Chasing History: Ghost Town of Shafter, Texas
Chase visits the ghost town of Shafter, Texas, located in Big Bend country and the site of one of the largest surface deposits of silver in the state. The town lies in ruins, but the local residents' love of their history is still very much alive. Shafter is home to one of the most unique museums we have ever seen; it's definitely worth a visit!
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Fantastic history. Thank you very much!!!
@ChasingHistory
3 ай бұрын
Thank you So Much!!! so glad to have been able to share this history!!
I visited Shafter 6yrs ago my great great grandfather, great grandfather and grandfather lived there in the early 1900’s. Moved to the Artesia, N. Mexico. my grandfather &family moved to California at the start of the war.3of my uncle’s were in the navy.
@ChasingHistory
Ай бұрын
Thats Awesome! thank you for sharing!!
I first visited Shafter in the late 1970s as part of my six-week summer geology field camp. I've been back several times, during my many trips to the Big Bend. The geology of the Shafter silver district will grab the attention of anyone who is interested in the economic geology of Trans-Pecos Texas and the Big Bend in particular. If you make the trip to Shafter, be sure to drive to Presidio, then east along the scenic river road to Terlingua Ghost Town and the old mercury (quicksliver) mining district.
@ChasingHistory
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing some sites to check out! the Big Bend is a geologic paradise we really had out minds blown when we were down there! thank you for sharing! Thank you for sharing! hope you will subscribe to our channel!
Love watching
@ChasingHistory
Ай бұрын
Thank you for letting us know!!! we are Grateful!!
Thanks for sharing! We were just there and will be back after this info! I appreciate you.
@ChasingHistory
3 ай бұрын
Thats Awesome!! Thank you for letting us know! if anyone else out there visits the site, please let us know!!
My grandparents lived here and my mother born there - grandfather passed away there and worked in the mines - the family then moved to New Mexico - heard land grants were give to people to move their - heard Shafter became a ghost town
My grandparents lived here and my mother & sibling were born there. Grandfather passed away there and he worked in the mines. The family then moved to New Mexico where apparently land grants were give to people to move to New Mexico. It was a hard life and my mother attended Mexican parochial school and was taught classes by nuns from Spain - wonder if the family name is in Shafter records. Now I know how my Mom knew about the Texas Rangers - maybe will visit there one day.
I was there in April and I did not know that there were cabinets that you could open for more photos. In the 90's there was a upscale restaurant in that series of abandoned buildings near the highway. I was surprised back then. I ate there with some people who lived in Redford on the River Road south of Presidio. I wonder who restored the cemetery. All the white crosses are the same and painted at the same time plus looks like all the stones on top of the graves where reassembled about the same time.
Do more of these please!! Fantastic!
@ChasingHistory
Жыл бұрын
we have another ghost town episode coming soon!!
My grandparents lived here and my mother & sibling were born there. Grandfather passed away there and he worked in the mines. The family then moved to New Mexico where apparently land grants were give to people to move to New Mexico. It was a hard life and my mother attended Mexican parochial school and was taught classes by nuns from Spain - wonder if the family name is in Shafter records. now I know how my Mom knew about the Texas Rangers - maybe will visit there one day,
We visited Shafter this morning and saw the museum❤ My boys decided to look up Shafter on KZread and came across this video. We signed the book also! Thanks for sharing, they were excited to see this on Tv!!
@ChasingHistory
Жыл бұрын
That is so great to hear!! that is one of the reasons we wanted to do the episode, because their is nothing out their on it! such a cool place thank you for sharing your visit!!
This is the filming location of the fictional town called Piedmont in the classic movie Adromeda Strain.Where the satelite landed and everyone died and started the whole movie a rolling.
@ChasingHistory
28 күн бұрын
we have no idea what your talking about....
My Spinosaurus tooth was fake
@ChasingHistory
Жыл бұрын
if this was something you purchased from the relic room, please contact them at relics@smkw.com. the relic room works directly with commercial diggers in the field in Morocco where those teeth are discovered & have been on digs there many times. some teeth, like many fossils are so badly damaged upon discovery that they require professional restoration, you might need a patch up if you were 90 million years old. you are probably see bits of restoration and believe the entire tooth is fake, we can assure you that everything ... and we mean everything the Relic Room sells is 100% authentic..... please contact the relic room as the email above, if the tooth has more restoration than you would like we would be happy to exchange it for one with less preparation. just mention this channel comment in your email. we have done this for over 50 years and stand behind everything we sell. we do NOT sell anything thats Fake! Chase Pipes Owner
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@ChasingHistory
Жыл бұрын
not sure what you mean?
My grandparents lived here and my mother & sibling were born there. Grandfather passed away there and he worked in the mines. The family then moved to New Mexico where apparently land grants were give to people to move to New Mexico. It was a hard life and my mother attended Mexican parochial school and was taught classes by nuns from Spain - wonder if the family name is in Shafter records. now I know how my Mom knew about the Texas Rangers - maybe will visit there one day,