Anyone who has been to death valley knows how absolutely enormous and empty and blistering hot it is. I cannot imagine having the balls to blindly just forge your way through that area.
Great content. Please consider doing a video on National Parks that have been de-rated from Park status (e.g. Lincoln, Platt, Mackinac Island, Sully’s Hill, etc.) and the reasons why?
In the 1970s I broke down in my will used Volvo in Death Valley. It just stopped running. I was able to coast to a 'Rest Area'. This amounted to a gravel pull over with zero amenities. I had about two quarts of water which lasted about two hours. I had no money for a tow truck. I had to fix it myself. It was over one hundred degrees. I got it 'fixed' on the third day. Each day I hitch hiked 10 miles to a truck stop and got a gallon of water and a cheeseburger. I read the entire car manual. I determined that the gas pump attached to the gas tank was not operating, not getting electricity. Eventually I took ten feet of heavy gauge copper wire and wired the fuel pump to the positive on the battery, all duct taped on the outside driver's side. I made a split on the driver's door. So, I hooked the two ends, sparks flying, and turned the key. It started. I turned around and drove to a Volvo Dealer. Irony, the mechanic lifted up the carpet in the trunk and showed me a little wire. That's your problem. I've seen it a hundred times. Cheap and fast fix on them back through Death Valley California bound.
My GG Grandad was an OG 49er. He sailed from New Zealand with his dad when he was 12, his dad died somewhere in California, maybe San Fran, nobody knows. He came back to NZ when he was fifteen. I found this out in a newspaper article from 1918 when he died. At the time of his death he had one son already killed in the Great War, one still at "the front" and one returned home sick. That is all, chur
I’d very much recommend reading Death Valley in ‘49 by William Lewis Manly (available free online as an ebook, part of Project Gutenberg). It’s the autobiography of one of those two men who went west on foot to scout a route and get supplies to rescue the rest of the Bennett party. His whole life is an amazing tale of pioneer life, somewhat embellished I’m sure, but still absolutely fascinating and captivating.
Manly is an unsung American hero and should have a movie made about him. I have been there and I don't think the Escape trail as currently proposed is correct. I feel/think they would have skirted the North end of the Slate Range and gone through Shepard's Canyon. My reason; upon descending out of the Panamints they could see the North end of the Slates and the mouth of Shepard, Why when you were week and starving would you take the arduous trip through the Slates than the the easier path up the alluvial fan?
That area is about as unforgiving as you can get in America. There’s a town west of Death Calley on the east side of the mountains perfectly named Dunmovin. You could see the settlers toiling through Death Valley and the Mojave, near death, and upon seeing these forbidding mountains just said “that’s it, I’m done moving.”
I second the recommendation re: 'Death Valley in '49'. Manley was born in St. Albans, Vermont and made his way west at a young age. His life before and after the Lost 49ers adventure is remarkable. His descriptions of the early California settlers and the Gold Rush are interesting. Lake Manley in Death Valley is named after him.
I love Death Valley. Such a beautiful place. I have also been lucky to be there when it rained and saw the masses of yellow desert flowers come into bloom. It is a place of extraordinary beauty.
Just got back yesterday from a trip to CO where I dropped by the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. I think this park would be an awesome topic for a couple future videos. The history of the park is quite interesting as it had been known to the Ute people but not visited out of superstition. A few other records of it are out there but when John Gunnison got there the canyon got its first modern written descriptions. He later was killed by the Utes. The canyon itself is gorgeous and entirely unique looking compared to other canyons I've seen in the US. I don't know the exact history of the establishment of the park but I know the CCC was involved in laying down a lot of the groundwork and it remains one of the lesser known and visited parks in the whole system--aka it needs a spotlight! Love your work as always, would happily go on and on about my trip to the canyon, but I'll leave it here. Thanks for your work as always!
I just went to Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve today which is the closest thing Idaho has to a national park. It would be interesting to see a video on why places like this are not national parks as it seemed like it should have been and was basically functioning as one.
