Forgotten History of a Small Town in Texas

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Forgotten history of a small town in Texas - We travel south on Texas Hwy 67 where we discover a small historic town in Western Texas. Known as the Gateway to Big Bend, this small Texas town is a tourist destination & makes the ideal base camp for exploring Texas' Last Frontier. Intrigued by the town's forgotten history, I walk its streets & tour the town. Find out what amazing places exist in this old Texas frontier town & learn their forgotten history by watching this episode of SightseeingSally!
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@chelseaburge2026 Год назад

Resident of Alpine here! Thanks for the visit and all the history I didn’t know about! You made it seem far more interesting than it actually is here. 😅

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Thank you Chelsea, this is the greatest compliment I could ever get ❤️ and you’re welcome! I enjoyed exploring your town very much.

@johnhawks5035 Год назад

Hi. US citizen resident in Jalisco, MX looking to relocate to Alpine/Terlingua area. Is it possible on a budget of about $2,000USD/month? (In the country. bringing 1 horse and 1 dog).

@cchavez6167 11 месяцев назад

Yep same here! I think I might have been like....2 years old?

@jefface1234 11 месяцев назад

thank you for visiting my town that i grew up.. I love seeing people discover the best town in Texas.

@markfletcher8084 Год назад

Alpine is a wonderful town, I always dreamed of living there.

@BigBadJohn Год назад

Southern people are proud of our heritage, we were on the confederate side during the Civil War and our families lost a lot of Sons, Brothers and Father's through it all. There is an international boundry marker still standing from the Republic of Texas in Carthage as well as markers for the old Spanish road. It's important to remember that president Jackson's Indian removal act forced many of our families out this way just 30 years before the Civil War and that the North claimed the South started the war when the truth is the North failed to vacate shipyards and forts when the South seceded and they really weren't theirs anymore.

@johnhawks5035 Год назад

Your videos are so very watchable. Zero BS or attitude. Just, here we are, here's what we experienced. Pretty nice for a change. Thanks.

@SightseeingSally Год назад

I appreciate that! Thank you 😊

@gregboyden564 Год назад

I love these old obscure towns you guys take us to. each town comes with it own history that you research for us. Thanx!

@HaveKayaksWillTravel Год назад

I love TEXAS.

@markwilkerson9785 Год назад

Nice field trip again, what a peaceful easy feeling these adventures are. You two make a great traveling band. Looking forward to the next journey.

@rafaeltorre1643 Год назад

I’ve been watching you for months and just realized I wasn’t subscribed. I guess RU-vid loves you because you always show up on my screen and click every time. You went to towns I never knew existed in my native state! NM.

@lettyschlieper7410 Год назад

People do not forget that Texas was a Confederate state. I should know I'm a Texan. So we are proud of all of our history and the Confederacy is part of it. Just a FYI from a Texan.

@bryantint1339 Месяц назад

Kansas is better. Conservative abolitionist state.

@hawaii50th Год назад

Is it Front Street Books? Don't worry Sally, we love you as much as we love Marty, both of you are fun, and interesting. What a town with lots of rich history, many times I'll imagine dirt roads, horses, buggies, Chuck wagons, and hitching post instead of vehicles driving down the main streets of some of these towns you give us history lessons on.👍👍👍

@makadutaarzola9453 Год назад

Alpine is a beautiful little town. Lived in Fort Davis Texas for many years and worked at Sul Ross College.

@stephenmorton8017 Год назад

excellent history lesson. i call them the 'Welcome Howitzers' and there are lots. amazing you can dig up so many facts, Marty has great insights. be safe out there.

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks Stephen!

Месяц назад

Alpine is an awesome little town. I will be driving through there in a few months on my way to Marfa.

@robertpack5725 4 месяца назад

Sul Ross “Gradurate” here! Alpine has certainly changed since the late 70’s/80’s. I had many a long neck Pearl at the Toltec in 1979. The Casners were still selling cars then, the Rangra’s hadn’t bought the theater yet and the Casa Blanca served Vinegar Pie.

@SightseeingSally 4 месяца назад

Vinegar Pie sounds rather interesting.🤔

@georgederocher8202 Год назад

Dan Blocker “Hoss Cartwright” graduated from Sul Ross University in Alpline

@badgerpa9 Год назад

Nice video Sally and Marty. The 105 Howitzers are in use in Ukraine, many from the 1940s. Stay safe and warm, we had about 5 inches of snow with more to come they say. The snow is really wet also so it turned to ice as the temps fell today.

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Oh wow! I didn’t realize that, thanks for the info. Glad we’re not there, be careful out there!

@henryrodgers1752 Год назад

Sally, I enjoyed your tour, but I am a bit disappointed that you didn't mention Sul Ross State University, located in Alpine. Keep touring!

@janemerrittmckenna2386 Год назад

Loved your video !

@joetrueblood7663 Год назад

Love Alpine it's awesome place I go threw their going to my property in big bend.

@master.of.reality Год назад

Totally awesome 😎 video.

