This TOWN Was UNDER 60 Feet Of WATER! - St. Thomas Ghost Town - Lake Mead

[@Girltrucker05]

Thank you for enduring the heat and donkey, I’m old and disabled so I really appreciate younger people doing videos like this so I can enjoy them!

[@edwardjackson]

Ditto!

[@Afib95]

I just commented on another video about lake Shasta and I said the same thing I’m now disabled, hardly able to walk and it’s nice to live vicariously through others❤

[@deatjame2157]

I found a small ruins kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZbYaGujocSsi6c

[@user-ig6bk6ym3m]

Me as well. I used to to ghost towns and documented a lot on Facebook but I can't do it anymore. I love all these youngsters keeping up on the travels.

[@electrictroy2010]

@user-ig6bk6ym3m THE internet means you don’t have to go anywhere. Just stay home & visit distant destinations through videos. (Can also get free entertainment like TV shows, movies, and playboy.) .

[@Airborne80]

I’m a retired LAPD officer and a former Army Paratrooper………..first……. Always……and I mean ALWAYS trust your instincts. You don’t need to know exactly what the threat is just relocate when your instincts tell you to. Second…..I accidentally found your channel today. Thank you for introducing us to places most will never see. I love the fact that you are so safety conscious. I also love your editing. Thanks again and stay safe

[@Hhtjfdxv]

Thank you for your service

[@Vi3tKid420]

great advice, always good to have someone tell you these things. Ty for your service as well!

[@rollandsaxton]

Thank you for your service brother especially in LAPD. I have 2 cousins that also worked LAPD than transferred to Burbank, much easier area to serve and protect

[@greedycobra1446]

What a nice comment , the internet does have some nice people ! 🙏🏻🫡

[@theresaboulart73]

#NoREDFlags ... #TrustInstincts

[@erinhilliard9347]

Don’t let people online correcting you ruin your confidence, or question your intelligence. “I don’t know,”-you DO know. No need to apologize. If the internet doesn’t like your videos they can move on. Much love and support

[@bazzeil]

there's about 10 names for everything... and if it's sitting on a lake bed... I'd go with boat anchor, lmao

[@jrey6186]

? Don't know but will find out and get back to your is a sign of intelligence and self confidence - Own it and move forward, good stuff - carry on friend, don't forget light colors when out in the heat of the day [hat included]

[@curte7739]

Yeah people online are always experts in everything and many tend to lean on the mean side because they know they have anonymity. I personally have met some of these mean people online through various outdoor forums and you notice when you get face to face with many of them they tend to tone it down a lot , the online persona does not match the real person but there are still a-holes out there.

[@Husky1run]

Very interesting to see what been under water

[@bonitaxoxoxo8254]

Kudos

[@bettywing52]

No longer the age to have these sorts of adventures makes me appreciate all the more the chance to tag along with you. Your production technique is flawless, dazzling views, and you captured it all. Stay safe. 💙

[@deatjame2157]

I found a small ruins kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZbYaGujocSsi6c

[@althor9997]

It's refreshing to get someone sharing their experiences without all the forced enthusiasm for likes. Thanks for keeping it real.

[@LeeBlaske]

If they're going through the trouble of putting up all of those historical markers, they're probably not expecting water back anytime soon.

[@rupe53]

he mentioned the town has been sticking out of the water for 10 years already.

[@nickjeffrey8050]

Lmfao bro its going to take YEARS of heavy rainfall to gain any sort of feet back into the water that is sustainable. All good raising by 4 inches for 1 day but yeah hope you get my point

[@rupe53]

@@nickjeffrey8050 .... consider it took 3-4 years to fill the lake after the dam was completed, and that was with GOOD years on the river. By my figuring it took 20-30 years to get this bad so probably another 20-30 years to reverse the trend. Time will tell.

[@OATMEALCMC]

@@nickjeffrey8050 a whole lot of people would have to abandon the southwestern region of the country for lake Mead to have a chance period.

[@zerofox7347]

They could let it down from lake Powell again. That’s what they’ll have to do to make a difference.

[@creech444]

Donkeys are incredibly terrirotrial, that's why so may people use them on farms as livestock guards, they raise a ruckus anytime something new enters their terrirotry.

[@PuffKitty]

that's a bit of interesting info for those of us who don't know our farm animals 🙂

[@wyomingjody6470]

I was thinking it needs water. Could be caught up on something... Maybe some animal rescue person could help.

[@creech444]

@@wyomingjody6470 Donkeys do really well in desert environments. That could be a feral donkey looking for water. Donkey have a keen sense for finding water, often digging down a couple of feet for it. I just hope it doesn't get caught in some of the mud banks. If you remember every western movie with a desert prospector, they had a donkey or pack mule (half donkey) carrying their stuff. Apparently early homesteaders would let their mule wander around and where ever the donkey would dig to find water, that's where they'd dig their well. My grandfather used to raise farm mules, so he kept a few breeding donkeys and horses for that.

[@alanmoncus2331]

Yep, they'll F a coyote sraight up, my grand dad used to keep em on his cattle farm, had to watch u'r back walking through the pasture lol

[@emacias1473]

Donkeys are my favorite they fiercely protect their Lil animals homies and their favorite humans too there's a funny video of a donkey just blocking his owner from putting out a fire 😆

[@norm-nas]

The square holes with iron over them are cisterns for storing water. Next time you go there, wear a white sombrero with a really wide brim, wear a lose fitting long sleeved white cotton shirt that hangs to your knees. Lose fitting white pants, You will not believe the difference. All black in 100 degrees is not good. Maybe pause with your camera for just a couple seconds on the signs, they are interesting and we can pause our video to read, thanks.

[@HopeCreekConnemara]

Glad you mentioned that, we worry!

[@garypic4083]

Lol sooo true and did he have black sox annd sandals

[@johnsiders7819]

Think like the Arab desert people that is how they dress for that heat .

