Ghost Towns and Backroads of Oklahoma's Least Populated County ||| Part 3 ||| Cimarron County

[@martinmcclain3446]

Best video ever, as a Kansan, I'm always curious on them tri-state points, lol, I have always wanted to explore the "No man's land" Oklahoma. Some folk say, oh its the middle of nowhere, but absolute FULL of history. Remains of broken dreams, Brilliant

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Wow thank you very much!! I try not to say middle of nowhere very often because I feel the same about how historical it is!

[@roberteshaw9520]

Hey Coach. Cimarron county looking refreshingly spacious. The helium plant photo is worthy of note. The playground ride seems well oiled. The drone dog face shot is the best of such, I've ever seen.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Yes it very spacious! The helium plant is an interesting part of their history for sure. Haha he was a curious dog - most dogs run away from the drone!

[@perseusguy]

Here's why the main street in Keyes was named after President Polk; he was revered in the 19th and early 20th century, he signed into law the Treaty of Guadelupe in 1848, thus, increasing the United States to over a third, bringing into the US; California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming. Why President Polk doesn't get more recognition in this day and age is beyond me!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Awesome thank you!

[@georgevan2589]

Amarillo's streets were laid out in a similar fashion with the original main street being Polk Street.

[@stevehilliard1495]

The pups were glad to be on KZbin, this has been a very interesting series. You wonder what drew enough people to populate that larger cemetery. See you next week 😎

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Yeah it’s interesting for sure. It’s possible they were leaving tough times but didn’t realize it would be even tougher!

[@onrycodger]

I figure the dust bowl ran a bunch of the residents away. They couldn't survive.​@@TravelwithaWiseguy

[@thoward4051]

I couldn’t help but notice all the power lines along the roads you traveled. I now have a new appreciation for Glenn Campbell’s song “Lineman for the County”, because maintaining those power lines in a remote place like that would be a very lonely job. Good video Coach!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

They were hard working people up there!

[@SamanthaTull]

Had to watch again….this one was my favorite of the series. You know I liked the hike from last Sunday….but I really liked all the cemeteries in this one!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

The hike was interesting but my least favorite because of my fitness 😂😂

[@SamanthaTull]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy challenge accepted 😂😂😂

[@jamesdenton7517]

I am a retired coach/school administrator from Mississippi. I went to Central Christian College in McPherson, KS. This is great stuff! I played baseball, soccer, and tennis at Central in the '80's.

[@ThisSmallTown]

Coach, you're the only KZbinr I know still using a paper map traveling the country like a pirate. KZbinr to KZbinr, respect.🫡😂😎

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Ha! Much appreciated 😊 most of my audience is 50+ so we share a common love of the old paper maps!

[@CindyinArizona]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy Very true, looking at a small screen doesn't cut it for me.

[@johnc7512]

Yes this is one of the best channels for exploring.

[@chriscosby2459]

I love the Atlas Map as well.

[@ronfullerton3162]

​@@TravelwithaWiseguyWell, I meet that fifty plus category for sure! As an old trucker, I found it very useful to see the whole route or be able to backtrack quickly as you can with a map. Google Maps and such apps do not allow that quick reference, nor the look at the whole route at once. Plus one does not get such extras such as the whistle stop locations or defunct burgs. Plenty of newbie truckers get into trouble with their electronic maps, because of some small items not notates such as a map will do. I know it will sound like Overkill, but I actually used both together by planning and rechecking the map, while following my exact location and surroundings with the electric map. Really enjoyed this episode. I am sure the dust bowl years as well as the depression itself is what killed this area off. But it sure would be a nice area to go if one was seeking solitude and a place to kick back.

[@johnwackler3233]

The grave of Jessie Grabeal is in the Marcella Cemetery, along with two of her grandsons. Jessie was born in 1914, and died in 2021. She had her first child in either 1932 or 33. She was raising her family with husband Elmer during the dust bowl. She had stories. Sadly though PBS did not find her for the series on the Dust Bowl. A lovely woman and a treasure. I was her pastor.

