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  • Wagon tracks worn into the rock are a look back in time from the 1800's. - Penitente Canyon
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  • @danmooney6015
    @danmooney6015 Před 3 lety +162

    As a builder in Texas back in the early 90’s I remodeled an old 1800’s house near Bandera, Tx that was a stagecoach stop. You can still see the old wagon ruts going off in 2 different directions.

    • @Epck
      @Epck Před 2 lety +10

      Thats awesome i live in new england so theyre way more common here but texas was settled very early by the spanish so you coukd prolly fibd even older ones...when we got my house we cleared the backyard and found an old track set down to the lake for carriages

    • @1927su
      @1927su Před 2 lety +4

      How fascinating!

    • @Chet_Brinkley
      @Chet_Brinkley Před 2 lety +4

      I hope as a builder you are also a preservationist. These treasures into our past can never be replaced .

    • @Chet_Brinkley
      @Chet_Brinkley Před 2 lety +2

      I had a freind, dead now, but his in laws lived in what is a stagecoach stop in Spartanburg. SC. Their old store had a mill stone in it and we found old relics of shoes that the store sold. Ladies shoes that button up the side, men's as well..
      That was in the early 80s.
      1980s that is outside of Woodruff, SC.

    • @Chet_Brinkley
      @Chet_Brinkley Před 2 lety +2

      Wish I could have used Antal detector around their homestead there.
      It's the old " WORKMAN " place between Spartanburg and Woodruff.

  • @LizzzzzLemon
    @LizzzzzLemon Před 3 lety +425

    The pioneers were badass! My, how we’ve devolved.

    • @rexanderson5458
      @rexanderson5458 Před 3 lety +2

      'Evolved'.

    • @Crazyarnold12
      @Crazyarnold12 Před 3 lety

      Yep

    • @TexasTimelapse
      @TexasTimelapse Před 3 lety +12

      And they probably never complained how bad it sucked.
      You don't know, what you don't know.

    • @alfandeddie
      @alfandeddie Před 3 lety +9

      I imagine someone asking an old pioneer how they got to California and they say, I walked.

    • @rexanderson5458
      @rexanderson5458 Před 3 lety +7

      @@alfandeddie It was like, 'Little House on the Prairie.' They set up camps along the way. They used their wagons as a home. Their wagons were FULL of food and clothes. Alot of times they walked along-side the wagons because the wagons were ruff and shaking. Model-T cars did the same thing.

  • @robertvalderaz7329
    @robertvalderaz7329 Před 3 lety +167

    There are alot of unmarked graves along many of these trails of those who did not survive the trail. Young and old.

    • @MorticiaAdams..
      @MorticiaAdams.. Před 3 lety +5

      Wow Interesting, that's a good point.

    • @asmodeus1274
      @asmodeus1274 Před 3 lety

      @@MorticiaAdams.. really just common sense

    • @JChrisTurner1234
      @JChrisTurner1234 Před 3 lety +24

      @@asmodeus1274 I think she was just making conversation and did not require your smartass comment! You are probably lacking in intelligence or "common sense".

    • @krissy2752
      @krissy2752 Před 3 lety +4

      I can’t even begin to imagine how many. The use of this trail goes clear back to at least the 1700’s when they were search for gold. It’s crazy.

    • @majikjuggalo
      @majikjuggalo Před 3 lety +3

      I piss on those graves. They deserve nothing but my disrespect and urine.

  • @williammaisonet8228
    @williammaisonet8228 Před 3 lety +326

    Brother. While my daughter would do a five day chemo week at the hospital, I would spend the night with her, and just go through your videos. I truly appreciate them all. Incredible Chanel! 🙏🏽.

    • @ls6-ss413
      @ls6-ss413 Před 3 lety +33

      I hope she is well.

    • @nelsona779
      @nelsona779 Před 3 lety +24

      I hope you guys are doing well specially your daughter

    • @c.b5996
      @c.b5996 Před 3 lety +23

      Sending lots of peace and positive energy to you and your daughter

    • @shawnmartin6434
      @shawnmartin6434 Před 3 lety +28

      May the good lord keep his hand on your daughter and you

    • @jayrob7418
      @jayrob7418 Před 3 lety +21

      In the name of Jesus you're baby girl is going to be good. God bless you and your family.

  • @jonaeflure
    @jonaeflure Před 3 lety +194

    How in the heck did you know this even existed? Thank you for showing me a piece of history I never dreamed would still exist.

    • @terrywbreedlove
      @terrywbreedlove Před 3 lety +3

      I remember learning about this in grade school

    • @inthemaze7441
      @inthemaze7441 Před 3 lety +6

      Right? I've lived in Colorado about 55 years and never knew about the trails

    • @CryptidWalks
      @CryptidWalks Před 3 lety +6

      You can also find them in High rock canyon, northern Nevada.

    • @swampdonkey1517
      @swampdonkey1517 Před 3 lety +11

      Check Oregon trail ruts in wyoming

    • @itllbesuzanarchy
      @itllbesuzanarchy Před 8 měsíci +1

      ​@@swampdonkey1517 Yes, there's a great section of ruts on the Oregon trail in Guernsey, Wyoming!

  • @thebeek123
    @thebeek123 Před 3 lety +322

    Salute to those that made this trek back in the day. That had to be tough.

