What Happened To The Residents? Why Did They Leave All Their Stuff Here? 

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The little vase is a tourist's souvenir from Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico. I watched a woman paint these using a stick for a brush, black ink on white pottery. I bought a clever little tortoise painted so deftly.

time kills everyone. you blow away like dust before the wind and you're place remembers you no more. David.

So much of someones life left there. Your videos are getting better and better. Really sad seeing abandoned knitting that somebody had put so much work into.

Absolutely love how respectful you guys are as you venture to these abandoned places. Great example to others. You should do a video about your ‘ethics’ that you adhere to when you go exploring.

Never fails to amaze me how the desert gets all trashed up.

As I’m knitting 🧶 right now watching this. 😂 Those are crochet granny squares. You crochet them up, and join them all to make blankets. Those were pretty popular in the 70’s

I realize I'm a little late in the game on this one. But as a few mentioned on here, the granny square crocheting and the leather bags were late sixties, early seventies styles. The first thing that crossed my mind was a hippy couple trying to get away from civilization, which could also explain the canning. But then the number of leather bags and boots plus the pottery and native American stuff. Made me think it also possibly could have been an Indian trading post, maybe. As far as every thing being spread out all over the ground, and the condition of the buildings, made me think that possibly a severe desert storm could have hit, and they had to abandon everything quickly... or any combination of these things, lol.

What do you think about this pottery? Why do you think all of their belongings are thrown outside and left to slowly rot in the desert sun? Anyone know anything about Native American pottery? Acoma New Mexico? The old Pepsi bottle?

I'm a recent subscriber, I live in Nevada and so I quickly got hooked on your videos, some of the places you visit are pretty creepy but the back stories are usually interesting as well. Great channel!

looks like the after math of a tornado

yep i know. i wanted him to open the leather pouches too

LOL i have to tell you that the needle work items are crochet not knit and the short pieces of yarn are most likely for latch hook.....great video

The grape Cragmont soda can is probly from 1980 as it has the then new since 1975 "stay tab" but curiously has still has the 1979 logo for Cragmont on a can that was no longer used in 1980. The "pull tabs" that were phased out in 1980 when the new "stay tabs" were being added and the new logo was being presented. SO that Grape Cragmont soda can is a hybrid of the old 1970's era logo and the new 1980's can top being that it was probably made during the 1979/1980 line change that happened to Cragmont Soda.

It makes one very aware of the fact, that at the end of the day, stuff is just “stuff”

That was really neat discovering their handiwork and that little Navajo vase is super cool.

"pouch" is a hippie purse, dates the occupants, seventies/sixties?

Imagine the story that actually goes with these great places you explore. And the respect you have for these places awes me. Would love to go back to the olden days for a day. Like horse and carriage days. ♥️

this is what happens when your the last of your family.. nobody after you to carry on.. sad

Awesome video!! Really cool edits and everything!! Great work as always!!!

Very nostalgic, and I'm sure this, as many other adventures, brought you a thrill. I'm loving your videos from a few thousand miles away in South Africa! Seems Northwest America is steeped in history. Thanks again for another brilliant virtual tour for me :D

Looks like a 60's Pepsi

Lolol...It's actually CROCHETED Work dude! Great travels!

Thanks for all the info you give and careful observations.

Most of the really rotted out sights in your videos seem to be from the 70's and 80's. That's 30-40 years to be in horrible condition. Imagine 200 years, there would be little to nothing left. Now I imagine 2,000 years and I begin to wonder if another civilization with advanced technology, cars, etc might have existed that we don't know about? What would really be left after 10,000 or more years rotting in the sun?

OMG!What a treasure of a find! someone sat in a chair in that house using some means of light and took great care to can and knit every stitch by hand!

this is fun, kool, nice Saturday romp… thanks!

I'm loving your channel! You find the coolest places. Great editing. Items look like from the 70's.

Just recently discovered your channel and I enjoy your videos very much. You've gained a new subscriber!

I had a purse like this in the early '70's they were called saddle bags. Leather workers would burn your name & designs into them. It was a hippie thing.

Good explore really enjoyed this, how cool was that vase. That Pepsi bottle looks really old be interesting to find out how old some of that stuff is.

Enjoyed that one. Lot's of stuff to check out.

Some great finds there bro! Awesome video :)

You are probably right; whoever lived there must have died. Most all the stuff you found could be easily replaced, so who cares if it gets left. But the hand-made stuff, that's something that someone would take with them if they could. How sad that we'll never know who they were.

Love your vids! The country is so beautiful, I really enjoy the shots you take.

Excellent video! You sure do find the good ones.

I do like that feeling of mystery in places like these! Seems like it could be people who pass without any immediate or locatable family. A little sad if so but it's neat to see how they lived all these years later.

