A Journey to Three Corners - Where New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma Meet
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- Опубликовано: 16 апр 2024
- Four Corners, where New Mexico meets up with three other states, is a popular tourist destination that gets thousands of visitors a day. On the opposite of the state is the Three Corners Monument, where New Mexico meets up with one less state, and not quite as many tourists visit.
In this video we travel to northeastern New Mexico to find where the state meets up with Texas and Oklahoma, stopping to visit Nara Visa, Clayton (the most haunted town in New Mexico) and the most northwestern corner of Texas along the way.
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I grew up in Plainview, TX. Born 1946. I lived in Denver area for 23 years (1979-2003) and would drive to Plainview 3 times a year to visit my mom. So drove through Clayton many many times, BUT-- never stopped long enough to tour the town. Oh well. And never had a thought about visiting 3-corners. So thanks for making the journey for us folks too rushed to enjoy the journey. I very much appreciate it.
@donsambol....Hello, I grew in the TX panhandle also, Silverton, and remember making the drive to Planview to go to the grocery store etc. It's disheartening to see what's happened to the area after the agricultural decline but I still love visiting and having that feeling ths sky could swallow you up.
@@artycat0811 Your comments are irrelevant, no facts are in evidence, you are cautioned about "improper thinking", and all your comments will be stricken from the record, thanks for playing, you lose
Watch your speed in Clayton
@donsambol I never lived in Denver my Dad was was born there in 1949. He unfortunately passed he relocated to California in the early 70’s. Married my Mom In Salinas California. Long story how they met. They moved to San Diego and were married for 42 years. I still live here . I asked my dad what was the closest weather in Denver he felt 40 below . And he walked to School he told you didn’t ask your parents to drive. Not like these days. And he told me the back door was always open. Times have changed.👍
You're a nut.
I love the way you do not shy away from barren and abandoned sites. These places do evoke thoughts of the distant past.
These side trips are a great way to appreciate the vastness of our wonderful country. Thanks for your entertaining posts.
Thank you. In person those volcanoes really stand out from how flat the rest of the area is.
in 60s-70s, family vacation from Missouri-Oklahoma-Texas-Lousiana-Arkansas & back went thru this area............. In Oklahoma-Kansas area there is a desert & desert lake similar to Salt Lake, with car speed tests, "sail cars", bicycle-powered airplane tests (aka: Henry Kremer Prize broken by the Gossamer Condor) & a huge wide-shallow lake.
Very cool to document these towns and areas that aren't ever going to be on a TV show of their own. Good work.
Thanks. I can definitely imagine one of those ghost hunting shows heading to Clayton. It seemed like every building had a ghost story.
I don't know how you do it Steve, but please keep finding these unique out of the way places. So many hidden gems of history are available to see and experience to those willing to look, and I thank you for looking!
If you're crazy, Steve, you're my kind of crazy! I enjoy your video explorations immensely! Thanks for taking us along.
Yip. He's definitely the kind of crazy to be a great tourist guide. Steve is crazy enough to show the real parts of America. I live in New Zealand and love his out of the way places in America. The real places, not like Hollywood or other expensive tourist traps.
I think it's cool that you did this. My three sisters and I took a great (ie fun) roadtrip a few years ago, checking out the areas most affected by the monstrous dust storms, and came across the last coffee shop in OK. We were the only customers which meant the owner sat and talked with us, drinking coffee, for a good long while. Among my best memories.
The spot where three administrative boundaries, such as US state lines, intersect is known as a *tripoint.* _That_ tripoint is called *"Texhomex".* There is another tripoint not too far from there called Preston Tripoint between New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Preston is far more interesting than Texhomex, being in a forested volcanic canyon and with a small monument bearing the names of the three states on its sides.
hello steve, englishman kevin here...always had a fascination of the midwest...especially the landscape and those vast open skies...your history is unique to me as its not very old at all to us...but your history is still fascinating..from the pioneers, (american )civil war to the fiftees..i love those abandoned car garages etc..always eat my dinner watching these vids ..keep up it mate..
You should find and rent the movie "The Last Picture Show", which is one of my favorites. It provides some great insight into living in the midwest during the 1950's.
This would actually be called the southwest
@@timnell207 Your comments are irrelevant, no facts are in evidence, you are cautioned about "improper thinking", and all your comments will be stricken from the record, thanks for playing, you lose
@@timnell207 I'm from southern California, which is as southwest as you can get, everything else is the midwest or east coast.
