Kansas Ghost Towns Part 10 - Bloom, Lexington, Sitka, Englewood

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024

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  • @bglrj
    @bglrj 2 года назад +9

    I can't tell you how much I am enjoying your channel. No hype, intelligent commentary, and just the right balance of visuals and explanations.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад +2

      I really appreciate that comment more than you know - thank you very much! As an amateur, it’s always hard to know how to put a video together, but that comment gives me confidence!

    • @metimoteo
      @metimoteo Месяц назад

      @@TravelwithaWiseguy Yeah, I echo the OP's comments. I stumbled across your channel (thank you, RUclips algorithm!) and now I've subscribed. I've been watching your Kansas videos with great fascination. As a native who's traveled once through Kansas on bike, I can't help but feel tremendous appreciation for your efforts. If I had the resources, I would offer both money and expertise on how to save so many of the crumbling buildings you've showcased.

  • @ramolan.6547
    @ramolan.6547 2 года назад +5

    I grew up in Bloom. Went to the Bloom school first through third grade. We had 4 grades in one room with one teacher for all of us. Mrs. Mundhenke. Still live close by and consider myself to be a "Bloomite".

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад +1

      That’s awesome! Bloomite! 😊 I really enjoyed visiting and was surprised at all the hidden gems in town!

    • @louisliu5638
      @louisliu5638 Год назад

      Those old school teachers that handled four or even five grades, plus two/three languages always impressed me, even in Grade 3.

    • @sandywetzel3383
      @sandywetzel3383 Год назад

      We visited some people in Bloom back in the late '60's. John and Eunice Minor family, did you know them? They had a farm out of town.

    • @ramolan.6547
      @ramolan.6547 Год назад +1

      @@sandywetzel3383 Sure did know them. Rode the school bus with their kids.

    • @sandywetzel3383
      @sandywetzel3383 Год назад

      @@ramolan.6547 That is so cool. I went with Lawrence for a while. He came back to Ohio to take me to my Junior Prom back in 1968. What a small world. Don't know what he's doing now Are you still living on those Kansas prairies? They are special .

  • @kcinks
    @kcinks 4 месяца назад +2

    I used to stop at a great place to eat in Sitka back in the early 90's.

  • @sandywetzel3383
    @sandywetzel3383 Год назад +3

    Many years ago, late '60's, I went with a boy from Bloom for a while. I am from Ohio, but we met at our cousin's wedding in Colorado. My family went out and we spent a day or two with the family about a year later. Beautiful county, brings back memories. I was hoping you would do a video of Bloom, wanted to see what the town was like after all these years. Thanks so much.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  Год назад +1

      You could tell it was quite a bit more from all the buildings there. Seems like it was a very interesting place!

  • @charlesyell6318
    @charlesyell6318 6 месяцев назад +1

    The older I get the more emontional I get looking back at these old town. I always where are they now.

  • @rosseganjr9402
    @rosseganjr9402 Год назад +4

    great video I can't get enough ghost towns keep up the great finds

  • @stephenyoung2742
    @stephenyoung2742 2 года назад +4

    Enjoyed your video! Railroad was a branch line always wished they had went straight west of Coldwater to Lexington to Meade! Same with highway would helped the locals! Ashland used to be 11 man football champions now they have to go to 6 man! Clark County has a great state Lake! Did you ever do any on Belvidere, Majel, Wilmore, Buttermilk, Nescatunga", Sun City, Lake city and Forest City! Nashville , Zenda and Spivey are places I used to travel through till the 80's! Like your drone footage! Kansas Guidebook both versions 1 and 2 would help on soon to be ghost towns! I know Wellington Library use to carry them in the reference section! I was watching a hailstorm on RUclips at Argonia there just recently! Noticed the grocery store had closed and they only have one railroad now other pulled out! Had some nice apartments to retire at but see where Wellington closed the only hospital! Thanks for the memories!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад

      Thank you very much! I will be releasing a video that includes Sun City and Lake City in a few weeks. I’ve been through some of those other towns (not all). I really enjoyed exploring around the area so I’ll definitely go back again to check some out! I’d also like to find those Kansas Guidebooks!