[@GoHomeKamala]

@@garypic4083 flannel boxers

[@stoker20]

Black on a hot day like a car guy.

[@drewmiller3462]

Years ago I was in North Eastern Arizona, and after studying a Gazetteer, I departed the Navajo Reservation in the early evening and decided, instead of taking the paved roads and needing to go more than 100 miles out of my way, I would drive the power-line roads and I drove 22 miles in four wheel drive low, even broke an axle shaft. My destination was a small mountain lake that I had never been to but was told that there where Pike in the lake, and I had never fished Pike before. I arrived at what I assumed was my destination at 2:30am. I was up at sunrise, put my tent and sleeping gear away first and had a quick breakfast. I walked out to the edge of the small lake, and went left up the bank and out into the open. I made a single cast and heard this huge crash from the other side. I was this very large BULL and apparently I had just made him mad. He was a big bull and he was making very aggressive big bull noises in my general direction and he was trying to crash down all of the brush and trees between him and myself so I suddenly lost interest in that particular lake and decided to drive away.

[@Lunarstruck1]

Feral donkeys can be really dangerous, you did the right thing. Thanks so much for sharing this! Cool place!

[@tommurphy4307]

he's mad because they kicked him out of his hangout on w. charleston.

[@wheresthebeefwherestheprob9951]

Thank you very much for walking out in the dangerous heat so we can see the historical town that was flooded so long ago! Very cool! Ty! ❤

[@kimberlyclayton4985]

Yes thank you

[@jeffchandler3390]

If you're prepared and acclimated the heat isn't dangerous. I run 2.5 miles even when it's over 110°, and I'm getting old. But don't do it if you're not acclimated and hydrated because then you could die.

[@mrrutstrut]

@@jeffchandler3390 also I wouldn't be wearing a black shirt to just absorb all the sunlight.

[@curte7739]

@@jeffchandler3390 I believe he said he bought food and water etc the only thing I think he did wrong was his clothing and by clothing primarily is black T-shirt

[@MickH60]

@@PedroKing99 It is abnormally Hot in a lot of places Pedro, the earth is supposed to be in a cooling phase, It's not hard to research, It's all to do with our orbit around the sun...

[@benhill3834]

The VIN on that engine block says it's a 1962-64 327 V8 out of a Corvette.

[@drunvert]

Awesome

[@daverotroff6873]

That is a casting number not a VIN. It is for a early 1962 Corvette.

[@tmtex]

Wow , good catch

[@funone8716]

Ran when parked

[@ginog5037]

Wow a 62, a little machining back on the road again...lol

[@ryanlevron1972]

As an over the road truck driver I drive-through this area from time to time...... I have driven all over the area of the Colorado river basin... very recently..... There's lots and lots of water coming down through the Colorado river.....so if lake Mead is being drained I assure you the government is behind it....its not a drought as you're being told

[@tonyamedsker213]

Thank ~ You for posting what you've observed... I agree 💯 % that it's being drained out. These days it's so hard to comprehend what all is going on.1 thing is certain...the government DOES NOT HAVE OUR BEST INTEREST AT HEART 😔

[@ryanlevron1972]

@@tonyamedsker213 Thank you for your kind words

[@paulkimber6028]

Yeah, kinda goes with Bill Gates purchasing massive amounts of farmland. Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffett) also owns massive amounts of farmland as well as the electric companies out west. And we all know they're socialists

[@paulkurilecz4209]

It is merely that demand is exceeding supply. The US Bureau of Reclamation published a report in 2008 that in 1999 the moving ten year average of demand exceeded the moving ten year average of supply; and, that demand was forecast to continue to rise. About the same time, the Christian Science Monitor published a story that predicted that Lakes mead and Powell had a 50% probability of being empty by 2021. There are some agricultural lands in the Coachella and Imperial Valleys that receive about 90 inches of water per year. This is more water than what is needed as rainfall to classify a climate as "Tropical Wet".

[@slayerzombie5693]

@@paulkurilecz4209 completely wrong. who provided you with the bullshit propaganda? You must have voted for biden as well. Polititians are draining lake mead on purpose.

[@Saffron-sugar]

I love that you come across as probably the most cynical and disinterested adventurer on KZbin. But clearly you have a passion for the stuff. Sunken towns are fascinating. I don’t know how you with stood the heat. Even more so, I cannot imagine why pioneers got out there and decided it was a great place to settle down. They must’ve been lizards.

[@Donald909090]

No lizards, just tougher then we are today.

[@jhonwask]

I work in 110-120 degree temps for 8-10 hours a day and it is rough, though I would still hike a few miles to see all those great sights. I was there about 20 years ago and you could see chimney's and poles poking out of the water.

[@unicornhal]

Thank you for going out there and showing us what the town was like. I used to live in Las Vegas Nevada. I've gone to the Hoover Dam. I've seen Lake Mead. When me and my family left Las Vegas that town was just beginning to show. You could walk down the main road but it was advisable that you didn't and if you did they wanted you to wear hip waders and you couldn't get all the way back there. I left back in 2007 and before I left I really did want to go see that town but I never really got to. At the time we lost a family member. We were going to have to move because we couldn't afford to live in Las Vegas Nevada anymore. So thank you for showing me what it looks like now. I really enjoyed that.

[@missingremote4388]

Did you move out of State ? I've never visited these lakes/reservoirs. Only a couple of reservoirs in California (Haiwee & lake Isabella)

[@unicornhal]

@@missingremote4388 yes, I moved out of state. I moved to Ohio with my young daughter and my mother-in-law. Hate to say it but I think the only thing I missed from Nevada is the fact they had a good public transportation, but other than that I don't miss that much about Nevada

[@oldermusiclover]

last time I was there was as a kid we camped out by the lake in the end of Aug it was soo Hot never wanted to go back

[@tommurphy4307]

i'm guessing you didn't move to california, since you couldn't afford nevada....

