Even though I'm from Russia, I really like your videos. It's always sad to see abandoned places where people lived.
@tylerjones26959 ай бұрын
Hey there from America
@NoName-rl3fh8 ай бұрын
Greetings from America. And yes, decay places can be both interesting & also bittersweet.
@noworriesmate23236 ай бұрын
So am and do I
@sealstech8087Ай бұрын
Since life usually has such a desire to exist in spite of the world being in our opposition, its off putting to see when things failed.
@JeffreyBarkley9 ай бұрын
Chris, The building in Alva was a flour mill. Also the grain elevators you showed are still in operation. One of them used to be owned by my grandfather.
@attrell9 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
@rjn69539 ай бұрын
My grandparents lived in Gate Oklahoma. Seeing it featured on your video brought back many wonderful memories. I remember going to Avery's and Curtis' grocery stores with my Grandma when I was a little girl...
@attrell9 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@shinybudlv-kg7ok6 ай бұрын
Bro my great grandparents lived there too. That’s crazy. Now they’re in the panhandle of Oklahoma
@tylerjones26959 ай бұрын
Love to see people document these little towns, they were the Wild West once Sorry to see people have to leave their home places for financial reasons these last 30 yrs and glad people in other parts of the country can see them because you explored them
@billzeralsky296921 күн бұрын
You did a nice job showing these dwindling little OK towns. I enjoy seeing them & what you're doing here.
@johnleak83962 ай бұрын
I know Kenton, OK pretty well. My great grandfather, John Duncan, used to run the Kenton Mercantile. He passed away in the late '70's at the age of 103,. I also had a couple of my mother's aunts and uncles, that lived at each end of town.
@attrellАй бұрын
I enjoyed my visit to Kenton
@reedsilvesan21979 ай бұрын
I'm old enough to remember when these little towns were bustling with life. I even remember the trains with the wooden cars, the transition to steel cars was just beginning.
@tylerjones26959 ай бұрын
Me too
@jeroberts72289 ай бұрын
I loved this tour - it was so fascinating!
@attrell9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@MrDarkTenebrae8 ай бұрын
it s incredible the enormous amount of abandoned towns in Usa. I enjoy so much see the users who are dedicated to documenting him. Greetings from Bs As , Arg .-
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@LisaCabelarow8 ай бұрын
@@attrell what is the name of the mayor of the town Gotebo OK in the thumbnail with the Massey Ferguson tractor sitting abandoned on the street ?
@docshreck48 ай бұрын
I grew up 7 miles east of Putnam, Oklahoma on the family farm. I attended the Putnam Schools from 1st through 4th grade. I still have the family farms and travel out there and through Putnam almost daily. The first building you showed was the lumber yard and general store.
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@kenthompson57239 ай бұрын
Gage, with over 400 people, I would not consider a ghost town, though a lot of downtown does seem abandoned. A couple of interesting things about Gage >>> First, the National Weather Service still maintains a weather station here, which has been keeping area weather data for over one hundred years. Second, Gage has an Artesian Park, consisting of a spring-fed, artesian lake the size of five football fields. The Park, located just east of town, functions as a large outdoor swimming pool, with a water depth that ranges from 3 feet to 14 feet. At one time, the park was so popular that is supported a motel nearby. Nice video. There are several additional ghost towns, or ghost towns-in-the making, in western Oklahoma, that I am aware of.
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing! I am eager to visit again, I really enjoyed the area. I'll check out that park next visit.
@aaronshoyt6 ай бұрын
Do you know any Clark's there?
@chriscosby24594 ай бұрын
I remember growing up in Tulsa the local TV station would always list the temperature for Gage.
@vaclavshabanov85119 ай бұрын
Little mayor looks great 😊
@attrell9 ай бұрын
I think so too!
@vic88-i4p29 күн бұрын
My favorite channel. Organized, no rambling, informative and fascinating. Sometimes the distant past makes me ponder that life is just a short journey.
@attrell28 күн бұрын
Wow, thank you!
@planetbell19 ай бұрын
Hahaha, that same cat in Kenton is in my most recent video. She gave me a tour!
@attrell9 ай бұрын
Too funny!!