  • @Comeoffitman
    @Comeoffitman Год назад +1

    Comments that are made are good ones to tell you about towns that have great stories about the town are interesting

  • @billbye2427
    @billbye2427 2 года назад +1

    Englewood, some places never change good place to put behind you no matter which way you are going!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад

      I really enjoyed exploring Englewood - sounds like it was wild place!

  • @travis303
    @travis303 2 года назад +2

    Wiseguy Day is here! WOOT!

  • @kaymerry369
    @kaymerry369 Год назад +1

    Another great video of Kansas history. Added treat at the end proves that adventure of traveling is in your blood. 😊

  • @travis303
    @travis303 2 года назад +2

    Speaking of No Man's Land, I don't remember if it's in Guymon or Goodwell but somewhere around there, there is a No Man's Land museum which is fascinating.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад

      I believe it’s in Goodwell. I’ve driven through there, but have never stopped and visited yet.

  • @brandiewhisenhunt289
    @brandiewhisenhunt289 2 года назад +2

    You were quite the drifter on the go cart😉 that's cool 😎

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад +1

      Haha thanks 😊 It was a big part of my life growing up. I raced from 5 years old til I was 18!

  • @SylveonGamerJake
    @SylveonGamerJake 7 месяцев назад +1

    I was led here cause I said something about Englewood yesterday lol. I did not know that about Englewood! I drive through there on my way home from college and I’ve noticed the Mercantile there. I’ve also been to Bloom once while storm chasing cause I stopped at a rest area there

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  7 месяцев назад +1

      Very interesting place to visit - one of my favorite towns I've been to in my travels!

  • @vibesy333
    @vibesy333 Месяц назад +1

    I feel sad whenever I see abandoned towns.

  • @rodneystice7771
    @rodneystice7771 Год назад +1

    I was born and raised in Meade, I did not know about Lexington. Nice video, brought lots of memories.

  • @amberwhisenhunt9554
    @amberwhisenhunt9554 2 года назад +1

    I live in Englewood Kansas and it's a quiet little town very friendly people and a great fire department

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад

      Nice! I was blown away by Englewood. So much to see and explore! I could’ve spent the entire day there!

  • @lifewithjosef
    @lifewithjosef 2 года назад +1

    My first visit to Sitka was 22+ years ago. At the 7:55 mark, the white building on the left (well, I'm about 90% sure, it might have been the brown one. Looking at the drone shot now leads me to think it was the brown building) was a very busy restaurant with good food. It's my understanding that the family tried to sell the business (running a restaurant as a family is certainly a challenge), couldn't, and simply closed.
    My brother was a deputy for Comanche County at the time.
    My wife and I were here in 2014, but a lot of my flash memory was lost in a fire, and my memory can be oatmeal. There wasn't a soul there.
    As always, I love your content and style.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад +1

      That’s very interesting about Sitka and the restaurant. I imagine it would be difficult to keep a business going there with little population around to support it as well. Comanche County is also a very interesting place to explore! Thanks for watching! I try to watch yours when I can too!

    • @lifewithjosef
      @lifewithjosef 2 года назад +1

      @@TravelwithaWiseguy I sent my brother the link, and he says the family lived in the white house, and the restaurant was in the brown building.
      He added that he ate there often, and it was always packed.
      And, thanks for watching my vlogs when you can. I'm retired, don't watch TV, and, well, YT is how I spend a lot of my time

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад +1

      Sounds like a good way to spend retirement!

    • @reddawg532
      @reddawg532 2 года назад +3

      Back in the 80s I sold meat to the restaurant in Sitka. You could also get a drink at that place cause they had a bar. Most the counties around there were dry so people from miles away would go there for the good food and booze. I think it was called the Sitka Social club.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад +1

      @@reddawg532 Sounds like an awesome place! I had read that about the dry towns. Intereting how all that played out!

  • @sueelliott3206
    @sueelliott3206 Год назад +1

    Very interesting video so closely connected to the "wild, wild west". TFS

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  Год назад +1

      For sure! Englewood gives off all those Wild West vibes still!