That's a fascinating topic, for sure. I've got it on my list of things to look into. Not sure when I'll get to it, but I'm intrigued so it'll probably get covered eventually lol
Correct. If Saguaro National Park ( there are actually two of them) can be a park I don't know why craters can't. There are Saguaros all over the place, nothing unique about the park. If the reason is to preserve them then make it a monument.
Two of my grandmothers family went west and were joined by the Donner Party. James and Morgon Savage. Morgon stayed to Oregon. James lost his wife around Fort Hall but some say Lake Tahoe and left for California the proper way. He went back with the later search party. He lead the Marriposa Battalion. Edwin Bryant's author of What I Saw in California cousins of whom he grew up with lived in the same town as the two Savage men.
Sierra Nevada Mountains? Sierra Nevada means snowy mountains. It's the Sierra Nevada. Period. Also, come on... you should know better than to say "Sierras". There is no plural.
Wonderful story. Well presented. I'm reminded constantly (when ever there is a summer death in the park) that the name is not a joke or misnomer but a very deliberate warning.
Hey there, greetings from historical gold country here. No one up here nor in the state that stole our name says Nevada like that... otherwise it's a good video . Kudos 👍👌
Im sorry, this subject is such an interesting one but its so painful to hear you say the word Nevada. It’s not pronounced Ne-VAH-duh, It’s Ne-VAD-uh. 😭
You should do a video on the Naches Pass in Washington! It's one of the very first pioneer trails into washington and only like 14 miles or something, but took pioneers almost a full year to get through it with severe troubles. Currently it's a 4x4 trail and part of the Pacific Crest Trail
It's not much of a mystery that anyplace where daytime temperatures often exceed 130 degrees in the shade during the day and only drop down to the high 90s at night would earn the name 'Death Valley'.
At Furnace Creek in the 1980s my husband worked for a company mining borate. It was called the Pearl Mine after the original 'lady' who, like many others there, ran the daily business of the miners. Among other things. 😎
I live by Providence canyon in Georgia, I believe it was caused by or at least made larger by erosion from farming in the 1800s. Might be a story in there somewhere
So what happened after the party upon leaving Death Valley? From my house I can see Manly Peak to the east and the mythical Walker Pass to the west. What happened to the people who left the encampment and the people who ate the oxen, did they finally find water at Indian Wells?
The Jayhawkers (oxen eaters) were able to make it to present-day Ridgecrest, before heading south to civilization, probably in the modern-day LA area. The Bennett-Arcan Party, those who stayed and had to be rescued, eventually made it to safety at Mission San Fransisco, near present-day Santa Clarita
These folks should have read Virginia Reed's letter ( Miss Read, from the Donner Party's group), where she states '...hurry along, as fast as you can, and never take no shortcuts.'
There's so many good Death Valley stories. I've got a bunch of ideas for it. I do have a video on "Why Death Valley is the Hottest Place in the World" if you're interested in that. ruclips.net/video/ynqE5kvIAI8/видео.html
Since my hiking days are pretty much in the past, this will be a great way to see national parks that I have not been to! This was a great little video about Death Valley!!
I read a book called the age of gold that goes into fairly deep detail about this incident. The man who gave death valley its name is reported to of said "good bye valley of death"
You Seem To know Alot About the National Parks. I have questions specifically targeting what I've noticed the national parks to be surrounding U.S. power plants. Also The Actual Land and what is Under it...??? Because to me i see them buying and taking control of the God Given Resources....Its not just about Power and electricity it cant be... theres something there...another question i have is Why Is The US trying to purchase a national park in Greenland, kinda out of nowhere and this is all going down now.? Would you have any information on these you could point me in the direction of...or any information you have could be helpful
Call me mad, but if someone asked me if I would like to visit Death valley id have to give it a little thought( about a milliseconds) and kindly decline the offer!, their is just something about the name!i just can't put my finger on it!