[@unicornhal]

@@tommurphy4307 I moved to Ohio. California was never an option. Then the more than once just didn't like it. I can honestly say went to Nevada once really didn't see a lot of the negative about Nevada until I moved there and then basically got slapped across the face with it. Years I wish I could get back but never will.

[@Zyworski]

4:56 Curtis Machine Company was founded in 1946 with a lathe, milling machine, and welder in a 20 x 30, foot chicken house behind the Curtis home in Dodge City, Kansas. One of the first jobs contracted for was the manufacturing of a gearbox. Curtis Machine’s design of “straddle mounting” the bearings results in a smaller and symmetrical gearbox with more torque carrying capacity than competitors. Curtis Machine Company now dedicates 56,000 square feet exclusively to gear, gearbox, and precision machined parts production. Curtis Machine Company also produces parallel shaft gearboxes with spur or helical gearing. Straight bevel, spiral bevel, right angle, and off-angle gearboxes are common projects. These units are used in hundreds of applications including: military equipment, transportation, material handling, vehicle steering featuring low rolling torque and compactness, fan drives, pump drives, petroleum industry, and food processing.

[@KutWrite]

Thanks! I'm gonna see if they have any videos of their work.

[@custislongarm5738]

Town has been flooded since 38. Why is there a Curtis gear box there.

[@Zyworski]

@@custislongarm5738 It is good clickbait for one of those proof of time travel videos. It is a mystery why a gearbox is sitting there but there is no denying that it looks like a gearbox.

[@Zyworski]

@@KutWrite I was hoping that they had a FB page so that I could solicit a response from them but no luck.

[@jefflarson1652]

Another Curtis Machine Company was founded in 1902 and in business until 1958. It looks like they were into large belt and block sanders.

[@robertwilhelm2298]

Andrew Smith Gibbons was one of the founders of St. Thomas / Callville. He was sent down to Arizona in the 1800's to address difficulties in the area when it was still a territory. He was a 5th great grandfather of mine. I remember taking this walk years ago and it was in the cool of the evening in the fall so much more bearable.

[@tommurphy4307]

it was established in the 1880's- nice job with your homework. it was settled by thomas smith who thought it was in the new state of utah (1865).

[@sabrinaprince8577]

I live in Nevada and know exactly what you mean about the heat being over 100 degrees. Thank you for walking through the extreme heat to show us the ghost town of St Thomas. As for that poor donkey in the heat and all alone, I think. It is very strange to suddenly see and hear a donkey when there seems to be no one in sight. I don't blame you for taking it as a sign to leave. I would have done the same thing. Again, thank you very much for sharing this video. I learned something new today. Keep up the great videos coming.

[@bcrusher1979]

I know these guys that came out to the East Coast for work as Iron workers and they are from this area. One day it was only 80 or 90 degrease and they were saying how unbelievably hot it was compared to out west because of the humidity. They said 100 degrease out west feels like 75 degrease out East. Never been out west so I don't know.

[@aerynventress7702]

Could've been rabid.

[@pewpewTN]

@@bcrusher1979 One of my buddies works construction & he was out in the DSW during summer one year. He said the same thing. Said the temp was actually higher out there, but it felt hotter back home in the SE. It feels like you can cut the air with a knife here. So soupy & sauna like.

[@emily.toombs]

I have some auto immune diseases that hate the heat from anything 85 to 103 ish but you get into the higher numbers like in Nevada! It actually feels amazing. I have no idea why ether. I just discovered it randomly on a Vegas trip and i was afraid that the heat was going to be a problem because it was the first time i had been in such high temps since becoming sick. It’s the one place i can go out and do things outside as long as it’s really hot, that’s the catch.

[@melkel2010]

@@emily.toombs I find the western states environment much easier, also. There's low humidity. When I came home from BMT back to the north east, I snot bubbled and choked on my first 2 mile run. Then I realized if I wanted to be able to run here at home again, I'd have to grow gills to breathe in the humidity. My great uncle was ill and was told to move to Arizona. He did and it extended his expected time; he outlived his younger brother, my grandfather, by a couple of years.

[@Charlie-fc1mh]

Thank you for taking the time to show us all, yet another piece of history on lake Mead. Especially in the heat. I personally don't think I could have possibly even made it half that far.

[@akireon5440]

It's amazing how the foliage comes back so fast... When I lived in AZ we had a lot of rain one year I believe it was 96 or 97 and the entire desert turned into this crazy wildflower landscape (every color in the rainbow). People that lived there for a while said it was rare to see that (some near my age at the time said they never have (I lived there from 95-98)). Those seeds and old dormant root systems last a long time I guess. Usually, it was all cactus, desert bushes, and weeds the entire time I lived there except that one spring.

[@lancelotlink3907]

1995-98 were good years to live in Arizona. I remember that year it rained a lot and yes the desert was full of flowers. It doesn't rain like that anymore and its getting really crowed here now. Hope you're living in a good area.

[@Master_ESE]

It’s like that along the highway going to Payson, it would be nice to see that in the valley, thankfully we have gotten more rain this year than we have the past three years.

[@aerynventress7702]

They call it a superbloom.

[@akireon5440]

@@lancelotlink3907 I had a blast in AZ back then I was into 4WD, hiking, and rock hounding you cannot find a better state to do that in than AZ. I live in FL now (I lived here before AZ) and the same has happened here population wise. Also, the temps and rain patterns are way different than in the 80s-90s. We have heat indexes of over 100 now daily in the summer and have not had a freeze in over a decade which used to happen quite a few times each winter. Looks like Gore was right all those years ago... Stay safe and take care!

[@nigel900]

Just like the “rainforest” JUNGLE… cut it down, and in two years you couldn’t cut a path through the dense vegetation.

[@allencushmen8352]

Thank you really appreciate your time showing us around. Here's something that help stay little cooler next time. Try if you can find all white hat and wear a cotton white shirt. Black and dark clothes will attract the heat.

[@Sailor376also]

St. Thomas is the final destination of John Wesley Powell in his original exploration of the Green and Grand Rivers (later renamed the Colorado River) This is where his trip ended.

