How This Utah Hotel Legally Became a Town
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You should send Amy there so she can find out the answer to the third question, "What do they have a the buffet?" #JusticeForAmy
And are the jail cookies good?
Nice try Amy's alt account
@@caltheuntitled8021I would get myself arrested in Ruby's Inn just to try the jail cookies!
I went there in February 2023 and all the buffet had was a soup and salad bar.
Also, the jail was snowed in so we couldn't get any jail cookies 😢
Also how much is the sales tax?
This could definitely be a great premise for a horror movie. A family’s car crashes and they all wake up in a hotel that takes up an entire town, all run by a manager that has something to hide…
You can check any time you like, but you can never leave....
Could make for a good episode of Scooby Doo 👻
There is a movie exactly like this, except it is a couple that crash their car in the middle of a desert road with a motel and dinner. I saw it a few weeks ago.
Utah itself is a horror story
@@jeromefitzroyIt's got extreme weather, rugged and dangerous terrain, fierce wildlife, local myths/legends; and most importantly, it's inhabited by a mysterious cult of religious zealots with strict morals and unconventional sexual practices.
Imagine growing up in a town miles and miles from anywhere with literally half the people there being your cousin.
It's like rural Ireland except all of our closely related villages and by roads are no more than 5 miles from normal towns.
Sounds like a place straight out of Alabama, right?😂
plus the 2 million visitors per year
Well, that's your town slogan "Ruby's Inn, where banjo plays"
yeah except ireland is trash
@@maciejzettt I live on a 2 mile long stretch of road, with farms going out behind all of us. Murnanes literally dominate half of the 350+ population of the Letterlickey valley of the Coraigh Parish, then Dalys have about 70 or so and a few other surnames are speckled due to having only daughters and so on. I'm cousins with all murnanes as we lived on the land since the local Lord White owned all of Bantry. There is a book on our interconnectedness and we are cousins with the dalys to in a lot of instances. My friends finds it really weird that there are 80+ or so households where we are at most 5th cousinsfrom eachother, with many many more in areas just a few miles away, as that's how much a marriage match usually goes as far as.
Explains the famine a good bit (though quotas for the lords are the other reason).
Been here before, the rooms are incredibly musty and reek of mold and mildew. There was only one other hotel available that was booked out to capacity already. Was curious why such a thriving tourist spot only had two hotels... that's when I realized the whole town was owned by one group.
I stayed down in the actual town of Bryce, my hotel was fine.
I actually go down to Ruby's Inn about once a year cause I camp in the area nearby. It's a pretty fun place as far as tourist traps go, but the whole of Garfield County is absolutely beautiful and a phenomenal place to go camping. It's also one of the least densely populated counties in the lower 48, so you get amazing star gazing.
I spent a couple of weeks backpacking in that area many years ago and it is indeed incredible. For those who have never seen Canyonlands, do it!
@@festerofest4374 How was the camping? I've never heard of this place before this video, but I'm always down for new camping spots to visit.
This area was the first time I ever saw the Milky Way in the sky! The scenery was breathtaking too
I've been through there many times, sometimes with Bryce as the destination and sometimes just passing through. Usually camp somewhere to the south west of Bryce. Beautiful area.
@@RotoMarzenia Check out Kodachrome Basin state park if you're looking to camp in the area. It's a good campground about 30 minutes from Bryce. I can also confirm that the stargazing is amazing. Try to time it with a new moon for the best experience.
Honestly, becoming a town to save on tax dollars is perhaps the most Utah thing I have ever heard... And I would know!
Well if they weren't getting county services like water, road salting or disposal anyway then it was entirely unfair to pay the county for neglecting them
@@Mcfunface downright criminal, even!
@@thomasmontoya302could even call it a kind of... Theft.
The 79 family members living in a town with less than 150 people is even more Utah.
@@carnifex2005LOL yes.
My younger sister used to work at Ruby's inn and I came and stayed with her for a few weeks each summer. The current owner's sons/grandsons got away with harassment and bullying and my sister had to take her dog everywhere for protection from them. Now I see how deep the nepotism runs... it makes more sense why she said it wouldn't do any good to report them.
They literally own the town. From the land, to the businesses, to the local government.
Stuff that happened, eh?
One of the maby problems with one business family incorporating as town is that they now control the responsible court and law enforcement...
Infinite corruption glitch
The story suddenly got much darker
To be honest, Ruby is the perfect businessman. Instead of being rigid, he had a foresight and let the development of his place at some initial cost
Not sure about perfect, it's hard to not profit from a gift.
-Amendment called "controversial"
-Passes unanimously
Uh...
"The dissenters were a *very vocal* minority..."
