Exploring the LEAST POPULATED County in the USA // Loving County, Texas // Population 64

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@ryanwolf4101
@ryanwolf4101 Жыл бұрын
4 people, including the Loving County Judge, were arrested last year by the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association for cattle rustling.
@KabobHope
@KabobHope Жыл бұрын
That means 6.25% of the population was in jail. What a police county!
@HateTheGameTX
@HateTheGameTX Жыл бұрын
John C. Loving, the son of Oliver Loving, was a founding member of TSCRA
@johndaugherty4127
@johndaugherty4127 Жыл бұрын
Wow. Now there are only 6 people left in the county!
@rodneyringler3745
@rodneyringler3745 Жыл бұрын
@@KabobHope it takes over an hour to drive 100mph from one end to the other. POLICING????🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦‍♂️
@brt-jn7kg
@brt-jn7kg Жыл бұрын
Folks that weren't raised in Texas don't understand how serious we take cattle rustling in this state. Property laws and laws about animals of husbandry or probably the first taught laws to children in the state of Texas.
@brandiewhisenhunt289
@brandiewhisenhunt289 Жыл бұрын
Welcome to noisy, dirty, stinky, oilfield country! Pretty cool to know about loving co tho! Thanks !
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Haha it was definitely different! I liked Mentone 😊
@chasethesky1
@chasethesky1 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, well, I like to be able to pull up to a gas pump and fill up my pickup.
@michaelmarshall55
@michaelmarshall55 Жыл бұрын
in 1959, when I was 8, i discovered Loving County was the least populated county in the USA- thanks to my family’s brand new Collier gazeteer !
@hikerguy3895
@hikerguy3895 Жыл бұрын
Grew up in Loving County. My parents still live there and have a ranch. Great video. BTW: we pronounce Bexar as Bear County (Spanish) Edit: I see many have corrected that and some were just a$$holes when doing it. Again, I enjoyed the video.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Thank you! And I just lol at people when they’re jerks. Usually people are understanding.
@nicolasmedellin8243
@nicolasmedellin8243 Жыл бұрын
I`ll go for his food I will ! I got go soon . How`s the fishing on that part of the Peco`s River ? Does anyone know ?
@larsedik
@larsedik Жыл бұрын
Let us know what the "lasanga" is like.
@polyrhythmia
@polyrhythmia Жыл бұрын
Not much lovin' goin' on in Loving County, I guess. In Iowa, the Pecos River would be a creek that doesn't have a name. I bet the air really smells like oil. I went to Fort Davis four times, and could smell the oil in the Midland area.
@ssnerd583
@ssnerd583 Жыл бұрын
I kinda wish I didnt know where that was....but....after working in the west Texas and SE New Mexico oil fields for the last 8 years......yeah....Culberson Co is very sparsely populated county.....most live down along I10 and not much farther north....38xx square miles and other than down along I10, there may be a couple hundred people......in 38xx square miles....
@stixstat
@stixstat Жыл бұрын
Has Biff franchised?
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Yup! 😂😂
@conniealexander2960
@conniealexander2960 Жыл бұрын
My father is buried on a ranch here, and my son is a deputy. Loving County has been in my life since I was 12. Yes it is desolate, but desolation has it's own magic, it's own draw. Look past the present oil field noise and traffic, and you will see that magic. But that oil field provides good jobs, as a Texan, I will never knock that industry; in fact, I defend it. I was born in Pecos, raised in Toyah, lived in Balmorhea ( Go Bears!), lived in Kermit( my oldest son was born there), spent time playing around Mentone's old school house during community dinners. It hurt to hear that it was torn down in the name of progress. This county is in my blood, and my father is there forever. How can I not love that old county?
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
@gustavoramos1439
@gustavoramos1439 Жыл бұрын
I worked in Kermit for sometime. And I must say I loved those towns the locals were very inviting!!
