Exploring Ludlow: Route 66 Railroad Ghost Town With a Pioneer Cemetery the Feds Tried to Kill
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- Опубликовано: 5 мар 2024
- Welcome to Wonderhussy Adventure #778
Date of adventure: 2/22/24
Checking out the extensive ruins of Ludlow, an old railroad town at the side of Route 66 in the Mojave Desert...and imagining the lives of those who lived there!
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I hate shorts myself it shouldn't even be allowed to be on here.
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Some people just complain about everything. And I mean everything. Nothing better too do I guess. Like me. I just comment on everything sometimes good sometimes bad but apparently I have nothing better too do but sit here on my butt commenting and reading other loozers comments.
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I am all for Wonderhussy doing a round trip adventure on Route 66. Go for it!!
You should definitely do a Route 66 trip.
Ever since watching Adam the Woo and Carpetbagger doing Route 66 I have hoped that Sarah would tackle it.
I definitely agree.
@@johnrogers6291 I think her trip would be much more entertaining than those two .......
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I agree 💯👍🏼 .... Rt. 66💖
Being an old fart, I can tell you that back in the 50s and 60s, about the only food or drink you might find at a service station might be a coke machine and some penny gum ball machines. They pretty much kept stores and service stations separated back in those days. The area that you thought might have been a convenience store was probably full of car parts, tires, fluids, etc.
If you are really into huge piles of railroad ties, the next time you are at Scotty’s Castle, check out Tie Canyon right next door to the castle. They stored railroad ties there to burn in the fireplaces in the castle in the winter. It makes the piles of railroad ties you ran across in this video look small.
Also, I think a video of you as you described heading west along the historic Route 66 would be an absolute perfect addition to your videos and right up your alley.😉
Fellow old guy here. Your description is on point. We didn’t know better so we were happy. 😂
I'm an old fart too. I remember my mother packing picnic lunches to take in the car.
Ignorance is bliss!@@Dills1995
60's kids would have bought a Bird Whistle contained in a small 1 inch square flat paper packet for sale and on display next to the checkout register. They'd place it on their tongue to let the metal frame whistle's membrane get moist. Once moist and pliable, the operator would push it to the roof of their mouth with their tongue and whistle like a bird. It could produce about 150 dB SPL.
I guess you never heard of "General Stores" that sold gas, groceries, produce and could even order clothes from the Sears and Roebuck catalog ....
My father-in-law was born alongside the railroad that you’re standing by. It was called , Tie plant New Mexico.. They would bring railroad box, cars, and pressure, treat the wood on site and live there in those little cabins. They would have to carry the railroad ties into the box cars, and then pressurize them with creosote from another tank car. After this was done, they would unload the boxcars with dripping creosote and stack them by hand. Many of the workers all Mexicans would develop cancer lesions on their shoulders from the creosote. This was all done and above 100° temperatures. So many of the railroads were paved with the lives of workers and those days. Just thought you’d like to know .
Damn
So, the house could be built without the creosote. Because I was thinking "no thank you".
Worked themselves to death for pennies on the dollar.
Si senior. Mucho trabajo, poqito dinero
At those gas stations, you would drive over a rubber tube that made a bell go ding ding. The attendant would come and wash your windshield, check your oil and the air in your tires, and pump your gas. We kids always had to stay in the car. There was always a coke machine, and a bubble gum machine, and maybe a machine with those candied peanuts. The convenience store gas stations didn’t appear til much later.
… and, out there in the desert, most cars had a burlap bag thing hanging in front of their radiator to help keep it cool, like a swamp cooler.
@@melvinmulder7750oh my gosh you just reminded me, I grew up in Vegas and we lived in a trailer with a swamp cooler on top of the roof 😣
Miss them days 😢
In 62 you used a can opener for your beer. Any good dad just had one of the kids open it. 😂
U kept a can opener on your key ring
My Dad and I most probably went thru Ludlow in 1962. We were headed to the Navajo Reservation in a 1959 Ford Galaxy. We went all the way across AZ on Route 66.....what a trip that was.
My mom had a light blue '59 Fairlane Galaxie. That was the first year for Galaxie and they stuck it with both names.
