Ghost Towns, Cemeteries, Backroads of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma ||| Part 2

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Here are all my other Alfalfa County videos: Alfalfa County Part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6q3an55jrB7qLc Helena: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoiofJ5_fbVoeJY Cherokee: kzbin.info/www/bejne/maCUn4KHmJx4iaM Jet: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5Woeniwh5aJd8k Ingersoll: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2fLZpurrr5np5I

[@gaildrumm4082]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy thanks

[@CindyinArizona]

History is so interesting, I can't help but wonder what kind of lives those people had in the late 1800s, early 1900s. Glad you didn't get stuck on the muddy roads. Thanks for the video.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

It was very hard - but I’m guessing it felt kind of normal to them 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@cyndyrn1]

I grew up out there in woods county spending summers at my aunts and uncles place in Alva. Alva was a hoping place in the 60’s and 70’s. College town. Wheat farmers, going to the alabaster caverns in freedom. The sand dunes and the great salt plains. Great place to grow up. Thanks for your videos and the walk down memory lane

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks for sharing your stories!

[@gaildrumm4082]

You found the cemetery with the Bennetts. My dad's mom's side! Haven't been there in a spell. Thanks

[@shelliecollier7017]

I've always loved history. Your videos are amazing. Thank you for doing this.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Glad you like them! Much appreciated 😊

[@onrycodger]

I always look forward in seeing your videos. Sad, but intriguing....can't stop watching. It's very addictive!😁 Thumbs up!😎👍

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you so much 😀

[@NealW-z6d]

I was born in Amorita, grew up on a farm outside of Cherokee, went to public school in Lambert, was nice to see the old places again so thanks for the video.

[@randyhoneycutt8153]

I’ll bet the rental car company loves you when you bring their car back muddy and wet on the inside. You’re a brave guy driving down some of those dirt and mud roads. Thanks for another informative and entertaining video.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I used to be a racer back in the day so I enjoy the challenge of a good drive 😊

[@Arnhempara1944]

I apreciate your videos. We used several of the Kansas ones to plan our exploration of Kansas. Now we are planning an expedition to Oklahoma. Keep up the great work!!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Awesome! Hope you have a blast!!

[@sueelliott3206]

Those roads! Reminds me of some rural roads in Otoe county, Nebraska. The merry-go-rpimd certainly needed some oil. LOL Great series! Thanks for sharing.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@whatsmyname3237]

Beautiful drone shot of Rosedale Church. Stark white building and green. green pastures. Thanks, as always.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I thought so too. Lucky to end it there!

[@aliceevans3357]

Appropriate place for a small beautiful church- a crossroad. These people chose a beautiful country to live. Visiting the cemeteries is like getting a glimpse of those lives. Love when you visit the monuments and signs . I stop the video and read them. Absolutely love seeing wide open country, the drone shots capture so much. Enjoyed this series, but I always look forward to and enjoy your videos. Thank you. Stay safe and GOD bless

[@carriebrown4727]

Only green in the spring until they harvest wheat in June. Then it's bare dirt until October when the wheat comes up again

[@edwinreece438]

I spent a night in the Cherokee motel back in 2001 when I rode my bicycle from Houston to Hutchinson Ks.

[@gregorybernardy5556]

I visited Lawton and Ft Sill, Oklahoma. At the cemetery, I paid respects to the grave of Geronimo and his family. Wow. Good vibes.

[@carlanwake439]

i recently discovered your videos. i have truly enjoyed them. i was raised in Kiowa, Ks. i have been to these very towns: Helena, Cherokee, Burlington, Driftwood. Thank you!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Much appreciated! Beautiful area you grew up in!

[@ErinLogan-gs5ki]

This was a very interesting video. Enjoyed the history of these small towns in Oklahoma ❤❤

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks for watching!

[@williammatzek4660]

Alfalfa , oklahoma not to be confused with Alfalfa on spankie and are gang! The grain elevator at Ashley , Oklahoma looks like it is in good shape! In the last several years Sedgwick , Kansas built a public tornado shelter looks a little bigger then the one showed. It is 1 block west of the Leon's Market mural.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Definitely a marketing opportunity for the county with the gang!

[@carriebrown4727]

They still use all the grain elevators there too

[@Partzman23]

Hi John, enjoyed the video The drone footage really adds perspective to the surrounding area. You do a great job of explaining the small towns & cemeteries you come across. I have learned a lot just watching your videos. Safe travels and God Bless

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you very much for the nice comment 😊

[@anthonybaroni3285]

Beautiful country! Thank you for the video, Wiseguy.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

My pleasure! :)

[@sabrinas.9490]

The Liberty Cemetery was sad. Burlington’s new school was very impressive! I wish you knew some stories behind some of the people buried in those remote cemeteries.

