The Empty Towns & Villages of Louisiana - Cross Country Road Trip Day Four / 9 States in 9 Days
Day Four of my Cross Country Trip into the backroads and small towns of America takes me to Louisiana .
Day 1 Florida
https://youtu.be/H9fmgbaMYvo
Day 2 Alabama
https://youtu.be/LzjX_cD4CeE
Day 3 Mississippi
https://youtu.be/i7pGKf_MU1k
Transcript
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heading out of one state
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early morn into another
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by looking at this road atlas show the
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route I will be taking entering right
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around in this section here and then
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just meandering up in this top right
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portion which would be the Northeast
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these telephone poles have a little lean
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to them
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if you park here this spider will have
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you towed
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next to this broken-down truck is a very
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unique looking vehicle it could be very
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useful some situations
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welcome everyone Adam as the whoo here
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this is part of a nine-day ongoing
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series a trek
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cross country through the lesser
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trafficked areas no theme parks no major
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attractions just soaking in the ambiance
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of Americana I'm inviting you to join me
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shall you downtown Faraday
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the theater appears to still be open
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have a few performances taking place
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later this month and neon still intact
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on the arcade side
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really is rather desolate in this
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section of the community
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notice the cushion church pews against
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the wall over there
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stepping out of that door would be a
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very rude awakening little mementos
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stuck in time remnants of the past like
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this design on the screen door can
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always get little clues on the past of
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an establishment items like this the
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tile work in the entryway putting
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together the clues of the lettering that
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was an easy peg could have also been a
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hardware store just says there are goods
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and paint available
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on the ground is some very decorative
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flooring from a building that has since
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been removed but also pay attention to
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the brickwork and the paint that says
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there was a hotel over there
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this ice-cream shop is called Chubby's
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Dairy Bar how to drive through but
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appears to be all boarded up at the
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moment
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you don't see that type of signage used
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too much anymore the one below the big
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metal one the left of the screen
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used to have to hand put the letters on
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it also have the classic arrow drawn you
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in and some holes where the neon used to
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bit that is a random horse grazing on
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the side of the road no fence or
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anything next to this thoroughfare does
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have a leash on though it's a horse on a
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leash it's hard to say yeah that's a
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horse on the leash this is quite the
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contraption to drive over clearance
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seventeen feet
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Oh plenty around Sicily Island it's a
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lot of equipment up on top of that water
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tower as well and a tiger
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the fire department is also utilized as
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the town hall and noticing some of the
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info around it's designated as a village
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directly across from is the police
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department
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also utilized as the municipal court
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notice all shirts must have collars
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pants must be to the waist no shorts I'm
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reading the side of the door all caps
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hats and bandanas must be removed
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with a very quaint little shopping area
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the American flag flying high possibly
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some sort of siren mounted up up top
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here it's my best guess anyway yeah I
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think it's a siren
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the doors on the show bright facade are
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completely busted out
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a hardware store I see the trustworthy
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emblem over there there is a road that
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runs parallel to this one
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the couple automobiles on it commuting
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but this particular street
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it's really incredible to think about
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the history that these places hold the
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amount of people who would live their
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lives and shop this very section this
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store has been completely demolished the
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water towers looming up there reminding
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everyone the town does exist opened in
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1911 by w/e Roche
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there was a point and this was bustling
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rusted-out
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sign there on the left they sold
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Buccaneer slacks that's a little
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different the awning is being held up by
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chains see how they are strewn from the
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front there up to the building itself
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you know it really might not seem like
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much to you and I but think about it
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this was part of someone's legacy their
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livelihood they had an idea we talked
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about it with their family I'm gonna
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open I'm gonna open something and that
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will help us survive and years later
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when they and their business has passed
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on just a small remnant remains in the
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form of a building and the memories a
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few locals
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and if you could go back and tell those
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folks that their ideas for a game plan
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in the future would be haltered and
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change by freeways interstates busy
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highways that reroute around their
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hometowns or the internet big-box stores
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a plethora of reasons they would look at
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you and say the heck are you talking
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about it is a fascinating subject matter
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one that I am deeply enthralled with to
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say the least
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gotta love nostalgia nice little piece
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of antique farm equipment Massey
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Ferguson
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police department and City Hall have
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moved on to the village of Gilbert
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similar to the last place how it runs
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parallel to the newer road that bypasses
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it just barely at one point was the
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Winnsboro State Bank and Trust Company
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and then in later years by you tanning
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balloons and gifts
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continuing on a few miles flag waving in
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the breeze and this mural and artistic
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representation of downtown Winnsboro
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this is what it would have looked like
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circa 1915 a simpler time
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modern day looks something a little like
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this
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wow this Northeast Louisiana Power
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Company building is incredible that
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architecture
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I love it
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a couple of paintings here this one
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titled Saturday matinee and two others
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these gentlemen believe are selling
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peanuts where at least this guy is is
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the sign displayed once again always
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little clues left your aunt and yet
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another HP land us in title
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standing on the corner of Horace and
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Main Street is this metal object
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I believe the Town Hall could have been
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a bank at one point see the deposit drop
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box there to the left
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not everything lasts forever here are
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some remnants of the building that once
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stood in this spot and over there there
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was yet another that has been removed
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for one reason or another due to fire
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destruction or the elements
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bad weather
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hello kitty
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okay see you see you later about the
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furthest thing from bumper to bumper
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that you can find complete polar
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opposite
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here that the soothing sounds of a train
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going by its past now
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take my word for it was he was over
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there ways but loud enough that you
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could hear it I'll see you the next
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video the vlog I'll put links to the
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past days in the description box the
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vlog Eagles ingrained in the side three
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of them