I was amazed at the brown stone garage in Narcissa, someone really knew how to put a building together and has held up to the test of time, the walls anyway! thank you...
My great grandfather helped build that! He worked on the roads and bridges of the local counties. My grandparents (his daughter and son in law) still live in Narcissa, along with two of her sisters, all retired now, collectively raising cattle on a little piece of land that’s been in our family for the better part of 100 years. I spent so much of my childhood in that tiny little speck on the map.
In Missouri they call that stone structure Giraffe Stone. Pretty popular for homes in Missouri and you'll see it in Southern Illinois. If you want to know more there is a vid on YT about it.
Love your videos. My husband and I like to take day trips and visit the small towns here in Oklahoma. White Oak had a rail spur. They shipped cattle, hay and of course the White Oak the town was named after. I love reading about and visiting old towns and cemeteries in the out of the way places so your videos hit the spot. Always excited to see what you find next, happy adventures dear. Stay safe and GOD bless
Your travels, investigating those dots on the map, is like a treasure hunt. Most of the time you go to these ghost towns and you'll find nothing, but those few times you actually find an old building or a cemetery and makes it worth finding nothing most of the time.
I've been through quapaw and Pitcher many times back in the mid 90's i used to pull an end dump from West fork Arkansas and I would go load sand out of there and bring it back for the new bypass they were building form ft smith to Missouri.
I have driven past that garage in Narcissa several times to and from Miami and wondered about it. Pretty cool video! It was the thumbnail that caught my attention. Lol
I lived in Picher when I was younger. My mom was born, raised and is buried not far from Picher (in Miami). I was just up there a couple weeks ago looking around. ❤
@@TravelwithaWiseguy I was thinking about making a silly statement about if your channel was going to the dogs! In all reality, the dogs will have to hurry up to beat me here. Another wonderful road trip of more of our history that is slowly disappearing. Each video just gives me more memories of how things were. Thank you once again. And I will be standing out at the end of my drive the next time you want to go!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy aw, burning the midnight oil I see! Have a great weekend kicking around Kansas. I have enjoyed my two wheel adventures into Kansas. I love taking the fast exit to Kansas, running straight down highway 281. And it is about time for a hop off just north of Lebanon at the "Center of the 48 states park". One mile north and one mile west of town. And is usually a quiet restful stop. Unfortunately have primarily stayed in the northern part of the state, since about every run was a day run. So by mid afternoon, it was time to make my headings aim more towards home, and end up pulling back into the garage about that midnight hour. Which was due time to get home with night creatures, including those boozed up things in cars, taking over the roadways and making motorcycling a wee bit more exciting. Be safe and hope you find some more good content for us riding along in your backseat!
I'm wondering if the people who named their daughter Narcissa (and the town too!) were fond of the flower, Narcissus.... ? 🤔 Might have been! Oh, those beautiful rock walls! Thanks for the great tour of "the dots!"
That abandoned garage took some time to build. Were those embedded rocks or broken bricks? Another interesting video! These videos are so much fun to watch TFS
I thought it was very interesting to walk around inside and see what the bones of the building looked like. I'm not sure about the rocks/bricks. Thank you!
They're rocks. A lot of homes and buildings were created by the rocks laying on the ground here in Oklahoma. I can't remember where it's at sadly as I was a kid when I saw it, but there's a historic house made out of sod. It was really neat to see.
My Great Uncle had a hardware store in Joplin,Mo & Picher, Ok. The store in Picher also had Leather Shop & they made harnesses for the ponies that hauled carts in the mines. This would have been in about 1910 to 1929, approximately. Name of store was H. Fischer Hardware.
I've lived in this area all my life, most of these small towns didn't get abandoned until BFGoodrich tire manufacturer moved away from Miami, Ok in the 1980's
Nice video. I live within 50 miles of all these towns and didn't know some of them existed. I have heard some times the Rail Road would start calling a switch or siding by a certain name and it would stick.
I love your videos very much and you give us a lot of information about each settlement you visited. Is it possible to show us some of the conversations you've had with the locals? Greetings from Macedonia, eastern Europe
Thank you so much for watching all the way from Macedonia! Most of the time the locals don't want to be on camera, but I have a couple videos where I talk to them like Loving County, Texas and the 10 Smallest Towns in Nebraska.