Sorry mate but the Midwest part of the USA is about 1500 miles north and east of three corners. US geographical terms are confusing and reflect parts of the country two centuries ago now. This is desolate country and was considered desert until water well drilling and windmills made it almost habitable. Droughts, the dust bowl and the Great Depression put a stop to most everything.
The triple corner of Nevada, Arizona and California is located just north of Needles , about a mile south of the Avi Casino on the west levee road. It's actually a reference point because the point is in the Colorado River.
7:11 Not only a cool theater sign, look how great the tiles have held up at the entry! And at the JC Penney entrance! Wow! Thanks Steve!
😂. I’m dying
“They’ve seen ghosts and they think I’m crazy “
Haha
4:58 I loved it too!
No problem, thank you for watching!
Kinda disrespectful imo. Not necessarily a believer in ghosts myself, but there’s plenty of unexplained things that happen that wouldn’t lend towards someone being crazy for developing a belief in ghosts. Bad etiquette to insult your host.
Tucumcari is kind of a sad town to me. There's a lot of empty, decaying buildings. I had a friend that had a vacation home in Logan right on the lake. It was beautiful. Thanks for showing us this only slightly traveled part of New Mexico. It was a fun trip down memory lane.
Was surprised how many empty buildings there are, even though it’s on the freeway. Businesses on I-40 seem to be doing ok, but less-so the rest of the town. Hope it turns around.
@@Rfk1966 Me too. I lived in Deming, New Mexico for 11 years until my husband passed away in 2017. I miss it. I have friends in Tucumcari and they are having a hard time keeping their business afloat. I hope it turns around for them.
I used to regularly visit relatives who lived in Tucumcari. I was around when the I-40 bypass finally opened in 1981. It seemed like the town went from boom to bust almost overnight. The once bustling main drag had become all but deserted. It was really quite shocking to see how fast the transformation occurred. There's simply little reason for most travelers on I-40 to actually take the business route through town unless they're Route 66 buffs.
It looks like a few businesses are doing a good job leaning into Route 66, but its hard because not every place can be the Blue Swallow. Hopefully they can figure something out.
There's a college there, but otherwise, there's not a lot to do there since the Interstate took all the Route 66 business away. Businesses close, people leave, and don't come back.
I live west of Clayton. I leased the grazing rights in the field in NM. I too took time to look at and place my hand on that very place. Thanks for the interest in my home turf.
I have family in that area and property on west side of union county
Made the identical trip last year. I was able to hit the other three corners that same day: OK/NM/CO, which is even more off the beaten path. Pretty mesa-country. Safe travels!
We visited this place too, with a group of motorcycles riding around the border of the state of Oklahoma. 👍
I saw a picture of that marker. It looked much cooler than this one. I might try to get there when I'm back in the area later this year.
I didn’t know it was accessible! It’s now on my bucket list. I’ve been to the Tex/OK/NM spot and am planning to go to the KS/OK/CO spot. Now I have another goal!
@@SidetrackAdventures if it has been raining, be sure you have 4WD. The last 1/4 mile isn’t paved and gets extremely muddy
@Barbara-pe2jf , I will be hitting up the KS/OK/CO spot in a couple of weeks... going to be staying in the Cimarron National Grasslands for a few days... then the Comanche National Grasslands in Colorado, then down into New Mexico. I'll probably be hitting up Tucumcari on the way back.
It's nice to see that other people travel like i do... not a fan of cities and Interstates, lol.
Love it! Driving back from Tucson to Chicago, we took our young daughters to the Four Corners. My daughters being gymnast's, took a great photo doing a backflip with a foot and hand in the four different states. Was saddened to hear in the news years later that apparently the exact location was determined to be off by a little bit.
After posting my comment, I did a search on the Four Corners controversy. NOAH has a great detailed write up on it. Long story short is that once the government makes an official marking and it is accepted. That is the official location.😊
We stopped by there about 10 years ago and have a cool picture of our son as a baby in all four states, but haven't been in the area surprisingly since.