It's so wholesome seeing this mom and pop business following in the great American tradition of company towns. 😍
When I visited in 2015, my shoes fell apart before the hike, so I had to get a new pair at the store. Still using these shoes in 2023, with memories of Bryce. It's probably the best national park in the US that I've visited.
Super interesting! Please consider doing a video about how the town outside of Grand Canyon National Park became incorporated because of a group of property development investors in Italy.
I thought they already did.
Fun fact...when i was a Mormon missionary serving in Orderville Utah, i noticed the sisters in my district that serviced Colorado City (they were not white, so they were safe from kidnapping but not from racism), their are also covered this Hollywood town.
My dumbass brought it up with any leader I could that we should have someone go down there at least once to see if anyone there needed anything, service, whatever. I heard randomly that after i gave up on it, the sisters did at some point go there and it was just a Hollywood set. Far away from anything. They wasted over 4 hours and lots of miles getting there. Not to mention they dont like driving out to nowhere unlike me.
In my defense i only advocated it because i thought theyd do what I did and talk to the locals first before going, and i had done the sme thing successfully myself when i was in Enoch Utah. I went out to Lund, which has a population of 2.5 and the 2 permanent residents were actually hoping sometime missionaries would just plop on theie doorstep...despite them living an hours drive from the nearest house. And that house was almost a farsee away from the nearest community. This kind of secretly hoping stuff is pretty common. But anyway, happy ending there.
I was at the Cowboy Buffet a few weeks ago.. the most impressive thing was the wall of light switches as you walk in. That deserves a video in itself.
Shout out to the random close up of a hard disk drive as Sam says "four" at the 2:13 mark.
The 1970s was a disco ball, 2004 was a... hard drive? I realize 2004 wasn't all that iconic, but maybe something that actually happened that year could be representative? Disco ball in to Beyonce, who won her first (4) Grammys that year would have been killer. But if that is copyrighted, why not a rainbow flag for the first gay wedding, in Massachusetts?
Hmm, I wonder how closely these Syretts are related to Aaron Syrett from the Utah Film Commission. I wouldn't be surprised if he were one of the members of the 3rd generation.
I've stayed at the hotel before. Nice place.
But what did they have at the buffet 🤔
We should orginaze a movement to take over the town and elect Sam mayor; rename the town "Half as Wendover" and shut everything down except for the jail which now only sells bricks. And maybe fresh cookies too.
What about fresh cookies made from brick, and bricks made of cookie?
@@InventorZahran great now I am imagining one of those super realistic cake sculputures shaped like a brick made up by cookie and brownie layers on the inside
Utah already has Half a Wendover.
Quite literally, there's an "East Wendover" city that contains the Wendover Airport and Peppermill Concert hall located in Utah, and then "West Wendover", where gambling is legalized within Montego Bay and the Resort at Wendover casinos just across the state lines in Nevada.
@@unitepunxIndeed, although the concert hall is in Nevada, not Utah. The Wendover Nugget and Montego Bay, being casinos, are of course in Nevada, but both of them have a good chunk of their parking in Utah. On google maps the Montego Bay’s hotel awning (where you’d temporarily park while checking in to the hotel) pokes into Utah a bit, though I’m not sure that’s real and not google drawing the border a bit wrong. Across the street though, you can definitely park in a parking structure in Utah and walk across a bridge into Nevada and directly into the Wendover Nugget casino. There’s also an enclosed “skybridge” between the two casinos across the main street through town, just a bit on the Nevada side of the border, but it’s the bridge across the border itself that tickles my interest.
@@unitepunxWas just going to comment on West Wendover, NV and how it was already Half as Wendover!! Interesting-ish little place we drove thru from visiting some NPS properties in Idaho on our way to Great Basin... Mainly to see Wendover Will. (NV residents familiar with Vegas Vic & felt the need to visit it's Guinness World Record Holding spiritual brother.)
Very informative video as always y'all.
But just a heads up, the captions y'all used had a lot of misspellings and run on sentences. I'd double check with whomever writes to make sure it's correct.
I feel obligated to watch this video considering I am a Bryce living in Utah. 😅
The spammers are out in force today.
yup
And they've gotten worse since they started using AI. Now it's not just a barrage of rubbish, it's a barrage of nonsensical rubbish :(
Yeah, they really need to crack down on the spammers so I can get legitimate advice from comments like investing in gold
@@PaganWNo, don't invest in gold. Invest in BTC!
Sounds a bit like Rosemont, Illinois, which I remember correctly was the Stephens family farm, and has pretty much been controlled by the Stephens family since it was incorporated.
I swear I've seen that town name in the comments of another HAI video....
now we need another video about the cowboy buffet and steak room
Bummed your field correspondent amy didnt answer the third question by going to the buffet. We need a follow up!