[@johnwackler3233]

Marella!! Spell check.

[@latoniacayton8342]

The Griggs area and Plainview School was a great place to grow.

[@JaneBuchanan-g8w]

Coach, 8.9K views in one day, 750 likes, and now 177 comments....believe me when I say that you are doing something right! The rail line from Dodge City to Boise City is still active. It is the Cimarron Valley RR. The line that hooked up to Keyes from the east has been gone for years. You can tell where it was by a couple of the old Collingwood concrete elevators that sit by themselves northwest of Guymon. Last year there was a parcel of land straight north of Keyes and about 10 miles northwest of the Kansas-Oklahoma-Colorado junction located in the Dry Cimarron Basin. It contained 40K acres and went for approximately 40M. I wish that I had won the lottery last year. Thanks for a tremendously interesting video once again.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Yeah it’s been going well on here lately 😊 thanks for the railroad info!

[@kd5inm]

Came for the video, but stayed for the outtakes....good job Mr. Wise

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😊😉

[@juanitagarcia958]

Fascinating history! Channels like yours keep them alive. The cemetery out in the middle of nowhere was crazy. The dogs were awesome 😊

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Aww so sweet 😊 yes those dogs weren’t afraid of the drone at all 😂😂

[@asimplehorseman4648]

I am forever amazed by how flat and wide open some of the country is. Thanks for sharing your adventures.

[@CindyinArizona]

It makes me wonder why anyone would think to live out there in miles and miles of flat land.

[@asimplehorseman4648]

@@CindyinArizona I wonder what it all looked like "before" farming? And how would one get around without a compass?(lol).

[@ronfullerton3162]

​@@asimplehorseman4648Mostly just endless miles of prairie grass, and herds of buffalo.

[@adriennecullen1346]

I can't imagine what I just saw...its sooo open and deserted. I'd love to see that one day. You do a fantastic job.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you very much! And you’re right about how open it is!

[@larryclark4791]

I loved the tour of Cimarron County, kinda sad its over. Thank you

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I really appreciate that! I’m hoping to go back and cover the other two counties (Texas and Beaver) from No Man’s Land in the future 😊

[@justnerdystuff]

What a nice drive and so many abandoned old creepy looking homes. When I was young and did a lot of black and white and color photography, I loved taking photos of old abandon homes that definitely looked haunted. I loved using the "negative" and black and white filters on my new filmless camera to take photos of abandoned houses I would find in really old neighborhoods. So when I see old abandoned homes on your videos, I just wish I could transport myself to that location and snap some photos of that house. I don't know why, I am just so attracted to like 100 year old plus abandon, decrepit homes. The outside only thought - not inside.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Interesting! I bet there were some cool looking photos - so many of those subjects out there where I go 😂

[@GaryPeterson-g9v]

Keyes is my hometown and was a great place to live back in the 60's.

[@michaelgraves5188]

I loved Cimarron County, the three corners sign posts were unique. The last one was the best. I can’t wait to see where you are going next. 🙏❤️😎👍

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you 😊

[@deborahross9974]

I did like this area of Oklahoma but it's so lonely looking and a little bit sad. That so many towns got started but faded away in such a short time. I loved the dogs at the end as they were so happy to see you and curious about your drone. I knew it, you find a school yard merry go round and you had to spin it or you ride it. Ha! Maybe the people that had the dogs keep it greased so the grandkids can play on it. Thank you for the trip. Happy trails to you and God bless.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Yes it’s sad for sure but always interesting to try and figure out what happened 😊

[@xyz5765]

They people owning the dogs are in Cimarron county jail awaiting trial for allegedly murdering two women

[@KevinOLeathlobair-u6t]

My grandma’s family lived in Keyes in the 1920s and 1930s.. Dust Bowl days. The Great Depression. I’m certain there are relatives of mine who are buried in those cemeteries..