    • @ut000bs
      @ut000bs Před 3 lety +15

      It killed many, many people.
      We have no real idea.

    • @asmodeus1274
      @asmodeus1274 Před 3 lety +8

      @Cha Man I’m glad you gave yourself a thumbs up too

    • @tenbroeck1958
      @tenbroeck1958 Před 3 lety +6

      @Cha Man You're a real keyboard badass!

    • @centuryrox
      @centuryrox Před 3 lety +1

      Especially if you were traveling from the east coast to the west coast. It wouldn't take you a few days...it would take you a few decades. And since the average life expectancy back then was around 40 years old, chances were pretty good that you'd die enroute.

    • @Matthew-dd6kp
      @Matthew-dd6kp Před 3 lety +2

      @@centuryrox That was due to child mortality not adults dying early

  • @Rambone762
    @Rambone762 Před 3 lety +73

    There are trees in the sierras that are scarred from rope burns where the settlers pulled their wagons up. Seeing them gives you chills.

    • @JW-_
      @JW-_ Před 3 lety +4

      Very cool.

    • @pontiuspilot5887
      @pontiuspilot5887 Před 3 lety +2

      Seeing how steep some of the paths were I was wondering. Thanks. Peace from Canada.

    • @vangogo6819
      @vangogo6819 Před 3 lety

      Wow, I have always wanted to see some of these trails. My travels have always been up and down the east coast but I'm determined to explore further West some day, God willing.

  • @bluejeans8001
    @bluejeans8001 Před 3 lety +16

    So hard to imagine just how tough and determined these folks were. Awesome video and thanks for sharing.

  • @fisttaface
    @fisttaface Před 3 lety +27

    I was metal detecting around 2 sets of wagon trails deep in the woods of NC. They dated back to the 1800s. Me and my buddies found several civil war buttons and us matron head large cent and 2 cent piece

  • @angusmcpherson
    @angusmcpherson Před 3 lety +32

    Wagon ruts and any traces of the Old West are fascinating and really grab your attention. Excellent video🌅

  • @MrIdasam
    @MrIdasam Před 3 lety +151

    The Oregon Trail is very near where I live; I love going there and imagining what it would have been like to stand there 170 years ago. when the pioneers were passing through. The trail/road is still very visible.

    • @olrikparlez3152
      @olrikparlez3152 Před 3 lety +13

      +Ragemutt
      170 isn't long in the big scheme of things but look at the progress man has made since then! The biggest advance in science and technology out of any 170 year period EVER. The scope of that is staggering. Staggers ME anyway! *grin!*

    • @olrikparlez3152
      @olrikparlez3152 Před 3 lety +8

      @Chuck Blankenship So Chuck, explain how that cheery message ties in to an admiration for history. You another home grown prophet predicting doom? People have been going on with that stuff for millenia...yet on mankind trudges. Do you have a date for us? A rough estimate will do.

    • @speedspeed121
      @speedspeed121 Před 3 lety +4

      When I travel around the Mojave Desert and Death Valley, I trip out imagining early pioneers treking through the heat.

    • @olrikparlez3152
      @olrikparlez3152 Před 3 lety +3

      @Mustang .308 Settle down.

    • @olrikparlez3152
      @olrikparlez3152 Před 3 lety +3

      @Mustang .308 Whew...Seems I innocently stumbled into 'taterville.

  • @CdA_Native
    @CdA_Native Před 3 lety +39

    I remember many years ago, flying from one coast to the other, the pilot pointed out the wagon ruts of the Oregon Trail. Amazing that you could see them from the air!

    • @davidmangold1838
      @davidmangold1838 Před 2 lety +11

      I may have been your airline pilot! I flew for Ozark Air Lines from 1978 to 1986. I used to make PA’s to the passengers, pointing out visible parts of the trail, in western Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska.

  • @escapewithnate7901
    @escapewithnate7901 Před 3 lety +57

    Just think of all the hopes and dreams that flowed through those tracks.

    • @montemaguire4596
      @montemaguire4596 Před 3 lety +1

      And the grave sites

    • @hugolafhugolaf
      @hugolafhugolaf Před 3 lety +4

      Imagine those pioneers seeing all those snowflakes, those Karens and BLM nuts today...

  • @ianobrien3248
    @ianobrien3248 Před 3 lety +13

    Scotts Bluff, NE famously has tracks from the wagons passing. Plus, old graffiti (names/dates carved into the rock) is there to see as well. Pretty cool

    • @1927su
      @1927su Před 2 lety

      Very cool! The museum at the base of the bluff is great!

  • @edwardbright5894
    @edwardbright5894 Před 3 lety +103

    Such Harder Times Back Then, But Also Such BETTER TIMES. When a man or family could actually feel and breath FREEDOM in the air.🤠👍

    • @Frenchy26
      @Frenchy26 Před 3 lety +3

      Amen

    • @Vernbubba
      @Vernbubba Před 3 lety +3

      Ya if you got sick you died. No anesthesia Average life span was 50 years. Lol good times

    • @guynorth3277
      @guynorth3277 Před 3 lety

      @@Vernbubba; I don't think it was fifty years!