[@mazdaram226]

Coming from over the pond, I salute that you show us the journey to get there , I love visiting the states but it’s the vastness that still blows me away every time …cheers for showing us the scale … great videos

[@ImSuitsMe]

The vastness shows how "over population" is a big lie. I live in NY and many areas here are vast woods.

[@g2rc]

@@ImSuitsMe Yes I agree 100%. With too many people governments have a harder time controlling them.

[@katieflowers4163]

Most Americans have no idea how vast, empty, abandoned, sad, beautiful, dangerous, loving, diverse it is. Now it's getting full of homeless people and drugs. where I live, the low-level jobs are fo vacant we can't order food. etc. sometimes. I hope all our world gets better soon.

[@katieflowers4163]

​@@ImSuitsMe Yeo. Empty and abandoned. Look up abandoned blgs on your, worldwide really. creepy.

[@ImSuitsMe]

@@katieflowers4163 I have looked at some. I've even been in some. There are whole abandoned towns. It's definitely creepy and fascinating at the same time.

[@bradbrown8759]

This whole adventure was a hoot. Its hard to imagine that town being over 60 feet below. When I was 12 I toured the dam in 1983 at full pool. I didn't know how lucky I was to witness its spooky full power. I just assumed it would always be like that. The history peppering this drying lakebed is endless. Anybody interested in some free boats? Lol! I see those motors and wonder if anyone was tied to them when they went down. I loved that western bluegrass Doboro song you played on the drive in. It really set the mood. I may make an audio copy of it.

[@elvara872]

It's crazy to think you might spent a day at the lake 10 years ago. But it's now a walk in the desert. Thank for showing us this place.

[@jrey6186]

Its all drying up, icebergs melting then just baron wasteland - nice future huh?

[@tommurphy4307]

i'm sure all this crap turning up will give the park service ideas for closing off the lake to boating in the future. i'll bet the water is getting cleaner due to the lack of all those gross-polluters (and their boats)

[@rchurch2769]

No, your spot on walking away from a donkey. Don't ever challenge or threaten one. They will bite the shit out of you.

[@tommurphy4307]

..and they run away like a little bitch if you throw stuff at them

[@AmandaHugenkiss2915]

Yeah that would suck to get attacked and be out by yourself 2 miles from the car and it's 100 degrees. Good way to end up dead

[@jsshay01]

And kick.

[@wildlyunrulyadventures3942]

This was very interesting. I learned a lot of new things from your video. You taught this ol dog something NEW! I appreciate your effort in doing this in the sweltering heat and being chased by a rabid wild burro. 😂🤣😂 All kidding aside, you took me on a hike that I would likely never get to experience otherwise, all while I sat in a comfortable AC room. Thank you for that.

[@tommurphy4307]

even domesticated donkeys flip out like that- and they don't have to be 'rabid'

[@NObucketLIST]

I met a young man who survived falling in a well. Lucky enough that someone heard him right before dark. He was humble and thankful to be alive. Always be careful around old homesites, wells behind most every one of 'em.. 👍 Great video.

[@tommurphy4307]

they wouldn't be real deep because theye cisterns and they had to provide access for the water.

[@jaybird2000]

My Ancestors lived there. We came on a Clear sunny day in the middle of the Summer. We enjoyed seeing the town. Now here comes the interesting part, As we were almost to the Parking lot, we heard a LOUD Train Whistle. We looked back at the town and saw Fog rolling in the area of the Town.

[@TheAquabears]

I'd bet that every single one of those cement-filled barrels lying around out there has a corpse in it. The one they "found" is just the only one that was already broken open, so the police couldn't easily ignore it.

[@wheresthebeefwherestheprob9951]

Exactly!

[@drunvert]

Actually most of those are anchors or buoy attachments to the floor of the lake, but it's always fun to postulate

[@Bullwinkle056]

Maybe all the heavy objects like engine blocks had someone attached.

[@Shield.148]

I bet those car engines had bodies attached to them as well.

[@TheAquabears]

@@Shield.148 What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, and dead men tell no tales, as they say.

[@davidgrisez]

This is also a reminder of what can happen to some towns when a dam is constructed to form a reservoir and the rising water of the reservoir covers the town. There were a sizable number of towns in the People's Republic of China that ended up under water when Three Gorges Dam was constructed. If remember correctly around a million Chinese people had to be relocated.

[@wannabecarguy]

People die.

[@FuckaBean]

And historical sites too

[@MRHSDM316SD18186]

Over a million

[@roxmattern60]

They knew this when they built the dam

[@johnglover277]

Plus some archeological and historical or ancient ruins

[@tylene113]

Awesome video! My grandparents had a trailer at what was then Lakeshore Village Trailer Park at Lake Mead. I spent lots of time with them there, boating and fishing with my grandpa, watching the storms rumble through the area and just enjoying looking out on the lake from their patio. It makes me sad to see how it all looks now. Happy I have those memories!

[@tommurphy4307]

did grandpa have an early 60's corvette??

[@brendannunya77]

Love your work mate, watching here in Australia. Fuck that haters, keep doing you, never justify anything to these internet trolls that have nothing to contribute to society 👌🏼

[@curtbonnell4308]

It is amazing, and very sad, just how low the water level in the lake is. Considering how many millions of people depend on it, the situation is very scary. Let's hope this winter is VERY snowy in the mountains and VERY rainy to help bring the levels up.

[@Sailor376also]

The most likely explanation for the V-8 engines is as cheap anchors for warning buoys. When the lake was first filling and later as the town was re-exposed, the buildings would have been a danger to power boaters. Or if the town were deeply submerged,, Scuba divers would want to know where to dive on the town. Engine blocks are a nearly free permanent anchor.

[@gregmoyers7757]

The area was flooded in 1938. Chevy didn't offer a V8 until 1955. They had one in 1917 and 1918 but that was before GM owned the name. Even back in the 1950's you would not want to get caught dumping such into a lake. Oldsmobile and Buick had V8's but they have their name cast into engine block. Not GM.

