Empty House, Empty Heart. The Truman Leonard Story

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

Комментарии • 143

  • @lisacooper3991
    @lisacooper3991 Месяц назад +17

    He waited too long to send for his wife and child..yrs makes a difference when u are apart and not there sharing life's moments together as a family..sad it happened.. but even broke, never try to be without ur family, cause time will take a toll on the love... nice story 😊

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +9

      I’m an older dad. I’m 52 right now. I couldn’t imagine at my age breaking land and building a house for a decade for my family. I think there is more to the story but we may never know.

    • @dominikfranczak5282
      @dominikfranczak5282 7 дней назад

      Maybe he has gone for a better life he never had before...

  • @ellenneder6094
    @ellenneder6094 Месяц назад +19

    Hello. I like that you give some history of the people who lived there. I like your videos and also you do not have loud music playing. Nice and quiet.

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +2

      Hi Ellen. Thanks. I agree. Music and talking take away for the immersion. 😀

    • @fox577577
      @fox577577 Месяц назад

      ​@secondaryhighway I totally agree. I love the quiet, it gives time to reflect, I guess. I don't like it when people making the videos, just rambles on and on. I just found your videos today and this is only the 2nd one I've watched. So far, so good.😊

  • @korbyl1
    @korbyl1 9 дней назад +4

    I loooove your channel and all your videos! Please don't stop!

  • @lynnb-TruckCastreauJr
    @lynnb-TruckCastreauJr Месяц назад +16

    What a sad story! But I can't blame his wife and daughter for moving on with their lives. Way back at the turn of the 20th century many didn't live past 40 to 50 years of age. After being away for 10 years, and with him being an advance 62 at the time he sent for his family, it's quite likely that she believed him already deceased.
    He did a stellar job of building that house, too. More than 100 years old and abandoned for decades, yet it's still sturdy. Amazing!

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +3

      All my thoughts exactly!

    • @bbrabow1gmail
      @bbrabow1gmail Месяц назад

      @secondaryhighway... How old was the wife when they married? Where in Michigan were they? So interesting.

    • @donutsmademefat4690
      @donutsmademefat4690 Месяц назад +3

      Many people did live past that age. Why would she write him a letter if she thought he was dead? Do yiu think they were not communicating over the years?

    • @midgie1166
      @midgie1166 День назад

      She sent him a letter so she knew he wasn't deceased. But sad none the less

  • @MarkovianMan
    @MarkovianMan Месяц назад +12

    How painful it must have been for him to receive that letter from his wife after he'd worked so hard. My heart breaks for what Mr. Leonard had to bear. That house would have been really beautiful when he built it. It's sad to see the graffiti; so disrespectful. It's too bad the house was abandoned instead of someone else making it their home before it was too far gone. I'd love to live in an intact house like that, with some modernization (starting with electricity and-given the climate-indoor plumbing!).
    Amazing that he lived to be 105!

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +3

      He was an older dad at 52 finished the house at 62. I don’t think we have the full story.

    • @jetotherock
      @jetotherock Месяц назад +1

      I agree with the horrible graffiti. That really took me aback. Who would do that ? Go to all that trouble to deface a house.

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +1

      @@jetotherock Bored teenagers

    • @migdaliacolon8354
      @migdaliacolon8354 Месяц назад +1

      Noooo al Daño del ayer es historia Aqui 😮😮😢😢

  • @nacn5506
    @nacn5506 Месяц назад +7

    I really like it when you zoom in on the old objects so we can see the details better.

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +3

      I’m showing the things I’d want to see so it works out for everyone 😀

  •  Месяц назад +7

    Such a sad story. You know he was proud of the home he built for them and then they never came. :(.

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +1

      I’ve heard other stories where family shows up, try it out, and travel back to where they were from.

    •  Месяц назад +2

      @ I wish his family would have at least shown up. :/. At least lay eyes on the home he built. I guess it wasn’t so easy to get around back then. I love your videos. I love seeing the old houses but having the stories to go with them is the absolute BEST!! Jealous you get to see so many! You’re lucky!!

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  19 дней назад

      It’s hard to track down the owners. Then you’re at the mercy of them allowing you in.

  • @Zewestcoaster
    @Zewestcoaster Месяц назад +7

    My mother still makes comments at how significant the electrification of the prairies were (Manitoba) in the 1950's
    No electrical wiring in that place....

