Empty, Dying Towns In Old Wild West NEW MEXICO - Plus, the Grave Of Billy the Kid
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
- I visited these New Mexico towns: Fort Sumner, Taiban, Melrose & Elida.
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I suffer from depression and anxiety. I just want you to know that your posts always make me feel better. Your calming way of speaking is wonderful. Your appreciation for small towns and dismal buildings/homes makes me feel glad to have what I have and live where I live. I love your appreciation for cats too. I have one who is 16. I look forward to every time you post a new place to explore. I just find what you do fascinating. You bring places that most people will never see in their lives to their own world. Thank you so much for what you do. You are my favorite channel to watch. ~~~Liz in Milwaukee, WI. It would be so wonderful to meet you some day. :-)
I love watching you travel. I see things I could never visit. I'm in Alabama and have seen you in my state. Visit northern Ala sometime when you can. Would love to meet you
I hope you escape your world of depression, and live life long and strong. Don't know you, but I wish you to be happier, friend🙏
Thank you for the kind words, Liz. :)
So creepy. Never see any people. Yikes. Great explore!
I’m 63 depressed male have everything but still depressed but I do love my black 14-year-old tomcat meanest thing ever walk the face of the Earth lol good luck
I’m from Romania, and I grew up with old Western movies. Never visited US, but I love this content! Thank you!
Don't believe everything you saw in those moveies and the rural midwest offers many such places as shown here.
Wait til you see Monument Valley
@@rickmiller1429 I wish I could visit those places in the near future. I always wanted to see the rural areas since big cities are more or less the same everywhere. Have a great day!
@@vuho2075 That will definitely be on my list. From pictures, that place seems to be from another world. Thanks for the suggestion!
@@alexandrucomanescu9857 Thank you sir and I agree, big cities, no matter where are about the same.
I am from India and accidentally came across your video. I loved it, the sense of loneliness of these abandoned towns reminds me of lonely life we are living in modern world. thanks for showing us the invisible.
Thank you!
Don't let yourself be seduced, these cities are dying out, people can't find jobs and can no longer afford to live in the suburbs - everything is being driven into the metropolitan areas, like yours in India
N.M. The Land of Enchantment ! Born , raised and proud of it !
Thank you for visiting our little town of Melrose. You are correct that most people here are a little older. The Dollar General did just open up a few weeks ago. It’s convenient as the nearest Walmart or grocery store is about 30 miles away. It’s pretty peaceful here once you get used to train horns and roosters.
Melrose, Massachusetts
Is it a Dollar General or a DG Market? That's my new snob distinction.
I just found out DG had more. Previously I thought, this town only rates two letters. So sad.
😂
Amazing to see towns like this. Nothing like this in Scotland 🏴. The odd derelict castle but that’s it. This is like something from a movie
"grocery store is about 30 miles away"
That might be the only thing that I would not like much.
I often wonder where people work who live in these little towns? I'm guessing it's a considerable commute to a neighbouring town.
As one who lived in Arizona for quite a few years, that barren, open desert means a spectacular display of the heavens on a clear, moonless night.
Little eerie and lonely but strangely serene.
Joe and Nic, thank you so much for taking me places that I could never afford to go. When I watch your videos, I actually feel as though I have been there. Actually , in reality, I’m just a poor old Alabama boy that has only been to neighboring states.
I sure appreciate all your videos and all the information that comes with them.
Keep up the good work! Love you guys!
Thank you, Billy!
What do you do for a living
@@manikyum
I’m retired and just turned 82 years old.
@@billyb.9533 Thank you for the reply Sir. I hope you've had a fulfilling life.
I was born and raised in New Mexico. I hope people seeing this particular area won't think all of our beautiful state looks like this. There's mountains,lakes, white sands,Sands, many beautiful parts to this magical place. Isn't called the land of enchantment for nothing. Thanks for seeing the beauty even in these desolate areas.
I thought it was incredibly beautiful. I especially loved the quiet and solitude.
We drove out of Portales heading southwest toward Roswell. My brother-in-law was driving about 90mph for over an hour amd we.didnt see.a single car, another human, a house.we.saw.nothing! It was so cool, very beautiful!
in my time in the Army I was stationed at Ft Bliss in El Paso TX for 4 years and I seen quite of bit of New Mexico, Ruidoso ski resort was beautiful and very popular destination for personnel stationed at Ft Bliss
Beautiful Ruidoso, New Mexico mountains with pine trees, snow. Deer are horses roaming through. Love it!
there "are" mountains...
