Chloride, AZ

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  • čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
  • Exploring the oldest continuously inhabited mining town in the USA...a funky little semi-ghost town about 2 hours south of Las Vegas!

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  • @justinwest7715
    @justinwest7715 Před rokem +2

    Killing it as always. Place looks really interesting, I've been told by a local investigator that it has some intense hauntings as well.

  • @landesnorm
    @landesnorm Před 5 lety +3

    Wonderhussy,-A few years ago I looked into Chloride as a place to buy a house. I came into town, found the local restaurant next to the antique shop, ordered some chili and booked a room in the same hotel. You're right; land is cheap out there. I talked to the locals, one of whom was a former photo-girl, like yourself. She, however, used 4x5 crown graphics when she started and gradually moved on to roll film cameras. In any case, when spending the evening talking to her and her mate, I realized that the town of Chloride was an asylum without walls, and no place for me. Like your videos; keep'um coming.

  • @sunset117
    @sunset117 Před 7 lety +11

    Use to pass Chloride on our back road way to Vegas. I loved that route and always wanted to visit Chloride. Thank you for sharing. Lou G

  • @davedavidson6971
    @davedavidson6971 Před 7 lety +12

    Awesome place thanks for the tour. 5 Stars 👍🏻

  • @johnrogers6291
    @johnrogers6291 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Great video, such a interesting town. Thanks Sarah.

  • @stevendunn264
    @stevendunn264 Před rokem +1

    You cant fool me. You are not cheap trash. You are solid gold.

  • @wesleyharding7544
    @wesleyharding7544 Před 3 lety +3

    Love your videos, they remind me of my younger days when I was stationed at Ft. Huachuca Az. 1974 1975, Myself and a friend Randy Boston used to do this sort of thing, except on motorcycles. We just didnt look near as good doing it! Enjoy.

  • @stevek7271
    @stevek7271 Před 7 lety +9

    WH, as always love your YT vids, I can't get over your exuberance!!! Great video, you always bring a smile to my face. Have a safe trip.

  • @lifepakguy
    @lifepakguy Před 3 lety +2

    The Dodge Dart was my car for many years! I sold it to my dad that lives in Chloride and he decorated it.

  • @georgebricker7748
    @georgebricker7748 Před 5 lety +2

    Such a little known gem of semi ghost mining town. You do so much to enhance their visibility. Wonderfully done. The murals are fantastic. Especially liked your comments on the native American woman with the labyrinthine crotch..hilarious!
    Like your style. Keep it up.

  • @geetootiger5418
    @geetootiger5418 Před 4 lety +3

    I was there as a student in 1990 and I was so impressed of it that I still often think of my visit. I bought some 50´s records of Buddy Holly in a little gift shop. The lady who owned the shop sent me to a local artist, who told me the history of Chloride and gifted me an old Indian arrow head. In your video it looks the same like 30 years ago and I will definitely visit Chloride again one day!

  • @NickCookActingScribe
    @NickCookActingScribe Před 7 lety +5

    You should start up a tour business. Informative and hilarious! :)
    I love the desert, it's so different from what we have in Scotland. The stillness, the crunch of the ground under foot, the blue sky. Love it!

    • @Wonderhussy
      @Wonderhussy  Před 7 lety +1

      +Nick Cook thank you!

    • @NickCookActingScribe
      @NickCookActingScribe Před 7 lety

      Wonder Hussy You're very welcome.
      Maybe I've missed it, but do you ever plan to do a video on Nelson, Nevada? Love that place.

  • @MrSpongie1
    @MrSpongie1 Před 7 lety +13

    That's a safe for sure... That's one cool town that's for sure.. that bar look cool/

  • @DFDuck55
    @DFDuck55 Před 7 lety +12

    I remember Cragmont Soda in the 60s and 70s. It was Safeway's private brand, came in steel cans with a pull tab. They had a bunch of flavors, my favorites were Lemon Lime and Cream Soda.

    • @Wonderhussy
      @Wonderhussy  Před 7 lety +1

      pull tabs!!!

