Chloride, AZ

[@sunset117]

Use to pass Chloride on our back road way to Vegas. I loved that route and always wanted to visit Chloride. Thank you for sharing. Lou G

[@justinwest7715]

Killing it as always. Place looks really interesting, I've been told by a local investigator that it has some intense hauntings as well.

[@davedavidson6971]

Awesome place thanks for the tour. 5 Stars 👍🏻

[@wesleyharding7544]

Love your videos, they remind me of my younger days when I was stationed at Ft. Huachuca Az. 1974 1975, Myself and a friend Randy Boston used to do this sort of thing, except on motorcycles. We just didnt look near as good doing it! Enjoy.

[@landesnorm]

Wonderhussy,-A few years ago I looked into Chloride as a place to buy a house. I came into town, found the local restaurant next to the antique shop, ordered some chili and booked a room in the same hotel. You're right; land is cheap out there. I talked to the locals, one of whom was a former photo-girl, like yourself. She, however, used 4x5 crown graphics when she started and gradually moved on to roll film cameras. In any case, when spending the evening talking to her and her mate, I realized that the town of Chloride was an asylum without walls, and no place for me. Like your videos; keep'um coming.

[@DFDuck55]

I remember Cragmont Soda in the 60s and 70s. It was Safeway's private brand, came in steel cans with a pull tab. They had a bunch of flavors, my favorites were Lemon Lime and Cream Soda.

[@Wonderhussy]

pull tabs!!!

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

was good stuff. Made by Shasta in Hayward. Friend used to haul liquid sugar from the Crockett C&H plant for Shasta.. So was made with cane sugar.

[@BikerGeek]

Nah, they had the best grape soda

[@johnrogers6291]

Great video, such a interesting town. Thanks Sarah.

[@stevek7271]

WH, as always love your YT vids, I can't get over your exuberance!!! Great video, you always bring a smile to my face. Have a safe trip.

[@geetootiger5418]

I was there as a student in 1990 and I was so impressed of it that I still often think of my visit. I bought some 50´s records of Buddy Holly in a little gift shop. The lady who owned the shop sent me to a local artist, who told me the history of Chloride and gifted me an old Indian arrow head. In your video it looks the same like 30 years ago and I will definitely visit Chloride again one day!

[@NickCookActingScribe]

You should start up a tour business. Informative and hilarious! :)
I love the desert, it's so different from what we have in Scotland. The stillness, the crunch of the ground under foot, the blue sky. Love it!

[@Wonderhussy]

+Nick Cook thank you!

[@NickCookActingScribe]

Wonder Hussy You're very welcome.
Maybe I've missed it, but do you ever plan to do a video on Nelson, Nevada? Love that place.

[@BrokenRRT]

You're in my neighborhood. We live in Golden Valley AZ. We have awesome petroglyphs in our backyard if your still in the area. They predate the native Americans that last lived in this area.

[@Wonderhussy]

Right on! My dog is from Golden Valley :) A friend of mine rescued him out there, some people had abandoned him in the desert :(

[@georgebricker7748]

Such a little known gem of semi ghost mining town. You do so much to enhance their visibility. Wonderfully done. The murals are fantastic. Especially liked your comments on the native American woman with the labyrinthine crotch..hilarious!
Like your style. Keep it up.

[@lifepakguy]

The Dodge Dart was my car for many years! I sold it to my dad that lives in Chloride and he decorated it.

[@martybuchanan9553]

I think this is how Huell Howser got he start....8^). You're Vids are addictive!!

[@Wonderhussy]

I hope so!!!!!!

[@martybuchanan9553]

The Peppermint Schnapps brings back some old memories too....LOL

[@skitzokitty138]

RIP HUELL HOWSER

[@frankmatte5822]

Excellent Work.You always do an excellent job explaining where your at in your videos

[@FirstofFire]

Happy New Year! Glad you are back on the road sharing adventures!

[@Wonderhussy]

thanks!!! :-D

[@richardoder9171]

In the mid-70's we we're there, what a interesting experience. We found a number of homes that must have been abandoned sometime in the 20's or 30's. We found newspapers dated back to the 20's, ads for lady's fancy hats, ha pins, saddles. The newspaper was also laid on the floor under the linoleum for insolation. Back then linoleum was like area rugs, the news paper prevented it from sticking to the wood floors so they could roll it up and take it with them when they moved. I would love to go back today.

