Another great video. Love the history of these old towns. As Another viewer stated, the interstate is the death of these small towns. High speed highways have no charm or character like the places that are passed too quickly by. I'm so glad you search for the remains of these forgotten gems. Always enjoy seeing your videos dear. stay safe and GOD bless
So true. The real charm and character of any region here in the USA is not on the "Super Slab", but off on those old two lanes. I bet that chat with the lady in the store was equal to the time saved blasting down the interstate. As a traveler "just passing through" on a motorcycle, I have had the best talks with the locals and found even more great treasures to enjoy. Then there is also the history of times past that also awaits there to be seen. Once again, another wonderful video to watch!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy I crossed the Mohave desert With my cousin Ti-Jean who drove the car at 115 F. in the shade, and there was no shade. Between LA and Vegas, we went to visit a ghost town where they made Western, It was truly a ghost town and one living soul there helped us on our way, an ice cream machine he had so we had a vanilla ice cream cone before heading for Vegas. Asking him what he was doing there out of season cinema ghost town? He answered in case lost people come by and could die in the desert, so he was there to help you out with a vanilla ice cream cone. 🍦🍦
I have been there many times over the past 50 years headed to Moab. You can see the many faded dreams there and many other places in the West. It is hard for us to understand why many gave their life's to such desolate places.
I have been through that area. My Brother lives in Moab so we've been to there and stayed in Green River. That place reminds me of some of the places along Route 66.
Never heard a Johnny Cash song about Cisco, I might have thought it was about my hometown, Cisco, Texas. Just a small town in West Texas but not a ghost town. Cisco, Utah looks like a good place to blow stuff up.
that rough road wasn't so rough 20 years ago, when the state maintained it as the route to the Colorado River canyon. it is now completely bypassed, with even the road signs taken down
Charlie Steen, the Uranium King had a tar paper shack there in '52, when he was headed to Grand Junction with a load of drilling cores he stopped at the gas station for some gas on credit, there was a geiger counter there and it went crazy, Charlie had hit a 'mother lode'... For the rest of the story Google "My Old Man:" THE URANIUM KING... Great stuff.
Ghost towns are a product of new high ways. It's sad! Your ghost town videos brought it to my attention. The hole you showed in Cisco reminded me of this fact. An abandon 12 inch irrigation well is big enough for the average man to slide into , arms above his head. He would slide on down. A child would slide down faster.
That was what I was thinking also. Years ago I read somewhere that many hikers in the wilderness who have disappeared and could not be found may have fallen down Wells and could not get out. That is why I always stay on trails when hiking.
I thought I would tell you ever since I watched your Leadville video I got bunch of PBS Rocky Mountain shows popping up in my feed and one of them was entirely about the history of Leadville. Really interesting. There was another one about all of the ghost towns in the state. I think you'd like it
Wow - You must have been to Cisco about the same time (perhaps even the same day) that I was there. Loved that little ghost town...and also really enjoyed talking to Jean who owns Buzzards Belly with her husband Alan. You did a great job with your video. And, that Johnny Cash record...oh my!@!!! The lylrics were really perfect. Way to go Wiseguy. Look forward to seeing some more of your stuff.
Nice video. We are prepping for fall. Lows in the 40's and highs in the 70's, clean the yard up, all that stuff. Just really nice video, not kidding. Be good, be safe !
What an awesome video. History of past and Cisco amazing latest. How many ghost towns have that? Johnny Cash was one of a kind. Beautifully song written from history of town, it's people dying from term of progress. Interesting video so enjoyed. Utah is certainly worth visiting in this area. Thanks ,John.
Drove through there a few times in the early 70s before I-70 when US 6-50 went through there. Wasn't a lot left then, Gas Station / Store and a few mobile homes. The houses and other buildings were pretty much already deserted. I need to look at the original Vanishing Point again .