We went to "Four Corners" a few years ago and it was closed for updating. Never been back. Maybe someday
Thanks for the visit. I haven't been through there in over 20 years. My dad was born in Dawson (a mining town near Cimmaron) in 1921. There will be a Dawson Reunion and picnic on Labor Day weekend this year at the sight of where the town once stood. The town closed when the mines closed in 1952. My dad's family came out west from Arkansas to Dawson in 1907 where my grandfather worked on the railroad. They moved to Trinidad, CO in 1929 and to Dalhart, TX in 1930. My parents met in Dalhart after WW2. They got married in Clayton and came out to California in 1949.
"They've seen ghosts... but I'M crazy" 🤣🤣 Great video! Literally exploring every last corner
A bad Wednesday, is made MUCH better due to a Sidetrack Adventure.
I lived in Texline when my dog ran away. Was easy to watch him the first two days. Standing on a milk crate, was able to watch him 2 more.
That's pretty funny.
I haven’t heard that joke in 30 years! Thanks for the chuckle and the memories.
@@KillerRabbit1975 My twist on it
Brings back a lot of memories from when our family was stationed in Amarillo. Dad used to say it was nothing but miles upon miles of miles in all directions. That part of the country is so flat that back in the 1960's at night we could get radio stations from Chicago.
Well, if it's crazy that you came to this spot in America, then you can call me absolutely nuts. I really enjoy these little adventures you take us on.
Thank you for letting us come along with you on your adventures.
Thank you, Steve, for making the drive and sharing it with the rest of us!
I remember the National Geographic special "Love those trains". The phrase that came up" It's got to be the going,not the getting there thats good". I have enjoyed your journey, thanks for taking us along.....RF
With American trains, you'd better enjoy the going, because it takes a l-o-o-o-ng time to get anywhere! 😆
I was there in 2022! My next goal is to get the three states at the Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma mark, then find the Colorado, NM, and Oklahoma mark (although I don’t think it is accessible. ) there is also a three state mark at the Oklahoma, Kansas, MO junction. The Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma Tri mark is in the Red River. 🤷🏻♀️I was at Four Corners in 1989. The mountain you saw are called Rabbit Ears. They are a very familiar landmark for Texans and Oklahomans heading to the mountains both for skiing and summer fun. Loved your video! Edited to say, there are travel people out there who badmouth these wide expanses of sky and land, but you were so respectful in this video. The people who stayed through the Dust Bowl were tough. My grandma gave birth to my mom during the Dust Bowl, in July, in Western Oklahoma. She was a tough lady.
Steve, I love watching your videos from Perth, Australia. I always say" it's not the destination but the journey is the most fun part"
I stopped by this Tri-State location 15 years ago. I was delivering a propane truck upfitted in Flint MI. The delivery was in Southern California. To break the monotony of the long drive I would plan rest stops in interesting places. The driving across the Oklahoma Panhandle is fascinating but at times frightful. Tremendous thunderstorms would loom up on the horizon far out in the distance. I was always glad to arrive in Rayton NM. Your video captures the high and very dry climate in this part of the southwest. Thank you.
Drove through the western corner of the Oklahoma panhandle, Delhart, and Guymon area. I had just read the book Worst Hard Time, by Timothy Egan, about the brave people who stayed and rode out thr Dust Bowl years when lots of people left for California trying to eke out a living as sharecroppers. Still dusty, hot, and dry during my summer road trip. Went to the XIT museum, Panhandle State University Museum, then drove south through Lubbock to Wink, Texas, near Pecos, to visit the Roy Orbison Museum. Love Roy's music. It wasn't open, but just walk next door to the city hall and ask if anyone is working there because I just drive 2,000 miles to see Roy. They'll ask someone to open it for you. Simple one roommuseim of memorabilia, including his famous preacription sunglasses.
Speaking of JC Penneys, the mother store, the firstl store where James Cash Penney started his department store is located in Kemmerer, Wyoming, and it is still operating as a store.
Excellent addition to your saga! It never crossed my mind that such a place exists, your humor is at its best, and I learned many things. Hahaha! "They've seen ghosts but they think ..." Many thanks for your uplifting RUclips posts, Mr. Adventures!
And I grew up in Friona, about 165 miles south of Clayton. We spent the bulk of our married lives in Beaumont/Houston/Baytown but love to trip up to Colorado and New Mexico so yes, many gas/motel stops in Clayton.
The picture of the sandstorm approaching brought back many memories. Standing at a north facing window (after hurriedly getting a load of laundry off the clothesline) watching it approach. A roar, the sound of the sand hitting the windows, the darkness suddenly bringing visibility down to about a fifty feet for a few minutes with gradual clearing, the little deltas of fine sand accumulating at the corners of the windows. Happened many Springs in the fifties. The thing I liked about that country was being able to SEE forever.........