[@MrSpongie1]

That's a safe for sure... That's one cool town that's for sure.. that bar look cool/

[@cabriolet330]

I really enjoy your videos and have been to some of the same places as you have. I was in Chloride twice. Once with a group of ATV riders from Lake Havasu City. We trailered our off road vehicles to Chloride then rode up past the murals for miles into the mountains. When we returned, we toured the town and enjoyed beer and burgers at Digger Dave's. It's an awesome town with friendly locals that appreciated us spending some time and money there. I can't wait to go back.

[@styxga7894]

Cool little town looks really peaceful I could see myself living in a town like that

[@EllysaE]

styx ga there’s nothing to do. You better have a car.

[@stevendunn264]

You cant fool me. You are not cheap trash. You are solid gold.

[@andrayajorgensen5747]

Bensmart is the place you're looking at around 5 minutes in. The place with the sink outside and cowboy boots with flowers inside.
I used to live in this town. In fact, I lived here at the time you filmed this. Also at about 5 minutes, if you look to the house to the right of Bensmart, I'm visiting my friend who lives there and my car is the blue escape! Im parked between the green minivan and the white minivan. It's wild that I was there as you were filming. This brought back so many memories. Thank you for capturing it.

[@392nightrunner]

Love a lady that loves to explore, I should go paint a mural of you up there when I get another rv delivery out to kingman or Vegas lol

[@hollywickersham4174]

You never disappoint with your cool discoveries!!

[@laudalady61]

I think you have a good grasp on a happy life! You're a badass and I love ❤️ it! Carry on!

[@Wonderhussy]

thanks! :)

[@kovskiykid]

That steel box with the door removed is a safe.

[@johnholcomn8560]

Hard to believe there are towns like this nowadays. Where I live there is condos, apartments, blacktops, 7-11s, WalMarts, McDonald's, Taco whatevers................You can't even see the horizon. Traffic every day. I think that Arizona vibe would do me good.

[@trustedtraveler4859]

You are such a fun kid. Don't ever change.

[@imreptar7038]

I drive to chloride once a month. My grandpa is friends with the lady that used to own the antique store witch is now closed. I drive her into kingman once a month. Chloride is a really cool little town

[@jimschroeder1808]

pretty cool, love your adventures. i had to go to chloride and install counters tops in a dbl wide mobile home about 6yrs ago !!

[@pigoff123]

I think that you are a special person with a unique personality and would be proud to call you friend

[@franklinhowell6342]

Been there. Its great place. I was planning on spending winter's in the little trailer park down the road. My friends sister plays guitar and sings at the bar/restrunt.

[@Katseye102]

Roy Purcell painted those Murials in the desert in the '60s with car paint! Just a bit of trivia for you WonderHussey! 😀😀😀 he was a miner and was laid off I believe and went up there and did that. Pretty neat huh?

[@Wonderhussy]

Oh wow! This Purcell sounds like a real hoot!

[@k.whiking4372]

Nice to see you have progressed to wearing boots. Looks like the town is a living museum. And your right, it would make a good set for a photo shoot, boots, tight jeans and or shorts or mini skirt, open shirt front or no shirt and cowboy hat. All in B and W of course.

[@jackkotrba9071]

Love your videos thanks much.

[@Buck1954]

Interesting that you found the track ties, and it is a train depot. It's odd however that the building isn't aligned with an old road bed coming into town. It's like the train has to make a sharp bend and then back into the station. A little history search and I found that the rail road was known as the Sante Fe Branch A, B&F (back and forth). It was the rail road that strictly came from Kingman and Back. That's why there is only one road bed visible going south towards Kingman.

[@davelane6455]

Your videos are the best.

[@JeromeAz57]

Been there, done that. Pretty cool place. Yes that was a safe. You missed the graveyard. Its on the right just before you get into town. The guy that did the murals lives in Tubac, Az now, that is if he is still alive. That was funny when you got to the bar and looking at all the names on wall. I saw mine that i put on there in 2016. 👍

[@paguerro1696]

This town was in a biker movie in 1969 called Rebel Rousers starting Cameron Mitchell, Diane Ladd, Jack Nicholson, and Bruce Dern. Most of these old buildings show up in the movie.

