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Abandoned High School and Houses in a West Texas Desert Town

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First video in the West Texas Desert Series: In this video we take a detour from the interstate to explore a mostly abandoned town in the desert of West Texas. We'll see an abandoned high school, an old wooden house, and a sandy cemetery.
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@gailjackson8941 Год назад

I live in Odessa. Not pretty, but the sunrises and sunsets are beautiful!

@Keithdotson Год назад

I love West Texas

@DallasPix 3 месяца назад

I've been inside the Toyah High School.. The 2nd floor was removed & the structure was made into a Gym for the near-by schools if I remember correctly.. There's another school in Toyah also, & yep, I believe it was abandoned also. Elementary School I believe.. Pidgeon poo was every where on the inside of the ole High School.. Me and my ole best friend scouted this school & area pretty good. Underneath, are the showers & restrooms.. Last time we visited, the front entrance had a huge wasp nest so we decided not to bother them.. It's a shame that this historical structure is slowly wasting away.. I took quite a few photos of this building, inside and out.. Randy A Carlisle / RAC Photography / Historical Photographer // DJ - KSGV-Seagoville Tx

@jeanettajanca5831 2 года назад

I'm from Odessa Texas been here for 65 years I like your photos the show is wonderful

@Keithdotson 2 года назад

Thank you so much! It's nice to hear from you.

@user-kd4xl2dq1c Год назад

The name of the town is Toyah about 20 miles west of Pecos.

@Guysitscool1 2 месяца назад

No it’s pyote

@anthonyreinberg8658 Год назад

I remember playing 6 man football against these guys back in the mid 70s when I lived in Fort Davis👍🏻

@ekalenak Год назад

Toyah Texas. A town that had so much pride, whose school district was absorbed by a larger town. Strangling it to death.

@vargviper7192 Год назад

I missed his telling of the name of the town. I appreciate you doing so.

@MTknitter22 5 месяцев назад

Oh So sorry. Lovely name for a town

@Ron-zi3cg 5 месяцев назад

That's a piece of history.

@eileenhetherington3704 2 года назад

Is there any reason the name of the town is never mentioned in your video?

@Keithdotson 2 года назад

You know, maybe I had a reason at the time but if I did it escapes me now. It’s Toyah, Texas.

@lindadunn8787 Год назад

@@Keithdotson thank you for the update. Was wondering which West Texas town this is.

@deana8202 Год назад

It's on the hashtag.

@javiervaldez3360 4 месяца назад

I believe is Toya tx

@joejaramillo2044 Год назад

I was out there last weekend and nothing has changed. The first part of your video with burned out building and suv is still in the same place. Still a cool place to drive around.

@Keithdotson Год назад

Thanks for the update. It does feel like a place where time stands still.

@joejaramillo2044 Год назад

@@Keithdotson Still worth a trip out there. Great video.

@Keithdotson Год назад

Thanks!

@Guysitscool1 2 месяца назад

That’s wrong I live here and the place has changed me and the other 71 people that live here like it

@P_F299 Месяц назад

I love the state of Texas. I am from Iraq. I hope to visit the Texas desert and ancient cities

@tpickett1381 10 месяцев назад

Yep ,Windy,flat and dry to the horizon. Crunches when you walk. You know you're in West Texas. However the night sky is truly something marvel at. And the sky at sunset is breath taking.I lived out there growing up.

@elsid2166 5 месяцев назад

Toyah is the name of the Town.

@robertodebeers2551 2 года назад

There are abandoned schools like this in eastern Montana, where the Milwaukee Railroad used to run.

@Keithdotson 2 года назад

I'd love to drive all those back roads in Montana. It's on my list of things to do.

@manniesreactionchannel3808 Год назад

The old high school look very interesting.

@robertodebeers2551 2 года назад

Excellent narrative voice. Really appreciate the absence of too much talking, like we see in other ghost town videos.

@Keithdotson 2 года назад

Thank you! I appreciate the kind words and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@BobbyStanaland 29 дней назад

I was once told a story about Toyah. The way it was told, there are a native tribe known as Toyah Indians. The natives had blue eyes with brown skin. I have seen some people matching this description. Maybe someone can tell us more.