Nĕ-vă-duh It's the only way this state is pronounced. Please come correct. It's even spelled out how it's pronounced on our visitor guide. I don't know where this Ne-vaw-duh came about, but it's like nails on a chalkboard.
last night i watched a episode of the tv show Death Valley Dats..3 episode i think from 1952,which told this story and very well done i must say and in 30 minutes,if you want to watch death valley days you can on youtube
People who lived one and half centuries ago had to face so much hardship and obstacles in their lives. It took pioneers and gold seekers an average of 4~6 months to travel in wagons from Salt Lake City to San Francisco at the time. Some would never make it. Today it's about 11 hours' drive or 2 hours' flight. We should appreciate everyone and everything we have.
Huh I thought Death Valley was called that because my sister nearly died after visiting. (Not joking my sister either got blood poisoning there or the Vegas strip. Hard to tell which found out two days later after visiting Hoover Dam. She says she’ll never go back to any of those three locations).
The story I have heard my entire life was that one of the women said it as they finally got out. There were two women at that time and one of them was Sarah Bennett, my great great great grandmother.
I was not offended by this story.. i found it enjoyable. I guess being a grammar nazi just kind of ruins your life. Really unfortunate for those folks, if only you had a choice..
would leave lone pine calif in the 1970ties with my empty semi tanker twice a week to load at amagossa,Nv going across death valley--back then very few would go across in the summer time because the cars could not handle--without fail would encounter a broke down car that had over heated--almost always it was visitors from other countries in a rental car--they had no water and had been out there all night--pick them up and leave them at the gas station at Furnace Creek--always had lots of water to give them--sometimes they were overheated so i would pour the water over their heads----i still go across death valley a lot to Vegas--a lot more people now go across and there is some cell phone but about 3 to 5 people still die out there per year from the heat--the cars today do much better in the heat-
I am in instagram too if that would be something you would be willing to discuss with me, or if it would be easier??? Not sure but whatever is easiest for you. I am really glad i stumbled across your page this morning
Nice calm reading voice ... not like these worthless Internet readers, that don't have a clue about syntax and pausing. Well done - kept my interest throughout.
What I find so fascinating about the gold rush was just a few years prior, the Donner party became trapped in the High Sierra's in the winter of 1846-47. Cought by snow blocking Granite Pass, the settlers were forced to over-winter near Trukee Lake. There, during the worst winter ever recorded to date in the region, starvation compelled the survivors to cannibalism. Out of 87 total members, 46 survived. News of the disaster caused immigration to fall sharply off. Yet all it took was the discovery of gold to send thousands cascading into the very same valley where the Donners experienced inhuman suffering. Absolutely Wild.
Yep! That was actually one of the events that forced the group South originally! They had arrived too late in the season to attempt to cross the Sierras, and were deterred after hearing about the Donner Party.
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Anyone who has been to death valley knows how absolutely enormous and empty and blistering hot it is. I cannot imagine having the balls to blindly just forge your way through that area.
Because you are aware of it's size and danger, they did not, in fact, it's thanks to people like that, that we now know it's monumental size.
Forget that I'd rather stay on the East Coast goodbye death Valley hello Boston
Great content. Please consider doing a video on National Parks that have been de-rated from Park status (e.g. Lincoln, Platt, Mackinac Island, Sully’s Hill, etc.) and the reasons why?
Great suggestions!
Mackinac island has nothing good for wildlife and people but it helps keep them out if the UP
@@PavelDatsyuk-ui4qv lemme guess. Iron mountain local?
@@worf7680 the soo
For the developers, of course.
In the 1970s I broke down in my will used Volvo in Death Valley. It just stopped running.
I was able to coast to a 'Rest Area'. This amounted to a gravel pull over with zero amenities. I had about two quarts of water which lasted about two hours. I had no money for a tow truck. I had to fix it myself. It was over one hundred degrees. I got it 'fixed' on the third day. Each day I hitch hiked 10 miles to a truck stop and got a gallon of water
and a cheeseburger. I read the entire car manual. I determined that the gas pump attached to the gas tank was not operating, not getting electricity. Eventually I took ten feet of heavy gauge copper wire and wired the fuel pump to the positive on the battery, all duct taped on the outside driver's side. I made a split on the driver's door. So, I hooked the two ends, sparks flying, and turned the key. It started. I turned around and drove to a Volvo Dealer. Irony, the mechanic lifted up the carpet in the trunk and showed me a little wire. That's your problem. I've seen it a hundred times. Cheap and fast fix on them back through Death Valley California bound.