@charlessansom4849
@charlessansom4849 Жыл бұрын
The old school is gone? Dang, sad. 😢
@lindajohnson4204
@lindajohnson4204 Жыл бұрын
My immediate superior, in the first job I got by asking for one, was Maria, who was raised in Toyah, TX. She was a very nice lady, who was very tolerant of my many nervous mistakes. It was a Mexican restaurant, and I was in the kitchen, watching them make green chile. Someone broke a glass, and since I was learning the job, Maria ordered me to clean it up. So I swept it carefully, into a dust pan, then looked around for a garbage can. Finally I spotted a big, fiberglass-looking barrel, with a matching top on it. I didn't see the galvanized can I was expecting. I was so nervous I was afraid to ask where the garbage can was; how could I be so stupid? I quickly lifted the top on the barrel, and dumped the broken glass, seeing, when I finished, and the top was floating back into place, the sight of about 50# of dried pinto beans, in the barrel I'd just dumped broken glass in. I was doing that stupid thing, where you're so scared, you leap from here to there, afraid to ask any questions, and that's the results you get. Well, I had to tell Maria. She just took a deep.breath, and we took the whole, new barrel of beans, out to the dumpster; we sure couldn't serve them. She knew I couldn't afford to pay for them, and that the boss would fire me, so she just said nothing..That was around 1972, and I have never paid for those beans, although I guess I need to pay his descendants the cost of a barrel of dried beans. I was caught in a situation that kept me very poor, and I just kept pushing it aside. Maria told me about the area, including how they used to love to go to Toyahvale; I now know that is where San Solomon Springs and the state park are, south of Balmorhea. She told me how she left Toyah with her first husband, so eager to get somewhere else; Toyah, where her father had a gas station (not sure if he owned it, or just worked there all her life), and always called his out-of-town customers "pardner". Her husband abandoned her, and their baby son, picking cotton somewhere in the south; they woke up, and he and the motorcycle were gone. A few months later, she met a kind young gentleman from Tennessee, fell in love, and they married; he adopted Maria's son. That's how they got to where I was working with her in an El Taco. I often wonder about her: if she is alive, and how her life came out. she was a great first boss.
@bobo1234TT
@bobo1234TT Жыл бұрын
I ruff necked in the huge gas field next to Kermit. There was a Pizza Hut in town & I was starving after tripping pipe for 12 hrs. Long story short, don't order halipenos on your pizza in Kermit Texas!
@zeez4244
@zeez4244 Жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie when I read “least populated” I wanted to move there immediately 😂
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@DamonNomad82
@DamonNomad82 Жыл бұрын
As a Nebraska resident with a love of geography, I find it interesting that 9 of the 11 least populated counties in the US are either in Texas (Loving, King, Kenedy and Borden) or Nebraska (McPherson, Blaine, Arthur, Loup, and Grant), with Hawaii (Kalaweo) and Montana (Petroleum) each having 1 of the 11.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Very interesting indeed! I’d love to visit all of them!
@larryrunnels1190
@larryrunnels1190 Жыл бұрын
I was at a 6 man football playoff game in Gail(Borden County ) when the stadium lights went off. They finished the game by having everyone pull their cars up to the track and leave their lights on. It was great! I can't remember who won but 6 man football is great fun. BTW....I always thought it funny that Borden county (yes the milk company Borden) is bordering the county where Post, Texas(yes, the cereal company). And there's not a dairy or farm in sight. It's all ranch land with beef cattle and oil wells.
@jamesgoode2282
@jamesgoode2282 Жыл бұрын
@ DamonNomad82 -- Thanks for the low-population county trivia.
@henryanderson7606
@henryanderson7606 Жыл бұрын
Like it or hate it....oil has kept this country alive and prosperous! ....going all electric will never work and could end life!
@Batty281
@Batty281 Жыл бұрын
"And her diamond, how it sparkled in the lights of Loving county " -Charlie Robinson
@bmeoutdoors
@bmeoutdoors 4 ай бұрын
Rest in peace Charlie
@douglasjacobs882
@douglasjacobs882 Жыл бұрын
I recently worked out in that area for 3 months, we stayed at a man-camp in Orla (pop. 2) and the project was in NM, just north of Loving County. We drove past that sign you showed every day. I looked at the Pecos River from the bridge every day. Either there was more water than I thought, or they had a lot of rain before you got there. Years ago, I had a coworker that was a direct descendant of Oliver Loving. He looked exactly like the photo you showed. You definitely got a LOL from me when you said it was a workday. EVERY day is a workday in the oil patch.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Haha I should’ve said weekday! 😂
@escaped1534
@escaped1534 Жыл бұрын
Yep, not much in Orla, but a bit more than Mentone!! Sunday steaks at that man's camp aren't bad...
@stubeast4031
@stubeast4031 Жыл бұрын
I worked for Petty-Ray Geophysical in 1981-82 In Alpine, Snyder, and Bandera on a seismograph crew. Got to see a lot of places not many people see. Interesting, but a rough way to make a buck.
@chrisbinns3392
@chrisbinns3392 Жыл бұрын
@@stubeast4031 My dad worked for them too. We moved around a lot until my mother got tired of all the moving and ended up in Odessa tx in late 70's
@Heavywall70
@Heavywall70 Жыл бұрын
I was working in Orla when that Pilot opened. They sold out of diesel, gas AND food almost daily for about two weeks. Even after that, the store was almost never full and ran out of fuel at least once a week for about a month. And that road from Orla to Carlsbad is scary as hell. I think it claimed four lives just in the short time I was there.
@funsmasher7018
@funsmasher7018 Жыл бұрын
Back in the 1980s, I was building houses in San Antonio, and a street name I remember to this day was called Goodnight Loving. The contractor was bitching at how often the street sign was stolen. Now, I know where that came from, thanks.
