What's Left of the Oregon/California Trail on the Forty Mile Desert in Nevada?

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  • Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
  • Lets see actual physical evidence of the struggles of California gold rush bound emigrants on the dreaded 40 mile desert, located about 60 miles northeast of Reno, Nevada on the overland trail. Like pioneers on the Oregon Trail which branched off the main route earlier in the journey, emigrants headed to the gold fields of California had hard challenges, but nothing on the entire journey from Missouri out west compared to the terrible crossing of the forty mile desert.
    Then we take a visit to the 40 Mile Saloon in midtown Reno for a fine craft beer, and please stay for outtake images and other historic photographs I made on this and other trail routes over the period of 25 years, to the sounds of Reno based rockabilly band Hot Rod Rebellion - Steve (me) guitar, background vocals, Kevin - lead vocals, Andy - upright bass, Tom - drums.
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    This is the place to learn interesting things about Reno, the state of Nevada, and the west! My name is Steve and I've lived in Reno for 37 years (as an adult!). I've had a lifelong interest in historical topics, and spend much time exploring and researching this wonderful area. I started this channel to share some of what I've learned. I produced a full-length documentary film on the history of Harolds Club casino in 2015.
    Perhaps you're thinking of moving to Reno and are looking for background on the area, or you're already a resident and this content might help give you a sense of place. I shall endeavor to cater to both groups!
    I'm also a craft beer enthusiast, and thought I'd talk about some of the brewery scene here as well. I started homebrewing 31 years ago in 1992, and earned the Certified Cicerone designation in 2015 - this is a sommelier-like program for beer people.
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Комментарии • 502

  • @Slong970
    @Slong970 9 месяцев назад +107

    My Dad was the outrider for the Oregon Wagon on the Bicentennial Wagon Train in 1976 when he was 16. It took him 6 months just to get from fort Laramie Wyoming to valley/pigeon forge Pennsylvania. They took the exact trail west to east as the pioneers took back in 1876 (of course east to west) and a lady who was a lil over 100 went along on the journey and shared true stories of her experience in 1876 on the trail. I've never met someone besides my Dad who was on the 1976 Bicentennial Wagon Train. Anyone here have family that was involved in the 1976 Bicentennial??

    • @robertbrodie5183
      @robertbrodie5183 9 месяцев назад +9

      was a fife and drumer in 76 and family and i were involved in 1968 bicentenial in my home town of myerstown pa pigeon forge was familiar

    • @kitefan1
      @kitefan1 9 месяцев назад +4

      I live in RI. I'm a couple years older than your Dad. I remember reading about those on his trip. And on other trips. We had the Tall Ships come to visit Newport as well as parades and a lot of historic exhibits. In my town, 1974 was a locally bigger deal because it was our town Tri-Centennial.
      The people on your Dad's trip, did they take Conestoga wagons or farm wagons? In the video he said farm wagons because they were lighter. But if you had the animals to pull them Conestoga were tanks. but apparently they were not used west of the Mississippi because of the weight.

    • @Slong970
      @Slong970 9 месяцев назад +5

      @@kitefan1 @kitefan1 in 1876 and the centennial of 1976 Conestoga wagons were mostly used because they were tanks and super easy to fix on the go. Prairie wagons were also used, but couldn't take the cross country abuse like a Conestoga can. Prairie wagons were also used for smaller journeys for going state to state/territory hopping. The Oregon wagon my dad was on was a Conestoga. He was an outrider for the Oregon State Wagon. He also told me quite a few places they rode through groups of indigenous people had rifles pointing at them and the national guard was called in to escort them through. As you can imagine the Native Americans had mixed emotions about the 1976 bicentennial wagon train. My dad could also whip a 6 shooter out of his holster and put it between your hands faster than you can clap 😎 some Doc Holiday shit right there hahahahaha. More people need to be taught about the bicentennial wagon train of 1976 and what it stood for. I'm surprised no movie has been made on it or documentary. I only found old video clips from news crews which had a certain narrative. Even back then...
      Thanks for sharing stories and reminiscing about the bicentennial and your states 3rd centennial.

    • @Slong970
      @Slong970 9 месяцев назад

      @@robertbrodie5183 Oh wow that's so cool! 😎 Being a drummer in that was a really solid role! I bet you have some epic memories of those historic/western and patriotic moments being brought back to life 🙏

    • @Slong970
      @Slong970 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@kitefan1 btw a team of 6 draft horses were used for Conestoga wagon. Sometimes 8 were used. If it wasn't draft horses pulling them it was Mules. If it wasn't either then it was 2 ox of some kind. I have seen pictures of a team of 10 non draft horses pulling wagons though it was not very common because that way was of course always a pain in the @$$ even with 2 outriders and a shotgun rider.
      The 1976 wagons rode for 15-25 miles a day and had to switch out horses here n there along the journey. Wayyyy back in the day they didn't have the means to switch out horses/trade for a fresh horse whenever they wanted like my dad back in 1976.

