Historic Goldfield Nevada Haunted Ghost Town?

[@HiSteOfMnd]

Old town USA 👌🏽🤙🏽. Isn’t it weird not seeing anyone, even on the streets. Imagine walking them streets at midnight 😬

[@shirleyjordan6340]

A real ghost town and you were the only live person there. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. Be safe!

[@juliebradford2999]

Thanks for Sharing Russ! The 🚶‍♂️ was so relaxing. Sound like an Amazing trip.

[@martaanne9336]

Nice video but you missed the biggest attraction there which is the haunted Goldfield Hotel

[@RutherfordTony]

That's the town where Ghost adventures got their start was in the old goldfield hotel when that brick and board flew up off the floor them.

[@K27fan]

Glad I found your channel. I was a UPS tractor trailer driver for 41 years. About 12 of those years were spent doing cross country with a co driver. We ran Los Angeles to Amarillo and back twice a week. Dallas twice a week, Greensboro NC once a week. NC was literally coast to coast and back in four days. I ran by so many of the places you show: Seligman, Williams, Ash Fork etc. I never got to see any of the towns, only what you could see from the Interstate. We stopped a lot at mm 123 outside Seligman at the Chevron to grab a subway. The Mcdonalds in Winslow was our first driver switch after leaving LA. Never got to stand on the corner LOL. I used to stop at the Petro (best truck stop) at mm 66 west of Kingman. Petro has two kinds of home made soup everyday, and a pretty good buffet. Keep bringing the videos, I wish I could have seen these little towns in person back then but better late than never.

[@annettehambler-pruden6682]

THE DRIVE THROUGH NORTHERN NEVADA HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DESOLATE OF ALL THE STATES I HAVE DRIVEN AND I HAVE BEEN THROUGH ALL 13 OF THE WESTERN ONES. THERE ARE MILES AND MILES OF MILES AND MILES AND THAT IS ABOUT IT. BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY THOUGH

[@montiliusbeatty9831]

The problem is that goldfield is in southern nevada. Or right in the middle.

[@MaryB-ps8lg]

No, the most desolate highway is Hiwy 80 in Wyoming from Utah border to Cheyenne!

[@TheRoute.]

The route to Golfield from Vegas, beatty is amazing, I visited Goldfield when I heard about it on NPR radio Nevada

[@JohnJohnson-xo5oz]

Absolutely amazing video. When you do that type of content it adds to my bucket list of places to explore. Many thanks.

[@TruthSetsUfree100]

Thanks for these Videos! I really enjoy that you stop at these old towns!

[@rickcrippen5180]

That was a real courthouse with real judges, among whom I negotiated a speeding ticket.

[@vegasrjr]

Me too several times

[@mrsm513]

That real judge married me.

[@onlythewise1]

speed traps

[@JordanHaydooonbhg]

among us

[@davemac2006]

We'll be there in about 3 weeks, spending 2 nights there, exploring the area.

[@michaelelmore5103]

Those masks on the burros looked like feedbags!😆 Cool old town Russ! They say that huge Goldfield Hotel is haunted!👻

[@kerencollins1548]

We lived in Goldfield for a year. We did enjoy our time there. Miss the Donkeys and the hot springs. Beautiful horses. We drive k water from the springs up in the mountain behind the Goldfield RV park. The park with Pine Trees. Owner a nice guy. And yes its haunted. 😁👍🏻♥️

[@TeksonikAudio]

Wow you really missed the best parts of the town. The Goldfield Hotel is one of the most interesting things in town and is supposed to be one of the most haunted locations at least in Nevada. It was said to be one of the finest hotels of the era and has been featured on several TV shows. I've been there several times and it's very cool. There are also some other buildings on the other side of 95 that have a lot of historic significance. You really should go back and focus on the historic buildings and not the kitschy roadside distractions. But you did get one thing right and that's how creepy the town is....even though people live there you never see any activity at least the times I've been there.

[@CactusAtlas]

Nice! Your trip through all these ghost towns and Death Valley looks just like the one we took back in November! So many memories!

[@timyoung1515]

That was where my father was born in 1910 thanks for showing us a little of it

[@jdoe981]

Very cool

[@carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679]

16:08 - i find the graveyard haunting, and beautiful....a testimony to how wonderful the town was and how important. I truly appreciate your commitment to lost history!