  • @sagehawk6316
    @sagehawk6316 Месяц назад +4

    Excellent. So grateful that you were able to save that like that. Most people dont know.

  • @jetotherock
    @jetotherock Месяц назад +3

    So beautiful ! I love your film making. I can actually feel like I am in that house and in that landscape. For me, it doesn't get better.

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +2

      Thanks. No attention on me or annoying music 😀

  • @davidwassell7112
    @davidwassell7112 Месяц назад +5

    I like your videos very much . Can almost hear the people sometimes in these abandoned homes . Back in Britain I watch urban exploration too and sometimes imagine the people that lived there and the fun times they may have had . Thank you for your videos 😊

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks for the view and comment. I lived in Scotland as a boy. I’d love to go back.

  • @giggles8458
    @giggles8458 День назад +1

    My heart rejoices to know that even back then people had common sense and said no to such a hostile environment.
    I would have loved to meet the girls! Bravo!
    Do you notice how I totally disregard Truman?

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  День назад

      Yes. We don’t know for sure why they never came up. He was an older father. Regardless, times were a different kind of tough back then. We don’t know much more than that unfortunately. I tried to find out more but the case went cold. His daughter did get his land and had rented it for sometime so they were in communication.

  • @mehmehver
    @mehmehver Месяц назад +2

    I appreciate the way you move through the house and give us a view from the doorways and windows of the landscape.

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +1

      Took me a few videos to find the tight pace. Thanks!

  • @ursulasmith4932
    @ursulasmith4932 11 дней назад +2

    I love that you do research about the people that built and lived in these old houses. Very interesting

  • @carolexo7269
    @carolexo7269 Месяц назад +3

    I bet he was a strong, vigorous man all of his days. Thank you.

  • @carlashepherd9362
    @carlashepherd9362 Месяц назад +3

    Very sad story! A beautiful old house & awesome video! 👍👍🤘❤️

  • @ellenneder6094
    @ellenneder6094 Месяц назад +17

    Also it was sad that his wife and daughter did not come to live with him.

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +3

      He was old. They may have thought he died!

    • @apollyondemonlord9823
      @apollyondemonlord9823 Месяц назад +1

      @@secondaryhighwaythat makes no sense at all. Why would they send him a letter saying they moved on if they thought he died?

    • @MeMe-cz6pk
      @MeMe-cz6pk Месяц назад +8

      Life on the Prairies was hard. The isolation would have been very difficult. By 1913, maybe word got back to Americans planning to come here, just HOW hard it was.
      Michigan, a land of Lakes and trees, large established cities with opportunities versus the flat lonely, treeless, wind swept Prairie. Mmmm.
      Maybe she changed her mind after such a long separation. Seems in the end he packed it up for California as well.
      Sad.

    • @apollyondemonlord9823
      @apollyondemonlord9823 Месяц назад +2

      @ life everywhere was hard. She moved on and her and their daughter chose not to return. It could be any speculation why. Maybe she found a new love. Maybe Canada was no interest to her. You can make guesses all day but you’ll never know why.

    • @occamsrazor7939
      @occamsrazor7939 Месяц назад +1

      ​@secondaryhighway especially if he never sent them letters to keep in touch.

  • @rebeccahanson9864
    @rebeccahanson9864 Месяц назад +4

    I love the views and this house has good bones. I always see potential in old houses. 😊

  • @MargaretFranklin-jy9wi
    @MargaretFranklin-jy9wi Месяц назад +5

    Great video…..beautiful home …such a sad story though…..Leonard lived a long life . Two things I thought were very interesting about the house….some of the original wallpaper was still in the one room and the other was the little window above the door upstairs still had hinges still attached so it would open within the room…I have seen some of those windows hand painted with scenes done in white which was so beautiful. Can imagine what this home and land looked in its time…. And his wife and daughter refused to live with him? How sad 😭

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +1

      My thoughts exactly. Good eye. I like the window above the door as well. It’s the only house I’ve seen like that.

    • @MargaretFranklin-jy9wi
      @MargaretFranklin-jy9wi Месяц назад +2

      @ oh?? You never saw those little windows such as what you found in the house? In Victorian homes and later the homes had those windows in them for reasons of circulation of airflow I think not quite sure….but have always found them interesting. Not only were they built like what you found but there were cranks to open them in more well to do homes and such.