  • @Mark-pp7jy
    @Mark-pp7jy 9 месяцев назад +68

    Several years ago, I took the train from Denver to Sacramento. It's one of the best train trips in the U.S. What I didn't know at the time, was that I was going to see the last great undeveloped expanse in the west. It is a stark, unforgiving, and seemingly relentless patch of earth. There is, however, a great beauty that should not be missed! 🇺🇲

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад +2

      I'd like to take it back to Chicago someday - cheers!

    • @jamescarter3196
      @jamescarter3196 9 месяцев назад +1

      Lol, that's the very last one in the whole entire 'west' huh? I'm sure it's very nice but we've got a lot of great undeveloped expanses in the Pacific NW, and we'd like to keep it that way. They don't have trains going through them, so that must be why you haven't seen them.

    • @bryonhogg485
      @bryonhogg485 9 месяцев назад +1

      My neighbor works for Amazon - He said 2 people quit right in the middle of their delivery route yesterday - No pioneer spirit I suppose . . .

    • @1nvisible1
      @1nvisible1 9 месяцев назад

      *@**9:05** would that be four graves, two adults two children? Some tragic event no doubt.*

    • @MagravatorMag
      @MagravatorMag 9 месяцев назад

      When the sage brush bloom in the fall it's really amazing. I lived in Reno and it took me a few years to discover that there were pink sage brush flowers along with the 2 yellows. The first time I saw the pink, it was a dark overcast early evening and the lighting was surreal. Nevada is a beautiful state and it really has everything from desert, to mountain lakes. Tahoe is the prize there, but Pyramid and Lahontan are great for camping and outdoor rec. Or you can pop up to Frenchmen's or Bucks Lake in Cali, not to mention all the rivers, Truckee, Feather, Yuba. All of those are in gold country and that route is always a great day trip drive even if you don't want to hit the lakes. We used to stop at the old roadside graveyards and read the headstones. You could tell who the elite were vs the paupers. Most paupers and town drunks were buried by the gate. The rich folks were in the back with "deluxe" headstones. Lots of infants and children too. I think we learn more by seeing things than reading it in books. As we know, not all history is real. Most of it has been manipulated by the victor.

  • @SpaceForce2019
    @SpaceForce2019 Месяц назад +6

    Thank you for doing, and sharing this!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  Месяц назад

      I appreciate your time in watching!

  • @tikitavi7120
    @tikitavi7120 9 месяцев назад +15

    The hardest part for me is the development that covers so much history, and the teachers that no longer teach it.

  • @SpicerDavid
    @SpicerDavid Месяц назад +3

    Dude, loved the song and video. I've always found the Oregon trail and really enjoyed the way you presented the info.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  Месяц назад

      Thanks for your kind feedback!!!

  • @lauravanniekerk4719
    @lauravanniekerk4719 10 месяцев назад +41

    Well done for keeping the history alive!!

  • @789train
    @789train 9 месяцев назад +7

    ill never forget in the 1970's i was in winnemucca, and marked on the topo map was the emigrant trail in ' town ' . it was a fenced off squarish piece of land , maybe 20 acres, and the ruts were so deep and hard no grass or brush would grow in them to that day.

  • @johnwood551
    @johnwood551 9 месяцев назад +18

    Good video. Even today, with all the public water systems, the water around Fallon and Fernley tastes horrible and you have to add filters to your home system. That water then full of alkali was a killer. Even on foot you will sink into that stuff and all that super fine dust floats up with just a footfall, let alone hundreds of hooves and wagons churning it. A light breeze will make dust clouds and any real wind (this area is known for 30-60 mph winds) would turn it into a Hell.

  • @normlor
    @normlor 8 месяцев назад +3

    SO INTERESTING THIS ERA IN AMERICAN HISTORY!!

  • @craigcanoe3
    @craigcanoe3 9 месяцев назад +16

    Great history lesson. I spent part of the summer of 1971 in the truckey, Incline area decompresing from Vietnam. Love you band and song.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад +2

      Thank for watching and your service!!