    • @LuckyBaldwin777
      @LuckyBaldwin777 Před 5 lety +3

      was good stuff. Made by Shasta in Hayward. Friend used to haul liquid sugar from the Crockett C&H plant for Shasta.. So was made with cane sugar.

    • @BikerGeek
      @BikerGeek Před 3 lety

      Nah, they had the best grape soda

  • @martybuchanan9553
    @martybuchanan9553 Před 7 lety +24

    I think this is how Huell Howser got he start....8^). You're Vids are addictive!!

  • @frankmatte5822
    @frankmatte5822 Před 7 lety +3

    Excellent Work.You always do an excellent job explaining where your at in your videos

  • @BrokenRRT
    @BrokenRRT Před 7 lety +12

    You're in my neighborhood. We live in Golden Valley AZ. We have awesome petroglyphs in our backyard if your still in the area. They predate the native Americans that last lived in this area.

    • @Wonderhussy
      @Wonderhussy  Před 7 lety +9

      Right on! My dog is from Golden Valley :) A friend of mine rescued him out there, some people had abandoned him in the desert :(

  • @hollywickersham4174
    @hollywickersham4174 Před 5 lety +2

    You never disappoint with your cool discoveries!!

  • @cabriolet330
    @cabriolet330 Před 6 lety +1

    I really enjoy your videos and have been to some of the same places as you have. I was in Chloride twice. Once with a group of ATV riders from Lake Havasu City. We trailered our off road vehicles to Chloride then rode up past the murals for miles into the mountains. When we returned, we toured the town and enjoyed beer and burgers at Digger Dave's. It's an awesome town with friendly locals that appreciated us spending some time and money there. I can't wait to go back.

  • @lozobrown637
    @lozobrown637 Před 7 lety

    I could spend hours listening to you. Your videos are the best.

  • @trustedtraveler4859
    @trustedtraveler4859 Před 4 lety

    You are such a fun kid. Don't ever change.

  • @andrayajorgensen5747
    @andrayajorgensen5747 Před 5 lety +1

    Bensmart is the place you're looking at around 5 minutes in. The place with the sink outside and cowboy boots with flowers inside.
    I used to live in this town. In fact, I lived here at the time you filmed this. Also at about 5 minutes, if you look to the house to the right of Bensmart, I'm visiting my friend who lives there and my car is the blue escape! Im parked between the green minivan and the white minivan. It's wild that I was there as you were filming. This brought back so many memories. Thank you for capturing it.

  • @FirstofFire
    @FirstofFire Před 7 lety +7

    Happy New Year! Glad you are back on the road sharing adventures!

  • @styxga7894
    @styxga7894 Před 7 lety +4

    Cool little town looks really peaceful I could see myself living in a town like that

    • @EllysaE
      @EllysaE Před 6 lety +1

      styx ga there’s nothing to do. You better have a car.

  • @392nightrunner
    @392nightrunner Před 7 lety +5

    Love a lady that loves to explore, I should go paint a mural of you up there when I get another rv delivery out to kingman or Vegas lol

  • @richardoder9171
    @richardoder9171 Před 6 lety +1

    In the mid-70's we we're there, what a interesting experience. We found a number of homes that must have been abandoned sometime in the 20's or 30's. We found newspapers dated back to the 20's, ads for lady's fancy hats, ha pins, saddles. The newspaper was also laid on the floor under the linoleum for insolation. Back then linoleum was like area rugs, the news paper prevented it from sticking to the wood floors so they could roll it up and take it with them when they moved. I would love to go back today.

  • @lallenh1
    @lallenh1 Před 7 lety +5

    I love watching places you go to... you're a nut... lol....

  • @HouseDrone1
    @HouseDrone1 Před 6 lety

    Lovely video .Gal really enjoyed seeing what Chloride looks like.

  • @kovskiykid
    @kovskiykid Před 7 lety +7

    That steel box with the door removed is a safe.

  • @davelane6455
    @davelane6455 Před 7 lety +5

    Your videos are the best.

  • @RalphGuest
    @RalphGuest Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the Salvation Mountain shout out!

