A Forgotten Town in Northern Texas

A Forgotten Town in Northern Texas - Driving through Northern Texas, we stumble upon a forgotten town. This town, unlike most towns in Texas, is a virtual time capsule filled with forgotten items from the past. Not only that, this small town in the middle of nowhere happens to be in the top 500 best places to live in the United States of America!!!
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[@jamesrockford6700]

It always amazes me how many backroad towns have been forgotten... I think about all the people who were there when the town was rolling but now are gone. I wish there more preservation of these places for our future generations to see and visit. Thanks Sally and Marty.

[@SightseeingSally]

You're welcome :) I'd be willing to bet, though, in these forgotten towns, some of the townsfolk like it just the way it is. Quiet. No tourists. Things the way they've always been. At least, that would be me, if I lived in one of them, lol.

[@JohnShinn1960]

Looks like somewhat fresh paint on the playground equipment! Horseshoes! 👍👍👍🛌

[@SightseeingSally]

@John Shinn - Good eye! Thanks for pointing that out.

[@timbobigginsdoc3167]

I GREW UP THERE, THAT CAFE WITH THE ROYAL CROWN COLA AD WAS SKELLY CAFE. GREAT FOOD, AND EVEN HAD A JUKEBOX IN IT! WE WOULD EAT THERE BEFORE THE FOOTBALL GAMES! I PLAYED FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL ON THOSE FIELDS! I ATTENDED THE SKELLYTOWN SCHOOL BACK IN THE DAY, AND I RECENTLY DID A VIDEO ON MY KZbin CHANNEL OF THE INSIDE OF THE OLD SCHOOL BUILDING. IT WAS BUILT IN THE 20’s AND SHUT DOWN AROUND 2000. ~SKELLYTOWN~

[@faithford9143]

Thank you for the sharing. Very cool old stuff. I like the ride. And the quietness of the town

[@SightseeingSally]

You bet, so glad you enjoyed it!

[@moviefreak30728]

My wife and I love your show Sally. We always watch you daily. Keep the videos coming. Thanks again. The building with SKEL-TEX C.U. Is Skel-Tex Credit Union and is located on 400 Main St. Skellytown TX. They are still open as of today January 29, 2024. Thought people my wonder about it.

[@howitzer8946]

A fun one. THANK YOU SO MUCH SALLY! Never would of known this without you.

[@SightseeingSally]

You’re very welcome, it was my pleasure!!

[@badgerpa9]

Nice little town. Horse shoe toss is the game, we had to chase the horses down and wrestle them for the shoes up hill both ways. Glad to see the relic is doing well also. I still love the old playground equipment. Thank you for the video, Stay well you guys.

[@SightseeingSally]

Lol, yep he’s still alive and kicking

[@glennjudd2467]

A game called horse shoe , it was big with my grand parents & neighbors in Snoqualmie, washington , when I was visiting during the summer in the 60s ! Those where the days ! Oh & the merry go around or whatever its called ! Kinda big thing at the drive end theater! Amazing finding these forgotten towns !

[@SightseeingSally]

Such a great memory Glenn, I can picture how it must have been back then!!

[@glennjudd2467]

@@SightseeingSally neighbors would get together & have dinners & play horse shoe ! Men that is ! Great time to be alive !

[@MrVonMengesdorf]

My home town. I grew up here in the 90's. It was a happening place back then.

[@livinwithcovid1845]

Sally and Marty Rock. Love the video. Happy Tuesday everyone 🎙👍🤘

[@SightseeingSally]

Rock on! Thanks so much 💖🤩

[@bobholmes65]

My favorite KZbinrs! Sally and Marty you are the best. I love your videos.

[@DeeMoback]

Drove long-distance trucking for years.....went through there many times..... used that old road to go around Amarillo on the way up through Denver and beyond.... thanks for the tour ....yup

[@larryt510]

Excellent 👌. I love exploring old towns that have become abandoned!

[@SightseeingSally]

Thanks Larry!

[@bonniekaye]

*Loved the video, Sally!* ❤⚘❤

[@SightseeingSally]

Thank you Bonnie!!!❤️

[@Livefreestaywild]

I love these kind of towns I will have to check this out. Isn’t getting hot there lol you guys need to make it up north.

[@SightseeingSally]

Lol I’m thinking a place up in Iceland might be good right about now. It’s been 90 plus degrees with over 60% humidity in northern Wisconsin, which is where we spend our time when not on the road.

