Abandoned Frontier Town 20 years later

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  • Опубликовано: 5 авг 2017
  • Frontier Town, an abandoned wild west theme park located up in the Adirondack Region of New York. It opened in 1952 and was very popular for decades however the nineties came along with declining interest and financial troubles soon followed. Frontier Town closed its doors in 1997 / 98, and has been left to rot ever since.
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  • @drewowings2515
    @drewowings2515 4 года назад +251

    Seeing things vandalized and spray painted on really pisses me off

    • @brockholder902
      @brockholder902 4 года назад +11

      Drew Owings always the case unfortunately

    • @mf5531
      @mf5531 4 года назад +12

      in europe the abandon properties are in great condition. along with most of the possessions. sadly in the usa there seems to be more vandels.

    • @sunshinemishasmommy5352
      @sunshinemishasmommy5352 4 года назад +7

      I agree..people who do stupid crap like that obviously have no respect for anything..I like seeing these urban explorer videos where they themselves don't vandalize the places..SOME people do have respect for property that's not theirs even if it is abandoned

    • @desertmulehunter
      @desertmulehunter 4 года назад +1

      @@mf5531 lmao troll

    • @mf5531
      @mf5531 4 года назад +4

      @@desertmulehunter huh? sorry i don't understand your reply. ??

  • @cs-mh2dh
    @cs-mh2dh 5 лет назад +35

    It was amazing how you put the sound effect in certain areas of your tour. No annoying music. Spoke professional during the filming. You did an amazing job with this tour. My only comment was with the piano. I was expecting you to push down a few keys? Anticipation left hanging.

  • @rogerallan978
    @rogerallan978 6 лет назад +514

    The cage was for two black bears, Molly and Dolly who were left to die by the owners of the park when the abandoned it. Local residents kept them alive until they were rescued by a wildlife preserve in Florida where they live to this day I believe.

    • @toml8227
      @toml8227 6 лет назад +97

      I have just checked, Molly died in October 2013, I am not sure about Dolly (sisters), she is possibly still alive. They spent 6 years there after park was closed, for first 3 years someone was hired to look after of bears, but after that man was sent away and bears only survived because of help of local people.

    • @TheJhtlag
      @TheJhtlag 6 лет назад +52

      Stories upon stories. Kindness of strangers.

    • @peterwhite7735
      @peterwhite7735 5 лет назад +102

      What a horrible thing to do. Disgusting people who owned the place to do that to innocent animals. Glad it shut down.

    • @vexacon
      @vexacon 5 лет назад +46

      Very shameful, nothing new, as that happens too many times to count! Nice to hear that somebody came in to save them, I hope those louts who left them there got some jail time for it!

    • @ssimon64
      @ssimon64 5 лет назад +30

      Seriously they just left them there? Wtf?

  • @LH35640
    @LH35640 5 лет назад +4

    Thanks for taking us on your adventures!

  • @scottfoster7080
    @scottfoster7080 5 лет назад +28

    No cussing , no panning, no music. Good job. I know of an old drilling camp that ties into the Manhattan Project in Colorado. It would fit into what your doing.

    • @puprilla
      @puprilla 5 лет назад +2

      Where at in colorado

  • @nzsaltflatsracer8054
    @nzsaltflatsracer8054 6 лет назад +307

    A quality video production without annoying music, you lead the pack.

  • @jeantetreault132
    @jeantetreault132 5 лет назад +13

    I went to Frontier Town with my school on a Day Trip from Montreal in 1974. The price of a ticket was 1,25$ and that gave us access to a lift by bus and whole entire free tour with a lunch included. Seeing Frontier Town like this after over 40 years is like traveling in the past. Thanks. I'm really moved!! Lol!! Johnny, Montreal, Canada.

  • @cnyphotovideo
    @cnyphotovideo 5 лет назад +12

    Great video. I remember that place in its heyday. Probably around 1969 my family vacationed up there when I was 7, 8 or 9 years old. The memories are vivid.

  • @MKelly-gt6yq
    @MKelly-gt6yq 6 лет назад +185

    I had all but forgotten about Frontier town until I saw your video. My family went there probably around 1973 so I would have been about 4 or 5 years old. Of course when we got on the train the actors robbed the train and I got very upset not realizing that it was just an act. The actors were very good about it and removed they're kerchiefs so I could see their faces and they calmed me down. Hilarious. I can't remember if it was the same day or another time we went there but we rode on the stage coach and that was robbed so I got all scared again. I also remember I had the Frontier Town brochure in my desk for many years and would occasionally look at it. Thank you very much for posting the video and rekindling some childhood memories. It's too bad that places like this fell to the Wayside in favor of all the dumb personal electronics these days. Even though this town was loosely used as the inspiration for frontierland at Disney, Frontier Town was way better then frontierland could ever be.