  • @DesertRat.45
    @DesertRat.45 9 месяцев назад +8

    It wasnt just the gold fields. California needed men of industry. Blacksmiths, wheelrights, millrights, etc. My 3rd great grandfather made that trip in 1853. Blacksmith by trade.

  • @dennisrogers5106
    @dennisrogers5106 Год назад +29

    Very well done. Took some time I’m sure. You do a good job. Thanks for the Nevada history lesson. Looking forward to the next one.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  Год назад +1

      Thanks for connecting! Appreciate the feedback! More on the way - cheers!

  • @benjeanettebooth1800
    @benjeanettebooth1800 9 месяцев назад +28

    Thank you for making this video and for making history come alive! Well done!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @tballstaedt7807
    @tballstaedt7807 9 месяцев назад +22

    There was another desert that was equally disastrous, the salt desert part of the Hastings cuttoff. Early in the rush, many still believed it was actually a shortcut.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад +13

      "Don't take no cut-offs and get where you're going as fast as you can." - Virginia Reed Thanks for watching!

    • @tballstaedt7807
      @tballstaedt7807 9 месяцев назад +1

      @SteveTRYK I recommend Charles Kelly's Salt Desert Trails. Kelly has compiled many journal excerpts from immigrants who traveled through the Salt desert from 1846 through the early 1850s.

    • @billythekid3234
      @billythekid3234 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@SteveTRYK Thats just what she said,great job on this history lesson!

    • @jameshudkins2210
      @jameshudkins2210 Месяц назад

      Lansford Hastings guide was one of the most reckless irresponsible publications ever. He had never been over it and apparently didn't care. It was a terrible route.

  • @goldcountryexplorers8332
    @goldcountryexplorers8332 9 месяцев назад +8

    Love this... my wife and I have followed several sections of the Truckee & Carson Emigrant trail on foot through the forests of the Sierra and we are amazed by what they went through to make it here to the Golden State.
    Plenty of history can still be found hidden in plain sight along the trail in the National Forest lands.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад +2

      Agreed - I've poked around trail sections in the Sierra as well. Thanks for being here!

  • @4tomop
    @4tomop 9 месяцев назад +14

    Outstanding! Thank you for producing this. You did a great job of explaining what we are seeing out there. Incredible that we can still see the trail and artifacts nearly 200 years later.
    Also - your song and slide show are both terrific! 👍

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад +1

      I appreciate your comments! We camped out there the second night so I could take the time.

    • @_marlene
      @_marlene 9 месяцев назад +1

      amazing indeed. reminds me of old times growing up in Nevada, old antique old west paraphernalia decorating all kinds of beaten-up casinos. Probably mostly thrown away as the places were renovated. But the desert has a way of preserving things. Loved the musical bit at the end of this video.

  • @King_Shroom
    @King_Shroom 9 месяцев назад +7

    Insane photo of the horse remains. The age of those poor animals and how "well" preserved they are for being on top of the ground is crazy to me. I guess it goes to show how cruel the desert can be. Fantastic photos, haven't seen any like that online or in the few books I've read. Great video!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Glad you enjoyed!! Thanks!

    • @HobbyOrganist
      @HobbyOrganist 9 месяцев назад +1

      I dont get how the records recorded things like you can barely take a step without stepping on bones, and wagons and effects dumped and left behind, yet other than a few barrel hoops it looks like everything is just gone, but it doesnt seem like there is much in the way of what we would call "weather" in the desert like everywhere else that would quickly rot wood and rust iron away etc from torrential rains, storms, ice/snow, and big leg bones from animals like horses and oxen dont seem to me like they would just vanish, so what's the story?

  • @expressarch
    @expressarch Год назад +10

    Very cool! I've heard, but can't verify, that most of the scrap metal left on the trail was collected during a WWII scrap metal drive.

  • @user-pg4iw1cm8c
    @user-pg4iw1cm8c 9 месяцев назад +7

    You can travel down 20 between where it cuts off of I80 down the ridge into Grass Valley/Nevada City, on the bike trails that follow 20, the wagon wheels cut so deep that the ruts are 4 feet deep exist to this day!
    I am always amazed how they got those wagons up the clifts above Truckee.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад +2

      I've seen the old wagon road as it winds around the 20 but haven't explored it more- thanks!

  • @josephnason8770
    @josephnason8770 9 месяцев назад +7

    I rememder going through this desert, or at least the north rim of it, at 9 years if age in 1965 on highway 80 with the family. Did not know the history of it then but was mesmerized anyway, probably from watching so many episodes of Death Valley Days and Bonanza at home in Sacramento. This is a really good video.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks - and it still looks the same. Pretty much what you see today out there is what they saw.