  • @laudalady61
    @laudalady61 Před 7 lety +3

    I think you have a good grasp on a happy life! You're a badass and I love ❤️ it! Carry on!

  • @jimschroeder1808
    @jimschroeder1808 Před 5 lety +1

    pretty cool, love your adventures. i had to go to chloride and install counters tops in a dbl wide mobile home about 6yrs ago !!

  • @jackkotrba9071
    @jackkotrba9071 Před 7 lety +5

    Love your videos thanks much.

  • @jasonkolo
    @jasonkolo Před 7 lety +1

    Fun videos, I like your observations.

  • @dewalt17rules
    @dewalt17rules Před 6 lety

    Love your video's never could afford to travel.Your #1 Thank you.

  • @pigoff123
    @pigoff123 Před 7 lety +1

    Great video. Hope you have a New Year filled with awesome videos

  • @michaelh465
    @michaelh465 Před 7 lety

    Another great video Ms Hussy. I think you enjoy making these.

  • @stilesthissell
    @stilesthissell Před 7 lety

    your totally making my life better, love your commentary and your voice

    • @Wonderhussy
      @Wonderhussy  Před 7 lety

      +stilesthissell thank you so much!! Glad you are enjoying

  • @jamespogue5853
    @jamespogue5853 Před 7 lety

    I just love watching your videos they are so interesting thx wonderhussy

  • @terrygraham1877
    @terrygraham1877 Před 4 lety

    I live nearby....one of my favorite stomping grounds. Great video!

  • @jeffpalmer5502
    @jeffpalmer5502 Před 6 lety

    wow I thought I had been everywhere in Arizona but I have not been to chloride. and then you photoed James Dean with a victory motorcycle headband on. Now I have to go down there and have a burger at that cafe. I guess I'll ride my victory! I think this video just cost me a lot of money! but it will be a fun road trip. PS I have had a Cragmont soda but it was when I was really young. it wasn't very good but my mom used to buy it because it was cheap. thanks for another interesting video.

  • @gilbertsandoval6463
    @gilbertsandoval6463 Před 5 měsíci

    I like seeing you vedios past!

  • @Paulo__Perez
    @Paulo__Perez Před 7 lety

    Hey Wonder Hussy, another cool video. Ya, I actually drove through Chloride, AZ to drop a friend off at his dad's place in Kingman then on my way to San Diego way back in the 90s. Have fun in NM, looking 4ward to more exploring vids!

  • @johnholcomn8560
    @johnholcomn8560 Před 2 lety +1

    Hard to believe there are towns like this nowadays. Where I live there is condos, apartments, blacktops, 7-11s, WalMarts, McDonald's, Taco whatevers................You can't even see the horizon. Traffic every day. I think that Arizona vibe would do me good.

  • @pigoff123
    @pigoff123 Před 7 lety +1

    I think that you are a special person with a unique personality and would be proud to call you friend

  • @stepheard1590
    @stepheard1590 Před 7 lety +5

    you made my Friday night .home sick for Az now

  • @GnatManAllinCoIronWorks

    What a cool burg! I'd hang there for a week or two. Thanks again for sharing! C-Ya!,,,,Peace!

  • @k.whiking4372
    @k.whiking4372 Před 7 lety +2

    Nice to see you have progressed to wearing boots. Looks like the town is a living museum. And your right, it would make a good set for a photo shoot, boots, tight jeans and or shorts or mini skirt, open shirt front or no shirt and cowboy hat. All in B and W of course.

  • @alexcho8953
    @alexcho8953 Před 5 měsíci

    I'll have to check this little town out when I get back out west.