@allanc3655
@allanc3655 Жыл бұрын
I first heard of loving county when I went to get my driver license. It was the only county (at the time) that has no traffic deaths in the whole US.
@elsid2166
@elsid2166 Жыл бұрын
Last year we had 12 fatalities, 8 in one day.
@dough9512
@dough9512 Жыл бұрын
At that time, there was only one car in the whole county!! ........ The rest were pickup trucks and 18-wheelers!
@sallyeverett9001
@sallyeverett9001 Жыл бұрын
Very low volume
@travis303
@travis303 Жыл бұрын
That chef sounds like he has a New Orleans accent. You stumbled onto a gem with that interview.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
He was great!
@timrich427
@timrich427 Жыл бұрын
4th generation West Texan but have ties to New Mexico as well. My Grandmother rode through this country on horseback when she was 8 yrs old about 1916. Hard to imagine how independent and tough you had to be in such a harsh expanse of nothingness. Proud to be from Texas and Charlie Robinson for me captures the true Texas culture in his music.
@georgeford6439
@georgeford6439 Жыл бұрын
Our Dad came to Texas at Logan's Crossing, Louisiana in 1923 when he was 10 yrs old and on a wagon no less. Always love to hear people's stories about Texas history.
@timrich427
@timrich427 Жыл бұрын
@@georgeford6439 Appreciate your story as well. Also, have a pic of my Grandmother in Sanco, Texas on horseback in the early 1920s and she actually has a side arm holstered. Different times but things in West Texas tend to change a little more slowly as a lot of the open country has not been altered.
@dandane8164
@dandane8164 Жыл бұрын
I'm from West Texas myself a small town named Loraine in Mitchell co on interstate 10 between Abilene and Midland.
@JohnSmith-uw9or
@JohnSmith-uw9or Жыл бұрын
@Tim Rich may I know your grandmother's name? My third and fourth great grandparents helped settle Sanco and San Angelo.
@timrich427
@timrich427 Жыл бұрын
@@JohnSmith-uw9or Vida Belle Fletcher, also have kin with the last name Austin buried in Sanco.
@pattrent7986
@pattrent7986 Жыл бұрын
BEXAR is pronounced like the word “BEAR”. San Antonio, TX is the county seat of BEXAR County! At the time of the Battle of the Alamo, the town was called San Antonio de BEXAR. Look it up! It’s interesting.
@passhy4991
@passhy4991 Жыл бұрын
I was aboutta say and make fun like "HE SAID "BEX-AR" 🤣
@johnnewman8322
@johnnewman8322 Жыл бұрын
I Bexar-ly wanted to live in San Antonio that's why I left.
@FeR-kt1jt
@FeR-kt1jt Жыл бұрын
@@johnnewman8322 San Antonio might be the best big city in Texas
@georgeford6439
@georgeford6439 Жыл бұрын
And Mexia, Texas is another interesting sounding town pronounced "ma Hay ya."
@FeR-kt1jt
@FeR-kt1jt Жыл бұрын
@@georgeford6439 just like Texas is “Tay Hoz” . Tortilla is “ Tor-Tee-yah” , just Spanish 101
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Sorry for mispronouncing the county of BEXAR - it should be pronounced like BAIR. Thanks to EVERYONE who has pointed that out in the comments haha. I'm not from Texas, but I really enjoyed visiting Loving County!!! Want to see more Texas videos? Here is my entire playlist of Texas: kzbin.info/aero/PL4jqwLUrhjNSpzEvXMoov0pSxEGvBwKR6
@justincase7044
@justincase7044 Жыл бұрын
It's actually "Behhar" but they americanized it to "ber"
@ronrendon
@ronrendon Жыл бұрын
Who Americanized it?! Hicks?! Coz I’m from San Anto & my parents & grandparents are from here & we’ve always pronounced it “bear” county.
@chuckinhouston9952
@chuckinhouston9952 Жыл бұрын
No big deal. Excellent video.
@stevenpilling5318
@stevenpilling5318 Жыл бұрын
BAY-har!
@carywest9256
@carywest9256 Жыл бұрын
So whar you from wiseguy? And it looks like nobody was home in Mentone! Ha Ha. Been really close to Loving County, just twert no need to detour while l was going to Pine Springs at the bottom of El Capitan in Guadalupe Mts. Natl. Park.
@geoffreystephens4357
@geoffreystephens4357 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! This area reminds me of eastern Wyoming and eastern Colorado where you drive for miles and miles without seeing a thing! A word of advice: Don’t drive thru these areas without a full tank of gas!! You won’t see a gas station for several miles!!
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Thanks and great advice!!! I love those areas as well!