[@maikailoa808]

Been through gold field and always stopped to have a look around and talk to afew residents.

[@kathy_ee5671]

Interesting town little bit creepy 😳 though that was a big cemetery

[@Lynne76]

Real cool town, I like the nostalgia and the cars where unusual, really good, I really enjoyed it, thank you for letting me tag along. 😊

[@adeand4310]

Reminds me of all those old towns in the Texas panhandle few people lots of space in between, keep on rollin Russ

[@mikenunley2106]

That was an awesome video, now you know where everybody is at, the cemetery. Such a huge Cemetery for a small town.

[@mikenunley2106]

Thank you for telling me that. I really do appreciate it. I would love to see that town.

[@mikenunley2106]

Thank You Very Much Edgar Miller .

[@breathedeep]

I passed through on my way up to Oregon 2019. Very surprised at how cold it is. 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏽

[@pathappycamper2843]

Very interesting, thanks for making the drive and showing us around, I marked it on my map and hope to see it myself! Be safe

[@apolloskyfacer5842]

Open and Safe must be the town's motto. What fascinates me about these old mining towns is the size of the public buildings. The school, the town hall, the courthouse, the chamber of commerce etc.

[@apolloskyfacer5842]

@Edgar Miller That does explain a lot.

[@mrsm513]

In 1905 Goldfield was the largest city in the state! We needed that big courthouse and high school.

[@AmericanWanderers]

Goldfield I believe is where Gus and Mr M who do the Abandoned Places vlog live or work out of anyway. He explores old mines on his channel. We drove the Idaho section of Hwy 95 up to Bonner's Ferry, not quite to the Canadian Border last summer. Great drive and very different from your stomping ground. Tree covered mountains and lost of lakes and rivers. You'd have to learn a new color--Green...heh. A good trip. We got on Hwy 2 and headed east from Bonner's Ferry.

[@PanamaRose]

Do you mean 'Gly' and Mr. M?

[@AmericanWanderers]

I believe you are correct. They mentioned a Goldfield address to send decals to them that they would stick on Old Bob's roll bar.@@PanamaRose

[@mrsm513]

You’re correct J Bryan. Goldfield is the place!!! Gly’s Abandoned & Forgotten Places and Mr M’s Abandoned & Forgotten Footage. Check them out!

[@AmericanWanderers]

@@mrsm513 LOL I am just watching your Killer Hill episode. Best wishes to you both.

[@susanboatman7913]

Russ, like historic towns. Another cool video.

[@rossc3447]

I love these vids Russ, keep cranking them out friend !

[@stephend.mixell2042]

I will never get tired of watching your videos, Russ. I feel so lucky to be able to see and travel with you all over the west riding along on your adventures. Stay safe and take care. Looking forward to more. Stephen from Pa.

[@stephenbrown3763]

Hey Russ!!! "VIEWS GREAT" Both cameras "DOING GREAT!!! Be Safe!!!

[@James-pz2bd]

Just south on 95 from Goldfield is the Lida turn off RT. 266, a few miles south of that is where Melvin Dummar picked up Howard Hughes after he slipped out of the Cottontail Ranch Bordello. Hughes had bought some mines on the dirt road where Melvin found him, that also goes west to Gold Point another small ghost town with some remaining buildings.

[@rangerider51]

When I drove a truck I used to enjoy driving through these old towns. Nevada is home to the most ghost towns. I remember an active gas station north of town.

[@vickihogan85]

This video takes me back about 40 years. I had in-laws who lived here then. My brother-in-law had a little rock shop in an old service station. The next time you go there be sure to mention that Virgil Earp died there, and the Goldfield Hotel is said to be haunted with quite a sad story to tell. Happy Trails

[@dougharo9138]

That's bad luck that nothing was open. I passed thru a couple times last year (during Pandemic) and there were some cafe and other things open.

[@GG-vx7gi]

Thanks for the virtual tour. Always wanted to visit after seeing the movie Vanishing Point.

[@luvwestern]

Sure enjoy your videos! Good footage and you are pleasant to listen to.

