Lake Valley Ghost Town - where no one wanted to leave
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- A sprawling expanse of creosote bushes sways in the gentle breeze just outside our windows. The haggard tarmac stretches out before us winding its way through to left-behind places. Whole lives were lived out here, and it seems nowadays, just the sun, wind, and rain pays these places any attention.
Only the hearty and strong-willed survived. The places they laid their heads seem to have taken on that trait. The instinct to hold on and let your story be told has a tight grip on the small ghost town of Lake Valley.
The homesteads and buildings which sit tranquil behind a wire fence have the most to say. There is a magnetism to them. You can feel in the air, like the eyes of a painting which follow you. A mystery blankets the lands now, and you wonder why. What brought them and you out here?
It was one of the largest silver strikes in the area that enticed the first inhabitants to this area-the Bridal Chamber Mine.
Whole towns sprung up with the hopes of riches providing a comfortable life, and Lake Valley was no different.
The last resident passed away in 1994 after arriving in 1904, spending 90 years in the same home.
The Bureau Of Land Management took over the townsite and is slowly restoring what has refused to give up.
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I have lived in NM for over 35 years. According to Google maps, this is 51 miles from my house, and I have never heard of it! Will be making the trip shortly. Thanks.
Wonderful! Have a great time!
Is this on the road over eastern Gila mtns acting as a short cut from Albuquerque to Tucson ?
Gwen, Silver city or Deming? It is 45 miles for me and have driven past it, will be making the trip as well.
@@frankjose2231 it goes from Nut to Hillsborough. Nut is outside hatch
Thank you so much for sharing! My great grandparents originated here. And are now buried onsite. My family would be nothing with out Lake Valley NM ♥️ home sweet home
That is amazing thank you for sharing that information. It is a wonderful place indeed!
All the building and furnitures are in good condition,I wish I could buy this town.
May I ask your Great grandparents ' names? My ancestors lived there, too. There name was Jobson. My grandmother taught school there.
Very nice town. I'm glad someone has been preserving the town so that people can come and see how it was back in the day.
We agree. There are caretakers there 24/7 and BLM (Bureau of Land Management) are fixing it up one building at a time.
Hey Deb
InstaBlaster...
Every now and then I still use cursive..and more often than not I get asked where I learnt to write like that🤷
School people...school.I really think the world needs to dial it back a few decades.another great video,..thanks guys👍
I know isn’t it sad and scary cursive is the new calligraphy, maybe writing all together is heading that direction which is a really scary thought!
I'm old, I use cursive writing, and last week I saw a lovely handwritten note in cursive writing on a machine which needed fixing, in the factory where I work, left there by one of the engineers for his work colleagues. But they don't seem to teach it in school anymore.
Yes that form of writing seems to be falling by the way side these days. It is unfortunate, because as you said they look lovely and seem to have a more caring tone about them! Thank you for the comment!
They taught it to me I 4th grade I also went to French school from kindergarten to 1st grade
I too find that odd that cursive isn't used any more. I'm only 54 and learned how to write cursive in the third grade. How do people write notes, sentiments or a signature today?
@@tdk1246 People's writing today seems more like printed letters, not joined and flowing.
@@tdk1246 I am 52 and learned cursive back in the 4th grade. I had a difficult time learning it but once I learned it never foregot. People nowadays will never know how to use cursive or even read a analog watch...
I'm really enjoying your videos of Nevada ghost towns. I grew up in Sacramento County and did a lot of exploring in Nevada back in the 70s. it never got out to enough places though. I have some rare books on the old local history. One of them is "Ghosts of the Glory Trail," by Nell Murbarger, published in 1954. She did a thorough job. There are vivid descriptions of towns that have changed a lot since when she found them. So the book is a good "moment in time." sort of look at these places.
Thank you so much. Glad you are enjoying our pins. Some of those old books are amazing reads especially if they have photos of what the towns and camps looked like back in the day.
@@PinInTheAtlas Another one I found is a Scholar Select reprint of a travel log from the 1860s, titled "Adventures in the Apache Country - A Tour Through Arizona And Sonora, With Notes On The Silver Regions Of Nevada," by John Ross Browne. I highly recommend it.