My GG Grandad was an OG 49er. He sailed from New Zealand with his dad when he was 12, his dad died somewhere in California, maybe San Fran, nobody knows. He came back to NZ when he was fifteen. I found this out in a newspaper article from 1918 when he died. At the time of his death he had one son already killed in the Great War, one still at "the front" and one returned home sick. That is all, chur
I’d very much recommend reading Death Valley in ‘49 by William Lewis Manly (available free online as an ebook, part of Project Gutenberg). It’s the autobiography of one of those two men who went west on foot to scout a route and get supplies to rescue the rest of the Bennett party. His whole life is an amazing tale of pioneer life, somewhat embellished I’m sure, but still absolutely fascinating and captivating.
Manly is an unsung American hero and should have a movie made about him. I have been there and I don't think the Escape trail as currently proposed is correct. I feel/think they would have skirted the North end of the Slate Range and gone through Shepard's Canyon. My reason; upon descending out of the Panamints they could see the North end of the Slates and the mouth of Shepard, Why when you were week and starving would you take the arduous trip through the Slates than the the easier path up the alluvial fan?
Thanks for the recommendation sir.
One of the men who traveled to the San Fernando mission, namely William Lewis Manly, wrote an autobirgraphy called "Death Valley in '49". Great read.
I can't imagine trying to cross with almost no map...
Water seeking optimists!!
Gold is a helluva drug
@@NationalParkDiaries Love the show that this comment references :)
That area is about as unforgiving as you can get in America. There’s a town west of Death Calley on the east side of the mountains perfectly named Dunmovin. You could see the settlers toiling through Death Valley and the Mojave, near death, and upon seeing these forbidding mountains just said “that’s it, I’m done moving.”
I second the recommendation re: 'Death Valley in '49'. Manley was born in St. Albans, Vermont and made his way west at a young age. His life before and after the Lost 49ers adventure is remarkable. His descriptions of the early California settlers and the Gold Rush are interesting. Lake Manley in Death Valley is named after him.
It's pronounced nevada, not na-vah-duh
This story sounds like it needs to be a blockbuster movie.
I love Death Valley. Such a beautiful place. I have also been lucky to be there when it rained and saw the masses of yellow desert flowers come into bloom. It is a place of extraordinary beauty.
Oh man, a super bloom? What an experience!
Please don't judge me, but I expected more death in this tale.
Just got back yesterday from a trip to CO where I dropped by the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. I think this park would be an awesome topic for a couple future videos. The history of the park is quite interesting as it had been known to the Ute people but not visited out of superstition. A few other records of it are out there but when John Gunnison got there the canyon got its first modern written descriptions. He later was killed by the Utes. The canyon itself is gorgeous and entirely unique looking compared to other canyons I've seen in the US. I don't know the exact history of the establishment of the park but I know the CCC was involved in laying down a lot of the groundwork and it remains one of the lesser known and visited parks in the whole system--aka it needs a spotlight! Love your work as always, would happily go on and on about my trip to the canyon, but I'll leave it here. Thanks for your work as always!
Great topic for sure! Thanks for the suggestion!
I like your "normal" voice as opposed to your "storytime" voice, your normal voice is a lot more engaging
I like both 🤷♀
I like turtles
This was just as gripping as your others. I’ve always wondered the origins of the name :)
Thanks for watching!
I just went to Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve today which is the closest thing Idaho has to a national park. It would be interesting to see a video on why places like this are not national parks as it seemed like it should have been and was basically functioning as one.