[@jaymcglasson7661]

I think it's very interesting that you did drive by or walk up to the grocery hotel that has been on the news then on the travel channel most adventures it's just strange that you didn't go to it

[@arunphillips6977]

I visited Goldfield just two months ago, partly because of it's link to Vanishing Point (specifically the hotel which doubled as KOW), but when I got there, nothing was open, not even the visitor center. One resident told me that the town is essentially a ghost town now. Very sad.

[@Acein3055]

Thanks for the great videos. It's the next best thing to being there.

[@texasnannyjoe2049]

Following a significant gold discovery in 1904, Goldfield became the largest city in the state of Nevada, and probably the wealthiest. At its height, Goldfield boasted a population of 30,000, three newspapers, five banks, a mining stock exchange, and what was most likely the longest bar in any mining town-Tex Rickard’s Northern Saloon, which required 80 bartenders to handle its customers. Also of note, on October 19, 1905 Virgil Walter Earp died of pneumonia at St. Mary’s hospital in Goldfield, Nevada.

[@weirdshibainu]

The Goldfield Hotel was magnificent in its day with marble imported from Italy. It rivaled any hotel west of the Rockies

[@lifeinmyemptynest]

I've been through there a few times, I have only seen one person. He was keeping a close eye on us as we drove through the streets. We stopped to say hello, and asked how many people live in town. He replied that it was not a town, but a 'village'. I think he said that there were only about 200 people living there.

[@tglass0000]

Like those bird’s eye view drone shots of the town and surrounding area! I do hope to see this area someday and will make best efforts to avoid the rush hour traffic!

[@mrsm513]

Please do!!! There is not a red light in our ENTIRE county, weird to think

[@richardcampbell6564]

Thanks Russ wish things had been open though.

[@malicemew]

I'd like to live here honestly, living so close to NYC i kinda crave this quiet isolated atmosphere lol

[@mrsm513]

It’s great!!! Quiet, the night skies are phenomenal! Sunshine and blue skies most of the time. Very few rules and regulations.

[@charlesbrockway3950]

Enjoyed my walk around Goldfield; the former hotel, former high school, former Methodist church. People living in their RV in the driveway and not in their house. Hard to believe this is the county seat for Esmeralda County.

[@nancykerentoff7119]

You need to do a video on Oatman. We just came upon it and has so much history. Nice trip through Arizona.

[@kevinj8236]

Thank you for sharing! I always wanted to visit historic Old West sites before I retired abroad. Unfortunately it didn’t happen. I will live vicariously through your vlogs until it safe to return to the US and I can possibly visit places like this on my own.

[@daniellmiller]

Was just in Goldfield in August 2020 and the visitor Center was closed too. I got a great photo of the crazy house with all the signs. Hiway 95 is pretty lonely though.

[@annettehambler-pruden6682]

I BELIEVE #95 BECOMES #93 THROUGH IDAHO. I HAVE DRIVEN IT SEVERAL TIMES AND IS A BEAUTIFUL AND HISTORICAL DRIVE.

[@Sarkus01]

To be clear, 93 and 95 are different highways that roughly parallel each other. 93 is western Montana and 95 further west in northern Idaho.

[@Skidoo22]

This is a gem, thanks Russ!!!!

[@lindamartin2045]

Thank you. I want to go to Goldfield and Austin. May have been cold, but really beautiful.

[@winterstorm366]

Good video thanks for sharing

[@kimberlyshalaby1134]

🙋‍♀️Hello Russ! Your brave walking in that town. My guess "Nobody" raised the flags? My next guess, "Somebody" put masks on the donkeys. That's probably the only police department that can claim a low crime rate. Don't have to worry about domestic disputes either. Who would argue with you? Eerie! What a beautiful clear blue sky! Had a wonderful day with you. 👍

[@montiliusbeatty9831]

Having never been there you make many assumptions. Population around 200; has a small store; bar; places to rent; active government offices. Major groceries up in tonopah 30 miles away. Calling it a ghost town is click bait.

[@charlesharmon4926]

Stopped there in July 2020 and the lady at the welcome center thanked us for wearing our masks.

