like Deco or modern streamline. These areas would also become inhabited if people had to live nearby to go to work. Oh, I'm watching this from Amiens, France ...Bonjour et au revoir.
Smart. I like your idea
because those big corporations are too busy making China wealthy.
I live in Montana. Montana is just over 1000km wide. Your idea is great but nobody wants to drive 2 hours to get to work out in the middle of nowhere. We don't measure driving distance by miles here in Montana, we measure it in hours to get there. Then there's the minus 40 weather and 6 feet of snow in the winter, add in the occasional elk or Buffalo standing in the road. Even though our speed limit is 130km per hour on the main roads we just don't want to drive that far every day.
Answer ,super highways bypass the local towns
That would be a good idea. But winters are especially cold. But Montana is soooo worth it!
I enjoy touring ghost towns. I kind of got the bug from my late father who became quite an explorer. In 1972 we toured towns all over Montana and were surprised to find evidence of forgotten communities, almost in our own backyard. Today, watching from Coaldale, AB. Grew up on a cattle ranch along the border, west of Sweetgrass, MT...
Hi George, Craig Blackmer here, east of Coutts/Sweetgrass, still on the family homestead, established in 1908
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Hi Chris watching this from Bethlehem pa. thanks for your videos as you are taking me to places i would never see. thanks.
Great video reminds me of my youth. Great places to live and raise a family. The same old problem is to find a good job.
8:00 ... It's not an engine but a tender for a steam locomotive. The tender was pulled directly behind the steamer and carried the fuel (either coal or fuel oil) and water needed for operation. Usually the capacities are stenciled on it somewhere. Viewing from Carrington ND. I enjoyed the tour.
Wow thank you! I had no idea. I am glad that town saved that tender.
@@attrell Here is a video of a Milwaukee Road steam locomotive with the tender in tow. Looks to be the same design as the one in Ingomar MT.ua-cam.com/video/vIICaGkkGc4/v-deo.html
@attrell The Milwaukee Road set this tender at Ingomar to help the town with water storage. When the Milwaukee Road abandoned their Pacific extension from Miles City, MT to Tacoma, WA they never recovered the tender. The track was removed around it.
@@attrell Watching from North Texas. Enjoying this video. Thank you.
I really enjoy your videos! You asked us in the video…Watching from Calera Alabama.
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Watching from riverside California...keep up the good work and looking forward to the next Vedio
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Watching from So Calif. I've been a ghost town buff since the 1950's. Am now 79 and too crippled to go exploring so I watch You Tube.
Hey thanks for watching!!
I really enjoy the feeling that we are traveling alongside you as you visit the locations and share the stories.
Wow thank you!
Dear Chris,
I follow your channel for a couple of years now and today i subscribed because you have a lot of amazing and intresting vid's in high quality.
I live in the Netherlands and we don't have such town's here because our country is simply to small🙂 I keep wondering about the VS and Canada with all those ghost town's in remote and rural area's are left behind, you don't see that in our country so when i watch the counterpart its very amazing, each time i watched your vid's i watch again after because all of it and your comment, respect!
With loves from Netherlands.
Thanks for watching! The railroads being abandoned and people driving in larger cities sure changed the fortunes of a lot of these small towns.
Great video! Watching from Pittsburgh, PA.
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I have lived in Texas for the past 30 years, but was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, and lived there until my late teens. I have traveled many of the areas that you have done your videos on, and I am in awe of the fortitude people had that established these communities. It would be nice to know some of the personal stories of people that lived there, or knew more of the community's history. Thanks for taking the time to make the videos, they are quite interesting.
Thanks for watching!
I am currently living in South Central Pennsylvania, but my family is from Scobey, Glasgow, Ft. Peck. I love your videos and enjoy seeing the landscape that my I love. I like sharing these with my husband so he can see where I am from. Thank you 🙂
Wow thank you!
My family is from Ingomar. It was known as the sheep shearing Capitol of the world. A million sheep a day would go through ingomar. Just outside of ingomar, was the highest point in elevation of the original continental railroad in Sumatra, which is home to 1 family. Just south of ingomar is known as the unofficial quietest place on earth and was posted about it in a book of a guy traveling the backroads of America. Was part of the ancient sea and you can find fossils all over the place. Must go check out if your in the area!