  • @brandiewhisenhunt289
    @brandiewhisenhunt289 2 года назад +2

    Love it!! Thank you ❤️

  • @travis303
    @travis303 2 года назад +1

    Yeah, I've heard of Bloom. I haven't been there but I have seen the sign leading to it. My grandparents used to live in Dodge City so I have traveled 54 out west frequently

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад

      I had driven past it quite a few times as well but never stopped. Glad it did this time. Lots of cool stuff to check out!

    • @travis303
      @travis303 2 года назад +1

      @@TravelwithaWiseguy By the way, this may not be your thing, but have you spent much time in Dodge City? If you're enjoy old west history Dodge City has quite a bit of it.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад

      Yes I’ve been there a few times and have toured around Boothill and such. I enjoyed it and would like to spend more time there. But I also enjoy the smaller towns just as much.

  • @travis303
    @travis303 2 года назад +3

    Oh goodness the cemetery looks cool. I really enjoy old cemeteries. I guess it's kind of morbid but my reasoning doesn't seem morbid. Cemeteries have a lot of the town's history. These are people who lived and died and I enjoy looking at the old headstones seeing the people's names. It must especially be meaningful to see the names of people who lived in a place that doesn't exist anymore. in a lot of cases the cemetery is the last piece of evidence, as is the case for Lexington, that anybody did live here, that a town did exist.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад

      I was fascinated by that cemetery too! And how some of them had one name or nothing on it at all. Fortunately the man I met there told me about it or I wouldn’t have found it.

  • @michellefreiermuth6327
    @michellefreiermuth6327 2 года назад +1

    I think I like Lexington area. Lots of potential. Very cool knowing you raced go carts.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад +1

      It’s very beautiful out there near Lexington! And yeah that was my first love. I raced from 5 years old until I was 18 and wanted to be a professional race car driver. 😊

    • @michellefreiermuth6327
      @michellefreiermuth6327 2 года назад +1

      That’s cool that you raced go carts for that many years. I actually got into watching NASCAR over the last few years. I’ve been watching the races ever since. Maybe you still can be a race car driver. I just wouldn’t race on some of those rocky roads out West. 😂

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад +1

      Ha! I’m too old to be a rookie in NASCAR 😂😂 But I am still a fan and try to watch and attend as many elite and local races as I can. I even had an idea of a “dirt track weekend” where I visit small towns and go to racetracks 😊

    • @michellefreiermuth6327
      @michellefreiermuth6327 2 года назад +1

      That would be cool. You should do that. I’d watch. Your never too old for things. As long as your heart is in it. I look forward to seeing your dirt track weekend video. 😉

  • @RogerHolder-df4dq
    @RogerHolder-df4dq 2 месяца назад +1

    Very nice footage at the end

  • @colingeorgeh
    @colingeorgeh 2 года назад +3

    I always love your Kansas videos. Maybe you will be the next Larry Hatteberg. Thanks for sharing.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад +1

      Well thank you very much 😊 I don’t think I could ever be in that category, but I do love learning about Kansas history! I hope people from Kansas appreciate it and people who aren’t from Kansas learn a few things.

  • @hughdudley1792
    @hughdudley1792 2 года назад

    When your doing your visits...show the old garages and gas stations. Those have always intrigued me.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад +1

      I try to show any old buildings that I think are intriguing. I definitely show a lot of gas stations and garages throughout lots of my videos - some of my favorite things!

  • @ronald9279
    @ronald9279 Год назад +1

    Great video, thanks for sharing.

  • @louispaparella5766
    @louispaparella5766 Год назад +1

    There is/was always a railroad next to a grain elevator complex...well most of the time. Your drone shots in Sitka show the old right of way

    • @1973Veteran
      @1973Veteran 2 месяца назад

      The track belonged to Santa Fe RR it was called the Englewood District. I worked that track back in the Summer of 1973. We were based in Ashland but maintained track from Englewood to Coldwater.

    • @louispaparella5766
      @louispaparella5766 2 месяца назад

      @@1973Veteran Think I went to college with a McInterfer from Coldwater. Cattle rancher's son...

    • @1973Veteran
      @1973Veteran 2 месяца назад

      @@louispaparella5766 I didn't know many people from out that way except for a few I went to Hutchinson, KS Jr College with, K Burditt and L Gillet from Coldwater and J Rankin from Ashland.