I live in a big city surrounded by millions of people and I tell myself I do not have time to watch your videos! But for some reason once I start watching I cannot stop! Thanks for making these videos! I cannot wait for Roswell, NM!
Wow, thank you!
May I suggest you to have a game plan to get out of a very big city as soon as possible. It's obvious that there's going to be issues in this upcoming year being in a large city is going to be uncomfortable when we have riots martial law interstate highways will be closed down there will be no food in the stores it will happen it's only a matter of time
@@SteveAustin-jp3ev Yes I have a doomsday plan! Even if it is something as innocent as a large Earthquake everyone will be on their own and the Governments both Local and Federal will be helpless!
lol, I'm in the same situation! Not enough time to watch everything all the time!
Yeah, these videos are definitely addictive. I try to limit myself so I don't run out of his tours to watch and have to watch others. Joe is for sure the best!
19:55 "It is, in essence, a ghost town" (Skeleton leaning nonchalantly against the front porch). Yup, checks out.
I love the sound of silence
Me too.
Wow! The crazy stark emptiness of those towns is stunning!
Watching your videos is like travelling through those distant non-touristic places in the US. Great videos!
Thank you!
I am a lonely man I can live in a place like that by myself I’m used to it living alone not talking to anybody for weeks
I grew up 60 miles East of Fort Sumner. We used to drive by Billie's grave all the time but, my parents never stopped. It wasn't until moved 160 miles away that I go to visit the grave, when I came to visit friends and we went to a nearby lake.
From inside Canada, across the plains states, Montana, Dakota, Kansas, Texas, etc the small towns mainly served farmers and ranchers.
Today one farmer can do what ten did back in the 1950s. Some of the "villages" that once had school, post office, and general store are completely gone.
Too bad you didn't show Pete Maxwell's grave marker. At one time he was the largest landowner in the US. He owned land all the way into Colorado, Texas and a big chunk of New Mexico. Billy was shot in his house.
One of the first, if not the first Indian Reservation was just outside Fort Sumner, for the Navajo. Of course, they were treated badly and experienced their own Trail of Tears being brought from West New Mexico and AZ.
Taiban is really pronounced Tie-ban. During WW2 a train caring bombs and other things was pulling into town when the bombs started going off. I can't recall how many it killed, damaged or destroyed most of the town.
I didn't know that Hanna was born in Melrose. My grandparents lived there, you drove by their house but, it was out of camera range. I think at one point I was related to half the town.
I was to young at the time. My great grandparents also lived in Melrose. My great grandmother used to watch T.V. with my older brother and sister and watched a Western T.V. show called Wagon Train. She would tell them what was true and what wasn't as she came to N.M. by wagon train. She was married at 14 and mother at 15.
My grandma was born near by here. She married at 13 and had my dad at 14. Family left the area. She managed to attend high school part time and graduate. After my dad and his siblings grew up she began college part time and graduated college at 60.
Joe, your format is by far the best of these types of tour videos. Some others will get out and spend several minutes filming themselves talking. What's the point in that? Your format is much more relaxing because you drive and talk at the same time so we get to see an unbroken tour of a town while we hear the same types of statistics for each town so we can compare them, if that's what we're into. PLEASE DON'T change the way you do these videos, it's perfect the way it is!
Thank you. I've begun commenting on those I-me-I travel sites. I just say: "Less you; more place."
Thank you for this. When I started this channel I studied many other travel channels and saw what you described - the camera pointed at the person and not the sights. And I would think "Show me the area, not you!". So that's why I started doing videos that did just that - show the area and not me. A little view of me at the end of each video is plenty! :)
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Exactly. Keep up the good work!
Miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles. Love it.
Grew up watching westerns here in England. Was a teenager when Young Guns came out and i still regard it and the sequel as two of my favourite films. Made my wife watch them both a few years ago and she loved them too. We both watched this with some excitement. Thanks for showing us the grave of Billy the kid
Don't just watch - visit.
I'm sure you two would love it.
I went to the museum n the grave of Billy the kid in ft Sumner was interesting . Was on my way to shear sheep in Vaughn New Mexico for Dom n Rica Perez.