[@inasutton]

Have you been to Hanford county Texas?? I found these videos by accident and have enjoyed them so far!! What a wonderful way to learn the country we live in!!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Not yet 😊 and thank you it’s fun for me too!

[@sueelliott3206]

Loved all of the cimmeron county videos. Thanks for sharing. The outtakes are so much fun.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Glad you like them! It’s fun to have those outtakes at the end 😂

[@LM79453]

Great video loved the outtakes. Cimmaron reminds of the old song "Just give me land lots of underneath the starry above don't fence me in"

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😊

[@BrandonBarker-px2vu]

Griggs Store, Oklahoma. Brown family has a ton of history around there. Good people.

[@chuckwilson2301]

Never have been to the 3 state marker of Colorado, Kansas,Oklahoma, but have been to the New Mexico, Colorado,Oklahoma marker serval times. The crazy thing is that I live in Baca County Colorado.

[@weallwrong]

Silent movie star jack hoxie is buried near the tree in the middle of willowbar cemetery. The house my dad’s great uncle lived in the house you showed nearby.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Oh wow interesting!

[@onrycodger]

Yes I enjoyed it....good thing the puppies were nice. Thumbs up!😎👍

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Yes they were! I rarely meet one that isn’t 😂😂

[@beameup64]

I went to Boise City High School in 1959 and lived southeast of there on my uncle's farm about 6 miles away.

[@gh2687]

Thanks John , great series of an area in Oklahoma I've never seen. You are definitely a dog magnet. Its said dogs a a great judge of human character. That tells me alot ❤

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Fortunately they are usually friendly to me 😊

[@Jody-kt9ev]

Great video as usual. Now I understand why it is said of the Oklahoma/Texas panhandles: "You can see your dog running away for 3 days"

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😂

[@GrabLifeByTheStones.]

It's great about your videos, my husky loves watching them with me. The white one in my picture is still with me the black and white one passed 2 years ago now.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

That’s very sweet 😊♥️

[@panhandlingray]

When you're in that part of Ok You should drive the extra miles and visit Clayton New Mexico. Be sure to the dinosaur tracks and Rabbit Ears

[@dawnburke6232]

Thanks for another great and interesting video John ! Enjoy em all very much !😊

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Glad you like them! 😊

[@pamelacrowe4971]

Great video John. Love the outtakes. Those dogs were really curious 😊 🐕.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks! They were great 😊

[@mikerocks56]

Love your series! Looking forward to more. Also, congratulations to being on the list of best travel vloggers

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks so much!! Hope to get back to the other two counties sometime before too long!

[@darqv9358]

The panhandle is the most interesting part about the most interesting state. I love Oklahoma!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Hard to disagree!

[@dxpvxo711]

Great video. Thanks for all your efforts into making them. Keep up the good work

[@brendajames8202]

Those arial views are awsome.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks!!

[@bertholini2810]

Hey, really nice Merry-go-round. Nice video, but you always have good videos (not kidding). Hot today, hot tomorrow, 97 on Tuesday and no rain (at all), just thought you would like to know... Be good, be safe !!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Stay cool out there! It’s about the same here!

[@scroungey9417]

Some artifacts from the past were the lightning rods on some of the abandoned houses. They’ve disappeared for the most part in Texas where I live.

[@ronfullerton3162]

As I grew up in Iowa, all the older buildings had lightning rods and the pretty colored glass ball. But some of the old buildings came down, other buildings had them removed, and young sharpshooters nailed many of the glass balls. And there are not many left to be seen. Just another one of the many changes I have seen in my life time.

[@sandywetzel3383]

This has been very interesting and the country is beautiful to me.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you I agree!

