I sent a friend a birthday card to the address she's had for years. It came back "no such address", I verified the address and put it back in the mail, it came back again. I drove to the address and put it in her mailbox. The post office can be REALLY stupid at times!
@@JeffDeWitt But of all the mail you've sent in your lifetime, that has to be the exception. If I send 300 pieces of mail in a year, and one comes back to me...isn't that an acceptable margin of error on their part?
Santee - you do such a professional job with these videos it is easy to take for granted the editing, research and time that goes into one. When I start watching frame by frame I'm amazed at the detail that goes into one.
It's not much faster today. ( lol ). I'm retired from the USPS and sometimes it can still be dangerous. I lost a couple of friends from anthrax. The hub where packages are sorted is extremely dangerous, people suffer a lot of injuries. One lady had her knee smashed by heavy equipment, she has no knee anymore! Their have been much worse injuries, from shooters. We are just one big happy family! Up on the Snake River in Idaho the mail is delivered by jet boat twice a week. Another great video Santee!
Fun fact the way the train picked up the mail from the pole at 2:59 was used until the 60s. also fun fact mail carriers on the mail trains often carried 6 shot revolvers even in the early to mid 20th century. Because they were technically federal agents. I would recommend the Colorado railroad museums RUclips channel for more information. Or you can just go, it’s a great museum and you don’t have to be a die hard train lover to enjoy it.
The last R.P.O. ran in 1976 as I recall. When I was in the US navy, the postal clerks on board had to take the post office exam but were paid by the navy.
What? No, next day free shipping anywhere in the contiguous 48, or 28? Thanks for another great video Santee and watch out Dirty Dan doesn't slip an anvil in that mail bag!
Becoming postmaster of a place became quite the perk in the day. Reading about towns of era and extinction of towns (ghost towns) has a definite postal component, this also factor when towns chosen or passed over for rail service. Have a book on Kansas Ghost Towns that occasionally refers to this component of Old West.
Always enjoy these videos and look forward to the next eagerly as soon as I've watched the latest upload! Thanks Santee and all the Arizona Ghost Riders for all that you do keeping the old West alive! Stay safe, have fun.. And I'll see you on down the trail!
Santee, you do an excellent job with these videos. Lots of information, professionally done and entertaining. History in school was never like this! Outflippinstanding!
I really enjoyed the information. I am always learning with this channel. I loved the scenes from Young Riders. Several years ago, my Confederate group was in a parade. While we were waiting, a stagecoach pulled up to where we were so I promptly robbed it. I don't like passing up a good opportunity like that. I also love the outtakes. You and Dan work great together. Thanks Compadre!
Over the past 2 years I've become fascinated with old Hollywood and I absolutely love the Gold Diggers of 1933! It's one of my favorite films of the era. That opening scene with Ginger Rogers is fantastic. I love your videos for little obscure things like that. I'm probably one of few that knows exactly who (and what movie) was singing in that part of the video. I've been watching your channel for almost two years now and I haven't missed a single video since and I have learned quite a lot. Keep up the great work Santee!!!!
It was a matter of timing. The Pony Express was established the same time the telegraph was getting started. Guess who won the competition for sending information the fastest?
Hi Santee! I always look forward to watching your videos every week! This one reminded me of one of my favorite western movies, "Broken Arrow" with Jimmy Stewart playing the role of a man named Tom Jeffers who brokers a cautious peace with Apache leader Cochise, played by Jeff Chandler, to allow mail riders to pass through Indian country in safety. Thanks for another great video. Take care & God bless!
Today, UPS and FEDEX have replaced the Pony Express. It's amazing how I can get important papers to my clients literally overnight. Now, with the advent of e-sign, youtube, facebook, instagram, and other social media, our beloved old mail service will just continue to become a thing of the past. Like horse drawn ice companies from the turn of the century, this too will be history. Thanks so much for another fun episode.