My husband and I have been watching since you guys started..we really enjoy your style and Joe's narrating. Thank you so much for showing the Post Offices in your travels..the history of the post office is very important to the growth and prosperity of towns and communities throughout our nation. We always look forward to your next video.
You're right.
It would be fun if you mentioned how far away medical care is.
History buff here. Your videos are so informative and fun. Love watching them.
Thx Bro you are enlighting the globe.
Your efforts are remarkable
I am indian watching you from Phnom Penh Combodia.
Love you All.❤
What do you do in Cambodia
He's sick... down with yellow fever last ive heard
There is so much of the US that many do not visit. Thank you for the miles you travel. Be safe. Be bold!
It is amazing. Imagine riding the roads on a motorcycle. I felt like a cowboy traveling on horseback. I loved every minute of it.
Dollar General's dedication to serving these small populations is admirable.
I don’t think there is even Dollar Generals in those smallest communities out there in New Mexico is pretty desolate especially in high plains closer to Texas. When I drive to Colorado go almost 90 miles from Clayton to Raton and all 4 of those communities in between don’t have hardly nothing 1 or 2 has a gas station.
I hope you are being ironic. I am sure that Dollar General's dedication is to profits, not the people of small towns.
@@bellestarr6484 No I'm not being ironic. They have to assume a marked risk to open up in places that no other stores will touch. Obviously they have to make money or they cant operate. I assure you that everything you own and have eaten was made available through profit motive.
@@Endymion766Dollar generals are depressing and awful places. It sucks that small towners don't have any other place to shop.
YES !!!! Finally New Mexico video
MURALS everywhere. It never ceases to amaze me that even in the deadest of towns, someone has painted murals on the walls of buildings. Where do all these artists come from? Who would even have the thought or gumption to take on the project of decorating unoccupied buildings?
Just moved out to NM from NOLA and Lincoln, NM, where Billy got famous, is one of our favorite places we used to visit as vacationers. It's like an outdoor/indoor museum. Those lonely roads out there are great too. Always prefer the backroads to interstate.
Joe,
That silence is what we had for many many generations.
IT is so relaxing!
Love all your videos! With my health issues, I'm unable to travel much, but watching your videos, I feel as if I'm tagging along with you guys!
Awesome!
Liked it very much. For a person like me who hails from India, this is an unbelievable experience. Thank you for taking so much of pain for making this video and sharing it.
Nice Saturday afternoon drop Joe
The Post Cemetery in Ft. Sumner was very interesting. I liked the wording on the grave markers. Also like the cats. lol Oh my! The horse and rider fit perfectly. These towns were fun to look at, but no way would I ever want to live like that. Thanks, Joe.
I always enjoy your videos. New Mexico is my favorite state...I love it ❣
These small rural towns out in the middle of nowhere are the best! This is my 6th time watching this video
Love your videos my four great grandfathers were the regulators Silva Chavez Sanchez Trujillo my great grandfather is Chavez Chavez we share Billy’s DNA I really don’t care who believes it Love those videos thank you my great grandmother, nana Geronimo Lincoln, New Mexico our old stomping grounds
That Joe Grant story was awesome! How cool to have a story like that at your grave site, even if you were on the wrong end of the situation.
Bringing back some good memories of days gone by.
Nice but of history with ft summer and Billy the kid👍
My father's family moved to Taiban in the late 1800s. They were very poor. My father was born in a dugout just outside of Taiban in 1920. In 1925 they moved into an actual house outside of Morton, Tx. Anyway, my father and his family always pronounced Taiban as "Tie Ban" or "Tye Ban". His family had many stories of this area, including some of Pat Garrett - who by the way, was not a highly thought of person by the locals due to the way he was rumored to have shot Billy The Kid. Taiban is about 130 miles from where I live in Texas, I have been there (and to Ft Sumner) twice but unfortunately have no idea where my grandparents' land was. There's just not much there to identify. Thanks for the video.
Enjoyed your comment here. Thanks for sharing.
👍Wow ! Thanks, Joe. The only other human in 30 mins was a denim-clad native-American on a dark non-descript horse: that folk cameo couldn't have been more powerful if scripted! 👍
Right!
The dryness of so much of America is shocking to me as I live in East Yorkshrie, England and everything is lush and green; and this winter we have had four months of wet days!