I worked at White Sands Missile Range in the,1960s and had an office mate who had been a fourth generation rancher in the Lake Valley area. He occasionally returned there to attend the monthly dance held in the school house. He said that the place was always packed and had lively bands. No alcohol was allowed in the building but many would sneak out to the cars once in awhile.
That's interesting, Walt. Thanks for sharing. Must have been a great place back in the day - well it still is, but would have been nice to experience one of those dances.
I love to see other people take the time to explain these old ghost towns. Ghost towns is one of those things I do on my channel. Shalom
In a dry area the roof is probably the key, the collapsed house probably would have stood if a metal roof were put on it. The standing houses that were preserved have metal roof, the adobe also helps a lot.
WOW! Thanks so much for this video. I like the fact that you took the time to explain some of the history of the place. A pity that there are not some old photo's of the place during its peak - I am sure that there are some somewhere - perhaps an appeal to your viewers might produce some for mounting in the museum. Again thanks for a really enjoyable video.
Thank you, that is an absolutely wonderful idea!
Love New Mexico, beautiful, spiritual, and still sort of lawless.
There are some really stunning places there and its never really crowded which we like.
That's a Model G6 made by the Mossler safe company in 1884 near Cincinnati.
The serial number is stamped on the ridge on hinge 2.
If you have the serial #, Mosslers website will tell you who bought it and where it was shipped too.
Thank you for that info, that is really interesting to know. We will keep an eye out in the future.
Very interesting video of lake valley ghost Town I believe it's a New Mexico about 17 miles from Hillsboro you could easily find it on the map these videos always interest me I like exploring I explored so many things all over the world been too many countries and my home country and Ireland where I still have ancestors living there that is an amazing country but anyway this video is excellent I give it five stars and be safe ⭐🇺🇸💯🍀🇨🇮💯👍
Yes that is correct. Thank you for watching and for the lovely compliments, Risteard!
I live in NM, there are alot of mining ghost towns, lot of failed farms on eastern plains during dust bowl
Been a while since we stopped at Lake Valley. Need to go back. So many places, so little time.
Imagine the logistics of keeping 4000 people supplied with food, etc., back in the day! How far away is it to the next big town? And it also had a gas station?! Thanks for sharing this little gem.
Yes we have these same little conversations as we approach these areas, they were a real feat and a testament to the human spirit to make a living! It is around 70 or so miles from Las Cruces in a very historic and storied area of New Mexico. Thank you for watching!
They were farming, and that's how they supplied with food.
Excellent video! I did not know that a ghost town could be a museum.
Two thumbs up ! Thank you for sharing.
Yes they have caretakers looking after the place. Maybe one for you to pin. Glad you enjoyed it Robert.
Thank you for giving us some history of the town. Also putting the camera up to secure buildings windows to have a peak inside. I'm would have been as curious about what was inside too!
Thank you for watching and the comment Wayne. I think it is an inherent fascination to always know what's behind closed doors!
Just found your channel and really enjoyed the video. Thank you for telling the story of this place. It makes watching much more engaging. Ordinary people managed to make a living in desolate places like this and that's what makes them so interesting.
Thank you Bill, we really appreciate that. It is very humbling to think how hard they had to work for the most simple of tasks we take for granted today.
I love old books, you can smell the history on them. ❤
Yes, there is something so magical about them, they are the gateway to our imagination!
Thank you for all the opportunities to see a part of America that would never be able to see on my own.
Thank you for coming along with us on these journeys. We have many many more to come that we hope you will enjoy as well.
Oh my goodness, this wa so delightful to watch. I have never seen any of your videos, until now. Its 3:30 in the morning when I should be sleeping and here i am, watching your videos. Thank you so much.
Thank you for the wonderful comment! We are very glad you are enjoying them!
"Good thang you folks stayed on ther trail. I kinda got the feelin' you's bein' watched. Ne'er can tell when an arrow be a comin' from one o' those bushes."😉
I just want to say you guys do a real nice job and I like what you do
Why, thank you Harold. We are learning all the time attempting to improve our content and quality. This video was one of our old ones, and we didn't have mics.