@jessesalazar1085 Год назад

Toyah,Texas that's the Toyah High School

@williamscoggin1509 Год назад

The old school building at Kent Texas right beside interstate 10 would be great if you haven't been there. Was damaged a long time ago by a tornado.

@joelhorlen20-zk3xr 2 месяца назад

I saw that while crossing the country by bicycle in 2010. I camped behind the Chevron station, which I think is closed down now. Wickedly windy that day.

@joedoakes8307 Год назад

Toyah was almost wiped OUT by a large Tornado years previous !!!

@Keithdotson Год назад

Oh wow!

@nayooropeza2211 Год назад

Yes, I remember hearing about that tornado, it actually took out the town bank building that kinda was made of the same red brick but with a different facade. I believe it happened in the 1990's

@theundefinedphotographer 3 года назад

Excited for this series. I always enjoy your abandoned explorations. That old high school looked so interesting

@Keithdotson 3 года назад

Thanks! I really wanted to take a closer look but there was a local keeping an eye on me so I thought it best to stay on the street. (Also a friendly but overly inquisitive dog).

@henryrodgers1752 Год назад

Not to be confused with Toyavale, 25 miles to the south, which is graced with a post office and a bar. Near Toyavale is Balmoral State Park, a lake formed from an Artesian well. Crystal clear water about 40 feet deep is great for snorkeling.

@williamscoggin1509 Год назад

The leafcutter ant bed on the slab at cemetery was unexpected. Doesn't look like many leaves around there to be cut. Lol

@georgecarpenter4126 3 года назад

Another amazing video. I just love to find places like this and spend some time pondering just what life may have been like years ago.

@Keithdotson 3 года назад

Thanks very much George -- I have the same thoughts about these old places.

@jramirez6198 Год назад

My thoughts are exactly the same

@terryolsen4244 3 года назад

This is great, Keith! Even though I live in western Arkansas and I am surrounded by hills, mountains, trees and forests, I am fascinated by plains, prairies and deserts. So I'm looking forward to seeing more of your explorations. Did you have an itinerary or just go where the Texas wind blew you? Great photos, as always.

@terryolsen4244 3 года назад

Happy New Year to you and your family! May 2021 be better than ever!

@Keithdotson 3 года назад

Thanks Terry! I had an itinerary but I kept it loose and it definitely changed as I made my way along. Much more to come.

@vargviper7192 Год назад

I watched the entire video and the name of the town must have zipped right by me. I watched two minutes three times and still never caught the name. My mind must have just blocked it out each time Mr. Dotson mentioned it. I really enjoyed the close inspection of the old high school. It is always nice when doors to old structures are hanging wide open and the videographer takes us on a bold tour.

@Keithdotson Год назад

Toyah Texas

@vargviper7192 Год назад

@@Keithdotson Yeah, I figured it out on my own but thank you anyway.

@bretthuckaby9745 Месяц назад

Love your work 💯

@Keithdotson Месяц назад

Thank you!

@cindyramos5957 Год назад

I lived there for some months

@MikeHarrison-no4zd Год назад

What about the motorhome beside the school

@salvadorgarcia1227 Год назад

Hello just a suggestion when you travel to these towns can you go by the cemetery and show some of the names of people who lived there.

@Keithdotson Год назад

I have a separate channel called walking old graveyards. I don’t narrate them but I do try to show names as much as I can

@MTknitter22 5 месяцев назад

Hey ya’ll. Would you look at the beautiful architecture of that old school? I was from near Amarillo and the schools build since 90’s just industrial ugly without charm or attention to history.

@royrice8021 11 месяцев назад

A ant bed at the foot of a grave means they have found a food supply. 👍

@noyfub 11 месяцев назад

I wander how many of those , in the cemetery died at the hands of the Comanches?

@georgehathcoat4011 Год назад

Like chalk flats. ! Nothing much left but cemetery's

@TommyAlanRaines 2 года назад

I have not been there since I was a kid.

