Why Did America Forget Ash Fork AZ? - Old Route 66

[@sergethepurge9425]

Give a THUMBS UP and SMALL COMMENT really helps the channel grow! Thank you so much!

[@jonnymarr2x]

I've never heard of this town but it really is straight out of the cars movie

[@sergethepurge9425]

Definitely!

[@RonOnTheRoad]

It really is!

[@DougPeabody]

Great video. Love old history like this. Especially Route 66 stuff. The audio was a bit off though when interviewing the woman. Thumbs up. 👍

[@sergethepurge9425]

Thank You Much! glad you enjoyed it. Yes the audio was off I tried to fix best I can but I know it still was funky on that interview. I appreciate your feedback!

[@TheManeUnicorn]

It’s incredibly hard when working with a phone for audio. I’m an audio stickler and didn’t notice. ♥️

[@DougPeabody]

@@TheManeUnicorn I'm just an old guy. Probably need hearing aids. Lol

[@sergethepurge9425]

@@TheManeUnicorn I don’t use a phone for audio I have wireless mics I take on the road. I just only have 2 and both Ron and I had 1 each so that’s why I was holding the mic trying to interview her but then there was a huge fan blowing right next to us that’s why it was hard to hear.

[@deseree-gh6xk]

Awesome as Always Serge!

[@sergethepurge9425]

Thank you so much!

[@TheManeUnicorn]

I live in Az. I saw your Jerome video and LOvE this AshFork video!! I would love to buy that hotel. ♥️

[@sergethepurge9425]

@@TheManeUnicorn thank you so much! I appreciate that!

[@holbol9468]

This is awesome. I’ve lived in Chandler Arizona for 40 years now. I love hearing about these small towns I’ve never heard of. Going to add this to the list of places to explore! Great channel!

[@sergethepurge9425]

@@holbol9468 Thank you so much! I really appreciate that!

[@tortugalisa4748]

Ok, so I saw you made quite a few different Arizona town videos so 🌟New Subscriber🌟 I also saw other cool looking videos from other States I want to watch💯 Keep up the interesting content🤙

[@sergethepurge9425]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that! A lot more to come!

[@RonOnTheRoad]

Thanks for watching!

[@RonOnTheRoad]

Always a fun time exploring with you Serge!

[@sergethepurge9425]

Definitely Man!

[@kelliecorum5427]

❤ TFS, my Grandpa worked in the quarry in The 60-70's. We went to the Oasis a couple years ago😊 i really hope it does "blow up" with life again someday. Bisbee sure has ❤

[@sergethepurge9425]

Very cool thank you so much for sharing! I think Ash Fork has a lot of potential for sure!

[@RonOnTheRoad]

That’s really cool! I love exploring those old quarries. Such an interesting place.

[@miguelvillalobos8966]

Fantastic lil’ adventure, y’all! Btw, I’m with Serge, that home shouldn’t be 100k, or I’m gonna cry.

[@sergethepurge9425]

Lololol the housing marking is absolutely insane rn. We live in crazy times for sure. Thank you for watching!

[@reidphx]

I enjoyed your presentation. Good Job. Check this out.. My mom and dad lived in Ash Fork for 21 years. Moved there in 1947. Dad was a teacher in the high school. I lived there my first six years. We moved away in 1968. By then, dad was a School administrator, and he volunteered for the fire dept. My childhood memories of Ash Fork are great. That was when 66 still went right through town, and before most of the business district burned down. My dad was Frank (Doc) Glotfelty.

[@sergethepurge9425]

@@reidphx thank you so much, that means a lot! Thank you for sharing your story as well, very interesting! 😁

[@RonOnTheRoad]

I would have loved to have been able to see it in its heyday!

[@rrrevered]

Thank you for sharing. I am in the process to possibly purchase a couple acres in Ash Fork! I am very concerned now about the permitting process with Coconino County. Sigh. They seem quite aggressive. Anyone know anything about this?

[@tammyhensel3853]

The old building across from the post office, was last an apartment building. I lived on the top floor in the middle. First floor was a couple in the middle right under me. We were the first to live there. 1986.