My grandmother lived in Pitcher. She had a boarding house there. Her first husband, William Allen Pyatt, was killed in the old Katie mine ( located just over the Kansas Oklahoma boarder). She married Edward Bigby(Cherokee indian). Linda
I love all your videos and your descriptions of everything. You always do your research for any available information. Love those old stone buildings, too. Stay safe on your travels. God speed.
Ha! I’ve been thinking about it, but go back and forth between a road trip like I’ve done (Route 66, Oregon Trail, etc.) or just doing a few weeks wandering around the western half of the country. Both are appealing.
Loved this !! I truly have a love for these old stone buildings they are so amazing and deserve to be restored if I could I would restore as many as I can !! Have you ever been to Centralia Pennsylvania?? Or maybe go to Pennsylvania sometime ??
Years ago I used to buy my weed from pitcher, after the tornado came through I wasn’t able to get ahold of him anymore, went up to check things out and his trailer park was completely wiped out. I never knew what happened to him.
Narcissa also had a school. A child was hit crossing the highway so therefore they closed the school. It happened sometime before 1961 when I started to school. Anyway that was the story I was always told. I grew up on a farm about 3 miles south of here & went to school in Afton. Our bus route picked up the Narcissa kids. I didn’t know a there was a highway was built that bypassed Narcissa unless it was the interstate.
Great video. I love the old abandoned structures. I cant wait to get back on the road this weekend to make some videos. Keep them coming. I love the drone shots, i got to get one. #swervycrew Ken
Interesting video. Your fury little friends are always ready to welcome you or send you of with a greeting .Thanks for different type of ghost town video. 😊
Hi john great tour thanks alot i love the old gas station so many possabilities for a collector to rebuild into great gas station from the past . Cheers mate 🇦🇺
Very nice video. You do a good job (not kidding). You really do. At times RUclips puts a dot by your/anybody's name but when I go there it shows nothing new. My RUclips has a glitch in it (argh). It's fixing to poor rain here, be good, be safe !
I appreciate that! I wasn't sure how this video would do, because it was kind of random and some of the "towns" didn't have much history online to find. Stay dry if it pours out there!
John, I suspect that any locations along a railroad where there was a stop... needed to have a name necessary to identify the stop. However, once established as a railroad stop, the likelihood of there not being any kind of building seems pretty slim as it would become a place of transit and commerce. Services would likely be needed. Gord
I visit this area of northeastern Oklahoma on business about three or four times a year. Everyone already knows about all the environmental issues surrounding Picher and the town of Quapaw. But another thing happened to devastate this area. A lot of the manufacturing that was done here was outsourced in the 90's to China or Mexico; taking away much of the jobs and opportunity for people who still live in this area. I was talking to a guy in the City of Miami, and he was very thankful to find a job that paid $20,000 a year. Couldn't image someone thinking that was a decent salary, but that's reality in many of these NE towns.
@@TravelwithaWiseguy yes sir I am going to try to get permission to hunt some of places and that is extremely hard to do may I ask you if you have knowledge of places that I can try
Thank you for another pleasant drive! Please be careful as there apparently are a growing number of very scared White guys with guns. Do you plan on going towards eastern Montana again? It's beautiful. Stay safe out there
Thank you! I always try to be careful when I'm exploring :) I would really love to get up to Montana - I'm starting to think about a summer trip so maybe!
I lived in Narcissa for about six years from around age 9 to 15. Never thought of it as a ghost town. Honestly I didn't know anything about the old buildings there
I’ve not been there but I noticed how small it has gotten in the last census - 18. Established early 1900’s on the railroad and had a population of around 2000 during the oil boom. Basically a ghost town now!