  • @outlaw7x77
    @outlaw7x77 Před 7 lety

    It's neat seeing you spend so much time there in Chloride wandering around. My wife and I were there back in April and I myself again in September...I commented on here about Digger Daves once before...he's from my area here in Washington....that is why he's called Digger Dave...he still has a John Deere Backhoe that he used to make his money with...hense: "Digger Dave"... he spent all taht money on fixing that place up. And didn't he do a fantastic job? Anyway, last time I was there to see Dave in September, he was hurting from losing his good girl...and just having a hard time...really feel for him...Dave invested so much time and money and heart and soul into that dump and made it such a cool place to go have a beer and a burger and hang out and listen to some cranking Led Zepplin music. OR If you want to and can play, pull up a chair and play his electric guitar or drumset....JUST DON"T PISS DAVE OFF as I've seen him tell 4 German tourists to fuck off after buying a cup of coffee and spending 1 1/2 hours just hanging out and not spending any money....he charged them $16 for 4 cups of coffee and they were like, "WTF???" LOL...I knew Dave well enought to know he was pissed at them. It's hard trying to carve out a living in a place like Chloride and provide a true gold mine of memorbilia to us travelers who really don't WANT to spend a dime use the place as a photo opp... I make a point of trying to support these places....it is a dream of many to quit their day jobs and move out west to do just what Dave did here and only to fail miserably...you see these abandonded business' all over the place...esspecially on the old highways off the interstates. Rt 66 type highways and there are so many as you WONDER HUSSY so well know. Anyway...love your vids....you are the reason we went to Tecopa Hot Springs and stayed at Delight's Resort and ate dinner there at THE resturant...LOVE THAT KIND!!!

  • @franklinhowell6342
    @franklinhowell6342 Před 6 lety +1

    Been there. Its great place. I was planning on spending winter's in the little trailer park down the road. My friends sister plays guitar and sings at the bar/restrunt.

  • @mobiltec
    @mobiltec Před 7 lety

    Great video! This place is on my AZ list...

  • @67daffy
    @67daffy Před 7 lety

    Love your vids keep it up!!

  • @ShawnyNorburn
    @ShawnyNorburn Před 6 lety

    Amazing!!! Tt for posting! !

  • @JeromeAz57
    @JeromeAz57 Před 6 lety +1

    Been there, done that. Pretty cool place. Yes that was a safe. You missed the graveyard. Its on the right just before you get into town. The guy that did the murals lives in Tubac, Az now, that is if he is still alive. That was funny when you got to the bar and looking at all the names on wall. I saw mine that i put on there in 2016. 👍

  • @Katseye102
    @Katseye102 Před 7 lety +3

    Roy Purcell painted those Murials in the desert in the '60s with car paint! Just a bit of trivia for you WonderHussey! 😀😀😀 he was a miner and was laid off I believe and went up there and did that. Pretty neat huh?

    • @Wonderhussy
      @Wonderhussy  Před 7 lety

      Oh wow! This Purcell sounds like a real hoot!

  • @llerradish
    @llerradish Před 7 lety +2

    Very cool, Thanks for the vid.

  • @BERRIRICH
    @BERRIRICH Před 7 lety

    You did it again, your awesome. Yes it was a safe.

  • @imreptar7038
    @imreptar7038 Před 5 lety

    I drive to chloride once a month. My grandpa is friends with the lady that used to own the antique store witch is now closed. I drive her into kingman once a month. Chloride is a really cool little town

  • @Jake0007
    @Jake0007 Před 7 lety +1

    Really enjoy seeing old West places. Got to visit the Bonanza/Ponderosa from the TV show. Had a fun gunfight show every hour or so. Hope you're at your destination by now.

    • @Wonderhussy
      @Wonderhussy  Před 7 lety +2

      I went to the Ponderosa a few times too....fun place! Too bad it closed :(

  • @jamespogue5853
    @jamespogue5853 Před 7 lety +1

    these old ghost towns are cool..I really like Arizona I want to visit there sometime

  • @lynchknot
    @lynchknot Před 7 lety

    I like your personality. I do a lot of exploring in my 4runner as well.

  • @dannyofthedesert3657
    @dannyofthedesert3657 Před 2 lety

    I lived in chloride in the early 90s..unique place with some interesting people for sure

  • @phonecards1
    @phonecards1 Před 5 lety

    Interesting video. Thanks.

  • @pnk878251
    @pnk878251 Před 7 lety +2

    theres a chloride nm too...i love that little spot

  • @alkennedy1124
    @alkennedy1124 Před 4 lety

    Old town including a big boulder, nice 👍 just like I want to build here at my place, thanks BigAl California.