[@bhaebe6671]

Many river and lake areas have used engine blocks for anchorage boys. When the author calls his Mom every 30 minutes she could search and verify these facts.

[@Sailor376also]

@@gregmoyers7757 Cadillac used L block V-8s beginning in 1914 and one of those engines IS an L-block engine if my eyes do not deceive me. Old chunks of cast iron,,, (engine blocks) make near perfect anchors.. dirt cheap,, usually free (Yeah, get that piece of junk out of here !),, The norm is the oil pan is removed,, (not always) and at least one head is removed,, Makes it easy to tie a line through it. They are cheqp and they are excellent at resisting being dragged across the bottom. That's what they are doing out there. Trust me,, no one back packed those engines out there.

[@gordonstroup882]

Well, whomever used that small block GM engine was an idiot! Turns out to be a 1963 and up Corvette engine. Yeah, yeah, back whenever it was dumped, people thought that there are a million of those just laying around, taking up space. It's a shame that the rust on it has gotten to deep and pitted to save it. Could you imagine the story of how you got the short block for your car, or truck, "Yup, I found my engine out there, in a little town that was under water, out in the far reaches of a tiny, little lake. Lake Mead to be exact. Yes sir, well, I'll tell you what,"...... Haa haa ha haa! 😅

[@Sailor376also]

@@gordonstroup882 That would absolutely be a great story. I don't want to be the one back packing it 2 miles out. Couldn't do it.

[@joewenzel5142]

So cool getting that wild burro on camera and it yelling at you.

[@billyhighfill]

I’m not a superhero 🤜🤛 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Too funny. Bro. You uploaded a good video! I hate pouring sweat! So I appreciate your dedication to making a good video. Thanks for sharing. PS. keep being you. Don’t change for views or money. Be real. The well part made me chuckle. But also I appreciated how real you were there.

[@rhondaeverett8284]

That aaand the "next time i might dress like Shrek" 👍💪

[@judithrasmussem2922]

Such an interesting piece of history….both the old ghost town and there act of covering it to build a dam. My husband was part of building a dam in Salt Lake City a few decades ago, and they were required to take all measures to avoid impacting a “possible pony express station”. They had to reduce the capacity of the dam substantially. Apparently covering a complete town wasn’t even an issue back in Coolidge’s day. Thanks for sharing the experience!

[@elilinquist1161]

Post WW2 the US government got filthy rich and did this to hundreds of towns. All the lakes in South Dakota used to be settlements and towns

[@indy_go_blue6048]

Not so sure about Coolidge's day, but plenty of towns and homesteads, some having been lived in for over 150 years, were destroyed by FDR's dam building, especially the Tennessee Valley Authority dams. For the greater good, of course.

[@judithrasmussem2922]

Of course 🥴

[@tommurphy4307]

the era (or who was president) had nothing to do with it- they were squatters. at least the mormons realized their geographical mistake and got the hell out of there....doesn't anyone read and comprehend anymore?

[@johnnynitetrain32379]

It’s crazy to think of all the boats and jet skis that cruised over the lake, and the people not knowing there was an entire town 60 feet below them underwater.

[@bigchevy350boy]

Can't imagine how hot it was down there! I live up in Maine 🇺🇸 So we deal with heat in the summer, but rarely see anything close to 100 that holds more than a few hours. Thanks for pushin through so we could get a look at it! I appreciate ya bud! #allthelove from Maine 🇺🇸 🤘

[@BobSmith-xe8we]

I live in maine to bud. I'm 50 and I can't even remember the last time we hit 100 but it depends on where in maine you live I guess. I'm down south by the coast

[@Dreemwever]

Awesome content! Thanks for posting!! Would never of heard of or seen without your braving the elements! Suggestion: Wear light colored loose clothing, will help reflect the sun versus absorbing it. Hydrate to the max, plenty of acres to pee.... Stay safe... Thanks Again!

[@tommurphy4307]

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIs PLAce- you see 'plenty of acres to pee'?? U need therapy

[@kathybond9489]

And never wear black .

[@SMF314]

@@tommurphy4307 😂

[@tommurphy4307]

@@SMF314 "look at all this space! you go pee over here and i'll go pee over there"

[@Prototheria]

Dude, nothing but respect for backing off that ass. The last thing you want to have is the shit kicked out of you out there.

[@Legna1826]

Under rated comment!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣!!!! 5 stars!!

[@isthatatesla]

An ass kicking could have ensued, for sure!

[@bb0123]

🤣😅🤣😅 too funny

[@terrinooner1283]

No friggin joke! Family had one named JackAston and he was a complete arsehole to everyone except our grands. That one was wild AF, he/she could have really EFF'd up your day.

[@veseyvonveitinghof9593]

...it's truly amazing what has happened to Lake Mead this past few years...

[@gangstertwist8118]

Just happened to stumble across your channel , I loved the video ,you just got yourself a new subscriber here 😊

[@TallulahBelle3276]

Thank you for hiking in the heat to show us the old town.

[@SometimeIsNow]

Thanks for taking the time to walk out there so we could look around.. Great video. Take Care 👍🏼

[@wasntme3651]

There’s gotta be a bunch of good metal detecting finds out there.

[@dillonskinner5496]

Great Idea

[@crankybuzzard6867]

I was thinking that, too

[@williamhernandez9383]

Find some gold coins.

[@tommurphy4307]

sure- get busted and all your equipment confiscated- great idea

[@wasntme3651]

@@tommurphy4307 you must not comprehend the OP eh?