[@carolyncolinhogarth8732]

Goldfield appeared to be a Ghost town. Gee it will be nice when all is back to normal again in all the towns of the USA, and Goldfield included. Hwy 95 south is good travel. That is quite an art filled lot in Goldfield with all those vehicles loaded up with boats, and all kinds of paraphernalia. We send a big wave to you Russ from Carolyn and Colin Hogarth in Canada...Lots of hugs to you all...from your buds in Canada...

[@jaysonschor]

Goldfield is cool but not far away is something even better, gold point NV. Ive driven the 95 from Sandpoint idaho to Yuma. Great route which I think rivals the 395. Nice video Russ

[@cliveashley9364]

Nice 👍 information 😊 watching fr Jamaica island 😎 Caribbean

[@stevenloy5514]

Russ, thanks for all you video’s, they’re great and you really show things well, especially including the drone. Will you be in Quartzsite on March 15-16?

[@eileencarman9752]

Very interesting place to visit. Thank you. Glad you were there, I certainly don't want to visit myself.

[@glamperjan]

Good and interesting video!

[@carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679]

1:39 - is that a ground based satellite dish on the left? Doesn't look like ham radio! cool find!

[@jenniferrobinson9474]

It’s like you were in an episode of Twilight Zone. Great video!

[@henrywardell4635]

Thank you Russ for RVerTV - Best TV On KZbin. Russ Too Cool 4 School.

[@MA_808]

the history of Goldfield is a lot more interesting and actually true rather than the silly stories about haunted buildings

[@kenuber4766]

Hwy 395 is the only "Intercontinental" hwy in the United States. Runs from Mexico to Canada!

[@Mr._D513]

You forgot US 281... Canada to Mexico

[@kenuber4766]

@@Mr._D513 Don't know that one. Will have to look it up though. I miss spoke..Hwy 395 was the first Intercontinental hwy. Thanks

[@mrsm513]

Nice info, but Goldfield is on the 95. The 395 is 2-2 1/2 hours away in California.

[@jburnett8152]

Some of those cars come from burning man. One day driving through Goldfield I spotted two people. No joke.

[@carlblumenstock338]

The Dinky Diner has very good food. Only open now for takeout. Great for early morning breakfast!

[@joes0406]

Quiet, no traffic. I can’t wait to escape Pennsylvania for that

[@davepalmetto]

Have fun and take care and take it easy and enjoy it

[@dspeelmanable]

Love these videos

[@the5kdude]

I like the camera mounted above and outside the windshield. Has to be easier for you in terms of cleaning. Also, it had to be pretty early in the morning, given the sun angle. It was too early for anything to be open.

[@rickcrippen5180]

I have been rockhounding in every county in Nevada. All in the 90s.

[@lornaz1975]

Russ. When does the big trip start? Spring has sprung!

[@robertgee7176]

Russ, what time of day was that? The sun was low in the sky. Also Goldfield is a very haunted town. It was Zak Bagans start for his TV series "Ghost Adventures"! Hee Hee Hee ... spooky! 🪦🤠

[@the5kdude]

Agree that it looked like very early morning.

[@lesliesumner1770]

Hi Russ, Your video on Goldfield was both good & not so much…. Bad luck to try & visit a living ghost town during the pandemic! But…. I felt badly for the town and the residents who really are there and proud of their town that your info was a bit “sketchy”. The little shack next to the visitors center was one of 2 bottle houses still standing. Both of those bottle houses are between 110-120 years old! When you left the fire station, it would have been nice to go past the Courthouse (built 1907-08) and gone up the street to the Old High School (another 1907 structure). Last graduating class was in 1952. The 1st time I saw it, it was in pretty bad shape, but it s undergoing a big restoration. Farther down and totally unmentioned was the Goldfield Hotel, once a showplace and also being restored. In it’s heyday, at it’s peak , 1903 to 1910, Goldfield was the largest city in Nevada. From 1903 to 1940, Goldfield's mines produced more than $86 million. Major fires in 1905 and in 1906 destroyed several businesses in the town. Another portion of the town was destroyed in l913 by a flash flood, and in 1923 a fire leveled 54 square blocks. (It was caused by a “moonshine” Still!). While your video quality is really good, please do a bit of research of the place you’re visiting. (Ghost town Rhyolyte’s “Casino” was its once beautiful train station. 😔). Am I from that part of Nevada? No.. I live in Las Vegas, but just really love incredible history. Thank you for your videos!