Hi santee my awesome friend it’s always nice to see you here enjoying your video even those you are a massive channel love how you always find time for us which we truly appreciate great editing as always how much as the postal service come along theses days thanks again for sharing yet another fantastic video thumbs up my friend 👍
fantastic pic of the mail sorting car !!! I had completely forgotten about actually seeing it many years ago at the California State Railroad museum in Sacramento (or one similar).... man I need to get back to that museum :-) and what's the skinny on Dirty Dan's, "Dear John letter" double entendre.... say it ain't so Mrs Cheese ! ha ha ha
@@TheRevyr1666 l my camper & collie took WHAT was to be an over night trip & spent 5. Had a great time & towns people were FANTASTIC!!! Loved it. Thanks for all videos Santee!!!
@@TheRevyr1666 Safe travels you'll love it. Big hit with me was the Bird Cage. Took the late night tour also. Got home had an image in one pic. Thanks for response.
In England, there still a Pony Express Change of horses. One rider stops and dismounts on the left, and holds the horse. The changing rider rides up and stops on the right side,, swings from there horse to the other. Meanwhile the horse holder, swings under the neck of the first horse to take the reins of the second ones. Takes paractice and timing, but a hell of stunt to pull off.
Man, I remember seeing so many history pieces about how people were robbing the trains as well as the postal service because people transferred money through mail. Craziness. LOL. Another cool video Santee. Stay safe and stay blessed. 👍👍👍👍
Hi Santee what a mission its so interesting how things progress from the first idea of it to where it now been flown all around the world and shipped,. Ol stage coach Mary the legend,
In my hometown of porterville California there's a reenactment and ride held once a year called the jackass mail run. Historically speaking it didn't exist in that area but there was a service called jackass mail named for the donkeys they used to transport the mail through the canyons of the American southwest. But obviously it reenacts the essence of delivering mail from town to town by horse or coach in any weather with all the hardships that it came with. I used to do it every year before I moved out of California. 8 hours on horseback uphill to deliver a box of mail to the post office and participate in a shootout to protect the mail from the robbers. Good times
Man, Dirty Dan hit you something nasty with that mail bag! Great Video Santee! A while back in Deadwood SD a 2 story cabin was for sale, and it was the original post office from the town of Rabuex.( Not sure on spelling, it was a mining town from before it was deadwood)
That’s cool I saw San Bernardino on the mail route I live a few hours from there I live in Southern California in orange county I wonder what it was like around here during the 1800s
@@ArizonaGhostriders hey Santee, as I'm a retired Firefighter/EMS First Responder (26yrs service), how about doin' a video on the Volunteer Fire Department's in the Old West!!
Wow only 40 sec in so wondering if Mr Briggs knows how kewl it is to get the AGR logo on his mail... Well done really nice work, very informative as usual!!!
Thank you for another great video! I want to ask you if you could do a video covering weddings in the old west. My grandmother often mentioned that some brides were bought! ! I never really belived her, can you clarify this? Thank you.
@@cooper5588 you posted "Great video santee" with in 35 seconds of him posting it. Please explain how you watch a 4 min 39 sec video and came to the conclusion it's a "Great video" in that short period of time?? Again, you must be psychic!!
My hometown of Agency Iowa, population 600, you still have to go to the post office to get your mail. Back in the day it was an Indian Agency, so that's how it got its name. Chief Wapello is buried there. Agency is located in Wapello County. Joseph Street was the Indian agent, he is buried next to Wapello. Maybe you could do a video on Indian Agencies from back then? I would guess most people have never heard about the Indian Agencies.
Santee I got a question involving the mail. So back then they would order from a catalog. What if that mail order gets lost or stopped or destroyed or burned exc. What would happen. Word would get around. Would they get a refund for their order? Always wondered about mail service in 1800s. God bless u Santee and I'll see you next weekend down the dusty trail
Howdy Santee ! Alway enjoy your vids... Just thought of somthing Looking @ your presentation, How &/or what types of books Literature Did the frontier or Rancher Read what were the most popular ones...? Heard that the well off people read a lot diring the winter time. But in the south climate in this regions did not lend it self for such Activities...? Lots of Blessing to U guys...👌💚👌👏👏👏👏
There were a lot of books out there for them to read. If they could get them, there would be what we call the classics today. Poe, Tennyson, Cooper, Stevenson, Alcott, and many more. Of course, newspapers and the Bible were also very popular.
Howdy Santee! Was wondering if you could do a video on the some of the positive relationships between Native Americans and settlers. I think it would just be nice to hear some tales of folks just getting along despite the odds in times like these.
