The Oregon Trail 15 day road trip // Kansas // Days 1-2
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2024
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After a short stay in Missouri, we really get the trip going through Kansas. With the exception of driving through a couple of the larger cities on the trail, most of the state opens up and starts to become what you think of with The Oregon Trail. I spent part of 2 days in Kansas and saw as much of it as I could!
T-shirts: Day 1 - Penn's Store (Gravel Switch, KY), Day 2 - Henry Rollins
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0:00 Day 1 - Missouri border to Marysville
10:24 Day 2 - Marysville to the Nebraska border
Music
Pickup Truck - Silent Partner
Dance of the Fireflies - Nathan Moore
Hickory Hollow - Dan Lebowitz
Catch Up - Dan Lebowitz
My Oregon Trail complete playlist: ruclips.net/p/PL4jqwLUrhjNS-p8yPpMq0VxO4pN5oIZNL
We love traveling with you, and listening to all of your insights. Thanks for sharing the history about these areas.
Much appreciated! 😊
I have a cousin who lives in Silver City Ks. He was the school principal. According to your map and ones I've seen it's Rossville not Roseville. I wonder if the man it was named after would be a relative since my last name is Ross and my Father grew up in Beloit which isn't too far away. Marysville has black squirrels the only place they can be found. I saw a lot of interesting towns in Kansas that I didn't know existed. Yes, I know about Topeka being the state capitol, I should know since I've lived in Kansas all of my life. I like seeing towns in Kansas that I've never knew about other than seeing them on a map. Happy trails to you and God bless.
I love this series, I plan to drive the Oregon Trail so having these videos showing the route and interesting places along the way will really help me. I also love the 'small town USA' series. I appreciate all the time, expense and effort you put into making all of your videos, I look forward to your new releases and thoroughly enjoy them.
Aww thank you very much 😊 It’s fun for me to do, and I’m glad there are others like you who find it interesting too! I appreciate the support!
What a great idea! I wish you could do one like this on Lewis and Clark's track.
I would love to try and do that someday!
This trip is on my bucket list! Thanks for sharing!
Any time!
I LOVE KANSAS.
Thanks for taking us on the back roads. I took I-29 to I-80!
My pleasure! Love the backroads!
This series is fascinating, and really informative. I've been studying these places since I was quite young, but from the perspective of the Native American tribes of the Northern Plains. And of course, I've read Francis Parkman's book what seems like 10 or twenty times. That you've taken the time to make these videos is impressive. You must love history.
I really appreciate that! I do enjoy history, but I’m definitely not an expert. Just enjoy learning about these places and having something like The Oregon Trail to connect place to place makes it’s a lot of fun! I hadn’t seen much on the Oregon Trail on RUclips so hopefully this series sheds some light on it!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Well...the way you show on the map how you attempt to follow the trail is something I'd never even considered before. And the drone footage is something I could've never imagined when I started researching in the 70s. I feel as if I should get credit toward a history degree watching your videos. I alway recommend Parkman's book along with "Red Cloud's Folk" by George E Hyde. Parkman's view is that of the American perspective while Hyde's book covers the Native perspective, specifically the Teton Lakota (western Sioux) perspective....and specifically from the Oglala point of view through Chief Red Cloud. These videos are a perfect supplement to those works. They add a new dimension, and therefore depth.
Wow that is very nice of you to say! While on the trail I saw lots of books I wanted to buy but didn’t have room in my luggage, but now that I’m home I’m interested in reading them. I’ll check those out! Hopefully you enjoy the rest of the series - the western portion of the trip is so beautiful and scenic as well as filled with interesting history. Thanks again!
When my late husband, our 2 daughters, and I were moving from Ohio to Washington State, we hit a few stops on our cross-country move. We got to see a lot of their history as we traveled along known well traveled trails up to SD and visited one of their well-known places where the river met the Pacific Ocean in Washington State.
Back in the middle 1970’s I was acquainted with a band from the Olathe area named Bonita Short Line. They once played a free concert for us at a warehouse in Manhattan that was owned by a company I worked for. They had a great original song called Highway 69. Great musicians. I think they broke up due to personality differences but don’t know for sure. Anyone out there remember them?
I suppose some viewers already know it but worth mentioning that the Donner Party camped at Alcove Springs. One of the party, 70 year old Sarah Keyes died there and is buried nearby. There are supposed to be a number of unmarked graves in the hills around the springs. When I first visited Alcove Springs in the late 1970’s or early ‘80’s before it became a national historic landmark, there was a place in the rock formation above the springs where someone had scratched the words “B. Death”. I believe that was a warning or reference to a disease outbreak that had occurred there. Possibly cholera but I’m not sure about that. I don’t know if that has been lost due to natural occurrences or vandalism but I still have a close up black and white photograph of the carving.
