Thank you for watching! It is great that they preserved it so all of us can enjoy it. I'm not sure what those larger railroad ties would normally be used for other than a bridge. It looked like in this case it was to prevent erosion.
Hello everyone 🤗 I’m an Australian woman, but America has so much rich, fascinating history that I could listen to stories all day long. Glad I found you, I don’t know how long you have been on u tube, but I’m going to go back and start watching as much as I can. Have a nice day everyone 🙂 🇦🇺 🐨
Welcome to the channel! I'm glad you are here. I've been on this channel for about 4 years. I try to cover things that others have not. Thank you for going back and watching more! By the way Australia has some good history too!
@@RhettyforHistory thank you, yes we do, just not as much. I love the channel, 4 years means I have a lot to watch. I’m going to take my time and enjoy them. 😀 will watch the new ones straight away though, as I have subscribed.
Great find, great story. Don’t we wish all gravestones had that little story of the person. Sadly, most of the common persons’ stories will be forgotten. Nice episode! 👍
Very interesting grave site, Rhetty ! Loved the music and old pictures. In case anyone is curious, those are grain cars, used to transport corn, etc. The cars are positioned over floor hoppers and unloaded from the bottoms. Thanks for another cool video !
Another grave worth Mentioning is Rebecca Winters grave in Scottsbluff NE When they were laying railroad tracks the grave was discovered it was marked by an iron wagon wheel with her name scratched on the wheel The railroad then rerouted the tracks so as not to disturb the grave
I haven't heard about that one but it sounds fascinating. I'm sure there are a lot more of these than we know. Thank you for watching and telling me about Rebecca's.
I have lived in Edmond for over 30 years and I had never heard about these graves. Thanks again for the education. Love watching. Looking forward to the next one.
@@RhettyforHistory wow that would take extra care when crossing not a crossroad like that they don't and not required to sound their horn and when they spot people it will too late. It takes a great deal of effort to stop a train that is a lot of metal to slow down. This was a really interesting video
I know they are required to sound their horn when they come to intersections with roads. But where I was in the video was a little ways away from an intersection. I could hear them sounding the horn coming from the south but couldn't hear anything at all when it came from the north.
@@RhettyforHistory that is a scary thing to think about and I hope that people will be careful but some of the younger kids today just play chicken with this and I hope nothing bad happens to them. But your video locations-are just beautiful the one about mr. Parker after that one there three other videos that came up so I watched them as well. Your channel is always worth watching I love the western ones and I like videos about Billy the kid and bell 🌟 star.
@@RhettyforHistory the engineers do give a warning where they can this might make a difference between life and death. When I was a kid I used to hitch rides and jump on moving trains. Then I saw one kid do it and he didn't make it. The kid was not with me but I saw him die that did it. I will buy a ticket and go like a normal person
Another great video Rhetty. My grandpa quit school in the 6th grade to go to work and he got a job cutting wood into cross ties for the railroad tracks. He lived in Arkansas at the time. Dad said that grandpa worked 14 hours a day there. He kept the job up until he was 20 and him and my grandmother got married and came to Oklahoma. In my town there's a marker by the railroad tracks where a man was found dead about 20 years ago but hes not buried there. I believe that he had a heart attack.
Interesting about the man that was found near the tracks. Your grandfather certainly put in some long hard days for quite some time! Thank you for watching and sharing some of your grandfather's story. That was fascinating!
You always come up with the most interesting little pieces of history. This would be something the majority of people wouldn't know about. Thanks Rhetty.
Thank you for watching Patricia. I do like finding things that are different. Some people in Edmond don't even know about this one. Or at least that's what I'm hearing.
Thanks 🙏 for the wonderful information that you provide !! I’m learning far more watching your channel than I ever did in history classes back I the 1950’s !!
I'm glad you are learning some new history. These are just sort of little bits and pieces of history but still worth remembering. Thank you for watching Robert!
@@RhettyforHistory , well ... the little bits and pieces inspire people (me anyway) to investigate further, which results in a richer experience of our heritage and our history !! Being an “old fart” so to speak, I find your videos particularly interesting . I am actually old enough that I met ( or knew ) some of the men that served in the civil war !! My great great grandfather was a lieutenant in the union army, and I had ancestors that also served in the confederate army! I have a rich heritage that I value greatly and you videos are so very interesting ... thank you for your dedication to making these interesting videos 😊😊 !!
You do have a rich heritage and you should be proud of all of it. Not many can say they spoke to people from the Civil War. I feel sorry for many kids coming up because they have missed out on speaking with the Greatest Generation. My goal with this channel is to introduce people to the different areas of history that I see. Many of the places I visit can certainly be looked up and people can dive a lot further into the history.
Thanks for the video. More forgotten Oklahoma history. There is a grave next to the railroad on the U.P. not far from the intersection of hyw. 69 and 43. The folklore is a passenger on the Katy Flyer died and the passengers buried him next to the railroad. The Katy had made it that far by the summer of 1873. I think it was more like this story, a railroad worker.
@@RhettyforHistory Union Pacific bought M.K.T. through Ok. This is near Limestone Gap. The deputy U.S Marshal Captain Charles LeFlore has a cemetery there. Another good story. His daughter was one of the First Ladies of Ok.
really interesting that they were buried where they fell. Just imagine all the people that past through this area and are unaware of these graves. thanks again for a great video!
My thoughts exactly! i bet tons of people don't know. I have even heard from people who lived in Edmond for 30 years and had no idea. Thank you for watching Greg!
@@RhettyforHistory This is what is so great about living in America. So much history, and alot of it is hidden in plain site!! looking forward to your next video!!