Whoawhoawhoa...wait! Santee has fan mail?! On paper?! Wow....im shocked... Way to go. I figured itd all be digital by now. Golly gee Santee must be popular!
Folks don't realize Florida was a wild frontier cattle state like Texas post War of Northern Agression. The town of Mulberry takes it's name from the hangin' tree (where my 3X great grandfather was lynched for horse rustling). Before the town grew up there was simply a trackside hook for the mail sack as depicted at 4:37. In the 1930s my great aunt was postmaster in her combination restaurant/post office down the road in Nichols. My great uncle was sherriff and on Saturday nights his brother would get drunk and ride through town on his horse blazing away with his six shooters!
"...risking life and limb, riding across a dangerous landscape..." Or filming a video with Dirty Dan. Pause the video at 1:14 and look at the times involved. The stage wasn't that fast, averaging 4-5 mph, which is slightly faster than a jog. I bet people were glad to see the SP come through. I was told once that mileage signs on the highway derive from the distance between the main post office in each city, as they rarely move, but city limits often do. Anyone know if this is true?
Oh no 😲😲😲😲 how could dirty Harry be so cruel !! i hope he didn't injure you Santee😉😉😉. You need to *Return To Sender* to Dirty Harry 😂😂😂😂 Very informative episode Santee. Peace and blessings. Stay safe
If you go to Arizona they have part of the Butterfield trail marked, you can hike it. (at least you could when I was younger). The question we all want to know: Did the road agents really say "throw down the box"? (or was that Wells Fargo?)
Where I live there are some towns where people don't have a mailbox and they are forced to go and have a post office box which is not cheap. What's up with that? Thanks for the information always love your videos. ❤️❤️
@@ArizonaGhostriders I've seen great movie footage of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys playing in saloons but I suspect drumsets, trombones, trumpets and clarinets were actually rare in old West saloons!
Hey Santee, you've done videos on tobacco in the old west, cigars, and pipes..how about a vid on how to light them and the kind of matches available in the Old West?
@@ArizonaGhostriders Awesome, you see them in plenty of old west movies, particularly the strike anywhere type like in For a Few Dollars More when Mortimer strikes his match to try and light his pipe off of a guy's suspender straps while Eastwood uses one of the wooden pillars in the saloon to light his cigar.
@@ArizonaGhostriders I can't really risk it on the teeth..my top teeth are implants..bad day and a big bill for me if I screw them up trying to be fancy. I got a pretty scruffy face a day after shaving though so I might be able to do it that way, I've seen people do it with their fingernails and I ALMOST got it that way..but the stick broke.
Hey Santee. You think you could do a episode on jobs/the average working man? Maybe options as a young adult on the frontier to make due. Thanks. Great episode as usual 🤠👍🏻
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The thumbs-down is someone who got "Return to Sender" stamped on their letter.
I sent a friend a birthday card to the address she's had for years. It came back "no such address", I verified the address and put it back in the mail, it came back again. I drove to the address and put it in her mailbox. The post office can be REALLY stupid at times!
What a mail hater!
@@davidrodgers9017 Well... I WAS pretty irritated at them, and when you go to the post office website there is no place to register complaints.
@@JeffDeWitt But of all the mail you've sent in your lifetime, that has to be the exception. If I send 300 pieces of mail in a year, and one comes back to me...isn't that an acceptable margin of error on their part?
@@JeffDeWitt LOL! I have some war stories about the USPS myself.
Santee - you do such a professional job with these videos it is easy to take for granted the editing, research and time that goes into one. When I start watching frame by frame I'm amazed at the detail that goes into one.
I agree with you Santee really is doing wonderful videos,and all his hard work is clearly seen.
Thanks, folks. It really is fun for me to do.
Hell yeah, was waiting for this one! Thanks, Santee, and everyone else there at the Ghostriders!
Much appreciated.
It's not much faster today. ( lol ). I'm retired from the USPS and sometimes it can still be dangerous. I lost a couple of friends from anthrax. The hub where packages are sorted is extremely dangerous, people suffer a lot of injuries. One lady had her knee smashed by heavy equipment, she has no knee anymore! Their have been much worse injuries, from shooters. We are just one big happy family! Up on the Snake River in Idaho the mail is delivered by jet boat twice a week. Another great video Santee!