    • @alisalauzon9291
      @alisalauzon9291 6 лет назад +12

      M. Kelly thank you great story from someone that was there when up and running !!!

    • @pickaname29
      @pickaname29 5 лет назад

      ruclips.net/video/N3J7_2xZQTI/видео.html

    • @7106Billy
      @7106Billy 5 лет назад +2

      If you don't mind me asking why did they abandon it why would they just abandon their own property and own land will something going on there like maybe something was Bigfoot I mean why would you just get up and leave something like that

    • @blazerman61
      @blazerman61 5 лет назад +9

      Now you stay home and get robbed by our Govt!

    • @lisak7247
      @lisak7247 5 лет назад

      OMG the same! I was terrified.

  • @dianemurphy2840
    @dianemurphy2840 6 лет назад +5

    Went there as a child. I'm now 68 but have fond memories :)

  • @caitycarine5412
    @caitycarine5412 2 года назад +1

    I love exploring older buildings and seeing antiques.

  • @richardscholz3822
    @richardscholz3822 5 лет назад +2

    Forgot about this place until your video. My parents drove myself and my brother from NYC to this place in 1971-72. Great fun, rode the stage coach and was robbed along the way by the cowboy actors. Thanks for the fond memory.

  • @sirarnie9837
    @sirarnie9837 6 лет назад +69

    It really is refreshing watching your videos. You actually explore cool places and give us information about them, unlike a lot of vloggers these days who think that sidewalks count as good content. You also don't tell us about your personal problems or try to preach to us.
    If you continue to do those things you will always have me as a subscriber.

    • @MobileInstinct
      @MobileInstinct  6 лет назад +7

      Thanks so much. I like finding interesting places whenever possible!

    • @daisymaefrench4041
      @daisymaefrench4041 5 лет назад +5

      Because all of the respect has disappeared from America. We're just another third world country.

  • @Michael_in_Vt
    @Michael_in_Vt 6 лет назад +26

    I went to Frontier Town in the 70's with my parents, it was awesome. It's a shame to see it this way

    • @MobileInstinct
      @MobileInstinct  6 лет назад +5

      +Michael T I'm jealous you got to experience it

    • @Michael_in_Vt
      @Michael_in_Vt 6 лет назад +7

      Yep, got a sheriffs badge and the cowboy hat, I can still remember it, and I'm 53...probably I was 9 or 10. I remember the shows they did when they robbed the bank and the sheriff chased them down on horses, great day.

  • @GSK1126
    @GSK1126 4 года назад +2

    I used to go here on vacation as a kid in the 80's. Great place, Love Lake George

  • @dabprod
    @dabprod 4 года назад +1

    Have driven by there many times over the past 35 years on the way to trout fishing and camping in the Adirondacks. Beautiful country.

  • @sandraosheasandra0197
    @sandraosheasandra0197 6 лет назад +160

    WE WERE THERE WHEN MY SON WAS ABOUT SIX. HE IS NOE FORTY EIGHT. IT WAS WONDERFUL, HIS DAD TOOK A PICTURE OF US IN THE JAIL. LOL IT WAS A GREAT PLCE TO VISIT. MEMORIES ARE GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THE PAST.

    • @davidwadsworth8982
      @davidwadsworth8982 5 лет назад +5

      Sandra went there in 1960/61/ loved the place.Remember the stage coach most.It is now a state park facility,can camp there.

    • @waynehalliday1723
      @waynehalliday1723 4 года назад +15

      All caps is yelling on the interwideweb thingy grandma....just sayin 🤪

    • @villeda7534
      @villeda7534 4 года назад +1

      @@waynehalliday1723 🤣

    • @minnowpd
      @minnowpd 4 года назад +4

      Mid afternoon a storm rolled thru .. my mom took refuge in the "pioneer home" . The lpioneer lady served soup. It was like being brought back to the 1840's Mom said she had a great time.

  • @donna6368
    @donna6368 5 лет назад +4

    It's sad how time slowly ages people, places and things until there is nothing left but memories.

  • @karensuepalladino6056
    @karensuepalladino6056 2 года назад

    Thank you for recording Frontier Town a lot of great memories ... I went there as a child ... I brought my 3 children their and my oldest grandchildren before it closed ... I still have the badge when we were sworn in-as deputies from my 50’s childhood ... have pictures of my children and grandchildren ... I wish it was still opened ... it was my favorite childhood place to go ... I was scared when they had the shoot out .. scared of the train ride when they took my souvenir and ... and was scared of the stage coach ride ... but I still loved it ❤️

  • @renegadesbass967
    @renegadesbass967 5 лет назад +4

    Oh my god I went there once or twice as a kid and have seen it from the highway in its present state but since it's been closed it looks horrible. Sad to see an old landmark just rot away.