Great find Rhett. Don't think i have ever seen such a long train. I watched Sarah story. Excellent. Couldn't get my comment to go through. Keep safe. 🐘
Thank you for watching this video as well as Sarah's video. That is very strange that it would not allow you to make a comment. I haven't heard of that one happening before.
@@RhettyforHistory I couldn't understand it Rhett. I think it came up saying this Video is Private. I was the first to comment. So don't know. But Sarah was very good. My best to you all. 😊🐘💝
Yes you have the right Edmond. I have done a couple videos or so from the area so that might be where you have heard it. We do have some passenger trains but you're right they are quieter. Thank you for watching Nadia!
@@RhettyforHistory I always have fun watching them. How’s the book on Billy the Kid coming along? My neighbor is a train conductor who said they r super quite and fast. On field trip one of the students almost got killed by a train, it came around the corner and missed her by feet. Never heard it coming. Because of her all field trips by the college were canceled.
I have finished the book but idk when I will get to NM to finish filming what I want to on him. Thanks again for the book and the lantern. You really do have to be careful around those trains. I know many people get killed from them by not yielding like they should in a car. So sad because it's usually preventable.
nice to see you live Retty and to meet ya lovely laday, gee that train must have been two miles long, shame those two guys never lived to see the line completed.
@@RhettyforHistory those men made the west wild and lets face it, they were living on the edge of civilization in a tough world where drink was the only affordable escape from such a hard existance.could many men live like that today, i doubt it. but still, that generation built a nation. and their sad tale is just a fragent of the layer cake. thats what i really like about you retty, you take a little pieces of the wild west jigsaw and slot them into place. in your live chat you asked if you could do anything better, and i couldn't think of anything.... ya doin just fine.
Thank you and I appreciate the kind words. It do like finding the little snippets of history everywhere. I know there are a lot of little pieces that have just been forgotten and that's what I want to try and breathe a little life into so that people know about it.
I enjoyed your Edmond Right of Way graves video, I love stories about the Old West and trains. Thank you for including the various photos of trains, train stations, people, and the train tickets. Also, loved seeing the train that went through your story. Rhett, was it raining when you did this video? Because it looked like it was, at least to me.Take care 🐎
Yes it was sort of sprinkling! I was trying really hard not to slip on the tracks, ties or rocks since everything was wet. Thank you so much for watching Brenda and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. The train passing by was just good timing!
Worked track and B&B for the BNSF RR. The amount of 140-ish year old stuff buried alongside the old Great Northern RR stretches is considerable. Although I never found one (that I was aware of), we were advised to be vigilant for presence of un-marked human graves.
Sounds like you have a lot of railroad experience though. I've never heard of any other graves near a railroad but surely there has to be some out there besides these two. Thank you for watching!
Wow, that was a long train. Seem odd that there are graves right there. Must have been there from long, long ago. I would have thought they would have to have been buried in an actual cemetery Thanks, Rhetty! Very interesting.
Yes the graves have been there since 1886 and long before Edmond was a town much less Oklahoma was a state or Oklahoma Territory. In a way I'm surprised they never moved them to a cemetery once one was established. Thank you for watching Jacquelyn.
Wow! That was a LONG train, LOL. I tried to count how many cars but my eyes couldn't keep up with it! And you're right -- it was bookin', for sure! When I heard it coming, I thought you might run up there and put a few coins on the tracks, LOL, but I'm sure glad you didn't attempt it -- it was movin' WAY too fast for that! Entertaining vid, as always! 👍👍
Yes I saw the one coming thru earlier and there was no way I wanted to do that. I've been closer to trains that were moving slower but that was going so fast I didn't want to get closer. Thank you for watching Val! I haven't smashed coins on tracks in a long time.
Hey Rhett, that was great. Very interesting place for graves. I guess back then they buried you where you dropped. Thanks for that "Bookin it". I guess that shows age. You take cake and stay safe, my friend.
@@RhettyforHistory Rhett, how did you come across these graves? Really. This was fascinating, also, I wasn't making fun of your usage of bookin it. I remember it from the 70's and 80s. Thank you, sir.
Texas has a lot of family and other small grave sites. Near our house near Austin, is a small family plot with around 4 graves. One has a military type tombstone marked CSA(confederate states of America). Lyndon Johnson is buried(some say screwed into) a grave in his family plot about 60 miles west of here. Once we were driving home using back roads(not I35) from the Dallas area and stumbled across a family plot containing a former Texas governor.
That would be a neat grave to stumble upon. You're right about Texas having a lot of small cemeteries all over. At some point I plan on exploring some of those but I will certainly never be able to see them all. Thank you for watching Patty!
The train might have been empty. Usually they have an engine at the end to help push, saves the Diesel! You always find the great little graves/cemeteries.
I bet you are right in that it was empty. It was moving really fast. I don't think it would have if it would have been full. Thank you for watching my friend!
You are probably right on that. They may not have heard trains too much since they were working on tracks but I am sure they would be happy that the tracks were completed and it is still used. Thank you for watching!
Your videos are so fascinating. Love the the history. I have been watching for along time. And I subscribe d too. New history from other places in the United States. I live in Upstate New York.
Thank you for watching and being a long time subscriber! You are from a nice area of the country! It is very pretty up that way but I haven't visited there in probably 20 years.
After the Centrailia,Mo massacure;involving Lt Jesse James. The soldiers were initially buried right by the railroad trax. Then they were moved to a cemetary in Jefferson City.