That's great info and thanks for your service.
@@ArizonaGhostriders next time I'll have to tell you about the funny stuff! Have a great day!
@@richardcolligon4277 Go on, you know you want to, and we want it!
@@51WCDodge that's what she said last night! Ruger Rich
@@richardcolligon4277 at my age the prime consideration I look for in female company, is patience.
Fun fact the way the train picked up the mail from the pole at 2:59 was used until the 60s. also fun fact mail carriers on the mail trains often carried 6 shot revolvers even in the early to mid 20th century. Because they were technically federal agents. I would recommend the Colorado railroad museums RUclips channel for more information.
Or you can just go, it’s a great museum and you don’t have to be a die hard train lover to enjoy it.
That is good info. Thanks, man!
The last R.P.O. ran in 1976 as I recall. When I was in the US navy, the postal clerks on board had to take the post office exam but were paid by the navy.
What? No, next day free shipping anywhere in the contiguous 48, or 28? Thanks for another great video Santee and watch out Dirty Dan doesn't slip an anvil in that mail bag!
HAHAHA! Getting hit with a canvas bag is a lot less fun than I thought it would be. That's a rough weave!
A Saturday morning video from the ghostriders! , my morning coffee can wait a bit
Drink while you watch. I'll let ya!
Becoming postmaster of a place became quite the perk in the day. Reading about towns of era and extinction of towns (ghost towns) has a definite postal component, this also factor when towns chosen or passed over for rail service. Have a book on Kansas Ghost Towns that occasionally refers to this component of Old West.
Yeah. It's amazing how a town will be essentially gone...but the post office is still open for the last few folks in the region.
Always enjoy these videos and look forward to the next eagerly as soon as I've watched the latest upload! Thanks Santee and all the Arizona Ghost Riders for all that you do keeping the old West alive! Stay safe, have fun.. And I'll see you on down the trail!
Thank you! Much appreciated, Wanderer.
Yosemite Sam: Give me all your mail and your females. LOL
HA!
Haha good
Santee, you do an excellent job with these videos. Lots of information, professionally done and entertaining. History in school was never like this!
Outflippinstanding!
Thank you, Rico. It's fun to do.
I really enjoyed the information. I am always learning with this channel. I loved the scenes from Young Riders. Several years ago, my Confederate group was in a parade. While we were waiting, a stagecoach pulled up to where we were so I promptly robbed it. I don't like passing up a good opportunity like that. I also love the outtakes. You and Dan work great together. Thanks Compadre!
Thanks, Eric. Good job robbing it. "Take the opportunity", Brazen Bill would say!
Over the past 2 years I've become fascinated with old Hollywood and I absolutely love the Gold Diggers of 1933! It's one of my favorite films of the era. That opening scene with Ginger Rogers is fantastic. I love your videos for little obscure things like that. I'm probably one of few that knows exactly who (and what movie) was singing in that part of the video. I've been watching your channel for almost two years now and I haven't missed a single video since and I have learned quite a lot. Keep up the great work Santee!!!!
Thanks. I have some obscure stuff rattling around in my brain. Helps to have a previous career in theater, too.
Much appreciated.
I had no idea the Pony Express only lasted a year and a half!
When I first found out I was shocked too.
Yes, the Pony Express is iconic in Western history but didn't actually exist long.
Long enough to become legend, which is all that matters in the West.
@@willieclark2256 Yup!
It was a matter of timing. The Pony Express was established the same time the telegraph was getting started. Guess who won the competition for sending information the fastest?
I definitely appreciate the history and how far delivering mail/packages have come
Thank you!
Dad...where is the food I ordered off Amazon?
I cancelled that. You can't order human food, dude.
Loved the intro today, you two have great comic timing
Thank you!
Hi Santee! I always look forward to watching your videos every week! This one reminded me of one of my favorite western movies, "Broken Arrow" with Jimmy Stewart playing the role of a man named Tom Jeffers who brokers a cautious peace with Apache leader Cochise, played by Jeff Chandler, to allow mail riders to pass through Indian country in safety. Thanks for another great video. Take care & God bless!