@1polonium210 Год назад

In your video, I saw the headstone of the gravesite of a great-grandaunt!

@Keithdotson Год назад

Wow!

@tomfuller5585 Год назад

I think the weirdest town I've seen down there is Wickett, west of Monahans.

@Keithdotson Год назад

I need to look into it! Thank you

@slowrideen5852 4 месяца назад

I lived an worked in wickett nice public swimming pool an a corner store worked at truck stop cafe an the fuel station in early 80s. 5:01

@tomfuller5585 4 месяца назад

@@slowrideen5852 That's good to hear. I'm sure it isn't as weird as it appears.

@braxtonwoullard1188 Год назад

Courage The Cowardly Dog’s house is up the street from there.

@makadutaarzola9453 Год назад

Where was this filmed?

@Keithdotson Год назад

Toyah, Texas

@jimmylujan1457 Год назад

I had a friend that went to school there played football they were named the Toya Buffalos.

@dreamangus Год назад

Hey man I just wrote a song called Ain’t nothing in West Texas but me. I would love to make a video with some of your footage.

@Keithdotson Год назад

Go ahead and please send a link when you publish

@carrotjuse 2 года назад

Large sections of Texas looks like the moon was turned into an industrial dump, hundreds of miles of flat, dusty, desolate wasteland interspersed with pockets of crumbling concrete and rusting metal waste. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

@MikeHarrison-no4zd Год назад

Who owns the building and the property

@Keithdotson Год назад

I have no idea but there was a guy nearby working on another property, and it was his dog running loose in the vicinity -- maybe him?

@nkf4503 Год назад

Enjoy your art work and LOVE your calming mellifluous VOICE! Please Consider producing asmr meditation videos with your photos . ❤

@Keithdotson Год назад

You are very kind! Thank you!

@gailspaw5521 2 года назад

Love watching

@Keithdotson 2 года назад

Thank you

@victorcampa1562 11 месяцев назад

Can you please make a video of Dodson, Texas.

@Keithdotson 11 месяцев назад

I'll look into it -- thanks for the tip!

@victorcampa1562 11 месяцев назад

@@Keithdotson My Dad used to take people out to Dodson in the late 1950s and early 60s to pick cotton. I was about 8 to 10 years old and no I'm going on 72 and still remember those days and I did picked cotton together with my brothers n sisters and the rest of the people that went to work in those days. Thanks.

@Keithdotson 11 месяцев назад

I did a quick look and I like the town. I hope to get out there this winter. Thanks for the memory of the town -- I love learning about people's experiences in these places

@victorcampa1562 11 месяцев назад

@@Keithdotson Hello Keith . When we were living in Dodson on Saturdays we only worked till so that the people would go to Wellington to get thier groceries for the week and the young people would to the Ritz theater and watch a movie. For the people that didn't have a car my Dad had a 1946 truck and that's how they got to go to get thier groceries or whatever they needed. We travel to different places in Texas picking cotton but Dodson was our stop late in December and came back home and went to school. I have a story to tell you but I ll tell you about it later . It's a sad story that happened while we were living just outside of Dodson.

@johnrbreazeale7799 Год назад

I am curious as to what is this place close to, looks like maybe Ft. Stockton or Marfa?

@Keithdotson Год назад

The closest places as I recall were pecos and van horn

@estherhardcastle2732 Год назад

Where is the infrastructure? I don't see how anything that could sustain life exists here!

@Keithdotson 11 месяцев назад

Right! I think the nearest town is several miles away.

@gregelliott5016 2 года назад

The first building looked like it had a bomb go off in it

@Keithdotson 2 года назад

Yes sir! And it's not the only one there that looks like that.

