Colorado Experience: Ghost Towns

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Rocky Mountain PBS

Rocky Mountain PBS

6 жыл бұрын

According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, Colorado "has more than 1,000 ghost towns, over 600 of which have some sort of remains." Visit St. Elmo, Animas Forks, and Ashcroft, three of the best-preserved ghost towns in the state, and meet the spirits of Colorado's mining past.

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@bethbartlett5692
@bethbartlett5692 Жыл бұрын
These *"Colorado Experiences Documentaries"* are absolutely Outstanding! I'm enjoying these so. Really well done. Thanks Tennessee, USA
@JamesBond-py8xs
@JamesBond-py8xs 2 жыл бұрын
Can't believe right now, out of 144k people who've seen this, there's only 63 comments from people who had anything to say and share about it. I watch so many various KZfaq videos on lots of stuff every day (too much time on it really) and yet this one and other ghost town videos of seemingly nothing, now mean so much to me. These kind of videos really hold a great substance of mystery and intrigue for me as an interesting look into the not so distant past. Amazing how much has happened in the last 135 years and this history is something that should be respected and preserved.
@dwighthapeman6590
@dwighthapeman6590 5 жыл бұрын
I wish I knew 5% of what William Convery knows about Colorado. I love the Colorado Experience PBS videos.
@stellanatore
@stellanatore 4 жыл бұрын
Colorado native who can't afford to live there anymore, thanks for taking me back
@bettyboop4263
@bettyboop4263 3 жыл бұрын
Same here. Colorado has changed so much since I left 34 years ago.
@anastasiaerbe1826
@anastasiaerbe1826 3 жыл бұрын
I’m just about to have to leave for the very same reason. It’s just too expensive.
@ryanroy4753
@ryanroy4753 2 жыл бұрын
Born and raised in El Paso county. Haven’t left yet, tho none can deny its becoming harder and harder to keep from quite literally being pushed and priced out of our home. Nowadays i rarely come across a local let alone someone who’s lives here maybe just a decade. There all transplants, and it’s not uncommon they bring their politics with them. Oh how I’d cherish the most fond memories, say about 1999 or so. I had no clue what was to come.
@alexbennie5603
@alexbennie5603 Жыл бұрын
It’s funny to hear you all complain because people probably said the same thing before you folks came out.
@johnatherton878
@johnatherton878 Жыл бұрын
FABULOUS video! 5★
@k.g.1259
@k.g.1259 4 жыл бұрын
THANKS for another fascinating episode !!!!! I'm from Virginia and visiting CO has been on my to-do list since the 80's 👍 ❤
@fucktardmst3kfan144
@fucktardmst3kfan144 6 жыл бұрын
I've lived in Colorado since 95. Still amazed by all the mine tailings and ruins! So neat to explore.
@Freddtheoldmechanic
@Freddtheoldmechanic 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for saving Great history... Greetings from Norway
@rudiwillems6954
@rudiwillems6954 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for producing this history documentaries and very beautiful photos, kind regards from Belgium.
@LillyBear-sb8ez
@LillyBear-sb8ez Жыл бұрын
I love the southwest and have a special place in my heart for CO and NM. This was an excellent video. Thank you.
@herrroy4963
@herrroy4963 7 ай бұрын
Duncan's house is simply beautiful in all it's simplicity. Thanks for sharing this fascinating story of Animas Forks.
@marshawoods4983
@marshawoods4983 4 жыл бұрын
Oh my God I miss living in Colorado so much. I'm so glad I found this station but it certainly makes me melancholy.
@scottjustscott3730
@scottjustscott3730 4 жыл бұрын
To grow up around these abandoned hamlets and actually have family gatherings at these historic places must've been such a rich way to grow up. I'm so envious!
@haney3773
@haney3773 6 жыл бұрын
Great show. Thank you!
@mns8732
@mns8732 4 жыл бұрын
Colorado is so beautiful, especially boulder where I took Psilocybin for the last time. Love you Rachel ❤️
@MsEKN
@MsEKN 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for producing this amazing series, Rocky Mountain PBS! These videos make me proud to be a Colorado native!! ❤️
@mudpyz
@mudpyz 4 жыл бұрын
just love love love the 2 storey house at 23.08 - awesome view of it - what an amazing place to visit if i lived in your country
@fearection1952
@fearection1952 5 жыл бұрын
I'm from SLC and I wish Utah had a series like this....... as a 26 year old I'm amazed by the love of Colorado History this program has. pretty cool. thanks.
@paulsuprono7225
@paulsuprono7225 4 жыл бұрын
Inevitably, them Mormons . . . upon there discovering Salt Lake were not the most exciting, after hours . . . I mean, Lol !
@erichkaufmann5284
@erichkaufmann5284 3 жыл бұрын