Interesting stuff! Thanks for the stories!
CONGRATULATIONS A NICE VIEW OF KANSAS TRAILS HISTORY!!
ON THE GROUNDS OF THE FIRST SCHOOL OF GARDNER IS 2 MONUMENTS ONE FOR THE SANTA FE TRAIL, AND THE OTHER SMALLER ONE OF THE OREGON TRAIL!
WHEN STARTING FIRST GRADE IN GARDNER I BECAME CURIOUS ABOUT THE 2 MONUMENTS AND THE COVERED WAGON DAYS!
MY DAD TOLD ME OF THE HISTORY OF THE TRAILS!
UP TO THAT MOMENT I HAD ASSUMED THERE WERE ALWAYS CARS!!
ALL OF THIS GOT ME INTERESTED IN ROAD AND TRAIL, RAILROAD, AUTOMOTIVE, MECHANICAL,
AND PIONEER HISTORIES!
Thank you! Yes it’s a fascinating subject and to think you are right where a lot of that history happened! So many places on this trip I could’ve stopped and spent hours and hours exploring!
Dear friend, I have lived in Oregon for a year, and it is truly amazing what you created here for us to enjoy or just get back some of the most amazing memories I created there. Nowadays, I struggle with a lot of stress due to much work, but this really brought me back in time and I feel much more uplifted. Thank you again for sharing and wishing you the best :)
That is very nice of you to say! Much appreciated! I have a lot of other Oregon Trail videos coming out in the next month, including the final push through Oregon. I hope you continue to enjoy!
Just east of Topeka you would have passed "The old Stone House on the Oregon Trail". It was a B&B a few years back. On the north east corner of the property (next to old 40)there is a small cemetary of collera victims from the pioneer days.
Ahh interesting! I definitely missed that one!
Thanks for fun video! At Big Springs there was a place to see the ruts from the Turnpike, even put an old wagon there for a neat effect. A few years ago, the owners of the horse ranch dug it all up for a little ballpark--horrors!! There is a place to see the ruts in a front yard just SE of Tecumseh south side of US 40. Seems there was several more places to see actual swells around Westmoreland marked by signs.
Nice! And thank you! Always cool to see those old ruts and image what it was like back in the day. Glad they’re still around to check out!
Very interesting! A few places I made note of to go see! Keep up the good work!
Thank you! Yeah I didn’t know much about the trail through Kansas until this trip. Some cool places to check out!
I live in Gardner. Ironically, the HS mascot is the trailblazers. I say ironically since it's early settlers either quit the trail in less than 50 miles, or never intended to traverse it at all.
Interesting 🤔
Enjoyable content. Thank you!
Appreciate you watching again! Thank you for the support!
What an entertaining video! I very much enjoyed watching you drive down some streets I use daily! And some towns/areas I visit now and again.
Thanks! Lots of history down those streets and in those towns! Hopefully it’ll stay entertaining for you when it gets to Nebraska 😂
I live in Edgerton haha! This little town has grown on me a bit. Cool video!
Cool little downtown area!
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Thank you so much! Enjoy your travels on the sea!!
great history! really cool
Thank you very much!
Somewhere around St Mary's is the biggest Cottonwood tree next to an old jail if I'm remembering correctly
Donner party stopped at Alcove Springs. I spent a lot of time at the Pony Express Museum as a kid, my family still has a saddle on display there and was just there a few months ago.
Nice! It’s a very interesting and beautiful area to visit!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy my dad and grandpa were veterinarians in Marysville. Both my parents are buried there. Btw I don't know where my grandpa got it, I think it may have been a trade for services during the depression, it is a human skin side saddle. I know wierd and frightening goes to show you what humans are capable of.
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Potawatomi is my home county
Nicely done. Loved the stagecoach. Very cool. Towns were really neat.
Thank you! Definitely a fun stretch of the trail!
Thank you... love this history. Born in Topeka...hàd two great (x3) grandfathers come to the Shawnee Territory in early 1850s. Working as a deputy for the Johnson County Sheriff's Office I would come across folks looking for trail ruts. They'd have books and maps out. I believe Tecumseh was capital of the territory prior to statehood. I appreciate your information regarding the names of these towns. Surprised you didn't mention Westport MO where lots of supplies were purchased. I assume there were various venders around the area selling trail supplies. Tx again
That’s some great family history there! Thank you for watching - appreciate the nice comments!