  • @peggykaykarper6978
    @peggykaykarper6978 6 лет назад +81

    back in 1980 my husband and I took our honeymoon to Lake Placid NY and we visited Frontier town we even got married in that church ,by Judge Roy Beam I still have the poster he gave us and we watched a rodeo and toured all those buildings the hubby took a pic of me in a stagecoach as well as in a shed, we rode the train and there was a robbery on the train for candy and when we got off the train all our candy was there for those to pick up whom it belonged too. It is a shame that it is abandoned it was a lovely park, we even went horseback riding there too. It really makes me feel sad knowing I was there and now its gone so heartbroken :( :(

    • @SumDumGy_formerly_Tim_Walden
      @SumDumGy_formerly_Tim_Walden 4 года назад +1

      I hope your husband is still by your side, at least. Today marriages can be more fragile than abandoned theme parks.

    • @sarahwheeler3027
      @sarahwheeler3027 4 года назад +1

      My husband and I took our honey moon To Lake Placid too!

    • @Religious_man
      @Religious_man 4 года назад

      Fuck it. The rules have changed.

    • @sparky09100
      @sparky09100 4 года назад +3

      it would be nice to see your pictures to bad people cant post them on this reply

  • @atmoreguitt5902
    @atmoreguitt5902 5 лет назад +8

    This is incredible ! I used to go there when I was a kid back in the 70's. Sad to see them go.

  • @RockerMtl1
    @RockerMtl1 3 года назад +1

    My I remember going there when I was 14 I really did enjoy it, the train bandits , getting thrown in jail etc , brings back memories.... thanks for the video

  • @Gilhelmi
    @Gilhelmi 5 лет назад +12

    Seeing that piano was painful.
    Such a beautiful instrument in such poor condition.

  • @holly7664
    @holly7664 5 лет назад +3

    My grandfather was good friends with a couple of the original founders of Frontier Town and my dad has a lot of great memories of going there as a kid. He loved your video, but said it's very weird to see it in its current state. Thanks for the great video--love your channel!

  • @jofish420
    @jofish420 6 лет назад +30

    I went to Frontier Town when I was a little girl! Also, the Catskill Game Farm was a favorite place.

    • @he_be_jonesin8188
      @he_be_jonesin8188 5 лет назад +2

      jofish420 " You'll find adventure at the Catskill Game Farm! Adventure is in our nature!"

    • @bobbrady5726
      @bobbrady5726 5 лет назад

      By

    • @cumexpender9660
      @cumexpender9660 5 лет назад +3

      jofish420 sadly the Catskill game farm is gone now too

    • @dzlf2504
      @dzlf2504 5 лет назад +1

      Ya Catskill game farm I still have pictures of me there. I was was 6/7 I'm 38 now

    • @teddylchasejr
      @teddylchasejr 4 года назад +2

      Those were my 2 favorite places to go most summers when I was a kid.

  • @marksmith4539
    @marksmith4539 2 года назад

    I love your faint music by the piano, the announcer etc. Brings back life to these places without annoying loud music & sounds. Great job as always!

  • @henrymoscicki1452
    @henrymoscicki1452 4 года назад +2

    I'm 70 now but my parents took me and my brothers there in the mid 50's . At the time we thought that it was pretty cool. Thanks for the memory trip .

  • @coolcatmc
    @coolcatmc 5 лет назад +6

    I’ve been there only once back in the early 1970’s such a shame to be going to waste!

  • @flapzapple7786
    @flapzapple7786 5 лет назад +17

    I live in a state forest, it's a constant battle fighting back the jungle. I really like how you didn't talk incessantly through the whole thing. And nice sound effects. Well done.

  • @OZARKMEL
    @OZARKMEL 4 года назад +1

    I appreciate your soft spoken nature, I appreciate the fact that you don't cuss and swear (my grandkids often watch these abandoned videos with me). And I really appreciate your respect for the properties you visit. My best to you!

  • @russb3816
    @russb3816 4 года назад +2

    What an amazing video of a long lost gem. I went there when I was a kid. They made all the kids deputies to stop bandits from robbing the stagecoach. I still have my cowboy hat,doesnt fit anymore, but its branded frontiertown. Thanks for the great video. Got my memories going.

  • @Kokopilau77
    @Kokopilau77 5 лет назад +4

    Thank you getting to the point . Too many of these explorers spend half the video messing around before they start the actual exploration. They do t even go into the history of it

  • @ruthshelton1924
    @ruthshelton1924 6 лет назад +21

    At-4:17- that's a steer. Too bad about the piano. It's a shame it's been forgotten like this. I wish it could have been saved!
    I like the way you did your homework on the history of this place. Very well down thought out video!

  • @monaramsey2752
    @monaramsey2752 2 года назад +2

    Wow incredible, love old towns and cemeteries. Makes you wonder about the people in them, what they did and what they liked

    • @SQUAREHEADSAM1912
      @SQUAREHEADSAM1912 2 года назад

      It wasn’t a town, it was a Wild West theme park.

  • @tickdog3
    @tickdog3 5 лет назад +1

    Its amazing how mother earth absorbs things so quickly. Great video!

  • @scotlandwoodwork2553
    @scotlandwoodwork2553 6 лет назад +4

    My family went to Frontier Town every summer growing up. It's not technically abandoned, it's own by the town of North Hudson, NY.
    Wow, lots of memories here and a well done video. Thanks.