That's a neat song, I've never heard it before. So true of so many little towns lost because of the interstates. There is so much to be enjoyed off the inerstate and on the state routes or dirt back roads. I've often wondered if you have ever come upon a rattler or two as you wonder through these old ghost towns. Love your videos, keep up the good work.
Very interesting video, so sad to listen to Johnny Cash's song and think of how many small places ended up being abandoned. I think the US in the '50s would have been a nice place to live.
I've been to Cisco a few times, last time 2016 and passed on the Interstate more. I loved Big John's song. By the way, Kolwaski still lives. There is another ghost town just to the west of Cisco, Thompson Springs. If ever there check out the diner, looks as though it closed last week. Ate there once in 1974. Love that country.
@@TravelwithaWiseguy still a ittle bit to that town, I've got pics of an ancient fire engine parked under a filling station awning, gone now. the old railroad station. a few residents left now, but the only activity is a couple of gas stations along the freeway, and an odd visitor to the even more ancient ghost town in the canyon to the north, Puebloan graffiti everywhere
Now this is what I call a ghost town. All that is there are ghosts, memories, nobody there but the foot print of the town. One day you will go back to Monowi, Nebraska. The one resident there will have long died. You will go to that bar that was once full of life and activity and now will look like that Cisco Filling Station along with every other building in the now ghost town of Monowi, and you will have the unique experience of being able to remember what that place looked like in life and now what it looks like in decay.
At 2:09, there is a sign on the building in Hebrew reading Chag Sameach, which translated means happy holiday. A very unusual find in this part of the country.
You know, I often wonder about these places where there aren't any people yet somehow some kind of souvenir store survives, Luckenburg I understand because while it's a ghost town people flock there by the hundreds for concerts. It makes sense but I see absolutely nobody in Cisco. I wonder who is buying the souvenirs to keep the store in business? Maybe since you mentioned the art maybe there is some art festival once a month. I don't know. Just weird to me.
We (here in Grand Junction) were made aware of when the scene would be shot, and were allowed to go out and watch... I was working that day, so missed it. : ^ (
She told me that she and her husband live in an RV on the property by Buzzard's Belly General store. There is electricity, but no water in Cisco...so any water is either trucked in or in the RV.
Today many people are in such a hurry to the point forgetting how enjoying the simple pleasures in life are very important. For those in a hurry, their ideal of a ghost town is just another tacky tourist trap claiming to be a ghost town. Cisco's owner want her Ghost Town to be an art colony. How many artists are willing tp go to a place like Cisco only if they are aware of it. Some of the ghost towns which seem to be tacky tourist traps are being preserve by the local residents. As a lot of people are starting to notice the conflict between living the traditional America Dream ( some call the American Nightmare) and the New versions of the American Dream. This quote is a version of another similar one "If a society tends to forget history, it is condemn to repeat it!"
@@TravelwithaWiseguy maybe it's someone else? Eileen is the one I'm talking about. She bought cisco and wanted to turn it into an artist retreat. There's a video called population one and a movie called the cisco kid but I haven't seen the movie so I don't know much about it
There's a lot of Cisco still there. Even Johnny Cash wrote a song. That is quite an honor for Cisco.
… been by Cisco many times on our way to Moab on Hi128 following the Colorado River through the beautiful canyon.
Nothing left of Cisco, nothing to save anyway. Such a lonly place
We stopped there many times on the way to Hanksville, Hite and to see relatives in Pocatello in the 50's and 60's.
Another great video. Love the history of these old towns. As Another viewer stated, the interstate is the death of these small towns. High speed highways have no charm or character like the places that are passed too quickly by. I'm so glad you search for the remains of these forgotten gems. Always enjoy seeing your videos dear. stay safe and GOD bless
So true. The real charm and character of any region here in the USA is not on the "Super Slab", but off on those old two lanes. I bet that chat with the lady in the store was equal to the time saved blasting down the interstate. As a traveler "just passing through" on a motorcycle, I have had the best talks with the locals and found even more great treasures to enjoy. Then there is also the history of times past that also awaits there to be seen.