  • @Jonathonsup
    @Jonathonsup 8 месяцев назад +2

    It’s amazing you can still see the tracks in the ground. It makes it so much more real.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  8 месяцев назад

      Those that I imaged stop abruptly before a sandy, sagebrushy area, underscoring how old they are. Cheers!

  • @josephreilly6328
    @josephreilly6328 9 месяцев назад +5

    History, geography, maps, music. Excellent experience! Thanks

  • @stephr9859
    @stephr9859 2 месяца назад +2

    Thank you. I have so much more appreciation for what my ancestors went through on the trail.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 месяца назад

      Glad to help - my great-great-great grandfather went up to Oregon on the trail - I get it - cheers!

  • @rvvanlife
    @rvvanlife 5 месяцев назад +3

    That makes 2 of us that got those chills.
    Absolutely fascinating share

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  5 месяцев назад

      Thanks! Cheers!

  • @gilochoa2980
    @gilochoa2980 9 месяцев назад +7

    Wow! Thanks for the history lesson. 10/10!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад +1

      Our pleasure! Cheers!

  • @robertrogers7331
    @robertrogers7331 9 месяцев назад +4

    My 5 times great Aunt crossed the Black Rock to southern Oregon. Unschooled, she was a wilderness doctor. Your photos at Double Hot and High Rock Canyon made me think of her route and the qualities of endurance and cooperation the emigrants showed.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      In 2000 I took a tour of that route - from Imlay, NV to Vya. It was incredible!

    • @robertrogers7331
      @robertrogers7331 9 месяцев назад

      A beautiful area, too bad it's being used for a big party.

  • @MrSuzuki1187
    @MrSuzuki1187 9 месяцев назад +8

    This stretch of desert was know in the wagon train days as the Hastings Pass. It was a very risky shortcut that those who chose to take it, were quickly filled with regret.

  • @fokkerd3red618
    @fokkerd3red618 9 месяцев назад +6

    Thank you so much for sharing this history with us. Your absolutely right about leaving these trails and any debris undisturbed for future generations to enjoy.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад +1

      These trails were scavenged certainly a hundred years ago or more. We need to leave what is left! Thanks!

  • @p51nion
    @p51nion 9 месяцев назад +6

    Great historical presentation. You're a natural teacher. I'm looking forward to more.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      I actually thought about being a history teacher a million years ago. I didn't work out that way! Thanks!!

  • @MrWillBison
    @MrWillBison 9 месяцев назад +9

    An excellent job of recording the history of the CA trail. Many of the things you pointed out, I have seen with my own eyes over the last 60 years.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Appreciate your comments!

  • @susancoddington6393
    @susancoddington6393 7 месяцев назад +2

    Wow this has been an excellent video, thank you for sharing your pictures from your previous visit, shows some changes and some things that are exactly as they were during the wagon train days!! I really appreciate your message to folks to please not disturb any artifacts that may be spotted for future generations to see,also the message of modern day vehicles disturbing wagon wheel tracks as they are truly a living piece of history that the future should be able to enjoy

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  7 месяцев назад

      Thanks for watching - the experience of returning to document sites I saw 25 years prior was supremely satisfying!!!

  • @electricaltimelapsetest5713
    @electricaltimelapsetest5713 9 месяцев назад +3

    Wow thanks for the great video. My dad lives right near Coloma, I went and explored there when I was visiting him last in shingle springs.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks and cheers!

  • @tgchism
    @tgchism 9 месяцев назад +5

    Very informative video that illustrates just how amazing those pioneers were! Great song!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks and rock on!

  • @benclayden8670
    @benclayden8670 9 месяцев назад +4

    Fascinating content and very well presented. It’s amazing there are still remains of emigrant wagon tracks after nearly 200 years. Thank you.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Appreciate your feedback! Cheers!

  • @user-ji2nv2vd6r
    @user-ji2nv2vd6r 9 месяцев назад +2

    Very interesting video. Thanks for taking the time to make this video. Take care and have a great life

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      I appreciate your viewership!

  • @terrystewart2070
    @terrystewart2070 2 месяца назад +2

    Another great video Steve! Also, I really liked your band and the song you wrote, that ended up being your outro. Very fitting.

  • @larescats9228
    @larescats9228 9 месяцев назад +2

    Great video And Awesome song sounded great. Well done

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the kind words!