What surprises me most is as your driving around and quote your figures and the time you are there that there are no people doing their day to day business. Even in the very small towns here down under as you drive through there will be people everywhere either locals or tourists. Thankyou for your time and effort putting these videos together Joe🇦🇺🦘🪃🇦🇺🦘🪃
It’s like driving through time thank you for posting theses videos
I passed that way a long time ago. Stopped at a cafe in Yeso and had a plate of some of the best enchiladas I've ever had in my life. Thank you for sharing.
Hello your videos help me fall asleep as I have problems falling asleep😂. Thanks to your calming voice
Used to travel through NM a lot a few years back. I liked to joke that NM sure did have a lot of sky.
Thanks for showing the graveyard and history surrounding Henry McCarty aka Billy the Kid. That was amazing. While New Mexico does seem to be a lonely stretch it has so much more to offer. Chilis are a staple food and hope you get to try some. Cant wait to see Roswell and would love to go UFO sighting out in the wilderness there. Thanks JOE and NIC
I drove through this area back in November. It is indeed pretty desolate. You hope you never break down as you may be the only person in the area. Thanks for showing the desolation in the opening. It may surprise some of your subscribers. This will be the 2nd time in Roswell. I'm interested to see what your take will be this time. You are getting much better with your format and I enjoy the Courthouses you document. Lately they have been quite utilitarian. The last great example was Goliad. Thanks again for the journey and entertainment value you provide.
🙏Joe & Nicole never have their car breaking down. The nefarious world we live in.
Went through that area on our way to California summer of 64
Thanks for the great Saturday drop Joe & Nic!!. Billy the kid very interesting....so peaceful and desolate there.
Interesting to see the Taiban Presbyterian Church ten years after I’d visited…
At the time I’d seen it I believe the floor was intact and there were still window sashes in several of the windows as I’d taken a photo looking out across the landscape showing the sash as well as the latch. How many persons have stared out those windows at that desolate landscape…
It’s really a shame that so many feel the need to vandalize old buildings with graffiti and take “souvenirs” of their visit. Please leave it for others to discover. There are so many old and dying towns such as this scattered across the west, I appreciate the time you take to document their existence.
This is Awesome 👍👍👍 Thank you ! I love New Mexico!! 👍👍👍
Love these videos ❤
That highway at the beginning of this video make sure you have a full tank of gas and 4 extra spare tires, that is a touch scary to me. These little towns are amazing that they still function at all. Lack of people, groceries, conveniences even broken down housing, hasn't stopped them. There is still some spirit left in them to keep on trying. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day and safe travels.
Absolutely. You don't go wandering around that area of New Mexico without plenty of gas in the tank. :)
The actual result was the Regulators were suppressed, but both factions collapsed. It was the Murphy-Dolan Faction against the Tunstall-McSween side. Billy was on the Tunstall side. Very interesting history of the Old West
That' lonely, sad, but makes a great video....annnd had several kittys!
As always, Thumbs up!👍
I drove on that same road on the way from Midland Texas to Taos after work on a friday afternoon and evening. It was a cloudy dark night and I did!t see another cat for hours. Just the headlights on the pavement in front of me. Nearly had an accident when the radio came back on suddenly when I neared Santa Fe. I hadn’t turned it off after I lost the signal hours before.
Me and the family drove from texas all the way to Las Vegas but what I remember most from the trip is always stumbling into Route 66 and how many ghost towns there is but so beautiful 😊new Mexico has a strange vibe that I can’t pin point
Those places would make for an awesome high speed drive.
I need to visit USA, this tkind of towns, before i die, is pure magic
I watch this other guys traveling channel. It's like yours! And, everytime he sees a cat. He says ""There goes the towns mayor!" It's kinda funny. 😼
Appreciate you sharing the silence and peace at the beginning. On the rare occasions I am out on a road like that, I always stop, turn off the car engine and just feel the remoteness. It's wonderful and a privilege to experience that.
I agree.
The silence is heavenly, i could listen to it for hrs at a time .
Anton Chico is my favorite place. I fixed fried chicken potato salad etc and had a picnic at Billy the Kids grave. Love New Mexico
Se ven varias casas muy sospechosas, mal lugar para visitar a pie. Nice Video Güero
I am in awe of the stark ugliness of the towns. Yikes. I would never want to go there snd thank god I was not born there.god bless u both and stay safe in your travels.