[@megan7658]

Need a warning for the ending of outtake! Haha, jump scare for sure. Excellent video as always!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Sorry about that 😂👻

[@Mikell-h2c]

Another super production❤

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@thoward4051]

A warning about traveling through wet dirt roads: eventually your luck runs out (mine certainly did). Until then, keep the wheels rolling and enjoy the thrill.

[@papabear562]

I'll bet it took a while to wash off the mud and dirt off of the rental huh? Glad you didn't try out that piece of playground equipment you found. It didn't look very sturdy! Great video as always, and I finally got to see a town that shares my first name profiled in one your videos (Byron). Thanks John!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks! Yeah Hertz probably didn’t like it 😬

[@gaildrumm4082]

When my dad was a boy he and an aunt rode a train or 2 to Hennessey OK. The old Rock Island. Mr. Drumm...

[@SusanHL]

I love all the information you give us in each video, and I truly admire the amount of work you put into these. Now in Part 4 you're really close to our family farm, and i have no doubt if my older relatives were still alive, they'd probably say they've been to some of these places 😊 , and I think i need to go find that artesian well. The roads remind me of places Dad used to take us, he never got stuck either. This was an especially soothing video, definitely a great way to unwind at the end of the day - my dreams will probably be filled with quiet fields and birds singing! 🐦 Thank you John!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you 😊 I love going somewhere I know very little about and coming away with so much more knowledge! The well is easily located on Google maps if you’re visiting!

[@vickiwood9192]

Thank you for another interesting, informative video. At first I thought the little footbridge you crossed was a stile. A stile is any arrangement of steps that allows people to cross a fence. But when I looked more closely, I saw that the footbridge runs between two fence posts, not over the fence. Interesting.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks for the info!

[@carriebrown4727]

There used to be one to get to the artesian well

[@bertholini2810]

You'll get some response from that ending, wait and see. Very nice drone videos. What a rotten road (for the entire video). And you found a merry-go-round. Be good, be safe (if it rains one more day here I'm gonna croak) !!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I usually enjoy those roads on a dry day! Thanks!

[@sherriganske4292]

I like exploring towns in illinois.take back roads to visit relatives

[@TheScottab]

The Oklahoma videos have been great, a lot of cool places not far from Wichita. I am in the process of planning a few road trips down that way.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Awesome! Some great places not too far away.

[@tonybowman7609]

Have you thought of doing a video of the arched bridges of Cowley County Kansas? They are very cool old bridges. I have one a mile from my house outside of Udall. Also the old iron bridges (2) around Douglass KS are awesome to see in Butler County just off of 77 highway.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Sounds like a good project!

[@roberteshaw9520]

Hey Coach . Good vibe. Good drone.The out take play ground ride needs some oil.That puppet head at the end was looking boss. Everything is everything.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks 😂😂

[@pamlaenger6870]

I love the Sibley monument! I travel around and love finding landmarks like this. The artesian well too!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Yeah those are two interesting ones and very close to each other!

[@juliogonzales5441]

THANKS COACH WISEGUY 😅

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you!

[@carriebrown4727]

There is a lot of family money around burlington, byron, and amorita. The rivalry was between Burlington against Byron, Amorita, Driftwood combined.

[@carriebrown4727]

My mom's family farmed near Manchester and are buried near there, Feely and Hess.

[@glorialewis4603]

Very interesting! Thank you

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

My pleasure!

[@tinman7130]

Some of those one dog towns have elevators that must have cost hundreds of thousands to erect. I couldn't tell if they were still in use. A very interesting county John. You did an excellent job of exploring for all of us. Now about those dirty rental returns...

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

They are always so impressive to see when there is virtually nothing else there. Like a skyscraper! Yeah sorry Hertz 😬

[@carriebrown4727]

Yes they are all still in use

[@elizabethmarshall3251]

This was an awesome video - and you scared me at the end!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😂😂😂👻

[@colingeorgeh]

I love your videos. I would like to tour ghost towns of central Kansas.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

It’s a fun hobby!

[@mercedithcompala8148]

Thanks for sharing ❤

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

You are so welcome

[@juanitagarcia958]

Very interesting! I'm glad you didn't get stuck in the mud. Wonder if they would draw straws for the Tornado shelter! Great ending with a surprise church. 😊

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I’m guessing they just squeezed in there 😂😂

[@exogarwinoputt4257]

The old Burlington Apastolic (sp) Church is located .5 mi East, .5 mi South of Burlington (west side of the road).

[@douglashammann1987]

I installed the fire sprinklers in the new gym in Burlington. It seats more people than the whole town 🤣🤣

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Nice! Do they host regional tournaments maybe?

