Ghost Town - White Rock South Dakota

[@heavenlylight317]

My great grandparents were from White Rock. I have a bunch of pictures and articles about the town if you are interested.

[@MNBricks]

I am always interested in old pictures and info. You can contact me at mnbricks.com

[@tootired76]

Please keep up the content of your channel. This stuff fascinates me.

[@JayYoung-ro3vu]

Thank you for the presentation. The town might have had a chance if it were closer to a big city.

[@kevinj2412]

Seems like when a rail line dies, so does the towns along it. The rail line through my town has been abandoned and things are nothing like they were 40 years ago.

[@lynwessel2471]

Nicolett MN was bypassed by a few miles when the railroad was built so they moved the town to the rail line. There were towns many places in southwestern/south central MN that soon disappeared because they were started away from a rail line.Way back virtually everything you needed came by rail, even firewood, no trees on the prairie until settlers planted them.

[@brianburnett5049]

Or it becomes a yuppie tourist attraction.

[@glennbehrens7989]

Does anyone remember stopping at the bar inwhite rock on the way to the dance hall inEffington sd. In the late 60s early 70 from mn.

[@glennbehrens7989]

Does anyone remember stopping at the bar in White Rock on the way to the dance hall in Effington in the late 60s. Early 70s coming from mn.

[@madtrapper8301]

Ah the White Eagle ballroom in New Effington

[@badlands555]

I've heard that during a 4th of July celebration they blew up the big white rock. That is what happened to it. I also think it was White Rock that had a vote to dissolve the town. It failed 2 to 1.😁

[@robertmcmanus636]

What happens to abandoned properties? I mean, if there was a mortgage, a bank is taking loss for sure. Otherwise, all the equity built up over the years in those properties is lost, no? It reminds me a little of the Romans leaving Britain and all those rich villas going to decay with nobody to tend them or work the land the lord of the villa once had his minions work. Not the same I realize, but it's reminiscent.