Ooo, great movie. I forgot about it. Shoot.
Timely. - Jed 🤠
Sorta....
Today, UPS and FEDEX have replaced the Pony Express. It's amazing how I can get important papers to my clients literally overnight. Now, with the advent of e-sign, youtube, facebook, instagram, and other social media, our beloved old mail service will just continue to become a thing of the past. Like horse drawn ice companies from the turn of the century, this too will be history. Thanks so much for another fun episode.
I think there will always be mail service. You're welcome!
Best channel on RUclips. God bless ya, Santee.
Thank you much, Damon!
Thank you , Santee for another wonderful time ! I love these !
Much appreciated.
What a bonus to learn something on a Saturday morning! Great video!
Thanks.
Hi santee my awesome friend it’s always nice to see you here enjoying your video even those you are a massive channel love how you always find time for us which we truly appreciate great editing as always how much as the postal service come along theses days thanks again for sharing yet another fantastic video thumbs up my friend 👍
Thank you!
Once again, a great video from de ArizonaGhostriders. Thanks Santee
My pleasure!
Thanks Santee for this one, my father was a postman for eighteen years here in Portugal! Thanks again.
Very cool, Marco!
Another great video. My students love your videos and I love sharing them with my students. They make for great historical discussions.
Thank you so much, April! Glad I can help.
The abuse you have to take from Dan is so sad, it makes me laugh every time. 😎
Thanks for kicking Saturday off on a good note.
So sad, but it makes you laugh...
I'll take it.
fantastic pic of the mail sorting car !!! I had completely forgotten about actually seeing it many years ago at the California State Railroad museum in Sacramento (or one similar).... man I need to get back to that museum :-) and what's the skinny on Dirty Dan's, "Dear John letter" double entendre.... say it ain't so Mrs Cheese ! ha ha ha
It ain't so. With Dan, you don't know what is going to come out of his mouth. BUT, I wouldn't have it any other way...
Love Your videos Santee can't hardly wait for Sunday to get here to watch the next one..
Thank you!
Another good one, 3 Saturdays from today I’ll be watching an episode from Tombstone. Can’t wait. Dream come true.
You're gonna love it.
Arizona Ghostriders Oh I know. I told my parents’ they might have to send my kids and dog to me because I won’t want to come back to NY.
@@TheRevyr1666 l my camper & collie took WHAT was to be an over night trip & spent 5. Had a great time & towns people were FANTASTIC!!! Loved it. Thanks for all videos Santee!!!
Judy Schmoll my wife and I have a full week of Tombstone planned.
@@TheRevyr1666 Safe travels you'll love it. Big hit with me was the Bird Cage. Took the late night tour also. Got home had an image in one pic. Thanks for response.
YEEEESSSS NEW VIDEO IM HAPPY
Much appreciated.
In England, there still a Pony Express Change of horses. One rider stops and dismounts on the left, and holds the horse. The changing rider rides up and stops on the right side,, swings from there horse to the other. Meanwhile the horse holder, swings under the neck of the first horse to take the reins of the second ones. Takes paractice and timing, but a hell of stunt to pull off.
I, for one, would love to see that!
@@ArizonaGhostriders Don't know if I'd like to try it a Western Saddle though:-)
@@51WCDodge Didn't think of that!
Man, I remember seeing so many history pieces about how people were robbing the trains as well as the postal service because people transferred money through mail. Craziness. LOL. Another cool video Santee. Stay safe and stay blessed. 👍👍👍👍
Much appreciated. Hope all is well with you!
:D So informed and very interesting. The mail service was such an important job
I would do it just to wear the cool pith helmet.
I'm sure glad I found this channel. Love the old west. Also love to laugh.
You've won on both counts!
Finally finished the video , nice job as always santee ! I always Liked your editing style
Much appreciated.
@@ArizonaGhostriders btw , do you make your own outro ? If so will you upload a vid of it ? It sounds very nice
If I recall right the village of Supai in Arizona still gets the mail via mule train.
Yes, the only place in America.
Hi Santee what a mission its so interesting how things progress from the first idea of it to where it now been flown all around the world and shipped,. Ol stage coach Mary the legend,
Yes!!!
Poor Bill, killed or some penny saver coupons!!!