Pretty desolate place to live, I think.. I'm guessing whoever lived there, lived alone.

glad I stumbled upon this channel . cool stuff

I love these videos. There's a mine on Turtleback mountain out by Truth or Consequences NM that is pretty cool. I worked nearby for 6 months in 2005. They say there's buried treasure on that mountain, people go hunting for it from time to time, but nobody has found it yet. It's by Elephant Butte, which also has the David Parker Ray's house there. Some of his victims are probably on that mountain too, as they only ever found 1 but they know there was many more

Amazing !! I love abandoned houses we dont have many in my area :(

I'm only a very recent sub, so I'm catching all these waaayyyy late. But I still find them fascinating. I know nothing about the Mojave, but I'm assuming most of these abandoned houses in the desert HAD a water supply at some point? It could be that they get abandoned when the water runs out. But leaving everything behind? That does suggest death. One of these days, I fear you're going to find a skeleton. Great vids, man! I hope you kept the vase!

awesome video :-) you just got new subscriber :-)

Many of old earthen ware like the vase/pot you found are made by the native people in the area. That's really cool. Also, depending on condition (which that one looks good as far as I can tell) might even be worth some good money. Very interesting find! That was fun. Thank you! Oh also, that wasn't knitting, it was crochet...done with a hook. Very likely to be an older woman. Or mother trying to clothe her family, keep them warm and found comfort in making those things. Its sad these things just get left behind. The leather pouches were no doubt made by hand for the purpose of generating income by selling them. Kinda sad, people with dreams, who loved the beautify of the land, wanting to live off grid. And now its all lying there, forgotten, being used by animals for burrows and nests and fading in the sun....never to tell the story of whose hands touched them again. I truly love all of your videos. Thank You so very much.

Ohh the quiet. 😍

The leather pouches are from the 1960s . i have 1 exactly like it. Wish you would've got it you could've sent it to me. Love to have it. Kool video. Keep em coming. Thanks Jimmy from oklahoma

Great video some cool old stuff left there, I too wonder what the story was with this place..

Here in southern Maine I've found stone foundations in the middle of nowhere,sometimes with family graveyards close by.Some headstones dated back to the mid 1700's,so I can only wonder how isolated they were back then.You have to wonder who these people were and what their lives were like!

Wow!!!!! Thanks!

some things are from late 70s early 80 or 82, the pepsi bottle look like from early 70s , the pottery was very awesome, the purses/bags from late 60s to mid 70s. can't wait to watch more of your videos great job

You asked about the pepsi bottle. Antique bottles are imbossed, meaning the lettering is raised instead of painted or printed on the bottle. They have a resale value and old bottles are usually a few inches under ground in old dump sites

I used to do leatherwork, my ex did it mostly. know all about it, was fun. Those styles are hippie styles from the sixties, probably made in the seventies. nice work too. They left in a hurry to leave them behind.

It looks almost if someone lived and was driven by a catastrophic event. When I see whole wall sections laying on the ground I think of a tornado. They probably didn't have insurance on the place, so they cut their loses and moved on. The Indian decorative vase: a keeper for sure. That might be worth some money

Very interesting piece of footage. It's kinda sad to see someone's "life" just thrown all over the ground like that. Especially the knitting...because someone put time and effort into doing that.

It always makes me wonder why they were there in the first place. What you don't see is a source of water and nothing that required electric. Everything else just seems to be dragged around by critters. Thanks for taking us along, it was entertaining.

Those leather bags look exactly like leather purse kits that you can (or used to be able to) buy at craft & leather stores. I made a few just like that when I was little.

I like history and exploring

youre area reminds me of the mojativ wasteland from fallout hahah nice video guys. like :)

as always nice to see another great adventure from you.I bet the leather pouches was hand made crafts from the same person that knitted . I do lots of crafts and used to do leather craft but ol' Arthritis keeps me from doing much of it anymore. I mostly do jewelry now

good job

The problem with the bottles is that glass bottle vending machines were still used into the mid 1980's. A bottle made in the 1950's up could and was still being returned, cleaned and reused in the 1980's, I know because I was drinking from them and returning them. :)

Native American home site. After the treaties the US government didn't take care of them after many years of abuse. Before they opened all their casinos they relied on arts and crafts. I remember in the early 90s native Americans were still selling leather products, bead works, and silver and turquoise jewelry at roadside stops in Arizona and New Mexico. I hope their lives have improved since.

Those leather purses were pretty popular back in the seventies. Both my sisters had one

EWU, I appreciate this video. If you return to this site and open the leather pouches as suggested, please also inspect that medicine bottle in one of the latter video pans. I know its only a small chance, but the label was face down, so the date may still be readable. I agree w others, the pouches and Pepsi bottle look to be the 70's or late 60s. Keep up the good work. thanks again

At the biggining of video it is small chicken coop.love your videos

Looks like the big bad wolf huffed puffed, and blew the house down lol

I live in New Mexico accoma sky city is a village on top of a Mesa. The painting pottery Tells a story

Explore With Us, Yes in those years us Young Girls would buy leather purse making Kits and we would make our own Leather Hand Bag. I made a few when I was young. I made mine in the 70's.

Very nice explore i think if you dig deeper you micht find the better stuff. Area 51 sounds nice.

That pottery is worth alot of money .... wow

I love native american stuff! it's so interesting!