That's a fascinating topic, for sure. I've got it on my list of things to look into. Not sure when I'll get to it, but I'm intrigued so it'll probably get covered eventually lol
Correct. If Saguaro National Park ( there are actually two of them) can be a park I don't know why craters can't. There are Saguaros all over the place, nothing unique about the park. If the reason is to preserve them then make it a monument.
Two of my grandmothers family went west and were joined by the Donner Party. James and Morgon Savage. Morgon stayed to Oregon. James lost his wife around Fort Hall but some say Lake Tahoe and left for California the proper way. He went back with the later search party. He lead the Marriposa Battalion. Edwin Bryant's author of What I Saw in California cousins of whom he grew up with lived in the same town as the two Savage men.
Thanks for sharing that story!
Sierra Nevada Mountains? Sierra Nevada means snowy mountains. It's the Sierra Nevada. Period. Also, come on... you should know better than to say "Sierras". There is no plural.
SierraS is acceptable when you say The Sierras.
When you say The Sierras you’re implying a certain range.
Not just some random mountains.
You miss pronounced the State of Nevada’s name FYI. Its Nɪˈvædə not Nih-VAD-ə… I’m a Nevada native.
Well it's a Spanish word if you want to get technical. His pronunciation is close
the original pronunciation is in Spanish
A very well told story, and a short story is better than no story!
Thank you - glad I could get it out this week!
... and in many cases also better than a long one ;-) Great content!
Your pronunciation of Nevada is wrong
No one cares bud..
It's Nevada not Nevaduh. Also it's Sierra not Sierras. Otherwise good stuff.
I am a native born and bred Californian and have heard the Sierra Mountains referred to as The Sierras
I can’t stand when people pronounce Nevada incorrectly..
Outstanding video-well researched, personable presentation! Thank you. New to your channel and loving it. 👍
Wonderful story. Well presented. I'm reminded constantly (when ever there is a summer death in the park) that the name is not a joke or misnomer but a very deliberate warning.
Thanks for watching!
Please, Sierra Nevada. Adding mountains makes the name redundant.
We call em the Sierras here in the Sierra.
Try being a fan of The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim!!!
All of us The The Angels Angels of Anaheim fans are tired of it!
Lol
Hey there, greetings from historical gold country here. No one up here nor in the state that stole our name says Nevada like that... otherwise it's a good video .
Kudos 👍👌
Always pronounce Nevada like that because it makes them squirm and that's funny.
I am so glad I found this channel. Such a wonderful telling of history. Thanks for the content!
You're very welcome and glad to have you in the community!
Its pronounced Nevada, not nevada. GEt it. Nevada. Say it correctly or dont say it all
And mountains not, mountins.
It’s clear you’re not from the west. Out here, Nevada has a hard A, like At.
More stuff like this please.
Im sorry, this subject is such an interesting one but its so painful to hear you say the word Nevada. It’s not pronounced Ne-VAH-duh, It’s Ne-VAD-uh. 😭
It's Leviosa, Not Leviosar
It’s mountains not, mountins.
5:23 sorry but so did that one guy who said good bye death valley make it to where he wanted to get to like were the gold was? plz..
Great story and a welcome surprise this week!
Thanks for watching!
It would be nice if you would learn how to pronounce Sierra Nevada.
Nevada is NOT pronounced Nev-ODD-eh. It's Nah-VAD-Ah.
The map is a great contribution to the video - thanks. Helps keep vids short and clean.
Thanks!
Hey, you’re pronouncing Nevada wrong.
No one cares..
You're mispronouncing Nevada. Nev ADD ah.
You should do a video on the Naches Pass in Washington! It's one of the very first pioneer trails into washington and only like 14 miles or something, but took pioneers almost a full year to get through it with severe troubles. Currently it's a 4x4 trail and part of the Pacific Crest Trail
Sounds pretty interesting, I'll look into it!
It's not much of a mystery that anyplace where daytime temperatures often exceed 130 degrees in the shade during the day and only drop down to the high 90s at night would earn the name 'Death Valley'.
Where is "Nev-AW-da"? Is that near present day Nevada?
I just came upon this channel...awesome history and hit "SUBSCRIBED" thanks !!!