Utah’s mountains 🏔 have always impressed me more the Colorado’s mountains 🏔 to be honest. I found Utah’s mountains to be of higher quality and Utah also steeper mountains it seems like and they are so big in width to
@erichkaufmann5284
@erichkaufmann5284 3 жыл бұрын
Denver is 45 minutes from the Rockies SLC is only 4 minutes so yeah
@erichkaufmann5284
@erichkaufmann5284 3 жыл бұрын
But as you all know California is America’s most mountainous state and Alaska has the tallest mountains even states you think would be a desert like Utah or New Mexico you would be mistake because even New Mexico and Utah have the Rocky Mountains to so does Idaho and Wyoming not just Colorado but Colorado has good weed so there’s that
@erichkaufmann5284
@erichkaufmann5284 3 жыл бұрын
The most impressive Rockies are in Wyoming in my opinion
@roseluke7148
@roseluke7148 3 жыл бұрын
Great history, beautiful Colorado!!🌺🙂 Thank you
@carolbenson6524
@carolbenson6524 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you PBS for these wonderful historic shows! I've learned so much of which I can now share with my grandkids.
@ericmarchildon4508
@ericmarchildon4508 4 жыл бұрын
Carol Benson ya nice
@granskare
@granskare 4 жыл бұрын
I read the Mining Camps Speak
@tomburnette8255
@tomburnette8255 Жыл бұрын
The last young lady’s statement about how they are the protectors of the land, environment and structures now, shocked me as my forefathers also stated this many times to the people coming into our lands. Now a few understand but most are still wanting for themselves and not for all. Unfortunately history repeats when we as society don’t comprehend what was provided to us 😢
@theresabaer2681
@theresabaer2681 2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating, fascinating video. Hope I can make that trip.
@granskare
@granskare 4 жыл бұрын
I was down to Victorville museum, I went to the rest room and saw signs in 3 languages: English, Swedish, & Finnish. That excited me because I am Finnish-American! The politicians in this country can be corrupted with ease.
@louiszima944
@louiszima944 3 жыл бұрын
really enjoyed video .
@paulsuprono7225
@paulsuprono7225 4 жыл бұрын
Sometimes . . . wish I had not left Colorado, back in 89'. Lived at Denver-YMCA, Denver-Capitol Hill (East Colfax), Golden, Boulder & Greeley. As everywhere, expenses have inevitably gone up . . . 😎🇺🇸
@rahkinrah1963
@rahkinrah1963 4 жыл бұрын
God bless the high country of Colorado.
@DrJohn493
@DrJohn493 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you RMPBS for this wonderful video and the history behind these sites. I've visited two of the three sites and I'm putting Ashcroft on my list for the next visit out. I'll linger at these sites and try to imagine what life was like when the towns were "alive." This video feeds my ability to better imagine the experiences of the Native Americans forced off the land and those settlers that followed. My problem is that there is so much of Colorado to see but not enough time to experience it all.
@MakePeopleMadForFun
@MakePeopleMadForFun 4 жыл бұрын
If there are undiscovered ghost towns, how do you know they exist if they aren’t discovered?
@freyaodinsdottir2207
@freyaodinsdottir2207 4 жыл бұрын
Probably through written documentation and accounts.
@MakePeopleMadForFun
@MakePeopleMadForFun 4 жыл бұрын
N. W. That means they were discovered and wouldn’t be “undiscovered ghost towns”
@alanburris8766
@alanburris8766 2 жыл бұрын
Usually from postal records
@lowpricedpaint
@lowpricedpaint 4 жыл бұрын
Colorado is special, for sure. Love how they show the Goddess Columbia picture. Kind of like Mon tana, or Moon Goddess. Interesting for fun, take a satellite image of the weather from those bad floods a few years ago, then take an image of the moons Schrodinger basin, flip it, then overlay the two images. Have fun. You'll see why that big C for Colorado is round.
@Lurker1979
@Lurker1979 5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating! Thanks from a person living in Washington State.
@mikecook8712
@mikecook8712 4 ай бұрын
Yeah, my buddies where i live now thought i lived close to a singular ghost town cause i have so many stories...my grandpa in the 80's was all about going to as many as we could find...lol😅
@shawnaweesner3759
@shawnaweesner3759 4 жыл бұрын
What the ghost towns mean to me is that the people who came to Colorado were workers and not thinkers.
@tiffanyclark-grove1989
@tiffanyclark-grove1989 4 жыл бұрын
Shawna Weesner I’m curious to know if you believe the supposed “thinkers” are superior to workers.
@scottt3407