[@mikebritton8798]

Flashdance and the Go Go's. I just don't know what to think. 😮

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😂😂

[@violetsprings470]

Thank You for these wonderful videos!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Glad you like them! 😊

[@UMtiger311]

like those outtakes.. my wife rolls her eyes when I do the "It's like I'm running really fast" thing when we take off on airplanes.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😂😂 runners love that joke

[@SusanHL]

You weren't kidding when you said Parts 2 and 3 would have a ton of wide-open spaces - this was incredible, the drone footage was breathtaking. Looks as though the end of that one street in Keyes (11:09) probably turns into an amazing view, but that's probably true of all the streets there! I was wondering how they get water to whatever is grown out this way - then saw that the Ogallala Aquifer sits under this land, but also saw that livestock seems to be another thing going - which might explain why 75% of the puppies in the outtakes (which were pure gold) appear to be cattle dogs! Thank you for this series - as with all your videos, I learned a lot and had a great time doing it!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! I don't know much about how the water system and agricultural issues they face out there work. Much beyond my scope of knowledge haha. Definitely a tough place to live for tough people! I found it fascinating and can't wait to go back and explore the other 2 counties of the panhandle :)

[@RanchMom67]

Your commentary at Griggs lends me to believe you are unaware that it’s most current residents are guests of the county jail.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

You are correct I was unaware of that 😂

[@Rock_Chalk_Jayhawks]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy newsnation Brian Entin did a clip on it. It also is known to have held meetings of a cult god misfits. the residents in the Texas County Jail took part in unaliving of two missing Kansas women Jilian and Veronica. we keep pushng for JUSTICE for Jilian and Veronica. also the door was boarded because OSBI went investigating inside . when did you actually film this coach?? also thank you

[@johns7868]

I loved my travels in Cimarron and you really captured the poetry & essence of the terrain. You are probably aware the OK-CO-KS was actually in the middle of road. I, too thought this tri state corner was more interesting than the other nearby two and loved your aerial shots of the monument there

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks! Yeah I figured the road was the divider - would be interesting to have the marker there 😂😂

[@John-kx3ng]

Drove in this area in 2019 on my way to New Mexico and found it intriguing to say the least! Thankyou!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Fascinating area!

[@CindyinArizona]

Very interesting video. Who would think, driving through that country, that there was so much history. I would never have thought anyone would settle in such barren country. I read that the pioneers would bring seedlings with them. I wonder if that's how the existing trees got there? That last shot by the drone of the very curious pup was great.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Definitely interesting to think about how the area was settled. Appreciate the comment 😊

[@tinman7130]

And as you wrapped up this expansive wandering through Cimarron county It really showed just how rural rural can be. Loved the shot leaving Griggs with the utility poles flashing by on both sides of the road. Your drone over Plainview with the swift cloud shadows was once again a very cinematic capture . You did a great job on this one, Ya know what I mean Verne?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Haha yes! I had the same thought about Verne 😂😂

[@ronalddailey5208]

So desolate, what happened to the trees, and what do the farmers grow. Thanks for showing us around.

[@shelliecollier7017]

Very interesting videos. I'd never even heard of these places.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Glad you like them!

[@archiewatson6188]

Really enjoyed the series, John! The Confederate head stone made me think of the theme song from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" 😄

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😊 thanks!

[@michaelperigo6746]

We were fortunate to stay in Cimarron Co. back in July 2021. We stayed at the Great American Bunk House in Wheeless. Our hosts were Parker and LuShane Maness. It's close to the NM state line in the far west of the County. We highly recommend it if you make a return trip. Also Boise City was the only US city bombed by the military in WW2. During a practice run, a pilot mistook Boise City for a.nigjt target. The bomb, not a "real" one, hit the sidewalk just in front of the courthouse, where it remained until just recently when the road and sidewalk were replaced. Don't know what they did with the bomb. It was gone when we visited. Maybe at the local historical museum? All the areas just over the border in KS, CO, NM, and TX are very interesting. We visited the three tri-state corner markers. Beautiful and relaxing. We're from Newton KS. A doable drive.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Nice! And I talked about the bombing in my Boise City video and visited Wheeless in part 2. Really interesting area!

[@carlachambers3771]

Our band played music in Boise City at some old VFW bar. It was fun.

