I remember camping at the state park near there in the 70s and going up to explore the Ricketts town site. There was still a wooden building standing then, and at the back of the field there was a wood-timber railroad bridge over the creek. Old photos show the town in it’s heyday as being very large.
Nice little ghost town. Go on Google Earth and find this place and use the go back in time tool and go back to a few clicks and you can see more foundations very close to the road on the Wyoming County side. I may live in Wisconsin, but I find anything to do with history very interesting. Keep on exploring.
Morels.....yes..we love them here in IL. Bizarre that an actual town was sitting in the middle of wilderness only to disappear and evaporate. The buildings all look so cookie cutter concrete. Would love to see pics of the town when it existed.
It looks basically the same a when I explored that area in 2001 or 2002. They didn't have a map there then and it took me a few trips this get it figured out. Trexler and Turrel was the lumber company and Lehigh Valley Bowman's Creek branch was the railroad.
from what I've been told you can metal detect on state game lands but not allowed to dig, best bet is to ask at the different parks as some are stricter than others.
Dan S they have a rattlesnake hunt every year in sinnemahoning pa as far as I know for the last 52 years that I've been alive. In fact had a camp up there and seen several over years
Well Cliff I have never heard you grumble so much, really tickled my funny bone. You ended up finding a lot anyways so all good. I did enjoy that. Thanks for taking me along
I've been there a few times, first time was back in the 70s when I was a kid and we camped at Rickett's Glen Park. At that time, there were wooden trestle-type bridges over the creek in the back. If you want to see aerial views of any area in PA back t 1939, check out this site: www.pennpilot.psu.edu/
Thanks for taking us to Ricketts Pa. Looks like a challenging excursion out there - especially when cold & wet. I came across this really interesting webpage about that area - especially the part about the death of Frank Farrell, aged 24 or 25 in May 1891. You have to scroll a fair way down the page to learn the details which begin with a poem written by his young niece, Elizabeth. Here's the link www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pasulliv/settlers/settlers17/settlers17.html
I remember camping at the state park near there in the 70s and going up to explore the Ricketts town site. There was still a wooden building standing then, and at the back of the field there was a wood-timber railroad bridge over the creek. Old photos show the town in it’s heyday as being very large.
Nice little ghost town. Go on Google Earth and find this place and use the go back in time tool and go back to a few clicks and you can see more foundations very close to the road on the Wyoming County side. I may live in Wisconsin, but I find anything to do with history very interesting. Keep on exploring.
thanks for the info
Morels.....yes..we love them here in IL. Bizarre that an actual town was sitting in the middle of wilderness only to disappear and evaporate. The buildings all look so cookie cutter concrete. Would love to see pics of the town when it existed.
Glad I stumbled upon your channel, it's nice to see how cool and frankly forgotten most of PA is.
It looks basically the same a when I explored that area in 2001 or 2002. They didn't have a map there then and it took me a few trips this get it figured out. Trexler and Turrel was the lumber company and Lehigh Valley Bowman's Creek branch was the railroad.
It would make an awesome metal detecting site!!
roger roger 2187 yeah, can you imagine the old coins?
from what I've been told you can metal detect on state game lands but not allowed to dig, best bet is to ask at the different parks as some are stricter than others.
You went at a good time being that it was still too cold for the rattesnakes to be out. Thanks for taking us along!
D Miller there's no rattlesnakes in Pennsylvania
uhhmmm, yes there are! Eastern Diamondbacks are frequently encountered by my job near hometown.
Timber Rattlesnakes are found in PA, I've found a number of them in my adventures and several are in my videos.
Dan S they have a rattlesnake hunt every year in sinnemahoning pa as far as I know for the last 52 years that I've been alive. In fact had a camp up there and seen several over years
Apple trees provided a free snack for the mules that the mines and lumber jacks employed !!!
"Lotta water under the bridge, lotta other stuff, too. Don't get up gentlemen, I'm only passing through."
I agree about the metal detecting. Seeing a raccoon in the wild is pretty neat. I've only seen one once. Thanks for a great look see around.
Well Cliff I have never heard you grumble so much, really tickled my funny bone. You ended up finding a lot anyways so all good. I did enjoy that. Thanks for taking me along
At 8:24 I think those are called "clinkers", pieces of coal that weren't really coal.
I've been there a few times, first time was back in the 70s when I was a kid and we camped at Rickett's Glen Park. At that time, there were wooden trestle-type bridges over the creek in the back. If you want to see aerial views of any area in PA back t 1939, check out this site: www.pennpilot.psu.edu/
Thanks for the info
Thanks man I downloaded a map of my old town lol from 1939
WTH did they build this town in a swamp
The remains of splash dams created swamps.
Thanks for taking us to Ricketts Pa. Looks like a challenging excursion out there - especially when cold & wet. I came across this really interesting webpage about that area - especially the part about the death of Frank Farrell, aged 24 or 25 in May 1891. You have to scroll a fair way down the page to learn the details which begin with a poem written by his young niece, Elizabeth. Here's the link www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pasulliv/settlers/settlers17/settlers17.html
Thank you for the link! The poem is touching, pictures interesting as well as the rest of the info. I love local history.
The 1st side was sure overgrown take something to cut though the brush next time. Were the apple trees wild or orginally planted? Thanks for the tour.
I believe they were planted
Very interesting. Would love to go with you sometime. I'm fascinated with this.
Very interesting explore as always!
becareful of ticks its that season great video
I was told that racoons should not be out in the daylight. If you see one in the day it could have rabies.
Be careful Cliff, this area looks like there is a lot of water..don't get wet....lol
how many bears have you come across?
None yet.
Have you been to the white tree?
I hunted snow rabbits there
Stop repeating your self and get going!