Hey, finally a video about a place I only lived one county away from! Even t he locals have no idea what to really call this place.
I just realized this is the building/monument you find shortly after the start in Horizon: Forbidden West and it suddenly makes a lot more sense why this tiny building would be so prominent as a location.
Now I want Jail Cookies...
This seems a lot like the mess that's ongoing with the Ohio Renaissance Festival has with the city it's part of except in reverse and still ongoing.
Essentially, the nearby city promised them utilities and other things if they joined...except the city wasn't what would be providing those, it was the county that would have done it anyway. And that lawsuit to leave the city is on hold for at least the next few days because the town is collapsing and there's going to be a vote about disincorporating tomorrow...
How did it go?
give whole new meaning to the phrase "company town", which I hope they are not >_>
"You load sixteen tons, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. Saint Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go... I owe my soul to the company store!"
- Merle Travis
We love this inn and adore visiting it
What's it like? This video is making me look at Bryce Canyon as my next camping trip.
Grew up in Henrieville just down the road from Ruby's Inn and went to school with the Syretts. Literally was so confused as to who he was talking about because down here they're pronounced
sigh-retts, but very good video otherwise. I didn't even know how they did it, but one day, Ruby's Inn was just a town, now I know!
I'm waiting for the bricks reference
It’s never.
If you can ever pass Ruby's Inn when it isn't plastered with too many people it is a wonderful place.
Plastered?
@@Blue-Maned_Hawk plastered meaning comprised.
@@DiamondAJ I've only ever seen it used to describe someone who's either drunk or is fucked stupid.
@@Blue-Maned_Hawk How interesting!
I've been to Bryce Canyon and of course Ruby's, just to shop, but still the place was pretty fun and well organized. Bryce is absolutely worth the drive to go see, it's amazing and unique. I'd love to go back, especially if it was snow covered
Loved this on Nebula ❤
amazing as usual
Live less than an hour away, never knew the story….who woulda guessed
Bro it’s pronounced “sigh-rett”. I worked there while I was taking university classes in the national park. That’s my claim to fame.
I've been to a place in Northern Nevada that served as a car gas station, hotel, airport 'tower' and casino in a little 2 story building.
An important lesson for the counties: If you take taxes but neglect services (“cash-cow” corruption)…don’t act surprised when people find a way out from under your (corrupt) thumb.
Yet it can be argued the town is now even more corrupt
@@fermutwo in what ways?
@porterj9360 They're a company town now, if you've heard of those you'll know why that's not so okie dokie
The State of Utah empowered the formation of townships to weaken the power of counties, in part to allow this, and to weaken the power of whatever county Ruby's Inn was in, Beaver? It also disempowers the citizens of that county. They passed several laws to break up local government entities that threatened the power of the legislature in favor of local voters.
Question, is this also one of the most closely related (didn't want to say inbred), towns in the US?
Well he said 73 was of the family so probably so😊
I actually avoided that hotel because of the cost when I went to Bryce and Zion on a trip. Stayed at Harolds Place Cabins & Inn which was like 20 minutes from park at a third of the cost. Huge bonus is I went outside at night and stared up at the sky for a few minutes, as there was literally no lights for miles, and enjoyed the best view of the night sky I'd ever saw.
Honestly, love these people lol
Probably by finding the ultimate hidden brick video.
>:(
LEGISLATOR: Elected member of a legislative body. LEGISLATURE: The branch of state government responsible for enacting laws.
You're one of only two people on the internet who have ever dedicated an entire video to my home state of Utah. And to that I say "oh my heck!"
Thanks for explaining this.
A festival for prairie dogs would be great. Chipmunks are invited.
I think we can guess what’s in the Cowboy Buffet.
Tough beef and disappointment.
Wow, interesting story about my state! What inspired you to make a video of it?
in Idaho I'm pretty sure that one of the travelers oasis truck stops is legally a town.
I've been there during my USA tour in 2000. Never knew this
2:13 a hard drive? is that the 2004 version of the mirrorball?
I've stayed there multiple times and even eaten at the cowboy buffet, however unfortunately it was during the pandemic so I failed to properly experience the true beauty of the buffet as it was service only like a cowboy restaurant as opposed to a buffet.
Funny you post this today. I just sprained my ankle there two days ago
Been through here many times and had no idea of any of this!
I love the stock video of the laughing man.
2:35 seeing the airbourne photo i can say that it looks yuk from the above as some sort of nature resort... probably cause its more Ruby's Parking Lot than a Ruby's Inn xD it could be so beatuful but the parking lots make it look like some disneyland...
In Australia we have a lot of pubs that’s are towns it’s pretty much a pub and old mates donga
This, right here, is the American dream!