  • @billbaldwin1871
    @billbaldwin1871 9 месяцев назад +12

    I lived in Fernley for 8 years from 2000 to 2008 and spent a lot of time out in the desert riding quads and I had figured out how to get from my house first to my buddy's house in Fallon, and then after fueling up, we could ride all the way to Lovelock along a network of dirt roads and trails at the base of the Stillwater Range. We couldn't waste fuel or time on that last leg though because it took most of the daylight hours to make it to Lovelock. My friend's wife would wait till we called her from our favorite watering hole in Lovelock and she'd bring the trailer. north on 95 to 80 east a few miles and be there in time for dinner. It wasn't until we'd made the trip 3 times that someone told me of the historic significance of the area. After that, I paid more attention as I covered that hallowed ground.

    • @mikecsernyik7360
      @mikecsernyik7360 9 месяцев назад

      I just started riding a dirt bike this year, I'm from Fernley and we are going to be eventually doing rides though the hills to the other towns and down to LaFontaine. Wish me luck, I'm 30 and just learning to ride this year lol.

    • @Slong970
      @Slong970 9 месяцев назад

      @billbaldwin1871 damn that's wild you did all that riding and didn't know that info till your 3rd trip 😳 I bet you were looking around everywhere for old artifacts after you found out that lands historic significance 😎

  • @apocyldoomer
    @apocyldoomer 7 месяцев назад +2

    Very interesting, super tough people and animals, indeed!

  • @otosere2857
    @otosere2857 9 месяцев назад +2

    OX Overland is an off-road team and we drove the entire Oregon Trail from Oregon City, Or to Kansas City, back in 2016. It was 5000 miles and the most we have ever had. We made a series out of it, starting with episode of the series. What an amazing migration that was!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад +1

      Nice! I have fantasies (delusions?) about following the trail from St. Joe back home. One day!

    • @otosere2857
      @otosere2857 9 месяцев назад

      It is never too late!@@SteveTRYK

    • @teresaj27
      @teresaj27 4 дня назад

      I did a lot of the Oregon trail going out to visit my daughter's family in Seattle in 2017. It was fantastic and I have been over Truckee/Reno area a couple of times. This video is fantastic and adds to the enhancement of what I have seen and experienced in the whole region.

  • @getoffenit7827
    @getoffenit7827 9 месяцев назад +6

    Awesome video! Thank you Mr.James Hetfield for your efforts to bring history to us that cant get out there and i hope you do more

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад +2

      There is a resemblance! Thanks!

  • @gs4847
    @gs4847 Месяц назад +1

    Good work on the video. The old pics are great. Nice song too, keep it up 👍

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  Месяц назад

      Thanks for the comments! Cheers and rock on!

  • @callmeBe
    @callmeBe Месяц назад +1

    Yea, the area must have been absolute hell to pass through. I lived in Fallon for almost 10 years, and spent a lot of time poking around at historic sites (there are so many in this area--to also include primitive people's chipping areas and newer Native American sites), and saw much of what you show in the middle of your presentation; simple rock graves, remains of wagons, and areas crudely dug out pits to reveal ground water--especially heavy in salt. You gave a great presentation!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  Месяц назад

      Thanks for your viewership!

  • @blusnuby2
    @blusnuby2 9 месяцев назад +4

    Your empathetic video helped to 'flesh-out' an excellent book titled: WAGONS WEST, by Frank McLynn, about the arduous journey along The Oregon Trail. Appreciate your appreciation of what our pioneer ancestors endured trying to find "a better life out West."

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks - I love the topic!

  • @timsilva1944
    @timsilva1944 9 месяцев назад +4

    Nice work producing this. Some great photography.
    The wide open desert expanses have a beauty of their own, although those early travelers likely cursed the landscape.
    I'm fortunate to have recently ridden through 7 western States by motorcycle. Mostly off road.
    There's such a range of beauty out west.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks for stopping by!

    • @HobbyOrganist
      @HobbyOrganist 9 месяцев назад

      It makes sense how this area is so flat and barren when you realize it used to be the bottom of the sea many millions of years ago

  • @michaelberger8137
    @michaelberger8137 Месяц назад +2

    Enjoyed the video. Thank you!

  • @billroberts9182
    @billroberts9182 Месяц назад +2

    Thank you! I've learned a lot.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  Месяц назад

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @chuniquepaceno470
    @chuniquepaceno470 Месяц назад +3

    I'd never heard of this desert, which ought to be mentioned in history classes given how many people died in its brief years of use. Thanks for the research.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  Месяц назад

      I think our 4th graders might be taught about it - I'm not sure. Cheers!

  • @robertwatkins364
    @robertwatkins364 Месяц назад +3

    I lived in Reno. Everyone told me, "Reno is so close to hell, you can see Sparks!"