  • @tobieTyler6007
    @tobieTyler6007 6 лет назад +26

    That was nice my parents took me there when I was a kid almost 50 years ago

  • @ernestj3081
    @ernestj3081 2 года назад +2

    I’m so excited I ran across this video Chris!! I have vague memories of being there in the mid 60’s! I was a “young kid” when my uncle took me there. I can’t believe I’m seeing it now! Wish I remember more but I do know that covered bridge! It’s still in such great shape! My memories of my uncle and all the cool places he took me to in my youth🙏🏻💙

  • @twistedcryptid
    @twistedcryptid 6 лет назад +147

    Nice to see an urban explorers video without all the cussing, thank you for respecting us viewers.

    • @dougcasey6117
      @dougcasey6117 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah but ruined it with that cross in the church, what a bunch of vile ideas and hateful acts that represents

    • @swordschannel3709
      @swordschannel3709 5 лет назад +3

      A symbol is representative of many things. Instead looking at how much damage the people who used it did, look on the bright side. A little research goes a long way.

    • @dougcasey6117
      @dougcasey6117 5 лет назад

      swords channel
      I understand but its kind of like the swastika was originally a good luck symbol, that isn't at all what is associated with it now is it? A flower can't cut or do damage that takes a sword, so it being a tool to a certain type of action or persons is a relevant observation to its use as a utility.
      All religions haven't caused even a countable million deaths, others carry toll's in the untold hundreds of millions like the one represented by the cross of Christ. Also, you should know and be aware that you don't know what I know, nor what level of knowledge I have on any given subject. Its been in my experience those that make such innuendo about my knowledge on this matter, have only feelings and culturally induced faith as their claim to knowledge or research.
      I find the Christian cross offensive on the level of one might say humiliation porn or pictures of dead puppies and about as spiritually relevant overall.

    • @swordschannel3709
      @swordschannel3709 5 лет назад +2

      @@dougcasey6117 well, the symbol itself did not kill millions or burn thousands of years worth of knowledge (crafted by a growing kingdom on the Yucatan peninsula). It was the people who weilded that symbol. Kind of how at the end of the day, a coin is a simple piece of metal. If seen by person though, it can become a symbol of power or nobility. With context all things change.

    • @dougcasey6117
      @dougcasey6117 5 лет назад

      swords channel
      That is a kind of simpleton form of logic there, I find that losses its context not at all acknowledging a factual reality. If it was a symbol devoid of any ideological dogma and grounding in very violent descriptions of mass murder and injunctions to carry those out. As the Bible clearly contains those ideas and demands condones and excuses and even praises those acts, has practically a to kill list of other humans for a variety of were to imagine righteous reasons.
      Course that is an old book that made the cross relevant and a common symbol with some cultural meaning, cannot break it away from that context no matter how Christians may today wish so they could. I state that with the barbaric scripture would be enough to condemn it all alone, but that isn't all we have is it?... No, we have the "We Are To Again Imagine" the uninspired by their scriptural dogma Christians, roaming over the face of the earth murdering doing genocide stealing raping butchering all under the cross in the name of their god while waving the Bible.
      Yes, it is just an innocent symbol, I'm sure it is all unrelated to a cross and the ideology it is so well connected to?
      Thank you but I think I'll still find offense at the bloody horrid damned "NOW" cursed symbol for all it has stood for and represents, been a better world had all of it never existed... May it all die out now!
      Allow me an adjoining thought here, you or anyone is free to believe what you will and I'm free to express my feelings on it. Unlike Christians, I would never force anyone under penalty of death to be like me or think as I do.
      I have a book that has positive depictions of thieving, praises theft and robbery.
      I like the book of thieving claim it as my moral guide and I wear the symbol from the book.
      I go out and commit theft along with many other book lovers all over the globe.
      As I do this I try to force others to read my book and accept it and my symbol even my victims.
      See my case, see how offensive? See how silly it is not to see the obvious?

  • @ellamarae
    @ellamarae 5 лет назад +4

    I go to frontier town in Maryland and it is beautiful and joyful. I can’t believe they abandoned that one and gave up on it. It really is a shame. 😢

  • @kalashnikovkhodorkovsky8153
    @kalashnikovkhodorkovsky8153 5 лет назад +3

    Hey buddy I love your videos! This has always been one of my passions to film abandoned places the world over. There's something about these places that just needs to be kept alive. Though it breaks my heart to see these once magnificent places just abandoned without a care for their preservation. It just tears me up inside,so many people are homeless in America and yet entire towns are left to crumble to the ground, it's just not fair.

    •  5 лет назад

      The owner's went bankrupt, do you want to pay to restore it and run it?