@@RhettyforHistory Yes, and bonuses really gave them a lot of extra drive. I had a great great grandfather and a Great Grandfather who cut ties for Norfolk and Western and The C&O, when they came through back home. They were good God fearing men so they didn't hang around when delivering ties
That was a baby train. 5,000 feet at most. If you want to know if they are loaded or empty just look at the springs on the trucks. If they are compressed the cars are loaded. I’ve run loaded grain trains and they don’t need a helper on the rear if the grade is level. The longest train I ever ran was 17,000 feet long, at 60 MPH. It was fun trying to stop that bad boy. Sorry if this seems like a very fractured statement. Great video by the way.
Love your videos. There's a lone grave (Wm Rankin) north of Bison, OK right off the RR and Hwy 81. Here's the coordinates next time you're in Garfield Co. 36.227656,-97.889509
horns are only sounded at intersections/crossing, coming into a station and starting from a stop to name the ones I know. Each horn sound is specific to the situation.
You're right about that. As you can tell in the video you can hear the horn sounding off as it basses thru an intersection about half a mile to the south. For whatever reason I heard no sounds nor the other train as it came from the north despite the intersection being a half mile that ways as well.
They were for a long time and then with budget cuts they stopped. People were going in with edges and cutting it and probably still do somewhat. The rocks keep a lot of it at bay though. Thank you for watching!
There is somewhat similar grave near Penwell, Texas. There was no fight involved, but 5 Chinese workers building the railroad died and were buried next to the line. Here is a website: www.permiangen.org/chinese-1881-r.r.-graves-at-penwell-tx.html . I first learned about this from a You Tube video made by a west Texas motorcycle group.
Oh wow! I had no idea about that one. I had to google where that was but if I am ever in that Midland/Odessa area then I will try to stop and check that one out. That is fascinating. I figured there had to me more like this but I wasn't sure where. Thank you for watching and sharing that with me!
People are probably buried all over the place that we have no idea about. If that marker wasn't there those rail workers would have just buried them and moved on and this would have been long forgotten about. Makes you wonder how many of those people are out there.
Flashlights are always the best. No damage is done to the marker. You hold the light at angles and it will alow you to read it. The marker says the name, date of death and the age. Thank you for watching!
I have known about it for awhile. We were up in the area so I just happened to look it up real quick. Turns out I just happened to turn down the right road and was less than 800 feet from it. It was almost like it was meant to be. Thank you for watching!
I would think the trains coming through would be music to their ears. Many men worked hard and quite a few died laying those tracks. I haven't had any luck with the Cemetery behind Riverside Indian School. Apparently there could have been more than one Cemetery due to the amount of Native American children that died while in boarding schools. Tomorrow we are going to the Heritage Museum that is in the old railroad depot. The curator of the museum has a lot of records and might know for sure who owns the land. I might mention that across the highway to the East of Riverside Indian School is a field where an incident called the Anadarko Affair party took place. This was an altercation on August 22, 1874 and involved troops from Fort Sill under Colonel John (Black Jack) Davidson and 60 lodges of Noconee Commanches under Red Food. The trouble took place at the Wichita agency at Anadarko. It was ration day at the agency and the Penatekas, the Wichitas, Caddoes and Delawares were drawing their rations. Beef was issued in the morning and the Indians were all scattered throughout the fields South of the agency. Red Food's Commanches and Lone Wolf's Kiowas were on hand to help themselves to to meat which did not belong to them. Colonel Davidson sent for Red Food and when the chief arrived Davidson told him he was under arrest. Colonel Davidson sent Lieutenant Woodward and forty men with Red Food to the camp to collect their weapons. Red Food refused to give up the bows and arrows. These had never been considered as weapons before. A messenger was sent to Colonel Davidson for his decision. While waiting soldiers were holding onto the bridle of Red Food's horse to keep him from fleeing. Kiowas hiding in the brush began taunting Red Food and saying if they give up their bows and arrows they are women. The Kiowas told Red Food if he made a stand against the soldiers they would help him. With this Red Food jumped off his horse and ran into the brush. There was an exchange of gunfire from both parties and the "affair" had begun. There is a hill on the North side of the field East of Riverside called Shirley Hill. A man whose last name was Shirley had a home and a trading post on that hill. Many of the Indians fled up that hill to escape when the battle started. Shirley and his family had been watching the action from an upstairs window with field glasses. Everyone was locked in the house and the trading post was empty. Shirley sent a young black servant boy to saddle his horse so he could ride to the agency because he was afraid they needed help. Once the boy was outside an Indian shot him and wounded him. Shirley and his family was afraid to open the door again and the boy died about sundown. Shirley's trading post had been totally ravaged. The Anadarko Affair lasted several days and is very interesting. This piece of history and many, many more are in the book Carbine and Lance A History Of Old Fort Sill. The Shirley family Cemetery is on top of that hill. Like many of the forgotten cemeteries you have been to the grave markers are spread around on top of the hill. The markers are old and interesting. If you feel like walking up that hill I will find out who owns that as well. I visited the Cemetery but it has been many years.
Yes that Shirley family cemetery sounds like a good one to visit if you can find out who owns it. I would love to talk to them if they are a little apprehensive about letting someone in there. I try to be as respectful as possible to those I cover. That skirmish also sounds interesting and I knew nothing about it. You're right there could be a lot of kids buried in various places from that school. Many of them could be graves that have never been marked. I would love to cover that Riverside but I don't know if that will ever be possible. Thank you for watching and trying to find out more for me.
@@RhettyforHistory I know how respectful you are and if I find out who owns the properties I will let them know you are respectful. I went to the Shirley Cemetery with my father and uncle before they passed. My father was a huge history buff and had an extensive knowledge. I wish you could have met him. He would have loved your channel. My father gave me my love of history. Do you have a copy of Carbine and Lance? I have my father's old copy but you can buy them in the gift shop at Fort Sill. I am sure you can order them as well. You will get a lot out of it if you do not already have a copy.