    • @Vernbubba
      @Vernbubba Před 3 lety +2

      @@guynorth3277 I just looked it up cause now I was curious and in 1860 the average life span was 39.4 years. This was mainly due to infant mortality rates. Tough times for sure

    • @5hiftyL1v3a
      @5hiftyL1v3a Před 3 lety +2

      Freedom to die of Cholera, TB, Diphtheria, Polio, starvation, exhaustion, the elements......

  • @joellenbroetzmann9053
    @joellenbroetzmann9053 Před 3 lety +30

    These marks really make me realize how blessed we are because our forefathers never gave up!

  • @thewideawakeclub4843
    @thewideawakeclub4843 Před 3 lety +22

    There’s something similar in the highlands of Scotland where I often go. Foot prints and gouges in the rocks. That’s very interesting.

    • @vangogo6819
      @vangogo6819 Před 3 lety +2

      We have quite a lot of fossils in the part of New England that I live in, I would love to see some of these wagon ruts.

  • @davequick5070
    @davequick5070 Před 3 lety +17

    The Oregon trail is literally 10 feet from my family room windows, I find artifacts just outside the front door..

  • @sweetdrahthaar7951
    @sweetdrahthaar7951 Před 3 lety +52

    I was visiting an old sugarbeet farmer over in Marsing Idaho one time and he took my wife my daughter and I to a spot nearby and showed us ruts that were part of the Oregon Trail. He was a fascinating old guy and really knew lots of Idaho history👍🏻

  • @Paul-hg3hm
    @Paul-hg3hm Před 3 lety +21

    Because the trails were so rough with ruts and gullies they had to cross, the cart wheels were up to 8FT in diameter! This allowed the wheel to roll across the gullies from one side to the other and not get stuck down in them.

  • @rollingtones1
    @rollingtones1 Před 3 lety +20

    I like how this guy is just being himself - without guile.

  • @REVOLVER_NOIR
    @REVOLVER_NOIR Před 3 lety +5

    My first thought was “ I wish I had a metal detector there”. Awesome find! Truly spectacular. Thank you for sharing. 🤠

  • @spookyboi8446
    @spookyboi8446 Před 3 lety +2

    I cannot imagine driving a wagon through Monarch Pass and I-70. It is 2021 and a lot of parts are still basically only wide enough for 1 car.

  • @Backroad_Junkie
    @Backroad_Junkie Před 3 lety +6

    I've seen several places along the Oregon Trail where tracks are still visible. One was at Golden Spike National Monument in Utah, another at the Whitman Mission (National Historical Site) in Washington. Shows how many wagons traveled the trails and compacted the ground.

  • @shanedarden369
    @shanedarden369 Před 3 lety +30

    Sometimes men would pick away "wheel busters"
    So some of those deep ruts were not simply carved out by wagon wheels.
    Because they used that route so much for so long.... they repaired it, and smoothed trouble spots, by hand...

    • @colinowen7730
      @colinowen7730 Před 3 lety +1

      I was going to say the same thing 👍

    • @JOkERBIDEN
      @JOkERBIDEN Před 3 lety +2

      I was wondering why only the wheels seemed to make a path yet the oxen hooves and human traffic had no effect on it what so ever.

    • @danielocean2665
      @danielocean2665 Před 3 lety

      @Tom Jenkins Hooves and feet didn't always hit the same spot, so no continuous wear.
      Wagon wheels always rode in the same spot; most wagons were made the same width.
      Those are truly ruts made by continuous traffic.

    • @danielocean2665
      @danielocean2665 Před 3 lety +1

      @Tom Jenkins
      Ever been to a 4x4 park?
      You don't have multiple paths to get from point A to point B.
      You have this one road out there, the other road out there is 100 miles south.
      3 or 4 wagons at a time, hundreds of wagon trains.
      We got out there on wagons before rails, had to do it for about a hundred years.
      Soft stone + steel hooped wheels × multitudes of 4 wheel, 2,000 lb carriages = ruts, my man.

    • @danielocean2665
      @danielocean2665 Před 3 lety

      @Tom Jenkins
      Well, don't buy it.
      That's your dealio.
      That is what it is, bro.
      You can think that those are "natural ruts."
      My concern is that you can't wrap your head around what it actually is, ruts from wagons, but you can wrap your head around the wind, or water, or whatever have you, is responsible for those ruts. That just so happen to be in the easiest place for a wagon to transverse, and a wagon's width apart. And they're not out by themselves, but rather, connected.
      Like a trail or something.
      One road. Lots of carriages.
      Lots of time.
      There were 6 main trails that all the people on the western seaboard used to get over there till the railroads connected it.
      However, I'd love to hear more on your "natural erosion " theory.
      Do tell.

  • @thatgirl3757
    @thatgirl3757 Před 3 lety +11

    Can you imagine the hardships they must have endured? Such a rich piece of history! Ty for showing this; so cool

    • @smartprocesssolutions748
      @smartprocesssolutions748 Před 3 lety +2

      My God, no road rest stops, bathrooms or running water. Imagine having to survive that trip? Apparently, this is how CAA started, formerly, HAA. Took 2 months for emergency services by smoke signals, but they were there to help.

  • @cnance1972
    @cnance1972 Před 3 lety +6

    Can't imagine the scores of wagons that went over those rocks to wear a rut into those boulders. What a hard long trip.