  • @matthewbaldauf364
    @matthewbaldauf364 4 года назад +1

    Loved how you edited in pictures and sounds from when the place was in operation. nice touch

  • @GrymsArchive
    @GrymsArchive 3 года назад +1

    Remember going here in the early 70's. They had shows/gun fights. Even remember us getting Cap guns/holsters from the gift shop.

  • @excalibar13
    @excalibar13 6 лет назад +8

    we grew up in western new york by letchworth state park...our parents use to take us to the mountains every summer for vacation...we would go to Frontier Town as well as Gaslight Village ,StoryTown and Santas Village and couple of others...we would camp at Gaslight Village and couple times satyed at the old Rockerfeller estate up there as well..this was in the 70's... sad to see places like that abandoned but a lot of good memories

    • @MobileInstinct
      @MobileInstinct  6 лет назад +1

      excalibar13 That's some amazing history. I can't imagine what itd like to see this place the way that it is. I guess interesting and sad at the same time.

  • @GeorgeVreelandHill
    @GeorgeVreelandHill 6 лет назад +17

    This kind of history needs to be saved. It is a part of what we were and are.

    • @chaosdemonwolf1
      @chaosdemonwolf1 5 лет назад +1

      With emphasis on the ''were''. No so much on the now anymore I'm sad to say. And I live in the UK but the same thing happens here too

    • @libertyjosh804
      @libertyjosh804 4 года назад

      Frontier land is now a state campground. From what I've seen in the state page there is the old buildings are gone and new roads, new horse area, restroom/staff area and RV spots.

  • @careycraig4360
    @careycraig4360 2 года назад

    Your Video has brought to the point of tears! I came here with my parents as a child of about 6 or 7 years old about 1958. In those days " WESTERN THEME" road side parks were VERY POPULAR. As a child then it was a Great Adventure when my parents would stop at these places and there were a number of them at that time in the New England area. Frontier Town, SIX GUN CITY, GAS LIGHT VILLAGE, STORY TOWN, SANTA'S VILLAGE. My parents took me to all of them. However, everything changes with time and places like Frontier Town lose their popularity. Your video tour was the first time since the late 50's that I last laid eye's in person on this place. How Very Sad it is to see what was once so popular and exciting, to be in such Ruin. That's life I guess. However, for those like myself whom visited this place MORE THAN ONCE back in the Day, we will always have our precious memories and be able to remember Frontier Town as it ounce was.

  • @dalea.8233
    @dalea.8233 3 года назад +1

    Worked there in 74 & 75 making Sheriff badges in the express office next to the jail. Brother was announcer and got dunked three X a day. Sister was park medical staff. Grandmother and aunt worked in Western shop across from the train. Grandmother's boyfriend ran the sawmill. Frontier Town was a big part of our lives. I would do anything to go back for just one day.

  • @marlenecarrero2015
    @marlenecarrero2015 3 года назад +3

    So amazing you're so lucky to be going through this area and check everything out of History just so wonderful

  • @ndog2005
    @ndog2005 4 года назад +4

    Thank you for the before & after, Just sad to see what is now..

  • @dremunoz2600
    @dremunoz2600 5 лет назад +1

    Sadden to see Frontier Town gone. I was about 5 in 1980 when we vacationed there as a family. I remember two cowboys doing a show and ending it off with a duel. That place still holds a special place in my heart.

  • @tapsfan2
    @tapsfan2 6 лет назад +1

    I appreciate how smooth moving your videos are, I don't get motion sickness watching them! Great job!

  • @candylucchesi512
    @candylucchesi512 6 лет назад +52

    This seem like a pretty perfect location to have a your camp in a zombie apocalypse

    • @Corinthians-kjv
      @Corinthians-kjv 4 года назад

      Zombie apocalypse?

    • @markc6207
      @markc6207 4 года назад +2

      Have you been in the Adirondacks in winter? It often goes to minus 20 degrees and snows a lot. You'd freeze your ass off.

    • @hopefulinfinity5071
      @hopefulinfinity5071 4 года назад

      Candy Lucchesi I thought the exact same thing! 😂

  • @gerardcousineau3200
    @gerardcousineau3200 6 лет назад +7

    I remember when frontier town was advertised on TV ! :)

  • @joeboisselle6856
    @joeboisselle6856 5 лет назад +1

    I lived 10 mins. away .. I worked there when I was a kid ..meet my 2nd girl-friend there .well I was young but you know...summer fun..cant beleave what it looks like now..makes me feel old !!! thanks so much for the memorys.. really.. I wish I could do something to repay you .. very home sick ...