@ickster23
@ickster23 Жыл бұрын
Looks like a place where you won't encounter a screeching Karen or a Blue hair. Heaven.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@marioalonso1977
@marioalonso1977 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like a place I’d also enjoy. 😂
@SoloVision42
@SoloVision42 Жыл бұрын
Lol
@mred2801
@mred2801 Жыл бұрын
Or two guys holding hands. Can't go wrong with a no gay policy
@Idtentango-
@Idtentango- Жыл бұрын
Or a job
@timerickson7056
@timerickson7056 Жыл бұрын
No country for old men tommy Lee Jones character. Talked about old time sheriffs like his dad and the counties they were in
@davidwestmoreland3909
@davidwestmoreland3909 Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed your video. I worked in that area years ago, north of Orla. TX. You may not know but while standing under that bridge on Hwy 285, you were about 50 feet from a mastodon skeleton that was found when building the bridge.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Oh wow that’s interesting! I had no idea! Thanks!
@jamesbuchanan6256
@jamesbuchanan6256 Жыл бұрын
That is awesome to know, thanks for sharing that information.
@x.adam1
@x.adam1 Жыл бұрын
I just left Orla last hitch. Around Pecos now but I’m sure we’ll be back in the Lovington county area soon. Mentone, Artesia, Loving, etc
@jamesbuchanan6256
@jamesbuchanan6256 Жыл бұрын
What year was the skeleton found?
@davidwestmoreland3909
@davidwestmoreland3909 Жыл бұрын
I saw it over 25 years ago, bones protruding from the bank of a gully near the bridge. It was pointed out to me by someone that lived/worked around Orla. He told me that it was found when the bridge was constructed (do not know the date) and some of the bones may have been taken to the museum in Pecos TX.
@bryantcolby4038
@bryantcolby4038 Жыл бұрын
According to the globe earth calculator, you're not able to see a six foot person at 3 miles. Because of the earth curve. That part of Texas looks kinda flat to me, even with the wide view lens.
@TasmanianDevil1
@TasmanianDevil1 Жыл бұрын
Because of the baron nature and low population. I made a side trip to Loving County when visiting Guadalupe Peak National Park. There are no people but there are big traffic jams because of the oil and water trucks. I got off the highway in Mentone. It took me five minutes to get an opening big enough to get back on the road. It is one barren place.
@brettwright883
@brettwright883 Жыл бұрын
Should hear the song Loving County by Charlie Robison! On KZbin!
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Yes! That’s why I put it at the end of the video. Great song!
@jasonconley4381
@jasonconley4381 Жыл бұрын
Charlie Robison brought me here
@JohnDaker_singer
@JohnDaker_singer Жыл бұрын
I heard that Loving County has the highest concentration of millionaires per capita than any other county in the US. Whether that's true or not, I can't say for sure.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Makes sense!
@rolandmoore1923
@rolandmoore1923 Жыл бұрын
Visited Loving County about 15 years ago-life long Texan--Want to see all of our great state---I first learned of Loving County in 1960--There was a newspaper story about the recent census and the population decline in Loving---The headline was "Not Much Loving in Loving County ------"Roland Moore
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@UltraesqueStudio
@UltraesqueStudio Жыл бұрын
I work here in this county almost every week… you see what you see.. but what you don’t see… is damn we make a lot of money here in this area lol. Single father of one 8yo.. I started working here a few years ago and finally I bit the bullet and moved my son and I down here. It doesn’t take long to realize the path less travelled is where it’s at..
@rollon863
@rollon863 Жыл бұрын
Loving & Goodnight are the men the Larry MacMurturry book & TV mini-series Lonesome Dove were based on.
@thomaswayneward
@thomaswayneward Жыл бұрын
All private land folks. Better come get you a thousand acres, cheap. Hot as hell in the summer and freezing in the winter, just don't have a heart attack here, or even a tooth ache. Oh, I forgot about the dust storms.
@eburro62331
@eburro62331 Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this - particularly the discussion with the Chef. Interesting!!!
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yeah he was really great!
@martinarreguy2984
@martinarreguy2984 Жыл бұрын
Diverse animals and rich history of the Apache, Comanche, Spaniards, Mexican, Ranchers, Outlaws. and all things of the wild west are here! I call it home!
@timothywilliams1359
@timothywilliams1359 Жыл бұрын
GREAT visit with the guy from New Orleans!
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
He was awesome! Thanks!
@unclerojelio6320
@unclerojelio6320 Жыл бұрын
You should drive through that area at night. There are burnoff flares everywhere and the truck traffic increases even more. It’s positively surreal.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
That would be interesting to see!
@toneman501
@toneman501 Жыл бұрын
It seems ironic that "Loving Country " is the least populated in the U.S.A....
@nikkicooley5001
@nikkicooley5001 Жыл бұрын
I like this content and the creator.
@jeffsmith846
@jeffsmith846 Жыл бұрын
I got my Atlas out and really enjoyed this one. (This is an indoors type day, as you probably know the cold front made it here to Kansas... 19 now in Overland Park). Would like to meet the owner of the restaurant and partake in some of the specials. BTW if my time at basic training at Lackland makes me recall correctly, Bexar county is pronounced "Bear". The closest I have been to Loving county is Carlsbad Caverns just up the road from there in New Mexico.