Yo one of the current Syretts was my high school track “rival” great guy
But no joke, it's a great place to stay if you're going to Bryce. The buffet is good, pool is nice, and it's not too pricy.
This is a really cool place, I love Utah!
Reminds me of Mary's Igloo, Alaska.
Hey! I'm from around those parts, and the Syretts are my distant relatives, somehow. Everyone around there are related some way or another.
One of my relatives built the original grand fireplace in Ruby’s Inn
This is the most Utah thing ever. -Omar St
I wanna visit this place more than anywhere else.
Hey, I actually stayed at that inn! It was alright, though I seem to remember their coffee was awful
The ruby family looks so beautiful ^^
Amy missed out on a great field trip here.
I love ruby's in!
man towns can be weird. there's a town in Norway that's a part of Russia, there's a town thousands of miles away from the nearest civilization, and there's a house that's a town
@Sam here’s that follow-up video idea
there's more than 138 people in my sister's apartment building!
I went to this place a few months ago. Never knew about this.
The captions seem… very off. Worth looking into!
I really don't get these "legal" definitions of what a town, city or whatever is. A town is an urban human settlement with 100,000-250,000 people living there. Less than a city, more than a village.
These videos are the perfect length to waste just enough time at work to take a break but not be noticed by anyone lol
This video makes me want to go to Bryce Canyon for some camping.. so yay?
This hotel has the best flat iron steak I’ve ever tried
Me: oh boy! HAI video just dropped! I can’t wait to learn!
Captions: no.
I've been to Bryce Canyon 5 times and never known any of this!!!
Great video.
Does Nebula cover content besides ‘casual educational’? I watch a lot of that, but I also watch stuff on D&D and other roleplaying games, and some that’s a mix of topics. UA-cam has been trying to shed viewers for a while now by increasing the number and length of ads, then blocking people who use security measures like VPNs which also block many ads. I’d rather buy a Nebula subscription than one for UA-cam premium, but it seems like Nebula only covers a subset of the topics I’m interested in.
If you’d picked an older image of Mr. Ruby, it wouldn’t matter if the image was licenseable or not. I’m sure you know about copyright expiration, but still.
after watching this video I had a nightmare about being stuck here and also the family turned out to be cannibals
Utah reference, go crasy
As soon as you put Nebula on Samsung TV I’m buying it
Haha the Santa-like dude on the bike
Can the owner now tax his own employees?
Grew up 3 hours away and would go as a child to Ruby’s Inn fun times
"goddamit, the mormons beat us!"
I live in Utah and did not know about this.
0:31 subtitles say “Bryce Kenyon” 💀
There is literally nothing bad that can come from this. There's no way they would pass ordinances that would make trivial behaviors illegal, generating profits (sorry, fines). There's no way they would charge admissions fees (sorry, tolls) use the road. It's just not possible for them to increase the city portion of the sales profits (sorry, sales tax).
Realistically there's a limit to how ridiculous they could go, because being too greedy could compromise the underlying business. Also it's a very small town, so if they get too out of hand, it wouldn't be too hard to revoke their charter.
the government already does this though.
As opposed to Garfield county doing all of those things?
@@SchemingGoldberg Presumably, the voters of Garfield County have a say in their council keeping their jobs. Not so true in the literal company town of Ruby's Inn.
@@lagautmd The council of Ruby Inn is elected, of course the people there have a say in things. It's just the same as any other small rural town. Corruption happens everywhere, it's not unique to Ruby Inn.
Heyyy, that's where I stayed on my US trip in August
5:45 I want jail cookies😢
3:30 that guy looks like young gilbert gottfried
I've never heard of a country named "Utah". Where is it located?
2:14 I am trying to figure out why there is a random picture of the underside of a hard drive here.
Because hard drives were the main form of computer data storage in 2004 (the year the narrator mentions).
@@InventorZahran But they have been since long before 2004, and they still are.
Isn't it a bit like choosing a car to represent 2004? Yeah they were the most popular transport option, but they also were in 1984 and will be in 2024 so it's not very representative of 2004 in particular
@@Spacemongerr I say it should have been Beyonce, since she won her frst solo Grammy (four in fact) that year. If that's "copyrighted" (while Garfield isn't?) then maybe a rainbow flag for the first gay marriage?
@@PapaVanTwee5 Beyonce might work (I dont know enough about her to judge).
But the first gay marriage _technically_ happened in 1970, and the first gay marriage that took place after explicit legalization happened in 2001.
Though I guess if you were talking in a US-specific context then yeah 2004.
I mean if they were doing everything to keep the place running anyway, then heck, they really should be able to use that cash for it 🤷🏿♀️