[@Manwichman]

I wish I could drive away from here... I'm laying on my couch so tired from working, feeling trapped here. This life is kind of a bummer, there's so much beautiful things that the Lord made for us and I haven't seen much but concrete and mean people🤦 Cool video🙋👍🙂

[@cyndy338]

Really enjoy your treks! Thanks for sharing and withstanding the heat👏👏👏👊👍😊🙏

[@wheresthebeefwherestheprob9951]

You made the right call about the burro those things are mean as a rattlesnake when they wanta be! We use donkeys/burros at our place to keep guard over the horses & calves 💪 Them suckers will destroy any coyotes that think our livestock would be a good meal. So very smart call!

[@allenpost3616]

Yup, was about to say the same. There very territorial make no mistake about that. I recon if it wasn't so hot this would have been a different kind of vid.

[@dawnr9158]

I had no idea that burros were like that. I saw a video that showed coyotes near the burros and I thought they were hunting them. They were all near campers on Lake Mead. Sounds like they can take care of themselves then.

[@tommurphy4307]

not a pack of them.

[@dowen1511]

Yes thank you for risking the heat and your time so I can see this stuff 👍

[@tonyv8596]

Great job showing everyone what use to be a town.👍🏻

[@Lookbutalsosee360]

I enjoy your videos and I can tell that you are passionate about the things that you find and I appreciate your honest and genuine approach to this set of adventures and discoveries. There are many many people that are unable to go anywhere or see anything and this little thing that you do, brings unparalleled happiness and interest to so many people that you may never meet, but your art and love of these out of the way places has put you in a position to touch the lives of so many in a positive way. Don’t be discouraged by ANY NAY SAYERS OR JEALOUS AND PETTY PEOPLE SHAPED LOOSERS! You are a great source of positive information and that’s a rapidly disappearing fact of existence for many many people and many channels! keep it up! Sincerely D.

[@theloneranger8725]

Thanks for this video; I really enjoyed it. It's crazy to me to see the massive drought out west, since there is plenty of water; it's just in the wrong place. I'm in Alabama and it's rained almost every day here the past two weeks. Just today we got about two inches of rain. I can stand on my porch and hear the grass grow. BTW, as a former scoutmaster in the deep south, I can tell you to not wear a black outfit hiking in hundred degree weather, especially when there is no shade available. I'm surprised you didn't outright melt on this hike. Great hat, though. Love the videos. Keep it going.

[@philipethier9136]

No kidding. I'm in Minnesota, and I know enough to wear a long-sleeve sun-shirt.

[@tommurphy4307]

thats great- but nobody wants to move to alabama

[@ellisz5972]

@@tommurphy4307 My late mom and dad retired there. Lots of family there. Beautiful state.

[@lynneperg6853]

Thank you for your wonderful post. It brought back happy memories of hiking among the cactus's. I lived in Arizona for four years or so (many years ago.) Two in Phoenix and two in Kingman. Being acclimated to the heat does help, but staying hydrated is key. For those who haven't spent time in a desert please understand "dry heat" is a real phenomenon. Peeing is rarely a problem because the sweat transpires as soon as it hits the air, that means your clothes don't get wet or even damp. The first time I filled a glass with ice water I was amazed there was no condensation on its outside.

[@JEANSDEMARCO]

Worked with a guy at Boeing (Pa.) named Dave Wixon who retired to Kingman 30 yrs ago! Said he loved it there!!

[@tommurphy4307]

no such word...

[@rss2105]

There's also an underwater town at the Hoover Dam. Used to house the builders and make the concrete. That has to be pretty visible by now.

[@sarahstrong7174]

It is indeed impressive that those fences are still standing. Imagine the human strength & energy required to wack those posts into the earth that hard, that they have stayed in place all that time.

[@tommurphy4307]

it was flooded- not hit with an earthquake. what would remove them?

[@norm-nas]

@@tommurphy4307 wooden posts float.

[@sarahstrong7174]

@@tommurphy4307 The flow of water over the years.

[@charliefunboy5210]

They didn’t “wack” the posts. Post holes are dug using a fence post tool and placed in the hole and dirt is tamped down in the hole. Even back in the day they had a tool to do this. Also the “current” in the lake would not have been strong enough to pull them out. It’s not a river

[@stevekight1955]

They may have been trees left in place as a fence when the place was clear cut.

[@busaj383]

Hey thanks for going out there and taking video in the 100° heat so I do not have to 🙌 Online is the same as in-person for me, just a whole lot easier 😉👍

[@brettwells66]

Hey! Please find the owners of these sunken boats and have them tell their stories! Maybe start with the one one that is sticking out of the mud about 30 ft vertically! Gosh, if you could track these people down and have them tell their stories that would be amazing.

[@tommurphy4307]

especially the dead ones!...... REALLY AMAZING!

[@sarahstrong7174]

@@tommurphy4307 Ha Ha Ha!

[@clarkwilson3505]

I suspect some of the owners of those boats may be inside the concrete filled barrels...

[@camarokurt]

Yes, I'd love to hear how these boats sank!

[@bula001]

@@camarokurt insurance claims!

[@rsaldivar4218]

Great video! Thanks for walking those extra miles for us! I really appreciate seeing some ‘new’ history out there. Cool little desert rig. 👍🏼

[@WARweezy]

You should get a Honda Monkey that you can put on the back of your SUV to explore like this. You can get motorcycle ramp that just plugs into a hitch receiver. I've been using a Honda Grom that I put knobby tires on to explore the mountains in Japan.

[@gerilynne1955]

I'm glad I had the chance to see Lake Mead before it had gotten to this point. So sad. It was beautiful at one time. Donkey/Buro whatever. Those critters can get dang nasty. I don't blame you for backing off. The sky is so beautiful. Such a beautiful blue and the fluffy clouds that kids would make pictures from. Don't forget to hydrate!

[@mollymullinix1220]

I live in NC and I could never imagine living in a desert like that, much respect to you and people who do. It definitely has its own unique beauty but I’d miss the hills and trees and stuff too much. Respect tho lol

[@skraminc]

Every desert in the west is a tiny bit away from a not desert. But only after like 100 miles. Very close to not desert.