@1951RKP
@1951RKP Жыл бұрын
I really like this. A native Texan that has never drove father west in Texas than Uvalde. I have been to New Mexico , Arizona , Nevada , Colorado , Utah and all the Pacific Coast states but flew. I’m pretty old now but hope I’m able to drive all over west Texas before my days are up. Grew up in Houston area but I really like visiting rural areas to relax and enjoy the slow pace. I’m in Tennessee now so my drive would be even longer.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Safe travels!!
@macmccollum6064
@macmccollum6064 3 ай бұрын
I was in the oil business and used to occasionally work in the Loving County Clerk's office. When I was there last around 20 years ago, there was an old gas station on the corner (at 8:59) west of the Courthouse where you could get a packaged sandwich, soft drink and candy bar. There was also an old cafe across the road (where that Valero gas station is now) that was closed most of the time. But if they knew you would be in town, they would fix a lunch daily. All you had to do was tell them you'd be back tomorrow or the following week, and they would have lunch for you. Never a menu, but always a good lunch and friendly. So much has changed since I was there. Chef Sam was a young child in New Orleans and The Stop was not conceived then.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the history!!
@LesterMoore
@LesterMoore Жыл бұрын
Really enjoy visiting alongside you the small towns and out of the way places in our beautiful America. I just placed the Underground Chefs book on my Amazon cart and hopefully others will as well. He seems like a wonderful man and I wish him well. Perhaps there are other folk who prefer the wide open places like Mentone offers and will visit the nice cafe and friendly owner. Thanks for taking us along.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
That’s so awesome! I’m hoping he sees this eventually and sees all the nice comments! Thank you very much for watching and for the great message!
@Samael-Metzger
@Samael-Metzger Жыл бұрын
Just like virtually everything else in West Texas, how you pronounce things is arbitrary and detached from logic. I can give countless examples but Bexar (bay-har) is an excellent one as it doesn't follow the same pronunciation rules as with Texas (Tek-suz), Why be consistent and pronounce it Beks-zar?
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@janetschult6548
@janetschult6548 Жыл бұрын
Oliver Loving is buried in my home town of Weatherford, Texas.
@ski4jeepin
@ski4jeepin Жыл бұрын
Fun fact; Oliver Loving and Charlie Goodnight were the inspiration for Woodrow Call and Augutus McRea in Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Nice!
@l.peytonadams8570
@l.peytonadams8570 Жыл бұрын
Oliver Loving came from Mortons Gap Kentucky and has relatives living there today.
@tylerjones2695
@tylerjones2695 Жыл бұрын
@@l.peytonadams8570 was oliver loving gus mcrae
@l.peytonadams8570
@l.peytonadams8570 Жыл бұрын
@@tylerjones2695 Gus was based upon Oliver Loving.
@kd78orangerangerpete79
@kd78orangerangerpete79 Жыл бұрын
My all time favorite on the screen
@brittany9414
@brittany9414 Жыл бұрын
So the least populated county out of all America... And it's named 'Loving' County? This means something.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
🤔
@tomallen8459
@tomallen8459 Жыл бұрын
The people of west Texas are some of the toughest in the world.
@no1huntsbetter
@no1huntsbetter Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Wink and Kermit, Winkler County. No plans to go back. I like trees&rain.😁
@deborahlagarde7182
@deborahlagarde7182 Жыл бұрын
If you think Mentone is small and low population, try the following in the surrounding area: Lobo, (Culberson Cty--population 10, maybe), Alamore, in Hudspeth Cty, population maybe 20 (I taught some Alamore resident students in Van Horn in the 80s when they had the Talc plant open which I think is now shut); Orla, population maybe 20 (someone said "2" but the phone book would imply more than that); Saragosa, Reeves Cty, which had a tornado back in the late 80s, and now population maybe 100 or so; Valentine, population 120 or so, in Jeff Davis Cty (which has a mayor while the county seat Fort Davis is unincorporated like Mentone is); Kent, in Jeff Davis I think, less than 100, and Cherry Creek (Reeves I think) even less (I taught some of these students also in Van Horn back then). And did that earthquake near Mentone happen because of fracking? And also Toyah, population about 50, in Reeves Cty, which was also impacted by the earthquake. And I'm sure I forgot a couple of tiny towns in the area. Glad you made the video, was wondering what Mentone was like. Other tiny towns around Big Bend--Terlingua (chili cook-off and loved by bikers), Study Butte, Lajitas, Redford (where a shepherd boy was murdered by some military sniper in late 90s and which inspired the movie "The Three Burials of Melquiadas Estrada"), Marathon, Ruidosa, Candelaria, Shafter (formerly had over 3000 when it was mining quicksilver, now about 100)...can't think of any more.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Would love to visit them all!