[@Aztec73]

I used to play on that type of playground equipment at the end of your video, And i've got the scars to prove it.😁

[@billhendricks5375]

I hear ya on that one, but we sure had fun !

[@Aztec73]

@@billhendricks5375 That's for sure.🙂

[@chop2093]

Great video. I’ve lived in the eastern part of the state in Tulsa for 25 years and I’ve never made a trip to the panhandle. Might need to know for a little peace and quiet.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks!

[@rosiemcnaughton9933]

Find a Grave has 13 burials listed for Goff-Hagan Cemetery. Sure didn't look like that. Stay safe. You are certainly in the middle of nowhere. Take some extra tires! 😅 Thanks, as always, for the trip.

[@pigoff123]

So interesting. I was married into the Goff and Hagan family in Arkansas.

[@rosiemcnaughton9933]

@@pigoff123 Maybe relatives...

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you for the info!

[@kevinjohnson7839]

Thank you! Loved it

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

You're so welcome!

[@benedmonson3445]

Good video of Oklahoma panhandle. The northwest Texas area near here is noteworthy as well. Thanks for your efforts.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks! I definitely hope to go there sometime too!

[@ChristyTheBaker]

Local here. Plainview school was involved in a local crime. If you notice the broken boarded up door police broke that. Check out News Nations coverage on it.

[@JimmyB-f3x]

Love the videos!! Grew up spending some time with my aunt and uncle and cousins in Kenton Ok. The walker family

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Awesome thank you!

[@TheBigBrassGuy]

Great videos! I don't really have much to add other than that the Keyes public school is a rather sad story. Ten years ago it had as many student as Felt and was doing perfectly fine. Something happened in the late 2010s that caused the enrollment to plummet from the 80-ish students to literally 5 in the entire school for the last year it was open, which I think was 2020. After that, it closed down for good and got merged into Boise City. On a more positive note, I live in eastern Oklahoma and want to move to Cimarron County to maybe get a job as Boise City's band director down the road, glad to have seen so much of Cimarron county! It's literally the Wyoming of Oklahoma!

[@MaryOverstreet-u4e]

The Keyes school is still in use👍the cafeteria is now the Senior Citizen Center 👍

[@TheBigBrassGuy]

@@MaryOverstreet-u4e good! Glad to hear the building will at least be utilized for something!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you very much! It would certainly be a unique place to live/teach!

[@shadowrider1370]

Very interesting! I have traveled from Federeta, KS to Guymon and on to Stratford, Tx on my way to Amarillo. I have been thru Boise City one time coming from Colorado. So I am familiar with the area. But I really enjoyed the history, abandon, old buildings and the Confederate head stone was a real find. Thanks for the trek down history lane, great job!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Very interesting history and fun to explore!

[@aliceevans3357]

Thank you for showing all three state marker points, I had no idea. I'm wondering if other ststes have markers. Loved this series, such beautiful wide open country. I'm wondering if you saw deer, Mule deer are bigger in Kansas than Oklahoma. Cemeteries in the middle of nowhere are sad, it's good some are kept up. You wonder how many hundreds more are all over the USA. Loved the welcome committee, they have a nose for good people 😉 I was sure thinking one would grab that drone. Great adventures dear, excited to see what other interesting places you find. Stay safe and GOD bless

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! I’m guessing most states have the markets but not sure as creative as the last one 😊 I did see a few deer but not much!

[@chrisadam332]

No mans land is and always will be of a interest to me . Lives in Hamilton Co. Ks. Had a job that took me through there 6 times a week.

[@taylorkesl2694]

Great video! Always enjoy your work. Counties like Cimarron are the ones I like to explore the most. Always fun finding neat off the beaten path places that very few people go. Keep up the great work!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you very much! I feel like these areas always have the best hidden gems 😊

[@jjarm]

Love your stuff sir. Interesting area of the country. Keep it going.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks, will do! Much appreciated 😊

[@eddie8279]

John ,I have so enjoyed your videos on some of the places that I have seen on the map and wondered what it was like there. Keep searching out these kinds of places and sharing. Thanks!!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks so much! Your comments motivate me to keep going!