[@barrycuda3769]

Wasn't it actually filmed in 1967 'but released in 1970 ' because of Jack Nicholson being in Easy Rider?

[@outlaw7x77]

It's neat seeing you spend so much time there in Chloride wandering around. My wife and I were there back in April and I myself again in September...I commented on here about Digger Daves once before...he's from my area here in Washington....that is why he's called Digger Dave...he still has a John Deere Backhoe that he used to make his money with...hense: "Digger Dave"... he spent all taht money on fixing that place up. And didn't he do a fantastic job? Anyway, last time I was there to see Dave in September, he was hurting from losing his good girl...and just having a hard time...really feel for him...Dave invested so much time and money and heart and soul into that dump and made it such a cool place to go have a beer and a burger and hang out and listen to some cranking Led Zepplin music. OR If you want to and can play, pull up a chair and play his electric guitar or drumset....JUST DON"T PISS DAVE OFF as I've seen him tell 4 German tourists to fuck off after buying a cup of coffee and spending 1 1/2 hours just hanging out and not spending any money....he charged them $16 for 4 cups of coffee and they were like, "WTF???" LOL...I knew Dave well enought to know he was pissed at them. It's hard trying to carve out a living in a place like Chloride and provide a true gold mine of memorbilia to us travelers who really don't WANT to spend a dime use the place as a photo opp... I make a point of trying to support these places....it is a dream of many to quit their day jobs and move out west to do just what Dave did here and only to fail miserably...you see these abandonded business' all over the place...esspecially on the old highways off the interstates. Rt 66 type highways and there are so many as you WONDER HUSSY so well know. Anyway...love your vids....you are the reason we went to Tecopa Hot Springs and stayed at Delight's Resort and ate dinner there at THE resturant...LOVE THAT KIND!!!

[@RalphGuest]

Thanks for the Salvation Mountain shout out!

[@jamespogue5853]

these old ghost towns are cool..I really like Arizona I want to visit there sometime

[@Xynudu]

Yep, that's a safe. The lock has been cut out and a steel plate put over the hole where the key would have been.
Interesting video.

[@stepheard1590]

you made my Friday night .home sick for Az now

[@jasonkolo]

Fun videos, I like your observations.

[@1uptospeed]

your right it is an old safe ,with the combination dial taken out and plate welded over, i guess they dont want a tourist to get locked in thanks W. H.

[@dannyofthedesert3657]

I lived in chloride in the early 90s..unique place with some interesting people for sure

[@robbieb.4927]

That was a safe!, they cut out the lock cause they probably forgot the combination and had it cut of\ut by a flame cutting torch then welded the hole shut!.

[@Wonderhussy]

aha! makes sense!

[@HannahSpring]

It is an old safe, where that metal patch is, that is where either the combination lock, or key lock was

[@gilbertsandoval6463]

I like seeing you vedios past!

[@lozobrown637]

I could spend hours listening to you. Your videos are the best.

[@HouseDrone1]

Lovely video .Gal really enjoyed seeing what Chloride looks like.

[@stephenmclendon8723]

My good friend, Natalee Spears Norwood lives there. I visited her last February. She showed me the Valley of Fire. No, it's not that Valley of Fire. It's the other place, north of Hoover Dam about an hours drive. If you want to see an unbelievable landscape of color and hike through some of it go there with my friend. We went to high school together in the San Fernando Valley at Canoga Park High School. We graduated in 1966. She was our Homecoming Queen too. Her brother lived there first and she moved from Texas to be near him. She is such a cool person. She knows everything about the town now. I believe she has lived there about 3 years. You two would have a blast together. You should go back and visit with her. She'd love to be part of your adventure. I know she would love to talk with you too. While in Texas, she did Old West dress -up and did dancing and the group had gun fights and performed with a great group of gals called The Lonesome Doves of Texas. She does some acting in Chloride at times. Tell her Stephen McLendon sent you. She'll get a good laugh from it.

[@Jake0007]

Really enjoy seeing old West places. Got to visit the Bonanza/Ponderosa from the TV show. Had a fun gunfight show every hour or so. Hope you're at your destination by now.

[@Wonderhussy]

I went to the Ponderosa a few times too....fun place! Too bad it closed :(

[@lallenh1]

I love watching places you go to... you're a nut... lol....