@neilplumb1710
@neilplumb1710 Жыл бұрын
Been a fan of Charlie Robison for years and love the song. Been through Loving county a few times...Definitely God's country out there. If you haven't already you should check out Lajitas and Terlingua near Big Bend national park.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Definitely on my list!!
@jimkinkade6919
@jimkinkade6919 Жыл бұрын
Roy Orbison grew up near Mentone.
@chasethesky1
@chasethesky1 Жыл бұрын
Interesting!
@patrioticanarchist991
@patrioticanarchist991 Жыл бұрын
In Wink, Winkler County just down the road off 302
@ronfullerton3162
@ronfullerton3162 Жыл бұрын
As interesting and educational as always! Traveling while sitting at the kitchen table. Who knew that travel was this easy? Having a college employee as our travel guide, I was wondering if there might be an assignment included with this video. Is each of us given homework to compose a country song about the county of our choice? And what county would each of the viewers choose? I would have to pick on my native Louisa County, Iowa. Very fitting since when I moved away, it was the smallest county both land wise and population wise of Iowa.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
I’m all for it! Haha!
@unrulyjulie4382
@unrulyjulie4382 Жыл бұрын
365 miles away in north central Texas, lies the town of Loving, TX. It also lies on the Goodnight-Loving Trail and is named after Oliver Loving's grandson, who had a ranch in the area. If I ever get to Mentone (which I may), I will most definitely drop in to The Stop for some lunch!
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Awesome! I’d love to visit it as well!
@jonhenson5450
@jonhenson5450 Жыл бұрын
Yep, modern Vernon was called " red river station" where they would pit stop the herds for grass and water, to beef up for a hard run across Oklahoma which was the danger zone.
@unrulyjulie4382
@unrulyjulie4382 Жыл бұрын
@jon henson ... 2 weeks ago, my husband and I were in Vernon. We were driving around visiting some towns along the Red River for the day. We tried to drive to the spot, which was supposedly where the "Great Western Cattle Trail" crossed the river, but we got got stuck in the sugar sand on a very sketchy back road. Thank goodness for 4 wheel drive trucks!
@jonhenson5450
@jonhenson5450 Жыл бұрын
@@unrulyjulie4382 lol, yea that area was made for our friends with hooves.
@182QKFTW
@182QKFTW Жыл бұрын
Bexar County Pronounced Behr (Bear:) Loved the song you told us about!
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@rkmatt8761
@rkmatt8761 Жыл бұрын
Interesting history. I’ve been to Menton a couple times! Bexar County is actually pronounced like “bear “. It’s hard to believe back when Spain was in this area they use to take vessels up into New Mexico up the Pecos River Great video! Stay safe stay healthy
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Thank you! It was a lot of fun to explore!
@brucelombardo
@brucelombardo Жыл бұрын
I’m familiar with Mentone, but that’s all oil patch work.
@rkmatt8761
@rkmatt8761 Жыл бұрын
@@brucelombardo yes sir it is
@charleselsey8241
@charleselsey8241 Жыл бұрын
I have canoed down the Pecos from Pandle to the high bridge. About killed all of us. Think it was 1988. about 54 miles/3 days.
@rkmatt8761
@rkmatt8761 Жыл бұрын
@@charleselsey8241 The Pecos River starts north of Pecos village New Mexico and flows 926 mi into the Rio Grande River. Which part did you canoe the 54 miles?
@jasonpratt5126
@jasonpratt5126 Жыл бұрын
Video: 64 population plus oil! Me: The Tremors reboot starts here. (To be clear, I really liked this video.)
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@curtjackson5052
@curtjackson5052 Жыл бұрын
My University of Texas Degree was paid for as a Ruff Neck & Oil Worker .. Gota Love Loving County
@Charlie-h7x
@Charlie-h7x Ай бұрын
Around 2008 I was working in the area. There was a cafe and that old gas station and you had to pay with cash no cards accepted. Looks a lot different now.
@martinarreguy2984
@martinarreguy2984 Жыл бұрын
I have lived here in Yano Estacado or geographicly known as the Northern Region of the Chihuahuan Desert for half of my life. I call Pecos Texas my home Reeves County, and I do love this with all its diverse animals
@leroyleach7581
@leroyleach7581 Жыл бұрын
...while traveling out to CA. in 1997 we saw an article on Mentone in Nat'l Geo. Mag. it told of the 'boot track cafe' in Mentone. we looked in the window of the BTcafe, but, found out they only opened if someone called and said they were coming! they had maybe 3 tables(we peered thru the windows). .. so went down to Pecos and saw the Judge Roy Bean Museum... really neat time in Texas!
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Great story! Thank you!
