Ghost Towns | Lost LA | Season 3, Episode 4 | KCET

[@SanDiegoKid]

I see Zzyzx every time I'm headed to Vegas. Nice to finally have some interesting context.

[@jessbaker5003]

Great job Jason wonderful cometary WE ARE ALL PROUD OF YOU .MRVM .

[@tammanyfields3583]

I live very close to Llano area and for a long time, you could actually walk upon the ruins, now it is all fenced in. You can feel the presence of the past to be sure.

[@vertigonale]

I like how Nathan Masters and Christopher Hawthorne mirror each other in their body language throughout the interview, most notably at 16:08 onwards

[@WrestlingErnestHemingway]

I was so hoping this was the Huell Howser visit to Bodie & other ghost towns Huell visited. I know Chapman University has all of CA Gold's videos, but I wish PBS would also put up & share all of Huell's CA GOLD & Road Trip episodes shows on KZbin.

[@bethbartlett5692]

I enjoy and appreciate the Various PBS Productions made available via KZbin. T9 date, Ive found the following states have offered these PBS or Ssmilar videos: Colirado, Wyoming, Georgia, and these Southern California PBS Videos. I live 8n Tennessee , originally a Chicago born *Irish American, I spent 17 years in Nevada, a place that will always hold a special feeling in my heart. Tennessee is a lish and beautuful state, yet the People are highly preoccupied with the Far Right Perspective, and I will leave that right there. I hope more states will follow, sharing their History for all to view and learn from. Beth Bartlett Sociologist/Behavioralist and Historian

[@itrthho]

The political stability of Llano was threatened by internal power struggles. Eventually groups developed, such as the “Brush Gang”, opposing the authoritarian rule of the Board. In November 1917 The Western Comrade magazine announced that the majority of the colony was going to move to an alternative site in New Llano, Louisiana. New Llano never attained the same size or level of productivity as the original colony. The remaining Llano community in California ended due to faulty legal maneuvers. In 1918, Llano filed for bankruptcy.

[@whomanbeing]

Another fantastic episode. Love this show. Great work.

[@mangot589]

Oh my gosh! I haven driven by those two chimneys, in the background when they are talking about in the bit about The Western Comrade colony a hundred times, and each times I’ve ALWAYS wondered about it. So cool! Thanks for the upload! Now I can bore my husband with facts instead of ponderings lol. P.S. Hardy? I’m surprised they didn’t DIE. I lived out there, about ten miles from those chimneys, for a very few years and it’s SO SO HOT. You suffer WITH A/C. Obviously they must have gotten water from the ground, but holy cow if you have lived in the area I can’t even IMAGINE.

[@77xdivaokurrr7atsymbol6]

This touches on the one thing that really was uncomfortable for me about the culture of Los Angeles--there is such a prominent disconnect of history. It's such a young state compared to living in the Northeast, where the country was founded. I really believe that when you live in a city like LA, surrounded by mall culture and brand new developments constantly going up, the romanticism dies down very quickly for what LA is. I used to live in Burbank, right down the street from the WB lot, and it's bizarre that the oldest buildings I came across were only 2 or 3 generations old. It's a bubble too. But having connection to these other buildings that are not remotely entertainment-centric is nice, because it's an industry of utility as opposed to luxury. It's easy to get out of touch with what actually matters/what the fundamentals of society are.

[@1allanbmw]

I was born and raised in SoCal. Moved to Utah in the late '80's. I visited Bodie back in the late '60's or very early '70's and loved it. Wasn't aware of the history at Llano, but knew where it was. I had a vague idea about Zzyzx, but as I hear it now, I wonder why there was an eviction. Seems like he was the last of a breed that thrived more in the '20's and '30's. Hardly seems fair so long as he wasn't harming anyone. Certainly out on the edge of civilization. Have past the turn off a million times over the years. So whatever became of him?

[@megenberg8]

in '73 i traveled out west and arrived at a small town just about a few short miles from the most imposing blue granite cone rising solitary from the barren desert floor. picturesque and perfectly massive, probably at least 10,000 ft. tall. a dusting of snow on its awesome peak. the town was comprised of gray weathered wood, nothing painted. think set of gunsmoke. the glass in every window though was crystal clear, utterly spotless, not even a smudge. abandoned completely. remote in the sun. nothing but open sky anywhere. and there stood that gorgeous thing. i do not know where this was, this remarkable place. just a kid, no map. anyone know? must be only one such scene as this on earth!

[@SoniaCarlosLedesma]

excavating Los Angeles

[@GuapoDelmonte]

The old ghost towns, in some cases, at some stage, had been "boom towns", especially the old Californian Gold Rush towns, they built-up like in Bodie, that had some 10,000 people, and Aurora, that had another 10,000, they found large amounts of gold and silver, mined it, and after the easily accessible veins had been depleted, they then had to work so fucking hard, to mine less and less valuable minerals, as the boom diminished, the peak times started floundering, the good times were over, the money became scarcer and scarcer, the population became less and less, as they then moved-on to the larger emerging metropolis's of Los Angeles and San Francisco (with local NFL team later called the 49ers, after the "Gold Rush") In these "Gold Rush" mining towns, often in the "desertification", and very far away from urban settings, it was always "going to be the case" - It's all flat-out while there's gold and silver, when that dries-up, the business in that mining town dries-up with it........................But what about in other much more fertile locations?? What can be the reason for fertile, previously prosperous towns like Harrisonburg, Louisiana or Sicily Island, Louisiana?? both fertile and "farming communities" why would their business, population, culture, society, money movement, work activity, ideas, social clubs etc. Why would everything DRY-UP & SHRIVEL-UP?, within a few decades of 1880 or 1881?? What happened to the thriving HARRISONBURG, and what about "other locations" where "HARRISBURGITIS" (EASTMAL) affects the people and their health, with a bigger, sinister version, of anything that happened in Harrisburg, what evolves out of the "exponentially bigger" and "exponentially worse" version of the "Harrisburg Decline" (BEAVERITIS) what happens to those towns hit with the "Harrisburg-On-Steroids" version?? What happens to that town , and their people, who have lived there for generations?? DO THEY JUST DRY-UP AND SHRIVEL-UP, AND ARE THEN BLOWN AWAY BY THE WIND?? THE SADDEST THING ABOUT IT IS - THEY NEVER HAD, OR EVER MINED GOLD OR SILVER - ONLY THEY WERE MINED.