Once again, another wonderful video to watch!
🎸Thanks for sharing this song from Johnny Cash and these profound reflections on this Utah ghost town. 🍁
Great song - he did a nice job putting a ghost town’s story to music.
@@TravelwithaWiseguy I crossed the Mohave desert With my cousin Ti-Jean who drove the car at 115 F. in the shade, and there was no shade. Between LA and Vegas, we went to visit a ghost town where they made Western, It was truly a ghost town and one living soul there helped us on our way, an ice cream machine he had so we had a vanilla ice cream cone before heading for Vegas. Asking him what he was doing there out of season cinema ghost town? He answered in case lost people come by and could die in the desert, so he was there to help you out with a vanilla ice cream cone. 🍦🍦
I have been there many times over the past 50 years headed to Moab. You can see the many faded dreams there and many other places in the West. It is hard for us to understand why many gave their life's to such desolate places.
I have been through that area. My Brother lives in Moab so we've been to there and stayed in Green River. That place reminds me of some of the places along Route 66.
Thanks for stopping at the towns I once passed by. Wonderful video.
I wasn’t going to make a video about Cisco but it was too interesting to pass up!
So glad you did!
What a cool little town love that johnny cash wrote a song about it
Best part of every workday is checking out your videos over lunch. Keep 'em coming!
Awesome! Thank you! Very nice of you to say 😊
I have drove by the cisco sign a hundred times and always wondered what cisco was, now I know, Thanks for sharing
Glad to help! Cool place to check out!
Cash did a great job explaining the life and demise of that fillin' station in a song.
I agree. That song speaks to so many different towns across the country that had the same fate.
Such a cool video. I’ve lived in Utah since 1980 & never been through there.
Worth a detour if you’re ever close!
Never heard a Johnny Cash song about Cisco, I might have thought it was about my hometown, Cisco, Texas. Just a small town in West Texas but not a ghost town. Cisco, Utah looks like a good place to blow stuff up.
The Hollywood folks thought it was too 😂😂
that rough road wasn't so rough 20 years ago, when the state maintained it as the route to the Colorado River canyon. it is now completely bypassed, with even the road signs taken down
Charlie Steen, the Uranium King had a tar paper shack there in '52, when he was headed to Grand Junction with a load of drilling cores he stopped at the gas station for some gas on credit, there was a geiger counter there and it went crazy, Charlie had hit a 'mother lode'... For the rest of the story Google "My Old Man:" THE URANIUM KING... Great stuff.
Plan and simple.....thank you.
Another great production , keep them coming ❤
Ghost towns are a product of new high ways. It's sad! Your ghost town videos brought it to my attention. The hole you showed in Cisco reminded me of this fact. An abandon 12 inch irrigation well is big enough for the average man to slide into , arms above his head. He would slide on down. A child would slide down faster.
That was what I was thinking also. Years ago I read somewhere that many hikers in the wilderness who have disappeared and could not be found may have fallen down Wells and could not get out. That is why I always stay on trails when hiking.
The lady who worked at the store made sure to warn me about the holes so I was on the lookout!
Love Cisco
That was awesome! Definitely puts Cisco on my radar for my next travels, thank you.
Worth it for sure!
I thought I would tell you ever since I watched your Leadville video I got bunch of PBS Rocky Mountain shows popping up in my feed and one of them was entirely about the history of Leadville. Really interesting. There was another one about all of the ghost towns in the state. I think you'd like it
That UA-cam algorithm knows what to suggest haha!
Use to be 20th century gun fighting town. I say bring it back for 21st century. Put it on U-tube!
It would go viral! 😂
I hate seeing the old towns die, but I wish they could die without the graffiti.
Agreed 💯
That was an awesome Johnny Cash song at the end. That made this video great in my humble opinion.