@bobburnitt5761
@bobburnitt5761 Жыл бұрын
*Sanderson Texas* the County seat of Terrell County Texas is NOT incorporated either. I will bet there are more. People commute to Loving County, their commute is probably shorter than some people's commute to Dallas in North Texas. BB
@timezone8876
@timezone8876 Жыл бұрын
Brings back memory's many years ago I lived in the area working for Haliburton in Odessa. TX.
@StaceeMassey
@StaceeMassey Жыл бұрын
As soon as I saw the title, I started singing, Charlie Robison's song called "Loving county". It's a good Texas story-telling song. And then I see that you mentioned it In your video.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Did you watch til the very end after the credits? More Charlie Robison!
@StaceeMassey
@StaceeMassey Жыл бұрын
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Was that a recent concert? Where was he playing at? Did you know that Charlie used to be married the Emily from the Dixie Chicks.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
That was an older show, but he has recently started doing shows again in the past few months. And I didn’t know that about his former wife!
@StaceeMassey
@StaceeMassey Жыл бұрын
@@TravelwithaWiseguy That's awesome and good to know that he is still performing. Thanks for the insightful video.
@chrisdickens8233
@chrisdickens8233 Жыл бұрын
So thrilled that he's playing again, I'd heard that he was retired from a throat surgery. And 'Porterville' is an old Creedence Clearwater Revival song but I'm pretty sure it's about a different place in California but not sure
@meowtherainbowx4163
@meowtherainbowx4163 3 ай бұрын
Fun fact: Charles Goodnight invented the chuck wagon.
@b.sherrieb9977
@b.sherrieb9977 Жыл бұрын
BEXAR is pronounced "Bear" Been through this county once! Preciate your videos man!
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@georgesheffield1580
@georgesheffield1580 Жыл бұрын
And Mexia is "ma hay a " .
@FeR-kt1jt
@FeR-kt1jt Жыл бұрын
@@georgesheffield1580 so Bexar is "Bey har"
@UnlimitedPossibilities345
@UnlimitedPossibilities345 Жыл бұрын
Cool video! I live in Loving, Texas, about 350 miles from Mentone. We are in Young county and our community is also named after Oliver Loving. The last descendant of Oliver in our community recently passed away. I’ve been to Kermit, Pecos, and Carlsbad, but I don’t guess I’ve ever actually been to Mentone. Much like Loving, it’s out of the way from everywhere, and you won’t find yourself “passing through,” 😂 Thanks for posting.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching and commenting!
@llorylloyd
@llorylloyd Жыл бұрын
Honey honey bless your heart I waited very impatiently 10.54 minutes to say Bexar is sounded like Bear the X is silent. That's the San Antonio area my hometown. Also thanks I've been looking for an itty bitty town to move to when I retire. So this may be it. Safe travels 💕
@morganharris2413
@morganharris2413 Жыл бұрын
According to Zillow, there are exactly 0 properties for sale in Loving County, TX
@puppetguy64
@puppetguy64 Жыл бұрын
I live in Bakersfield now, we have our own song. I guess I’m quirky but living in a county that only has 1 town sounds good to me. I’d buy a t-shirt!
@laurogarza4953
@laurogarza4953 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your production. My hometown, Hebbronville, Texas, is another unincorporated town that is the county seat of Jim Hogg County in south Texas, one hour east of Laredo. This town is the "Vaquero Capital of Texas and the United States. It is from this very region that the Mexican vaquero style of raising and training horses to work cattle from horseback that was largely adopted by Americans. During the great Depression, Hebbronville became the largest cattle shipping town in America. Even today, like many big cities, Hebbronville has five highways centered there as a remnant of its cattle shipping history. BTW, "BEXAR" is a surname in Spanish and is pronounced, "Behh - Ahr." Currently, San Antonio is the county seat of Bexar county.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!! I’d love to visit Hebbronville too!
@arturoarambula2814
@arturoarambula2814 Жыл бұрын
Zapata county too neibor to the north.
@rkelsey3341
@rkelsey3341 8 күн бұрын
Fun fact: When the old west cowboys tried to pronounce "vaquero," it turned into "buckaroo."
@edwardhouse1122
@edwardhouse1122 Жыл бұрын
Have been in that church when I was living in Kermit Texas was involved in a church Bible class at the age of 15yrs supported by Grace Temple Baptist Church
@backcountryboondockers
@backcountryboondockers Жыл бұрын
I love small towns. Looking for a place to retire but with the price of land I'll just keep living the RV life
@Tom-pc7lb
@Tom-pc7lb Жыл бұрын
Anybody and I mean anybody that has driven oilfield equipment in the Permian Basin has driven thru Mentone.
@Twinzma
@Twinzma Жыл бұрын
The tiny town of Harmony, California has a total of 18, 2000 census.
@shannaoconnor2831
@shannaoconnor2831 3 ай бұрын
The county you spoke of is not pronounced Bex -ar. It is Bear County.