    • @junipersnow1
      @junipersnow1 Před 2 lety +2

      I spent most of my life here in the valley and lots of locals do not agree with the story Re-told here... First, Oregon trail never went through S. Colorado.... lots of those tracks stop right into mountain sides or peter out into just one rut up a cliff...there are lots of 10 inch ruts that go nowhere... Archeologist in the area can only say they are used by Mexicans to get firewood.... But lots of people think they are from a pre history civilization that is not recorded yet. Possibly same civilizations that created lots of mounds and structure no Native American Claim.....This guy is just repeating what he found to read. More information will be let out over time, stay tuned.

  • @BaltimoreAndOhioRR
    @BaltimoreAndOhioRR Před 3 lety +159

    This is so cool!! I'd love to be able to do some exploring like that. Thanks for posting this 👍

  • @ddyodaman5515
    @ddyodaman5515 Před 3 lety +7

    Lewis and Clark trail in Oregon there still exists original wheel tracks as well

  • @emojiman4560
    @emojiman4560 Před 3 lety +10

    In Kingman Arizona I Know where there is Wagon Wheel ruts along with Hoof Ruts From the Livestock that were doing the work.
    Also, My Friend and I Found Petrified Wood along with Ancient Petroglyphs carved into the rocks near the Colorado River

  • @hollywoodhustlng4071
    @hollywoodhustlng4071 Před 3 lety +8

    My parents live in Kansas and the Oregon trail goes thru their property and you can still see the ruts to this day

  • @MannyScoot
    @MannyScoot Před 3 lety +36

    America has a lot on interesting history, I see hand built dams (The China Dam 1860), I have found ancient Chinese coins (lost by Chinese Miners), old abandoned towns and plenty of gold nuggets here in Arizona ........Thanks for the video !

  • @john4w2ee0d
    @john4w2ee0d Před 3 lety +11

    I know of a spot in Montana that still has wagon tracks and boot tracks, even rope burns on the trees from helping the wagon down the steep hill sides, I believe it's part of the original mulan trail.it's like stepping back in time. About a 2 hr hike by Jen Montana

  • @JChrisTurner1234
    @JChrisTurner1234 Před 3 lety +17

    You are an empath. You always have a sense of what others feel or possibly went through riding in those carts or wagons across those bumpy rocks. Your humanity, decency and goodness comes through during your narration. I actually like your open scene which is not always played at the beginning of all of your videos. Is there a reason? Your look on the sky coaster is adorable. Your facial expressions are priceless.

  • @kerryjacobson5465
    @kerryjacobson5465 Před 3 lety +31

    Roughly 200+ years, that Spain had people traversing the area, for the King, the Church, and gold! A lot of History is not taught in school these days. Great video!

    • @SirenaSpades
      @SirenaSpades Před 3 lety

      Laura Ingalls Wilder books and the gold rush was in the 1880's. The west wasn't what you'd call settled prior to that. That's about 141 years.

  • @BigFro420
    @BigFro420 Před 3 lety +4

    I find it interesting that those Boulder impressions are considered to be erosion from wind

  • @vaccumsealed
    @vaccumsealed Před 3 lety +4

    Chris, your videos are far more interesting and educational than any of the public school systems we have today. Just doing your research and learning about the "cardettas" that traveled over that terrain during the mid 1800s is a bonus whenever watching a video like this one for example. You research your history, show us the details, and sometimes even discover old photographs. Really cool, man. It's what keeps your fans watching.

  • @turdfurgeson517
    @turdfurgeson517 Před 3 lety +5

    We have trails just like that here in santa barbara ca. The end of the line.

  • @johnvrabec9747
    @johnvrabec9747 Před 3 lety +2

    If you go to Rome, Italy, there are still chariot wheel ruts that are 2000 years old.

    • @ilgiusto6885
      @ilgiusto6885 Před 3 lety

      Thanck ! You wraite my comment but not whit my bad english ! Bye bye from Italy !!! My town is near at " via Aurelia" ,one very long road of ancien roman !

  • @wendyjohnson8639
    @wendyjohnson8639 Před 3 lety +4

    Back in the day, oh my those words remind me of my dad😢and his wagon stories he would tell me it would take 3 days to get to the closest town. Great find though.

  • @nealanpaulaking9708
    @nealanpaulaking9708 Před 3 lety +14

    Wow love old western history. To see these tracks is awesome

    • @johnweaver4564
      @johnweaver4564 Před 3 lety

      Are they from wagons? In solid rock? Doesn’t look right to me.

  • @driveman6490
    @driveman6490 Před 3 lety +19

    I've had a pothole in front of my driveway for over 2 months.........I can certainly relate to the hardships these people must have endured 😎

    • @bob_frazier
      @bob_frazier Před 3 lety +1

      Only if you drive on bare rims, with all your life's possessions with you, two thousand miles from home! No cell.

    • @hengineer
      @hengineer Před 3 lety +3

      @@bob_frazier "that's the joke"

    • @mgn5667
      @mgn5667 Před 3 lety

      im in ohio and the State Flower is the Orange Barrell...

  • @cherylyoumans6988
    @cherylyoumans6988 Před 3 lety +1

    They need to be preserved!!!! Wow !! Very interesting!!!!