[@thomasjefferson4492]

MOST OLD TRAIN STATIONS HAD A WAREHOUSE,I know my train station does,supplies had to be stored somewhere,and usualy where there are mines,theres a train station..who would have guessed right...

[@roycollins2109]

In the early 70's, I lived just north of Chloride in Dolan Springs. I went to Mt. Tipton Elementary School. A friend lived in Chloride named Tom Collins who went to the same school that I did. i do wish that i could get in touch with some of those people, but i moved away to Phoenix, in 8th grade in 1973 and lost track. A quick shout out to some of those former classmates, Craig and Brenda Hamilton of the Hamilton Ranch, Jimmy Joe Jean, John Roark, Patty and Debbie Fry, Mike McKinley and even a friend of my dads named Pat Patterson who told me a story of himself in his early years, flying Bi-plains into barns for the movie clips that we see today. I never knew for sure if he was pulling my leg or not, but he did seem serious enough about the stories. He had to be in his 80's at the time, and to "THE OLD MAN", whom I cannot remember his name, who moved from Elko, NV to Dolan Springs with his Baby Blue early sixties Chevy step-side pick up and small travel trailer, placed it on his acre of property for his dream home. He would pull a railroad-tie behind his truck to make his land level and clear after he cut back the brush with an ADZE (looks like a heavy HOE of sorts that was originally used to make boats and canoes) that my dad had given him. He named it "OLE GRASS GETTER". I miss those days. Thanks for bringing them back.

[@utubecomment6963]

Old Minors Day - Pat Patterson drove around town in a ford pinto with a Lincoln front end. Jimmy Joe Jean. He was a winner! Do you remember the Mcgelrath's Steven Fry is on my facebook page... He is related to Debbie

[@nomaddaze]

I think that traffic is actually a little bit older than my Pace Arrow....... they're highly collectible there's a Facebook group for travco owners some of them are amazingly restored and or renovated.......... I'd say the GMC is the most popular of the classic motorhomes and then the travco is probably the second most popular and the early Winnebago and Pace arrrow also have their own following especially these days with so many people liking retro things

[@Wonderhussy]

no kidding huh?! Wow!

[@nomaddaze]

Wonder Hussy dam autocorrect. did that last night when I said travco and I specifically remember going back and fixing it when it tried to change it to traffic I guess autocorrect went back and changed it to traffic again. lol... either way I meant travco but I think you know what I meant and there are some amazing looking ones on the travco Facebook group if you're ever bored you should check it out

[@nomaddaze]

Wonder Hussy if I remember correctly they're made with an aircraft body like the GMC so it's all aluminum really lightweight never rust.... and one of the coolest features the gear shifter consist of four buttons on the dash and you just push the buttons for each gear. I wish youtube would let us put photos in comments

[@Wonderhussy]

I knew what ya meant :)

[@samuelboles8566]

Wonder Hussy you like the camera don't you do you enjoy being in front of the camera because you definitely seem like you do

[@barrycuda3769]

Chloride is the town where part of the 1967 movie " Rebel Rousers " was filmed starring ' Jack Nicholson ' Bruce Dern ' Cameron Mitchell ' Dean Stanton. I'm pretty sure that old jailhouse was in the movie , interior and exterior .

[@jeffpalmer5502]

wow I thought I had been everywhere in Arizona but I have not been to chloride. and then you photoed James Dean with a victory motorcycle headband on. Now I have to go down there and have a burger at that cafe. I guess I'll ride my victory! I think this video just cost me a lot of money! but it will be a fun road trip. PS I have had a Cragmont soda but it was when I was really young. it wasn't very good but my mom used to buy it because it was cheap. thanks for another interesting video.

[@maershkinschrabs7597]

Reminds me alot of an outback town in Australia called Winton. Its central to Opal mines and dinosaur bone excavations, lots of characters.

[@pigoff123]

Great video. Hope you have a New Year filled with awesome videos

[@grahampeterson3718]

I camped there right by the murals for a couple nights, I've never seen so many stars in all my life. I grew up in Vegas so I was used to only seeing 5 stars at night lol.

[@raymondcline8194]

That looks like an old safe, that had a plate welded over the combo so people wouldn't have to remember the combo, I could use that. :)

[@GnatManAllinCoIronWorks]

What a cool burg! I'd hang there for a week or two. Thanks again for sharing! C-Ya!,,,,Peace!