My folks car was a light green. That was the last Ford my Dad ever bought. He had quite a bit of trouble with it.@@NetWit20
Born in 62. Years gone. Dad had a 59 Galaxy 500.
16 in 62..........helped my Dad drive to AZ.@@BakersfieldGuru
All the way across, eh? Purty sure, that was your 59 Ford I seen sittin' back there. 😐
One of the best streamers in the Nevada area. Watch the Hussey everytime she is on.
Yes......do take a trip back in time along Route 66. I enjoy your patter!
You can't drive the entire journey from Chicago to LA. There's a lot of Route 66 that is closed to traffic now. 🏁
Shows a picture of a Bunny hangin and says well executed😂😂😂😂
Gosh Wonderhussey! Don't you call my 1971 Chevrolet Vega GT a *Datsun*. Those tail lights and that black racing stripe gave it away in a second. I had one of those puppies from '71 to '79! While you were just a twinkle in your daddy's eye! Keep up the good work!
Paul
Baldwin MD
I had one of those Sport Vegas!😂❤
Hmm, she doesn't know very much about vintage cars but knows about when they were made.
I had a '74 Vega and it was a POS! That orange car looked like a Ruster 'er I mean Duster.
I cringed a bit too, but she's the first to admit she doesn't really know cars.
Trying to remember what I saw at those roadside stops in the early '60s -- mostly stuff like racks of paper road maps and postcards, sunglasses, chewing gum and lifesavers, comic books, cigarettes, rolls of antacids and tiny metal tins of aspirins... And of course, your ever-present Coke or Pepsi machine, either a cooler with a lift-up lid or a device with bottles you could see through the glass door. Oh, and the gum ball and peanut machines, put in a penny and turn the knob.
Maps--especially the free ones--chewing gum, cigarettes, hard candy, pop, straw folding seat covers. We traveled Route 66 every summer from Barstow to Texas without air conditioning. This was during the 50ies and 60ies. There used to be wonderful round house in Ludlow but the railroad tore that down. I believe there were some Chinese families who lived there in the 30ies and 40ies. The school bus driver was one of the teachers in Barstow who lived in Ludlow.
I remember the men's restroom usually had a 25 cent machine with different things but only advertised a pecker stretcher. I spent the 25 cents and it was a small army cot.😅
Wonder Hussy, thank you for preserving historical content, making it fun and educational.
Yes! Would ❤ to see you share your video adventures all the way along Route 66. And please don’t pay attention to anyone who tells you your videos are too long!
Yes, and the song would suit your voice well, probably out of copyright by now.😊❤
Aurelia Pierce McCoy, Born in 1903, no known date for her death, she was possibly born in Arizona as was her siblings
RC cola, orange or grape soda, maybe some sugar daddy lollies coming outta that gas station 😂
Orange Crush and Tab, and Fresca too!
Dont For Get The Moon Pies,????
Back in 1957 my Father drove an old Vauxhall Cresta from Toronto to California, he stopped in Ludlow to get gas and water for his "bag" that hung in front of the radiator to cool it,I remember that my Mother brought back a coke and some chewing gum.
Thank you Sarah, faint but still memories of Mom Dad.
Same, Christopher! I believe they sold those bags for $1.00?🏜
Outstanding Sarah, no one realizes the work behind the scenes you put into your work👍👍👍🇺🇲
Love your channel. Wonder Hussy!!!❤❤❤❤❤ I recognize a Dodge in those muscle cars. I remember The Greyhound Bus used to stop in Ludlow. We'd buy beer, terrible beef jerkey and fake cheese sticks, chips, soda pop. Ice blocks were big in the day for your ice chests. And gas cans and those burlap bags that held waterfor your overheating radiators. Fuses. Hoses for radiators. Hats, sun glasses and bandanas. Popcicles, lifesavers, Beemans, Cloves and Blackjack gum am I right? Favorite meals at Cafe? Hot turkey sandwiches, meat loaf and grilled cheese. Mac and Cheese.
I want the hot turkey sandwich so much 😊❤
Yup, orange popsicles. 10 cents
Thank you for all that you keeping sharing with us . A Route 66 trip would be great !👍😊❤
Next time I am on BLM land, I am setting up some kind of cross. 😎 And after a look at that cemetery, it appears that there are more "Ludlow" residents in that cemetery than living in town today. Thanks, Wonder Hussy! I had my morning coffee and watched this. Keep up the great work!
