We are in Illinois looking at Wyoming and checked out Rawlins and home prices for what you get compared to Illinois is really tough. 400k buy you a lot of home with basement and a acre or two but Wyoming not so much. I guess when people say Wyoming homes are affordable they are comparing to California?
the daughter of the builder of this site is a close personal friend of mine. i'll send her a link to your video. she always likes to see the place although she always gets a little sad when she sees how dilapidated it has become over the years. thanks for uploading this !!
Aside from the Exxon C-store, not much of a going concern. Last time we went through Shoshoni (early November, 2023), the town hall building was for sale.
My wife was born and raised there. Her Sisters are still there, My wife loves Runza but I never cared for it, But the best part of North Platte is Bailey Yard. It is the largest railroad yard in the world.
When we moved from Nebraska to Missouri we drove through this little town at night and from time to time l think about this town for no reason. Its weird.
Thanks for the nice AZ Route 66 video! I think I shot one of the last videos of the Twin Arrows (both of them) when I was there in June 2021. I saw a video shortly after where it had already fallen (but was still there).
Rawlins is a cool little town but sadly its in serious trouble like most small towns in Wyoming, I live in the state for over 25 years moved, and just in time, we now live in East Texas and love, it, unlike Wyoming the economy in Texas is booming more jobs than they can fill, good paying jobs, house, apartments, cabins are easy to find, rent, or buy, its beautiful here, we live in the country, with all the deer, and Possums, we love it! Wyoming is in Economic Free Fall, Sky High Unemployment, and utility bills can easily get way up to $ 500, to $ 700 just for a small house, bigger places can get up to and over $ 1000 per month very quickly, Rawlins, Green River, Riverton are all in bad shape, people moving out in increasing numbers.
Every time we travel from Cheyenne to Cody to visit relatives we blow through Shoshoni both ways. We should stop and support what is left of the town before it’s completely gone. Amazed it’s still there.
More important than not blinking, is DON'T SPEED THOUGH TOWN!!! Well known speed trap, and it's kind of the only source of income for the police department. Also, the corner gas station has been torn down and replaced with a nice new travel center, directly behind the old station.
Wyoming sucks bub!!! I know!! You stressed Rawlings was just a bunch of hood ol’ boys etc etc…I serviced City Market there though I lived in Colorado. People there smoke hard…drink hard…most have rotten teeth (Fact!!) and nearly all don’t wash their hands after taking a sh*t!! Yeah I know…I took care of the plumbing so I saw first hand how many dirt bag people in Wyoming are just straight up nasty! I quizzed a couple of female employees that worked at City Market if women their even washed their hands after using the restroom. NOPE was the answer. So if you think Wyoming is such a great place…live there since it’s generally do frack’n windy that a wind of 15mph is considered a calm day weather wise…bub!! Combine that wind with snow storms and I 80 is closed for 2-3 days in a row…Wyoming is a literal hell hole!! You BUB!! don’t know shit about Wyoming. Enjoy
We were there for the Great Shoshoni Traffic Jam on August, 21, 2017. Cars were backed up in every direction for at least half an hour. The town would have been hopelessly gridlocked were it not for traffic control by local law enforcement. It was a sight to behold. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_21,_2017
Thanks. Rawlins is my west bound jumping off point heading up 287 to Grand Teton/Yellowstone. Love any opportunity to see it. BTW, just several miles north of town there’s a 99,000 acre ranch for sale on the East side of 287. About 146 square miles. Check it out.
I moved here from Vegas. WTF am I doing here 😂 found me a girl in Vegas from north platte and 6 years later she convinced me to move here so she could be closer to her family ☠️
@@brucefotoz7859 his name was Donald Odell Winters, he was at the elementary school there in 1927...I actually found a printout card from his class showing all the other kids names and teachers. Very interesting.
Long after my grandfather though. My Dad was born in 1930, so too early for him. I think my Dad went to the school in town, not the rural one. They were "laborers" and my grandmother was domestic help according to the census. My Dad's step sister is closer to Donald's age. Mae or Anna Mae Ham. She married someone named Miller. Don't know where he was from or where they met.
That first part of the film is in Desert Hills, just north of Havasu. It was off grid living, still is for some houses. There was an underground marijuana grow there, horrible pot but that was then and we loved it. My family moved there in 85. I don't remember that building with the built over parking. That might have been the hospital? Back then kids could get away with anything. My wrestling coach (cop) was my father's frequent arresting officer. Good times!