Those were leather handbags, popular in the 1970's

omg i love this one. Im thinking that maybe that the house was left after person died. maybe she was native american and that was her family land . but that the house was blown around by a bad storm you know like the walls were blown and all her belongings were thrown all around and just landed outside. looks like kitchen storage and lots if closet stuff maybe she collected those leather purses. but i agree please go back and look in them lol so cool. can you research tbe history? would be so cool to know.

At time marker 3:37, you mentioned knitting and pointed out some "crocheting"; just FYI.... :)

I've noticed in several videos now that you keep your hatch open on your vehicle while exploring. Gotta ask, what is the reasoning for that? Quick escape plan?

I spend alot of time in the desert. you'll be surprised what you'll find in the " middle of nowhere." ( good stuff)

Honestly I was told not to touch the pottery or bones because it could be a person who past on(s) belongings and the family members either tried to burn them or leave them in a place they grew up. or.. Alot of witch craft goes on, on the reservation and it could be an offering to the person who is witch crafting from the person who wants the witch crafting to be done (Hope that made sense haha. BTW love you guys and keep on exploring! 💖)

I have yet to see a snake in your videos. All the places you guys have been searching and no rattlers, interesting. I would luv to hire you guys for a week of exploring the desert. Thanks for your great adventures.

I had a very hard time finding that pepsi bottle online, the only one I saw was on ebay and starting rate was $0.99

Haven't read all the comments so don't know if anyone has mentioned this - that isn't "knitting" as you've been calling it in the video. It is crocheting. :)

I often wonder if any of the people who owned these places are watching these videos and seeing their old homes in disrepair and their belongings scattered everywhere...I wonder what that would feel like?...

It's sploosh in that jar! And that's the boat renovatio! 😂

That stuff can be donated to a museum if it's real and then the whole world can enjoy it and appreciate the history of frontie r life or just some one that lived pretty much off the land :) :) :)

If you want insight into a former resident then the books would be a great tool. The books people have tend to reflect aspects of their interest. Most urbex videos totally ignore books. In one house I discovered the former resident had used 1920s Soviet 5000 Ruble notes as bookmarks. They were often is groups of 5 or more. :)

Yeah, the temperature extremes out there are brutal. Looks like the building just deteriorated to the point where the winds just blew through the walls and scattered the contents of the closets and sleeping quarters. How sad. Im glad you didn't step in....those buildings might collapse on you ...........they are so dilapidated. J

The vase looked like pottery that American Indians make now to sell to visitors. Not old enogh to be worth a whole lot , but very pretty. I've always liked their designs.

If I had to hazard a guess it looks like the buildings got hit by a storm or strong winds of some sort and the owners decided to just up and leave instead of rebuilding. That's the best I can come up with. Any thoughts?

Il say that company that went bust in the 80's certainly made durable cans because i see no visible signs of rust on it.

The Pepsi bottle is from the 1970's. The painted writing is called pyroglaze. If it is a non refundable bottle, it is not worth that much, but of course as time goes by, it will be a they no longer make these glass soda bottles as they did back then. There are some soda in glass bottles, but they are made to look old (I am talking about today in some stores)

That isn't knitting, but Crocheting. Those are called Granny Squares, stitched together.

Ok why did they leave and what hapen but why did they live in place like that?

You should have shown us the bottom of the vase. You can tell by any markings if it was mass market or someone painted it for their own use. I put my initials and a date on the things I personally paint.

Explore With Us, The Yarn Work in this Video is Actually called Crochet'd items. No Knitting, it's Crocheting.

Hope you took the Acoma pottery to enjoy it. Better than just leaving it out there to rot...

Likeliest answer is “ no water”, that can also take the form of bad year for livestock, bad year prospecting, eviction, inability to pay mortgage, but in climate like that, death of family member, ( those who inherit don’t care, no way to make a living, fire,s and no water were most common historic reasons for leaving

I don’t mean it’s not historically or architecturally interesting, I mean simply that there’s so much we value( or think we value, but that health loved ones, friends( pets) are the extremely difficult (if not impossible ) to leave behind and objects in most circumstances have nowhere near the importance we ascribe to them. I also forgot to mention elderly persons going to live with family or nursing facilities as a reason for homesteads being left. It seems increasingly rare for multi generations of a family to equally feel a connection to property and land( although as an historian and Victorianism I find all videos of social and cultural anthropology fascinating. And abandoned places have a special lure. They are tangible ghosts. Built for a specific purpose ( and family or person who has long since passed on) yet they remain long after outliving their “ usefulness” I find it extremely poignant( but that might just be me- I could cry watching sentimental dog and cat food advertisements 😂

The wonder bread would have had an best before date on it.

always nab those neat mugs!

That piece of pottery is made by Indians on a reservation in New Mexico. They make them for the tourists.

the pottery is pueblo. if the pottery is really pueblo it will have a name on the bottom like a signature. looks like Acoma or Laguna pueblo. A Native may have lived and died there and probably why the stuff was abandon. when someone dies in the house they actually abandon the house. not suppose to live there or keep the dead persons belongings.