Our human right of freedom of religion is supported by the constitution and weirdos think it means no religion allowed.
so I'm sure that the zealots that felt it necessary to put a cross on every grave went ahead and verified that the person underneath and/or their heirs was actually a christian and would've wanted it there?
Freedom of religion = freedom to be a fool. It does not mean the freedom to go around annoying people that aren't as dumb and gullllable as you are.
Maybe have some stickerz with a cross on it for B L mis-M land only 😂
Well for one thing how do you even know all those dead people were Christian?
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I parked my black 1963 Ford Country Sedan station wagon and I am fiddling "Swinging on a Gate. on my Violin......
Hello from Brunswick, Maine, US. I was hatched in 1952...
Way back when I was a kid we always took long trips and in my recollections the gas stations were always dirty and stanky. And they sold sodas and chips, candy bars and cigarettes.
all for Wonderhussy doing a round trip adventure on Route 66
Would LOVE to see you do Rt 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica...
I was born 1961. Our road trips were so fun. We actually sang songs. Corny I know, but it's an amazing memory. Dad would of bought a coors and fried pig skins, mom a pack of Winston's, coke and a Hershey bar. Us girls, coke beef jerkey stick, candy necklaces. 😊
I FORGOT ABOUT THE CANDY NECKLACES, I HAVE 6 SISTERS. WE WENT ACROSS THE DESERT AT NIGHT, IT WAS COOLER, NO A/C IN THE OLD CAR, I HAVE BEEN ON ROUTE 66 4 OR 5 TIMES IN THE 50'S, CALIF TO OHIO, BORN 1946
You would do Route 66 proud! Great idea!!
Always stopped for gas in Ludlow when riding from Orange County to Laughlin. Never knew the history. Cool.
Me too!😂
YES, Document Route 66 from Chicago!
Woohoo 1964 Ford Galaxie wagon
Before pull tabs there was the 'church key'. Used while driving.
WOOT
Doot doot
Thanks for another interesting video! I vote "yes" for a Route 66 trip!!!
Back in the 60's I remember they had some snacks, free maps and motor oil.
Keep that imagination fired up, makes an even better video. I remember riding in the back seat and stopping at Ludow to stretch our legs and use the fancy turlets. Thanks for sharing.
Driving Route 66 sounds fun. I would watch those episodes. Lot of history there.
The RR crossing in Ludlow was removed after the Bagdad-Chase Mine, 14 miles south closed in the 1970's. Only way to cross now is to go under a bridge east of town. Too low for RV's. Bagdad-Chase was one of the few gold mines to be left in operation during WWII because if the high amount of coper it also produced. You completely missed the T&T rail yard at the west end. Ruins of the engine work shop and other buildings are there. The road beside the tracks through town was the original 66. Stores, hotels, and gas stations. The front of the general store collapsed during a 1998 earthquake.
I couldn't really shoot anything over by the T&T ruins because it was marked no trespassing... if I am filming myself for public broadcast I have to be mindful of such things, no matter how much I want to check them out
The No Trespassing sign was for the pile of old RR ties, not the land behind it. T&T railyard is open for exploration. I was there several years ago.@@Wonderhussy
Ah, ok! Bummer...wish I'd known that when I was there!
Nope ~ I checked & none of my family had a general store in Ludlow, Calif. Loved hearing about the Murphy Brother's store & the spooky face that watches over it.
I'm glad the crosses can stay. We drove through Evelyn on our way to Tecopa. We saw the paved circle. I might stop into Ludlow sometime for lunch.
I would absolutely love to see you do a series on RT 66 this year. Love it! Love it! Love it! 🙂🙂🙂🙂
Route 66 is a dream to do for me as an artist! I want to take my camper van and art supplies and spend the large portion of a summer discovering! Thanks for the inspiration, WH!!
Hussy, best line in forever...."molded liver pate". Ludlow is sumpin' else. That part of the Mojave is starkly terrifying.
Continually amazed at how you can make a tour of a random collection of junk cars and abandoned building ruins interesting!