[@duanelogan9633]

Kind of reminded me of children of the corn LOL and I would say you were talking about a game of horseshoes and did they have Toys back then ??? Hahaha LOL 😆😂🥴🌺🏆👍✌️

[@SightseeingSally]

Lol, I'd be willing to bet you've tossed a horseshoe or two back in the day, Duane! No toys, back then we had to walk 10 miles to school in blizzards up hill all the way hahaha 😜✌️

[@duanelogan9633]

@@SightseeingSally lmao LOL 😆

[@mikesmith2175]

Very nice content, videography, and editing

[@SightseeingSally]

Thank you so much 😀

[@geoffmorgan6059]

Horseshoe play set. Toss the horseshoe on the ring for a point.

[@SightseeingSally]

Yesss!!! In my hometown, they have horseshoe leagues in the summer.

[@williamshaffer9216]

I love your videos, Sally! I love your commentary and your cameraman does an amazing job!

[@SightseeingSally]

Thanks William!

[@donnavaughn5393]

Thanks you dear sweet Sally see you soon

[@SightseeingSally]

You’re very welcome 😊

[@katiemoyer8679]

Consider touring small town volunteer fire departments. Some have really cool older model engine and pumpers. Nice vid Sally & Marty. 👍. Ohh, I remember diaper service trucks. 😂.

[@SightseeingSally]

That’s an interesting suggestion, I’ll keep that in mind. Thanks Katie 😊

[@hippie4life61]

the building that says uncle tom's used to be first a fina gas station when i bought it and we changed it to texaco then the guy we sold it to closed it ...the yellowblding next to it is where we did detailed car washes and the wall where the uncle toms is hanging used to be a sliding glass garage door where our hydralic lift was to work on vehecles in need and lastly there was a small island where our gas pumps where out front

[@cherrylove3656]

really enjoyed this video you make exploring fun and enjoyable and your absolutely right about kids today have know idea about what they are missing

[@SightseeingSally]

Thanks so much Cherry 🍒

[@jameslyons1624]

Thank you

[@SightseeingSally]

You’re welcome

[@aaabeverages7152]

I did two crossings og Texas and its like traveling around the earth.

[@SightseeingSally]

That’s really cool. Texas is huge!!! There’s so much more to see, I’m looking forward to coming back and seeing more of it.

[@scottconnell8167]

Another good video where do you find all these old towns👍

[@SightseeingSally]

Thanks! Mostly by chance as we’re passing through.

[@hippie4life61]

something else you should know sally is there was a cabot carbon black plant there that my uncle worked at and when we would come and visit from california you honestly could see the black smoke coming from the plant from amarillo ...they couldnt use clothes lines in skellytown because your clothes would turn black...really no lie ...check it out you should find info about it

[@user-cptpwp]

Wow, - been a while since we visited Skellytown to see aunt Lee, uncle Howard and Bryan. Aunt Lee passed in 2013, 95 years old. Bryan and I are the same age, 81. 1955, we visited on Halloween, put a log across main street to celebrate. Uncle Howard worked at Carbon black, so we are related High school was in White Deer.

[@mikemadunic7960]

Don't feel bad Sally. I'm also old enough to remember cloth diapers lol. I wore them as a baby. Dy-Dee Wash Diaper Service was the one I think my parents used. Nothing quite like getting poked with a diaper pin eh? The things we had to go through lol.

[@SightseeingSally]

Lol or having to wear rubber pants over the top of them!!

[@LostOnLandAgain]

I love those old playgrounds. They still have horseshoe pits around here and there. I guess enough people haven't been smacked in the head with a shoe so they haven't taken them all out yet. :)

[@SightseeingSally]

I’m thinking if you hit someone accidentally in the head while playing a game of horseshoes, ya probably shouldn’t be playing hahaha

[@gregelliott5016]

I think once money and people start coming back to Skellytown, then they can fix up the football field and baseball field. That spot you point out I think would have been for horse shoes

[@rg1599]

Good job taking the glasses off. Interesting stop.

[@SightseeingSally]

Thanks, I pay attention lol

[@charausten5242]

As a kid I remember seeing Skelly gas stations. Wonder if there's a connection to the oil company that the town was named for.

[@SightseeingSally]

I wondered the same.

[@timbobigginsdoc3167]

YES, THE TOWN WAS NAMED AFTER SKELLY OIL COMPANY.

[@hippie4life61]

yes there is

[@daviddaughenbaugh1080]

Horseshoe!

[@SightseeingSally]

Yes!!!

[@david-lt9wj]

I saw the lights on in the CU....you make the American interior an attractive place....Nick Johnson makes it a scary place...

[@SightseeingSally]

I’m going to take that as a compliment, thanks David!

[@david-lt9wj]

@@SightseeingSally America looks lovely the way you present it...a place I really want to go to.... Nick Johnson scares the pants off of me..

[@david-lt9wj]

Marty looks really good today....and you do too Sally...

[@SightseeingSally]

Thanks David, sometimes Marty cleans up well lol

[@teamhols1190]

Sooooo...do you remember that kid you met in Aurora Texas? If you don’t then just disregard this entire thing, but if you do then that’s me. Hello! Great video!