  • @kiheirc3195
    @kiheirc3195 Месяц назад +2

    Thanks so much for video!

  • @Seventhstream211
    @Seventhstream211 9 месяцев назад +3

    appreciate bringing history back to life!

    • @Seventhstream211
      @Seventhstream211 9 месяцев назад +1

      love the song! where are the credits? How to download/pay?

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks! At present the song only exists on our last CD - we kinda broke up before getting it online. However I might find an alternative - let me work on that! Cheers!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks for hanging out at my channel!!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад +1

      Your comment inspired me to get our CD up on our Bandcamp page! You can get the song or the CD here. Thanks and cheers! hotrodrebellion.bandcamp.com/

    • @Seventhstream211
      @Seventhstream211 9 месяцев назад

      @@SteveTRYK its a great song yeah?!

  • @mrtruecommenter10000
    @mrtruecommenter10000 9 месяцев назад +2

    Thoroughly enjoyed that in fact I'll plan a trip I'm quite the desert Trekker these days I've been around for 12 years messing around in the desert and have not made it to that end of it but after your narration I have to go very good job by the way

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Hope this gives you perspective when you're out there! Thanx!

  • @stevecochrane6948
    @stevecochrane6948 9 месяцев назад +2

    Amazing how much you found, excellent video, excellent music-keeping the good things going~

  • @badapple65
    @badapple65 9 месяцев назад +1

    I loved the photography of the clouds and sky over desert time lapse At beginning of this video. Just beautiful.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks - that was about thirty minutes of time lapse.

  • @garyt3hsna1l82
    @garyt3hsna1l82 9 месяцев назад +1

    Truly a renaissance man of culture and taste thank you for sharing.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks for watching! Cheers!

  • @LostJeepsNevada
    @LostJeepsNevada Год назад +3

    Nice! Love exploring the California Trail.

  • @williamk1060
    @williamk1060 9 месяцев назад +1

    I associate these parts of nevada with nothing but good times; camping in the desert with my friends, climbing the mountains and rock fornations, shooting steel targets and gambling down in reno. I always tried to remeber how this place was hell on earth for so many people trying to cross on foot with all their belongings on wagons. I hope this wilderness can forever be preserved for future generations to explore and connect with those who came before us.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      The desert is a magical place!!

  • @randycollins7910
    @randycollins7910 7 месяцев назад +1

    Enjoyed this video. The closing song sounds like something Neil Young could have done. Enjoyed the closing tune . I wish I could see this part of America for sure. I'll have to check out more of your videos. Thanks and good luck.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  7 месяцев назад

      I appreciate that you appreciate!

  • @GraniteChief369
    @GraniteChief369 9 месяцев назад +1

    Born n raised N NV. Excellent production, beginning to end. Thanks

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks Chief!!

  • @chrisackerley1842
    @chrisackerley1842 8 месяцев назад +1

    Well done. Thanks.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  8 месяцев назад

      Thank you too!

  • @kathyg.5742
    @kathyg.5742 9 месяцев назад +2

    Great video, super interested. Loved your song! It would be fun to hear you and your band play, you sound awesome!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks so much!! Rock on!

  • @unr74
    @unr74 Год назад +3

    🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲 Five dice episode!
    Interesting how the Emigrant Trail roughly followed I-80 , yet the Pony Express followed US50 in almost the same time frame.
    I always got a chuckle in Truckee when I passed the Donner Picnic Area.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  Год назад

      Thanks for the dice!!!

    • @user-yo1pk4ky4k
      @user-yo1pk4ky4k 9 месяцев назад

      Cannibalism is so ghastly that the best reaction is humor so your mind does not dwell on it. Donner Picnic Area is one such handling of the topic as is Alfred Packer Dining Hall at the U of Colorado.

    • @user-be3xd5ig3z
      @user-be3xd5ig3z 9 месяцев назад

      He was quoted he never met a man he didn't like

    • @user-yo1pk4ky4k
      @user-yo1pk4ky4k 9 месяцев назад

      As the pork industry promotion says, "the other white meat." Alfred would probably agree!@@user-be3xd5ig3z

  • @boston_octopus
    @boston_octopus 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you so much for making this eloquent video. I heard of the Gold Rush, but never thought about how people got out to California, and never knew about the Emigrant Trail. Thanks also for the sit-down, music, and images at the end. The guitar has a particularly appealing tone, and the band as a whole is terrific.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      The boys would appreciate your kind words! Thanks!