Those parts of Kansas were much greener than I expected. I noticed the "Demise" too and thought it was interesting! As was Lanham, being divided by the Stateline. Thank you!
I’ve been all over Kansas, but I always find new and interesting things on these trips! Both of those you mentioned were unique! Thanks!
Stumbled across your channel, great videos! Keep it up, good to see you got an SUV, lol! If you're ever back in SE MO let me know. I try to seek out unique gems, some hidden and some well known. Suck at video editing but post some of my adventures on my YT.
Thank you very much! Always fun to find those hidden gems! Keep up the editing work!
"A good place to dig potatoes" that I didn't know either 🤣
Oregon Trail pop up video fun facts 😂
8:50 I've never seen the word "demise" use on a grave marker before.
As always, love your content and style
I thought that was unique too haha. That’s why I included that marker in the video. I’d like to learn more about Bigelow for a future video. Appreciate it as always!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Probably the feeling of the townspeople when the town was abandoned for Tuttle Creek Reservoir then
Marysville is the home of the black squirrel. Did you see any? I got to do some mold remediation in the courthouse there in mid 2000's and saw the black squirrels all over.
I didn’t see any but I’ve heard about them too!
Back when the trail was in use rarely did they mark graves, because they were afraid that the natives would dig them up and mutilate the bodies.
Looking at your map in the first minute, I had no idea the trail passed about 3-4 miles from my house... That's pretty cool!
Awesome! That’s why I wanted to add the maps so people could see where it actually went!
The Kansas/Nebraska version of State Line Rd. This one is a lot less busy haha
Ha! I thought about doing a Lanham ghost town video but not sure which state to include it 😂
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Quite the dilemma. That being said, if that is your biggest problem you're doing something right in life
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Oh, I know, you can do a special series called State Border Ghost Towns with Lanham being the first. I'm sure other states have border ghost towns like Lanham. Surely Lanham isn't the only one in the entire nation
That’s a great idea! I can think of Glenrio, TX/NM as one. Would take a while to drive to them haha.
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Glenrio is on Route 66. I bet you have lots of video on that
Hollenberg Station I had been meaning to visit but never have. Can you transport yourself back in time and picture the people who worked there, the customers going through there?
Yeah for sure! It’s amazing to think about. I heard the Pony Express riders would sleep in the attic!
This is a great series. I'm planning my own Oregon Trail roadtrip, but can't find an atlas with the printed trail route. Can you please share what map / atlas you used?
Thank you! I used the latest version of Delorme Atlas & Gazetteer. The only one that didn't have the Oregon Trail on it was Nebraska.
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Awesome, that's very helpful!
I plan on doing this in a couple of weeks. Perhaps a strange question but I love traveling because of how I feel when I get back. I feel as if anything is possible and my world view opens tremendously- obviously I guess- it really helps my stress and anxiety. How did you feel after the trip?
I love the feeling after a trip, although I’m always pretty exhausted - in a good way. Always gives me some new perspective on things!
I live in Kansas Ive vist all the places Hanover big pony express stopping point. Great videos. Love to get in contact with you regarding Kansas small town sites.
Thank you very much! I always enjoy talking about small towns!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy What is the origin of the music/soundtrack. Well done
Enjoy all your videos. I see on your map there was a town just south of Frankfort between it and Blaine. I cannot make out the name other than it starting with an L, what is it? As I am trying to get to every town that has ever exited in Kansas so that would be a new one for me. Thanks!
It said Lagrange. When I got there I didn't see anything. I found that there was a post office there from 1895-1901, so it's a ghost town that is totally gone now.
@Travel with a Wiseguy Thank you. Still will have to count it sometime when I am in the area. Some of the places I photograph are completely gone like this. I guess that brings up an additional question: What map do you use? I have the Delorme Atlas and Gazetteer. Thanks again!
@@taylorkesl2694 Yes that's the one I'm using in this video as well! 2022 version I think.
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Ok, thank you, I may need to get me a newer version as mine doesn't have Lagrange, Elm Creek or Merimac.
So, where did you find the map that had the trail outlined?
It’s in the Kansas Gazetteer map/book. I got one for each state in this trip and they all had the Oregon Trail like this except Nebraska.
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Thank you.
Yay Lawrence! Love Lawrence! Rock Chalk. Anti-slavery capital and damn Missourians, Quantrill's raiders, burned it to the ground killing everybody they could including women and children. Muck Fissouri.
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@@TravelwithaWiseguy Never forget the Border War!
RCJH!!! NCAA Basketball National Champions!!!!!!!!! Class of 64
@@louispaparella5766 Rock Chalk