Your father sounds like he was a wonderful man. I know you have a real love for History and now that makes sense why hearing you speak of him. I'll have to get my hands on Carbine and Lance.
Paul Stan, Died fighting each other. Reminds me of two brothers in the family back in the Civil War, one fought for the North and the other for the South. So there was a family reunion and both attended and started fighting. So the next year there was two family reunions, one for each brother and it stayed that way because they would fight. After the war they both came home and would start fighting when they ran into each other. So one lived on one side of town and the other at the other far end. If they ran into each other walking down the same side of the street, one would move to the other side to avoid being on the same side. So went life until one died and was buried in the cemetery on one side. When the other died he made it clear to bury him on the side furthest from his brother on the other side of the same cemetery. The country came back together but not these brothers.
@@paulstan9828, I agree. So imagine we are sitting in front of the general store playing checkers and we see them coming down the street from opposite directions. You know we are both going to stop playing checkers and watch what happens. "Well Paul here comes Flynn on the sidewalk on our side." "Sam, That's alright because the other Flinn is coming down the same side behind you." " Paul, this will be interesting. Maybe they'll duke it out in the middle of the street and end the silliness." " Sam, I got $2 on Flinn, F-L-I-N-N" I forgot to mention the name before the war was spelled Flynn. After the war one of the brothers changed the spelling to Flinn so not to have the same last name. LOL
Yeah I really don't think there was much at all there. It is a strange story and that's about all the details we have. I would have thought they would have been moved too. Thank you for watching!
@@RhettyforHistory no .I roughly paid attention and counted, i'm curious like that.its why i like the detail in history. just the way i am. . attention to detail .. like you my friend.. thats all.
Great work! Interesting history. Glad some folks preserved it. Yes, those looked like railroad ties to me.
Thank you for watching! It is great that they preserved it so all of us can enjoy it. I'm not sure what those larger railroad ties would normally be used for other than a bridge. It looked like in this case it was to prevent erosion.
Hello everyone 🤗 I’m an Australian woman, but America has so much rich, fascinating history that I could listen to stories all day long. Glad I found you, I don’t know how long you have been on u tube, but I’m going to go back and start watching as much as I can. Have a nice day everyone 🙂 🇦🇺 🐨
Welcome to the channel! I'm glad you are here. I've been on this channel for about 4 years. I try to cover things that others have not. Thank you for going back and watching more! By the way Australia has some good history too!
@@RhettyforHistory thank you, yes we do, just not as much. I love the channel, 4 years means I have a lot to watch. I’m going to take my time and enjoy them. 😀 will watch the new ones straight away though, as I have subscribed.
Great find, great story. Don’t we wish all gravestones had that little story of the person. Sadly, most of the common persons’ stories will be forgotten.
Nice episode! 👍
You're right about that. They all have a story but only a select few get remembered. Thank you for watching!
Faces of the Forgotten sent me ...glad to be a viewer and enjoy your passionate work! Thank you! Across the Pacific in the Philippines.
Welcome to the channel and I'm glad you are here! Faces of the Forgotten is a great channel!
" Bookin' " : ) Thanks for the flash back... I haven't heard that in years : )
It's probably one of my favorites! Thank you for watching Elaine!
Very interesting grave site, Rhetty ! Loved the music and old pictures. In case anyone is curious, those are grain cars, used to transport corn, etc. The cars are positioned over floor hoppers and unloaded from the bottoms. Thanks for another cool video !
You're welcome and thank you for watching. I also appreciate you sharing some extra knowledge on the cars.
What a neat find! And how cool to see that train running right by these railroad graves. Seems like the perfect spot for those gravesites 👍
You're right about that. Hope it's peaceful for them. Thank you for watching my friend.
Another grave worth Mentioning is Rebecca Winters grave in Scottsbluff NE When they were laying railroad tracks the grave was discovered it was marked by an iron wagon wheel with her name scratched on the wheel The railroad then rerouted the tracks so as not to disturb the grave
I haven't heard about that one but it sounds fascinating. I'm sure there are a lot more of these than we know. Thank you for watching and telling me about Rebecca's.
I have lived in Edmond for over 30 years and I had never heard about these graves. Thanks again for the education. Love watching. Looking forward to the next one.
Edmond has some interesting history! I hope to cover some more. Thank you for watching!
This is better than watching the lone ranger. A shame people want to damage history.
Yes it is. Overall this one is really in good shape. Thank you for watching Harolyn!
@@RhettyforHistory wow that would take extra care when crossing not a crossroad like that they don't and not required to sound their horn and when they spot people it will too late. It takes a great deal of effort to stop a train that is a lot of metal to slow down. This was a really interesting video
I know they are required to sound their horn when they come to intersections with roads. But where I was in the video was a little ways away from an intersection. I could hear them sounding the horn coming from the south but couldn't hear anything at all when it came from the north.
@@RhettyforHistory that is a scary thing to think about and I hope that people will be careful but some of the younger kids today just play chicken with this and I hope nothing bad happens to them. But your video locations-are just beautiful the one about mr. Parker after that one there three other videos that came up so I watched them as well. Your channel is always worth watching I love the western ones and I like videos about Billy the kid and bell 🌟 star.
@@RhettyforHistory the engineers do give a warning where they can this might make a difference between life and death. When I was a kid I used to hitch rides and jump on moving trains. Then I saw one kid do it and he didn't make it. The kid was not with me but I saw him die that did it. I will buy a ticket and go like a normal person
Another Great Story, Love how you find history everywhere. Thanks Rhett
You're welcome. I'm always amazed how much history there is all over the place. Thank you for watching!