[@wallysworld4202]

THAT WAS SO COOL THANK YOU FOR WALKING WAY OUT THERE

[@lindawoody8501]

At another similar themed site I saw that the well-looking square holes were actually cistern water holding tanks and there was an underground irrigation system of ditches/pipes that carried river water from one or both nearby rivers to the town's farms and homes. The federal govt. put the grates over the holes for safety after the lake receded and people started exploring the ghost town.

[@tommurphy4307]

brilliant! how could the settlers and squatters make the gratings when there was no electricity? here's another one- why would they build an irrigation system if they had productive wells? how did they dig the wells without drilling equipment? don't say 'by hand'...

[@shawndavid1845]

@@tommurphy4307 That's exactly how wells were dug... By hand. That's how everything used to be done.

[@JamesD1776-uc]

Man great video!!!! I know how hot it can get and it sucks that's for sure!!!!! But you did great work!!!! Stay safe out there!

[@deanpeterson4469]

I appreciate your content and your updates. We look forward to more. If it wasn't for you and a few others, we would never get this information elsewhere

[@76629online]

I’m glad you’re able to contain your excitement.

[@rickycollard9715]

Thank you for showing us this we really appreciate it without folks like you we would never ever get a chance to see something like this

[@tommurphy4307]

the park service has posted videos about st. thomas on their website.

[@vaccumsealed]

Thanks for pushing through that heat, man. I recall a time during the prime of the Florida summer when i lost BOTH of my power windows on my civic coupe once. Took me a week to get that fixed, so i kept a spray bottle of cold water on me going to and from work, so i understand. Thanks for the video and the travels to get there while pushing through. By the way, the donkey wasnt mad. He just wanted water.

[@mbeck3132]

Lots of fun I’m jealous. But why aren’t you wearing a giant Chinese hat maybe carry a white Umbrella. White breathable clothes??

[@RideOp74]

Interesting tour! Pretty brave walking out that far in that heat by yourself. Not gonna lie, I don't walk around my block when it's over 100°.

[@donfredette5189]

Thank you for taking that HOT hike so us disabled people get to see things we normally can't...

[@joewenzel5142]

Definitely a hike for the winter months.

[@rumproast5159]

My husband and I went on that hike a few years ago in February. It was in the 60’s. Much better than 100 😅. It’s fascinating to think it was under 60’ of water. Those wells were where they stored water. Yes, they are dry now.

[@tommurphy4307]

@@rumproast5159 i doubt it- those are cisterns. they shouldn't be dry after the recent storms

[@rumproast5159]

@@tommurphy4307 I don’t know about now. I hiked there a few years ago in the winter and they were dry then.

[@RuthAnnnMorris]

It’s so sad to me!! Lake Mead brought so many fishing trips and camping when I was a kid… My grandma lived in Kingman and I had Great Aunts and Uncles who lived in Oatman from the 20’s on until they all died off or moved away. They mined minerals and that’s how they made it through the hard times.. I was born in 1953. Did anyone know that in Kingman the military used Camels 🐫?? When I was young, every once in a while they would see camels out by the Kingman Airfield where they trained pilots. Camels were better than horses because of the heat. There’s so much history in that area between Las Vegas and Kingman.

[@HazardousChaos1]

Did you know Rose Larsen?

[@jonsymmonds1120]

Wow! Thanks for an amazing video. Thanks for taking me to this place which I have never seen! I have hiked the desert like you did to produce this video. It is beyond hot and rough doing so. I am proud to say that you EARNED a new subscriber! I thank you once again.

[@heavenlysonshine]

I must say; the video quality of your camera is beyond excellent. Thanks for posting!

[@danc1197]

Anywhere you see an old dam, you're likely to see a western town submerged on the lake bed. Western towns were built along all of the major rivers back in the day. When a dam is built the valley fills with water and the towns go under. Same thing happens all across the country. A lot of relics were uncovered when Folsom lake CA dried up 15 years ago.

[@bobbrown5529]

Greetings from Australia Mr Trooper . That was an awesome film of Lake Mead . I think it puts into perspective just how low the water is . It is surprising that there is no vehicle tracks down there . It's going to need a lot of water to put back in 60+ feet & one wonders with the way the world is now , will it ever happen . You earned a cold beer that day . cheers aussie bob

[@tommurphy4307]

it is restricted to foot traffic at st thomas point.

[@richdrotzer4313]

Amazing no sign of the current water from the lake.. how far away is the water? And how the weeds have grown back so quick.

[@stevearmstrong4561]

White and or light colored clothing is best in the hot Sun. Here in Texas where it gets as hot as Death Valley I wear white T shirts and light faded jeans. Love your video.🙂

[@rodrudinger9902]

Just out of curiosity, are they taking advantage of the drought, to clean the Junk, out of the lake? They could pile it, above the permanent shoreline, and then gradually get rid, of it.

[@bcrusher1979]

The government won't let anyone touch anything. Not even to clean anything up. They call the junk and old boats "relics."

[@JFJM53213]

That was my thought, too. On another channel the local from the area said federal laws prevent removal of anything from this federal land. Seems odd and I agree that clearing rubbish was my first thought.

[@rodrudinger9902]

While there is some truth to that, it only applies to Antiquities, Native Flora and Fauna, and areas of Archaeological Interest, or Forensic Interest. If the Federal, State, and Local Authorities were willing to work it out, they could find a way. An old tire, or rusty boat, or barrel; doesn't meet any, of those categories (unless there are bodies, in them). Wood, that is from dead trees, could also be gathered, and buried, or used as firewood. If the local stations, and the networks; don't realize when they are being "sold a bill of goods"; I feel sorry, for them. At the very least, old cemeteries, and Original American Burial Sites, sacred sites, or petroglyphs, or similar antiquities; should be considered for relocation, with the advice, and consent; of whoever speaks for The Original American Nations, or those Authorities who used to own the Cemeteries, before the Feds moved in. Many old Pioneer Settlements, are also of Archaeological Interest; just as Jamestown, and those within Shenandoah, or Great Smokies National Parks; or on TVA Land, are; and one example of antiquity relocation, was the relocation of the Egyptian Temple at Abu Simbel, during the Construction of the New Aswan High Dam, and Lake Nasser. This was an International Effort, with the Consent of The Egyptian Government, and documented in National Geographic Magazine.