  • @dexxis9562
    @dexxis9562 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for this video. I am currently reading The Indifferent Stars Above and I I have become fascinated with the stories of those emigrants

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      You're so welcome!

  • @susancoddington6393
    @susancoddington6393 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great song guys 👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @775Alex
    @775Alex Месяц назад

    Thank you for this most interesting video. I'm from California and found myself in Fallon, NV and fell in love with the desert. I used to wander north into the 40 mile desert 4 wheelin' and found at least one of the markers you mentioned in the video. That was Churchill County. I consider myself a Nevadan at heart and appreciate the history lesson. I subscribed and I loved your song and band at the end. Keep up the good content my friend!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  Месяц назад

      Thanks for the comments!

  • @lyndaturner4164
    @lyndaturner4164 Месяц назад +1

    I like that song!!!!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  Месяц назад

      Thanks - that means a lot!!

  • @Rese516
    @Rese516 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you. Very interesting.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      You are welcome!

  • @Myoutdoorsyadventures
    @Myoutdoorsyadventures 11 месяцев назад +2

    What a wonderful video love the info thanks for taking the time to show us ! Thumbs up

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  11 месяцев назад

      We love it out there - thanks!

    • @deaddocreallydeaddoc5244
      @deaddocreallydeaddoc5244 9 месяцев назад

      I read that in one of my books on the subject. A lot of things that would be collectibles today were scrapped during WW2 for the war effort.

  • @Stormcrow41
    @Stormcrow41 9 месяцев назад +1

    I pass through this place on the I-80 every year to go hunting out in NE Nevada and never knew about this. Thanks for the information.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      The Truckee River branch roughly parallels I-80 - once you pass Fernley you're pretty much seeing what they saw. Cheers!

  • @nunya2954
    @nunya2954 9 месяцев назад +1

    You came up on my feed, glad I clicked on this, great content, the SONG IS FABULOUS

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Thanx!! Glad you liked!

  • @dougondrums6368
    @dougondrums6368 9 месяцев назад +1

    This is an interesting video. You did a great job on showing the locations and explaining the hardships these early settlers endured. Now I want to visit this area next.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Enjoy! Bring water! Thanks!

  • @TomSmith-ls5rn
    @TomSmith-ls5rn 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you again for another terrific video!!

  • @chuckdickey8717
    @chuckdickey8717 9 месяцев назад +1

    I love your song.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks and rock on!

  • @JamesCarter-nt1cx
    @JamesCarter-nt1cx 8 месяцев назад +1

    Also leaving the Humboldt you can take the nobles trail tword Susanville and across the bogart flats to Lassen park then down through viola shingletown to the old fort Redding then over to the town of Old Shasta ! Northern California gold town! It’s all marked as well . My father retired Shasta county Sheriff and I fallowed all of it now it was ruff at times! James Carter. I’ve also have a wagon that all original metal new wood traveled from st Jose Missouri to Igo, California

  • @Myoutdoorsyadventures
    @Myoutdoorsyadventures 11 месяцев назад +1

    Also that song is everything 👏🏻🙌🏻👌🏼👍🏼

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  11 месяцев назад

      Thanks! I wrote it.

  • @miZZW
    @miZZW 9 месяцев назад +2

    So glad I came across your channel,great content👍👣👣👣👣

  • @joehamiltonsongs
    @joehamiltonsongs 9 месяцев назад +2

    Fantastic video

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks! 😃

  • @leohorishny9561
    @leohorishny9561 9 месяцев назад +2

    A small point, the Soda Lakes are actually dormant volcanoes and listed as medium level volcano hazards in current risk assessments. A good video though describing the length and severity of this landscape.👍🏻

    • @snurb48
      @snurb48 9 месяцев назад

      Glad you pointed this out. The so called graves were ejected magma from volcano's. There is a site along I-80 close to this location, where jagged rocks that have no purpose protrude in the middle of the dry lake bed. These are ejections from the supervolcano in Bridgeport. Ca. The ruts are from 4X4's(probably mine) and the circle rocks are from late night party campfires. Is this guy creditable? SMH.

  • @markdartist
    @markdartist 6 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome ending tune!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  6 месяцев назад

      Thanks for watching/listening!

  • @ubroberts5541
    @ubroberts5541 9 месяцев назад +1

    Fascinating video. We’ll worth watching! Thank you.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @larryparson9609
    @larryparson9609 9 месяцев назад +2

    Nice Amazing no mention of any Indian attack or wild animals amongst fears and struggles

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      There were Indian attacks but they were rare. There's no record of that or wild animal issues on the Forty Mile desert - neither the native Americans or animals wanted to hang out on the Forty Mile! Thanks and cheers!