My dad's side of the family lived in Friona. My family probably knew yours.
I JUST finsihed this exact same trip only from Wichita back to So cal...very cool towns out there...thanks for this video !!!
Really cool. Did you stop at the three state marker?
@@SidetrackAdventures no and glad that you posted it as I wanted to go but the weather was a little sketchy when I was in the area and chose to push on
Oh man, Steve! I absolutely love this video. I used to travel many of those lonely roads in New Mexico and I thoroughly enjoyed passing through all the many small towns and forgotten places. Being from Southern California, it's nice to get out in the wide open areas of this great land and leave the congestion and crowds behind!
Amen, biscuitboy.(born in ELA, former Palm Springs resident)
I've been to the "Three Corner's Triangle," where Utah, Colorado and Wyoming meet. It's about 15 miles NE of the John Jarvie Historic Ranch
I lived in the Oklahoma panhandle for 8 years. Previously i lived in eastern Oklahoma, for about 50 years. With a few of those in southeast KS southwest MO and OKC. So things were somewhat different out there, but the people were still good folks. What a person has to realize is, change in altitude, landscape, etc. all changes weather patterns. The wind blows quite fast and frequent. What is fascinating, is driving out there at night. You can see a town's light for 30 miles ! ! You can see the turbines on the wind farms 25 miles away. . . . I'm back in eastern OK now but want to go back out and visit. It was a good time in my life and will remember lots of people that were very good to me.
You found those white squirrels so fast i figured i was gonna see a ghost on this video!
Thanks again Brother Steve! Always makes my week! 😀🙏
I love this kind of thing. Wish I had the time to go see stuff like you do.
I wish I had more time myself!
Many times, the journey is the best part. Can't tell you how many times on a road trip, I found the journey better/more interesting than the destination.
Over the past 2 years I've travelled a lot from California to Arizona and New Mexico, and your videos are showing me things/places/areas that I've driven past without any knowledge of their existence. Needless to say, my next trip will at a much slower pace to enjoy what you've highlighted.
Thanks for bringing them to us!
Thanks Steve, glad you took us there...
The high plains have a certain feel. A stark beauty too
Content like this is why I love your channel! Thank you!
Born in Kansas City, Kansas, raised in Las Vegas, New Mexico lived in Albuquerque 17 years and currently live in Phoenix, AZ. I’ve passed the area many times never knew there was a 3 Corners. That’s awesome!!!! Thank you for sharing!!! I’m looking forward to subscribing to your channel and hoping to find things about AZ on your channel.
This had become my favorite youtube channel... Thanks Steve!
I was born and raised in Clayton. The town has declined since the late seventies and early eighties. I miss the town I grew up in. Great video.
Another classic sidetrack adventure, thank you MrSteve☺️
Thank you for this. I’m 76 and I grew up is this area. My great uncle built the Nuway Cafe that you see on Clayton Main Street and my cousin Freddy ran it when I was a kid. my grandfather owned the Studebaker dealership there for many years. My mother was born there in 1930 and she and her siblings went to high school at Clayton high school. We used to go to that theater to watch Roy Rodger’s and Gene Autry in the 50s
Thank you. My dad and uncle graduated in Clayton. My family had been in Union county since the early 1900’s. I graduated in Des Moines, NM. Left in the early ‘80s. Thank you for sharing. Many memories.
Love living your adventures through your videos, Steve. Keep those great postcards coping in!
Thanks for the enjoyable ride! I haven’t been in that area since 1970. I had forgotten just how flat the southwest is! Beautiful.
Great stuff. I’ve come to really appreciate your video excursions into the obscure, off the beaten path sites and the history you weave into your narratives.
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The journey makes any trip worthwhile. Like your videos!
Thanks for taking us along. Never really thought of the three corners. Fun stuff.
One of your best videos ever. Well done and very interesting!
Another great vid, thank you , Steve.
6:47 - Definitely recognized that building as a JCP. There's one just like it in Astoria, OR as well.
Today I learned about the border screw up. Thanks for sharing, Steve!
Steve, Thank you for my weekly history lesson! I look forward to your videos each week.
The music that you include adds so much to our enjoyment of the video. Thank you.