  • @russwentz3957
    @russwentz3957 Před rokem +1

    So humbling to get just the slightest idea of what our ancestors endured. Thank you for another excellent history travel video!

  • @bderris
    @bderris Před 3 lety +17

    Trail ruts near Guernsey Wyoming as well.

  • @BDCF100
    @BDCF100 Před 3 lety +1

    Easy to see deep grooves from iron clad wagons hauling Cinnabar ore down from the eastern hills near Calistoga, CA.

    • @tghostpipe5472
      @tghostpipe5472 Před 3 lety +1

      Calistoga has so much history and is a beautiful place.

  • @JChrisTurner1234
    @JChrisTurner1234 Před 3 lety +5

    I was so excited to find a new video and boy was this one incredible. Never knew these "grooves" made by wagon wheels even existed. You are always exploring, finding and sharing such awesome places and things. But as always, YOU are the star of the show and main reason I watch. You are absolutely adorable and so handsome.

  • @Country_Girl63
    @Country_Girl63 Před 3 lety +12

    Yay!! You went to Penitente Canyon! Love hiking there! Penitente Canyon got it's name from the Penitents. The ruts were caused from the carts carrying wood. The "rock" is called volcanic tuft.

    • @james1795
      @james1795 Před 3 lety +1

      Then you watched the video.

    • @Country_Girl63
      @Country_Girl63 Před 3 lety +4

      @@james1795 Not only did I watch the video, but I lived near there.

  • @Revelstoke-Banff
    @Revelstoke-Banff Před 3 lety +6

    I'm like a kid on Christmas when your videos pop up!!! I really do appreciate your dedication to bringing the world your videos, while living your dream ! God bless brother 🙏

  • @maxmoon2254
    @maxmoon2254 Před 3 lety +1

    Ash Hollow in Western Nebraska has 170 year old wagon wheel ruts. The grade was so steep they had to use 2 oxen teams per wagon to power ascent and control descent.

  • @galememeeof6688
    @galememeeof6688 Před 3 lety +5

    I think this is one of the coolest thing you've shown on your channel. I've never heard of these wagon trails and for sure would never have seen them if they weren't on your video. So I really appreciate you showing us this. Thank you.

  • @nicksss1843
    @nicksss1843 Před 3 lety +4

    Astounding! Imagine what went on in that exact spot just in another time - wow !

  • @wildman6755
    @wildman6755 Před 3 lety +3

    M just shows how far we come from cars to wagons ,we had it ruff back then going over the hills and grow the woods in a horse and wagons pulse getting scalp hold up shoot at and soo on.

  • @jerseyregionrat4380
    @jerseyregionrat4380 Před 3 lety

    Those were Tough, Tough people who built America!!! Extraordinary!!! Can you imagine yourself trekking across this? Great Video and Thank You for sharing!

  • @g.a.c.4139
    @g.a.c.4139 Před 3 lety +2

    I love your enthusiasm and respect for history. In the California Mojave desert there are many similar tracks over rocks from 1800's wagons supporting the military carvery forts of the time.

  • @thatairplaneguy
    @thatairplaneguy Před 3 lety +6

    It’s incredible that families made it.
    It’s also incredible that now their descendants are the softest and most weak among us in our country today.

  • @SueGirling68
    @SueGirling68 Před 3 lety +3

    Hi Chris, that is some pretty awesome history right there. Thanks for sharing, much love. xx💖

  • @blainekenndy2366
    @blainekenndy2366 Před 3 lety +1

    In California on Highway 88 you can see where the settlers came across and one spot of tea review point and you can see the wagon tracks like you said go into the Rocks below

  • @tracimangham233
    @tracimangham233 Před 3 lety +1

    Sylvie at Newearth does a great job exploring these cart ruts worldwide in her videos. You should watch.

  • @z.weertje7209
    @z.weertje7209 Před 3 lety +3

    In Europe we still use Roman roads, 2000 years old.

  • @vintage_85
    @vintage_85 Před 3 lety +70

    This is the most coolest shit I've ever seen great vid bro

    • @jonaeflure
      @jonaeflure Před 3 lety +5

      I know right? I never imagined this history still existed.

    • @vintage_85
      @vintage_85 Před 3 lety +7

      @@jonaeflure it's amazing stuff like this still exists I'm mind blown right now lol cool stuff

    • @donaldduncan7095
      @donaldduncan7095 Před 3 lety +6

      Groovy man. ( sorry couldn't resist ;-)

    • @hoppes9658
      @hoppes9658 Před 3 lety +2

      @@vintage_85 It was there in 1975 Kojak .

    • @guynorth3277
      @guynorth3277 Před 3 lety

      @@jonaeflure; I do remember this from grade school (it was parochial)

  • @devoid24
    @devoid24 Před 3 lety +1

    I feel bad for the poor animals that had to haul the wagons over that terrain! poor things... cool that those tracks are still there, thanks for that.

  • @chuckles7524
    @chuckles7524 Před 3 lety

    Thank you to those who came before and for you sharing this story.🙏

  • @RhondaA
    @RhondaA Před 3 lety +5

    Crazy to imagine wagon trains going over those rocks. Have to wonder how many wheels they broke. Thanks for another interesting video!