@augustharter981 Год назад

Thanks for sharing all the little history tidbits. You help people like myself to find about the small towns around our country. Keep it up! I think the building might be the one with the cowboy on it that is your kind if place. However I just realized this video is from 3 months ago. Love the houses you pointed out near the end of the video. Especially love red brick house!

@LostOnLandAgain Год назад

Next time I pass an elderly person I'm going to tell them they are historic and see if I get my lights punched out. LOL I have never been to Alpine. Now I wanna visit!

@SightseeingSally Год назад

hahaha good luck with that, and don’t mention my name when you do 😂

@christinatweet6580 Год назад

Living in Louisiana, believe me the drive-thru cocktail is a severely watered down affair! I grew up in Racine & Eau Claire. WI is right-on to NOT have drive-thru bars----Wisconsin people would not accept watered down cocktails!!!

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Lol good point

@JohnShinn1960 Год назад

Another place for me to Google Earth! Thanks you two! 👍👍👍

@SightseeingSally Год назад

You’re welcome John 😃

@jerryhudgins6592 Год назад

Grew up in alpine. Video is nice but the town is actually much prettier than your video shows. Sitting at a mile high the weather is perhaps the best in texas. The Rocky Mountains start right in alpine. Took too much for granted when I lived there

@luckytahlula6515 Год назад

As they say in the south, Sally, you're a hoot. Hey, to Marty. Stay well. Merry Christmas and God bless you.

@ronniegillaspy Год назад

Why didn’t you mention the baseball field? Kokernot field??? Tons of cool history with the field and stadium.

@cindyjoyce 3 месяца назад

I was born and raised here ❤

@gregorysarmas692 Год назад

In the intro the signage is so retro

@makadutaarzola9453 Год назад

You should do a video on Fort Davis texas. Beautiful community and the fort is really neat they have there. Lived there for years and loved it.

@danshelburne1948 Год назад

They did.

@MrSTOUT73 Год назад

There used to be a drive up window at "Dads" liquor store in Woodruff Wisconsin. Not sure if it's still there anymore.

@128titanic Год назад

Thank you for your video!❤❤🧡.

@backcountryboondockers Год назад

Very cool, where are you going next. We are in quartzite enjoying the long term visitor area and avoiding winter.

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Thanks! Sounds like a good plan. Have fun! 😄

@toms6756 Год назад

Thanks!

@SightseeingSally Год назад

You’re very welcome! And thank you 😊

@griswald7156 Год назад

Sally,i love your channel…i really do….but i would love you and Marty to talk to some local peeps when you’re in town…

@earllutz2663 Год назад

This is my second comment, on this video. You said, I believe, that you had never seen or heard of a drive thru, beer & wine store. Where I grew up, in Glenn Dale Md., in Prince George's County, the next town close to us, on Seabrook Md., had a drive thru beer & wine store in the 60's thru 90's. Since I now live on Mds., Eastern Shore, I don't know if that drive thru, is still there.

@marksnyder8189 Год назад

Wow, awesome video. I have never been to Alpine, but I have wanted to go for a long time. I saw a great indie film some years ago called "Dancer, Texas, population 81." It was about a fictitious town east of Alpine. Set in contemporary times, it shows the ups and downs of living in a small, remote town. One of the main characters winds up going to Sul Ross state college in Alpine. A lot of scenes for the film were shot in Alpine. I love the old buildings. I will have to find a way to get out there before I get any more 'historic.' 😉

@onrycodger Год назад

New subscriber here.🖐 Glad I ran across your channel. 😃👍

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Awesome! Thank you! Welcome 👋🏻😄

@oldRoyaltypewriter Год назад

I rode Amtrak thru Alpine last year (west bound) The train stops there for a 10-minute 'fresh air break,' when everyone disembarks and smokes cigarettes. Your great video made me wish I'd gotten off the train, explored town and then resumed my journey the next day.

@matthewsorensen2147 Год назад

Enjoyed your video and all that history, thank you 🙏

@1954shadow Год назад

I bet Alpine was a really, roaring town, at its … peak.

@SightseeingSally Год назад

I’m guessing it was too!

@christinatweet6580 Год назад

Wah waaaaaah.....I get it! 🙄

@vinnieyakubanski6266 Год назад

Lived in Alpine from 1963/1968 and again 1975/1980. Parents lived there from 1963/2005. Great place for Geology @SRSU..It's a tough economic environment. I'll check out your Mingus video I live up on Possum Kingdom Lake not far from Mingus. Keep up the good videos.

@reddmutt1916 11 месяцев назад

The Granada Theater building.

@mrdubya 3 месяца назад

Tragic fire on main street this past month. Several business and historic buildings lost.

@Revolver1701 Год назад

Did the railroad depot builder get looked at for the first three?

@deborahbloomer4567 Год назад

Book store is your favorite? Front Street books is great!

@marktaylor9975 Год назад

Drive in liquor store in New Richmond Wisconsin. In NW Wisconsin near the twin cities. Oh Wisconsins not new to drive thrus.

@1954shadow Год назад

M-A-R-T-Y!