  • @americangangsterlock1550
    @americangangsterlock1550 6 лет назад +1

    My sister class must have been the last class to go here. I was born in 92 and my sister was in 90. Amazing how I remember this all after all these years. It must have been 96 or 95 when I went because my sister had her class field trip. I was probably Do the 3 4 years old. Every boy younger than 8 or 9 had the cowboy hat and the cap gun, I know I did :) The train ride and skit with the robber was great. On route 87 in N.Y we would always pass this place and each passing year it looked more like a ghost town from the entrance. This is how I got into those little army men. My mom got me a pack of cowboys and Indians. This I just pure nostalgia and a icon for any Real 90s baby who grew up in this state

  • @bobbybaldeagle702
    @bobbybaldeagle702 6 лет назад +202

    What a shame that something like that should go to waste.... It really saddens my heart... :0(

    • @RaraAvis2025
      @RaraAvis2025 6 лет назад

      Is this for sale lol

    • @johncoleman6107
      @johncoleman6107 6 лет назад

      Bobby Baldeagle j

    • @mrhvids4461
      @mrhvids4461 6 лет назад +4

      It had its time. Nothing is forever.

    • @juliawatson3080
      @juliawatson3080 6 лет назад

      Stale angilau courtroom video

    • @chaosdemonwolf1
      @chaosdemonwolf1 5 лет назад +8

      Letting it go to waste is one thing. Some things in life can't be helped nor avoided. But punk ass vandals taggin' everything's quite another and it's not only vandalizim , it's out and out disrespect to whoever still owns it and I'm sure someone still does. To me anyway, this is like desecrating a grave.

  • @cheryljansch8925
    @cheryljansch8925 6 лет назад +5

    My Dad and Mom took me here when I was 5 years old. It's so sad to see such a wonderful place reduced to ruins. The buildings were beautiful with little scenarios performed by the staff in costume, that bought the town to life. The Pony Express would ride into town, change horses and ride out again. There was a wonderful steam locomotive which gave visitors a ride through the park, and in true western tradition, had a "hold-up" before returning to the station. The bandits were, of course, captured by the sheriff and brought to justice - a firm dunking in the dunking pond with the cheering tourists in attendance! There was also a rodeo with bucking broncos, steer roping and trick riding! It breaks my heart to know that it is gone, but it lives on in my memories - thank you for bringing it all back to life for me!

  • @anndevore7549
    @anndevore7549 Месяц назад

    I remember going there when I was a child. ❤ So sad to see it like this.😢 Thank you for the memories.

  • @billdarby4949
    @billdarby4949 5 лет назад +1

    Man, now that's dedication to your trade! You walked right through "Itch Weed" getting to the church and never complained once! - Seriously, Great Video. Thanks!

  • @Junokaii
    @Junokaii 4 года назад +82

    Man I get things just falling apart, but why do people gotta go in and willingly trash the place and put graffiti on it?

    • @aimee2014
      @aimee2014 4 года назад +1

      Young and dumb! But I also blame the state for letting it just sit there for years. It should be a law that abandoned building's can't sit for years only a year and that's it

    • @aimee2014
      @aimee2014 4 года назад +4

      They build all these new constructions but what about the historical building's that's been crumbling for years so sad

    • @mikep8182
      @mikep8182 3 года назад +1

      Because that is what people do the more people on this earth the more destruction

    • @junedominguez2549
      @junedominguez2549 3 года назад +1

      Because they are scum suckers!

    • @retro8696
      @retro8696 2 года назад

      I seen some videos on RUclips where someone will record a place long forgotten and go back a year later and the place will have busted windows and it makes me wonder if some of the Viewers on RUclips do this crap.

  • @jackofnone9439
    @jackofnone9439 4 года назад +3

    I was there when I was like 10 or 11...I remember there being some amazing shows they put on...gunfights and we rode on a stage coach that got robbed...a fun time back when I was in innocent little boy, growing up in 1960's America.

  • @billville111
    @billville111 4 года назад

    The subtle low-volume piano audio mix @ 2:30 and rodeo announcer @ 4:24 and drive belt @ 5:31
    What a pro. 👍

  • @michaelibey6700
    @michaelibey6700 4 года назад

    Took my two oldest children there about 1981, returned later with my youngest child, it's very sad to see it now, it was such a nice place. Gaslight Village was another neat place, they had quite a car museum there.

  • @bobbyspapercraft
    @bobbyspapercraft 6 лет назад +27

    Love the sounds added to this. Another great vid!

    • @zoza5801
      @zoza5801 6 лет назад

      Bobby’s Papercraft /klldsg.

  • @jerimichelle
    @jerimichelle 6 лет назад +15

    I enjoy your videos. Steady camera work, and you have A very nice speaking voice.

  • @copperman752
    @copperman752 4 года назад +1

    You did a good job of fading in bygone sounds, like the piano music fading in and out. So incredibly sad to see this.

  • @ElenaAshe
    @ElenaAshe 2 года назад

    Wow! My father took me to Frontier Town many many times throughout my entire childhood, several times every year. I have photos from there as a child in the 1950s and early 60s. Thank you so much for doing this video!

  • @richiesmad2327
    @richiesmad2327 6 лет назад +17

    I was there in 64. wow Still have the pictures. Peace

  • @robertsenior7439
    @robertsenior7439 6 лет назад +4

    We visited Frontier Town in July 1961 while on our yearly camping vacation to Lake George. Me and my sister fondly remember all of the activities there, especially being drafted into the military to fight the Indians. Also remember the train robbery and the dunk pond. The rodeo was fun, but I recall it being very hot in the July sun. My sister still has her deputy badge, and a newspaper printed for her saying that she saved the day. We ate hotdogs on toasted rolls in the diner and drank Nestea! These are cherished memories of our long gone days with our family.