    • @c.b5996
      @c.b5996 Před 3 lety +1

      I was literally thinking the same thing and when I opened the comments, your comment was first. I was wondering how many wheels they broke or how they knew where they were going. I have so many unanswered questions haha It also looks like the rocks drop off a bit so what happens when the wagon goes over the rocks? No GPS back then so they would have to know the route maybe? How did they know where they were? I would love to ask them these things

    • @robb8331
      @robb8331 Před 3 lety

      @@c.b5996 how about the camber some of those tuts were on? when he was walking on flatter land & ruts on the side of the hill

    • @robb8331
      @robb8331 Před 3 lety

      @@tripplefives1402 ok but if the stone is brittle it would crumble & if it was hard steel wrapped wooden wheels would not cut grooves into stone, i know because i am a 27 year plus stone fabricator/shaper. those tracks look like they are/were made in a soft medium that hardened. if i had zero experience working/cutting/shaping stone i may believe the ridiculous narrative of wagon ruts carved stone.

  • @sandyca1106
    @sandyca1106 Před 3 lety +5

    As you know I love history! And yes a metal detector would be great! The old wagons headed westward from the east often dropped their loads to make it over the mountains, it would be interesting to see any finds.
    Loved seeing these wagon tracks, never knew about them.
    My granny told me a story of her childhood. She was 3-4 years old in 1916-17 living in Oklahoma. She was riding in the buckboard with her daddy headed back home from town and cousin, Frank James who was elderly came riding up on them. My granny wanted to ride on the horse, so Frank pulled her up and they all road back up to the house.

    • @robertspringer9477
      @robertspringer9477 Před 3 lety

      Sandy Ca, if they dropped their loads to get over the mountains, what would be the point of continuing the trip with an empty wagon?

  • @jeffreygrajek583
    @jeffreygrajek583 Před 3 lety

    Bull Creek park Austin Texas - There are wagon wheel tracks and some boot prints right next to the tracks. The mud turned to rock and they are forever a reminder of the pioneer spirit.

  • @sololuisvlogs
    @sololuisvlogs Před 3 lety

    The way I see it just like people today in cars traveling on the road. The wagon trailers knew the roads like us today . The history of tracks being preserved today is incredible. Colorado here I come!

  • @rrondaa1967
    @rrondaa1967 Před 3 lety +3

    🌹Thank you for sharing & letting me experience things vicariously thru u that I'm unable to get to
    🕊 PEACE 💜 BLESSINGS 👼

  • @JonMurray
    @JonMurray Před 3 lety +3

    Awesome dude! Another place added to my ever growing list that I want to visit! 😄

  • @pearljessica
    @pearljessica Před 3 lety

    Wagon tracks were still visible on our family farm from the 1800s. The land is fragile and the scars will be there for another century. History is not to be forgotten.

  • @grampabadger
    @grampabadger Před 3 lety

    There are wagon ruts visible in south central Texas from years ago. Can you imagine putting everything you owned in a wagon, then heading across the country not knowing for sure where you're going?

  • @noeraldinkabam
    @noeraldinkabam Před 3 lety +7

    This is amazing. I love that you show it and I hate that you show it. The “Brad was here” people are gonna come for their selfies and evry 50th must carve his name in the rock....

    • @LizzzzzLemon
      @LizzzzzLemon Před 3 lety +4

      Hopefully they’re too lazy to hike that far.

    • @bradc9491
      @bradc9491 Před 3 lety +3

      I was not there.

    • @noeraldinkabam
      @noeraldinkabam Před 3 lety

      @@bradc9491 ...or were you?

    • @JediJan
      @JediJan Před 3 lety

      They already have if you look closer at some earlier in the video.

  • @outsider238
    @outsider238 Před 3 lety +5

    I've lived here all my life and have never known about this! Haha!

    • @james1795
      @james1795 Před 3 lety

      Maybe you should try getting out once in a while.

    • @junipersnow1
      @junipersnow1 Před 2 lety

      I spent most of my life here in the valley and lots of locals do not agree with the story Re-told here... First, Oregon trail never went through S. Colorado.... lots of those tracks stop right into mountain sides or peter out into just one rut up a cliff...there are lots of 10 inch ruts that go nowhere... Archeologist in the area can only say they are used by Mexicans to get firewood.... But lots of people think they are from a pre history civilization that is not recorded yet. Possibly same civilizations that created lots of mounds and structure no Native American Claim.....This guy is just repeating what he found to read. More information will be let out over time, stay tuned.

  • @idleonlooker1078
    @idleonlooker1078 Před 3 lety +1

    Bloody incredible!! I hope those historically significant tracks will be protected for future generations to appreciate.

  • @PNW_Life
    @PNW_Life Před 3 lety +2

    I've walked in the wagon ruts of my pioneer ancestors on the Oregon Trail in Eastern Oregon. It's pretty amazing. Was at the opening weekend of the Interpretive Center in Baker County and watched the reenactment of a wagon train coming in. Something I will never forget.

  • @mattchristopher3220
    @mattchristopher3220 Před 3 lety +40

    I'd say those trails are a lot older then the 1800s ,think about it.