  • @l.l.2463
    @l.l.2463 Месяц назад +4

    Wow. Transom windows upstairs. I really liked the way he routed the steps to the half-basement. I think it would be a lot less spooky than usual. I wonder what he did with all that space when he ended up living as a bachelor.

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +1

      Great question. Not a lot of information left. All the old timers who knew him are long dead.

  • @BETH..._...
    @BETH..._... Месяц назад +2

    I love that you include the view from the second floor dormitories and / or the landing from the staircases ...
    They're beautiful and lovely st the same time.
    Another great video.
    PS# I am sure he meant well by building such a beautiful home for his family. But he should have asked them how they felt about him being gone for so long. I am sure they would have preferred the he remain with them instead ♡

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +2

      Yes it’d be nice to know the full story. He was quite a. Older man as well.

  • @sheldondyck8631
    @sheldondyck8631 Месяц назад +5

    There’s a house near me with similar circumstances. A man met a woman in Europe and they fell in love. She told him the only way she’d move to Canada was if he built her a home. He did just that and sent word it was finished and her reply was she had fallen in love with another man. The guy who built the house packed his bags and never returned. The house still stands today.

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +2

      I’d be interested to visit and do a video. If you read this please let me know and I’d come to it for sure!!’ 👍

    • @sheldondyck8631
      @sheldondyck8631 9 дней назад

      @@secondaryhighway the house is on private property and since my friend sold the land several years ago I don’t know who you would contact to visit it.

  • @theblissfullone
    @theblissfullone Месяц назад +8

    I've watched a few of your videos now, and I must say .. I am so impressed. As a child .. I remember riding in the back seat of Dad and Mom's car travelling 'down home', and admiring the old homesteads and wondering what life was like back in the day .. who lived there and their history. Your videography is excellent .. gives the person the time and ability to see the house in its entirety.
    A joy to watch. And a beautiful remembrance of an amazing man. 🙂

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +1

      Hey thanks. It took me a few walk through to get the pacing right. It’s on going. ANC the history brings the house back to life. Thanks for watching! 🙏

  • @jimedge8301
    @jimedge8301 Месяц назад +2

    I'm always amazed at how hard our ancestors worked just to live, good video 👏👏👍 imagine how many times they hooked something on that old nail , before they bent it over in frustration 🤔 did anyone recognize the burns wooden crate from pre 1930

  • @luzvimindabarazona8190
    @luzvimindabarazona8190 Месяц назад +2

    watching from Philippines

  • @Nova.1971
    @Nova.1971 Месяц назад +3

    Very cool Thanks for sharing Bobby......

  • @herbgreen3599
    @herbgreen3599 Месяц назад +2

    It's amazing how solid a lot of the house is even now, leaks and all. He must have built it with the best cits of lumber he could get, when you tapped the support s I could tell how solid it is.

  • @lorikrafft8197
    @lorikrafft8197 28 дней назад +1

    It’s so sad to know that a man put so much into building a home and a property and this is what happens to it. It’s so sad that nobody cared to keep it up.. I love that you include pictures and a little history about the people that lived in these homes I feel heritage our ancestors. and our history is very important

  • @rayleneertle951
    @rayleneertle951 Месяц назад +2

    That must of been hard work. And it stood the test of time

  • @toddglover1121
    @toddglover1121 Месяц назад

    Much respect from states.❤

  • @susanhamilton1822
    @susanhamilton1822 Месяц назад +2

    It looks like a pretty strong foundation. The poor man knew what he was doing and had skills everything looks so level to the eye. Someone should buy it and rebuild . I will never understand why some people must graffiti everything that doesn't belong to them. I wish I was a young sprout. I would like to take something like this on although I don't know if I could stand not having a tree to look at for miles and miles. At 75 I guess I'll have to leave the project for someone else. lol

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +1

      💯 agree. That big piece in the foundation broke away recently. Anymore and that house is gonna tip for sure.

  • @debbieritter1096
    @debbieritter1096 Месяц назад +3

    Sad story- but a ten year separation would be very hard for any marriage I suppose

  • @lovematters7515
    @lovematters7515 Месяц назад +2

    He built such a beautiful home..needs some trees lol ❤

  • @franceshenry2305
    @franceshenry2305 Месяц назад +4

    Lonely place.