You ought to go to shidler and Webb City I grew up there the high school was built in 1923 can I recently tore it down in 2020 and built a new high School the grade school was built in 1956 57 I started first grade there the year that grade school opened had a very good school quite a few people came from there that became something two or three veterinarians Major general in the Marines pretty well-known Major general was awarded a lot of awards head country barbecue sauce came from someone raised there Danny Head his mother's barbecue sauce she was a high school English teacher Mrs Head just a few people I'm mentioning it was a oil boom Town when I went to school there there were 600 kids from first grade to 12th oilfield weather a lot of people lived in the camps they don't talk about it but a little bit of the movie twister was filmed in between Webb City and shidler on the Bowen ranch and Kaw City coming from ponca City there's a four-way in the road one way goes to Shidler one way to Fairfax straight on from ponca you go into pawhuska they're all about 17 miles apart pawhuska is is Ray Drummond is the Drummond ranch is between shidler and pawhuska at the four corners you go the other way it's Fairfax and gray horse where my daddy was raised this was in the new movie killers of the flower Moon what about the pawhuska Fairfax and gray horse area
You know nothing about pitcher! My family worked and died there, the U. S. Got. Took kids from their parents to prevent them from saying anything or suing! LEARN the truth or keep your mouth SHUT!
I lived in Picher as kid. Wonderful people and school system that actually cared about their students. Potter was also called Pottersville.
Gotcha - thanks! I've always been fascinated with Picher!
Did you know Bill Whipkey??
@@swhip897 no, but I’m familiar with the name. Didn’t he run the Boys & Girls club in Joplin?
@@blakecardin yes.. my dad, he was from Pitcher
I was amazed at the brown stone garage in Narcissa, someone really knew how to put a building together and has held up to the test of time, the walls anyway! thank you...
I always marvel at the craftsmanship of people from so many decades ago!
My great grandfather helped build that! He worked on the roads and bridges of the local counties. My grandparents (his daughter and son in law) still live in Narcissa, along with two of her sisters, all retired now, collectively raising cattle on a little piece of land that’s been in our family for the better part of 100 years. I spent so much of my childhood in that tiny little speck on the map.
In Missouri they call that stone structure Giraffe Stone. Pretty popular for homes in Missouri and you'll see it in Southern Illinois. If you want to know more there is a vid on YT about it.
Love your videos. My husband and I like to take day trips and visit the small towns here in Oklahoma. White Oak had a rail spur. They shipped cattle, hay and of course the White Oak the town was named after. I love reading about and visiting old towns and cemeteries in the out of the way places so your videos hit the spot. Always excited to see what you find next, happy adventures dear. Stay safe and GOD bless
Thank you for watching! I appreciate the support!
I love Oklahoma , thank you
Great state to explore! I’ll have more OK videos coming soon!
Your travels, investigating those dots on the map, is like a treasure hunt. Most of the time you go to these ghost towns and you'll find nothing, but those few times you actually find an old building or a cemetery and makes it worth finding nothing most of the time.
Very true - this trip I tried to go into it without knowing much about these places. Wasn't sure how it would turn out - but it was fun to do!
I've been through quapaw and Pitcher many times back in the mid 90's i used to pull an end dump from West fork Arkansas and I would go load sand out of there and bring it back for the new bypass they were building form ft smith to Missouri.
I have driven past that garage in Narcissa several times to and from Miami and wondered about it. Pretty cool video!
It was the thumbnail that caught my attention. Lol
It definitely stands out along the road!
Always loved the old stone buildings still standing. My Dad helped build some back in the 20'sand 30's when he worked for the WPA.
Some amazing structures that are still standing!
I lived in Picher when I was younger. My mom was born, raised and is buried not far from Picher (in Miami). I was just up there a couple weeks ago looking around. ❤
Love your channel. 😊
Aww thanks Juanita! I appreciate the support!
I would love to take the Harley down RT 66. Thank you for taking us on your trip down memory lane.
Would be a great adventure on the Harley!
I enjoyed watching the dogs come out chasing your car , I think they were excited to see a stranger. I think you do great with your drone views .
Haha thanks! Yes that was actually down a dead end road (I didn't realize), so they probably didn't see strangers too often!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy I was thinking about making a silly statement about if your channel was going to the dogs! In all reality, the dogs will have to hurry up to beat me here. Another wonderful road trip of more of our history that is slowly disappearing. Each video just gives me more memories of how things were. Thank you once again. And I will be standing out at the end of my drive the next time you want to go!