Harry Wade died in an attempt to leave via a Southern route out of DV.
You aren’t pronouncing Nevada correctly.
The way this dude says Nevada is like nails on a chalkboard 🙄
And mountains not, mountins.
At Furnace Creek in the 1980s my husband worked for a company mining borate. It was called the Pearl Mine after the original 'lady' who, like many others there, ran the daily business of the miners. Among other things. 😎
I live by Providence canyon in Georgia, I believe it was caused by or at least made larger by erosion from farming in the 1800s. Might be a story in there somewhere
Now that's an interesting story. Great suggestion, thank you!
So what happened after the party upon leaving Death Valley? From my house I can see Manly Peak to the east and the mythical Walker Pass to the west. What happened to the people who left the encampment and the people who ate the oxen, did they finally find water at Indian Wells?
The Jayhawkers (oxen eaters) were able to make it to present-day Ridgecrest, before heading south to civilization, probably in the modern-day LA area. The Bennett-Arcan Party, those who stayed and had to be rescued, eventually made it to safety at Mission San Fransisco, near present-day Santa Clarita
These folks should have read Virginia Reed's letter ( Miss Read, from the Donner Party's group), where she states '...hurry along, as fast as you can, and never take no shortcuts.'
Ima bad person who doesn’t not deserve nice things, but thank you for the video.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for all the awesome content and great video!!!
Thanks for watching!
@@NationalParkDiaries always ♥️
Could you do a video for Kings Canyon National Park in the Sierra Nevadas?
Great suggestion and yes I plan to cover it at some point!
Can you do one over Chickasaw National Recreation Area?
(formally Platt National Park)
Already on my list! I'll cover it at some point!
Not gonna lie, expected more death than seems happened. Seems remarkable given the circumstances.
Love Death Valley, one of my favorite parks, would love a full video on it someday
There's so many good Death Valley stories. I've got a bunch of ideas for it. I do have a video on "Why Death Valley is the Hottest Place in the World" if you're interested in that. ruclips.net/video/ynqE5kvIAI8/видео.html
Well done.
Thank you!
Since my hiking days are pretty much in the past, this will be a great way to see national parks that I have not been to! This was a great little video about Death Valley!!
I'm happy to help, thanks for watching!
I read a book called the age of gold that goes into fairly deep detail about this incident. The man who gave death valley its name is reported to of said "good bye valley of death"
Three Horses and A One Eyed Mule. Great movie title
It totally is!
Fascinating story. As a truck driver, I used to pass by the Harry Wade Exit Route daily.
You Seem To know Alot About the National Parks. I have questions specifically targeting what I've noticed the national parks to be surrounding U.S. power plants. Also The Actual Land and what is Under it...??? Because to me i see them buying and taking control of the God Given Resources....Its not just about Power and electricity it cant be... theres something there...another question i have is Why Is The US trying to purchase a national park in Greenland, kinda out of nowhere and this is all going down now.? Would you have any information on these you could point me in the direction of...or any information you have could be helpful
Call me mad, but if someone asked me if I would like to visit Death valley id have to give it a little thought( about a milliseconds) and kindly decline the offer!, their is just something about the name!i just can't put my finger on it!
Nĕ-vă-duh It's the only way this state is pronounced. Please come correct. It's even spelled out how it's pronounced on our visitor guide. I don't know where this Ne-vaw-duh came about, but it's like nails on a chalkboard.
last night i watched a episode of the tv show Death Valley Dats..3 episode i think from 1952,which told this story and very well done i must say and in 30 minutes,if you want to watch death valley days you can on youtube
People who lived one and half centuries ago had to face so much hardship and obstacles in their lives. It took pioneers and gold seekers an average of 4~6 months to travel in wagons from Salt Lake City to San Francisco at the time. Some would never make it. Today it's about 11 hours' drive or 2 hours' flight. We should appreciate everyone and everything we have.
Huh I thought Death Valley was called that because my sister nearly died after visiting.
