Driving Mrs. Orcutt's Legendary 4-Mile Driveway!

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When Interstate 40 was constructed through Newberry Springs, California, one resident's driveway became a 4-mile-long raceway.
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[@tundraboomer3372]

I worked for a automotive tuning company in the mid-80s that used Mrs. Orcutt's driveway for testing. We used to obtain a permit from the county to close the road. I did 150mph on it once, but it was in much better shape then. Never had a chance to check out the house so thanks for including that.

[@dtna]

Haven't been there in over a decade. Peterson Publishing used to use that strip to clock 1/4 mile times. Car mfg. R&Ds used to use it when testing prototypes. But please be advised that the strip of road has not been maintained for several years and may be dangerous.

[@johanna7254]

Never heard of this before-fascinating!

[@boxborolad]

Fun episode. You've scored another success. Here's to Bonnie Orcutt & her example. Thanks for another interesting odyssey! All the best

[@Patriot-American]

This is one for the books ... a four mile driveway, g! You come up with some of the most interesting stuff on KZbin.... Much appreciated ... 👍

[@yawndave]

Hey guys, happy Saturday! This is a bit of Rt 66 lore I wasn't aware of. A great story of "desert rat" who built a compound out in the middle of nowhere and became something of a legend. Now I have have another bit of Mother road history to explore next time I pass by. Wandering around the house, it looks like a prime spot to come across a rattlesnake or two...watch your step! Until next time, happy trails!

[@scottyo64]

The infamous driveway!

[@thomasjsanford4369]

... which isn't actually a driveway...

[@scottyo64]

@@thomasjsanford4369 which actually was

[@LiamMichael-zr1uz]

Only you could make a driveway this interesting! Thank You!

[@OddityOdysseys]

This is very generous of you. Thank you so much! 🙏❣

[@MrJojo2go]

I was not expecting a vlog today what a surprise!!!!! 👍🏻😁👍🏿🇨🇦🇵🇭🇺🇸

[@noahcount7132]

Mrs. Orcutt was definitely not a run-of-the-mill individual. Thanks, Drew and Bethany, for showing us viewers her former home and the amazing driveway leading to it. 👍❤ The dwelling's gunports are a genuine oddity.

[@OddityOdysseys]

Always appreciate and look forward to your thoughtful comments, Noah!

[@alberttran9111]

Thank you for showing us your new adventures!

[@blockisle9]

Thanks as always 😊

[@NathanCrouse611]

That's a cool story. I like seeing history like this that still exists. The story would have been just as interesting if she got her own highway exit because then it would be an existing exit for nothing now.

[@Biden2024MFs]

aww yeah! happy late 4th!!!! god bless yall!!

[@rh5563]

I’ve seen many videos on her driveway. First time seeing her house. Thanks you two! 👍👍👍

[@charlescolegrove4822]

Another interesting adventure with y'all. Thanks for the memories. Need more cat videos 😂

[@OddityOdysseys]

Agreed, Charles!

[@andyhudgens]

Love my oddity fam do it drew fast and furious Happy Saturday 🫶💛

[@OddityOdysseys]

Happy Saturday, Andy-Fam!

[@garygolfer3243]

Yowza! We did that, and Zzyzx Road, and Amboy crater, and Hinkley, and Trona Pinnacles, and a few other funky stops during the pandemic. Gov. Newsom said essential travel only, and we found travel to be essential 👍

[@yehman71]

Awesome! I’ve always wanted to do Zzyzx and Amboy, and Mitchell Caverns. Some day!!

[@jeffmoore3449]

William Warren and Mary Orcutt had a 210 acre vacation home Rancho Sombra del Roble, Spanish for "Ranch of the Shaded Oak" in what is now West Hills,CA in the 1920s that had a long driveway lined with large palm trees that lead to their front gate. I wonder if they are related. They share a last name and long driveway in common. Today it is a public park that is only about 24 acres.

[@traviscreason1911]

Thank you so much for sharing this oddity with the rest of the world, truly fascinating, and y’all keep on knocking out bangers! Great video😍👍!!!

[@FishnChips136]

Dolph Briscoe, past Texas Governor, had a ranch outside of Catarina, Texas. I believe it was 18.2 miles of paved road from the highway to the house ( I think that number is correct). He also had a small airfield adjacent to the house to accomodate his planes and others. Some say there was a control tower but, I never saw that part of the property.

[@shelleysaunkeah904]

Cool! Thanks for the ride!

