Exploring Croom (Florida) Ghost Town (Part One) 

PART TWO HERE: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IdWsLeI-YHo.html

Wow' those scrub jays are everywhere! Listen.

From a multigenerational native Floridian, thank you! I’ve swam that river in that specific area since I was a teen. We’ve camped and hikes many times. Our kids grew up enjoying this wonder of nature as well as many others. Keep up the awesome vids❤️

To be able to look into the future and see what our state will look like. Probably all those parks and and nature trails will be gone , thanks for saving our past,

Nice video of that river area! I think you didn’t even noticed that snake slithering by at about the 11:20 mark!?!?

I enjoyed your interaction with the kayakers about the old bridge. Always enjoy seeing Old Florida through your lens. Thanks for creating these videos.

🌴 I really love you doing these hikes! A lot of us, specially older folks, cannot get out and walk those long trails. Many many years ago a group of us prayed about the Rosewood incident. A true scar that happened in pioneer days… It was awful. That happens to be off the beaten path a bit taking the road that goes to Cedar Key east side of Highway 19. Maybe you could touch on that sometime in the future! Please be safe out there. It’s swampy! There are Florida panthers/wild boar. Not to mention our ever present skeeters, snakes & gators! Be safe! It’s a treat for us to watch you. 😉. Thank you for taking the time to do this for all of us! 🐇 💕👍🏽 🐸🦟🐊🐖 🦎🐍🐜

Hey Joe good work showing us the history in these places. You are on the Hernando side of the river across from iron bridge day use area. I had a geocache at that benchmark you found called "the benchmark" and up the trail where all the railroad iron is laid I had a geocache called "sanford and son" , both of those geocaches were from at least 15yrs ago. I have been stomping around these woods for 30yrs. Why didn't you show the old concrete water tower/guage near the benchmark? That is history also. And probably why the benchmark is placed there. The area you are in is known as iron bridge which was the crossing, and like you said there was a ferry know as pembertons ferry and the ferry master lived atop the hill on the sumter side. There used to be an old hand pump well there long ago. And the train trestle that crossed is know as "burnt bridge" because someone long ago burnt it down.

I grew up just outside of what is now called the Croom Motorycle Area. As we were actively using the park, back in the 70s and 80s, I think I know where the old rail line in your video is located. Needless to say, I could be wrong, so I was wondering if you wouldn't mind describing where the old rail line is relative to the motorcycle area? Thank you for creating this wonderful video.

You play an important role introducing people into hiking and seeing there is a lot out here and more involved the better chance we can keep it. Making own history.

I appreciate you showing these places. And those rails should have a year and where they were made

I love how you emphasis on "time standing still". I wish a lot more people watch & listen to your channel ESPECIALLY the ones who want to over develope what little areas we have left of nature!!! You really can learn so much from what's left. LOVE the "bench marker". I take a photo of ALL the ones I find. Also look for the date too!! Thanks for the walk through history. 🖐️

Cypress trees were amazing. Really enjoyed the video - especially the history lesson p. Thanks so much fo4 sharing.

Thanks for sharing the hike. We are headed that way in January. I’ll have to see if we can add this stop!

Thank you for your knowledge I'm using your videos for my kids to watch. We home school our kids its some nice we do together kids love it to Thanks again 👍👍

I live in the area and I'd love to show you places the locals only know

Thanks for sharing. Such a beautiful area. Florida has such amazing wilderness areas that many don't even get to see and explore. Glad to see you are growing your RU-vid brand. Have you explored areas to the south of Pasco and Polk counties? I know the areas you frequent are close and convenient to you. I remember seeing some old cemeteries that were preserved around the phosphate mines in southern Polk and Hardee counties. One old area was in Homeland , Florida just south of Bartow. Keep up the good work!

great video! Wonder where actual town of old Croom is? thanks!

Really glad I stumbled upon your channel! Had always wondered if Withalacoochee Forest held any “secrets”

WOW, You inspire Me to want to go explore like You are doing. I'm limited to doing certain thing's for health reasons but Walking would not be one of them. Thank You Very Much for Your Video's, they bring Life back into My Heart!! Any Suggestions on Hiking Safely?? Obviously the Cooler Weather will make Hiking easier for Me, I use to walk in the woods in My younger day's but eventually I got away from it due to the Cares of the World. I need to have something to do with the kid's to get THEM Outdoors too and Your Video's have become a Wonderful Reason to do so! Thank You for All You are doing in telling People like myself the History that's all around Us!!

Looks like the lay down hard for the rails from when they took them up. History man, love it

I just watched this video....A great job! Magnificent like always. ..I love the Fl history and all the things u show us...U do perfect what others do good...Thank u for always postin and for doing the best...

We just moved from ohio here to brooksville is this the same croom rd cool vid thank you

Absolutely love your videos man!! I'm just curious on where do you get all of your information about the history of central Florida?

you have a little over 11 thousand subs and this video has a little over 7 thousand views..........meanwhile people stare into the screen millions of times daily at crap......and i mean crap! i tell everyone to check yours and jungle jays channel out just once and they will be hooked! i'm subbed and waiting for more thank you buddy! you deserve more for what you do!

Got a question. Have you ever spent any time on Kettle Island in the Jumper Creek WMA? We had some very extreme paranormal activity there. Not sure if you have ever encountered anything like that?

11.18 min in i wonder what type of snake that was im geussing a garter snake or rat snake got a eye for snakes collected snakes since i was 8 years old in Florida . but never collected much on west coast of Florida always wanted to check that side out

I was hiking that same area today and had a question. There was a whole bunch of trees that were painted blue (not counting the trail blazes). Do you know what those are? They seems so haphazard and sloppy, and not like any official markings. Keep up the great videos.

You should have a product line shirts and hats with your logo and Florida maybe adding the names of these places. Bright shirts and hats for visibility is a good idea. An online store is dirt cheap and easy. Make your merchandise very high quality People want to pay for nice apparel no one offers much.

In early😀 interesting place

Hope you are right but them orange spray marks on that grade makes me nervous! Great videos! Thank you

Which trail is this I live near vroom and would like to walk it!

Well I grew up in Central Florida, a preacher's kid, running barefoot through the swamp. I didn't know how good I had it I thought the place was just a dump. You know the times that I piss away, are now just memories that I've got. I wish I had them back again and I think about that a lot. I got the down and out, wish I had a time machine, and I want to go back blues. I've been a playin' this blues song to the "Steamroller" riff, since 1972. I love your journeys Trailblazer Do you sell "T" shirts? How can I help you continue?

Gotta be more careful with your back against the water here in Florida

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