Another great video Rhetty. My grandpa quit school in the 6th grade to go to work and he got a job cutting wood into cross ties for the railroad tracks. He lived in Arkansas at the time. Dad said that grandpa worked 14 hours a day there. He kept the job up until he was 20 and him and my grandmother got married and came to Oklahoma. In my town there's a marker by the railroad tracks where a man was found dead about 20 years ago but hes not buried there. I believe that he had a heart attack.
Interesting about the man that was found near the tracks. Your grandfather certainly put in some long hard days for quite some time! Thank you for watching and sharing some of your grandfather's story. That was fascinating!
You always come up with the most interesting little pieces of history. This would be something the majority of people wouldn't know about. Thanks Rhetty.
Thank you for watching Patricia. I do like finding things that are different. Some people in Edmond don't even know about this one. Or at least that's what I'm hearing.
@@RhettyforHistory wow. I live in Edmond. And I am glad I stumbled upon you
I'm glad you're here and I appreciate you watching.
I love railroad history. Thanks for sharing, Rhetty! 🇺🇸🚜👍
You're welcome and thank you for watching! I will have to see about doing some more railroad history at some point.
@@RhettyforHistory That would be awesome!
Thanks 🙏 for the wonderful information that you provide !! I’m learning far more watching your channel than I ever did in history classes back I the 1950’s !!
I'm glad you are learning some new history. These are just sort of little bits and pieces of history but still worth remembering. Thank you for watching Robert!
@@RhettyforHistory , well ... the little bits and pieces inspire people (me anyway) to investigate further, which results in a richer experience of our heritage and our history !! Being an “old fart” so to speak, I find your videos particularly interesting . I am actually old enough that I met ( or knew ) some of the men that served in the civil war !! My great great grandfather was a lieutenant in the union army, and I had ancestors that also served in the confederate army! I have a rich heritage that I value greatly and you videos are so very interesting ... thank you for your dedication to making these interesting videos 😊😊 !!
You do have a rich heritage and you should be proud of all of it. Not many can say they spoke to people from the Civil War. I feel sorry for many kids coming up because they have missed out on speaking with the Greatest Generation. My goal with this channel is to introduce people to the different areas of history that I see. Many of the places I visit can certainly be looked up and people can dive a lot further into the history.
Thanks for the video. More forgotten Oklahoma history. There is a grave next to the railroad on the U.P. not far from the intersection of hyw. 69 and 43. The folklore is a passenger on the Katy Flyer died and the passengers buried him next to the railroad. The Katy had made it that far by the summer of 1873. I think it was more like this story, a railroad worker.
When you say U.P. I'm thinking Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Is that the area you are referring to?
@@RhettyforHistory Union Pacific bought M.K.T. through Ok. This is near Limestone Gap. The deputy U.S Marshal Captain Charles LeFlore has a cemetery there. Another good story. His daughter was one of the First Ladies of Ok.
That would make a good story!
really interesting that they were buried where they fell. Just imagine all the people that past through this area and are unaware of these graves. thanks again for a great video!
My thoughts exactly! i bet tons of people don't know. I have even heard from people who lived in Edmond for 30 years and had no idea. Thank you for watching Greg!
@@RhettyforHistory This is what is so great about living in America. So much history, and alot of it is hidden in plain site!! looking forward to your next video!!
You are right about that! It's a big expansive country with history in every part of it!
Thank you for the local history of Edmond. I will have to check this out. I drive on Broadway everyday and that is a very busy railroad!
You're welcome. I can definitely see it being busy based on the two trains that I saw in a short time period. Thank you for watching!
Hi Rhett 🙋🏽. This was so cool 😎. Please be careful and safe out there 🤠.
Hello Carole! I do my best to stay safe! Thank you for watching!
@@RhettyforHistory As Usual you are welcome Rhett 🙋🏽👍🏽.
This was an excellent video! I really liked the photos at the end where you showed the tickets, etc. Thanks!
You're welcome and I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching Tricia!
Wow!!! I know the loction but never knew this was in that location . Great video as always!!
Thank you for watching! It's very interesting to see.
Yay a cup of coffee & a new Rhetty video
Thank you for watching Janet and enjoy your coffee!
Hello Rhetty! I have the birdseye view of Edmond hanging an my wall! Great video!
Thank you for watching! Edmond is full of some rich history.
Great find Rhett. Don't think i have ever seen such a long train. I watched Sarah story. Excellent. Couldn't get my comment to go through. Keep safe. 🐘
Thank you for watching this video as well as Sarah's video. That is very strange that it would not allow you to make a comment. I haven't heard of that one happening before.
@@RhettyforHistory I couldn't understand it Rhett. I think it came up saying this Video is Private. I was the first to comment. So don't know. But Sarah was very good. My best to you all. 😊🐘💝
I don't understand that either. I don't think I have ever seen that.
Thanks for teaching me about this. Well put together video. Rhetty you tell mean stories.
You're welcome and thank you so much for watching!
Cool story, glad you shared it.... really glad you didn’t try to hop that grain train! Thanks for posting this video,
You're welcome and thank you for watching!
Edmond OK? I have Heard of it. What a little piece of history. Thanks for the fun journey. Passenger trains are super quite on purpose in Cali.
Yes you have the right Edmond. I have done a couple videos or so from the area so that might be where you have heard it. We do have some passenger trains but you're right they are quieter. Thank you for watching Nadia!
@@RhettyforHistory I always have fun watching them. How’s the book on Billy the Kid coming along? My neighbor is a train conductor who said they r super quite and fast. On field trip one of the students almost got killed by a train, it came around the corner and missed her by feet. Never heard it coming. Because of her all field trips by the college were canceled.