  • @KMF3
    @KMF3 6 лет назад +1

    It's amazing how quickly things deteriorate without care.

  • @brey1720
    @brey1720 4 года назад +2

    Its truly a shame, seeing what it was & then now, the aftermath of being left behind 😣

  • @Toysoldier227mp
    @Toysoldier227mp 6 лет назад +65

    It looks as though someone has made an effort to keep the chapel from collapsing with those roof supports.

    • @MobileInstinct
      @MobileInstinct  6 лет назад +18

      I agree with you. Its such a cool building, im glad they did!

    • @connieweller1450
      @connieweller1450 6 лет назад +7

      Those roof supports were there the last year the park was open. There were pews and a pulpit in there amongst the supports.

    • @raymondpickering2209
      @raymondpickering2209 6 лет назад +1

      id live in it right now ..

    • @Carskinify
      @Carskinify 5 лет назад +2

      I notice that too but he didn't say anything.

  • @lawrencekedgettjr2364
    @lawrencekedgettjr2364 4 года назад +5

    In the hay day of the parks ,, frontier town , gas light village , and Story town USA ,, was the places to go ,,,and I have been to all three in my youth ,,, as well as the enchanted forest ,,,,,

  • @NeneGarcia12
    @NeneGarcia12 6 лет назад

    Came across your videos one night cuz I have trouble sleeping and I'm glad I did cuz now I have something to watch. I really enjoy going on these trips with you.

  • @johnmcquaide9896
    @johnmcquaide9896 2 года назад

    Adding the piano sounds and the announcers voice was brilliant.

  • @renasmith4123
    @renasmith4123 6 лет назад +14

    Beautiful place, great job featuring it lots of information. Love the pictures of how it looked before.

  • @TahoeJones
    @TahoeJones 6 лет назад +17

    Thanks. That was a great job.
    You didn't try the piano keys...
    That was the only disappointment.

    • @christineneil8020
      @christineneil8020 4 года назад +1

      I thought that too. I would have if I was standing there in front of it. Lol.

  • @judithmccue6949
    @judithmccue6949 5 лет назад +1

    This is so sad!!! Frontier Town as a child back in the '80's. Memories of the horse rides and me and my brother photos of being in jail.

  • @donrowe2728
    @donrowe2728 4 года назад

    Watching this video brought back a number of nice memories. I worked there the summer of 1969, and knew all,three of the original owners. My first job was to,install a stereo speaker system in the restaurant. Then I went from working in the parking area to becoming an Indian, native American, where I encountered the stagecoaches. I also was "shot off" the roof of the fort twice a day when a soldier showed how to shoot a muzzle loading rifle. I worked with,many dedicated workers that summer. A lot of excitement and action and characters, with Swift Eagle (Apache) and his son Danny Eagle demonstrating various dances. Sad see it's demise. The original owners would have been heartbroken. They also had an A-Frame cafeteria.

  • @neilrappaport1481
    @neilrappaport1481 6 лет назад +13

    Amazing how quickly nature reclaims the land. Great vlog!

    • @MobileInstinct
      @MobileInstinct  6 лет назад

      Its always so amazing to see nature take back over.

    • @libertyjosh804
      @libertyjosh804 4 года назад

      The state of New York has bought the land and it's now a state campground called frontier land campground.

  • @llt8101
    @llt8101 5 лет назад +16

    I wish he'd bring someone along, incase a roof caves in on him or he falls. Then they could call for help.

  • @danielparent9702
    @danielparent9702 2 года назад

    Gonna echo many of the other comments. Went here as a kid in the mid 60s, got scared af by the bandits that robbed the train. Excellent video, thank you!

  • @deeaplw
    @deeaplw 6 лет назад

    Well done! Showing pics from the past really makes this cool!

  • @makaveli087
    @makaveli087 6 лет назад +5

    This was pretty much a staple of growing up in proper Upstate NY in the early to mid 90's. 20 years from now this is gonna be the LG Great Escape lol.

  • @nurmaristiaindriastuti8083
    @nurmaristiaindriastuti8083 5 лет назад +7

    Made me realize that anything that happened now could become history and bring memories in the future.

  • @fairdose
    @fairdose 10 месяцев назад

    Growing up as a kid in the 1970's and early 80's in Montreal, Canada, we'd always see TV ads for "Frontier Town" on the Plattsburgh NY , NBC affiliate which our cable service picked up. Our Saturday morning cartoons always had Frontier Town commercials. I never made it to FT but lots of kids at school and in the neighbourhood visited. I hadn't even thought of the place in decades until someone mentioned it in passing and I found this video.I had no idea that it had gone bust and is in the state it's in now.