Thank you Ron! Sunday back to Kansas!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy aw, burning the midnight oil I see! Have a great weekend kicking around Kansas. I have enjoyed my two wheel adventures into Kansas. I love taking the fast exit to Kansas, running straight down highway 281. And it is about time for a hop off just north of Lebanon at the "Center of the 48 states park". One mile north and one mile west of town. And is usually a quiet restful stop. Unfortunately have primarily stayed in the northern part of the state, since about every run was a day run. So by mid afternoon, it was time to make my headings aim more towards home, and end up pulling back into the garage about that midnight hour. Which was due time to get home with night creatures, including those boozed up things in cars, taking over the roadways and making motorcycling a wee bit more exciting.
Be safe and hope you find some more good content for us riding along in your backseat!
I know the people that live down that dead end road they aren’t normally
As always, very interesting. Good to see that country & know the dogs are always working no matter where you go 😂. Looking forward to the next video
Yes I always seem to find them 😂😂 Thank you very much 😊
watching your video while taking a break from mowing!
Thanks for watching during your break! Stay cool out there!
I'm wondering if the people who named their daughter Narcissa (and the town too!) were fond of the flower, Narcissus.... ? 🤔 Might have been! Oh, those beautiful rock walls! Thanks for the great tour of "the dots!"
Good question! Maybe they thought she’d be narcissistic 😂😂
Wow you made it to the sidewalk highway. Well done. And as always John a great collection of American history.
That was a very interesting little drive on the sidewalk highway! Thank you!
White Oak had a school also that closed not many years ago.
You got every dog in that area stirred up!
I know right!?!? 😂😂
I wonder what that dog would do with your car if he caught it? Another great video.
Probably just sniff if 😂😂
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Or wet the tire.
Thanks for the video. Crazy 🐕 dog😊
They were after me 😂😂 Thanks for watching til the end 😊
That abandoned garage took some time to build. Were those embedded rocks or broken bricks? Another interesting video! These videos are so much fun to watch TFS
I thought it was very interesting to walk around inside and see what the bones of the building looked like. I'm not sure about the rocks/bricks. Thank you!
They're rocks. A lot of homes and buildings were created by the rocks laying on the ground here in Oklahoma. I can't remember where it's at sadly as I was a kid when I saw it, but there's a historic house made out of sod. It was really neat to see.
My Great Uncle had a hardware store in Joplin,Mo & Picher, Ok.
The store in Picher also had Leather Shop & they made harnesses for the ponies that hauled carts in the mines.
This would have been in about 1910 to 1929, approximately.
Name of store was H. Fischer Hardware.
These places on railroad tracks are most likely old water station locations for steam engines.
I've lived in this area all my life, most of these small towns didn't get abandoned until BFGoodrich tire manufacturer moved away from Miami, Ok in the 1980's
I love the quiet places, better than the touristy spots....every state has plenty of small serene towns if you go looking for them...safe travels
Agreed! Thank you!
Nice video. I live within 50 miles of all these towns and didn't know some of them existed. I have heard some times the Rail Road would start calling a switch or siding by a certain name and it would stick.
Yeah I wouldn't be surprised if Ontario and Oseuma were never actual "towns", but I'm sure they were railroad stops like you say!
Excellent content again. An area I've traveled but in depth. Thanks
Thank you!! Interesting area to explore!
I like your style. New sub. From Missouri
Thank you very much!! 😊
Doggos! But my eye was immediately drawn to that old Bronco in the background.
Haha love it! :)
Granddad & grandma Fry & uncle EJ buried at White Oak cemetery. Auntie & great-grand father buried at Lewis Shawnee cemetery.
I love your videos very much and you give us a lot of information about each settlement you visited. Is it possible to show us some of the conversations you've had with the locals? Greetings from Macedonia, eastern Europe
Thank you so much for watching all the way from Macedonia! Most of the time the locals don't want to be on camera, but I have a couple videos where I talk to them like Loving County, Texas and the 10 Smallest Towns in Nebraska.