@johnmeadows5645
@johnmeadows5645 Жыл бұрын
I used to travel through a county in the panhandle called, Deaf Smith county.
@jimmygoen4620
@jimmygoen4620 Жыл бұрын
I live a town called Palo Pinto Texas which is a unincorporated County seat of Palo Pinto County
@projecteli_
@projecteli_ Жыл бұрын
Im in mentone working right now. Definitely busy with the oil and gas industry 👌🏽
@Warlock-Armageddon
@Warlock-Armageddon Жыл бұрын
sounds like paradise, more than 2 people in 100 Mile radius is too many people for me .
@eliminator1978
@eliminator1978 Жыл бұрын
Glad you survived. We call 285 Death Highway.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Whew!
@margiewiley7778
@margiewiley7778 Жыл бұрын
My grandfather lived in Loving County 1940.
@lgwappo
@lgwappo Жыл бұрын
I looked online at 5 houses for sale in Loving Country & property taxes are less than half of what I pay near Dallas.
@81396xman
@81396xman Жыл бұрын
I stayed in an rv park about a mile west of Mentone while working in the area. I don't work in the oil field but west Texas is our main base of work. I'm currently staying in Wink birthplace of Roy Orbison. I ate at that restaurant a few times.
@chrissilva5868
@chrissilva5868 Жыл бұрын
West Texas oil baby we in midland Odessa I. Have made a ton of money in that county !! Wine em dine em pipeline em
@FixIt1975
@FixIt1975 Жыл бұрын
I did subscribe to your channel several months ago. I like the places you go. Some might find these type places boring, but to me, they are peaceful. Somehow, I missed this video
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the support! Glad you found it!
@ron1836
@ron1836 Жыл бұрын
I see a pin in the map from my home town. Olean NY. Or atleast VERY close.
@arturoarambula2814
@arturoarambula2814 Жыл бұрын
Zapata tx county seat of zapata county is also unincorporated. Non of the other towns are incorporated either
@chriscaffee4227
@chriscaffee4227 Ай бұрын
Bexar County is pronounced “Bear”.
@AllenSymonds
@AllenSymonds Жыл бұрын
Bexar county is pronounced Bear county. This is the county San Antonio is in. Bexar is pronounced like in Spanish. The water is undrinkable in the county. The cafe was still open when we visited 28 years ago.
@ronald9279
@ronald9279 Жыл бұрын
Outstanding.
@rjperez1554
@rjperez1554 Жыл бұрын
When I was driving for Werner, I liked stopping at these small towns.
@baddog9320
@baddog9320 Жыл бұрын
Lol. you should have seen Pecos in the late 1990s..It was near being a ghost town then. Then oil was found again. Back then I looked into some land on the river ( one look at the river told me COTTON MOUTH CITY) So I didn't buy..But even back then it smelt like 90w oil. Its amazing just how much wetter it is on the east side of those hills Once you get to real west Texas it much dryer. The Area directly south of New Mexico. west Of El Capitan
@bugoutadventures
@bugoutadventures Жыл бұрын
Loved this video ! I'm in Lubbock Texas, not to far from loving county. Gonna go get some pie and coffee ☕️ at the STOP CAFE!
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Tell him the Wiseguy sent ya! 😊
@jawick
@jawick Жыл бұрын
The county judge was arrested for cattle theft recently.
@bobbyboon2176
@bobbyboon2176 Жыл бұрын
Love to ride a horse and just wonder around see what I can finde maybe a cave or box canyon hide out me my horses
@VintageVaughnVehiclces
@VintageVaughnVehiclces Жыл бұрын
The way Americans treat each other these days there's no way anybody would live in a county called loving they might have to be nice to each other and we can't have that these days
@jessieramirez1230
@jessieramirez1230 Жыл бұрын
Orla & Mentone Tx 😆 I remember it before it had the pilot truck stop or the man camps
@Thumpertom
@Thumpertom Жыл бұрын
Well, I didn't see a bunch of mescans so it looks like a great place
@kennethm.johnson
@kennethm.johnson Жыл бұрын
Thanks, brother, for the video! I have been through Mentone many times when I was a young man. I was born in Wink, Tx. in 1960, but not long after that, my family moved again. But, when I turned 18, I left Arkansas and returned to Kermit, Tx. where I went to work in the Oil Fields. I'm now in Missouri, where I raised my kids, but I have a lot of good memories from West Texas. God bless.
@TravelwithaWiseguy
@TravelwithaWiseguy Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! I’m glad so many people have found and enjoyed this video. I really enjoyed visiting too! Thanks for the nice comment!
@broadcasttttable
@broadcasttttable Жыл бұрын
Wink...Roy Orbison, right?
@kennethm.johnson
@kennethm.johnson Жыл бұрын
@Sun Search Exactly! My parents told me that Roy would, at times early on, play for the neighbors, and that included them. That was back when he was just a pimple faced kid with coke bottle glasses.
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