  • @VioletMoonHawk
    @VioletMoonHawk 2 дня назад +1

    Imagine someone you love and care about deeply telling you they don't want to be with you anymore. That's what happened to Truman when his wife said she wouldn't join him in the house he built. I think he was really hurt and felt like a part of him was missing.
    As a numerologist, I studied Truman's life, and I believe he's a person who values independence and freedom. He wanted to build a new life on his own, but when his wife rejected him, it felt like a big failure. Truman also had a strong desire for love and connection, so losing his relationship with his wife made him feel lonely and unloved.
    Truman's story teaches us that life is full of ups and downs, and we're all shaped by our experiences. Even when things seem tough, we have the power to grow, learn, and become better versions of ourselves.

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  2 дня назад

      Whoa. 💯. That’s great insight. Thank you for this! 😀

  • @fc6649
    @fc6649 Месяц назад +3

    So sad 😞

  • @ranisrikumar5735
    @ranisrikumar5735 Месяц назад +1

    Everyone viewing feel sad , Truman gem of a man! Where are U wife and daughter 😢

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +1

      Nobody knows the reason they didn’t come. He was very old for a father and husband though.

  • @liztowers2058
    @liztowers2058 Месяц назад +1

    Im seriously pondering moving to AB...b.c has nothing ro explore like this this..not without a fence. Cameras... security. And its beyond annoying !! THis is GOLD

  • @jetotherock
    @jetotherock Месяц назад +1

    My dad grew up in Pelly, Sask, near the border to Manitoba. He was born in 1932. He told me they had a small two story house ( I think they rented it ) and couldn't afford furniture for the main floor. And of course, no electricity, no heat except for the stove and no indoor toilet- outhouse it was. My dad gathered the eggs for his mom, my nana.

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад

      House still there?

    • @jetotherock
      @jetotherock Месяц назад

      @@secondaryhighway No, I heard it was taken down. It was in a small row of houses.

    • @jetotherock
      @jetotherock Месяц назад

      @@secondaryhighway However, that has not been confirmed. I had the address years ago. I have been meaning to find it again.

  • @15DurangoRT
    @15DurangoRT 8 дней назад

    I'm sure that there were a lot of tears shed in that house.

  • @tinamariebagley2612
    @tinamariebagley2612 7 дней назад +1

    The vandalism makes me sad. Even in the middle of an open prairie, someone had to vandalize an abandoned house. 😔

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  7 дней назад

      It’s been like that for over a decade now

    • @tinamariebagley2612
      @tinamariebagley2612 7 дней назад

      @@secondaryhighway It still bothers me. That was someone’s home at one time. It’s standing there abandoned, the vandalism is like adding insult to injury. I really enjoy your videos, I love the history with the tour. 😊

  • @randyhebbebusche3644
    @randyhebbebusche3644 Месяц назад +2

    Sad story to be sure. Wonder why he went to Canada? How did his wife survive that long without him? Can't imagine leaving your family like that.

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +1

      Great questions, not sure we will ever get the full story.

  • @TIGNIM.
    @TIGNIM. Месяц назад +2

    A pulley system for windows, how interesting!

  • @Bearwithme560
    @Bearwithme560 Месяц назад +1

    What is all the rubble on the floors? Remnants of ceramic tiles? I really enjoyed this peaceful tour of a quite nice little house, but the landscape is so bleak. Imagine doing chores in the winter - or attending the outhouse.

    • @feliciamusic7945
      @feliciamusic7945 Месяц назад +3

      That's the plaster from the Lathe & plaster walls.

    • @Bearwithme560
      @Bearwithme560 Месяц назад +1

      @feliciamusic7945 Ah, of course. That makes infinitely more sense. Duh. Should l delete this comment out of shame?

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад

      lol no it answers the question. Your not alone 😀

    • @carolexo7269
      @carolexo7269 Месяц назад

      ​@@Bearwithme560😅

  • @VioletMoonHawk
    @VioletMoonHawk 2 дня назад +1

    So, Truman's wife and daughter didn't join him on the prairie, and there could be a few reasons why.
    Truman really liked the idea of living on the prairie, where he could be alone and focus on himself. But his wife and daughter might not have wanted to live in such a remote place. They might have missed their friends, family, and the comforts of city life.
    Also, Truman might have had trouble connecting with his wife and daughter on an emotional level. This could have made it hard for them to understand each other's needs and wants.
    So, it's possible that Truman's wife and daughter just didn't feel like the prairie was the right place for them, and that's okay. We all have different preferences and needs, and that's what makes us unique.