@apocyldoomer9 ай бұрын
Chris, beautiful decay, good stuff man, yet, sad!
@attrell9 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@mjeanhibbs32728 ай бұрын
Love your video!! I grew up in western Oklahoma! I had to chuckle a little when you said town of Gotebo! I think you're the first person to say it correctly. Great job on the video❣
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Oh good! I am thrilled you like the video! Thanks!
@REGINALucas-n7mАй бұрын
Our Family Farm still exists outside of Gotebo
@JoeBachmann-ry7wm8 ай бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. It is very interesting.
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Route66BothLanes3 ай бұрын
The memories made in all of these towns and buildings is something we think about as we travel. So much life was lived before everyone left.
@lefturn996 ай бұрын
Don't know how I missed this video when it came out. Many familiar places. Very well done. I'm sure you know, but rural towns lived by the railroads and schools. When trucking killed the minor rail lines and consolidation killed the local schools,.....
@attrell6 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing that, I was surprised that rail at Keyes doesn't operate anymore.
@lefturn996 ай бұрын
@@attrell Apparently the farm trade was not enough to keep them going. Of course, many unused rails were pulled during WW II for their steel to support the war effort. After the war, many of the elevators consolidated but were finally abandoned. There is a rail bed you can still follow on google starting a mile south of Keyes going east to Hooker.
@RealityUrbex9 ай бұрын
Nice video. I like to see the differences between abandoned places in the US and over here in germany.
@attrell9 ай бұрын
Must be amazing stuff over there!
@pattylawson16969 ай бұрын
I grew up in Aline the garage was my uncles it served as a garage for the town
@attrell9 ай бұрын
Thanks for all that info! Great town, I am glad I checked it out. ALmost missed it because it was so foggy I missed the turn off from the highway.
@waynehawkins90909 ай бұрын
Been thru some of these towns in my previous job.
@jackpeters61259 ай бұрын
The factory @17:42 is a food mill. Look up ADM Mills in Calgary
@anthonybaroni32858 ай бұрын
Seeing old towns like this is why I take my road trips...Great job!
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Thank yhou!
@drummersagainstitk19 күн бұрын
Thanks Chris for your work. W. Ok is a very interesting vibe. GAGE was really interesting.
@attrell11 күн бұрын
Thank you!!
@brendasaunders4956Ай бұрын
Love these old buildings from the past wish they could be restored some good memories of people who once were there
@zacharycranor70719 ай бұрын
I recommend trying the Mexican restaurant in Cherokee or "Ingersol" BBQ (on the Hwy from Cherokee and Alva) or if you're in Alva, Taco Village is a long time multi generational local eatery! And a Family Favorite for my wife and her mother!
@attrell9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tips! Next time I a there I will!
@dougrobinson58308 ай бұрын
You could get many more ghost towns in Okla. Ive been to many. We are moving to the town of Depew soon. Pop. 400.
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Hello and I agree! I wish I had 2-3 more days on that trip. Will go back next year. I added Depew to my Route 66 abandoned video I uploaded today. I enjoyed that town.
@michaell8645Ай бұрын
My father was born in avard went to school in Alva and graduated from nwosu in Alva. Two of my sisters and myself were born in Alva hospital which is now a museum. All three of my sisters graduated from nwosu. Our parents and one set of grandparents are buried in Alva.
@nickmerrick188 ай бұрын
Great HD and camera work. The colors really stand out.
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@michaelsmith1416 ай бұрын
My mom was born Gotebo, OK.
@alexzildjian9 ай бұрын
Your NEW SUSCRIBER love a Lot This place , This vídeo 😊🙌 Huge Hug from Ensenada bajá MÉXICO 🇲🇽
@tylerjones26959 ай бұрын
When I lived in S California we used to go to Rosarita Beach and Ensenada
@attrell9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@marshajones53172 ай бұрын
My Dad is from Gotebo... enjoyed the video...look forward to more 😊
@attrell2 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thank you!
@mikefightmasterАй бұрын
@@attrell Pronounced Go tee bow.
@jasonsmith87564 ай бұрын
Great video. 😊😊Its always good to see other ghost towns history that can be related to Saskatchewan in some ways. 😊😊Thanks for sharing these moments Chris.👏👏
@attrell4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@weekendwithbevoblog21719 ай бұрын
Have to love the humour in the antique shop sign.