@scottt3407 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks ... been to all of these , Several times , Ashcroft is one of my most favorite ones ... Over Express creek , an up the hill (over it ) 2Nd founded Town in Colorado ( according to Bob Terrell State wild life Officer ; Deceased ) Been some disputes over that for 10s of decades Independence didn't even get a mention ??? ( Fishins good too over ruby way ) an then on over to Crusty butt ... Its out there in Colorful Colorado , ... an well theres Leadville ( ONE of the disputed first 4 founded towns in Colorado
@amareshroy7732
@amareshroy7732 2 жыл бұрын
Once bustling when mining of various minerals is highest loss shine mines r exhausted. Workers loose jobs, leave area, business squeeze. New industry new technology grow in another area.
@appelmac1
@appelmac1 3 жыл бұрын
How about one on crystal and maybe marble??
@markmorris5880
@markmorris5880 6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video....have been to all three of these (this must be a recent video, it shows the new glass in the Duncan House in Animas Forks) and love all of these places....if you want more still pics of mining towns all over the state see my page on Facebook, 'Colorado Mining Towns and Ruins'.....
@haydena5639
@haydena5639 2 жыл бұрын
I honestly wish colorado didn't grow as much as it has we dont need this much people
@spookyglamandhistorygirl310
@spookyglamandhistorygirl310 2 жыл бұрын
Bear Creek
@khunopie9159
@khunopie9159 6 жыл бұрын
All I really need to say is . . . . . . BOOO! (I'm a ghost)
@carlasullivan3637
@carlasullivan3637 5 жыл бұрын
A lot of places to hide a body.
@ladycheyne5607
@ladycheyne5607 4 жыл бұрын
I misread this as "a lot of places to hide a booty"🤦🏿‍♀️(too much Thanksgiving)🤣
@billhosko7723
@billhosko7723 Жыл бұрын
i diot
@darkmachine165
@darkmachine165 4 жыл бұрын
In my opinion we should take what Colorado has done to a federal level, and use the taxes to restore and preserve our national parks and historic sites more effectively. I've seen first hand what the state taxes alone from marijuana sales has produced, clean smooth nice roads, nice looking towns, people are friendly.... to a extent avoid Denver. was walking down the street all I heard was POP POP POP POP! Then a ambulance flies bye mins later all I thought was umm this isn't where I parked my car im the Fook outta here!
@lalorespicio
@lalorespicio 6 жыл бұрын
That 1% is probably from the southern or eastern part of the US. Or even California
@riverraisin1
@riverraisin1 4 жыл бұрын
Dirt bikes and side by sides are ruining the wilderness. Too many, too noisy and too many obnoxious people that care nothing for the environment.
@rahkinrah1963
@rahkinrah1963 4 жыл бұрын
Over the years I have noticed that.
@MakePeopleMadForFun
@MakePeopleMadForFun 4 жыл бұрын
Land of the free indeed.....
@pauletteg4501
@pauletteg4501 3 жыл бұрын
@George Washington inkh
@pauletteg4501
@pauletteg4501 3 жыл бұрын
G
@sharpenflat6002
@sharpenflat6002 2 жыл бұрын
I agree. I think they all should be k-lled.
@Jackiedyk
@Jackiedyk 4 жыл бұрын
Never been to Colorado.
@edmc1000
@edmc1000 3 жыл бұрын
Your lose ! Watch a you tube of drone footage ,San Juan mountains . You will find a way to visit once the virus is controlled.
@Dragon90815a
@Dragon90815a 4 жыл бұрын
Couldn't live with those people.
@billhosko7723
@billhosko7723 Жыл бұрын
karen.
@ElectricPoliville
@ElectricPoliville Жыл бұрын
@@billhosko7723William
@MsJinkerson
@MsJinkerson 4 жыл бұрын
founded boomed and busted
@bobbybaldeagle702
@bobbybaldeagle702 6 жыл бұрын
The demon of GREED!!! Everyone want to get rich!!! One man found gold and two men wanted to take it from him....
@billhosko7723
@billhosko7723 Жыл бұрын
Ohh spares us your sanctimony... Fact, you paid no more for your computer than you needed to. Because you too, were greedy.
@bobbybaldeagle702
@bobbybaldeagle702 Жыл бұрын
@@billhosko7723 yES IN SOME WAYS I AM GREEDY. I'm greedy in the love I give and get from my family and friends. I also DON'T try selling people a bunch of junk they don't need....
@marymikel9193
@marymikel9193 6 жыл бұрын
Yah Bless you to know him. For Yashua's is coming soon.
@shammydammy2610
@shammydammy2610 4 жыл бұрын
@@marymikel9193 I'll pass. Thanks.
@xr6lad
@xr6lad Жыл бұрын
I hear Yakult is coming as well.
@franklinlaner8451
@franklinlaner8451 Жыл бұрын
It's crazy to hear a white person talk about preserving one's heritage and to leave everything alone but then turn around and go to a native Americans native Americans area spot whatever and whatever and take whatever they want
@xr6lad
@xr6lad Жыл бұрын
What’s that in English?
@billhosko7723
@billhosko7723 Жыл бұрын
The Native plug at the end was not needed. Everyone born here is Native and no people are indigenous. Indians drew from the land what they too wanted. There was also constant warring among and by warring tribes wanting ever more land and power and dominion and the peaceful tribes that just wanted to be left alone.
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