Awesome video Santee, loved seeing Fairfield again!!!
Gald you enjoyed it. Fairbank got an upgrade a couple years back. I believe they sunk some money into stabilizing buildings, etc. for tourism.
Excellent, never thought about that issues in the Old West... Thanks a lot - and a great and funny Intro... 😁 😁 😁 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Thank you!
Very interesting mail history! In the old day by horse than train now plane✈️ awesome shared👍🏼
Yes it was
Hope its cooler down in Tucson for you guys Phoenix is a no go this weekend lol thanks for the vids
Another heat advisory down here.
In my hometown of porterville California there's a reenactment and ride held once a year called the jackass mail run. Historically speaking it didn't exist in that area but there was a service called jackass mail named for the donkeys they used to transport the mail through the canyons of the American southwest. But obviously it reenacts the essence of delivering mail from town to town by horse or coach in any weather with all the hardships that it came with. I used to do it every year before I moved out of California. 8 hours on horseback uphill to deliver a box of mail to the post office and participate in a shootout to protect the mail from the robbers. Good times
I've heard of that!! So cool.
Man, Dirty Dan hit you something nasty with that mail bag! Great Video Santee! A while back in Deadwood SD a 2 story cabin was for sale, and it was the original post office from the town of Rabuex.( Not sure on spelling, it was a mining town from before it was deadwood)
Maybe Roubaix? That's cool. Wonder who bought it...
Yeah, it was Roubaix! It had a couple of acres, I wish it could have been me, but getting a house in 8th grade halfway across the country is hard.
@@larryblack5963 Yes, yes it is
Imagine you get hit on your nose and a medic come's out with a bottle of whiskey and a bone saw
Then drinks the whiskey.
WE GOT MAIL!
:-)
A new video from you is like getting the mail in in 1886. Takes about a week too. 😂
HAHA!
Another great video Santee. Keep em coming.
JT
Thank you!
That’s cool I saw San Bernardino on the mail route I live a few hours from there I live in Southern California in orange county I wonder what it was like around here during the 1800s
Snoop around, I bet you find some historical sites.
Arizona Ghostriders Have you ever seen the wild west show at Knott’s Berry Farm?
What about revolving rifles? Were they used much? They don't appear much in the movies, but they sure looks good though.
I will do one on those. Thanks!
About time we had the mail arrive with a question about mail. XD. Nice work, Santee.
Yeah!
Well Santee that was another excellent presentation on my favorite subject , the Old West
Surely no Democrats on this production team
Nope. I'm surprised nobody has slammed them for mail fraud on here, yet.
Good morning Santee!!
Hello!
@@ArizonaGhostriders hey Santee, as I'm a retired Firefighter/EMS First Responder (26yrs service), how about doin' a video on the Volunteer Fire Department's in the Old West!!
Wow only 40 sec in so wondering if Mr Briggs knows how kewl it is to get the AGR logo on his mail... Well done really nice work, very informative as usual!!!
Thank you! Sure appreciate the comment. You may have missed one, though....Fairbank. ;-)
But with your eagle eyes....I doubt it.
Another day another great topic santee.
Thank you! Much appreciated.
Love it!
Good!
Thank you for another great video! I want to ask you if you could do a video covering weddings in the old west. My grandmother often mentioned that some brides were bought! ! I never really belived her, can you clarify this? Thank you.
I did one on weddings. Yes, some brides were purchased. Mail order brides...hmmmm...there's another video.
@@ArizonaGhostriders Definitely! !
Yeah, those "Dear John" letters are hell. I'm thinking of changing my name to Chuck or Bob.
Ha!!!
Great video santee
You haven't even had time to watch...ooooo, you must be psychic!!
S. Michael DeHart aka WVUmounties8 I did to
@@cooper5588 you posted "Great video santee" with in 35 seconds of him posting it. Please explain how you watch a 4 min 39 sec video and came to the conclusion it's a "Great video" in that short period of time?? Again, you must be psychic!!
Thank you.
S. Michael DeHart aka WVUmounties8 I don’t even know what that means
Such a Great Show
Thank You!
Great video. You really mailed it on that one.
Gets your stamp of approval?
Arizona Ghostriders yeppers really had it licked.
