Part two of the epic camping adventure and ghost town exploration! On this adventure we explore a long abandoned bridge. Further research indicates this bridge was last used in the 1980’s! Hard to believe it was that recent. We have believe it to have been built prior to 1922. Afterwards we return to the spooky well for a better look and find pleasant surprises at yet another old homesite. PayPal Tip Jar: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography Special thanks to gas fund contributors: Rosemarie L Colleen C And huge shoutout to Robert for support! Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/SidestepAdventures My flashlights: olight.idevaffiliate.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=282
Lackawanna Steel was in business from 1840 to 1922. The steel for the bridge would be prior to 1922 when it was bought by Bethlehem Steel. So you are correct saying bridge was built prior to 1922. Cool bridge.
I can remember in Midland, TX we had a young girl fall in a well. Jessica McClure I believe was her name. Jessica fell around 25 feet if I remember right it took days to get her out. They had to drill down the side of the well to about four feet below where she was at, and then drill sideways. When they finally reached her she was wedged so tight they had to use lots of Lube to get her out. She was only two years old, and everyone was afraid she was going to die. I was at a football game when the announcer said these words that I will never forget: JESSICA MCCLURE HAS BEEN RESCUED FROM THE WELL and the whole stadium just stood up and cheered nonstop for like ten or more minutes. I think that was around 1987 I will never forget that night for as long as I live. Please tell them to cover that well. God bless.
Yes I live in Florida and was 17 yrs old married with a baby at that time. I watched everyday till they got her out. Wow!!! That was so long ago. My daughter is 33 and has 2 boys of her own now!!! Bless you and yours!!! Bless JESSICA McCLURE!!! 🙏❤🇺🇸😊
I think the whole world was praying they could save her, it was a horrible thing for that poor baby. The men who got her out were not giving up, and had to devise new plans when running into problems. God was surely looking over her, and helping her saviors along the way. These men were heroes, although they probably don't consider them selves so.
Oh gosh yes me also! Reminds me of when my brother and I were little I was 6 now I'm 45 but my mother would take us trail walking in Septembers to Indian Kill Trails and I did always love the leaves and twigs and the chirps from bugs
The Lackawanna Steel Company was an American steel manufacturing company that existed as an independent company from 1840 to 1922, and as a subsidiary of the Bethlehem Steel company from 1922 to 1983. Founded by the Scranton family, it was once the second-largest steel company in the world.
We had several Lackawanna&Bethleham steel hardbound encyclopedia sised books in our hallway bookshelves we also had civil engineering books &geology&mining books inherited by someone in either my dads family or my moms fathers family.I hated leaving all those old interesting books behind!
That is really interesting. Always think of trains when I hear Lackawanna. Bethlehem PA not that far from me & my dad was born in Scranton but raised in the Bronx.
I remember crossing that bridge while going to the river on fishing trips with my uncle, I`m 60 years old now. I`ll say it was still in use up to 1970.
Just wanted to say thank you. My mom and I have been binge watching your channel for past month. You have made our quarantine time enjoyable. My mom and I have always had a thing for old grave yards. Like to visit them and read the stones and think of the stories and history they have seen.
That marked well is deeper than the one not marked. Amazing the water is still down there. That blue bottle that you picked up is a keeper. I had a farm in Virginia and the Blue Ridge Parkway crossed part of my property. There was a dump site on my property that I found by accident. Dated back a little over 100 years. Found an old iron bed in it too. That got me started. Your looking at little pieces of history. And of course it is fun to do.
I love the relationship between you and your son Cody. Many teenagers wouldn’t be interested in tracing back history or hanging with their dad love to you both
I always find it interesting how far things traveled in the past. Depending on the year Lackawanna steel was in PA or NY. By the way I really appreciate your videos. I went to school for archeology and one of my projects was documenting every grave in a nearby cemetery. That was years ago but still one of my major intetests.
Watching you explore the old house places and the bridge on the WMA brings back lots of memories of my working days on WMA's here in Arkansas. I have seen a lot of the same things. Old homesteads, bridges and yes open wells lots of those. You have to be careful and not step on old boards as they may be covering an old well. I actually know a guy that fell in an old well while fighting a wildfire at night. He was barely able to climb out on his own. Very interesting
It is utterly amazing that you can still find remnants from such along time ago. All the hard work the first settlers had to do. Find the spot clear some land and start hunting for materials to build their homes barns and out building's. They were definitely hard workers. I don't know how many of us today could do this. Live off the land. I know people do but what percent 😀🐄🐖🐓🌲
Fascinating adventure, Robert & Cody! Thanks! These explores at old home/village sites remind me how fleeting life is -- not too terribly long ago there were people and families living and working around there, and now it's all abandoned.
I not only love watching your videos & reading of lot of the comments. They provide some interesting information. Cody is like a ferret fossicking arrount & finding bits of interesting things. Cheers from Victoria Australia 🇦🇺🐨🦘👍🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Lackawanna is Pennsylvania steel. You have a wonderful curiosity & imagination for history. Olde with bad knees, I can’t scramble around much anymore, so I really enjoy the armchair adventure.
I love the natural sounds in your videos .....your voice is soft and great for videos . I have been binge watching during this COVID time ....thank you !
Robert even though the bridge is just steel stand n it's still beautiful n the location. Run n water is sooo soothing to the ear... Thanks for this awesome adventure... 🤓💕
That road and bridge would have made a great hiking and biking path had it been kept up. Those old homesteads are amazing. I'm glad you are informing them of that well as it is very dangerous left open like that. We used to turn in any finds like that at the entrance to the park .They had a small museum there of the various finds etc. Keep Safe❤Keep Well❤
The bridge was really neat to see but a little creepy, being really the only standing structure out there. There has to be cemeteries nearby most communities had their own in the day because most would be locals.now travel is a whole lot different. But you never know.