    • @juanbarturen2726
      @juanbarturen2726 Před 3 lety +7

      Yes. I agree

    • @bearthalamas9241
      @bearthalamas9241 Před 3 lety +11

      I'm in Texas, the hwy 4 miles from my house runs along the ost el camino real. It dates back to the early 1600s, when the Spanish was here, and they turned Indian trails into their wagon trails. Most of its paved now though. We're still using it.

    • @MHB7000
      @MHB7000 Před 3 lety +10

      Tens of thousands of yrs

    • @mattchristopher3220
      @mattchristopher3220 Před 3 lety +6

      @@MHB7000 that's what i think also, we've been around a long long time.

    • @lisagraham2944
      @lisagraham2944 Před 3 lety

      Do you always travel alone? I really like your videos. Keep them coming.

  • @leechurchill1965
    @leechurchill1965 Před 3 lety +3

    They had to follow the wagon grooves back then. No Google Maps or Waze.

  • @Lylo-mj8ek
    @Lylo-mj8ek Před 3 lety +1

    Awesome! My Great-Great-Grandfather rolled the trails as a distributor/supplier of sorts to the general stores that were popping up in the new settlements.

  • @bradmiech5743
    @bradmiech5743 Před 3 lety +1

    Enjoyed your video. I live Northern Wyoming, the Bozeman trail 👣 wagon tacks remain to this day. They are amazing, history should be remembered. Thank you young whipper snapper. Peace ✌.

  • @WA8QFE
    @WA8QFE Před 3 lety +4

    The tracks are clearer up at signature rock near Guernsey.

  • @jeffosborne1147
    @jeffosborne1147 Před 3 lety +3

    We just don't know how good we have it. They where strong willed people.

    • @mikewest5529
      @mikewest5529 Před 3 lety +2

      Shame we just turned to flowers and cupcakes! We would not last a week in the ol west!

  • @farmtrout66
    @farmtrout66 Před 3 lety

    That was a ruff ride. If ya drank cream before you started you have a gut full of butter at the end. 😬👍
    Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

  • @malldollar4886
    @malldollar4886 Před 3 lety +1

    I can barely make the drive from Santa fe NM to Las Angeles CA.. those early frontiersmen were the real deal!!

    • @SuperHddeuce
      @SuperHddeuce Před 3 lety

      They were in a lot better physical shape than people today. Had to do everything manually and they were strong you wouldn't want to fist fight anyone from that time first they would punch your lights out then they would shoot you.

  • @guynoir4733
    @guynoir4733 Před 3 lety +7

    In a hundred and fifty years people will still be finding signs of where the homeless lived in Southern .

  • @tracimangham233
    @tracimangham233 Před 3 lety +9

    I think the oxen would have broken their legs trying to walk on that crap. We need another theory.

    • @jeffpittman8725
      @jeffpittman8725 Před 3 lety

      Hmmmmm.....

    • @tonyk8592
      @tonyk8592 Před 3 lety

      I'm not sayin' it was aliens.....but it was.......

    • @arrowvsobject
      @arrowvsobject Před 3 lety

      Burrows

    • @greg6235
      @greg6235 Před 3 lety

      Are you serious? Deer and elk can RUN easily through this topography at 40-50 MPH.

    • @tracimangham233
      @tracimangham233 Před 3 lety

      @@greg6235 Not strapped to a wagon that weighs 1000 lbs trying to haul it up and down hills in that terrain, get real Greg-o. Lmao 😂

  • @michaelzumpano7318
    @michaelzumpano7318 Před 3 lety

    You have a very natural and intuitive way of talking to people. Like you’re just opening up to a friend. Thanks. Never change.

  • @cccccc5398
    @cccccc5398 Před 3 lety +1

    That was FANtASTIC.
    I really liked this video. Thank you

  • @fryercar1
    @fryercar1 Před 3 lety +5

    Question: Wouldn't the oxen also leave a rut? Statement: the ruts don't maintain their spacing

    • @mikewest5529
      @mikewest5529 Před 3 lety +2

      I’d have to say the wheels would be burning a deeper mark from the weight on a steel band wheel. If the animal did not have shoes it would leave a vary soft footprint

    • @ducati135
      @ducati135 Před 3 lety +2

      Here the asphalt roads are rutted where the horses trot, pulling the Amish buggies, and not where the wheels roll.

    • @mikewest5529
      @mikewest5529 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ducati135
      Yep rubber tires.
      Not wooden steel wheels right?
      And I said they did not have shoes on their animals either.

    • @ronanzann4851
      @ronanzann4851 Před 3 lety

      @Tom Jenkins You need to get together with the cart rut people and have babies.

  • @seansykes6548
    @seansykes6548 Před 3 lety +4

    Come to Wyoming some time there are trails like that cut in to rock that are 5 foot deep

    • @mykuntstynx9463
      @mykuntstynx9463 Před 3 lety +1

      Made from wagons 20 feet tall...?
      Such a stupid explanation for this.

    • @amrogers4
      @amrogers4 Před 2 lety

      @@mykuntstynx9463 They actually kept increasing the size of the wheels, which were obviously man made, so the wagons could follow the deepening trail (lessening the risk of getting stuck).

  • @lawrencevaught1705
    @lawrencevaught1705 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you so much for showing me things around our great country I’ll probably never get to be safe

  • @Bird76Mojo76
    @Bird76Mojo76 Před 3 lety +1

    Tracks like these are still in place in Illinois as well. On private property along the old Buffalo Trace. Not to mention ancient tracks just like these of unknown origin all over the planet.