[@mrnoedahl]

How the California dream differs to the American dream is in the amount of time it takes to get there. The California dream is very fast whereas the American dream takes a little longer.

[@kevinkevin6806]

Well done

[@robertsmith5744]

None of these places had a railroad stop. ---- Doomed . . . . .

[@ApartmentKing66]

Well, not all towns were founded at train stops. Some were founded at the intersections of old roads.

[@Yourleftismyright88]

Or a reliable/sustainable way to get water on a regular basis.

[@pigoff123]

Such a shame they took Zzyzx from him. It wasn't fair.

[@nicksGLI]

Bodie is 361 miles from Los Angeles. How is this Lost LA?

[@r.j.johnson1867]

Why no Calico Ghost Town?

[@RTD3]

So what happened to Llano Del Rio?

[@davidbrown8303]

I don't like it because he said the towns don't have ghosts.

[@tommcelroy6975]

Waaaaa

[@juanjosechavez1633]

At 8:52 to 8:56 or so. A shadow of someone pops up. In the left behind the wood beam. Were there is a door way. Let me know if you see it too. I know I'm not tripping. There's also a blurr. Let me know what you see 👀

[@vertigonale]

it’s a reflection in the glass. there is a window pane between the camera and the interieur, and someone moves, most probably the person behind the camera

[@spitfirered]

Nothing ever changes just gets bigger and more corrupt!

[@ronniedelahoussayechauvin6717]

Sounds Like A Corrupt Theory

[@danielyoung6630]

GOLD! THE PIONEERS OF YESTERDAY LOOKING FOR FORTUNE!

[@bethbartlett5692]

Why was the visual so limited? Why didn't they show m9re visual of the land, remains, and map location of the sites they reference abd actually went to their physical location? Really odd The Radio Show Host was likely to forthwright, wanting ti both inprove health and improve his finances,. Somehow those are deemed contrasting goals, but they are really both positive. I believe he is seen as a type of Cult promoter, he really was Awakened far earlier than others, Awakenings are just now becoming realized.

[@johntilson2535]

"To see if socialism might actually work..." No. It doesn't. Been tried worldwide. Only the elites thrive. Just like with capitalism. The difference? The majority of citizens who are NOT elites suffer the most with socialism. Why? No matter your country of origin, nationality, or race, you are human. Humans are inherently greedy. Humans are corrupted by wealth and power. Those that have it WANT IT ALL. Socialism takes even the chance of success, the 'hope' if you will, away from the masses. Capitalism preserves 'hope'. Thank you, I'm here all week...

[@bestofyoutubevideos5270]

"found gold" on stolen land makes it stolen gold also....

[@tommcelroy6975]

Smh

[@MultiBrad777]

Someone was mining for spiritual gold now the California university system and the banks hat provide debt / tuition loans....are mining for money...

[@crumblefest]

How hot is IT?????

[@ShakespeareCafe]

The new editor of the Western Comrade: Gavin Newsom

[@thebaconarmysquad7337]

I SAW A VIDEO CHANNEL OF THIS I CANNOT BELIVE THIS REALLY THERE WAS ZOMBIES AND MILITARY DUDE YOU HAD TO WATCH IT

[@jenniferjaurigue9660]

It is tradition to pull over onto Zzyzx road for a "quickie" on the way to Vegas!

[@jerrysullivan8424]

Does anyone still live in Bodie? Thank you.

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Jerry Sullivan that place is an absolute shithole!

[@Raptorman0909]

I believe there's a small number of people, mostly park rangers, that live there during the season. This is high country (about 8400 feet or 2561m) and gets severe weather and the roads, which are mostly dirt, are snowed in for a good part of the year.

[@jerrysullivan8424]

Thank you.@@Raptorman0909

[@richardyoung4616]

It is staffed year round by park rangers.

[@presterjohn1697]

No villagers just pillagers. Widespread barbarism. What other culture behaved in this manner?

[@653j521]

prester john You want a list?

[@fredflintstone9575]

What is it that makes gold valuable?? Does it give off some spiritual radiation? That drives people into gold fever insanity? Do people eat that stuff for some reason? Or do they breathe that stuff for some reason? Does it put a roof over their head like timber? Does it cover their body from the radiation of the sun and that cold temperatures of the winter? 1 oz of gold could be stretched into one mile of telephone wire. But not back then. And they definitely don't use gold anymore. For anyting not even your electronic devices explanation point? Come on! The human race. and the stock market is all fraud!or go catch a fish with a shiny piece of gold lurer... Maybe it just triggered happiness like illegal drugs. Temporary fix 4 reason to be alive?

[@s.sestric9929]

Gold doesn't tarnish or corrode, it doesn't rust away or decay into nothingness and it's relatively scarce; this in addition to it's natural beauty. Given it's known properties it became a monetary unit in ancient times and continues to be a convenient one today.

[@1allanbmw]

Don't you know?? It's the stuff dreams are made of!! (Shameless quote from "The Maltees Falcon")

[@lpc61]

@@s.sestric9929 nicely stated!