[@roberthouston9657]

You earned a sub. The high desert of Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and western Colorado are some of my favorite places on earth. Basin and range forever it seems. Great views, and good job.

[@wysgyeman]

Thanks!!! That was incredible! You're a trooper - 4 miles in that heat! Hope you rested up after that one!

[@sarahstrong7174]

Maybe you could visit again on a rather cooler day? I for one would love to see more details though I certainly would not have walked out there in such heat. Thankyou for the effort you put in but remember to look after yourself.

[@encomanenco7347]

Great Video you made. Good not to stay to long out there in the heat especially while on your own. At 7:02 was a engine block part # 1 GM 378270. The 1 was (first casting mold) GM (General Motors) #378270 (1962 327 C.I. Corvette block). How did it get there? By the looks of it, it went down with that cable. Thank you, RT.,

[@doczed1560]

I do agree the casting number, #378270, is a 327 block. The casting number was used from 1962-65. There was 2 plants that casted the 327 block starting with the Flint plant from 1962-1965 and the Tonowanda plant from 1963-1965. The Flint plant had a supply problem during those years so the Tonowanda plant made most of them. So, without knowing the Stamped code on the right front of the block, You can not say it was installed in a Corvette as that casting number was used for: Base model passenger cars, Light tucks, and fuel injected Corvettes.

[@cranez006]

It is ironic that one of the causes of climate change is the large V8 engines of the past and present.

[@joewenzel5142]

The sediment went pretty high up on the building, it's almost totally covered in sand.

[@NuformAZMLO]

What do you think those foundations are made of to last so long under such harsh conditions?

[@HDPersonal777]

The “old world order”, aka Tartaria as an umbrella term.

[@daniellebrothers3688]

I think that crazy donkey was asking for water LOL

[@katbot2190]

That was really interesting. You're a lot younger than me but I bet you sweat off a few pounds. I wouldn't have wanted to mess with that donkey/burro either. I call it a donkey. Sounds like you were well prepared for this trek thank you.

[@gamingwithmrgvil3511]

I don't know if it makes much of a difference when it's over 100° but here in Florida come May all the black t-shirts get put in a drawer until fall. Otherwise I feel like I'm walking around in an oven.

[@hgoff5617]

yeah - i was kinda wondering why he was wandering around in a black t-shirt...

[@CarmenateVillalobos]

X2- a white shirt or lighter color would have been a better choice.

[@devinbennett9475]

It pains me to see my old house completely gone after the water subsided. It’s just karma is what I tell myself I remember growing up here with my 2 sisters. Dad worked on the dam from about 3:30 in the morning until 5 or 6 he would come home completely drenched in sweat and just sit in his chair listening to records until he drifted off to sleep where he sat. I remember the day he told us that the plans had changed and we would not be able to stay much longer after the dam was completed “unless we wanted to be mermaids”. It was heartbreaking. He had built our house just 4 years before that and we moved in from the hotel we had been staying at for over a year. I couldn’t imagine how he must have felt, knowing that it would all be washed away. He still went to work everyday until he was struck in the head by a falling boulder from the top of the damn while patching a leak found during testing about a month later. He was never the same after that. It was like a switch had gone off, and he had just given up. The day it flooded my Mom and older sister Sheryl tried to literally pry him from his chair, but he just kept shouting that he will die with his home as he pushed them away. This lasted for 10-15 minutes, them shouting and fighting with each other. I remember hearing a loud crackling sound followed by a boom.. The tree in the Heimerleicht’s yard had crashed onto their house. The next thing I remember is waking up next to my Mom and younger sister Ann on the bank. We just hugged each other and cried on the waters edge, knowing that Sheryl and Dad weren’t coming out of the water.

[@lwbbcg3845]

My Great grandmother lived here too! Relocating in Logandale. Verna Chadburn Tobiasson Heller. Maybe you were one of the "brat" boys she talked about scaring the girls out of the ditch swimming hole by jumping in naked... lol.

[@mikewilliamson9095]

Sad

[@skyrizione8811]

Nice story

[@DcaCo123]

Great video, thanks for sharing. My wife and I are planning a trip to Nevada just to see the relics Lake Mead has revealed with the low water level. BTW, I am from North Michigan, my question to you is, "Why the heck are you wearing black on a 100 degree day in a desert?" I don't wear black in North Michigan in the summer.

[@edwardjackson]

Just found a can of Deserte Turkey in my cupboard, which will probably be my only Turkey I get this year! Much appreciated, thank you, Mormons! I used to drive for Mormons, so, who knows!

[@jamescalvert284]

I absolutely loved your video and I respect the idea you got a little scared of the wild burro I just subscribed to your channel I’m excited to watch more of them when I get time I hope you go back when it’s cooler maybe take someone with you I love exploring in older house locations like maybe in the woods Good luck with your channel

[@dowen1511]

That donkey probably wanted you get him the hell out of there 😂

[@redfire27]

First off, you are way too hard on yourself. I can only imagine how it felt out there. It was so cool seeing these places that were underwater for so long. The history alone is fascinating. I appreciate you taking the time to make this video and let us see this place. And as far as the burro, I would have run. You don't mess with a wild animal.

[@rhondaeverett8284]

Agreed.

[@rachaelmanuelito502]

Thank you for hiking and doing the hard work and giving us a first hand look at Lake Mead. I use to drive through that area to get to Las Vegas years ago. Sad to see now.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Pretty cool, my friends and i found an old colonial village ruin in the forest when we were kids. Crazy how much history the area had, even found arrowheads and pottery out there.

[@michaelbrabant5326]

Cool video, keep them coming