@gregelliott5016 2 года назад

@@Keithdotson what town is this? That small house looked like it's out of a horror movie

@Keithdotson 2 года назад

@@gregelliott5016 It's called Toyah, Texas

@danaselvey5013 Год назад

WE HAD ABSOLUTELY THE SCARIEST EXPERIENCE IN TOYAH AND WILL NEVER EVER EVER GO BACK LOL NOT ONLY DID SOMEONE SAY WE COULD GET SHOT BY A MAN SITTING AT A HOUSE BY THE SCHOOL BUT WE GOT FOLLOWED BY 4 WHITE TRUCKS ALL OVER TOWN LITERALLY CIRCLING US. WE GOT OUT OF THERE AS FAST AS WE COULD.

@Keithdotson Год назад

Wow that does sound scary

@RocketinExile 3 года назад

Which camera? Format? Film? thanks great stuff man

@Keithdotson 3 года назад

Hey thank you! These are digital images shot on Sony A7R IV, converted in Nik. I had brought along a film camera too but it malfunctioned and I wasn't able to use it reliably.

@RocketinExile 3 года назад

@@Keithdotson Thank you

@shelcancook6731 Год назад

what town was this?

@Keithdotson Год назад

Toyah

@shelcancook6731 Год назад

@@Keithdotson thank you. I grew up in West Texas with areas that looked like where you were. Great work! Beautiful.

@javiervaldez3360 4 месяца назад

Toya tx

@genekelly8467 2 года назад

enormouse cemetery with few occupants? Why did the twon die?

@Keithdotson 2 года назад

I think there are more graves in the cemetery but markers are missing.

@joedoakes8307 Год назад

What is the NAME of the TOWN ?

@javiervaldez3360 4 месяца назад

Toya tx, near pecos tx

@louispaparella5766 Год назад

Go down the hwy to Kent, Tx.

@Keithdotson Год назад

Oh thanks! I definitely will. Thanks for the tip

@louispaparella5766 Год назад

@@Keithdotson Not knowing your age, you could probably spend your remaining days in the American west!

@Keithdotson Год назад

You're right! And be happy doing it too.

@louispaparella5766 Год назад

@@Keithdotson You may be aware of sites for ghost towns in many states, also abandoned airfields...Pick a subject...

@HM2SGT 9 месяцев назад

4:55 I wish the people who disagree with vaccinations would tour through some of these pre vaccination cemeteries. Infant mortality was soul crushingly high.

@MTknitter22 5 месяцев назад

Well not same thing as now

@tylerjones2695 4 дня назад

All vaccinations are not the same, and neither is the intent

@HM2SGT 4 дня назад

@@MTknitter22 *_Exactly_* the same. Thanks to people who are too smart for the good of everybody else in the world, diseases that were eradicated or nearly so have been making a comeback due to people not getting vaccinated. Diseases like measles, mumps, whooping cough... & Polio. I don't care if people don't want to protect themselves, but since they live with and interact with others and can't contaminate innocent people, that's a major problem. It doesn't get much more selfish and arrogant than that. You've probably never walked through a 19th or early 20th century cemetery and seen the graves of all the kids that died a few weeks after they were born, we didn't make it to their fifth birthday because of diseases that can be controlled through vaccination. If you live alone, and your choices affect no one else then you may do as you please. But since that is not the case, your freedom ends when it negatively affects those around you. Period.

@marycooper2557 2 года назад

What town was this

@Keithdotson 2 года назад

Toyah

@marycooper2557 2 года назад

Fyi might check out petit and pep tx ty

@lenoramartinez3573 2 года назад

Orange grove texas

@lenoramartinez3573 2 года назад

Orange Grove texas

@bb546123 Год назад

It’s Toyah Texas

@abcderghijk 2 года назад

Why did people come to living in desalet places like this..

@Keithdotson 2 года назад

I think some people like the isolation

@abcderghijk 2 года назад

@@Keithdotson well they sure got plenty of that..

@Keithdotson 2 года назад

Yes! for sure

@jramirez6198 Год назад

No city problems like gangs, robberies ext.

@tpickett1381 10 месяцев назад

Oil .My father in law started out as a water boy carrying water to the roughnecks on the rigs in the 1920s.He said you could walk drilling platform to platform and your feet not touch the ground there were so many drilling rigs back then. The movie Giant was filmed in that area in the 50s ( James Dean's last movie.)