LaL.a,Black is right Robert...,you and Cody had Spirit company with you on this trip....nothing wrong with your go pro or batteries, just the people who lived here before who are now Spirits are as curious about your being there, as you are about their history, but they do drain electrical charge from cameras ,etc as they need the energy it gives off. If you had a spirit box you would possibly have heard them speak to you! No harm ...just pure interest in your visiting where they used to live and be happy. Enjoyed this two part video Robert and Cody, Thankyou for sharing ! Love from the U.K. 🙋♀️😘☕️☕️🦋🦋🦋🦋
Thank you for respecting and not being like one of those idiot youtubers that would have probably got on the old bridge and jump on it or have done some stupid stun and demolished what is left of that bridge. Thanks for the great videos!
Thank you Thank you Robert and Cody. It’s so great to see a young person also interested In history too . Robert you are so knowledgeable. Cody you are an inspiration we need more young people like you. Stay Safe
This is so wonderful! I love history. I have been watching European history shows because they are so much older than we are but American history is my first love.
What a beautiful place. Makes me long for my youth exploring woods. Didn't have to go far either....living in rural town (at the time) lots of woods every where. Thanks for the awesome adventures.
Thank you for your continued quiet, thoughtful, respectful approach to your explores. Appreciate the background stories as well. Good to see you have an explore partner.
Before my father and mother passed (2002 & 2009) we would sometimes go on road trips to areas where family used to live to record the resting place of lost, and sometimes forgotten, family members. We never had an opportunity to visit such historical finds like you have in your part of the country but it was a great bonding time nonetheless 😪. While searching for a lost relation at a small cemetery in south central Idaho, we split up to better search for the name. I was off by myself searching an isolated section when I saw a stone facing away from the center of the property toward an old barbed wire fence. I walked around to the front of the stone and was absolutely stunned to see my full name (first, middle, last) engraved on the stone 😲. It wasn't the family member we were looking for. In fact, we had no record of them at all. My family name is very uncommon so it is very probable (but not 100%) that this too was family. We have as yet been unable to trace who this person was or any connection to us but I sincerely hope the marker wasn't intended for me. If it was, I officially died some 40 years before I was born 🤪. Have you ever had something similar happen in your wanderings? It's a little unnerving but, at the same time, fascinating 🖖. Keep the great videos coming. I am no longer able to get out and do things like this so I am vicariously living my explorer side though you and your videos. Be good and, by all means, stay safe 😷.
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That was just fantastic thanks Robert. What a beautiful place. Loved the old bridge a shame it wasn’t left as a footbridge. Thanks for taking me along. Please stay safe
I really love your videos, it is great to watch as you explore areas so very different from where I live in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. Just to let you know it was 120 degrees here yesterday, and is expected to be even hotter today. Have a great weeks guys.
I love a good Cliff-hanger ending! Looking forward to Part 3!!! (...it must be an old family cemetery? ...or maybe a huge bottle dump? ...or perhaps some old abandoned cars/trucks? A hidden cave with tunnels that lead to another dimension??? ;-) Hmmmm... whatever it is, I'm excited to see it!!! Love your Adventures! Valerie
That was very interesting and I love how you left us hanging at the end. We will all be wondering what you found tonight while we should be sleeping! LOL Can't wait!
Hi Robert & Cody, I agree in that there should in theory be a fair sized cemetery there somewhere unless the residents all got buried in the next town/village over ??. A very cool video, I thought that old bridge was kind of cool, I wonder how old it was ?. Thank you for sharing, I look forward to seeing what the amazing discovery is in part 3. xx
@@AdventuresIntoHistory don't. From what I could see of the foundation the iron would probably hold you but I seriously question the rock as there is not enough clay, concrete, or whatever they used to keep the stones steady. I prefer my friends in one piece please!
Ohhhhhh I love this. The bridge, the homestead. That we can for a little while step back into their lives. Its fascinating. Im assuming that this bridge wasn't covered ? I used to love seeing them in an old black and white film. They have such character, romance, even creepy. I am so enjoying these videos but worry about you and Cody for the snakes lol. Bring on part 3. 😁😁🌷🌾🌷
Robert, just watched the old bridge adventure. Saw the name Lackawanna in the steel. That’s the name of an old railroad and I wondered if this was a railroad bridge as opposed to a car/truck bridged. Always enjoy your adventures.
Cool place! Y’all might want to wear a backpack with some water in it , so y’all don’t get dehydrated! I know it’s hot as crap out there I live in Crawford ala and man it’s stifling hot! Stay safe!
I'd love to hear what Dan knows about the area! Are you guys gonna give us a tent pitching and fire building tutorial? that would be cool and of course spooky stories by the camp fire! 👍😁❤️🇱🇷
I knew the bridge sign was modern because I recognized the lettering design. I started driving in the 1970s and all newer signs were that design in Georgia. The bridge iron, however, has a similar design to one I used to visit on my favorite hiking trail. The iron was also Lackawana and was constructed around 1910. If you can't look up the bridge itself (Georgia Historical Society?) Maybe pictures of the iron struts and other pieces still exist through company histories or catalogs. That could help date it.
One of the best video series you've done. I know you don't believe in ghosts but your Go Pro camera problems could be paranormal energy. I was watching one of the many many paranormal shows and they always seem to have electronics suddenly die on them...Or it might just be a faulty battery. Thanks for bringing us along on brdiges, wells, snakes, etc etc