[@alkennedy1124]

Old town including a big boulder, nice 👍 just like I want to build here at my place, thanks BigAl California.

[@brettharsanye1981]

Was there last year almost bought some land,but ended up buying a t shirt. The murals were great drove my tundra up. There. Definitely need a high clearance vehicle.

[@pnk878251]

theres a chloride nm too...i love that little spot

[@goldsilverandiamonds]

14:12 that's an old safe. the "window" was probably a patch over where the dial would have been. That safe was probably used to store silver back in the 1880's .

[@Paulo__Perez]

Hey Wonder Hussy, another cool video. Ya, I actually drove through Chloride, AZ to drop a friend off at his dad's place in Kingman then on my way to San Diego way back in the 90s. Have fun in NM, looking 4ward to more exploring vids!

[@terrygraham1877]

I live nearby....one of my favorite stomping grounds. Great video!

[@jackprice8937]

You are right its an old safe the mechanism has been removed and for some reason someone has welded a plate over the hole to use for something else.

[@rogeregner]

its a safe for sure the window was where the dial went to unlock the pins love that place everything so small and awesome great place to hang out

[@Jeff-jg7jh]

You know what I like? I like that sparkingly part of your introduction. Chloride, that just doesn't sound good. But on the other hand....

[@Jeff-jg7jh]

Now that was some good rock art. Messing around sticking stuff on cars doesn't impress me much. Don't mark up rocks that aren't in towns.

[@planb2222]

13:48 is obviously a safe. The welded plate on the front is where the tumbler went, and the valve handle is what you would turn to retract the locking bars that engage the holes inside the safe.

[@Wonderhussy]

ahhhh, so it was a safe with the tumbler removed. Got it.

[@ronhowe1501]

Happy new year Wonder Hussy.

[@Wonderhussy]

you too!

[@imreptar7038]

They do have old west recreations with gun fights and whatnot. It's pretty cool. They also do pretty nice parades. That car is for the parades

[@michaelh465]

Another great video Ms Hussy. I think you enjoy making these.

[@dewalt17rules]

Love your video's never could afford to travel.Your #1 Thank you.

[@stilesthissell]

your totally making my life better, love your commentary and your voice

[@Wonderhussy]

+stilesthissell thank you so much!! Glad you are enjoying

[@jamespogue5853]

I just love watching your videos they are so interesting thx wonderhussy

[@buddy8225]

Cholride AZ had a railroad connection with Kingman. It was called Arizona and Utah railroad.

[@llerradish]

Very cool, Thanks for the vid.

[@geraldbock1012]

We had to find, pick and prepare Prickly Pear Cactus during land and water survival training. The area where we conducted these operations were picked over by countless groups who went before us. It was better fried in some crisco w salt.

[@Jaclynshuster]

This town is awesome! I hope you make it back to check out the bar/ the rest of the town.

[@mobiltec]

Great video! This place is on my AZ list...

[@stevespilker7640]

Great video and yes, I have drank Cragmont Lemon Lime.

[@Katseye102]

BrokenRRT, didn't know that. That just sheds a whole new light on it......as my stomach twists..........thanks for the info.

[@davidhenninger239]

you're quirky cool woman......right on!

[@deedouglas2523]

Used to get Cragmont soda as a kid. 8 cents a can,

[@lizzie1892]

Did you ever find whatever Benmart was???

[@Wonderhussy]

No!!!! I'm sorry I forgot to include that part....I walked around forEVER and never saw anything. ????

[@jimburig7064]

I drove past this place on my way to Vegas way back in '05.

[@pokerchamp6556]

60 plus thousand views. You people need to hit the like button for her

[@alkennedy1124]

Hay look at that name on that old dodge car the word Floyd, right, good job , thanks BigAl California.

[@losthighway36]

Someone cut the combination dial out of that safe to open it. Welded it shut to reuse it probably.

[@BERRIRICH]

You did it again, your awesome. Yes it was a safe.

[@lynchknot]

I like your personality. I do a lot of exploring in my 4runner as well.

[@danielninedorf5502]

I was told the murals on the rocks get repainted annually.

[@zigzag1a]

Cragmont was a fairly large brand of soda in Canada in the 60's and 70's.

[@Sewspcl]

That is a silver kiln and that was Clint Eastwood. Make my day