White Oaks: Ghost Towns of Southeastern New Mexico, an ENMU student produced video.

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13 жыл бұрын

This is a really well done student (ENMU) production "Ghost Towns of Southeastern New Mexico" which featured this section on White Oaks, New Mexico. Because of size restrictions on youtube uploads, we have had to edit it down a bit from it's original 25 minutes, which is a shame because it is really well done. Though over a decade old (history doesn't change that much), the players in this video still reside in the area except for Robert Leslie who passed several years ago. For more information on White Oaks go to www.whiteoaksnewmexico.com or www.museumsoflincoln.com This was probably done in the late 1990's. There's not date on the video.

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@arailway8809 3 жыл бұрын

I always felt that White Oaks was ignored in the history of Lincoln County. It was a going place. Billy the Kid stole horses from there, and the blacksmith led a posse to catch him. Someplace around there, the gold came out of the ground like wire. It was considered a great novelty to have a watch chain made out of it.

@mikenewmanhayes2010 3 жыл бұрын

ps my great great grandfather was BB Spencer he ran sawmill

@NewMexicoCountrySongs 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike, do you have any pictures of your great grandfather and or the saw mill?

@billyfernandez4257 Ай бұрын

My grandmother worked for a Dr .Spencer ..Rosa R. Chavez ..nurse

@billyfernandez4257 Ай бұрын

My grandfather was Manuel Chavez .cop .a. probation officer and became judge there

@dougbourdo2589 2 жыл бұрын

My wife & I visited White Oaks a number of years ago when considering a 'off the beaten path' place for retirement. As interesting as it is, it just didn't meet the local resources we thought would be necessary... Grocery, Hardware, Medical, etc. Still nice to mosey on through once in a while.

@PeteHemdem Жыл бұрын

It's not all that far from Capitan and Carrizozo, I think it's a good place. I have some property up in Ancho, another ghostly town.

@PeteHemdem Жыл бұрын

After 12 years since this video was put up, White Oaks has about 9 residents. The No Scum Allowed Saloon is still going, a very cool place for sure! Indoor and outdoor stages, horseshoe pits, and some very interesting patrons! And yeah, I was told that I had to do a shot of snakebite. It was tasty and easy to drink. Of course the recipe is a highly guarded secret.

@prissylots4060 4 жыл бұрын

I will always love lordsburg ghost town or not. I was born there. It's my home town. Love it love it love it love it!!!

@bettyh3747 3 жыл бұрын

I never thought of Lordsburg as a ghost town. I loved it there and declared it my new home town but unfortunately I couldn't stay.

@ericsimpson1176 2 жыл бұрын

@@bettyh3747 i think she is talking about Shakespeare the " real" old west ghost town just outsid lordsburg

@bettyh3747 2 жыл бұрын

@@ericsimpson1176 possibly, but I was told that Lordsburg was on its way to being a ghost town. Shakespeare and Steins are ghost towns and you can add Road Forks to that list as well.

@ericsimpson1176 2 жыл бұрын

@@bettyh3747 ive never been or heard of road forks i will have to look into that...if you are interested in the wild west history of that area look up dangerous dan tucker he was a law man there, interesting guy. Unfortunately Stein is closed now ( the owner go murdered In the town late at night about 10 years ago no suspect was ever arrested)

@bettyh3747 2 жыл бұрын

@@ericsimpson1176 thank you... Road forks is gone now. It was a truck stop, tire shop and motel. I worked at the motel. I remember a fireworks outfit there too. It is close to the NM AZ border on I 10.

@missmiss5051 6 жыл бұрын

My grandmother was born there... lots of interesting family history in the area. Great grandfather north of Lincoln

@azne69 13 жыл бұрын

Excellent Video, Thanks for sharing the life & times of White Oaks, NM.

@sabbyd1832 3 жыл бұрын

WoW, what a video gem about American history by local people. I hope more people discover this as there is some great footage and testimonials from the people who were living in White Oaks. It seems ghost towns, their history and spook hunts are popular atm so it would be nice to see some investment in these towns to preserve the buildings, town history and such

@bencoker4418 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! This was my documentary project in college. It was a blast!

@IreneIreneArt 8 жыл бұрын

That was very fun to watch! Thanks!

@MrZaphod711 10 жыл бұрын

This video sure is swell! Hey, you can now upload 25 minute films! No time restrictions. Love the brick hoyl house. Thanks!

@vicsaul5459 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant doc, 👏

@buddyanddaisy123 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks-as a long time New Mexico buff, I was always interested in Hoyle's Castle-this clip is just about the only thing on the Web about it. Thanks again.

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@fred2228 10 жыл бұрын

Very well done. Thank you.

