Western Oklahoma - Ghost Towns & Abandoned Places

Even though I'm from Russia, I really like your videos. It's always sad to see abandoned places where people lived.

My grandparents lived in Gate Oklahoma. Seeing it featured on your video brought back many wonderful memories. I remember going to Avery's and Curtis' grocery stores with my Grandma when I was a little girl...

Chris, The building in Alva was a flour mill. Also the grain elevators you showed are still in operation. One of them used to be owned by my grandfather.

Love to see people document these little towns, they were the Wild West once Sorry to see people have to leave their home places for financial reasons these last 30 yrs and glad people in other parts of the country can see them because you explored them

I'm old enough to remember when these little towns were bustling with life. I even remember the trains with the wooden cars, the transition to steel cars was just beginning.

I loved this tour - it was so fascinating!

I grew up 7 miles east of Putnam, Oklahoma on the family farm. I attended the Putnam Schools from 1st through 4th grade. I still have the family farms and travel out there and through Putnam almost daily. The first building you showed was the lumber yard and general store.

OMG!!! Crying room? They need to bring that back. Also, make them for planes too! Amazing... 👶👶👶👶👶

Gage, with over 400 people, I would not consider a ghost town, though a lot of downtown does seem abandoned. A couple of interesting things about Gage >>> First, the National Weather Service still maintains a weather station here, which has been keeping area weather data for over one hundred years. Second, Gage has an Artesian Park, consisting of a spring-fed, artesian lake the size of five football fields. The Park, located just east of town, functions as a large outdoor swimming pool, with a water depth that ranges from 3 feet to 14 feet. At one time, the park was so popular that is supported a motel nearby. Nice video. There are several additional ghost towns, or ghost towns-in-the making, in western Oklahoma, that I am aware of.

it s incredible the enormous amount of abandoned towns in Usa. I enjoy so much see the users who are dedicated to documenting him. Greetings from Bs As , Arg .-

Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. It is very interesting.

The memories made in all of these towns and buildings is something we think about as we travel. So much life was lived before everyone left.

The dust bowel of the 1930's took a toll on that area. Most of the original inhabitants are still nearby ... at the cemetery.

Hahaha, that same cat in Kenton is in my most recent video. She gave me a tour!

Love your video!! I grew up in western Oklahoma! I had to chuckle a little when you said town of Gotebo! I think you're the first person to say it correctly. Great job on the video❣

Really cool video. My grandmother grew up in a dugout on the side of a cliff in rural western Oklahoma in the 1920's. I understand it was somewhere West of Watonga. I have been all through the West there. She ended up in Geary, Oklahoma and even seeing houses there collapsed and boarded up only to realize people still were living in them. It was like going to a different world since I am from Canada.

Don't know how I missed this video when it came out. Many familiar places. Very well done. I'm sure you know, but rural towns lived by the railroads and schools. When trucking killed the minor rail lines and consolidation killed the local schools,.....

Been thru some of these towns in my previous job.

The factory @17:42 is a food mill. Look up ADM Mills in Calgary

Chris, beautiful decay, good stuff man, yet, sad!