Thanks for sharing that. I did not know this. I can't wait to return!
Watching from Reno, NV. My mom is from Prince Albert and her cousin used to work in John Diefenbaker's office.
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watching from Madeira Portugal
I enjoy your videos Chris..I hail from Boston Mass..!
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I’m watching from the central coast of California, I really enjoy your ghost town videos.
Wow thank you!
Wonderful video Chris! Always thrilled to see a new one
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This was truly a wonderful video Chris! I myself would really enjoy exploring old abandoned places like this. Not much left to that gas station except memories now. You can barely make out the Chevron painted by its garage. I think they call them Standard now. Thanks Chris from Ed in Jasper Texas.
Thanks Ed!!!
Great content as always!!!!!
You're the best!
Live in Belgrade Montana. Like videos very much, thank you.
Thank you!!!
Watching from southern WI. It is always nice to see these videos.
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Love your videos!, Montana is beautiful 😍, I love western TV shows, I'd love to visit there. I'm watching from Virginia. Looking forward to more videos, thanks .🐴🐎🫎😃
Thanks for watching!
I'm always happy to see one of your videos posted, Chris! I enjoy every minute, and from my point of view, no need to worry about cutting down the length. By the way, I'm watching from Ohio in the U.S. I do so love your ghosttown videos!
Wow thank you!!! My brother lives in Columbus!!
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Watched from North Carolina. Enjoy your videos Chris. Montana has some beautiful countryside. It’s a shame that some towns were dependent on a train line or a highway for survival. Keep up the good work!
Thank you!!!
Nice video. You can see enough without trespassing. Thanks for that. 8:00 coal and water tender, maybe for a 4-6-2. I'm definitely checking out your other videos. Great content.
Hey thank you so much!!!
Watching in Oakville Ontario.
We are watching from Lacombe Alberta! We love your content!
Awesome! Thank you!
The spirit of Wild West.
Love your videos Chris, I always wonder about the people that are still living in these places, it seems so surreal to me. Haven't you thought about maybe interview some of the residents, it would be so interesting to hear.
That is a good idea, but I am not good at interviews, but it can't hurt to try. :)
GREAT VIDEO, CHRIS. I WATCH EVERYTHING YOU PRODUCE AND PASS ON TO OTHERS.👍
Wow thank you!
Beautiful part of the country. I live in Los Angeles and try to get to Montana at least once a year. Imagine my surprise when I was reading over my car rental paperwork and it said the vehicle could not be driven on gravel roads haha… I don’t think you can avoid gravel roads on the Hi-Line and northeast corner that I love so much. 🤷🏻♀️
Oh wow no gravel roads in Montana? Ha ha that is weird. I agree that hi-line is amazing to explore.
I'm watching from the San Francisco Bay area in California. I love your videos.
Wow thank you!!!
Thanks for these ghost town explorations
I live in Louisville, presently,
I lived for a time in Missoula
I am watching from India. 👍
Hello amigo. Love your videos. Watching from TURLOCK California
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*This granite state expatriate from the lakes and notches is watching from deep in the heart of Texas, about an hour from Austin*
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When I was in Barber there was something BIG in that building moving around and grunting. I got the hell out of there before it noticed me.
Yikes!!!
Very nice ! Sure wish you could show a map and pinpoint the location
That's a good idea especially for non Americans
Unfortunately, people would disobey the no trespassing signs and could cause damage.
Thanks, I will see if I can do this.
Hi from Flagstaff. Arizona
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Watching from Belgie" Europa👍
Well done Chris
Thank you!
Another great video being watched in West Virginia.
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Great video!
Thanks!
This was another great video. Watching from Edmonton, Alberta. Love seeing the grain elevators, as I'm originally from a very large farm in Alberta. The old trucks were pretty cool too.
I have some questions. Long ago, were there ever railroads that went from Montana, into Alberta and Saskatchewan, and vice versa? If a school was not nearby in Alberta and in Saskatchewan, would parents send their children to school in Montana, in the late 1800s, and in the early 1990s? Could you do a video on any ghost towns that may be in east central Alberta, in between Vegreville and Lloydminister? Cheers, Chris! ✌️
I am sure that happened. And yes, I think that is a great idea, next time I am in that area, I will do a video. Lamont County as well.