[@robertodebeers2551]

That's a big country, as we say in Montana. Another excellent road trip.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

It sure is! Thanks 😊

[@Cartel336]

The dust bowl I think ended several of these towns

[@chriscosby2459]

That school building is nice. I remember touring an old school building that had been converted to a machine shop in Hoisington, KS. It is a shame to see nice old school buildings abandoned.

[@pigoff123]

I am glad the history was saved by repurposing the building. It is sad to see our history lost when they tear down buildings

[@chriscosby2459]

@@pigoff123Some of my relatives in Huntsville, AL, told me about an old High School that was turned into a brewery in Huntsville. Those old schools were often well made.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I used to live in an old high school converted into apartments 😊

[@rayraupp5804]

I used to live really close to there in Elkhart KS love the videos

[@daniellebustamante9159]

AMAZING VIDEO THANKS AGAIN 😊 🙏🏻 👍🏻

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

So nice of you!

[@williammatzek4660]

The red international truck had drill fill auger.mounted on it. We still use them. Put seed in a drill or planter. The auger is battery operated. ( 12 volts?)

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Nice!

[@MEANLILSHT]

Another great video, thanks.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks again!

[@chris1960]

You will see nothing like the vast open flat planes in Southern Eastern Australia (vic tas nsw) as you do in these places. Never seen anything like it 😮

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Wow I’d love to explore that area!

[@kcinks]

Pretty nice post office in Keyes

[@lloydirland7006]

Cool. I,m going through Cim Cty in a few wks to begin a trip on the 100th meridian all the way to Montana. LCI, Wayne maine

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Oh wow that’ll be fun!

[@tomfields3682]

Took a trip from WI to the 100th meridian via US 12. Wound up in Selby, South Dakota.

[@jdtexas2048]

Played basketball at Plainview Gym in the 50’s and 60’s I am from Yarbrough in Texas County Ok

[@martinmcclain3446]

if requests are allowed, How about Cheyenne County Kansas, (the other Tri-point) i think only accessible via Colorado

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I would love to. So many places, not enough time 😊

[@markwhitman860]

Really liked the series. Thanks

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Glad to hear it! Thanks!

[@bonniewills2814]

Thank you for this... I was wondering which county was the smallest (by population) and I figured that it would be out in the panhandle. Just a quick note: the panhandle was given to the US by Texas when it joined the union - the Missouri Compact prevented them from entering the states as a slave state, so they gave away the land that was north of the line. Colorado took some of the land, and the rest was given to the Native Americans. Even they didn't want it!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you for watching and for the info!

[@randomscribblings7192]

I drove through here earlier this week

[@edwinreece438]

I can't imagine moving to this county for any reason. I'm sure it was because of money but things change. The weather, ag technology, RR access, even the price of wheat can disinvite people.

[@mikehaney6922]

really unique county. most would blow past it, but nice of you to take the time to explore it. a place time forgot. not sure why so many short lived post offices or even towns[if they actually existed or were just the PO office]. no doubt the dirty 30's killed this area. definitely like the wide open spaces!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! Definitely an interesting area to try and learn about!

[@gaildrumm4082]

Thanks

[@sammyhammy78]

In Ken Burns' documentary about the Dust Bowl, Boise City and Cimmaron County are featured in some of the survivors stories. I'm curious to know if any of the land some of those abandoned towns are was bought by the US Government during the Dust Bowl in an effort to preserve grasslands where the damage was the worst. Also it would be interesting to trek through the cemeteries to see how many are there due to dust pneumonia and such. Thanks for another great video.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I haven’t seen that one but I’d love to! Such a fascinating area and history in time.