My grandmother lived in Pitcher. She had a boarding house there. Her first husband, William Allen Pyatt, was killed in the old Katie mine ( located just over the Kansas Oklahoma boarder). She married Edward Bigby(Cherokee indian). Linda
I love all your videos and your descriptions of everything. You always do your research for any available information. Love those old stone buildings, too. Stay safe on your travels. God speed.
Thanks so much Gloria! It’s always fun for me too!
Speaking of your Route 66 road trip, I can't wait to find out what road trip you take this summer
I can't wait to find out either (haven't figured it out yet haha)!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Oh, I thought you were teasing like "I can't wait to find out, too, wink, wink"
Ha! I’ve been thinking about it, but go back and forth between a road trip like I’ve done (Route 66, Oregon Trail, etc.) or just doing a few weeks wandering around the western half of the country. Both are appealing.
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Do what excites you. Either way, I'll watch
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Look out now! You are beginning to sound like my motorcycle trips.
Loved this !! I truly have a love for these old stone buildings they are so amazing and deserve to be restored if I could I would restore as many as I can !! Have you ever been to Centralia Pennsylvania?? Or maybe go to Pennsylvania sometime ??
I haven't been to Centralia, but it's definitely on my bucket list someday!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy yes please !!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Centralia is totally abandoned and the underground fires are still burning to this day !! I totally wanna go there !!
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@@TravelwithaWiseguy 😎💥
Years ago I used to buy my weed from pitcher, after the tornado came through I wasn’t able to get ahold of him anymore, went up to check things out and his trailer park was completely wiped out. I never knew what happened to him.
Narcissa also had a school. A child was hit crossing the highway so therefore they closed the school. It happened sometime before 1961 when I started to school. Anyway that was the story I was always told. I grew up on a farm about 3 miles south of here & went to school in Afton. Our bus route picked up the Narcissa kids. I didn’t know a there was a highway was built that bypassed Narcissa unless it was the interstate.
Very sad - thank you for sharing 😞
Great video. I love the old abandoned structures. I cant wait to get back on the road this weekend to make some videos. Keep them coming. I love the drone shots, i got to get one. #swervycrew Ken
Thanks! I'm gonna get out there too (Oklahoma this weekend). Safe travels! :)
Interesting video. Your fury little friends are always ready to welcome you or send you of with a greeting
.Thanks for different type of ghost town video. 😊
Thanks Kay! They always seem to find me 😂😂 Appreciate you watching!
Hi john great tour thanks alot i love the old gas station so many possabilities for a collector to rebuild into great gas station from the past . Cheers mate 🇦🇺
Yeah it was a very cool place to explore! Love to see when people rebuild those!
Another interesting historical video. We enjoy your content. 👍
Thank you Gary! I appreciate the continued support!
I find it interesting how many town names were used over and over across the U.S.
Yes! I always am interested in how towns get their names!
Interesting that not only was there an Ontario but your old map also showed an Ottawa.
Very nice video. You do a good job (not kidding). You really do. At times RUclips puts a dot by your/anybody's name but when I go there it shows nothing new. My RUclips has a glitch in it (argh). It's fixing to poor rain here, be good, be safe !
I appreciate that! I wasn't sure how this video would do, because it was kind of random and some of the "towns" didn't have much history online to find. Stay dry if it pours out there!
They have one of those gorillas at the road stop gas station- country store in Sequoyah.
John,
I suspect that any locations along a railroad where there was a stop... needed to have a name necessary to identify the stop.
However, once established as a railroad stop, the likelihood of there not being any kind of building seems pretty slim as it would become a place of transit and commerce. Services would likely be needed.
Gord
Ooh, kinda chilly, too windy......
Little low on 'T' there?......>_
lol 😂 Yes I needed a thicker t-shirt, you are correct! And the wind messes up the sound 😊
I visit this area of northeastern Oklahoma on business about three or four times a year. Everyone already knows about all the environmental issues surrounding Picher and the town of Quapaw. But another thing happened to devastate this area. A lot of the manufacturing that was done here was outsourced in the 90's to China or Mexico; taking away much of the jobs and opportunity for people who still live in this area. I was talking to a guy in the City of Miami, and he was very thankful to find a job that paid $20,000 a year. Couldn't image someone thinking that was a decent salary, but that's reality in many of these NE towns.