[@jesscarey7666]

Howdy Russ!

[@Dave-zj1zj]

The town heard there was a Camera in the area and they are all hiding.,

[@mrsm513]

Yes we do that!!

[@bcbconklin]

Wow, large cemetery! now we know what happened to all the people...

[@mrsm513]

Lol, I’m still alive and well. It was just a cold day at almost 6000 feet. You’d be inside too.

[@carlh-thehermitwithwi-fi679]

11:20 - "community center" in a ghost town. Welcome to 2021 everyone!

[@shanahurst2620]

howdy!!

[@jdoe981]

I visited the Goldfield hotel just from the outside. I took photos of it, then for 3 days I had three bad things happen. I will never go back to the hotel, I want to go back to the town

[@1allanbmw]

There actually is one guy out there who is owner of a gold mine complete with working hoists, shafts etc. Was a big operation once upon a time. Just him & his wife now. For me the draw is that hotel. I know its supposed to be haunted. Has a real spooky feel to it. President Teddy Roosevelt spoke from the second story balcony in 1905, I think. Closed in 1945. Once upon a time, that hotel was the biggest building in the west from the Mississippi River to San Francisco. Your average Fairfield Inn or other box hotel these days would rival that now... but not it's history...!

[@kyledolan8626]

Hi Russ, enjoy your channel greatly! I'm looking for used promaster high top 2500 or 3500 know of any places that have inventory? Thx in advance Craig Crawford

[@kylejones8219]

There are barely any streetlights it must be almost pitch dark in the nighttime.

[@robertjean659]

Great little town. Would love to walk and explore around there.

[@mrsm513]

It is a different little town. Unusual things to see and do. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but I love it

[@ronniecardy]

I love old cars 🚗 shame you didn't put the camera up to the glass some neat old ones I guess you must be in a hurry to get someplace I am thinking

[@onefeather2]

I find that highway scary.😉💀😉

[@drumdude46]

Went right by the Goldfield Hotel'. ( 'look at the size of 'that building'? ha ha) One of the most Haunted Places in the Western States.

[@SteelKokopelli]

Goldfield, NV: Where the cemetery is the liveliest place in town.

[@steveshortridge6255]

Everybody is inside where its warm russ lol

[@mrsm513]

Ding ding you WIN!

[@johnwood551]

It’s funny that over the last 40 years or so that I’ve traveled all over the country ,mostly the West, and seen these spots, and now in the last decade or so EVERYTHING is “Haunted” . They weren’t haunted before, but it seems like the new modern video watching people all want to believe in ghosts and haunted places to go to. Is this the legacy of the Blair Witch video of years back ? Anyway, these are fun historical places to see.

[@muradkassees]

Make sure you checkout the the car forest in Goldfield Nevada while your there its great i have a video on my channel about it

[@foxiedogitchypaws7141]

I love you use a drone to look before you go 🐕🚗, no one gets up until noon 🤣, I love history! It means family. New meaning to having the key's to the city.

[@timf6916]

Nice road trip

[@backyardinbloom575]

I believe Virgil Earp died in Goldfield Nevada. Wyatt Earp spent time there looking for gold with his wife. Thanks

[@mrsm513]

You’re absolutely correct!

[@okeythomas8001]

Art cars from burning man most likely. Fun Off roading around there too

[@mrsm513]

No don’t think so. they have been there for YEARS before burning man was an idea in anyone’s mind.

[@peterhaynes3661]

The hotel there trying to restore is very haunted

[@petepeterson4540]

Now then are those fences around the graves to keep you out or KEEP THEM IN LOL

[@michaela.chmieloski3196]

When it comes to cemeteries people are always dying to get in.

[@petepeterson4540]

@@michaela.chmieloski3196 GOOD ONE LOL

[@michaela.chmieloski3196]

@@petepeterson4540 Thanks, Pete.

[@autumnskyes5633]

Strange! There's nobody around. 👻

[@araftofwanderingotters206]

Russ, can you imagine what may happen in these old gold and silver towns, if we go back to gold and silver currency?

[@ronniecardy]

I know you can't please everyone. Good luck on your trip