I have finished the book but idk when I will get to NM to finish filming what I want to on him. Thanks again for the book and the lantern. You really do have to be careful around those trains. I know many people get killed from them by not yielding like they should in a car. So sad because it's usually preventable.
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Wow long train.. Great video sir, i enjoy it.. 👍👍
It was a long fast moving one! Thank you for watching!
nice to see you live Retty and to meet ya lovely laday, gee that train must have been two miles long, shame those two guys never lived to see the line completed.
That is true but it was their own fault! Thank you for watching this video as well as tuning in on the live!
@@RhettyforHistory those men made the west wild and lets face it, they were living on the edge of civilization in a tough world where drink was the only affordable escape from such a hard existance.could many men live like that today, i doubt it. but still, that generation built a nation. and their sad tale is just a fragent of the layer cake. thats what i really like about you retty, you take a little pieces of the wild west jigsaw and slot them into place. in your live chat you asked if you could do anything better, and i couldn't think of anything.... ya doin just fine.
Thank you and I appreciate the kind words. It do like finding the little snippets of history everywhere. I know there are a lot of little pieces that have just been forgotten and that's what I want to try and breathe a little life into so that people know about it.
Great video. Thanks
Thank you and I appreciate you watching!
Wow! You’ve really become a pro at these videos. Great job!
Wow, thanks and I appreciate you watching!
I enjoyed your Edmond Right of Way graves video, I love stories about the Old West and trains. Thank you for including the various photos of trains, train stations, people, and the train tickets. Also, loved seeing the train that went through your story. Rhett, was it raining when you did this video? Because it looked like it was, at least to me.Take care 🐎
Yes it was sort of sprinkling! I was trying really hard not to slip on the tracks, ties or rocks since everything was wet. Thank you so much for watching Brenda and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. The train passing by was just good timing!
Thank you! I love trains and related history🚂🪦
Thank you for watching Brenda! I'll have to see if I can dig up some more train type subjects.
@@RhettyforHistory That would be awesome, thank you🛤🚂
Interesting you always find unusual sites
Thank you do much for watching Debra!
Worked track and B&B for the BNSF RR. The amount of 140-ish year old stuff buried alongside the old Great Northern RR stretches is considerable. Although I never found one (that I was aware of), we were advised to be vigilant for presence of un-marked human graves.
Sounds like you have a lot of railroad experience though. I've never heard of any other graves near a railroad but surely there has to be some out there besides these two. Thank you for watching!
Wow, that was a long train. Seem odd that there are graves right there. Must have been there from long, long ago. I would have thought they would have to have been buried in an actual cemetery Thanks, Rhetty! Very interesting.
Yes the graves have been there since 1886 and long before Edmond was a town much less Oklahoma was a state or Oklahoma Territory. In a way I'm surprised they never moved them to a cemetery once one was established. Thank you for watching Jacquelyn.
Thanks for more info, Rhetty. Take care
Wow! That was a LONG train, LOL. I tried to count how many cars but my eyes couldn't keep up with it! And you're right -- it was bookin', for sure!
When I heard it coming, I thought you might run up there and put a few coins on the tracks, LOL, but I'm sure glad you didn't attempt it -- it was movin' WAY too fast for that!
Entertaining vid, as always! 👍👍
Yes I saw the one coming thru earlier and there was no way I wanted to do that. I've been closer to trains that were moving slower but that was going so fast I didn't want to get closer. Thank you for watching Val! I haven't smashed coins on tracks in a long time.
enjoyed the video..it was very diffrent.. thank you
You're welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed it. I appreciate you watching!
Hey Rhett, that was great.
Very interesting place for graves. I guess back then they buried you where you dropped.
Thanks for that "Bookin it". I guess that shows age.
You take cake and stay safe, my friend.
Thank you and I appreciate you watching!
"Bookin' it!" is probably one of my favorite sayings!
@@RhettyforHistory Rhett, how did you come across these graves? Really. This was fascinating, also, I wasn't making fun of your usage of bookin it. I remember it from the 70's and 80s.
Thank you, sir.
Well since we got the video you made it back across safely. I bet that train was near a mile long. Very interesting video.
Yes! I crossed it with no problem! It's once little set of graves you have to be careful on the access part. Thank you for watching Linda!
Awesome video,,, 👍 Rhetty
Thank you for watching Victoria!
Interesting spot. I'm a huge train fan.
Trains are certainly fascinating. Thank you for watching Betty!
Texas has a lot of family and other small grave sites. Near our house near Austin, is a small family plot with around 4 graves. One has a military type tombstone marked CSA(confederate states of America). Lyndon Johnson is buried(some say screwed into) a grave in his family plot about 60 miles west of here. Once we were driving home using back roads(not I35) from the Dallas area and stumbled across a family plot containing a former Texas governor.
That would be a neat grave to stumble upon. You're right about Texas having a lot of small cemeteries all over. At some point I plan on exploring some of those but I will certainly never be able to see them all. Thank you for watching Patty!
Headed North straight to Minnesota!!!
I really had no idea where it was going. Thank you for watching Stu!
Interesting. Loved the end pics of history.
Glad you like them and thank you for watching!
The train might have been empty. Usually they have an engine at the end to help push, saves the Diesel! You always find the great little graves/cemeteries.
I bet you are right in that it was empty. It was moving really fast. I don't think it would have if it would have been full. Thank you for watching my friend!
That is one long train nice catch
That's a huge unit train!
Yes it was! Definitely nice to see since I was visiting those graves. Thank you for watching Ralph!
Thank you for the video I enjoyed it.from Wasagaa beach,, Ontario,canada
You're welcome Nancy! Thank you for watching from Canada!