[@OddityOdysseys]

Anytime, Empress! Also, we're sensing a Hyrule Odyssey comeback with Echoes of Wisdom. 😊

[@mattf49006]

2nd !!...lol..I've flown over that as a GA pilot and once did a low pass thinking about a touch and go...glad i didn't...

[@squllymcfadden6262]

Very interesting as always guys👍

[@arrjay2410]

I'm increasingly seeing videos about derelict and abandoned properties in the U.S. Doesn't anybody go in and tidy up (tear down) these places?

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

The United States is massive. Old buildings that are close to a major city are normally torn down and redeveloped quickly. Buildings that are abandoned in a remote location can sit and decay. There are exceptions to that of course. Detroit for example was once major city. Its economy collapsed after the auto industry left. It has a lot of abandoned buildings. The Detroit city government only has the funds to tear down a handful of their abandoned buildings each year.

[@brooklynbaby1987]

Yay another Odyssey video! Hope y’all and the kitties are well. I still miss y’all TOTK streams on Sunday nights but I love that y’all are getting out and exploring other parts of the US and taking us with you.

[@OddityOdysseys]

Hi!! We are thinking of bringing Hyrule Odysseys back for Echoes of Wisdom...hope you've been well! 😊

[@missjprays]

Hey u guys r in my neighborhood again. It’s amazing about newberry because lots of famous ppl lived out there as a get away and used either their own planes or went thru dagget airport to go back to la if they didn’t drive ya know. But it’s interesting. U also passed by houses that literally got ate up by sand dunes!!! So if u guys come here again it would be cool if u came to Barstow and go on the HISTORIC 1st bridge which is currently being built a new one next to the old one. The old one is one of those special Metal ones from the 40s and most ppl do not know that that’s an old highway. I belive highway 91. And it was there to Route 66 which is our Main Street and if u guys go over the 1st bridge u guys have been to Harvey house I think but that road and brodge there on the other side is also houses are up by sand because that’s the Mojave river. It’s dirt 90 percent of the time and mainly underground but it’s important part of the desert. So those houses are the end of “crooks” dt and yes the name is fitting 🤣

[@rh5563]

Haircut looks good Drew! 👍👍👍

[@JulianHarris-rg2cp]

Great video. Shows how people determined can do what ever they want.

[@njaneardude]

I always like your map overlays. Great video guys!

[@chrisarmstrong411]

Oh yeah, it's legendary, so much history on that road, I've been there and drove a rc car at 97 mph just to be there and pay homage, glad you found it, guys have been over 200 mph on that road in the 60s and 70s!!!😊

[@theathjr]

I have learned so much about our state from watching your channel. Thank you both ! Huell Howser mustve been a huge influence .

[@brillblonde6705]

I like stories about tough women! We need more of those. Gutsy! Love the gun ports! LOL Good, fun adventure!

[@xvsj-s2x]

Heyyyyy “OO” interesting story! Thank you for sharing! ✌🏻🫶🏻

[@OddityOdysseys]

Thanks for watching, Jesse!

[@xvsj-s2x]

@@OddityOdysseys Miss you both, it’s been a bit of a drought since I’ve some content. Nevertheless I hope you’re doing well ✌🏻🫶🏻🚒Jesse

[@nlpnt]

YT algo sent me and this is an instant new subscribe! Any gun ports that don't seem to face anywhere an intruder would approach are likely for critters.

[@Bryan_USA]

Interesting and fun, as always....

[@368fan4]

Guh`Morning O.O. .

[@OddityOdysseys]

For some reason, KZbin offers the "Translate to English" on this comment. 😅 G' Mornin', our friend.

[@bigdaddio1959]

Did you go see the Volcano House while you were there? It is in Newberry Springs also.

[@SantosChronicles]

You guys are back. I was worried you might have retired on me. This is such a crazy story. At least it is not in IL because shoveling the driveway would have been tough. This was the first (and probably only) DriveWay Tour I have seen on KZbin.

[@OddityOdysseys]

Hey friend! Did you get a chance to check out our recent episode on the Lighthouse? Hope you guys had a great July 4th! We have a LOT of new adventures coming up. 😊

[@SantosChronicles]

@@OddityOdysseys Yay! I was on vacation the last couple weeks. I’ll have t go back and watch the lighthouse video also! Keep them coming!

[@OddityOdysseys]

@@SantosChronicles Hope you had a great vacation!