  • @Jaclynshuster
    @Jaclynshuster Před 7 lety

    This town is awesome! I hope you make it back to check out the bar/ the rest of the town.

  • @Xynudu
    @Xynudu Před 7 lety +3

    Yep, that's a safe. The lock has been cut out and a steel plate put over the hole where the key would have been.
    Interesting video.

  • @Buck1954
    @Buck1954 Před 5 lety +1

    Interesting that you found the track ties, and it is a train depot. It's odd however that the building isn't aligned with an old road bed coming into town. It's like the train has to make a sharp bend and then back into the station. A little history search and I found that the rail road was known as the Sante Fe Branch A, B&F (back and forth). It was the rail road that strictly came from Kingman and Back. That's why there is only one road bed visible going south towards Kingman.

  • @jcrutchfield1313
    @jcrutchfield1313 Před 7 lety

    Love your shirt! :)

  • @rogeregner
    @rogeregner Před 5 lety

    its a safe for sure the window was where the dial went to unlock the pins love that place everything so small and awesome great place to hang out

  • @Katseye102
    @Katseye102 Před 7 lety

    BrokenRRT, didn't know that. That just sheds a whole new light on it......as my stomach twists..........thanks for the info.

  • @maershkinschrabs7597
    @maershkinschrabs7597 Před 6 lety

    Reminds me alot of an outback town in Australia called Winton. Its central to Opal mines and dinosaur bone excavations, lots of characters.

  • @brettharsanye1981
    @brettharsanye1981 Před 6 lety

    Was there last year almost bought some land,but ended up buying a t shirt. The murals were great drove my tundra up. There. Definitely need a high clearance vehicle.

  • @ronhowe1501
    @ronhowe1501 Před 7 lety +6

    Happy new year Wonder Hussy.

  • @theanonwolf
    @theanonwolf Před 7 lety

    Love that RV!

  • @pokerchamp6556
    @pokerchamp6556 Před rokem +1

    60 plus thousand views. You people need to hit the like button for her

  • @buddy8225
    @buddy8225 Před 6 lety

    Depot and freight house. Awesomesauce

  • @stephenmclendon8723
    @stephenmclendon8723 Před 5 lety

    My good friend, Natalee Spears Norwood lives there. I visited her last February. She showed me the Valley of Fire. No, it's not that Valley of Fire. It's the other place, north of Hoover Dam about an hours drive. If you want to see an unbelievable landscape of color and hike through some of it go there with my friend. We went to high school together in the San Fernando Valley at Canoga Park High School. We graduated in 1966. She was our Homecoming Queen too. Her brother lived there first and she moved from Texas to be near him. She is such a cool person. She knows everything about the town now. I believe she has lived there about 3 years. You two would have a blast together. You should go back and visit with her. She'd love to be part of your adventure. I know she would love to talk with you too. While in Texas, she did Old West dress -up and did dancing and the group had gun fights and performed with a great group of gals called The Lonesome Doves of Texas. She does some acting in Chloride at times. Tell her Stephen McLendon sent you. She'll get a good laugh from it.

  • @deedouglas2523
    @deedouglas2523 Před rokem +1

    Used to get Cragmont soda as a kid. 8 cents a can,

  • @tunafish3216
    @tunafish3216 Před 7 lety +2

    Happy new year Wonderhussy.

  • @grahampeterson3718
    @grahampeterson3718 Před 5 lety

    I camped there right by the murals for a couple nights, I've never seen so many stars in all my life. I grew up in Vegas so I was used to only seeing 5 stars at night lol.

  • @chromabotia
    @chromabotia Před 7 lety

    Cool! More like this please...

  • @misterrickschannel2238

    You are neither cheap, nor trash, my dear. Love your videos.

  • @1uptospeed
    @1uptospeed Před 7 lety +3

    your right it is an old safe ,with the combination dial taken out and plate welded over, i guess they dont want a tourist to get locked in thanks W. H.