@attrell9 ай бұрын
Yeah I liked that one too.
@ddoppster8 ай бұрын
I'll never get there, so thank you for the tour, it is captivating!!
@sunnyskye2138 ай бұрын
Great video/material/history.....Enjoyed; THANK U.....
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Thank you too!
@jjnich49157 ай бұрын
Really cool video. My grandmother grew up in a dugout on the side of a cliff in rural western Oklahoma in the 1920's. I understand it was somewhere West of Watonga. I have been all through the West there. She ended up in Geary, Oklahoma and even seeing houses there collapsed and boarded up only to realize people still were living in them. It was like going to a different world since I am from Canada.
@CyrusToweh-z7q9 ай бұрын
For me it's so sad. Where are the Generation of these people who built all these things, towns and cities? Are they all dead or did they vanish? There should be a cause thanks for your updates
@CyrusToweh-z7q8 ай бұрын
Thanks for escepting my comment. I feel sad because my late father had a farm planted with Rubber, Coffee and Coco ect. In LIBERIA, West Africa but the generation continue to keep it warm thanks again 👍💯🙏
@deaddocreallydeaddoc52448 ай бұрын
Corporate farms killed off the small farms, so the towns died.
@vjbull8172Ай бұрын
Neoliberalism
@cherylspelino23658 ай бұрын
This is my first time watching your videos. I really enjoyed it. I love looking at abandoned buildings and older things. Please post more videos.🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Thank you I will!
@Bud16329 ай бұрын
Could you please show the firehouses in the old towns you showcase?
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Good idea, I will do that!
@kimberwest73049 ай бұрын
Addington looks like Shattuck, back in the Gage area of the video because of the windmill museum 😊 thanks for your content! Arnett, Oklahoma here… (the armpit of Oklahoma 😂)
@attrell9 ай бұрын
I was in that town in 2013 when I was chasing a potential tornado. Had to turn around when I got to Canadian because the storm was moving too fast. I may have even took some photos in Arnett.
@mikehaney6922Ай бұрын
Nice winter weather for the most part of the trip
@attrellАй бұрын
Yes it was!
@latanyadavis87008 ай бұрын
Picher, Oklahoma is a ghost town as well. Both of my parents were born and raised there, and I spent some of my childhood there.
@attrell8 ай бұрын
I drove thru that town, so sad. Out of respect for the residents who remain, I didn't include that. I feel just awful what happened.
@MichaelNehring-p4vАй бұрын
Avard, Okla. two railroads, former Frisco/BN& Former Santa Fe, now both belong to the BNSF, the Frisco ends there, but heads back East through Hopeton, Dacoma,Carmen, McWillie,Helena,Goltry,Carrier & then Enid, continuing on to Tulsa, Springfield,Mo. former Santa Fe runs East West, it's called the Transcon, LA to Chicago.
@mikenichols48898 ай бұрын
I hope you go to the other end of Oklahoma when I was a youngster back in 1995 I was young man and we built the movie twister and a lot of the towns. I think it was Enid Oklahoma was one of the places we built I remember going in the back vacant town and putting fake store, friends and building fake homes over the pre-existing homes. The town was 95% deserted. It was right next to Kansas and I believe the story goes that a twister scared everybody out of town. I would love to get back there and see what the town looks like now.
@attrell8 ай бұрын
I am going in spring to the rest of Oklahoma!
@lostvlog68578 ай бұрын
Really good with locations! I look forward to watching your other videos!
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@bmichaud10009 ай бұрын
Nice job Chris.
@attrell9 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@FuHackers-wx9lq8 ай бұрын
OMG!!! Crying room? They need to bring that back. Also, make them for planes too! Amazing... 👶👶👶👶👶
@vladstad810218 күн бұрын
with that fog, putman ok looks like something out of a silent hill game
@W5alzАй бұрын
Rumor has it the old high school gym/roller skating rink in Avard, Oklahoma is haunted!! There is supposedly a portal to the other side!! Vina Rae’s grill and graze restaurant was there!! Lots of paranormal activity went on there!!
@attrell28 күн бұрын
I got to check that out!