    • @taboovsknowledge1603
      @taboovsknowledge1603 Před rokem +1

      And, that disappear into the water and are on small 5 acre islands, criss crossing and disappearing into the water. This indicates they are pre-ice age when the water levels were 400' lower. The tracks in this video are 10" wide. A foot deep. Just like in other location on Earth. What 1800 wagon did that?
      It looks like there was a lot of human activity all over Earth that had contact, sharing methods of all types.
      I think the story of humanity is wrong!

  • @patricialenaburg6553
    @patricialenaburg6553 Před 3 lety +4

    Amazing video, we whine about our lives now imagine what our ancestors went through. No wonder most had such short lives. You really get the sense of things looking at those wheel ruts. I have seen the ones in the Oklahoma panhandle, I don't know how those have lasted so long, I think they may have been preserved by volcano ash also, there is a volcano site there also, called Black Mesa. The site of the wagon wheels is grown with weeds, but ruts can be seen. It's been so long ago, I may be wrong. There were sites there where foot prints of dinosaurs could be seen, and they still dig for their bones too. Sorry I am long winded LOL

  • @pam_jackson
    @pam_jackson Před 3 lety +4

    Tons of wagon wheel ruts in northern California.

    • @toooldtochange6098
      @toooldtochange6098 Před 3 lety +2

      Isn’t Cal still in its rut?

    • @SuperHddeuce
      @SuperHddeuce Před 3 lety

      Damn that's funny 🤣

    • @pam_jackson
      @pam_jackson Před 3 lety

      @@toooldtochange6098 Too funny lol. It is after all the land of nuts and fruits.

    • @tghostpipe5472
      @tghostpipe5472 Před 3 lety

      Yes the ruts and old tracks are marked. They can be seen at the old snowmoble park off of Pilgrim Creek Road on the way to Medicine Lake. All from the late 1800s. We found them while mushroom hunting.

  • @bethelle9099
    @bethelle9099 Před 3 lety

    INCREDIBLE!
    If only those rocks could tell their stories!!!!!

  • @JChrisTurner1234
    @JChrisTurner1234 Před 3 lety

    I love how you always see the possibility of something being a "shelter" or made into a home. I am the same way. I always look at a cave, over hang or other shelter as something that could be made to provide shelter. Rocking up the entrance to a cave or propping up huge sticks, limbs, branches to cut off the cold wind, building a fire and making something into a warm, cozy dry place to seek shelter. I love the way you think along with everything else about you. Someone else could take a camera and show the same places and it would not be near as interesting or AWESOME as when you are narrating and carrying me along for the "ride".

  • @jameskeith67
    @jameskeith67 Před 3 lety +17

    But between the tracks no evidence of ox or horses pulling them.

    • @donnebes9421
      @donnebes9421 Před 3 lety +2

      I hadn’t even thought of that. Good point.

    • @sheeznutz2254
      @sheeznutz2254 Před 3 lety +2

      They were the Clydesdales from budweiser but they were the bud light Clydesdales!🤣

    • @MrMedtech1437
      @MrMedtech1437 Před 3 lety +6

      Probably due to the fact, that the wagon wheels had a metal ring wrapped along the outside of the wheel and the weight of the wagons compared to the livestock too.

    • @wadefisher2049
      @wadefisher2049 Před 3 lety

      Could’ve been much more dispersed creating more even wear, but a interesting thought.

    • @montemaguire4596
      @montemaguire4596 Před 3 lety

      @@sheeznutz2254 😂😂Cheers

  • @wkuhlewind8928
    @wkuhlewind8928 Před 3 lety +8

    How did the oxen navigate these deep ruts with breaking legs.
    ?

    • @mykuntstynx9463
      @mykuntstynx9463 Před 3 lety +3

      They didn't.
      Think about how stupid it would be.
      These are not ruts from any wagon wheels.

    • @ohioken1
      @ohioken1 Před 3 lety

      @@mykuntstynx9463 you give your expert opinion and debunk the video, then fail to explain to all of us stupid people what really caused the marks. We are waiting

    • @onewaymichael12
      @onewaymichael12 Před 3 lety

      @@ohioken1 easy there bru... maybe there are cart marks, it was through mud. not rock. when you stick a pole in mud it will seal back up. if you drag something through it it leaves a track..

    • @painterdawn2
      @painterdawn2 Před 3 lety

      @@mykuntstynx9463 so all those letters and diary entries that I have read from the female travelers on those trails were all faked?

    • @ronanzann4851
      @ronanzann4851 Před 3 lety

      @@painterdawn2 You not only have letters, but also the diarys from people traveling those exact paths????? What an amazing coincidence!

  • @zipshed
    @zipshed Před 3 lety +2

    Very cool to see the tracks still there...amazing!

  • @timnewman1172
    @timnewman1172 Před rokem

    The original Mormon Handcart Trail crossed our farm, it later became a stagecoach trail. When I was little you could still see the ruts near my uncle's barn, but they are long gone now...

  • @HAMRADIOJOE4178
    @HAMRADIOJOE4178 Před 3 lety +3

    PRETTY COOL STUFF, THANKS