🟥Exploring 15,000-Year-Old Human History in Central Oregon

[@ManCityStandards-tt9zx]

Hey! It’s amazing to see someone actually enjoy hiking here! My family comes hear yearly as an unwind spot. My father and his brother built the wall around the campfire and the cairn at the top of the hill. I know it’s public land, and that we own nothing there, but the deforesting there has really frustrated my family, and prefer if you could try to keep the places you go unknown as not to disturb the forest and surrounding area from pollution and littering. You could say the general area or state where these areas are located. This isn’t my channel or life, so do what you want, but just a helpful recommendation

[@NorthwestBronco]

I was hoping someone with knowledge of the site would comment. It's always fun to hear people stories about a site. Do you know who actually built the whole thing? Also, who Jim and Sunday are? I'll be headed back out in a few days for two nights. Plenty of history surrounding that site including the Meek Cut Off Wagon train that came through there.

[@ManCityStandards-tt9zx]

@@NorthwestBronco My father and his brother built the wall around the campsite as a fun task, and built the cairn as a memorial for my late uncle who took his own life. There may be a light at the top of the mountain at night because of a solar light, but the last time we went up there, a mouse chewed through the cord. There is also a 8-11 inch thick limb twisted off of one of the trees there near the north-western top of the mountain. Not really sure how it happened, but it did. We have no idea what happened with the Jim and Sunday cross. Suspecting it might’ve been a pet like a dog or a cat, or just a memorial.

[@NorthwestBronco]

@@ManCityStandards-tt9zx Very interesting. Well done build indeed. Loved all the tables in the site. It was fun to visit and all this information and history is wonderful. Thank you for the comments!

[@scott6252]

I'm glad to see that the riffraff from bend hasn't made it out there yet.

[@NorthwestBronco]

@@scott6252 Agreed! All those sites seem well respected.

[@Slickrock72]

When I lived in Bend, I riffraffed all over E. Oregon. You should go see the old cinnabar retort (for mercury extraction) up the Dry Creek drainage on the SE slope of Steens mountain, or all the old homestead ruins on the lower Owyhee river. BTW, the human footprints found down at White Sands CO are thought to be 25,000 years old.

[@NorthwestBronco]

@@Slickrock72 I have the east side of Oregon on the radar. Just working my way across the state. I also read recently the stuff in the video may be 18,500 years old. It was fun just to stand there!

[@Slickrock72]

@@NorthwestBronco Hey thanks for the reply. I don't know if the spot you were at is the same one I heard about, near Riley, where they dug below an ash layer believed to be ~18,000 years old and found a scraper, but your video was good stuff! Thank you for posting your travels 'Out There'.

[@NorthwestBronco]

@@Slickrock72 Yep, that's the spot I'm sure. There's lot's of videos on KZbin. Mainly old footage from the OSU students ect. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@dad_wagon1976]

I’ve seen that dig site on Google Earth, I wondered what that was. Thanks for sharing, awesome history.

[@NorthwestBronco]

Thank you Dad Wagon. Great to see you on the last trip!

[@dad_wagon1976]

@@NorthwestBroncoit was a great trip! Pleasure meeting you and look forward to more in the future!

[@JohnDillon-zh7js]

I live in Southern California so tired of the litter bugs.no one littered in sixty’s sevends gets worse every year it’s disgusting .

[@NorthwestBronco]

Agreed, especially historical places. Lot's of spray paint in homestead buildings.

[@nicamotorcyclesandmeditation]

Awesome video! I love all the history! Thank you!

[@NorthwestBronco]

@@nicamotorcyclesandmeditation very welcome!

[@cowelk]

I really enjoy your explorations. I am surprised that you don't have more subscribers. Keep up the good work. When I am in Oregon I try to visit the area that you have posted. Sorry about your tripod. That's a bummer. PS - I didn't see any glitchy video.

[@NorthwestBronco]

Thank you so much. I certainly enjoy sharing my adventures. If you make it here, send me a message. I'd love to meet up out there and do some exploring!

[@kilocharlie6830]

Thank you for another interesting exploration of Oregon's desert country! Looking forward to your Bronco fire video too. Cheers

[@NorthwestBronco]

Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed the video. I'll be working on the fire video soon. Work in progress!

[@johnhartman3149]

I SO read the title wrong. Read that as 15k one year old humans..... Oops. Great video, thanks for sharing

[@NorthwestBronco]

@@johnhartman3149 oh my…..I’ll have to change that thumbnail tomorrow!

[@NorthwestBronco]

Fixed...thank you for the input!

[@BroncoSteven69]

I’m excited to see more info of what the new tracks they found in New Mexico will reveal. 23,000 year old footprints should have more evidence around you’d think.

[@NorthwestBronco]

@@BroncoSteven69 that will be interesting. Just heard they found evidence of 50,000 year old tools. Interesting stuff!!!

[@BroncoSteven69]

Did you hear about the wooden shelter they found under water somewhere that I think was somewhere in the range of 120,000 or so years old. I’ll try to find where that was but I know it was at the base of a waterfall and preserved from the cold water.

[@NorthwestBronco]

@@BroncoSteven69 Never heard of that one, but sounds very interesting. Makes you wonder how old we REALLY are!

[@BroncoSteven69]

For sure. Love your videos.

[@crimson49er]

im trying to imagine a world today where wild camel roam in Oregon!

[@NorthwestBronco]

I was shocked when I read the that myself!

[@catfishjohn56]

had big trouble messing with traps

[@NorthwestBronco]

Can you provide more information?

[@blackpearlvoyager4174]

Looks like you had some fun. It's a little weird though your audio is perfect but your video is glitchy. Maybe hasn't finished uploading to KZbin yet? Anyway have a look see what you think thanks for sharing this too.

[@NorthwestBronco]

Thanks for the comment. I'll take a look. I film on a DJI mini camera and edit with Canva. Hmm

[@NorthwestBronco]

I just finished watching. Looks like it's only the drone footage. I know the camera gimble isn't the best and gets stuck now and then. Maybe it needs to be cleaned.