As always, Thumbs up 👍
Thank you! He hit the nail on the head with that song!
Very interesting video. Goes to show that there is history behind all of these ghost towns.
Definitely! Thank you!
Thanks for John 😊great 👍 video 😊
My pleasure!
Wow - You must have been to Cisco about the same time (perhaps even the same day) that I was there. Loved that little ghost town...and also really enjoyed talking to Jean who owns Buzzards Belly with her husband Alan. You did a great job with your video. And, that Johnny Cash record...oh my!@!!! The lylrics were really perfect. Way to go Wiseguy. Look forward to seeing some more of your stuff.
Nice! I really enjoyed Cisco and chatting with her too! Very nice lady!
I wonder why people bury cars partway in the ground. I remember old guys in Texas, probably rich, who wanted to be buried in the Cadillacs.
Cisco is the most god-forsaken place on planet Earth. I love it!
😊♥️
There are some cool old cars and neat buildings. There were two to four people who lived there, while most said nobody lived there.
Nice video. We are prepping for fall. Lows in the 40's and highs in the 70's, clean the yard up, all that stuff. Just really nice video, not kidding. Be good, be safe !
Thank you very much! This week has been cooler here as well!
What an awesome video. History of past and Cisco amazing latest. How many ghost towns have that? Johnny Cash was one of a kind. Beautifully song written from history of town, it's people dying from term of progress. Interesting video so enjoyed. Utah is certainly worth visiting in this area. Thanks ,John.
Thanks! One of my favorite parts of exploring US 50!
Drove through there a few times in the early 70s before I-70 when US 6-50 went through there. Wasn't a lot left then, Gas Station / Store and a few mobile homes. The houses and other buildings were pretty much already deserted. I need to look at the original Vanishing Point again .
I hope to see some of your stops as I am planning to start the nomadic life style soon. Thank you for sharing.
Maybe you should start a UA-cam channel too! 😊
That's a neat song, I've never heard it before. So true of so many little towns lost because of the interstates. There is so much to be enjoyed off the inerstate and on the state routes or dirt back roads. I've often wondered if you have ever come upon a rattler or two as you wonder through these old ghost towns. Love your videos, keep up the good work.
Actually later in this trip I heard a rattler but didn’t see it so I kept my distance. They are good at warning you to stay away!
That was really neat! I liked it ❤️ good job!
Thank you! 😊
Wonderful video. Thanks for sharing with us.
Thank you for watching! It was a fun place to visit!
Hi john thanks for the tour ive got both vanishing point dvd . Cheers mate🇦🇺
Awesome! I’ve never seen it - I need to!
Thank you. This was very well made
Thank you very much! 😊
Thank you Wiseguy for the wonderful video it feels like I am in some Terantino movie
Haha yes! He definitely could’ve made a movie out there!
Very interesting video, so sad to listen to Johnny Cash's song and think of how many small places ended up being abandoned. I think the US in the '50s would have been a nice place to live.
That Johnny Cash song was perfect in a sad way for sure. 😞
The 50s were a great time to be alive and young in the U.S.
Such a cool ghost town! I drove past once but didn’t stop 😢 … next time
Thanks for showing
Definitely worth stopping for next time. Stop at Buzzard’s Belly! 😊
I've been to Cisco a few times, last time 2016 and passed on the Interstate more. I loved Big John's song. By the way, Kolwaski still lives. There is another ghost town just to the west of Cisco, Thompson Springs. If ever there check out the diner, looks as though it closed last week. Ate there once in 1974. Love that country.
Great song! And yes I have a short clip in my US 50 video of Thompson Springs. Some great old buildings!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy still a ittle bit to that town, I've got pics of an ancient fire engine parked under a filling station awning, gone now. the old railroad station. a few residents left now, but the only activity is a couple of gas stations along the freeway, and an odd visitor to the even more ancient ghost town in the canyon to the north, Puebloan graffiti everywhere
Thanks for putting the song at the end
Now this is what I call a ghost town. All that is there are ghosts, memories, nobody there but the foot print of the town. One day you will go back to Monowi, Nebraska. The one resident there will have long died. You will go to that bar that was once full of life and activity and now will look like that Cisco Filling Station along with every other building in the now ghost town of Monowi, and you will have the unique experience of being able to remember what that place looked like in life and now what it looks like in decay.