[@Vanlear25]

Keith cemetery is where my ancestors are buried including my grandparents. We all went to Burlington. My mom was born in Driftwood

[@carriebrown4727]

I went to burlington also

[@naturetrails8357]

Please do a video on Barber county right across border in Kansas, the gypsum hills are beautiful, a peace treaty was in medicine lodge, I finished high school in Kiowa, hardtner has historical hospital.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I’ve done a couple videos in Barber County previously.

[@carriebrown4727]

My dad was born in the Hardtner hospital

[@SarahBaydala]

My mother was born in CherokeeStrip near Byron in 1916. Her parents are buried in Amorita Cemetery. Their home was in Stella Woods, now non-existent, that used to be in Woods County before 1909. Her father lived his final years north of Burlington, died in 1944.

[@carriebrown4727]

I grew up north of Burlington.

[@phmoffett]

Lambert was served by the Rock Island Railroad which ceased all operations in 1980

[@sandiewilliams238]

Coach, I have a feeling the hairdryer didn't get much use...😉

[@stevehilliard1495]

I used to not know how to spell sarcasm 😂

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I think so too 😂

[@UMtiger311]

great finds, really interesting and pretty out there.. you're wrong for that ending though lol

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😂😂 I couldn’t resist

[@travis303]

Thanks for showing off the motel. I'm curious did you find any cool small town places to eat that you recommend?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

They had a pretty good Mexican food place in town. Not many other options.

[@travis303]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy I always enjoy hearing about unique places in these small towns because they always seem to have a their own atmosphere. I spent a couple years in college in Highland, Kansas, and there was a fun little establishment called Ernie's I really loved eating at. It's long since closed down now I believe, but just a little, dark, hole in the wall type of place. Small towns tend to have some unique places. If you could show off some of those places in future videos if you go, that would be great!

[@carriebrown4727]

Smoke shak in ingersol

[@justnerdystuff]

Was Yewed the home town of Stanley Yelnats? Before he headed west on a train robbed by Kissin Kate Barlow? (You got to go, and dig those holes)🎶

[@michaelwest6395]

I actually lived in Capron in the 80's

[@michaelwest6395]

Also used to get our water for our cistern in Burlington. Is Schubert machine shop still in business?

[@jasonroberts9357]

I bet it was wild in the 80's! Were you able to settle down and get back to your first love?

[@carriebrown4727]

My dad grew up in Capron, went to school there. Doud

[@jasonroberts9357]

@@carriebrown4727 Sounds amazing!

[@empressvogt]

OMG John the ending. Lol

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😂👻

[@ParanormalPat]

Have you been to Burdett, Kansas? Home of the discoverer of Pluto!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Not yet!

[@exogarwinoputt4257]

Burlington has a large cemetary .5 mi East, 1mi South, .5 mi East called Apastolic Cemetary. Too bad you missed it.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Dang too bad!

[@benjaminhutchcraft3935]

Have you ever run into tornadic weather?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Actually last weekend I almost did but was able to keep ahead of it.

[@travis303]

hmm, maybe the "corporated" cemetery is a private business? Only thing I can see about that word is coporating is the act of starting a business.

[@stevemccoy8138]

That one cemetery needs someone to take care of it. And hopefully repair the headstones.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

True

[@travis303]

I'm picturing Amorita and Byron like Springfield and Shelbyville on The Simpsons

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😂😂

[@kd5inm]

Lol, bad ol' Mr Wise!

[@allenantonio4389]

No coffee -2pts

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Haha!

[@phmoffett]

3:02 former Santa Fe Railrod depot

[@mikedubetski]

Aline Ok has a lot of history.....you should really see it.....pop is very small

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Watch part 1 😊

[@Mikell-h2c]

Down town NYC hotels are small cost a lot and don’t have much

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Good point

[@SamanthaTull]

Imagine…you with a rental car taking some abuse. 😂

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

🤷🏼‍♂️

[@stixstat]

So, are there any towns named Esiw?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I don’t think so. Does notats mean you don’t have any tattoos?

[@GaryCSchade]

How can you say "there's no coffee" & immediately show the coffee maker in your room with 2 coffee packs ?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Haha I need someone else to make the coffee 😂

[@Scott.Newmaster]

Uhh, this is enterprise rent-a-car, you have mail.

[@ronfullerton3162]

Can you imagine the poor fellow who had to clean all that mud from the inner wheel wells and undercarriage? The soil there may be different from the old timber soil that was what the old dirt road close to home growing up in southeast Iowa was. But it was sticky, and didn't wash off very well. Washing was a definite job to cleanup after a trip down that road! More wonderful small towns, and the look at them today as well as their history. Always interesting and fun. Just wish they were so far away, and staying away from home long enough to enjoy them all would be cost preventative for me. Love to be able to visit them through you!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Oops 😬

[@ronfullerton3162]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy If you get an extra billing on that car, it will be your cleaning bill!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

@@ronfullerton3162 Ha!