Another great video from the Queen of Death Valley ⭐️🤩😎
Hello from Las Vegas, love the channel and your compassion. Hell yes, that would be an awesome series, a blast from the past road trip!
I'm thinking if was a 1964 Ford Country Squire Wagon.
I'd probably want an A&W Root Beer or Cott Ginger Ale (they used to say "It's Cott to be good!").
Some Hostess Twinkies would be good too.
I think they still used can openers for beer/soda bottle or cans etc. . . in the early '60's.
They used to sell rubber bugs (in small plastic containers) and big gumballs in the machines also.
They would have probably had "Jawbreakers" or "Fireballs" also.
Great video!
Pop top cans came in about 1965-66. At least on name brands like Shasta. the Cragomont soda's we got (Safeway house brand) still needed to be opened with a 'church key', as did the cheaper canned beers. Around 1968, the two-metal cans came in, tin bodies with aluminum tops and bottoms. Then by the mid -late '70's, the all-aluminum can with the attached tab we know today. I remember making stuff out of the old pull-off tabs as a kid....and stepping on them barefoot on the beach and getting cut.
I worked and lived in ludlow from 1992 till 2001, I was a cook at ludlow Cafe, and lived in the mobile park just past the ludlow motel. At that time they provided free rent to the line cook, this place kicked ass during the Laughlin biker run around may every year, thousands of motorcycles passed through here, for me being one of the main cooks it was insane but l loved it, thanks for the video.
No one is forced to watch anything !!! What is wrong with you people ? Shut up and enjoy this great lady's hard work or don't watch !!! Don't need any sassy replys . Peace be with you 😇
The wagon in question is a 1964 Ford country Squire. I saw an early early 70s Chevy Vega that you thought was a Datson. Thanks for taking us along with you Wonderhussy. Enjoyed the video.
Once again, the most interesting channel on RUclips. Thanks Wonder Hussy!
Yes I’d like to see you drive Route 66 from Chicago to the end!! To see all the roadside attractions would be very interesting
Yes! “Everyone get your kicks on Route 66!”😮😂Do it on yr. Way back from visiting yr. Friends in Arkansas? 🤔
Yes 66 road trip
Grandpa had no problem opening a beer with a church key while he was driving. Route 66 is a good drive but so is the Lincoln Highway from New York to the Pacific.
Aurelia Pierce
Birth
1903 - San Luis Obespo County, California, USA
Death
1921 - Ludlow (San Bernardino) CA
Mother
Abigail Legora Condron
Father
James Thomas Pierce
Born in San Luis Obespo County, California, USA on 1903 to James Thomas Pierce and Abigail Legora Condron. Aurelia Pierce married Ray McCoy. She passed away on 1921 in Ludlow (San Bernardino) CA.
That graffiti face was impressive. Some of the lettering was nice as well.
back in the day... when i was 15, me and my 870 pump ( which i kept it hid in the used tire rack and my 410 rigged at the cash drawer) got a job at one of those lonely gas stations pumping over priced gas and oil, fixing over heating car, engine belts , hoses and broken dreams of the people passing through while selling warm soda pop and frozen toms sandwiches to them...
A route 66 trip would be awesome.
I agree 100%!
I vote hell YES for a route 66 trip!!
Genuine alien jerky? I'm there dude..
your prowling around the old Mojave Desert sure is enjoyable to watch, we get to see details of the past and enjoy the desert landscape, great job Wonderhussy.
Please do a route 66 series that would be so fun!!!!!.
Yes Wonderhussy, please do a round trip of Route 66 😊
Hello Wonder hussy. It's Ted from Texas. Back in the 1960s an early 70s we went on road trips. At that time I lived in Queens New York highways between the ages of 6 and 10 when we did this. I remember long stretches the road with nothing to see. Miles and miles of cornfields. But some of these Road stop places were exciting to visit. I remember one of them that had a very big business attached to the building in a glass bubble. You could actually see inside the hive when inside the store. And you can get fresh honey. Pretty cool. I also remember one time of having to get off the road for tornado and take shelter. I was only 7 years old we went to the KOA of America if any of you know what that is. Great show Wonder hussy
I think the old green truck at the Ludlow cafe is a "Travelall" made by International? They started as a panel truck that was "modified" with windows to a more like modern times Suburban or Excursion type vehicle
Would love to see you do a video of driving along route 66.