  • @Jeff-jg7jh
    @Jeff-jg7jh Před 5 lety

    You know what I like? I like that sparkingly part of your introduction. Chloride, that just doesn't sound good. But on the other hand....

    • @Jeff-jg7jh
      @Jeff-jg7jh Před 5 lety

      Now that was some good rock art. Messing around sticking stuff on cars doesn't impress me much. Don't mark up rocks that aren't in towns.

  • @imreptar7038
    @imreptar7038 Před 5 lety

    They do have old west recreations with gun fights and whatnot. It's pretty cool. They also do pretty nice parades. That car is for the parades

  • @robbieb.4927
    @robbieb.4927 Před 7 lety +6

    That was a safe!, they cut out the lock cause they probably forgot the combination and had it cut of\ut by a flame cutting torch then welded the hole shut!.

  • @stevespilker7640
    @stevespilker7640 Před 3 lety

    Great video and yes, I have drank Cragmont Lemon Lime.

  • @jimburig7064
    @jimburig7064 Před 6 lety

    I drove past this place on my way to Vegas way back in '05.

  • @amberbrandon9753
    @amberbrandon9753 Před 4 lety

    I love it!!!!! 🥰

  • @truckingwithtobee
    @truckingwithtobee Před rokem +1

    I drive by here daily.

  • @roycollins2109
    @roycollins2109 Před 6 lety

    In the early 70's, I lived just north of Chloride in Dolan Springs. I went to Mt. Tipton Elementary School. A friend lived in Chloride named Tom Collins who went to the same school that I did. i do wish that i could get in touch with some of those people, but i moved away to Phoenix, in 8th grade in 1973 and lost track. A quick shout out to some of those former classmates, Craig and Brenda Hamilton of the Hamilton Ranch, Jimmy Joe Jean, John Roark, Patty and Debbie Fry, Mike McKinley and even a friend of my dads named Pat Patterson who told me a story of himself in his early years, flying Bi-plains into barns for the movie clips that we see today. I never knew for sure if he was pulling my leg or not, but he did seem serious enough about the stories. He had to be in his 80's at the time, and to "THE OLD MAN", whom I cannot remember his name, who moved from Elko, NV to Dolan Springs with his Baby Blue early sixties Chevy step-side pick up and small travel trailer, placed it on his acre of property for his dream home. He would pull a railroad-tie behind his truck to make his land level and clear after he cut back the brush with an ADZE (looks like a heavy HOE of sorts that was originally used to make boats and canoes) that my dad had given him. He named it "OLE GRASS GETTER". I miss those days. Thanks for bringing them back.

    • @utubecomment6963
      @utubecomment6963 Před 6 lety

      Old Minors Day - Pat Patterson drove around town in a ford pinto with a Lincoln front end. Jimmy Joe Jean. He was a winner! Do you remember the Mcgelrath's Steven Fry is on my facebook page... He is related to Debbie

  • @paguerro1696
    @paguerro1696 Před 3 lety

    This town was in a biker movie in 1969 called Rebel Rousers starting Cameron Mitchell, Diane Ladd, Jack Nicholson, and Bruce Dern. Most of these old buildings show up in the movie.

    • @barrycuda3769
      @barrycuda3769 Před rokem

      Wasn't it actually filmed in 1967 'but released in 1970 ' because of Jack Nicholson being in Easy Rider?

  • @davidhenninger239
    @davidhenninger239 Před 7 lety +5

    you're quirky cool woman......right on!

  • @raymondcline8194
    @raymondcline8194 Před 7 lety +1

    That looks like an old safe, that had a plate welded over the combo so people wouldn't have to remember the combo, I could use that. :)

  • @Geo24400
    @Geo24400 Před 7 lety

    Awesome!!!

  • @HannahSpring
    @HannahSpring Před 4 lety

    It is an old safe, where that metal patch is, that is where either the combination lock, or key lock was

  • @jackprice8937
    @jackprice8937 Před 5 lety

    You are right its an old safe the mechanism has been removed and for some reason someone has welded a plate over the hole to use for something else.