He is so Right On ! I live in my R V and have 60 thousand miles on it in 5 years ! It's so scarie the SILENCE, in some of thies towns ! Not even DOG'S barking as U drive through ! 😮
This is such a great video with an example of Small town america and how its not going to probably ever come back. Plus there's no opportunities there.
Back in my traveling days went through Ft. Sumner many times. I don’t know if you explored west of town to the Pecos River but the railroad high bridges are quite scenic. I’m surprised your videos from Ft. Summer to Melrose were not interrupted by trains roaring through at speeds up to 70 mph.
How old are you now
Great video to watch.Very interesting to see all the old towns and cities that have fallen on hard times.They've all got stories and tales to tell.
Being from the UK it's something I'd like to do visiting these sort of places,especially the Route 66 one you did a while back.
Look forward to seeing the next one you do.
The last time I was in NM was 1956. State Troopers drove Studebaker Hawk automobiles. That "Big" Cat that You saw was a Maine Coon Cat, not positive though. I wonder if Politicians watch Your Videos.? Thanx for sharing. 😃
If you like Studebaker cars, you should check out the Studebaker company museum in South Bend(Indiana) one day. They started off as a company making horse carriages, believe it or not!
Wow, this is fascinating, thank you for sharing this content. I'm so envious as an English man who grew up watching anything to do with the wild west. My heroes were the likes of Billy, Jesse, Doc Holiday etc, etc. I was lucky enough to stay in San Antonio once and had to visit the Alamo daily just to sit and have a bite to eat. So much history and so much more to see like these videos - so please keep them coming. Thank you.
Good morning Joe and, thank you for sharing this great article/video.
Lots of History there which just happens to be one of my passions.
I'm a bit envious of you. I'd love to be able to travel like you and Nicole but, age and physical conditions just won't allow us to partake of your experiences.
Again, thanks for taking us along with you.
Stan
Thank you, Stan.
Thanks for showing my home state. I was born in Clovis, and for many years I lived in Las Cruces . I have been in Minnesota now for 30 years.
🚗Scary intro looking kinda MadMax out there🌵. The silence is peaceful 🙏🏼and quite like that. Alright 3 😻. While others see death i see potenial in fixing up and living there. The fact that those graves are even still holding is outstanding 😲😄. Walking Dead type vibe🛣🏚🏚. @Joe & Nic's Road Trip
Young Guns!
Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County Regulators
Fort Sumner, NM
Another good one. Enjoyed this.
great video Joe!
Thanks!
As a trucker, I have the opportunity to visit places like you, I've been to 49 states, so far only Alaska is missing.
I am familiar with all of these communities. My wifes' family is from Grady, which is about 35 miles NW of Clovis. Population, maybe 150 or so. I remember when Elida was hopping. Need a windmill? LIke a FARM windmill? There's a windmill and waterline shop in Ft. Sumner.
Great job again.🏆
Wow, creeping closer everyday… thank you!
My grandparents lived in Tucumcari, N.M. during the 1960’s. We loved visiting there every summer.
I've driven through those towns several times going from TX to AZ, driving through at nite in NM is amazingly dark, spooky, and scary. You could drive for distance and not see another person on the road for miles.
Was a nice Church at one time. Sure dead all around these towns Sad, Never see kids out playing or people walking there dogs, Sad another great video thanks
Great video, thanks for presentation, from Germany
Thank you!
Phenomenal episode ❤
Another good video thanks
Thanks for the ride see you soon 👍👍❤️
Love your video great day lots to see to bad so empty very beautiful places
Pretty amazing video, Joe. Thank you!
Very much enjoyed. Thank you
Thank you for your excellent videos and great commentary. Greetings from Sweden.
Looks like every town America in a generation if things continue down the crapper
We have stopped in Ft Sumner as well to check out the Billy the Kid stuff. I recommend going to the museum. It is pretty cool.
Awesome. Thank you for sharing.
Idk how u drive and narrate etc, very impressive! Very sad towns. Its amazing it functioned @ one time and then turns into what it is. A shame. Lots of cat sitings. And the guy with one horse power riding thru town! Ty Joe an Nic b safe.
Thank you!
great job with your videos i really enjoy them.
Thank you!
I've been driving through NM for 30 years now. What amazes me is that taking a new turn can reveal some of the most beautiful countyr in the U.S. Did it last week on the west side of the Jemez. Towns like Coyote, lots of red rock mountains.