Interesting. Thank you for the info! Such an intriguing place to visit.
The dogs at the end were so darn cute!
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You should have visited Bolin Springs. Best BBQ in the area!
Would’ve loved to! I ran short on time that day unfortunately 😞
I'm going to try to visit the towns and maybe try a little bit of detecting for coins and relics
Have fun!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy yes sir I am going to try to get permission to hunt some of places and that is extremely hard to do may I ask you if you have knowledge of places that I can try
Don't hesitate to mention related vlogs in your catalog. Your newer subs will probably appreciate it.
As always...
Good advice! Thank you!
I'd like to learn more about the names on the baseball headstone, I wonder what their story is and why a baseball was chosen
I thought the same thing! Interesting design!
Great video!👍
Thank you!
Have you checked out Hockerville?
Was on state line road off 66.
Old post office and store still there until recently.
Yes! I did a video a few years ago on it!
Thank you for another pleasant drive! Please be careful as there apparently are a growing number of very scared White guys with guns. Do you plan on going towards eastern Montana again? It's beautiful. Stay safe out there
Thank you! I always try to be careful when I'm exploring :) I would really love to get up to Montana - I'm starting to think about a summer trip so maybe!
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Nice video
Thanks!
Goood deal brother!....Cool 😎👍
Thanks! 😎
I lived in Narcissa for about six years from around age 9 to 15. Never thought of it as a ghost town. Honestly I didn't know anything about the old buildings there
Some interesting history there!
I saw that some dogs were chasing you car.
They always seem to find me 😂😂
Bro, need to get a wind guard.
That Narcissa garage looks like a great location for some BW art photography.
Believe it or not I had a wind guard - it was 50+ mph wind that day - that’s why I mentioned staying in the car 😂😂
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Wow!
The title pic is scary close i live with 15miles of that ghost town
Very interesting area!
Git your kicks on Route 66😊
Absolutely! Always a great trip!!
Do you have any information at all about Foraker, Osage County, Oklahoma? My father, his brother and two of his sisters were born there.
I’ve not been there but I noticed how small it has gotten in the last census - 18. Established early 1900’s on the railroad and had a population of around 2000 during the oil boom. Basically a ghost town now!
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Hello, what kind of trees grow along the road at 12:28? Elms?
I’m not sure about that 🤷🏼♂️
You ought to go to shidler and Webb City I grew up there the high school was built in 1923 can I recently tore it down in 2020 and built a new high School the grade school was built in 1956 57 I started first grade there the year that grade school opened had a very good school quite a few people came from there that became something two or three veterinarians Major general in the Marines pretty well-known Major general was awarded a lot of awards head country barbecue sauce came from someone raised there Danny Head his mother's barbecue sauce she was a high school English teacher Mrs Head just a few people I'm mentioning it was a oil boom Town when I went to school there there were 600 kids from first grade to 12th oilfield weather a lot of people lived in the camps they don't talk about it but a little bit of the movie twister was filmed in between Webb City and shidler on the Bowen ranch and Kaw City coming from ponca City there's a four-way in the road one way goes to Shidler one way to Fairfax straight on from ponca you go into pawhuska they're all about 17 miles apart pawhuska is is Ray Drummond is the Drummond ranch is between shidler and pawhuska at the four corners you go the other way it's Fairfax and gray horse where my daddy was raised this was in the new movie killers of the flower Moon what about the pawhuska Fairfax and gray horse area
I’ve actually done videos on all those towns. Very interesting and historic areas!
If you would have stopped at my house with the dogs I could have give you more history of white oak and it wasn’t a saw mill it was a feed mill
please get amicrophone that works
Yeah it was incredibly windy that day and I had a wind screen on the microphone!
He should have stopped at my place with the dogs I could have given him some correct info like not a saw mill it was a feed mill built by the williams
You know nothing about pitcher! My family worked and died there, the U. S. Got. Took kids from their parents to prevent them from saying anything or suing!
LEARN the truth or keep your mouth SHUT!
FYI I did an entirely separate full video about Picher (you misspelled it)
What did I say about PICHER that was incorrect?
@@TravelwithaWiseguy
No, damn auto correct misspelled it!