Thank you for this video. Please keep on doing what you do. The lady does a fine job; her voice and intonation are excellent, as is her elocution.
GO STEELERS!
Thank you so much this is an earlier video so we have been able to purchase some mics for better audio. It’s a learning curve and we are always striving to get better.
Love hearing from STEELERS fans!
The safes didn't blow around. They were carefully put there by thieves. Not sure what happens to the doors. They always seem to be missing.
Safe doors are off bc ppl blew them off looking for loot...
I would love to hike out there.
Wonderhussy Adventures sent me over! Top Self adventures you two!!! I'll be bouncing through your "Art" over the next couple days! Much love Larry
Thanks, Larry. We hope you enjoy our content. We have many more adventures on the horizon.
Black Jack Ketchum was a relative of my brother inlaw Robert Robert Ketcham . Fun Fact . Was amazing you mentioned him ... its why i watched your video . Sweet conections . Bob passed away 2yrs ago . His brother still has a house in Nevada and by me here in hugo mn . Him and his sister are the only 2 left from the ketchum family . Small world .
Wow, that is a fun fact. Thanks for sharing, and glad you enjoyed the video. Many more adventures to come.
My mom is from San Patricio, NM could you do some history there ? Mom told me some things. Her mom left San Patricio and Roswell took two children to California. In 2018-2019 I lived in Las Cruces discovering Parts of my heritage. I needed surgery and ran out of money had to go back to Tennessee. I am originally from CA.
I sure loved it. I really did not want to leave. Watching this bring 😭 tears and awww.
We have driven through San Patricio - a very small community - on our way to Roswell. Unfortunately, there wasn't anything there that we could document and there are lots of videos on Roswell, so we decided not to film there either.
@@PinInTheAtlas there's the old graveyard and then there's the new graveyard plus they have a museum and there's a river that flows back there. There is a retreat and casitas you could stay in
@@delphiniapickett2934 Thank you so much for that info Delphinia, we will look into that. Though we tend to just boondock as we don't have the $ for campsites and such.
That part of the country, it was still the "wild west" well into the 1930s. Read about the Bronco Apaches. Very interesting history.
Btw, your accent is delightful.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Really appreciate your reverent presentation of these historical structures despite their dilapidated condition. Andrea's wonderful accent and pronunciations remind me of my childhood in Jamaica (1954-1959). Also, I get a good chuckle from your outtakes. Keep up the very good content. My suggestion for your videos is to group them in a given locale. That way I get the feeling of vacationing where I can't go in my wheelchair, e.g. Florida, New Mexico, Idaho; or, regionally, SE US, NW US, Northern California, Southern California, etc. Thanks for putting all your pins in my atlas!
So glad you are enjoying our pins and are able to come along with us. It does take a lot of time doing the research of these historic sites, plus finding them in the first place. We do have them grouped together on different playlists. Some more than others. Hope that helps, David.
That is the best car I've seen so far in a mining camp. I like the boilers and winches and head frames and surviving ore bins as I'm a train modeller doing mining activities. The more mine history the better too. Gold. Thailand Paul formerly of California.
We wondered if the car had been left, or if the BLM had got it from somewhere else. Fortunately, they have caretakers here 24/7 which helps prevent looters.
I did enjoy some of your areas. My wife love the Steeelers Hat, we are from in Washington, WA. Seahawks... Thanks!
Well I don't know about everybody else but I really enjoy the outtakes as much as the video. I find it fascinating when a CZcams channel will mention another Channel and when I watch that other channel I think that might be how I found you was watching abandoned and forgotten places
Glad you enjoy the out-takes. We don't do them very often.
Yep, we did a collab with Gly and Jeff. Had a really good time. Happy you found us and hope you enjoy the rest of our content.
My grandmother ,Roberta Jobson, taught school at that school house. Thank you for sharing.
You’re welcome. Glad you enjoyed our “pin”.