If they buried there then i think they be happy hearing the trains Great video Rhetty
You are probably right on that. They may not have heard trains too much since they were working on tracks but I am sure they would be happy that the tracks were completed and it is still used. Thank you for watching!
Your videos are so fascinating. Love the the history. I have been watching for along time. And I subscribe d too. New history from other places in the United States. I live in Upstate New York.
Thank you for watching and being a long time subscriber! You are from a nice area of the country! It is very pretty up that way but I haven't visited there in probably 20 years.
I was enjoying the train and had my attention hijacked by UA-cam as they cut to a Pampers ad. LOL.
What an odd commercial in the middle of a train! Lol! Thank you you watching Bill!
I love trains. Those men are probably more at peace by the tracks than anywhere else.
You are probably right on that. Thank you for watching Harry!
Pretty awesome.
Thank you for watching Susan!
After the Centrailia,Mo massacure;involving Lt Jesse James. The soldiers were initially buried right by the railroad trax. Then they were moved to a cemetary in Jefferson City.
Nice video, I have heard the end of track towns called "He'll on Wheels" that kind of shows it and why the name was given.
You're right about that. Those men were rough and tough in their own way and really they needed to be. Thank you for watching Kirk!
@@RhettyforHistory welcome I can't believe that several times they laid over a mile of track in a day
There were a lot of them working and they were really driven. It really is a huge achievement back then.
@@RhettyforHistory Yes, and bonuses really gave them a lot of extra drive. I had a great great grandfather and a Great Grandfather who cut ties for Norfolk and Western and The C&O, when they came through back home. They were good God fearing men so they didn't hang around when delivering ties
Sounds like you really have some history in the railroad in your family.
That was a baby train. 5,000 feet at most. If you want to know if they are loaded or empty just look at the springs on the trucks. If they are compressed the cars are loaded.
I’ve run loaded grain trains and they don’t need a helper on the rear if the grade is level.
The longest train I ever ran was 17,000 feet long, at 60 MPH. It was fun trying to stop that bad boy.
Sorry if this seems like a very fractured statement. Great video by the way.
Thank you for watching and telling us the length on it. I'm not that knowledgeable on trains. Sure seemed like it was moving fast in that area.
What a cool place to be buried. I’ll bet there have been lots of changes to the railroad system since they have passed on.
Oh yes for sure on that. It would take a railroad expert to point that out. That I am not. Thank you for watching!
Very interesting.
Thank you for watching Sandy!
Love your videos. There's a lone grave (Wm Rankin) north of Bison, OK right off the RR and Hwy 81. Here's the coordinates next time you're in Garfield Co. 36.227656,-97.889509
I did not know about that grave. Thank you for watching and telling about it as well as the location!
Miss those old time box cars that were all different shapes and sizes with a caboose at the end. These cars are all the same!
I still see trains with different cars but it has been forever since I have seen a caboose on a train. I miss those as well. Thank you for watching!
horns are only sounded at intersections/crossing, coming into a station and starting from a stop to name the ones I know. Each horn sound is specific to the situation.
You're right about that. As you can tell in the video you can hear the horn sounding off as it basses thru an intersection about half a mile to the south. For whatever reason I heard no sounds nor the other train as it came from the north despite the intersection being a half mile that ways as well.
Edmond as well as Norman and downtown Oklahoma City is part of what is called a quiet zone... So many people protesting train horns...
Definitely difficult to protest train horns in those areas. They definitely blow them in both. Thank you for watching Steve!
I had no idea. Is the railroad maintaining the graves?
They were for a long time and then with budget cuts they stopped. People were going in with edges and cutting it and probably still do somewhat. The rocks keep a lot of it at bay though. Thank you for watching!
In your introduction what is the town with the mountains? Kinda looks like Ouray but not exactly.
I'm not entirely sure. I made that a couple years ago and I have forgotten the places now.
There is somewhat similar grave near Penwell, Texas. There was no fight involved, but 5 Chinese workers building the railroad died and were buried next to the line. Here is a website: www.permiangen.org/chinese-1881-r.r.-graves-at-penwell-tx.html . I first learned about this from a You Tube video made by a west Texas motorcycle group.
Oh wow! I had no idea about that one. I had to google where that was but if I am ever in that Midland/Odessa area then I will try to stop and check that one out. That is fascinating. I figured there had to me more like this but I wasn't sure where. Thank you for watching and sharing that with me!
They fought each other with spike mauls, eventually dying from their injuries. No hospitals in the area back then.
I really never knew what they fought with but that sure sounds violent. Thank you for watching and filling us in a little more.
If i remember correct, also where are the graves of allmans brothers pass the train near.. the cemetery it’s very beautiful and old.
People are probably buried all over the place that we have no idea about. If that marker wasn't there those rail workers would have just buried them and moved on and this would have been long forgotten about. Makes you wonder how many of those people are out there.
Oh I'm sure they are all over and every so often it seems someone hits a grave by mistake. Thank you for watching.
I could make out a few words on the original stone. Bet a paper tracing would work.
Flashlights are always the best. No damage is done to the marker. You hold the light at angles and it will alow you to read it. The marker says the name, date of death and the age. Thank you for watching!
Rhetty, How did you find it?
I have known about it for awhile. We were up in the area so I just happened to look it up real quick. Turns out I just happened to turn down the right road and was less than 800 feet from it. It was almost like it was meant to be. Thank you for watching!
You said you were just off of Broadway Broadway and what? As fast as the train was going seems like it would be far north of Edmond near Guthrie
This was just south of the Academy. Broadway Ct I think it's called.
I would think the trains coming through would be music to their ears. Many men worked hard and quite a few died laying those tracks.