I've been to Cisco many time on the way to Moab, it is my fav route . This must be a new venture b/c that store was not there when I drove thru.
It seemed pretty modern inside. Nice place!
Very interesting and sad also.
Very!
Hey... there's my 1963 Cadillac Sedan de Ville!
😂😂
Through Cisco is the best way to go
Agreed 👍🏼
RIDING BY ON AMTRAK TRAIN # 5AND #6, THE CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR ,I HAVE SEEN IT!!
That would be a cool sight from the train!
At 2:09, there is a sign on the building in Hebrew reading Chag Sameach, which translated means happy holiday. A very unusual find in this part of the country.
Nice catch!
That was a great presentation John. Interesting walk around Cisco. I just hope you keep your tetanus shots up to date. Looking forward to more.
Thank you! All up to date 😂😂
Sounds like, if someone would drop a lit match, the entire area would be ash in seconds. TFS
Probably!
You know, I often wonder about these places where there aren't any people yet somehow some kind of souvenir store survives, Luckenburg I understand because while it's a ghost town people flock there by the hundreds for concerts. It makes sense but I see absolutely nobody in Cisco. I wonder who is buying the souvenirs to keep the store in business? Maybe since you mentioned the art maybe there is some art festival once a month. I don't know. Just weird to me.
For sure. It’s definitely out of the way, but maybe there are regular road trippers or weekend warriors that make regular appearances 🤷🏼♂️
Doesn't Eileen Muza live there? She is the one created the art projects in Cisco Utah with other artists.
Awesome video hope that you spent more than 7 Dollars there. :)
Haha I did! T-shirt and a magnet cost me about $30 😂😂
:) @@TravelwithaWiseguy
Cisco is where the final scene of the GREAT car chase movie "Vanishing Point" was filmed.
Yes - it’s towards the end of this video 😊
We (here in Grand Junction) were made aware of when the scene would be shot, and were allowed to go out and watch...
I was working that day, so missed it. : ^ (
What happened to Eileen Muza the lady that bought this a few years back and was going to turn it into an artist haven?
I wonder where the lady you spoke to at the general store lives
My guess is Moab. Not too far away and I’m not sure the store is open daily.
She told me that she and her husband live in an RV on the property by Buzzard's Belly General store. There is electricity, but no water in Cisco...so any water is either trucked in or in the RV.
Today many people are in such a hurry to the point forgetting how enjoying the simple pleasures in life are very important. For those in a hurry, their ideal of a ghost town is just another tacky tourist trap claiming to be a ghost town. Cisco's owner want her Ghost Town to be an art colony. How many artists are willing tp go to a place like Cisco only if they are aware of it. Some of the ghost towns which seem to be tacky tourist traps are being preserve by the local residents. As a lot of people are starting to notice the conflict between living the traditional America Dream ( some call the American Nightmare) and the New versions of the American Dream.
This quote is a version of another similar one
"If a society tends to forget history, it is condemn to repeat it!"
I thought Cisco had 1 resident that bought the town and was decorating it with art work? Did she get lonely and move away?
I think the one resident passed away unfortunately
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Oh, that's sad
@@TravelwithaWiseguy I wasn't going to ask but now my curiosity is up. Why did she pass away?
I think it was a he and not sure why
@@TravelwithaWiseguy maybe it's someone else? Eileen is the one I'm talking about. She bought cisco and wanted to turn it into an artist retreat. There's a video called population one and a movie called the cisco kid but I haven't seen the movie so I don't know much about it
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Thank you! 😊
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