Lost Roadside History of Yeehaw Junction - Desert Inn / Heartbreak Hotel / Miracle Chapel & MORE

0:06 today's adventure brings us to the

0:06 backroads of Central Florida not only

0:10 quite a few cows but also an inundation

0:14 of lovebugs

0:17 they've taken over there everywhere just

0:23 crawling around there just crawl oh

0:26 there's one right here

0:41 welcome everyone Adam Dongwoo here

0:41 sometimes it's nice to just get lost

0:44 get out into the middle of nowhere per

0:48 se and just see what can be seen no real

0:51 rhyme or reason I do have a few

0:52 communities on my radar but I want to

0:55 head through let's see what happens I'm

0:58 inviting you to join me

1:02 shalyah

1:26 that's an airplane flying over not a

1:26 vehicle not road noise pretty relaxing

1:34 there by the water right

1:37 can't beat that I know enjoyable the old

1:43 Kenansville school constructed on these

1:45 five acres way back in 1917 up to 1920

1:51 there were over a hundred students from

1:53 grade one to twelve shortly after that

1:56 in 1922 only 29 students were taught

2:02 here going up to grade 6 also the oldest

2:06 known public school building in Osceola

2:10 County it has been kept up by the

2:14 preservation division of the state

2:16 there's some farm equipment just by the

2:21 front door

2:22 a tilling mechanism and a small pump

2:26 unit just out front is a historic post

2:31 office also on property even though it

2:34 was originally built and located here in

2:36 Kenansville in 1979 a personal owner

2:39 bought it took it down to South Florida

2:41 but in 2005 they brought it back back to

2:46 its home but Adams was generous enough

2:48 to donate it back no date stamp but that

2:54 could be an indication 1914 can't get

2:58 inside but I am peeking through the

3:00 window newspaper clippings and a frame

3:03 to the right

3:12 there's love bugs just crawling all over

3:12 this wind mail slot and pio boxes pretty

3:19 freaking cool a teller window where you

3:22 can purchase a money order

3:45 the opposite side of the counter where

3:45 the postal employees would stand there

3:48 are our names printed out where their

3:51 mail appropriately goes you'd walk in

3:55 the other side for your combination and

3:57 open it up and go home with your

4:00 packages no slots for keys you just turn

4:03 those dials to the corresponding code

4:05 that you've created relics of a simpler

4:09 time you have to wonder if those who

4:12 went in and out of both of these

4:13 structures back then realize they were

4:16 living in the good old days probably not

4:23 at the cross streets of North bow and

4:27 canoe Creek Road is the former First

4:31 State Bank it's tiny

4:42 they're a decorative pattern along the

4:42 brick establish 1914

5:01 get off my lens Love Bug quite the

5:01 ambiance out here - annoys us

5:18 wouldn't have expected to see a dragon

5:18 lamp quite like this way out here that's

5:24 different some artistic tile work on the

5:29 opposite side symbolizing the bank and

5:38 it's year

6:00 not just one but two separate chimney

6:00 stacks separation a source when she got

6:04 inside front and back room

6:22 doesn't get much more quaint than that

6:22 for a home dwelling very peaceful

6:34 every couple of years or so I'll drive

6:37 past this area and across the street

6:40 from that Bank are some accommodations

6:43 that I've never seen opened in all my

6:46 days the Heartbreak Hotel air

6:52 conditioner unit is running which means

6:54 someone owns and operates it it's just

6:58 never open always closed

7:10 heartbreaking but um that answers that

7:10 it's no longer a hotel private owner has

7:15 taken over stained glass

7:18 spelling out the name both of them would

7:27 be pretty neat to own this give the

7:31 rooms out to weary travelers

7:33 although there's not a whole lot come

7:37 through here da da da da da da da da da

7:41 da

7:42 bow-bow bow-bow bow-bow bow-bow

7:55 even though it seems very desolate now

7:55 and route to a much busier intersection

7:58 not a lot of population but it is a

8:02 cross street where a lot of traffic

8:05 comes to a meeting point we're almost

8:09 there

8:22 a lot of trucks passing by the Desert

8:22 Inn formerly a bar restaurant and a tiny

8:27 motel

8:37 founded as a trading post in the late

8:37 1880s the present building dates back

8:40 before 1925 served as a supply and

8:44 recreational center for cattle drovers

8:47 lumber men and tourists and even though

8:50 it's no longer open it was listed on the

8:52 National Registry of historical places

8:54 in 1994

9:23 yeehaw Junction where this is located

9:23 has gone through some name changes since

9:27 its original incarnation people would

9:31 ride here to the desert in on the back

9:33 of their burrows

9:35 hence this name which has since been

9:38 changed back in those days this place

9:40 was a brothel people would come from

9:43 miles around let off a little steam if

9:46 you will they switch things up a bit all

9:50 for the better

10:00 it's been nearly five years since I

10:00 stayed overnight in door number three is

10:06 quite an experience

10:09 out here alone with my thoughts at the

10:12 Desert Inn

10:19 far as I know no one's staying in these

10:19 now

11:04 now they got to experience that back

11:04 when it was still open

11:11 got the bullhorn still hanging out on

11:11 the table

11:25 don't worry partner you're not going

11:25 anywhere

11:26 has designated ride of here

11:37 just hang out a while stay put

11:37 everybody's friendly in these parts

11:40 give it a nice wave to pasture buyers

11:52 may or may not have been usable gas

11:52 pumps right in here now there is an

11:55 antique

11:56 now front says contains lead this is

12:00 just on display

12:03 pretty cool something's dripping out of

12:07 there hopefully that's just rainwater

12:12 not fuel

12:51 there is a lock hindering anyone from

12:51 climbing the stairs

12:57 but it's open to the elements just a

12:57 mesh screen to go up on top

13:10 2006 Kathy Scott her name inscribed

13:10 right down there

13:11 painted these murals the log inside get

13:17 some donkeys and farmhouses and trees

13:20 probably not wise to try to eat cactus

13:25 well it's kind of like I guess you'd

13:27 have a meal and you'd have a toothpick

13:29 all at the same time maybe it does make

13:32 sense

14:33 a long time ago there used to be a

14:33 railroad that ran through here and every

14:36 once in a while in a field you will see

14:38 a structure like this that sat parallel

14:42 to the tracks all by its lonesome no

14:48 more trains running right through here

14:52 but there are some relics it's very

14:56 peculiar to see it pull off in picnic

14:58 table way out here but this spot

15:01 designates nataas station keeping him

15:05 theming with what I just mentioned it

15:07 was a sawmill town maintaining a small

15:09 population however the closing of the

15:12 rail line caused the abandonment of

15:16 Natal been quite a while since I stopped

15:20 off at the Jesus miracle chapel which

15:25 originally started to be constructed by

15:28 a gentleman

15:30 I'm not even a hundred percent sure if

15:34 it's still under way anymore it's been

15:38 sitting like this for many many years

15:41 no roof on it

15:53 from this angle you can see into the

15:53 side there's nothing in the interiors

15:57 just a hollow shell

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Lost Roadside History of Yeehaw Junction - Desert Inn / Heartbreak Hotel / Miracle Chapel & MORE

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