My Mother was born in Rhyolite in 1911. Her Father was a mining engineer. My Grandmother told me the nice ladies would go to the train station upstairs and play cards once a week. They moved to Goldfield when she was 2. They lived there long enough for her to finish the 11th grade. Then they moved to Oregon. My Grandfather is buried in the Goldfield Cemetery.
@paulamckenzie
4 жыл бұрын
Susan Price I LOVE this story, and I thank you a thousand times for sharing it here. Just...wow! This is history told from the first person point of view!! ❤️
@solenniak
3 жыл бұрын
Wow interesting ,and they tell you who is really buried in the supposed grave of Mona Belle ??
@aurinkobay7118
Жыл бұрын
daang that is some history!
@paulanthonymarkowski7518
3 жыл бұрын
Great history lesson! Thanks for the information.
@rickwest3822
3 жыл бұрын
The ghost towns of Nevada are definitely on our bucket list - this was such a cool look at one of them! Thank you for taking us along! - Rick & Nova
@paulamckenzie
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, hard to believe this was 2 years ago already! I'd go back tomorrow for a return visit, love being out there. And yes, the ghost towns are a treat.
@CharleyBeck1
4 жыл бұрын
Me and my family visited here last year. Great place. We also visited Calico too. They're such interesting and amazing places. There's nothing like it in the UK.
@paulamckenzie
4 жыл бұрын
Charley Beck Yes we love Calico as well! Truly I don’t think there is any place quite like the American Old West...unique, historic, fascinating. But...with that being said, we truly love the long and glorious history and architecture in the UK. Stunning, memorable, awe-inspiring, and beautiful. Those folks knew how to build to last! 🇬🇧
@kg6qzx
4 жыл бұрын
I love these old mining/ghost towns in the West. I’ve been to Bode in CA, Tombstone AZ and a few others. Would love to see this one.
@janeburton7647
5 ай бұрын
Very interesting video! The bottle house was adorable. Thanks for posting this.
@kathleenmanley9733
2 жыл бұрын
I never knew about this places when I lived out there. I was young, dumb, and I worked 6 nights a weeks, two shows a night. Thanks for the entertaining and informational videos like this one. Missing you this week. Hope everyone is OK.
@the_benjamin_effect
4 жыл бұрын
A very cool location that I'll visit on my next trip. Dale, I love the music right after the intro. I love that guys of our vintage can still be creative in so many ways. Inspiring. Thanks for making this and all of your videos.
@kathy0698
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! Living in Vegas early 70's, visiting Ghost Towns was a favorite pastime.
@paulamckenzie
3 жыл бұрын
Thank YOU for watching this one! We sure hope to get out and explore more of these wonderful historic spots this year.
@elizahein3770
3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Makes me wanna go! Hello from BC CANADA 🇨🇦
@EricFoemmel
3 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@paulamckenzie
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for watching! 😊
@keltig
5 жыл бұрын
Another great video! Can’t wait to see what’s in store for next week.
@paulamckenzie
5 жыл бұрын
keltig Wow it’s comments like yours that inspire us to go out and create something for next week! 😁
@alenapcolova5496
5 жыл бұрын
wwwau supeer video beautiful
@clsybear
3 жыл бұрын
Wishing you and your wife a happy new year. I watch and enjoy many of your videos I wasn’t end of the scotch Christmas this is truly one of the best videos I’ve seen you and your wife do. Nevada has more ghost town’s been any place in the United States I hope in the future you and your wife can do more was a great video thank you so much for sharing. Happy new year🐻
@DaleMcKenzie
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for watching this one, and leaving such a great comment. We never actually intended to focus on the Strip - we would rather be out in the desert doing this kind of stuff lol! Hoping we can do more of it next year. Happy new year to you as well. 🎊
@johnwilliamson2207
4 жыл бұрын
The Cook Bank was used and seen in Michael Bay's film 'The Island', it's where Ewen McGregor and Scarlett Johansson took shelter briefly in the film.
