Okiepan Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 What's your Favorite Old Western Historical town you like to visit ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 I haven’t been to many, but I liked “Old Town” in Sacramento. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 "Cowtown" in Wichita, KS is pretty good. Lots to see and do and is staffed with volunteers, entertainers and historians. It's an interactive living Old West town. However my favorites are real ghost towns... generally located in Colorado, many accessible by 4WD vehicle only. Some great towns there are Ashcroft, Animas Forks, Carson, the Bonanza townsite, Winfield and Vicksburg, and Tincup. (Active residences in Tincup and seasonal in Vicksburg). St Elmo and the surrounding area is also fascinating with a rich mining history combined with Jeep trails, camping, some seasonal tourism and plenty of ghost town stories and locals will say, a few ghosts. Plenty of remnants of towns throughout the Colorado Rockies that are mostly just mining structures, tailings and footings left but if you know the history they can be a ton of fun. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 I’d like to see Dodge City, Queen of the cowtowns! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Slade Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 This is a tough one! I think Virginia City NV is the one I'd most like to go back to and see again. Tombstone is the one I've been to the most, I like that they have Allen street closed to motor vehicles. Of the ones I haven't been to, the Kansas cities are high on my list (Abilene and Dodge City most specifically). The one that I find the most disappointing is Deadwood, it's become a casino town and today casino="slot machine room", the modern slot machines kill the atmosphere for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: I’d like to see Dodge City, Queen of the cowtowns! You might be disappointed. I've been to Dodge and been through Dodge on many occasions traveling. It's not so much an Old West town anymore as it is a beef packing town with the smell of money to go with it. Front Street in Dodge is smaller than you might think and even though I love the Old West Dodge doesn't have much appeal to me. Your time would probably be better spent looking at Old Tucson or Tombstone or Old Trail Town up around Cody, Wyoming. All these are on my to-do list as is Bodie, CA if'n I ever get that far West. Cowtown in Wichita is much larger than Front Street in Dodge. They put on events throughout the year which are quite fun and well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Bodie California, un-touched by shops and restaurants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 South Pass City in Wyoming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 4 hours ago, Dantankerous said: You might be disappointed. I've been to Dodge and been through Dodge on many occasions traveling. It's not so much an Old West town anymore as it is a beef packing town with the smell of money to go with it. Front Street in Dodge is smaller than you might think and even though I love the Old West Dodge doesn't have much appeal to me. Your time would probably be better spent looking at Old Tucson or Tombstone or Old Trail Town up around Cody, Wyoming. All these are on my to-do list as is Bodie, CA if'n I ever get that far West. Cowtown in Wichita is much larger than Front Street in Dodge. They put on events throughout the year which are quite fun and well done. We went through the old town museum there and were very pleased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 3 hours ago, Dantankerous said: You might be disappointed. I've been to Dodge and been through Dodge on many occasions traveling. It's not so much an Old West town anymore as it is a beef packing town with the smell of money to go with it. Front Street in Dodge is smaller than you might think and even though I love the Old West Dodge doesn't have much appeal to me. Your time would probably be better spent looking at Old Tucson or Tombstone or Old Trail Town up around Cody, Wyoming. All these are on my to-do list as is Bodie, CA if'n I ever get that far West. Cowtown in Wichita is much larger than Front Street in Dodge. They put on events throughout the year which are quite fun and well done. I’ve been to Tombstone, great town. old Tucson studios is pretty cool too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Ten Sleep, Wyoming. Dirty Sally is on left side of street and down awase. Mary has to get coffee there and talk with the ladies. Bill Fuchs took this picture from in front of his gunsmith business Spring Creek Armory. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blarney Kid Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Virginia City and Nevada City MT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will E. Shoot Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Dodge City was disappointing to me.... Tombstone - even my wife likes to visit! Virginia City - I needed much more time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will E. Shoot Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Bent's Old Fort in La Junta CO is a very good re-creation. Well staffed with knowledgeable folks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Will E. Shoot said: Bent's Old Fort in La Junta CO is a very good re-creation. Well staffed with knowledgeable folks. Yes, a most excellent historical location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossy Horn Gent Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Fort Worth, TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twelve mile REB Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Tobar, NV, Montello, NV, Wells, NV. Quail Creek, UT. Tobar is pretty much gone foundations mostly. Montello is still a cowboy town 3 bars, 1 resonant 60 people. Quail Creek a little store maybe fuel. Wells, full service a little of old town survives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) Ten Sleep Wy is darn nice But there’s really so many nice places I always liked Centennial and Encampment Wy for their proximity to the Snowy Range Dubois is a nice quiet town I like Sundance as well But I’ve driven through a ton more. I think I could settle in Ten Sleep Wy or Lewistown Mt though Edited January 2 by Dirty Dan Dawkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hashknife Cowboy Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I have not made it to Deadwood, yet.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Pat Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 We always stop in Tombstone on the way to EOT. We usually run into other SASS members and eat at Big Nose Kate’s. Irish ☘️ Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 9 hours ago, Hashknife Cowboy said: I have not made it to Deadwood, yet.... i want to go back , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) On 12/29/2023 at 11:58 AM, Dantankerous said: You might be disappointed. I've been to Dodge and been through Dodge on many occasions traveling. It's not so much an Old West town anymore as it is a beef packing town with the smell of money to go with it. Front Street in Dodge is smaller than you might think and even though I love the Old West Dodge doesn't have much appeal to me. Your time would probably be better spent looking at Old Tucson or Tombstone or Old Trail Town up around Cody, Wyoming. All these are on my to-do list as is Bodie, CA if'n I ever get that far West. Cowtown in Wichita is much larger than Front Street in Dodge. They put on events throughout the year which are quite fun and well done. I concur wholeheartedly. I once flew to Dodge City just to make a proficiency flight. There was a feedlot at the end of the runway. When I slid the canopy back, wheeeooo, the aroma was overwhelming. The only “old west” thing was a poorly done replica of Front Street in another part of town. You could see the whole thing in 5 minutes or less. Edited January 2 by Abilene Slim SASS 81783 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Haller Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 (edited) My favorite was probably Columbia, CA. Great Stage Coach ride and the Wells Fargo office was still a working one at the time (also was used in Pale Rider!). Runner ups include Coloma, Sutter Creek and Jackson, all in CA; the later two have fun 'main streets'. Others I've been to include Bodie, CA, Rhyolite, NV, Goldfield, NV, Goodsprings, NV, Chloride, AZ, Oatman, AZ, and Tombstone, AZ, but I can't say I'd want to go back to any of these. I'd like to see Bent's Fort one of these days. Edited January 3 by Jackson Haller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 12 hours ago, Hashknife Cowboy said: I have not made it to Deadwood, yet.... Not the Fun town it once was too many Casino and Sturgis rally BS . Adams Museum is cool at times( Wild Bills guns there arent his ) but keep in mind many things of Deadwood are pure storytelling , The deadmans hand , the death chair in #10 that had a bullet shot in it at city dump and splattered with red paint (all for show ) I am a Descendant of Marshall JH Burdick (The man that hung Jack McCall )we have been here well since Dakota territory had our own township and County Fort Meade in Sturgis is old 7th cav post , Belle Fourche had bank that still stands robbed By Butch Cassidy Nearby Buffalo and Sheridan WY, is Cool spent a couple summers working cattle in Kaycee hole in that wall area Tom Horn , Butch and Johnson County war at the old TA ranch of Course a couple more that others named Spent several years in NM growing up so Lincoln County and Billy the Kid I never made it to Tombstone still would like that, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dapper Dynamite Dick Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Bannack Montana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 We have a number of frontier towns in Missouri that predate then ones mentioned. They still have some of the original buildings and artifacts. St. Joseph comes to mind with start of Pony Express and Jesse James death house. Outside Liberty Missouri is Jesse James family home. It has museum and tour. Arrow Rock was a trading center on Missouri River held festivals several times a year until covid shut them down. Daniel Boone family farm. Also original grave site. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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