[@retirementbootcampoff-grid237]

I took the time to leave the highway and drive through as I moved from DenCO to Kingman area. People will move to rural Arizona to RETIRE. Great quality of life. Prices seem high because Ash Fork is close to Flagstaff which has the school, and is full of new construction, growing and GROWING! Welcome to Arizona, friends!

[@johnhouchins3156]

To me, it's doubtful that Ash Fork will ever recover. Those lot prices (that's what they are; the buildings are beyond recovering) are way too high. No septic system and water is in short supply in Ash Fork. But, nobody wants to take "the hit" and consequently don't get sold.

[@sergethepurge9425]

Yeah that’s unfortunately true. The prices in the town for real estate are unreasonable. Thanks for watching

[@RonOnTheRoad]

As it turns out, as a result of this video, Yavapai County officials have started looking into revitalizing Ash Fork and bringing them much needed infrastructure! I’ve been in contact with a man who works at the county, and he says his office has become very invested since the video came out. We’ll see how it goes!

[@sergethepurge9425]

@@RonOnTheRoad no way! Are you serious? That absolutely a dream come true, my entire goal for this channel is to help revive small town/rural America and bring positivity towards these communities. That’s amazing! Wow! Thank you!

[@rrrevered]

@@sergethepurge9425 Thanks for the video!

[@RonOnTheRoad]

We visited the Route 66 Museum in Ash Fork. A really cool place if you’re driving by!

[@sergethepurge9425]

@@RonOnTheRoad definitely! Thank you Ron

[@ChacoteOutdoorRecreation]

A scene from the movie The Universal Soldiers movie opens in 1969 in Vietnam, when the soldiers are dispatched during the war. However, though incredibly realistic, none of the scenes were actually filmed in this Southeast Asian country. Instead, the filmmakers filmed at a golf course in Kingman, Arizona, to serve as the Vietnam setting. They simply added fake jungle foliage to the Universal Soldier film set to create the backdrop they needed for the scenes. Principal photography began in August 1991 in Arizona, which was one of the primary filming locations of Universal Soldier. It was also filmed on location in Ash Fork. One of the actors I smacked around was a foreigner named Jean-Claude Van Damme, who made the mistake of running his mouth, he and his entourage of euro sissies tried to press charges against me, but the Cops and them agreed to mutual combat with no charges filed, and I still have his fake tooth that my old lady pulled out from between my knuckles when she bandaged my hand the next day.

[@rgarizonahomestead2729]

some of the problems with ash fork goes back to three family's running the do and dont for the town for many years . things are changing. another problem is the post office is to small and the new one has not even broken ground yet. they need a market in town as well. you have to remember there were many brothels in town back in the day. you review is okay there is a lot you missed but so be it

[@bigboyg4962]

Town had no hope Gerald, let it go

[@nicoleflores6757]

I got job prescott i dont know what to do

[@sergethepurge9425]

@@nicoleflores6757 you got a job in Prescott? Nice!

[@nicoleflores6757]

@@sergethepurge9425 yes but idk what to should fight to move there or stay san antonio tx

[@sergethepurge9425]

@@nicoleflores6757 I think you have to do what’s right for you

[@nicoleflores6757]

@@sergethepurge9425 thank u

[@rovvt1284]

not haunted houses. there is no such thing.

[@sergethepurge9425]

@@rovvt1284 I think it was meant more as a figure of speech. Thank you for watching

[@johnrodriguez223]

I'm grandparents lived in Ash Fork. Marshall Trimble published a book about Ash Fork and my grandparents, mother, aunt and two uncles are on page 75. I used to spend summers there and miss this beautiful town. Now, at 60 years old, my parents and grandparents gone, might be time to return to my roots. Love to help build the town back to a beautiful place for people to live and visit.

[@rrrevered]

I am in the process of purchasing 2 acres up the road in Coconino County (5 minutes from Ash Fork downtown). I am worried about the county permits required to build habitable place. I got the word today there are many diagrams and permits required. I am worried. I am not ultra rich at this moment.