    • @louispaparella5766
      @louispaparella5766 2 месяца назад

      @@1973Veteran In 08 I did a job at the power plant in Hutch. I worked for a plant maintenance contractor. Ate sandwiches at Carl's Bar a lot! The bartender was a NC fan, I'm a KU alum, we watched lots of basketball together. We clobbered NC in the first game, and beat Memphis for the championship in OT!!!

    • @1973Veteran
      @1973Veteran 2 месяца назад

      @@louispaparella5766 Use to hit Carl's Bar pretty regularly. Also hit a couple of other places called the Chateau on E. 30th and a little hole in the wall joint called The Knotty Pine Tavern it was a block West of Main on B street.

  • @stephenyoung2742
    @stephenyoung2742 2 года назад +3

    A lot of people stayed near Oklahoma border for land run!

  • @reddawg532
    @reddawg532 2 года назад +1

    In the town of Englewood sat one of those old metal dinners that you could buy and have delivered on a truck. They had a small kitchen and a bar or counter with 10 round stools or chairs. It was called Reds Dinner. I used to sell her 100 pounds of quarter pound hamburger 🍔 patties every week or other week back in the 80s.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад

      I love that! The food probably tasted just as good or better than fancy places in the big city!

    • @reddawg532
      @reddawg532 2 года назад

      Those Dinners were made by Valentine MFG FROM the 1930s till 1974 in Wichita Kansas. There are only 2 left still being used in kansas. One in Wichita and one in junction city I belive.

  • @davidyager8817
    @davidyager8817 2 года назад +2

    As always I enjoy hearing about the history of these long forgotten towns. Still waiting for you to do a video of Hitschmann and Blackwolf.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад

      Thanks! I’m currently on the Oregon Trail for a while and will have a bunch of those videos in the coming weeks/months, but I have a long list of Kansas ghost towns and small towns I wanna visit!

  • @covergirl678
    @covergirl678 2 года назад +1

    That was a school had a beautiful gym we used to sneak into it I grew up in bloom my uncles and aunts also lived there and ran the auto shop , that auto shop on the main road belong to my uncles , there was also a cafe attached to it at one time

  • @WorkinfortheWild
    @WorkinfortheWild 2 года назад +1

    love the vintage john wise footage

  • @safepetproducts
    @safepetproducts Год назад +1

    My grandfather grew up in Englewood in the 1910's. We took him back there about 20 years ago when he was in his 90's. Those collapsed buildings on the main drag were still standing then. We got quite a scare walking through one of them when an owl dropped out of the ceiling and flew out. His father had one of the stores downtown- I think he said there were two large mercantile stores on that strip. He said they even had a ballroom along there as well.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  Год назад

      Thank you for sharing! Yeah Englewood today is quite a place to visit. Would’ve been interesting to see it in its heyday!

  • @lisabradshaw7314
    @lisabradshaw7314 Год назад +1

    I love your channel.

  • @adammiller2246
    @adammiller2246 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for the tour, very interesting. I enjoyed it

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад

      Appreciate the comment! I really had a lot of fun that day exploring these towns, especially Englewood. Thanks for watching!

  • @wsd2007
    @wsd2007 Год назад +1

    Cash City KS is located approximately 8 miles NW of Englewood KS. Not much if anything left. Still pretty cool. Just building footings, etc.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  Год назад +1

      I read about Cash City, but wasn’t sure I’d be able to find it when I was out there!

    • @wsd2007
      @wsd2007 Год назад +1

      ​@@TravelwithaWiseguy I've been there but it was 20 years ago. The footings were pretty much covered up and or gone. 37°10'28.06"N
      100° 2'50.48"W

  • @reddawg532
    @reddawg532 2 года назад +1

    In the town of Bloom there used to be a old house or railroad depot that was made into a bait shop. You could stop in there and get worms on the way to Clark County state fishing lake. They sold tackle, candy and pop also. There was a old Santa Fe caboose that sat next to it and some old railroad signals too.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад

      I was really surprised to find so many old buildings in Bloom, many more than is in the video. I’m sure a lot of interesting history happened in that town! Enjoyed my visit!

    • @reddawg532
      @reddawg532 2 года назад

      I made a mistake, it was in kingsdown just to the east that has the baitshop. My bad.