I really enjoyed this video! I've never heard of this Ghost Town before and this video was very informative.
Glad you enjoyed, J.K. and thank you for watching. Hope you enjoy the rest of our content.
I love old ghost towns!
Excellent detail.
"The energies are eternal."
Appreciate your works shared.
Thank you Beth. This is an older explore. We’ve got better! 🤣 new videos are out every Tuesday 7am PST. Hope you join us
I'm glad they have care takers there.
I love old places like this. They're real opportunities for photo shoots, and canvas paintings!
We love them too! As long as the lens cap is off of your camera you won't be able to take a bad picture!
@@PinInTheAtlas oh my gosh, I've heard of people leaving their lens caps on their cameras. Just tell everyone that those pictures were shot at night, LOL!
@@bonnieharris8112 Yes exactly!
Too old to go exploring...thx for doing it for me and my wife. Love the videos! The ashram video led me to Mr. Wolfe.
Thanks Ken. Glad you are able to come along in spirit. Mr Wolfe certainly was an interesting character
By observing "ENJOY BUT DO NOT DESTROY YOUR AMERICAN HERITAGE" we could eliminate a lot of the social unrest/cancel culture we are seeing today!
haha, sorry but the Confederacy was cancelled in 1865.
Yes indeed I love are country 🇺🇸 the good an bad
you can sure tell which way the wind blows there! the skool house has cement columns going across the front.. thanks guys! ...happy trails always....
10:43 Is that a covered wagon wheel? It's darn interesting, whatever it is. Thanks for this journey.
Glad you enjoyed it Robert. The BLM are attempting to do rebuild some of the structures and make them more secure for future generations to explore. Lake Valley has 24 hour caretakers, which is great. Helps protect the site from vandals and looters.
I dont see a wheel. I see a metal gear just after the timestamp you mention.
Wow that's really a good place to live there
I love historic places and haunted ghost towns.
So do we, Diane.
Another amazing tour, thank you for sharing.
Good adventure! Very interesting.
Thank you very much, Bradford.
I was there in 1993 before they made that into a museum. They had all those books in a cabinet in the corner. There was still at least 1 resident living in the town. It was a great time.
That must have been pretty amazing to see the place back then. Did you get a chance to have a chat to the resident?
@@PinInTheAtlas No. It wasn't a clear if the properties were private at the time and there weren't any trails or description markers. We didn't want to disturb them. We pretty much just stuck to the road except we did access the school.
@@OriginalOutdoorplayer It must have changed somewhat since your visit.
ILOVED the BLOOPERS!!
Glad we made you smile, Richard.
very nice.. i like your style... keep it up!
Looking forward following your travels !!
Thank you so much Seb!
Well done, keep up the good work.
Thank you. We’ve come a long way and learned a lot about filming and editing since this video. Hope you continue to enjoy our content, Frank.
Danke für das hochladen und deine Mühe
Vielen Dank, wir freuen uns, dass Ihnen unsere Erkundung gefallen hat.
Thanks for sharing history
wonderful effort
Wow! I absolutely ❤️❤️❤️ love your channel! Thank you for your absolutely amazing Vids! 👏👏😍💓
We truly appreciate your kind words, Lyneeta! Thank you for your enthusiasm and support of our channel!
Found you all through SJWH. New sub here. I like the reserchand info you share. I do not watch the trashed places with graffiti, too depressing. This school house and Ghost Town video is right up my alley. Thanks.
We were experimenting with the montage type vid, as we wanted to show people the whole walking trail. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for your support.
Awesome thanks for the video and enjoy your journey as I have
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it
Love the rocky mountain states and my favorite part is the 4 corners area.
Great vid !!
Wow! Not what I expected. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
U do a bang up job...keep up the good work...thanks so much for sharing..some ppl like myself, are unable to go....
Awesome, I love these historic places!!
We do too, they are a real time capsule of human ingenuity!