(Not joking my sister either got blood poisoning there or the Vegas strip. Hard to tell which found out two days later after visiting Hoover Dam. She says she’ll never go back to any of those three locations).
Just for future accuracy, it’s Ne-VAH-duh, not Ne-VAW-duh. Pisses every single person off in the state to be honest 😂
The story I have heard my entire life was that one of the women said it as they finally got out. There were two women at that time and one of them was Sarah Bennett, my great great great grandmother.
"The miners came in '49
The whores in '51
And between the two of them
They produced the Native Son."
Actual old song
I was not offended by this story.. i found it enjoyable. I guess being a grammar nazi just kind of ruins your life. Really unfortunate for those folks, if only you had a choice..
would leave lone pine calif in the 1970ties with my empty semi tanker twice a week to load at amagossa,Nv going across death valley--back then very few would go across in the summer time because the cars could not handle--without fail would encounter a broke down car that had over heated--almost always it was visitors from other countries in a rental car--they had no water and had been out there all night--pick them up and leave them at the gas station at Furnace Creek--always had lots of water to give them--sometimes they were overheated so i would pour the water over their heads----i still go across death valley a lot to Vegas--a lot more people now go across and there is some cell phone but about 3 to 5 people still die out there per year from the heat--the cars today do much better in the heat-
Very interesting!
Thanks for watching!
Anyone else like to say Mojave like Mojave instead of Mojave?
I am in instagram too if that would be something you would be willing to discuss with me, or if it would be easier??? Not sure but whatever is easiest for you. I am really glad i stumbled across your page this morning
Subscribed. Edit. That was disappointing. Unsubscribing but I left u a like.
Great story 😊
Thank you!
Dude, i really like your storries, but i think your voice is clipping to much in the highs. pls calibrate your microphone or do something about it. 🙂
Mules are tough!
Your pronunciation of Nevada made me cringe
Even worse, mountins,
The trey lance pick really setup the 49ers for failure. Wait damn wrong video. 😅
I've been told walking to Mojave can make you wish for a nuclear winter .....
Thank you I enjoyed the info.. The way your voice trails off on certain words was distracting however.
I really appreciate you including the fact that the mule only had one eye. I don’t know why, but I needed to know this.
This is important information lol
I think Knott's Berry Farm used to do a reenactment of this story in their Covered Wagon Show.
I live in San Joaquin County in California. Did the San Joaquin Company settle here?
All these 49ers, and bro didn't mention Joe Montana once. Smh 🤦♂️
Nice calm reading voice ... not like these worthless Internet readers, that don't have a clue about syntax and pausing. Well done - kept my interest throughout.
Thank you!
I can’t believe they were able to win 5 Súper bowls after going through all this..
I just wish people would figure out how to pronounce the state of Nevada
Love your storytelling, thanks! Keep up the great work.
Thank you and will do!
Help me find a homestead east of California. Local knowledge? tnx
So what happens to Indigenous people when gold or oil or uranium is discovered?
It’s not a fable if it’s real, and something is either infamous or famous. Can’t be both.
swindled into a trip to find nothing, by people who own the most expensive land in utah o.O
What I find so fascinating about the gold rush was just a few years prior, the Donner party became trapped in the High Sierra's in the winter of 1846-47. Cought by snow blocking Granite Pass, the settlers were forced to over-winter near Trukee Lake. There, during the worst winter ever recorded to date in the region, starvation compelled the survivors to cannibalism. Out of 87 total members, 46 survived. News of the disaster caused immigration to fall sharply off. Yet all it took was the discovery of gold to send thousands cascading into the very same valley where the Donners experienced inhuman suffering. Absolutely Wild.
Yep! That was actually one of the events that forced the group South originally! They had arrived too late in the season to attempt to cross the Sierras, and were deterred after hearing about the Donner Party.
I Wonder the TV Series "Death Valley Days" Ever Do This Story?
Recommendation: Play this at 1.25 minimum speed
"OH NO SCOOBY! IT'S THE MINER 49ER!"
Damn, that's a throwback right there!!
Love that show