As a boy in the Sixties I do not remember any convenance stores. Gas stations sold oil products. Grocery stores sold groceries.
There might be machines for soda, candy and cigarettes, but no actual store. The West might have been different. I didn't get out of eastern Pa until the Seventies.
Get your kicks on route 66.
I love to stare at your face and listen to your voice.
i not only traveled route 66 but also watched the Route 66 tv show.
In the South, gas stations had a box outside with Cokes in ice cold bottles. Inside you could find peanuts, and other snacks along with minnows and worms for fishing.
I love these videos of the old railroad towns. The west has so many cool things and history.
Hey 👋🏻 Ludlow is about 50 miles east of Barstow and 90 miles west from Needles. I go through there, in one way or another, every day on the train. There was a time when those cars were someone’s pride and joy. Sad about the little girl who died in 1925, people must’ve really loved her to mark her grave with granite. Love that show, thank you
When I was a kid in the 50's and 60's the service stations didn't have much junk food, but they always had a soda machine. No soda in cans in those days. The sodas were in bottles. So I would have gotten a nice ice cold bottle of NEHI grape soda. Thanx for the memories.
Yes please plan a trip on Route66
You want to stop for Aldon Restaurant in Illinois. Oldest on Route 66 in illinois. I think it's in Lincoln. Probably not your style tho no Carna Asada fries. Farmer food.
I remember the service stations of the '60's having vending machines full of Coke, Pepsi, Fanta and 7-up. They also had plenty of cigarettes. It may have been the late '60's or 70s that they started having other items like potato chips and gum. I use to like those bays with the mechanic draining the car oil down below 😅 now they just put the car on the hydraulic lift😮 thanks for taking us to Ludlow. Its nice to see that the railroad is still being utilized. ❤ I've seen signs on freeway but never bothered to stop. I may stop and explore.
Ford country squirrel 🐿, lolkool thank you BigAl California ❤
The hallway of hotel rooms brought back memories of the abandoned brothel you explored, only without shag carpeting.
Yes🎉A Route 66 Adventure. The way only WonderHussey can do It 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Hi I did do the trip I went to downtown Chicago where Route 66 started and drove west to Los Angeles back in the 1960's Great trip some area's they had started to make it into the interstate 44 but still lots of old Route 66 in use. Remember one restaurant was named the Garbage Can but the food was good. Take the trip you will enjoy it and your comments on it will make it special.
I would love to see you do something like that Sarah, that would be a real adventure. ☺️👍
Very talented editing on all you work.
I would love it if you could do a Route 66 trip this summer! We are planning to do the drive but it would be really helpful to see what things you stop and visit athat are interesting along the way Wonderhussy! Thanks for such a great video on Ludlow!!!!!👌👌👌
Yes please would love a route 66 trip!!
I would watch a route 66 series
I just want to make it known that I still love your ghost town videos
Please drive Route 66 this summer. As a child we drove it twice in the early 60's
The painting of the man’s face looks kind of like your neighbor, the one-legged miner
Nice Adventure yes I would like to see you do a Route 66 Adventure nobody could do it better than you thanks for the video
The station wagon is the lower trim level '64 Ford Country Sedan. The Country Squire was the one with the wood grain decals and a bit fancier.
I really miss these Wonderhussy explorations. Thank you very much! ❤❤❤
Cool didn't know the bandos were there!
Going to go there for free style FPV! Might be a good place to fly
My favorite is breakfast at the Ludlow cafe hard to go wrong with breakfast. Last time I was through there and talked to people a lot of them lived in 29 palms.
If you decide to do a Route 66 trip, please take the Oatman Hwy to Kingman, AZ. It's a great drive!
You should definitely do the Route 66 route. I would watch every tourist video.😊
I think a road trip on route 66 is in your future. Do it Wonderhussy. It would be interesting.
A Route 66 trip all the way to Chicago is so much fun. With the kind of research you do, you would have a blast. I know it would be multiple videos, and we would love it. Go for it!!
The 100th anniversary for route 66 is coming up in 2026...that is when you should travel it! What a way to celebrate the route...
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That green truck station wagon was an international harvester travel all, a copy of the Chevrolet suburban, first made in 1935.