The Ghost Town of Garlock

[@WyomingTraveler]

Highway 395 is an interesting road with a lot of history. When I lived in CA, I liked exploring the sites around San Bernardino. I enjoy your narration.

[@heroknaderi]

Very cool finds. I love exploring

[@coleparker]

Well, I live in Ridgecrest and have worked in Randsburg and I drove through the town almost every day when I worked at Edwards AFB. I feel kinda sad that it is deteriorating at faster rate than when I first got here.

[@ms.annthrope415]

Been there on our way through Randsburg and Burro Schmidt's Tunnel. Drove up the hill in 4x4 to reach the tunnel. It was owned by a son and his mother who lived there. They may both be dead now. We walked all the way through, the tunnel getting lower and lower as Schmidt got tired and exhausted. We finally broke through to the end looking over a dry lake bed.

[@Last_one_before_I_go]

As I've posted before, I enjoy what you do in bringing this type of history to the viewer ship. Thanks for your work !

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Thank you!

[@Jorma-e4t]

Steve, thanks for the videos and stories. Relaxes me to watch. God bless.

[@matthewgauthier7251]

Thanks. Great that your out there doing this. Born in La Mesa. roaming the deserts was my escape. Nothing else like that serene landscape.

[@keithbrightwellaerialprod]

Driven by there so many times on my way to China Lake. I truly like informative videos like yours!

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Thanks for watching!

[@janblake9468]

In the 1960's, I found a 1798 Spanish silver coin in a Garlock ruin.

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Wow, thats an amazing find.

[@janblake9468]

@@SidetrackAdventures While driving through Garlock, I recognized the ruin that was in a metal detector ad. Two guys previously found a cache of old coins. I looked to see if they missed any. Yup, one.

[@shirleywilliamson1964]

I lived at the holland camp from 1941 to 1945 while my dad worked the appache mines

[@gtrman1973]

I'm loving your content. Just found your channel. I wrecked my 1985 Toyota 4runner in Garlock CA when I was 17 many years ago. Always wondered about this place. I lived in the nearby town of Ridgecrest. Also just watched your hubcap center of the world video about Pearsonville. I grew up 10 minutes from that place and had no idea about any of that 😂

[@lifewithjosef]

I'm very happy the algorithm led me to your page. You make excellent videos, I'm now subscribing

[@karenwyche1537]

We love your videos and your knowledge! We like to go out finding ghost towns, old mines, etc. What angers me is the total disrespect shown by some people by leaving graffiti on old buildings, and some that feel like a big man or woman, I suppose, by shooting up buildings, signs, and everything. Why? They just trash places out and ruin it for others.😠

[@nanaman]

It's as if there's absolutely no respect for anything anymore. Truly heartbreaking

[@dougtodd305]

Taggers suck

[@HuckOutdoors]

Great vid about Garlock! Been there a few times now. Would have loved to see it during it's heyday

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Thank you. Yes, it would have been great to see back then.

[@birdman5223]

Good stuff MrSteve👍

[@christopherheflin5919]

Enjoyed the video. Thanks for posting it.

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Thank you for watching.

[@davidgarlock2754]

Great bit of history, good job!

[@jerryknox4841]

Keep up the excellent work!

[@marycompogno5665]

Thanks for the video.😎 The name sounds familiar I think I saw it one time on the mileage board when I was younger traveling with my parents on 395.

[@davidboultinghouse3332]

👍good video

[@Machiwi-vo9nb]

3:14 looks a little like armadillo from RDR

[@Corgis175]

First time I heard of this ghost town.

[@barrygreenstein2816]

Do you know if the railroad tracks are abandoned and if a person could take a rail cart on them? Enjoyed the video.

[@m.swanberg8904]

The tracks are still used by the Trona Railroad. It takes chemicals mined from Searles Valley to Mojave.

[@masonexploring4373]

Great video im releasing my book on Randsburg Fhost town in 14 days guys . Love history

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Awesome. Randsburg is a neat place. I'll keep my eye out for the book.

[@masonexploring4373]

@@SidetrackAdventures lets explore together

[@skyking4501]

That name, “El Paso City” Is peculiar to me. Mary Robbins sang a song of El Paso City but he places it by the Rio Grande river, so that must have been Ell Paso Texas. Was the name change due to Mr. Garlock buying the town?

[@m.swanberg8904]

The mountains overlooking Garlock are called the El Paso Mountains.

[@jamesrichardson1326]

How does this place compare to Rhyolite?

[@davidvick749]

Been there done it seen it.

[@sethchampi1017]

Wow, you totally miss mentioning the post office, which was the oldest building there made of all wood that you showed just at the end.

[@sirlance169]

Anyone know the mine that exists above garlock road It dumps u out the mine straight down

[@Me97202]

Why do some people feel the need to deface everything they encounter with their childish, moronic and pointless graffiti?

[@yourworstnightmare5902]

Amen!!!

[@coleparker]

Totally agree.

[@Last_one_before_I_go]

It's stupid kids just doing stupid things. Only when we grow older and become connected to history and the land do we ever put value on what was once there and the stories to be told. I agree, its shameful.

[@johnmoran9355]

Woke generation..

[@johnnesbit2371]

@@johnmoran9355 ...would never ever do that graffiti mess

[@MountainFisher]

We went to Garlock in 1972 I think it was and it was in better shape than that. Not much in the way of graffiti either. Much of it was fenced off as well and it looks like some thieves stole the fence. Not vandals, thieves as the chain link fences are gone with the posts.

[@Nighttrain701]

Hate to get bit by a rattlesnake way out there.

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Luckily we've only seen one snake in the last couple years.

[@rbwollenhaupt]

It was a rattlesnake attraction, I worked there and we charged a nickel to each person to get in then we charged a dollar to get out.

[@nesleinf]

There should be a death sentence for grafitti 😞

[@barrygreenstein2816]

Don’t you think there’s there’s a middle ground for graffiti avengers?

[@johnnesbit2371]

There's something called Nihilism: Vandalists and Death-sentencists are born from the same cradle.

[@nesleinf]

@@johnnesbit2371 You are quite right. I just wrote like that to put emphasis on my opinion on grafitti 🙂

[@metingokbulut837]

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