[@thedownwardmachine]

She built a house with bricks she made herself, she installed gun ports, and she talked someone into building her a road. Certifiable American badass.

[@mannybananas1322]

New sub ! I instally love your content.

[@OddityOdysseys]

Thank you so much, Manny!

[@brucecpaine4597]

Great episode guys…..

[@donutdealer74]

Hello there. Great job. Still love the content.

[@OddityOdysseys]

Hi Lord Donut! Hope that Tangerine Bar supply is still going strong...

[@donutdealer74]

@@OddityOdysseys it’s time to restock. Down to my last box.

[@TrailStrider909]

Happy Saturday! New here and love the channels vibe! Leaving a sub full support!! ❤❤❤❤

[@OddityOdysseys]

We appreciate that so much, thank you!

[@TrailStrider909]

@@OddityOdysseys Anytime my fellow travelers!

[@tom_p9075]

Crazy how some people lived.

[@ozyankee4403]

Imagine a modern day delivery driver getting to deliver a package to that address?

[@dtna]

Please do a story on the "Spanish Kitchen" on Beverly in L.A... 😮

[@MiamiMillionaire]

👍

[@robertreynolds1044]

Newberry Springs is a magical place, I've been invited in by total strangers to stay in their house. And of course Baghdad Cafe and the bundle of light. My name is Bicycle Bob and I approved this message and it also relates to my one question of God.

[@peggycarlyle6409]

What a great episode! Anyone out there have old photos of the house??

[@OddityOdysseys]

Thanks Peggy! It would be great to see a collection of her house when it was in its prime. Perhaps some will turn up!

[@keith2059]

Greetings Bethany, Drew, wonderful family at Oddity Odysseys! Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July, take care, and enjoy learning and adventures! Found this little more about Mrs. Orcutt house and thing built near the house. Couldn't find anything how the house looked like, when it was built. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2nFdn6Ql550e7M

[@Green_Leaf]

Didn’t Wonderhussy cover this already? Interested in your take on it too 😊

[@ErnestoG3]

Did you guys also take a look at Huell Howser's old house?

[@OddityOdysseys]

We saw it from a distance!

[@donaldharlan3981]

That actually happened in 1984, not 1964. There's a lot of supposition as to how the driveway came into being. The woman that lived there at the end of that road was killed or replaced less than a month after the highway was completed in the area. Orcs in the desert.

[@godfellas483]

Didn't somebody*Wonder Hussy adventures) just do a video on this..? California is a big place do we need to recycle locations???

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

I watch her channel. Yes, she made a video about this recently. No, she wasn't the first person to do that. I've seen a couple travel KZbinrs cover this story.

[@anjachan]

Im sad about the house. 4 Miles are 6 km? truly a very long driveway.

[@zacariasbc8484]

Perdón, pero en México, en la carretera 45, en el tramo entre Durango y Parral hay un tramo carretero de 90 km. Aproximadamente 56 millas, absolutamente recto, solo son jorobas y espacios llanos y planos. Sorry, but in Mexico, on Highway 45, between Durango and Parral, there is a 90 km stretch of road. Approximately 56 miles, absolutely straight, with only humps and flat, flat spaces.

[@ksavage681]

Surprised they didn't just make her a tunnel under the highway to get past the interstate.

[@MatthewHuntley1961]

Newberry Springs huh? How close did you get to the Volcano House???:

[@OddityOdysseys]

We were a little distance away, but were still able to see it on its hillside :)

[@thomasjsanford4369]

That's not actually a driveway, but a county road that connects to a state highway which connects to the Interstate. The headline is incorrect...

[@koreyb]

I wonder who owns it now?

[@user-to2gh7sg3l]

The driveway of someone people have heard of would be more interesting....

[@JimmyLoose]

You guys ripped this video off from a dozen KZbinrs who have already done it. Shame on you. Get some originality. And you're way off on the cost of the driveway. Get your facts straight.

[@njaneardude]

Ouch.

[@choua01]

Shut up Karen, free country they can do it if they wanted to.

[@OddityOdysseys]

Any and all comments creates engagement, which only helps to boost our reach and puts our well-produced, original videos in front of even more people. :)

[@chrisarmstrong411]

Yeah,don't think they did much research before doing this vido,,so much more involved, but oh well,,,

[@DarthJermz]

Haircut? Nice

[@OddityOdysseys]

Drew's haircut has been making an appearance for a few months now. 😊