[@georgevan2589]

As a resident of Amarillo, Channing, Stratford, and other TX panhandle cities for many years, I always heard that the geographic center of the dust bowl was Keyes, Oklahoma. SE Colorado, NE New Mexico, SW Kansas, and the OK and TX panhandles were probably the most affected but large areas around them were also. In lots of areas with nearly all the native grass plowed under, periods of drought, falling wheat prices, and many fields "blowing away", with little or no federal government support many people had no choice but to "move on". One of the first government programs to halt the dust bowl was the Soil Bank Program where farmers could get paid for laying out some of their land. Soon allotments for certain crops were established and later the Conservation Reserve Program was established where farmers put some of their land back into native grasses and are paid to do so. It is a balance between grass, crop cultivation, soil and water that dictates policy and sustainability.

[@tomkrzyt]

18:10 I wonder of origin the names for these post offices. Many of them sound weird.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I agree. Many are named after people but there are some that I’m very curious about.

[@johnbatliner827]

Awesome Really hard to believe being from the KC area That a county has that small of a population and so few communities I noticed there is no water sources shown on a map of the county ie: lakes rivers or streams Just curious as too where they get there drinking water ?? And is that the reason for its low population????

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I think there are several reasons for the low population but that is definitely one of them!

[@agoodlife2]

Enjoyed the tour especially since I won't likely ever make it there

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you!

[@iansutton3176]

Thanks for another great video John, but whilst one can understand the abandoned houses, it is hard to understand why the former residents often left behind so many vehicles to simply rust away, one would have thought that they would have taken them with them, or at the very least try to sell them, or am I missing something!, all the best from Oz as always.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Good question. On the farm I grew up on we kept old vehicles for the spare parts because they would e be much to sell. Much of my family were mechanics.

[@rossbryan6102]

A BIT OF RR HISTORY! KEYES OKLAHOMA WAS THE MOST NORTH WESTERN POINT OF THE KATY RR! (MISSOURI, KANSAS AND TEXAS) IT ALSO WAS KNOWN AS AN DIRT BALLAST LINE, USING LITTLE, IF NO GRAVEL IN ITS UPKEEP! THIS ROUTE ORIGINATED IN OKLAHOMA CITY AND TERMINATED, AND INTERCHANGED WITH THE SANTA FE DODGE CITY-BOISE LINE! AS THE KATY WAS AN RATHER IMPOVERISHED LINE THEY SOUGHT TO ABANDON THE LINE BUT WERE UNABLE TO DO SO DUE TO OPPOSITION BY BUSINESS AND RESIDENTS ALONG THE ROUTE. ONE OF THE EARLY EXAMPLES OF AN SHORT LINE BEING TAKEN OVER BY ANOTHER OUTSIDE OPERATING INTEREST, HAPPENED TO THIS LINE. AN OPERATING GROUP NAMED FARMRAIL , TOOK OVER BRIEFLY, BUT FAILED, DUE TO THE BADLY DETERIORATED DIRT BALLAST ISSUES! HOWEVER LATER A LARGE NUMBER OF BRANCH LINES WERE TAKEN OVER BY SHORT LINE OPERATORS WITH BOTH GOOD AND BAD OUTCOMES! ( SOURCE , TRAINS MAGAZINE ARTICLE) ALSO IS THERE CENSUS COUNTS OF LIVING VERSUS CEMETERY POPULATIONS FOR CIMMARON COUNTY??

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Love this thanks so much for the info!

[@TheBigBrassGuy]

Uhh caps lock?

[@themadlad8540]

The panhandle is very depressing . but it is interesting

[@JaamacAweys-bz2ov]

Man I love Oklahoma thanks baby

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

🤙🏼

[@CandyThrash]

How bout felt ok haven't seen any videos back in the way day we had a grocery store and probably a bit more it in between boise city ok and clayton nm

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Felt was in my previous video.

[@sherriganske4292]

I like this type of video's

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

😊

[@glennakendall6155]

The Dust Bowl caused a lot of people in this area to leave.

[@gazooberful]

main st was named after polk because he was from north carolina and they thought he must be the best! lol

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I wonder what the discussion was when they decided to name it! You are probably right 😊