Exploring Forgotten Towns in Northern Texas - Cross Country Road Trip Day Six / 9 States In 9 Days
My Cross Country road trip to the small towns and backroads of America brings me to Northern Texas for day number Six .
Day 1 Florida
https://youtu.be/H9fmgbaMYvo
Day 2 Alabama
https://youtu.be/LzjX_cD4CeE
Day 3 Mississippi
https://youtu.be/i7pGKf_MU1k
Day 4 Louisiana
https://youtu.be/nSA369kb7n0
Day 5 Arkansas
https://youtu.be/WKDDncJAqVU
Transcript
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not really anything current-day to
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designate why this is here but
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nonetheless an incredible relic movies
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welcome everyone Adam as the whoo here
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I've just crossed over the state line
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into Texas taking the roads less
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traveled as I dive deep into Americana
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small-town life
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and some of the areas that are generally
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passed over by heavy traffic
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no theme parks no major attractions just
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a breath of fresh air as I go across the
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US of A I'm inviting you to join me
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shall you now there is a lot of ground
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to cover in fact the Atlas takes up two
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pages of maps the route that I will be
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meandering through started right up here
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in the far northern eastern portion and
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just gonna make my way kind of hugging
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the line through these sections and then
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ending up somewhere right up here
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give or take first little community I'm
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pulling over at is New Boston good to
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see the old theater still being utilized
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as a shop church steeple in the distance
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and a horse up in the air see it there
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in the middle this is seeing some years
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the logo has changed just a little bit
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over time noticing around the back just
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one sided not the most common looking
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water tower the bulbous portion at the
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top a little smaller kind of kind of
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reminds me of like a radio signal
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mechanism of some sort I think it's
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water tower someone utilizing their burn
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barrels over there discarding some trash
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it's a heavy piece of machinery turning
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at the intersection
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it's a downtown DeKalb storefront to the
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right still has where the signage used
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to be that metal piece and over the
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window are some wooden shingles that's
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different the view is partially blocked
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by the power lines that the State
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Theater is impressive
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for one reason or another the wording is
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spray-painted on the brick as well the
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awning is still completely intact gotta
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love this
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no name up topic this is the town of
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Avery nice perspective with the barn
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underneath the tower and random porta
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potti to the right
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see them up there looming down to
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buzzards there's no money in that bank
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anymore fellas yeah get going
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skedaddle
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dry goods and general merchandise here
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at the pharmacy that rusted out piece
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there hanging on the wall
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that's a male carrying vehicle there the
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Jeep that's parked
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non-traditional
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someone's placed in an outhouse in their
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field
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the town square of Clarksville with an
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active RadioShack
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used to be a five and ten the building
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is still in use as an antique store by
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appointment only
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continued on just a bit too little Motor
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City I'm in Detroit Texas the main strip
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over in the distance what the heck is
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this huh
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the blossom water tower in that
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direction and hardware store located on
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the corner of front and center street
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as commuters going by on the next little
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Street over but this road not too busy
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whoa
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what are they run into happy kids happy
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to see someone out here how's it going
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oh you're not gonna you're not gonna
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stop and talk okay that was enough Honey
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Grove cobblestone streets and all x2
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antiques a unique junk the Sharpe
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brothers opened their business back in
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1937 over to the right the side entrance
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of the village Club know what that is in
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order to find out you have to step
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through these wooden doors which
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undoubtedly could tail some tiles
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they've got some age on them
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and of course I'm obviously drawn into
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that side
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original bank building located next to
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these grain shafts and underneath the
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water tower City Hall states established
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1870 post office just adjacent
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you have warm cookies I like cookies
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population of 243 that's amazing and
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thank you for the cookies I got a sugar
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cookie chocolate chip folks in that shop
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and diner next to the post office were
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very tired continuing on
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a plethora of muffler meant just hanging
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out here next to the thoroughfare for
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all to see any passerby errs dang this
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is awesome
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can't forget about the caf it's tied up
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to her shoe and that rope
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these cows are staring at me you're
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looking at me or the big statues that
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are behind me could be one of the two
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standing very tall nearly as high as
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that tree beside him were the building
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behind them
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All Right see you later partners a
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little pull-off here with picnic tables
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directly under oil rigs and another
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emblem of the state itself similar to
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the one I saw this morning fun crossing
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the line
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not a full rest off there are no
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facilities available something's
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happening
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little digging taking place in the
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median over there st. Joe where the
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Chisholm Trail cuts the California Road
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next to the Chamber of Commerce is a
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cowboy Depot and a couple of really cool
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looking hotels
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reading the plaque this was the first
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building in town 1930 the Stonewall
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saloon get a pretty good perspective how
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large this painting is this
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advertisement they saw the door to the
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left of it all the way down at the end
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that windmill is turning at a rapid pace
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well not too rapidly semi rapid it's got
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a nice little vibe to a very quaint
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even a little movie theater and the bank
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there on the end
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you
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Henriette is the county seat of Clay
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County and then the square is the
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courthouse and this is the downtown
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section
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this is a toughy be very difficult to
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figure out we faded seeing lunch up
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there I see the you the end the C and
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the H and then in front of the you looks
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to be an L so we got lunch and then
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above that word is yet another one which
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might have an R and a u in it
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it's tough
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say goodbye to the Sun it is setting and
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as nightfall begins to rear its head
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ended up in Oakley Union Texas that is
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and across this field more of those very
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large windmills producing power creating
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power one of the two that's going to do
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it for today if you're new here please
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subscribe by doing so helps keep you in
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the loop and up to date on future
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uploads here on this train I got
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distracted by those barking dogs take it
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a step further ring that notification
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bell and if you enjoyed this particular
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episode what are you looking at oh just
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gonna walk away huh give it a big thumbs
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up
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oh there's a whole herd oh that's mean
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oh gosh I the babies you care
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you're marching to your own drummer huh
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staying away from the pack now they're
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all walking over to you it's like a
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parade