@marrissadonet6987 ай бұрын
I love your videos it's like a time travel. Thanks from Canada
@attrell7 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@riverraisin18 ай бұрын
I feel like I know your shadow, personally! lol Very interesting and enjoyable walk thru old time OK. Thanks.
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@danielclayton75248 ай бұрын
It's an old flower mill. Critic mills used to have them. There's another bldg. ,same design in Beardstown il.
@Blazefork9 ай бұрын
I'm guessing the building in Alva was a flour mill, my grandpa grew up in Waynoka
@attrell9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Blazefork9 ай бұрын
@@attrell your welcome, enjoyed your work!
@Thomas-yr9lnАй бұрын
I went to Oklahoma when I was 17.
@travelvideos7 ай бұрын
It looks pretty ok shape after such a long time. Ether weather is not that harsh or build quality is great. I guess the second most likely.
@soonerstatefirephotography7 ай бұрын
I live about 45 minutes west of Tulsa, so pretty much the northeast of the state. There is a town in south-west creek county, called Depew, and most of the businesses are gone. But some person, group, organization idk, came and painted the windows of the abandoned buildings downtown, so it looks like there still open.
@attrell7 ай бұрын
I enjoyed my visit to Depew
@pattylawson16969 ай бұрын
And the ioof building was on the end where we had Eastern
@GABYDOW7 ай бұрын
Much LOVE from Roumania
@michaelgreen48388 ай бұрын
Very good job!
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Terry96248 ай бұрын
Glad you put this om I can see what I can no longer travel to. From a small town and I know all to well how so many places get Abaddon, glad I could se, sad that they have lost their [people. If I had the money and the health I would try to bring life back to one of tham
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@jwrappuhn719 ай бұрын
Great vid.
@attrell9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@valerienewton90825 күн бұрын
There was a man here in Norman named Cecil Woods that owned tons of commercial real estate. His family still runs everything.Wonder if it is the same person?
@revanshamas98946 күн бұрын
6:27 😊😊 it makes me I am watching lee van cleef movie
@shinybudlv-kg7ok6 ай бұрын
My great grandma who is 94 or 95 was born and raised in Gate Oklahoma. She told me her dad owned a drug store as in the general store back then. And that it caught on fire. That’s all I remember. So interesting
@pattylawson16969 ай бұрын
That used to be goodno grocery store the section to the to the north used to be the post office until I moved across the street
@NoName-rl3fh8 ай бұрын
If I was ultra wealthy (and maybe had several lifetimes) I'd consider moving to one of these places and just revitalize it like crazy.
@attrell8 ай бұрын
That would be fun to do!
@ChrisSmith-qq4mv3 ай бұрын
Fr Toronto 😢 the cat walking around in a abandoned 👻 town scares the s*** out of me 😭
@attrell3 ай бұрын
They are happy as can be!
@mattcero16 ай бұрын
Yes, it had a motel. It was only open on prom night though.
@FuHackers-wx9lq8 ай бұрын
Love how you call cats mayors. What are dogs sheriffs? 🐶
@attrell8 ай бұрын
YES! :)
@RamblingRodeo8 ай бұрын
You know it is sad to see this, but in this day in age, could these little towns be revitalized in some way? People are moving out of the US BIG cities, new industries need areas to build, i know it would take a lot to do so but so many want to move out, to repurposing should be pushed into these little towns. I am not sure what that might or would be, but i think and would hope that something could be looked at doing so.
@jerroldmcley43479 ай бұрын
Love those old towns have you ever watched Joe n nics road trip
@attrell8 ай бұрын
I think I saw a video from them about texas towns
@jerroldmcley43478 ай бұрын
I like the way he tells you the history what it was what it is n
@jerroldmcley43478 ай бұрын
Now housing prices and what it's like to live there
@Lyle_9185 ай бұрын
The dust bowel of the 1930's took a toll on that area. Most of the original inhabitants are still nearby ... at the cemetery.
@pattylawson16969 ай бұрын
That building was a meat processing in locker plant for many the springers ran it fo ears
@evilgenius4213Ай бұрын
So, the buildings you saw in Putnam that you thought might have been hit by a tornado were burned during the Rhea Fire in April 2018. Also, Aline is pronounced Uh-leen.