  • @forbiddenhistory1
    @forbiddenhistory1 9 месяцев назад +1

    Nice job Thanks Jss

  • @danielgriffith3633
    @danielgriffith3633 9 месяцев назад +1

    Great stuff Sir- so interesting. I've been to Donner Lake and really started looking into the migration shortly after. Thank you-

  • @maryseeker7590
    @maryseeker7590 9 месяцев назад +1

    As a truck driver who travels through that area every week for years I have people walking out on the dry lakebed many miles from civilization and even at night!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Ghosts perhaps! Cheers!

  • @lindan2836
    @lindan2836 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great video! I keep thinking about the animals who didnt choose for this and were worked to death and left dying slowly....

  • @hangflyer907
    @hangflyer907 9 месяцев назад +1

    I was stationed at Fallon NAS, during 1973 - 1975, and there was a lot of information about the Carson River Route, and those lost following it, in the small museum in Fallon. The display included many recovered artifacts left behind by the immigrants trying to save their lives. One of the items included a piano that one of the travelers tried to take with them. During that time in the 70's, there were still some items to found along the trail and people regularly searched for them.
    I was part of a small Air Force detachment that had a transmitter site at Middlegate and I remember turning south on US 95, with my wife, to report to our new duty station. By the time we were half-way to Fallon, she was in tears thinking this was the type of country were were going to be living in while stationed there. The desolation of that area is hard to believe unless you see it in person. She did perk up considerably when we reached Fallon and came to really like the area and the town. (This was before Top Gun moved to the Naval base.)

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      You know because you have seen it! Cool story!

  • @Wooster23
    @Wooster23 9 месяцев назад +1

    Nice video. Thank you for putting this together

  • @cmoore421
    @cmoore421 9 месяцев назад +1

    Lived in fernley 20 years learned about the donner party in school. Drive passed that sign 14:01 at least once a month. Been binging donner party and related material for two days only now am i putting together that i live essentially directly at the spot wher the donner party found the truckee and their salvation from the desert. Im hiking that 40 mile desert next spring for sure, never been out there beyond shooting and 4x4 in the flats. Literally drive over the old railroad bed to get to where I go shooting. It’s funny you grow up in an area and know so little of its history.

  • @billroberts9182
    @billroberts9182 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for your efforts!

  • @infomercialwars
    @infomercialwars 9 месяцев назад +1

    excellent video, thanks a lot I'd love to go see this stuff

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks! If you go, admission is free!

  • @Daniel-gi3jo
    @Daniel-gi3jo 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for showing that part of the trail.

  • @sillyboybmxer1964
    @sillyboybmxer1964 Год назад +1

    Got my DVD today!thanks Steve

  • @Sea-cucumber1151
    @Sea-cucumber1151 9 месяцев назад +2

    Did you know that an ox is just a steer (or bull) usually that has been trained to pull a plow, or wagon not a separate species from cattle (cows). Usually a breed that has horns, but not always. Pretty cool, everyone thinks it’s a separate breed.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      I learned something new today! Thanks!

  • @markremillard5135
    @markremillard5135 7 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for the great video.
    I research and explore the Applegate trail. I've probably found ninety percent ofbut every little piece is exciting

  • @SlackHoffman
    @SlackHoffman 11 месяцев назад +1

    Great 💪Band Dude 🎸☠️really awesome sound and I love the song 🎵🍀🎸❤️💙🇺🇸🇬🇧☠️

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  11 месяцев назад

      Thanks and rock on!!

  • @shanevandiver8457
    @shanevandiver8457 9 месяцев назад +1

    Great video, thanks for your hard work.

  • @johnbogle6475
    @johnbogle6475 9 месяцев назад +1

    If your interested in the railroad, Before 1900 the Original CP grade went along Prater way in Sparks and only joined it's present path near Vista. I'm still trying to plot it's exact path. Thanks again.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      I adore the CP railroad history! I was bummed when I found out most of the original grade through the Truckee River Canyon out towards Fernley is now under the modern highway. Thanks!

  • @1927su
    @1927su 8 месяцев назад +1

    Hey people… Next time you turn your faucet & get safe drinking 💧 water coming out, don’t take the privilege for granted! Great vid & tune! Thank You

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks and cheers! (downs a glass of water).

  • @03stmlax
    @03stmlax 9 месяцев назад +1

    11:45 | crazy you could still see the shape of a horse and how it lay in its final moments.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  9 месяцев назад

      It's mindblowing due to how long its been.