@@PinInTheAtlas Whether it’s a museum or an abandoned place, always interesting these time capsules
@@martinxplo Yes that they are
I think I have about 15 hours in binge watching 🙌🙌🙌 so enjoy your presentation watching from Ohio Smitty out 👋👋👋
Hope you enjoy them, Stephen. Remember, our older ones are a little cringe worthy. We didn't have mics and our editing techniques were somewhat rough around the edges. We've come a long way and still have a lot to learn.
@@PinInTheAtlas no matter 🙌🙌🙌 I enjoy them all
If that place is deserted I'm surprised the old school wasn't cleaned out.
There are two caretakers on site at all times. The school does get locked up at night as well.
A lot of times the riff raff doesn't like to get that far off the pavement, it's scary out here , 'things that eat the tender and the residents are a stiff backed sort, armed and not kindly disposed to brigands and vandals. Lotta deep holes in this country....
Appreciate you guys
Thank you so much! We appreciate you watching!
I just stumbled on this channel by chance.. and i noticed the formation of the clouds , so magical ! Great video love the history and old structures,. Thanks for the tour !
Dances Withwolves love the name! Thank you for the compliments, we hope you enjoy some of our other content as well!
Such a cool place
Just subscribed to your site. Enjoyed it very much and will continue to follow your site. Thanks for the great presentation.
Welcome Lenny and thank you for subscribing. We hope you enjoy our “pins”. We post new adventures every Tuesday and short videos every Monday Wednesday and Friday. See you on our next adventure.
We are enjoying your easy going vibe associated with you videos…they are comfortable and give us a fairly good idea of the areas you are visiting. Keep up the great work and thank you. Mar & Greg
Thank you so much, glad you enjoy the easy going pace.
Very nice video...very informative. Tks.
Just very appreciative of you guys for producing these videos!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for watching and so glad you are enjoying our content. We have since got better mics, so our more current videos do have better sound quality, and we are learning all the time.
My 2015 visit was on an open day but unfortunately the caretakers were absent so the school museum was closed. Thanks for the interior coverage. Back then the mine with the glory hole was stated to be still private property (as were some of the old homes). There were no self-guided paths then either. Wonder why old safes are usually found with no doors. Hmm...
We always love the fact that they are now found in the strangest of locations!
Love it. Very good video. Thank you.
Thank you, we truly appreciate that!
Awesome video. What a great little town. Glad there keeping it up .
Yes, we are pleased to see the BLM are keeping it up as well. Thanks for watching and commenting!
I love all your fascinatng vids
Great video, as usual. Such a lovingly well-taken care of ghost town.
It was very nice to visit.
I enjoy you content so far and have watched several. I subscribed.
Welcome to our channel Carol. Thanks for the sub and we hope you enjoy the rest of our content.
Nice video! Thanks. You let those few Dangers scare you away from entering the mine? LOL!!!
Thanks. And if it wasn't for those unstable ladders.........!
rusted-car is a '35 Olds 4dr sedan, The low-priced Olds usually had 6-cylinder engines.
I lived in Las Cruces, NM one year wish I knew this was not far. Thx
love ghost town saw a lot in Australia.Stay safe.
Thanks you guys really enjoyed this episode hopefully I'll get to see this place in person
Thank you Lori, so great to hear from you and glad you enjoyed this video. We are planning to be back in your neck of the woods in a few weeks time. What do you say we go put Another Pin In The Atlas together?
Ohhhh my goodness Im so excited please come over im in Louisiana at the moment but will be getting back in next week going to bring you guys some bodin back with me whoop whoop !!!!!
@@lorigiltner1117 Great really looking forward to it! We are in Texas at the moment will text or call when we are in the area! Super excited!!
Another great tour and pin in the atlas! And as always enjoyed the outtakes!
Thank you so much for your continued support of our channel!
@@PinInTheAtlas You are welcome! I always look forward to seeing your videos!
Very cool (figuratively). I bet they don't have a mosquito problem there.
Very nice video! I wish you kept the muisic to a minmum so we can absorb that dessert vibe. Subd.
Thank you for subscribing! We appreciate the constructive criticism, it helps with future videos as we are still learning!