[@SightseeingSally]

Yes!! I sure do, that was over by the park with the flying saucer 🛸 helloooo there and thank you 🤩

[@teamhols1190]

@@SightseeingSally I never actually knew that there was a place in Texas called Skellytown. You learn something new every day lol

[@SightseeingSally]

Lol yes, we do!

[@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434]

Sally we have Royal Crown Cola, we call it RC Cola! Remember 80's!

[@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434]

Pensacola

[@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434]

Sally is a mysterious girl! Were you ever a Nun!

[@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434]

Hey Sally! One of these days I'm gonna steal you from Marty! Just kidding!

[@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434]

How's Tom Hanks? WW2 Relic!

[@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434]

Take care my friend!

[@tomkouts5713]

Pitch horses often, also washers.

[@SightseeingSally]

Fun times!! Beanbags, too?

[@tomkouts5713]

@@SightseeingSally yep

[@SightseeingSally]

Cool!

[@cecilshults2679]

its pronounced Skelly Town not skeelyton ! i know because my grandmaw Flippo and aunt Joyce lived there on the main street for as long as i can remember . I was born in Borger Tx in 1949 and lived in White Deer Tx until i was 4 then we moved to Lefors Tx . My dad worked for Northern Natural Gas , which had natural gas pipe line boosting plants both in Lefors (Grayco Plant) and the plant in Skellytown . My uncle Ervin Carper worked at the Skellytown plant . Both plants had housing built on site for the employees . Northern Natural Gas was sold to Enron in the early 70"s and the Greyco plant in Lefors was demolished , forcing us to move to Pampa Tx in 1964 .I dont know exactly when the Skellytown plant was demolished , my uncle died in 1968 while i was in Vietnam Both were converted to computer controlled opperation from the home office in Omaha Nebraska .i visited the site in 1994 and there wasnt hardly any evidence that either even existed

[@david-lt9wj]

My friend snapped his leg when we were playing on a banana swing..

[@SightseeingSally]

Ouch!! Ok, that definitely doesn’t sound fun.

[@david-lt9wj]

@@SightseeingSally he missed a lot of school.....

[@jimmccabe3150]

listen to the birds ....before they get destroyed in the bird choppers......electric wind turbines....oh we can't say that it's green not red....love the video

[@williamhelms9942]

@ 8:39, horseshoe pit.

[@mr.breeze9657]

YT might have banned Buc-ees comments. lol Thought I made one but it was deleted? Build it and they will come. lol

[@SightseeingSally]

I wouldn’t be surprised if they did lol not sure what happened, I didn’t see it on my end.

[@robertchristian4679]

You don't see to many play ground equipment anymore

[@SightseeingSally]

Seems like only in small towns out in the middle of nowhere.

[@robertchristian4679]

@@SightseeingSally I'll bet

[@davidcarlisle6244]

Has Marty gotten bored with videos or did he misbehave and do something KZbin frowns on. No doesn't sound like Marty.

[@SightseeingSally]

Lol, no, not Marty! Ha sounds like you know him pretty well hahaha

[@davidcarlisle6244]

@@SightseeingSally No I just know what would get me in trouble.

[@jasonmushersee]

when the oil dried up. gm says cars/trucks 100% electric by 2035 one has to wonder saudi arabia years from now

[@JohnShinn1960]

What a heck of a ghost town that'll be.🕸

[@Travel726Gossip]

How Can I talk to Marty please ?

[@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434]

Sally Town or Skelly Town?

[@SightseeingSally]

Lol

[@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434]

@@SightseeingSally LOL Lolly!

[@david-lt9wj]

I don’t know how your skin takes the Texas sun....I need long sleeved shirts in England, Or sometimes I sweat it out in a jumper in the hot sun ,if I haven’t got a LSS.

[@SightseeingSally]

I used to intentionally sunbathe in the sun to get a suntan when I was younger. I guess I’m just used to frying up like a lobster lol

[@david-lt9wj]

@@SightseeingSally Australia complains of melanomas....

[@david-lt9wj]

@@SightseeingSally I try not to show skin between 11am and 5pm...

[@david-lt9wj]

@@SightseeingSally genetically not every Nordic can adapt to a fry up,I can't....i tried ..

[@Travel726Gossip]

Dear Hi

[@SightseeingSally]

Hi!

[@DanielPerez-ee3wp]

We will see many forgotten plays northeast United States with the inflation over us all.

[@SightseeingSally]

I think you're right Daniel.

[@brucelovenite]

that is for playing horseshoes

[@williamwurthmann1573]

Horse shoe pit Sally .

[@SightseeingSally]

Yes!!! That’s exactly it, Anthony