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  2 дня назад

      He was an older father. Who really knows the story why there was no relationship. His daughter did get his land when he passed and had rented it out.

  • @238act
    @238act 8 дней назад

    Same thing happens to this day. Men go to work out of town and the wife moves on.
    I, the Philosopher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. I determined that I would examine and study all the things that are done in this world. God has laid a miserable fate upon us. I have seen everything done in this world, and I tell you, it is all useless. It is like chasing the wind. You can't straighten out what is crooked; you can't count things that aren't there. I told myself, “I have become a great man, far wiser than anyone who ruled Jerusalem before me. I know what wisdom and knowledge really are.” I was determined to learn the difference between knowledge and foolishness, wisdom and madness. But I found out that I might as well be chasing the wind. The wiser you are, the more worries you have; the more you know, the more it hurts.
    Ecclesiastes 1:12‭-‬18 GNBUK

  • @floresnojardimencantado
    @floresnojardimencantado Месяц назад +1

    Fico pensando,onde ele buscava água pra sobreviver? Não tem nenhuma árvore perto,estranho.

  • @peggys1140
    @peggys1140 Месяц назад +1

    Quite a lonely place to be alone…

  • @lindawilliams4214
    @lindawilliams4214 Месяц назад +1

    I think it’s awesome that you have the back story on these houses. Makes it all the more real. And what a sad story

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад

      Thanks. I feel the story injects the atmosphere. Thanks for watching.

  • @carlicehouse
    @carlicehouse Месяц назад +10

    The dude built the house at 62 years old? How old was he when he left his wife and daughter? Did these people just expect to move away from their wives and kids for as long as they wanted and assume they'd be waiting around?

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +13

      I know, that's crazy. He was 50 when he had his daughter. Homesteaded in Alberta in 1903. Built the house in 1913. They didn't come up. He retired to California in 1944. He died in 1957 at 105. Hard to believe but all of the records confirm this. Who know's the whole story but from what I read and was told, this is how it all went down.

    • @carlicehouse
      @carlicehouse Месяц назад +3

      @@secondaryhighway Wow yeah that is crazy. Different way of life back then for sure.

    • @MeMe-cz6pk
      @MeMe-cz6pk Месяц назад +3

      ​​@@secondaryhighway my families arrived to Northern Alberta in the mid thirties. ( the poster of Canada they showed would be considered false advertising today)😅 They were young. The land had to be broken before it could be productive.
      What was Truman thinking he was going to do at 50? Yikes. A lost dream.

    • @janicem9225
      @janicem9225 Месяц назад +3

      There's probably more to this story than we know.
      Maybe something between him and his wife? Maybe he wasn't as nice as people think?
      Maybe they fought or other things were going on? If so, perhaps her and the children were glad he was gone?
      Maybe she thought he wasn't returning, so she found someone else?
      There's probably a lot we don't know about, and will never know about.

    • @marylougeorge9890
      @marylougeorge9890 Месяц назад +3

      @@janicem9225She could have been quite young compared to him.

  • @migdaliacolon8354
    @migdaliacolon8354 Месяц назад +1

    Recordar es volver a vivir siempre mi Gente del ayer hermosa casa hay 😢😮 Woooo imprecionante esa vista del sol hay Desde puerto Rico Gracias por el video aqui saludos 😊

  • @Summertime7313
    @Summertime7313 12 дней назад

    What happened to is only child the daughter?

  • @karenwright9123
    @karenwright9123 Месяц назад +1

    Wow,sad story.

  • @phylliscook-se7mx
    @phylliscook-se7mx Месяц назад +2

    Slowly disintegrating in the middle of nowhere 😢

  • @lisacooper3991
    @lisacooper3991 Месяц назад

    I don't understand why u touch or poke bout everything in the old houses?

    • @secondaryhighway
      @secondaryhighway  Месяц назад +4

      Can’t help it. My wife says the same thing when we walk through a store lol.

    • @Bearwithme560
      @Bearwithme560 Месяц назад +5

      The same curiosity that archaeologists and historians share about the past, distant or not not.