Historic 1880 Western Town South Dakota

[Music] hey all rusty rv tv welcome check it out we're skirting along highway 248 right along uh interstate i-90 [Music] this road will actually take us over to the badlands national park but we're going to make a little side stop here should be this little road right here there is a historic i guess it's a movie set town they call it uh 1880. we're gonna go underneath the highway here this is actually i-90 it goes east to west through south dakota look this up online look pretty interesting there's the rv park here look at that on the left looks like they got a boondocking parking lot probably pulling there okay there's our rv park quite a few rigs looks like a gas station if i get something to eat here all right well what do you say gotta check it out it's supposed to be uh like a little town like an old uh western town the whole real deal okay well let me get perk go check her out 1880 town dakota territory right here on i-90 okay let's do it well we're in this round barn thing here apparently dances with the wolves movie was shot here gun smoke all kinds of uh western tv series and movies they've used this place kind of interesting a lot of props are here but i guess their big claim to fame was that movie dancing dances with the wolves that kevin costner one it's all kinds of old relics out that door there goes out to the town itself but the guy said be sure to check out upstairs there's pictures of the actors when they were here shooting all right let's head up here the lighting in here isn't the best so if the camera gets a little jumpy i can't do much about it looks like all kinds of scenes from the movie wow it's pretty big up here he wasn't kidding when he said there's a lot of stuff there's the tp that was used look at this place it's one another one of those round barns absolutely amazing how they build these can you imagine the weather this thing's withstood oh man pretty cool all right well let's keep looking before we head outside truthfully i don't remember the movie i know it was famous i know that actor's famous that kevin costner guy look at that there's a chair from the movie set go figure in the middle of south dakota on i-90 there is al oh look at that there's a picture of the round barn wow when they moved it in here i'll be darned there's another picture of it look at the artwork pretty impressive really i'd like to see how they make a movie one time i've never experienced any of that look at the floor this floor ain't that thick see right down below all right well let's head on outside have some fun wow this is a whole town look at these buildings i mean they they are realistic huh hitching posts were your horse look at the watering trough i'll be darned you think it's stuff like this in like hollywood but not here go in this little loon hey barkeep look at that all the bottles on the wall very rustic yeah what what else a guy says gun smoke and some of them other old westerns they use this look at that wells fargo old stagecoach definitely realistic there's even a camel here somehow it's related uh quartzite clear at the end of town i talked to that guy for about 15 minutes i couldn't record him but here's the blacksmith shop hey can i shoot my horse goodness old saddles those lights make it look like it's a oil lamp they flicker there's so much to see here i don't know what the film first clothing and footwear emporium patent medicines oh here we go marshall's office wow there's his bunk hat hanging old stove with a coffee pot there's the desk my goodness uh oh here's the pokey lock em up maybe there's gonna be a jailbreak tonight all them old westerns chamber pot well that's more than i need to know okay too funny all right what else can we find here more little buildings those must be like little homes or something let's check it out yep pictures huh isn't that something i mean they got the dishes set up the towels hanging very realistic i wonder if they do reenactments here i don't know yeah we're heading to the badlands national park after this saloon we gotta go in the saloon it's open wow look at this place you can smell the old wood look at all the actors that signed autographs autographed pictures for this place my goodness i'll be darned how realistic is this it is real this is a real time old western saloon big old balcony up there what a place to shoot a music video or something i bet they've used that old beat up chairs they look beat up there's your stage with piano and step up to the bar give me a sarsaparilla holy moly that would work in this place goodness look at that there's the gun smoke cast all the old western actors signed uh pictures to this place oh matt dillon huh that's incredible history might be movies but still history and in here boot shop look at this old clock on the wall the detail of this place is just incredible looks like we're about at the end of it well get some shoes on my horse here my goodness there's some old wagons very well done wow i found the camel look at him goodness he's just sitting there watching the traffic go by in the freeway a couple hay burners there too look at them guys huh look at them guys i think they're going to get a treat or something everywhere you look it's just so detailed what would that be like a watch tower or something here we go my oh otis the camel i love popcorn why a camel oh my goodness they're talking about quartzite hi jolly i'll be darn this connected to quartzite all the way up here in south dakota well isn't that something right there us army talking about uh oh hi jolly down there well that is way up there i'm glad i stopped this is kind of a neat little stop here a bunch of signs on the interstate about this place about 1880 town old time water tower well let's duck in one or two of these on the way in i don't think we went in this one land office see what's for sale wow this is so realistic if you get a chance you got to stop here for sure [Music] they must spend a bundle in maintenance on these old buildings bank and everything look at this stick em up give me the loot right away in your horse even an old fire wagon there pretty cool [Music] look they got stuff inside let's peek big ol reels fire carriages whatever they call them hoses shingles and siding hardware store there well we got here stables dances with the wolves what's been one of the big uh props in the movie was that a water wagon huh okay well not bad glad i stopped i need to go out there and get some fuel before i leave [Music] [Music] even out front look at this mannequins and detail signage just everywhere pretty good all right i gotta get some fuel never imagined in a million years a place like this even exist on i-90 middle of south dakota [Music] hot weather and fire smoke skies hopefully it's not too bad when we get over towards uh badlands badland is that direction not too many more miles [Music] see how brown it is here though they got a drought going right down there there's our rv park they even got a replica train i didn't even notice that in the 1880 town pretty cool well good little stop we're off to the badlands national park can't wait to see that one look at that you can park a rig those guys are dry camping over there so you really don't even have to stay in the rv park you could probably dry camp for a night there heck you got food fuel grab a little shut eye go see the 1880 town and keep on trucking instead of the interstate i'm gonna stay on this highway 248. now i can claim backroads small western towns a real small western town go figure you never know what you're gonna find out here journey does continue talk soon you

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Keywords: Historic 1880 Western Town, 1880 town, ghost town, old west town, old town 1880, 1880 town train, 1880 town- south dakotas original, South Dakota's Original 1880 TOWN

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Length: 22min 0sec (1320 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 24 2021