I haven't had any luck with the Cemetery behind Riverside Indian School. Apparently there could have been more than one Cemetery due to the amount of Native American children that died while in boarding schools. Tomorrow we are going to the Heritage Museum that is in the old railroad depot. The curator of the museum has a lot of records and might know for sure who owns the land. I might mention that across the highway to the East of Riverside Indian School is a field where an incident called the Anadarko Affair party took place. This was an altercation on August 22, 1874 and involved troops from Fort Sill under Colonel John (Black Jack) Davidson and 60 lodges of Noconee Commanches under Red Food. The trouble took place at the Wichita agency at Anadarko. It was ration day at the agency and the Penatekas, the Wichitas, Caddoes and Delawares were drawing their rations. Beef was issued in the morning and the Indians were all scattered throughout the fields South of the agency. Red Food's Commanches and Lone Wolf's Kiowas were on hand to help themselves to to meat which did not belong to them. Colonel Davidson sent for Red Food and when the chief arrived Davidson told him he was under arrest. Colonel Davidson sent Lieutenant Woodward and forty men with Red Food to the camp to collect their weapons. Red Food refused to give up the bows and arrows. These had never been considered as weapons before. A messenger was sent to Colonel Davidson for his decision. While waiting soldiers were holding onto the bridle of Red Food's horse to keep him from fleeing. Kiowas hiding in the brush began taunting Red Food and saying if they give up their bows and arrows they are women. The Kiowas told Red Food if he made a stand against the soldiers they would help him. With this Red Food jumped off his horse and ran into the brush. There was an exchange of gunfire from both parties and the "affair" had begun. There is a hill on the North side of the field East of Riverside called Shirley Hill. A man whose last name was Shirley had a home and a trading post on that hill. Many of the Indians fled up that hill to escape when the battle started. Shirley and his family had been watching the action from an upstairs window with field glasses. Everyone was locked in the house and the trading post was empty. Shirley sent a young black servant boy to saddle his horse so he could ride to the agency because he was afraid they needed help. Once the boy was outside an Indian shot him and wounded him. Shirley and his family was afraid to open the door again and the boy died about sundown. Shirley's trading post had been totally ravaged. The Anadarko Affair lasted several days and is very interesting. This piece of history and many, many more are in the book Carbine and Lance A History Of Old Fort Sill. The Shirley family Cemetery is on top of that hill. Like many of the forgotten cemeteries you have been to the grave markers are spread around on top of the hill. The markers are old and interesting. If you feel like walking up that hill I will find out who owns that as well. I visited the Cemetery but it has been many years.
Yes that Shirley family cemetery sounds like a good one to visit if you can find out who owns it. I would love to talk to them if they are a little apprehensive about letting someone in there. I try to be as respectful as possible to those I cover. That skirmish also sounds interesting and I knew nothing about it. You're right there could be a lot of kids buried in various places from that school. Many of them could be graves that have never been marked. I would love to cover that Riverside but I don't know if that will ever be possible. Thank you for watching and trying to find out more for me.
@@RhettyforHistory I know how respectful you are and if I find out who owns the properties I will let them know you are respectful. I went to the Shirley Cemetery with my father and uncle before they passed. My father was a huge history buff and had an extensive knowledge. I wish you could have met him. He would have loved your channel. My father gave me my love of history. Do you have a copy of Carbine and Lance? I have my father's old copy but you can buy them in the gift shop at Fort Sill. I am sure you can order them as well. You will get a lot out of it if you do not already have a copy.
Your father sounds like he was a wonderful man. I know you have a real love for History and now that makes sense why hearing you speak of him. I'll have to get my hands on Carbine and Lance.
What a different era, just buried them right there. Ha!! Probably wasn’t much around that location back then. I’m Surprised they were never moved.
Paul Stan, Died fighting each other. Reminds me of two brothers in the family back in the Civil War, one fought for the North and the other for the South. So there was a family reunion and both attended and started fighting. So the next year there was two family reunions, one for each brother and it stayed that way because they would fight. After the war they both came home and would start fighting when they ran into each other. So one lived on one side of town and the other at the other far end.
If they ran into each other walking down the same side of the street, one would move to the other side to avoid being on the same side. So went life until one died and was buried in the cemetery on one side. When the other died he made it clear to bury him on the side furthest from his brother on the other side of the same cemetery. The country came back together but not these brothers.
@@samuelschick8813 Wow!! Interesting story. Kinda funny in a sad way.
@@paulstan9828, I agree. So imagine we are sitting in front of the general store playing checkers and we see them coming down the street from opposite directions. You know we are both going to stop playing checkers and watch what happens.
"Well Paul here comes Flynn on the sidewalk on our side."
"Sam, That's alright because the other Flinn is coming down the same side behind you."
" Paul, this will be interesting. Maybe they'll duke it out in the middle of the street and end the silliness."
" Sam, I got $2 on Flinn, F-L-I-N-N"
I forgot to mention the name before the war was spelled Flynn. After the war one of the brothers changed the spelling to Flinn so not to have the same last name. LOL
@@samuelschick8813 Ha!!! That’s so funny. It is an interesting story though. I’m sure it was a site to see.
Yeah I really don't think there was much at all there. It is a strange story and that's about all the details we have. I would have thought they would have been moved too. Thank you for watching!
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4:22 BNSF Grain Train
i tried to count the carages, 98-100
Wow! That's quite a few! Did you have to slow the video down. To get those?
@@RhettyforHistory no .I roughly paid attention and counted, i'm curious like that.its why i like the detail in history. just the way i am. . attention to detail .. like you my friend.. thats all.
Good job on that though!
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