during this week's episode we're going
to be exploring an abandoned ranch that
was used as a cover for a moonshine
operation going on right here in the 30s
come on let's go take a look so we just
arrived to Oliver's ranch and right up
front here is gonna be the gates to get
in in 1920 a person named William bill
Morgan came and he bought this 160 acres
of land right here and when he bought it
what his intentions were was to make a
giant cow ranching operation and as you
guys can see maybe about 500 yards or so
from the entrance we have the first
remnants of that cattle ranching built
in the 1920s this appears to be some
type of little storage compartment or
something to the right of that little
storage thing we're gonna have this
Corral right here and this was most
likely used to store horses or cows so
during the 1920s when William bill
Morgan still owned the property he was
doing cattle ranching out here however
it was rumored that he was making
moonshine and in case you guys don't
know during the 20s alcohol was actually
banned from the United States so it was
a huge market especially in Nevada but
in 1930 I believe it was his house
actually got raided and all they could
find was two broken stills
and a lot of people speculate that his
brother Rhys actually tipped him off
they just just deconstructed everything
the day of the raid but so right here
what do you think this is em this is
where they would like take the cows and
they would hold them here and these
doors would allow them to immunize them
and tag their ears over here and also
give them brands so that they knew what
car was what look at this thing guys
being forced because they would force
them down these canals and they would
open up like here would be a waiting cow
to go in there and there would be
another way to cow and like pass this in
this like holding area in the middle
would be the entire hurt and they would
all have to wait to go through the line
to get tags and it get their shots done
and get branded and everything can you
imagine so right here we're gonna be in
the main area of the property where all
that bunk houses and housing were but as
you guys might be noticing this place
does look like as if it's under
development and that's because it is
under development so BLM currently owns
this land and how that came about was in
1937 bill morgan actually sold the
property to a family called char not a
family a man called Chauncey Oliver and
he decided to buy this property right
here to probably claim residency and say
he lives in Nevada so he doesn't have to
pay state tax but they would use this
place as a summer retreat and they used
as a summer retreat all the way up until
1993 when they sold it to BLM so right
here we're gonna have some of the
storage containers BLM used when they
were cleaning out the property so let's
go take a look inside Cheers
in here we have some
wastewater tubs table a lot of gardening
stuff so up here past the storage units
we're gonna have the caretakers cottage
so the Oliver's lived in Chicago and
they would come out here during the
summer for and use this place as sort of
a summer retreat oh hey guys
we have burrows you got some burrows
over there okay plenty enough there's
more those burrows over there actually
some of the animals BLM wants to study
out here but anyways a caretaker would
stay out here year-round though and
maintain the property and this was the
house they would live in so let's go
take a look inside guys in here would
have been the caretakers cottage so this
was about 1,300 square feet and I
believe six people lived in this cottage
right here this is super small right
here you have closet and then over here
we have the bathroom so you've got your
bathroom shelves right here your shower
oh yeah that still have the original
paint job on the linoleum or whatever
it's cold in here let's see what's in
here
okay so in here is just a another closet
type thing so attached to the caretakers
house is gonna be the cellar right here
so I'm gonna go run down and take a look
real quick these stairs right here
really steep so it looks like down here
it was just the boiler room but it's
pretty it's pretty gross down here here
we have an old tractor or forklift type
thing sorry
don't want to lift that up too high but
there's the engine su oh and there's
dead rat but there's the engine as you
guys can see so right over here we're
gonna have one of the bunk houses and so
these houses right here we're literally
just used to sleep more people when the
oliver's would bring extra guests old
wood screen door just got an old white
right here some more long keeping
equipment right there right there you
can see the imprint of where a horseshoe
is hanging this looks like this may have
been a little garden or something I
don't know that door has not moved for
years though beautiful walkways they
have here so right here we're gonna have
the main house and no another bunk room
but before we check that out as you guys
can see there is a walkway right here in
this walkway actually leads straight
into the pool so this pool right here
was apparently fed by a natural spring
and it was constant it was kept at a
constant 58 degrees Fahrenheit and I
don't know about you guys but 58 degrees
does not sound like a fun swimming
experience like by any means whatsoever
over here in front of the pool we're
gonna have the main house as well as
another bunkhouse so the main house was
about 1,800 square feet and it actually
didn't feature air-conditioning so the
way they'd keep it cool is they would
pack as the walls are packed with Adobe
and the floors are actually covered in
slate to keep it about 20 degrees cooler
than it is outside I don't know about
you guys but this place is in Las Vegas
Nevada and
it gets about 120 out here in the summer
so it does not sound like that's a very
solid fix for not having air
conditioning look at this so well
maintained then over here you have all
the rags just sitting in their original
place the shower just from being in here
though you can definitely tell it's
considerably cooler than outside right
there you have a fireplace looks to be
it back right alright guys so that's
gonna be the end of the video I hope you
guys enjoyed and if you do be sure to
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we have a bunch of other videos just
like this one on there but anyways
before I get going there's one thing I
do want to address real quick so it
seems with I'm making these ghost videos
lately and it seems like it's very much
a hit or miss with you guys like have me
you guys seem to really like these
videos and the other half of you guys
seem to really really really not like
these videos and so I'm gonna explain
something to you guys real quick so
obviously I'm gonna make videos that you
guys enjoy seeing and that's the goal
but the abandon videos are not going
anywhere it seems like some of you guys
had the impression that I'm not gonna be
making these videos anymore
and that's not true at all the ghost
videos are just on top of the abandoned
videos and the videos explaining strange
anomalies and stuff like that this whole
channel is just sort of a creepy themed
channel I'm just trying to find what the
videos I truly enjoy making and the ones
that resonate best with you guys as well
and so that's why I'm changing the
videos up a little bit on here the
abandoned videos aren't going anywhere
though guys so don't worry about that
and yes I will be posting ghost videos
and other types of videos but that's
just so we can have more content coming
talk to you guys I just wanted to
explain this real quick because I feel
like a lot of you guys thought I was
just changing my channel completely
around from abandoned videos I just said
you know
screw it drop kicked it was like out of
here you know no that's not the case at
all
