Explore the Ghost towns of Chesaw & Molson, Washington.
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Take a journey into the past, and visit two ghost towns forged from the mining era, and today you will find abandoned buildings, a lumber mill, forgotten homesteads and the ranchlands of this beautiful and scenic area of Washington. 
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Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I lived just outside of Chesaw for 20 years, and tended bar at the Chesaw tavern for a few years. Made the trip up MaryAnn Creek from Chesaw to Molson countless times. Logged all over that area (with horses), and visited most of the old homesteads you showed. Great place to live. Caught alot of brook trout out of Myers Creek
Very cool! What a beautiful area to live in I am so looking forward to going back as soon as we can, I love the people love the country and the history is captivating! Now getting my fly rod on my bike that might put a smile on my face. That’s a great idea.
I grew up right above that wigwam, best friend lived right below me.
You grew up in one of the most beautiful areas of the country!!!
That’s an old Wigwam burner. Every shake mill used them to burn the scraps of processing wood shakes and lumber.
Thank you! I had no idea what they are called, really appreciate it, we had a few around here where we live but they now are all gone.
Nice and informative video. You now have a new subscriber! I look forward to watching the one you're going to make about Nighthawk, I have been to that area before when I lived in Skagit Valley, WA. Safe Travels and Thank you for sharing.
❤ thank you very much for the subscription I really appreciate it and I cannot wait to do more on nighthawk! It really is a stunning area isn’t it?!
@@lisalancastertravels The Okanogan country is beautiful.
I love that you’re into gold prospecting. I find it so interesting and all the history that goes with it I can’t wait to take a look at your channel! Subscribed!
@@lisalancastertravels Thank you and welcome to the Flash Fam, I always enjoyed History and travel, my Dad was a history teacher and we traveled a lot while I was growing up, he gave me the gifts of wanderlust and the love of history and geology. And the lifestyle/hobby of gold prospecting all three go hand in hand. and with all the ghost towns in the states seem to revolve around, some kind of mineral exploration. Keep up the great work and I look forward to watching more of your travels and adventures.
If you follow the road northwest out of town you follow the old railroad down and there are some cool locations along that path! One being the former Sidley town site that sits right on the border! You can literally stand on the border(when the border patrol isnt there of course lol) the road pops you out further down the hill on the road to Oroville. A cool little add to that trip!
I will definitely give that a try - hoping to head that way again in two weeks then south to Arizona on the bikes - will look forward to that, many thanks!
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Great video. Okanagan County has a ton of other ghost towns, places such as Nighthawk and Bodie, to name a couple.
Totally agree! From midway rock creek through to nighthawk - theres so much to see - your completely right!
@@lisalancastertravels Nighthawk is such a cool name for a town as well.
I lived in Stevens County, and it has its share of ghost towns too. Northport is one, Pinkney City, the old county seat before Colville was, is a ghost town, and there was a town called Bossburg, which is now only a wide spot in the road. I lived in Kettle Falls, which almost became a ghost town when there was a threat of shutting the Boise Cascade plant down back in the 1980s.
@briankady1456 completely we’ve gone through there several times on our motorcycles and always headed towards grand Coulee or the Cascades and we just haven’t spent enough time there and when we came through this trip with the car, we ran into so many beautiful forestry campsites that we are really excited to go back this year when we get a moment! So many old buildings along the way and we’ve use the crossing quite a bit coming home from trips
That is awesome. Thanks so much for the info. I’m going to add those places to my list! Love it!
thank you, I greatly enjoyed the video! Im looking forward to the next. Regards from Ody Slim
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Living there is fascinating ?!!
I can only imagine! The history and the sunsets! A perfect place:)
nice video. new subscriber.
Thank you for the subscription and I will do the same to your channel. I really appreciate the support!
@@lisalancastertravels Awesome. Thank you. I appreciate the subscription as well.
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO. I WILL GO VISIT THESE TOWNS WE NEED TO APPRECIATE AMERICAN HISTORY MORE!!!!
I’m so glad you enjoyed the video. I am always in awe at the amazing places that are so close to us! For years I drove or road right by them and now just want to stay and absorb all the history!😊
I live here now iv lived here my whoke life and wont wver leave 😊
I can see why, it’s a stunning country with breathtaking landscapes and what a tremendous community- everyone we met along the way was so inviting and friendly - I so love your area!
Yeah ov lived here served I was born in 2009 I don't live directly in town I'm about 15 miles away from the little town. But I still ride the school bus down to oroville 5 days a week amd I love it all. 😀
@@Stuff_We_Do2388 LOVE it!
@@Stuff_We_Do2388 I live in the country too and appreciate every moment! I can’t wait till the weather warms up and we can come back and camp a few nights along the river :)
Did you know that these towns are near Canada?
Basically almost on the US side of the Canadian border you are absolutely correct we crossed at midway which is a beautiful little town and I love the drive-through, the Canada side and Greenwood and all the history and the Kettle valley railway on that side and I wish more people knew about it, and so many of these towns were connected between Canada, and the US during the gold rush, which linked the minds together all the way through to the Princeton Headley mines. It’s so darn interesting. Thank you so much for the comment. It is such an important part for people to know!
A great comment and an important point thank you so much
I think Molson is a border town, located roughly a few feet from the Canadian border.
@briankady1456 yes you are exactly correct. It is very close to the Canadian border. You can access from Canada through Midway or through nighthawk and Molson is in between the two border crossings.
Nice video
Thank you for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed it:)
Best Vedio
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Great video. Thank you!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching:)
BEATIFUL VIDEO GOD BLESS YOU.
Thank you very much, I’m happy you enjoyed it🙏 1:45
The music is not a match for the video.
Thanks for the input, I’ve got a ways to go for editing, this was done off my phone with limited music selections.
My family first came to WA in the 1850's. They homesteaded in Chesaw, Eden Valley, Tunk Valley and Molsen. I wouldn't call Chesaw a "ghost town". My family owns the land next to the Rodeo Arena. I spent every 4th of July at that Rodeo in my childhood.
My grandmother was the first high school graduate in the family (before her everyone quit school after 6th grade), graduated from Molsen in 1952. Great fishing at the lake in Molsen, there is a winter fishing derby there also. Also a great loop drive if you just follow the road (not in a motorcycle), lots of deer and other wildlife to be seen there. (the road is called 9 mile).
I am happy you enjoyed your trip and thank you for bringing back so many memories.
Thank you for taking the time to share this! I do find it a bit odd when they call places ghost towns that are still towns - I suppose because of the history and schoolhouses and abandoned buildings or restored building but mostly I still think of ghost towns as mostly abandoned towns, still surviving with founding residents but usually smaller than in their historical past being those that flourished as boom towns through mining especially, then it makes some sense for me and more importantly a destination to learn more about! I’m so thankful to families such as yourself that have homesteaded these places and given us such a chance to learn more about these wonderful places.
@@lisalancastertravels did you guys make it over to Nighthawk? It's the kind of Ghost town you are talking about, now owned by the single remaining homestead family.