@bettyh3747 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!!! ❤

@bradcooper1120 11 жыл бұрын

The place screams out B&B, and the No Scum Allowed Saloon is a block east.

@bradcooper1120 12 жыл бұрын

I'd pass your comment along, though I've lost track of the students that filmed it. They did a great job and White Oaks is still pretty much as it's pictured in it. The No Scum will change ownership again in April and still remains one of the last two bars in rural Lincoln County.

@judyallen5929 5 жыл бұрын

I think David Stone was in "Tombstone". His character recruited Wyatt Earp as a deputy.

@bencoker4418 2 жыл бұрын

He was in Wyatt Earp with Kevin Costner and played the sheriff of Dodge City. One of our mentors tipped us off that he was the President of the Portales National Bank. We asked if would narrate the documentary and he obliged! Very nice man.

@edyconsciouspi9137 6 жыл бұрын

Polly Chavez wrote in ruidoso, news: she listed many many businesses. 2 hotels, every type of business from that era.

@bradcooper1120 13 жыл бұрын

The ENMU film students really did a great job. As a photojournalist, I'd have given them an A+. I couldn't read all of their names on the credit, or I would have listed every one of them.

@bencoker4418 2 жыл бұрын

My documentary! Man this brings back memories. Had a such a wonderful time traveling around the region shooting this. We were up 44 straight hours editing to get it done in time. Glad to see it alive on KZfaq. I have a few VHS and DVD copies. I enjoyed everyone we talked to, especially in the beautiful town of White Oaks. The narrator was the president of the Portales National Bank and had roles in several movies, including the sheriff of Dodge City in Wyatt Earp with Kevin Costner.

@bencoker4418 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the praise. Is your wife Pat Cooper? If so, we all had dinner at your house about 15 years ago when I dropped off a copy of the DVD. Veal and spaghetti squash I believe. Delicious!

@ScoopDogg 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@danwaltz315 5 жыл бұрын

good documentary on white oaks New Mexico.

@rogerridgway7083 8 жыл бұрын

No mention of Billy the Kid. In my possession I have a letter written by one of the early people who wrote about Billy the Kid visiting here. He was the representative of a Kansas group who invested in the mines at White Oak.

@alanpeterson6224 6 жыл бұрын

If you'll read a little actual History, you'll realize Billy would never have been a representative of any mining company.

@rafaeltorre1643 5 жыл бұрын

@@alanpeterson6224 If you had better reading comprehension you'd know he was referring to the writer of the letter.

@alanpeterson6224 5 жыл бұрын

@@rafaeltorre1643 Oh, Okay.

@PeteHemdem Жыл бұрын

The No Scum Saloon has some original Willam Bonny wanted posters on the walls.

@bradcooper1120 11 жыл бұрын

There is a property that might fit that dream. The old Brown Store (the two story probably falling apart building in the video) was purchased by Joe Bowen and he started renovation (all new plumbing, electric, framed out bedrooms, roof, reinforced floors, etc., etc.) to make it a weekend getaway (he had money). Then he died. The realtor lives in the Gumm House in White Oaks, Anne New, Anne@tularosa.net

@bradcooper1120 11 жыл бұрын

There's a link to the Brown Store info on the historic structures page of the white oaks new mexico .com websiste. They won't allow links on youtube messages.....

@buddyanddaisy123 10 жыл бұрын

Is the Hoyle Hiuse occupied today? Would love to visit!

@judyallen5929 5 жыл бұрын

Not Tombstone...sorry. I meant "Wyatt Earp".

@billyfernandez4257 Ай бұрын

Been there in 80.

@kevinedwards8330 13 күн бұрын

Just went to white oaks in my 97 lincoln town car with the caliper rattling 😂

@williamdaniels6943 3 жыл бұрын

in 89 we drove by it to lincoln national forest.but you couldnt go to it.

@billyfernandez4257 Ай бұрын

Lots of musicians go there

@billyfernandez4257 Ай бұрын

Love to live there by dry creek

@mikenewmanhayes2010 3 жыл бұрын

my great grandmother was born there

@smokeyortiz3894 5 жыл бұрын

This was baddass

@billyfernandez4257 Ай бұрын

Wanna buy one house there by dry creek ..

@GenAfterNextTactics 6 жыл бұрын

Ive been out there and there's literally almost nothing out there lol.

@williamdaniels6943 3 жыл бұрын

NOTHING! dont let the GHOSTS hear you say that!

@billyfernandez4257 Ай бұрын

I known Crenshaws

@rebaeasler7423 3 жыл бұрын

I am interested in moving to New Mexico next year..would this be a good location. Not really cold or hot. Like maybe Roswell I've been looking at that location. Thake I was born to be a hermit. Really need peace and some quite.

@williamdaniels6943 3 жыл бұрын

MAKE SURE of your water supply!