@attrellАй бұрын
Oh thank you!!!
@jkingsley93857 ай бұрын
I would suspect that the abandoned large building next to the railroad tracks in Alva would have been a flour mill as it is connected to the grain elevators.
@attrell7 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@ReynoldsBerry-xe8np8 ай бұрын
Takes me back to Lawton in the 1970s😊
@eljefe628 ай бұрын
As always, the best way to see Oklahoma is: in the rear view mirror! How did you miss Slapout???
@attrell7 ай бұрын
I will check out that town!
@horseman9429 ай бұрын
When was this filmed? Really enjoyed it!
@attrell9 ай бұрын
This month! Thank you!
@puckerbutton70259 ай бұрын
Hi oklahoma resident here This is just north tulsa You gotta go south of admiral to see the nice houses
@attrell9 ай бұрын
I'll do that!
@dallasdillmon66535 ай бұрын
How about doing this same thing in north central Oklahoma? Around Medford, Wakita, Deer Creek, Lamint.
@attrell5 ай бұрын
Yes! I am eager to go! Thanks.
@jewishman26877 ай бұрын
I do not know what that building in Alva was used for, BUT my father said they imprisoned high level Nazi's there during WW II. They also made Case Tractors there..
@attrell7 ай бұрын
Oh wow! Thanks for sharing
@MrYorickJenkins2 ай бұрын
"Upstairs appears to be residential" oooooooh and this is called "God's own country"? It amazes me that Americans are so proud of America and call their ghastly country the greatest etc and take themselves seriously. But thanks for the views. These images have a mystic and sobering quality. For this was and is of course the future of every civilization in the world
@BarryKaiser-tp4lj9 ай бұрын
There is a cemetery in Aline Oklahoma..has 1,090 graves.
@attrell9 ай бұрын
That's a lot of graves!
@aaronshoyt6 ай бұрын
I'm from Cyril, Oklahoma.. We have around 2,000 Residents.. Great video man, where are you from?
@readytobelieve61237 ай бұрын
You have a very interesting channel! I have a desire to continue watching it. But the automatic English subtitles are not professional. There are no punctuation marks, the last words in the sentence appear very late. I would really like you to correct these inconveniences. Improvements will help us better understand the content
@attrell7 ай бұрын
Thanks, i will see if I am able to make changes to that.
@tomcaldwell57508 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@brandonrich18779 ай бұрын
This could be called "The Decline of Oklahoma Through Corporatism, A Journy in Pictures".
@deaddocreallydeaddoc52448 ай бұрын
I saw some of that process occur in my life (1952). But of course, it began during the Great Depression.
@pattylawson16969 ай бұрын
That was Otis hasty chiropractor
@bettetindel21279 ай бұрын
Should do Hastings, OK , used to have college
@attrell9 ай бұрын
THanks! I added to my list.
@bandaf.28998 ай бұрын
You totally missed Waurika, OK. The antique shop there Nancy's Antiques is a fantastic antique shop, you totally missed it!
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Next time! I was there in 2014. I will be back!
@pattylawson16969 ай бұрын
Is pronounced al one kids can always go in the bar and get him a pizza or pop anytime
@Tsukoblue6 ай бұрын
It would have been nice if you went deeper into these buildings
@mgaeeeee91505 ай бұрын
Gould OK is well on its way to being a ghost town
@attrell5 ай бұрын
I will check it out!
@noUGames27 күн бұрын
All Hail Mayor Meow of Kenton, OK
@attrell26 күн бұрын
Yes!
@bryanb55Ай бұрын
Kenton has an Easter pagent every year.
@carriemartz89528 ай бұрын
I was born in Woodward, Oklahoma!
@attrell8 ай бұрын
I was there in 2014 and had to turn around because there was a million storm chasers creating traffic jams
@zachpangus7584Ай бұрын
I live 7 mins from addington
@ruthvaughan4508 ай бұрын
The locals pronounce Gage, OK as “Gay-gee”, not Gage like you would think. Suggestion: when you document towns, ask how the name is pronounced by the locals.
@attrell8 ай бұрын
Thanks for that. I got that from a news story I found on KZbin and that is how the reported called it. My error.