@paulamckenzie
4 жыл бұрын
Love this bit of movie trivia - we will check that movie out. Thanks for the info, and for watching! 😊
@janetallaire
4 жыл бұрын
I saw that movie. The Island escapees saw a snake near the bank building and didn't know what it was. I enjoyed the movie.
@FrontiersmanAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
Loving this video of Rhyolite! I learn so much from you guys! Boy you do your history! The structures are so cool! Cook Bank looked so neat! The Depot is beautiful! Hopefully someone can open that up as a lodge or restaurant or both. I love Beatty. Very cool!
@ncmtbiker
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for showing the areas around Las Vegas too
@paulamckenzie
4 жыл бұрын
E Karp We are so glad you appreciate that, thank you! We really love the desert around Las Vegas, and occasionally we want to show some of it to you - maybe a few will go out there themselves. 😊 🌵
@DayTripAdventure
3 жыл бұрын
Great Video! I was just there and made a video of DV too! Thanks for Sharing!
@mariethereseguimond5378
4 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! I love ghost town!👍👻
@paulamckenzie
4 жыл бұрын
So do we - I hope we have a chance to go out and do more of them, especially once the weather here cools down a bit.
@stephaniecassett6486
4 жыл бұрын
Love your videos, I try to watch at least one everyday
@paulamckenzie
4 жыл бұрын
Well that is a really great thing to say - wow! We are so flattered! And, thank you, very much. :)
@randytrent9555
5 жыл бұрын
Another great video. Keep up the good work.
@paulamckenzie
5 жыл бұрын
Randy Trent Thank you Randy, you’re the best kind of subscriber, you like all our stuff!! 🤗
@randytrent9555
5 жыл бұрын
It's easy to like all your stuff when they are all good.
@johnpinckney4979
4 жыл бұрын
When I first went to Rhyolite in 1986, there was another ghost town which you alluded to, Bullfrog. All that was left were ruins of buildings and rusted-out hulks of cars from the 1920's. Alas, my pix of Bullfrog were among the family photos trashed by my ex-wife when she left me. Bullfrog disappeared into an open-pit mine years later. I'm surprised you didn't go to Carrara, which is just south of Beatty on 95.
@paulamckenzie
4 жыл бұрын
We usually have a rough plan of what we want to do during our outings, and Rhyolite and Beatty were on the schedule for that day. I am so sorry you lost your memorabilia - we have ALL lost something irreplaceable as life moves along (photos, record albums, mementos), and we sure lament its loss, don't we? Thanks for watching, and for your comment. :)
@TS84NO
3 жыл бұрын
Great video! :) And nice to learn more of the history of this town :) I visited Rhyolite myself, back in 2012, on my way from Las Vegas back to LA. *I'm from Norway, and this was my first trip to USA, so I desided to take a "small" detour thru Death Valley :P Sooo many amazing places along the way tho!
@simon-zh3qb
5 жыл бұрын
Guess they didn't have bottle bank's back then!lol
@Camrographer
4 жыл бұрын
Were buildings poorly made back then or is it typical for buildings to fall apart after one hundred years?
@DaleMcKenzie
4 жыл бұрын
This is a great question. There is precious little wood in the desert (basically none) suitable for building. So, they brought in precious wood from elsewhere to build these boomtowns; and then they salvaged that wood when they left. So all you see remaining are the stone portions.
@Camrographer
4 жыл бұрын
@@DaleMcKenzie Oh I never would have thought of that. I figured it rotted away or something but that makes more sense.
@lawrenceroth9229
5 жыл бұрын
Why did it become a ghost town?
@paulamckenzie
5 жыл бұрын
Lawrence Roth Great question. Two events happened, one after another: In 1906 the San Francisco earthquake turned the financial situation in the West into chaos; then in 1907 there was a nationwide financial crisis. As a result, investment in the Rhyolite mines dried up, and they couldn’t continue operating. That’s a huge simplification, but basically that’s what happened. Thanks for asking!
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