As always, wonderful video and very informative. Thank you.
Love your channel and your adventures. I've lived my live in the Southwestern US. Arizona and California are home but I've traveled through just about every state in the Union. Its a treat to see you bring back to life the Mother Road and the way life once was.
Man, another good video. I appreciate your videos of SoCal and the Southwest. Thanks man! Wishing you and your channel the best!
Really good one. Loved it. Thanks Steve
I truly enjoy all your journeys. Thank you
I love your adventures! Thanks a million. -Jim
Been thru Clayton dozens of times both with work and going to the mountains. The old hotel in Clayton is absolutely worth a visit. Clayton is a very serious old west town. Thank you for the video!
I always enjoy your adventures. Thanks!
What an interesting video! You have a knack for finding those out-of-the-way places. Great job!
Great work as always.
Thanks for taking us to that remote place!
Hello from New Jersey. Excellent tour and background music.
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing Steve
Glad you liked it!
Really a wonderful trip. I always feel like we're right there with you guys. I can't wait to visit those small towns myself. Thank you.
Steve, another interesting video. Thanks for all your hard work.
Some of the sky scenes from your video clips were beautifully unbelievable.
Really cool trip, Steve. You sure have a lotta fun traveling around and recording your adventures. Thoroughly enjoyable, thanks!
Always enjoy your videos!
Thanks Steve for the video! I really enjoy every location you choose to visit and look forward to each one of your new videos you release. Thank you for all your effort and thank you for this channel😁
I think it's awesome that you travel to obscure locations, the touristy stuff is fine but the places few go outta the way to see are most interesting to me!
Thanks Steve
I really enjoy your videos!
Thanks for taking us along on your trip. That's some wide-open flat country where you can see all the way to where the sky meets the horizon.
Great video! Keep up the good work
Always love your videos.
Great video!!!!Thank you for sharing!!!❤
Great destination for a video. Please keep up the good work!
Thanks for making the drive to show this. Never even knew there was a "three corners" spot here (and I've driven back and forth on Highway 54 from Tucumcari into Kansas numerous times)! And we loved our stay at the Swallows Motel several years back.
Love the obscure out of the way stories
Very interesting - thanks for the trip, Steve.
Thank you for taking us on this tour.
Some of my favorite parts of this country, thanks
Thank you for spending 4 hours to take us to 3-corners ! Always enjoy your videos ! Of course, we have 3-corners much closer,,,(California, Nevada, Arizona)
I love anything that has to do with history and the his obscure out of the way play place and other places like it are road trip heaven!
There are loads of links and videos, etc online pertaining to the four corners but ya gotta love stuff like this this that doesn't get the same publicity!
Really awesome and thanks for taking us along. Regards from LA.
Lastly, Clayton seems like a serious YIKES!!!
Good job. And, you're right - the journey is as important as the destination.
The Oklahoma panhandle has three trips-state corners. Straight north of where you were is OK/NM/CO and straight east of there is OK/CO/KS. Visited them all a few years ago traveling back roads thru Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado. It was a very interesting trip discovering places that are not visited often, great way to avoid crowds.🤠
Did you visit them all in one day? That might make an interesting road trip.
It actually would be a great trip for you to take. Especially on US 56 and 287, thru the panhandles of OK and TX.
@@SidetrackAdventures Saw the one you went to one day then the next day took the hike to the highest point in OK before going on to the next two.
That was a really cool adventure. Thanks for sharing!
First time viewer. We love getting off the beaten path, too.. really enjoyed this adventure.
I've lived in the land of entrapment for almost 30 years. I've seen more of the backroads of this state through your videos than I have on my own. Time for me to get out and drive I guess. Thanks for the videos.
I've lived in Texas all my life... never really realized three states met up there. The 3 Corners! I'll visit. Thanks, Steve!!
I’m glad you had good weather to make this journey. I like doing this kind of thing too. Thank you.
As someone who, while on vacation in the US Virgin Islands, took a special flight and rented a car for 6 hours just so he could say he was at Point Udall, the Easternmost point in the United States (including territories), I can tell you don't ever change- the world needs wanderers.
Always fun, Thanks Steve.
Thank you for this video. I grew up in Sedan, NM and went to school in Clayton. It has been many years since I've visited my childhood home. The drive north to Clayton with Rabbit Ears Mountain in the distance was a very nostalgic experience for me.