  • @SpencerKlouds
    @SpencerKlouds 4 года назад +1

    After seeing this old town, it made me think, What if we reconstruct them and clean the surrounding, it would be very amazing to see a 20 year old town, being recovered.
    It's because I just love vintage/old fashioned Stuffs

  • @jasong1397
    @jasong1397 4 года назад +3

    i can remember going to this place back in the late 80's.It was westworld for kids.

  • @OldaButWiza
    @OldaButWiza 6 лет назад +8

    Just to add .. your vids are awesome and I wish I was in a position to explore these amazing places. Thanks for bringing it into our lives.
    If this was in South Africa it would have been stripped within a month lol.

    • @lisaess
      @lisaess 6 лет назад +2

      Anthony David Williams I would be scared witless to go exploring in S.A 😂

    • @OldaButWiza
      @OldaButWiza 6 лет назад +3

      I dont blame you Lisa... it is really sad that we cant do it here without the threat of violence!

  • @Ssupermom12000
    @Ssupermom12000 6 лет назад +1

    I was there for the last time in 94 with my children. It was an amazing place, and to see it this way makes me feel very sad for times gone.

  • @bandelay2134
    @bandelay2134 5 лет назад

    My family used to camp at Lake George in the 70s and always visited Frontier Town and Gaslight Village and Fort Ticonderoga and the Ausable Chasm. Great stuff!

  • @rsuriyop
    @rsuriyop 5 лет назад +3

    Just did some research and came across some new updates on this place:
    "Thanks to an infusion of state money, there's new life just off Exit 29 of the Northway. The land is being turned into a state campground -- a first of its kind. It'll have tent sites, RV sites and equestrian trails. Campers can have their horses hitched up right at their sites" - WYNT Channel 13 News

  • @Compucore
    @Compucore 6 лет назад +15

    Very well done there Mobile instinct. I was there in my youth when it was still popular. I always wondered what happened to it. But couldn't find that many pages or videos about it until I stumbled on yours here. Yes even Canadians come down to take a look at this. I'm thinking of trying to find some abandoned places up here to do something similar like this as well. to keep like an archive on youtube about places like this. that we were all fond to remember back in the day.

    • @MobileInstinct
      @MobileInstinct  6 лет назад +2

      Karl Entner Hey Karl glad you found me. It must be odd to see what it looks like now.

    • @Compucore
      @Compucore 6 лет назад

      I would agree it is kind of odd to see it now from what it was from what you remember last time as a kid. LOL. I think when we were all kids in some point in time that we all hope places like this would never close down because it was a very fond memory in our childhood. And to come back to see something like this the way it is now. But you know how it is having a business like this some of them are only good memories. And some like Frontier town most likely couldn't keep up with the times due to x, y, and z reasons here. If I may ask this here and its for my curiosity sake here. Since I do running a channel on youtube with some odd little tech stuff, vlogs, and me playing pool and how badly I play at it.
      Maybe you can shed some light on this. How do you go about documenting places like this without getting into trouble of some sort. I would usually like to keep things on the up and upwhen doing shoots to something like this. I know when i go vlogging and start filming myself in the local pool hall. I usually check with the guys in the front in advance to make sure that its okay. And won't get kicked out for not asking in the first palce. I do realize some place won't let you record on the premises due to vertain reason. And I am usually cool about that. Rather be safe than sorry for not asking. But that is usually when they are open for business.
      But when it comes to something like this where its run down and the brush is heavy makes it a little bit more difficult to do it properly. Any thoughts or suggestions about this? Since I am north of the border here. The laws in Canada are slightly different than it is in the States.

  • @michaeldowney6361
    @michaeldowney6361 4 года назад

    I grew up just a few miles from Frontier Town. It was a great place to go. Many fond memories.

  • @peterd8037
    @peterd8037 6 лет назад +1

    Thank you so much for this. My parents took me there often in the '70s and your video brought back many fond memories. You are doing great work, keep it up.

  • @LeslieLove
    @LeslieLove 6 лет назад +14

    Man I love abandoned places, too cool!!!

    • @MobileInstinct
      @MobileInstinct  6 лет назад +1

      Leslie Love I agree! This place was super cool!

    • @sosteve9113
      @sosteve9113 6 лет назад

      very cool to see for sure

    • @MangelBanselmo
      @MangelBanselmo 5 лет назад

      Who wants to start exploring abandoned places :) I'm in L.A

  • @jdtoga
    @jdtoga 6 лет назад +7

    I grew up in the area. I went there as a kid. It was really a neat place to visit.

  • @livingauthenticallyonmyownterm
    @livingauthenticallyonmyownterm 5 лет назад

    What an AWESOME place !!!. Thanks for all the old photos for comparison.

  • @emu5088
    @emu5088 4 года назад

    Frontier Town! Cool, that was near my camp. My older siblings visited it once or twice when they were little but I never did, sadly. Excellent, excellent job showcasing it!!