@@michaelpage4199 Good. Took me awhile to sort it all out.
Another great video! Thanks!
Thank you!
Thanks for another interesting episode .
You're welcome!
I am beginning the post office next week. I will try to get it done sooner than later.
That's cool, Michael. Can't wait to see what you come up with.
I agree with "Lionquest's" assessment......Maybe you should send Dirty Dan over to him for some OJT and character adjustment. LOL
ok!
My hometown of Agency Iowa, population 600, you still have to go to the post office to get your mail. Back in the day it was an Indian Agency, so that's how it got its name. Chief Wapello is buried there. Agency is located in Wapello County. Joseph Street was the Indian agent, he is buried next to Wapello. Maybe you could do a video on Indian Agencies from back then? I would guess most people have never heard about the Indian Agencies.
Thanks, Nancy. Very neat, that info. I will do one on Indian Agencies at some point.
@@ArizonaGhostriders Thank you.
Santee I got a question involving the mail. So back then they would order from a catalog. What if that mail order gets lost or stopped or destroyed or burned exc. What would happen. Word would get around. Would they get a refund for their order? Always wondered about mail service in 1800s.
God bless u Santee and I'll see you next weekend down the dusty trail
I assume that was a loooong process, and I'm sure they got refunded or another item sent out.
Howdy Santee !
Alway enjoy your vids...
Just thought of somthing
Looking @ your presentation,
How &/or what types of books
Literature Did the frontier or Rancher
Read what were the most popular ones...?
Heard that the well off people read a lot diring the winter time.
But in the south climate in this regions did not lend it self for such
Activities...?
Lots of Blessing to U guys...👌💚👌👏👏👏👏
There were a lot of books out there for them to read. If they could get them, there would be what we call the classics today. Poe, Tennyson, Cooper, Stevenson, Alcott, and many more. Of course, newspapers and the Bible were also very popular.
Howdy Santee!
Was wondering if you could do a video on the some of the positive relationships between Native Americans and settlers. I think it would just be nice to hear some tales of folks just getting along despite the odds in times like these.
Good point. I'll do my best.
Whoawhoawhoa...wait! Santee has fan mail?! On paper?! Wow....im shocked... Way to go. I figured itd all be digital by now. Golly gee Santee must be popular!
He was just joking. But, I appreciate it!
Oh... I see how ya is now... I best go get that envelope out of the mail i dropped in there then.
Hey santee, I know it probably would not be a very long video but what were belt buckles like in the old west
It's been asked and I will do one at some point.
Santee, could you do a video on the wagon trains of the old west, and the job and the function of the wagon master?
I sure can. Thanks!
Thanks for the great episode. I can almost picture Dirty Dan delivering mail by stagecoach, or would that be robbing the stagecoach??
Robbing
Santee Can you do a episode on Indian horses an horse breed in the old west
I would definitely be interested in that subject.
Yes about horses and Livery Stables!♥️👍😎🇺🇸
Did one on horse breeds already
@@ArizonaGhostriders It was a good'n
Folks don't realize Florida was a wild frontier cattle state like Texas post War of Northern Agression. The town of Mulberry takes it's name from the hangin' tree (where my 3X great grandfather was lynched for horse rustling). Before the town grew up there was simply a trackside hook for the mail sack as depicted at 4:37. In the 1930s my great aunt was postmaster in her combination restaurant/post office down the road in Nichols. My great uncle was sherriff and on Saturday nights his brother would get drunk and ride through town on his horse blazing away with his six shooters!
So I hear! I'll have to do an episode on that.
Do a video on the usage of Bows and Arrows in the Wild West. Love the content, also from Arizona and lover of the west
Great suggestion!
Very interesting i never knew when stamps began an actual mail service started.
England had it before us, though.
@@ArizonaGhostriders I also did not know that thank u sir an happy labor day.
Splendid Ghost🤗! Thanks🤣
You're welcome!
Santee,
What was the typical dinner for a family or single persons in the old west? What about the common restaurant menu?
I have some videos on old west food that show restaurant fare and what pioneers ate. I'll do more.
Hey santee, if you have red dead online or ps plus, could you see how historical accurate the clothing items are?
I've mentioned it in the console game in two videos. I might do more in the future. They did a great job with clothing in the game.