There were 64 kids in my school ,my class consisted of 6 boys ,1 girl in my graduating class. I'm from a little town in Texas , Star Texas, my school was closed in 2014. I was raised in the country and went to a real rural school. My town had a population of about 250 people but my town died when they closed our school. and I am 55 years old.
Thank you for sharing Walter. That sounds like it would have been a great place to grow up. Also sounds like somewhere we would like to stop in and visit next time we are in Texas. We have located it on the map and highlighted it, still has a population of around 80 residence or so according to our research.
Wow good size town dump
That car is a *1935 Plymouth, Deluxe Four Door Sedan. **8:49* She came with a 6-cylinder engine which displaced 201 cubic inches. She was the second most popular Plymouth automobile, for that year, eclipsed only by the *Deluxe Touring Four Door Sedan* (production of 82,068). Over 66,000 of this model were manufactured and they sold for a robust $660. The Touring Sedan required an additional $25.00 requiring the heady sum of $685!
In some advertisements, this Plymouth was touted as being *an 80 MPH car.* Performance figures modern-day Tesla owners can only dream of… From here, up until the introduction of the V8 in the 1950’s, Plymouth advertising generally promoted economy, styling and creature comforts rather than mechanical innovation.
This vehicle sported an iconic grille and hood vents, as well as, a dramatic front posture. Rear suicide doors, a dramatic spare tire holder and oversized front fenders coupled with running boards, complimented her styling cues!
That is an incredible find!
Thanks, Raoul. She was a beauty.
I visited Lake Valley a few times when I live in New Mexico. They have really changed things. It looks like they cleaned up the town a bit and they made to school house into a museum. It was totally empty when I was there.
This is an older video Sandy. They told us they had lots of plans to make the place even better.
@@PinInTheAtlas Maybe they found t hat bag of gold cleaning up the place! It's probably been 10 years since I've been there. When my husband passed in 2017 I moved to Arizona.
@@sandyzalecki1145 sorry for your loss Sandy.
Perhaps we should return and make another video
@@PinInTheAtlasThat might be good. When I went it was just a deteriorating ghost town with no one around on BLM land. It looks like they are making an effort to preserve its history. I think that's a good thing.
very intereststing tour
Glad you enjoyed it Gary. We were attempting something new with the music and wanted to show people the entire self guided walk. Thanks for watching. Hope you enjoy the rest of our content
Nice share pov awesome country side of lake valley reminds me of spots in nevada thank you kindly..😊👍✌️🙏😔
Reminded us of Nevada in a way as well, these desert mining communities that still remain are just incredible! Always on the hunt for more!
I would love to live there
Love those Chrome headlights all those years still looks good
They certainly do gotta love the classics all that style, chrome, class and wicked curves!
This place is about a 2 hour drive from me. I was last there a couple of years ago. You two gave a real good vid tour. I would recommend if you are planning on visiting, get there early, you could spend many hours touring what's left of this ghost town. You won't be disappointed. So, I hope you two stopped and got a burger at the general store in Hillsboro, if you didn't you really missed out. Or if you traveled the other direction, if you didn't stop at Sparky's in Hatch. Man, you really missed out. NM True!
You are the second person to tell us about the General store and we have to say that unfortunately we did miss out. That just means we may have to go back! Thank you for the wonderful comment!
@@PinInTheAtlas You won't be sorry my friends. There are an abundance of treasures to be found around here. You might enjoy being here for a while. Hit me up. Did you find Chloride?
@@guru6725 Chloride is on our list along with a host of other sites we've been researching.
You two really did your homework!
Thanks, Linda. I love doing research.
very informative video. . . many thanks for posting. . . watching from the philippines, march 15, 2021, 6:27AM
Thank you so much Team Lamzon!
LOL LOVE YOUR BLOOPERS JUST SUB GOT MY WIFE WATCHING YOU GUYS TY MUCH FOR WAT YOU DO..💯✌️
Louie, thank you so much we truly appreciate that and are glad you have come aboard. We have so many more adventures to come. Our Gila Cliff dwelling video has some good bloopers in it and so does Kentucky Camp!
It I going to live for the next 90 years, nothing problem