@@attrell Thanks!
Very good video..we are in alamogordo n.m....
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Watching from SW Idaho. One thing I would like to suggest. Take a panoramic swing with your camera to show what else is in those towns. I see other structures that appear to be in current use and it gives a sense of what is really going there. If you take your video from the public road there is no invasion of privacy since anyone can see the same thing.
Thanks for the feedback, this is a great idea.
Amazing how in less than a 100 years the land get reclaimed by nature. 1000 years most of these places will not be possible to find.
Hello I am watching from Oslo. Norway
I'll make it back out there one day God willing. Good content man.
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Thank you for sharing. This is my first video…wow!
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8:07 *If I'm not mistaken that's a coal car and water tender that fed a steam locomotive. Some of them had automatic conveyors to feed coal to the boiler as well as connecting piping feeding water.*
Oh wow, thanks for letting me know.
"Abandoned since the Great Depression" but also collapsing since the Great Depression.
Great work!
Thank you!
North east near Philadelphia
I would love to buy one of those properties, away from the chaos
I’m retired
There are plenty of places!
I am watching this video from Pigeon Forge TN.
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North Pole Alaska but grew up in turner mt.
Oh wow that is just south of where I live in Shaunavon.
@attrell still have a brother farming there.
Easton, MA. Used your photo on my book.
I love showing off that book!!
Love the videos!! If it’s not private property, maybe get a closer shot of some of the buildings? 🙂
I just got a zoom lens for next trip :)
Pilot Mound Manitoba.
are there any cemeteries going along with these old forgotten towns?
Yes almost all do
Expatriate from the States watching from St-Basile Québec. I got into ghost towns from exploring a mining town, Gagnon, in northern Québec that the province literally erased in 1982. What is it that hooks us on these abandoned communities?
Hello and thanks for watching! I am not sure what draws us, but I can't stop visiting them!
O K I just finished and caught the cow and calf THANKS.
In the mountains in Western North Carolina
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Maui, HI!
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Golden hour in that part of the country makes me want to retire and grow corn
Ha ha yes!!
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No that was a goaltender they used to put the call in the back of that behind the engine
Thank you
That a coal tender steam train
What caused these towns got abandoned.!?
Mostly improved highways and then rail road abandonedments.
I live in Fort Saskatchewan.
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Saskatoon sk but I am originally from Iraq. I came to Canada 2006 beautiful😊
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you ever visit abandoned stuff in BC?
I been to a few, Sandon in 2004 was my fav!
That is sad.
8:03: It's not an engine. It's a tender that carried fuel and water for the locomotive.
WOW! For just a tiny moment I thought I caught a glimpse of WOODROW CAPT CALL PEA NUTE ETC. BUT NOT A ONE DAMNED COW OR HORSE. WEIRD. Didn't Guss Die in Miles city? Anyway I'm from Southeast Oklahoma U.S.A. POTEAU. THANKS it's sad to think about the lost cemetaries and to wonder where all the bottle dumps are. I bet there's some neat Archeology there.
Why would you use Harlowtown as a reference anywhere in Montana?
Lewistown is the geographical center, it is actually a nicer town in a better environment!
Harlowtown is comparable to Harding as far shitholes go.
I like Harlowtown. When I lived in Sidney, MT as a kid, that town name came up a lot. I expected it was a huge important city. I finally visited it, I was happy!
I live in Thailand.
We are the 4th largest state
Indeed, it's bigger than I thought.
California bay area
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Well I currently SUBSIST out of KY, but I ain't from here and would KILL myself if I had to know I was.
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This is BS, Square Butte Bar was open when I left in 2005, it couldn't have been closed for "decades."
That was 2 decades ago.
@@attrellwhile I understand that it was nearly two decades, they hadn't shut down by then and their Facebook has a goodbye post from 2022!
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Great videos! But such a lazy time schedule. No wonder the subscribers are low, but some videos are flying. 🤷🏻♂️