"...risking life and limb, riding across a dangerous landscape..." Or filming a video with Dirty Dan.
Pause the video at 1:14 and look at the times involved. The stage wasn't that fast, averaging 4-5 mph, which is slightly faster than a jog. I bet people were glad to see the SP come through.
I was told once that mileage signs on the highway derive from the distance between the main post office in each city, as they rarely move, but city limits often do. Anyone know if this is true?
I'll look that up! Interesting.
Oh no 😲😲😲😲 how could dirty Harry be so cruel !! i hope he didn't injure you Santee😉😉😉. You need to *Return To Sender* to Dirty Harry 😂😂😂😂
Very informative episode Santee.
Peace and blessings. Stay safe
Thank you!
As always great information and a good historylesson Santee :) Yeeehawww :)
Thank you, stor jägare i skandinavien!
Howz about a tribute to Old Tucson, it will be missed. Loved the Steampunk Conventions!
Well, it's not gone. The county took it over, and we don't know yet what they want to do with it. Pretty sure it will come back after the pandemic!
If you go to Arizona they have part of the Butterfield trail marked, you can hike it. (at least you could when I was younger).
The question we all want to know: Did the road agents really say "throw down the box"?
(or was that Wells Fargo?)
It's my understanding they said something to that effect. 'Stand and Deliver' was another one.
@@ArizonaGhostriders Thanks!
No video arcade? Man what did the kids do for fun?
Play marbles and try not to die from Cholera or Dysentery, etc. !
@@ArizonaGhostriders ah poor things
I will see you down the trail
Yes!
I love how all of these videos can be summed up as "Murica'" 🤠🇺🇸
Why thank yuh!
Where I live there are some towns where people don't have a mailbox and they are forced to go and have a post office box which is not cheap. What's up with that? Thanks for the information always love your videos. ❤️❤️
Right??? You're welcome.
Very cool content . We loved it
Thank you!
Do you one on musical instruments in the old west
When I get some footage.
@@ArizonaGhostriders Perhaps you could locate someone who has a collection, or better yet someone who plays those instruments.
@@ArizonaGhostriders I've seen great movie footage of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys playing in saloons but I suspect drumsets, trombones, trumpets and clarinets were actually rare in old West saloons!
@@alswann2702 Maybe. I'll look into it.
"Less than the priceof a glass of whiskey," eh? So what was the price of a glass of whiskey?
Five to ten cents...unless it was a boom town. Those could go over a dollar a glass.
Hey santee
Could you do an episode on watches and clocks in the old west the styles, types and how they were carried
Did one on watches!
Hey Santee, you've done videos on tobacco in the old west, cigars, and pipes..how about a vid on how to light them and the kind of matches available in the Old West?
Certainly. Match safes as well.
@@ArizonaGhostriders Awesome, you see them in plenty of old west movies, particularly the strike anywhere type like in For a Few Dollars More when Mortimer strikes his match to try and light his pipe off of a guy's suspender straps while Eastwood uses one of the wooden pillars in the saloon to light his cigar.
@@ShinKyuubi ....and Jack Palance lights his off his jaw in City Slickers
@@ShinKyuubi I can strike them off a tooth, and with a fingernail. My skin is too oily I guess for that one
@@ArizonaGhostriders I can't really risk it on the teeth..my top teeth are implants..bad day and a big bill for me if I screw them up trying to be fancy. I got a pretty scruffy face a day after shaving though so I might be able to do it that way, I've seen people do it with their fingernails and I ALMOST got it that way..but the stick broke.
Hey Santee. You think you could do a episode on jobs/the average working man? Maybe options as a young adult on the frontier to make due. Thanks.
Great episode as usual 🤠👍🏻
Certainly
I love mail
Yes, me too.
Hey Santee, how about one on train cars of the old west?
Yeeeaaah!
Mornin Santee & Dirty Dan ☕️.... Take it easy on him Dan 😂
LOL
hey santee would you do a video (or 2) on the historical accuracy and historical wrongness of the rdr2 clothing, weapons and towns
I did 2 videos on some of the things they got right and wrong.
@@ArizonaGhostriders i know but i want to see some on the towns i dont think you mentioned towns/citys in those videos