    • @covergirl678
      @covergirl678 2 года назад

      No bloom Does. have a depot house there was a lady named Annie who owned and grew up there

  • @travis303
    @travis303 2 года назад +1

    You know, that Englewood doesn't look like it has been completely abandoned that long ago. I see modern, well, relatively modern, window air conditioners. I see relatively modern cars and trucks.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад +1

      There were definitely still people living in Englewood, so it’s not completely abandoned yet. But there were A LOT of old abandoned buildings. One of my favorite places I’ve visited!

  • @juleslau1709
    @juleslau1709 2 года назад +1

    Come visit Douglas County, Kansas. Lawrence is a very nice city and its historic downtown area is very cool. Baldwin City is also another charming town in the Midwest!!!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад +1

      I’ve been there many times! One of my first videos I explored Lecompton! Lawrence and Baldwin City don’t quite qualify for the small town type videos I do, but they’re great places to visit!

  • @71chadknight
    @71chadknight 2 года назад +1

    Another great video John!! I have actually been to Bloom. My wife and I stopped there on our way back from El Paso a few months ago. You're right, there was t a whole lot there. We just kinda drove through the town a little bit and got back on the road to get back home. That's pretty cool that you found an old go cart track too. Rubbings Racing and If you ain't first... you're last!!! Again, another great video. Keep em coming!!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад +1

      It sounds like a lot of people are familiar with Bloom, but haven’t got off 54 to check it out like you did. I didn’t know much about it but spend about 30 minutes walking around and found a lot of old stuff. Did you watch til the end of the video to see some racing? 😂😂

    • @71chadknight
      @71chadknight 2 года назад +1

      @@TravelwithaWiseguy Yes I did watch it till the end. That was awesome!!

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад +1

      @@71chadknight :)

  • @patobrien8626
    @patobrien8626 Год назад +1

    l love your video, keep it up mate :)

  • @williammatzek4660
    @williammatzek4660 Год назад +1

    The only going business I seen in all 4 towns was a grain elevater.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  Год назад

      I think you’re right! There might have been something in Englewood but not the day I was there (Sunday).

  • @papabear562
    @papabear562 3 месяца назад +1

    You know one thing I always wonder when I see the grain elevators in your videos, and that are the structures on top of them. Are those offices of some sort, or structures that house mechanic equipment? I know nothing about them so it just seems strange to see those, and it's a question I've always wanted to ask.

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  3 месяца назад

      I think it might be a machine room of sorts but I’m no expert either.

  • @TheScottab
    @TheScottab 2 года назад +1

    Great video, Google maps is showing the remains of the old swimming pool in Englewood. The image was captured in 2008. Did you drive by it?

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  2 года назад

      I don’t remember seeing it, but also I wasn’t looking for it (didn’t know about it). There was a lot to take in at Englewood! Thanks for watching - appreciate it!

  • @kcinks
    @kcinks 4 месяца назад

    Where can I find some of the stories about Englewood?

  • @louisliu5638
    @louisliu5638 Год назад

    these trees and very large shrub type growth: are they are type of willow?? are they native? they seem to be either deliberately planted in housing areas or they need water and are over old septic tanks??

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  Год назад

      Unfortunately I’m not a tree expert 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @louisliu5638
      @louisliu5638 Год назад +1

      @@TravelwithaWiseguy We have two arid and alkaline soil types on prairies in Canada. ONe is wolf willow (native, I believe) and the other is Russian willow with really nasty barbs, very invasive. They both thrive in arid areas and bad soil and look very much like these trees.

  • @Comeoffitman
    @Comeoffitman Год назад

    It made me sad to see a bd perfectly good propane tank sitting their

  • @kcinks
    @kcinks 4 месяца назад

    What is the music you're playing?

    • @TravelwithaWiseguy
      @TravelwithaWiseguy  4 месяца назад

      It’s in the description of this video if you want to look it up!

  • @lisareed5669
    @lisareed5669 Год назад +1

    Because No Man's land was part of no organized territory or state.

  • @kinneyshoes1
    @kinneyshoes1 Год назад +2

    Englewood... Always up to no good...

  • @OhPhuckYou
    @OhPhuckYou 2 года назад +1

    You need to go through Elgin Kansas. Very interesting place.