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Lol 😂

@justnerdystuff Год назад

I wonder how many of these old buildings (especially the old hospital and hotel) are haunted

@gabrielhartcralleyuryselen359 Год назад

Front Street Books

@eugenioalvarez4 Год назад

Maybe u can visit Wellington tx an Dodson tx

@kristymcnett5746 Год назад

Hey Sally! I know you're from northeastern Wisconsin so I'm here from southern Wisconsin to tell you there is a drive-thru liquor store in Janesville! 🍻 cheers

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Cheers 🍻 thanks, I didn’t know & appreciate the update! Guess I need to get to Janesville 😉

@kristymcnett5746 Год назад

If you do, stop at Decatur Dairy cheese store & get some of the best cheese curds in the world or an awesome grilled cheese. My daughter & granddaughter work there

@jasonrogers143 Год назад

Since your in texas come to San Angelo and visit me 🥺

@plutoplatters Год назад

she says " there's cars and people everywhere" !! Is this San Diego, Tx. ??

@cindyjoyce 3 месяца назад

San Diego , Texas is a nasty town

@johnhawks5035 Год назад

First time I encountered a drive-through booze store was in Yuma. I too am very surprised there are none in WI. I have never seen so many drunk people as I have in WI.

@jig88 Год назад

2:03 soda pop

@clarencewsmith707 Год назад

Great video very informative about our Texas history you do a great job if you ever get down our way please stop and say howdy, I live in quemado tx, north of eagle pass

@jig88 Год назад

You stuck in Texas ? Or their just because it's warmer,. 😆 Cool video,I know a badass homeless shelter in San Antonio Texas on Nolan street blocks from the Alamo

@SightseeingSally Год назад

A little of both, thanks!

@MrSTOUT73 Год назад

I think someone in town doesn't like train stations.

@victoriamaaske7420 Год назад

The granada theater?? Is that your building we are to guess?

@SightseeingSally Год назад

it was a good guess, but not the one. I was talking about the bookstore 😊

@mikeprinos2138 Год назад

The book store?

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Yes! Email me with an address where I can send your sticker - sightseeingsally@hotmail.com

@tiffanymay3939 Год назад

The theater?

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Good guess, but it’s the bookstore. 🤓

@gerald9264 Год назад

I'm from Alpine myself; To me It's the largest city in the largest county; second largest 😅 State in the United States in America Brewster Country earthquake city Alpine Texas.

@DeeMoback Год назад

Get it Marty....get it.....we'll just hook it to your belt loop....then you just walk away....NOBODY WILL NOTICE

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Don’t be encouraging him now hahaha 🤣

@bextar6365 Год назад

EX-LINT Video !!! ******

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Wow 🤩 thank you

@rustysawyers5109 Год назад

Leave our monuments alone....

@earllutz2663 Год назад

Thank you again for another great video, and the nice side insights from Marty and you Sally. I hope that you continue to make videos, such as I have viewed, in the past.

@SightseeingSally Год назад

You are so welcome! Glad you are enjoying the videos.

@David-vh8ij Год назад

My favorite town in Texas!!

@williamhickstein685 Год назад

There is a Drive Thru Liquor store in Necedah, WI., on RT-80 just south of RT-21.

@SightseeingSally Год назад

I guess I need to explore more of Wisconsin

@christinatweet6580 Год назад

Yes! but is it a place that will serve you a prepared cocktail by a drive-thru? Doubt it...🤔

@williamhickstein685 Год назад

@@christinatweet6580 no just sell alcohol

@msmeyersmd8 Год назад

"No Country for Old Men"

@jackpalmer724 Год назад

Seems like a nice town. Thanks for the tour.

@jamesjolly7406 Год назад

👋hey👋 from Dexter,Missouri Super awesome video. Have a super amazein night🌉 weekend. Be safe Travelin on 🛣️ roads 🛣️

@marlieswhitmore3325 Год назад

There is a drive thru liquor store in Beloit, Wisconsin. It has been there for over 10 yrs.

@rg1599 Год назад

My last assignment before retiring was in the 36th Infantry Division. My uncle also served in it in WWII.

@chriswilson9230 Год назад

You will find plenty of drive through liquor stores in Texas

@chriswilson9230 Год назад

Need to always show former and cure fire stations

@pennytill5183 4 месяца назад

A beautiful little town.

@duanelogan9633 Год назад

A great video Sally as always was Marty thinking about taking that Cannon home to replace the small one at home ? How is mocha doing I hope she's fine you guys stay happy healthy and safe thanks for the video 🏆🌺👍✌️

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Hahaha how did you know? Mocha is better, thanks Duane! Hope you stay healthy too. ✌🏻😁

@glennjudd2467 Год назад

Drive thru liquor ? They have those in Georgia ? So I been told ! Really crazy & dangerous on the road sally ! South , always different! But very interesting old Town & I'm sure lots old stories of the past !

@SightseeingSally Год назад

Very true Glenn. There are plenty of people who get behind the wheel when clearly they shouldn’t. Having drive thru liquor stores in Wisconsin probably isn’t such a good idea now that I think about it.

@glennjudd2467 Год назад

@@SightseeingSally I know ! Can't imagine buying a bloody mary & off you go out on the road ! My nephew experience it in Georgia ! Your right so many out there driving & they shouldn't ! Love tonhear those old stories at the saloon !