Ghost town exploring Chloride AZ, longest inhabited living Ghost Town in AZ.

Chloride Arizona a living ghost town.

In 1860, six miners began mining in the Hualapai Indian territory, but four were killed in an attack. The remaining two miners escaped and brought back the Calvary to reclaim the mine. The town of Chloride was founded in 1863.

Chloride grew to a population of around 5,000 and was the county seat at one point. The town had a railroad spur to Kingman, hotels, a bank, a pool hall, barber shops, saloons, restaurants, several churches, and a hospital.

The population fell to 2,000 by 1917 and Chloride was nearly a ghost town by 1944. When the mines closed, miners and their families left.

Chloride is a "living ghost town" with a population of almost 400, mostly retirees. Some mines are still producing ore, while others are privately owned or controlled by the federal government.

[teachersoflight]

We own 2 acres adjacent to the Train Station to the North - We moved and have resettled in Nova Scotia Canada. One of the Acres has a Historic Goldmine on it - called the Watchmine. We loved living in Chloride and still have these building lots with City Services available to us but we have moved so much we do not have the energy or time to manage or a reason to keep them. Just a note - chloride was a wild town and keeps a lot of character. It was a wild west experience and we ran a Air B and B for two years and was very successful and everyone loved the town and its heritage.

[troyshull]

My grandmother was the postmaster in the late '60s early '70s and in the back on the post office was the fire house. That is not the old school house, it burned down in the late '70s. The school had a dirt field where my dad played football, that tough. Most of those building were built as tourist trap attractions. My grandfather was a miner, and in later life worked at that gas station on the corner. He was also the water district well manager. I have a lot of great memories spending my summers in Chloride

[pondwater]

I lived there with my parents back in 1947-8. My father worked at a gold mine (Samoa ?) way up the mountain. I'm 84 now. There was a BIG mine at the end of first street, , but was completely removed. Had a big hoist, many buildings, but the shaft was flooded. The tailings have been reworked for any leftovers. There was a heavy snow that winter and two mine workers from the Samoa had a role-over accident checking on the mine and one was killed. We were out of work then, moved away that spring.

[retirementbootcampoff-grid]

The narrow gauge train tracks someone wanted to bring tourists up from the main highway four miles away from town. However, landowners did not want him to have an easement across their property so this grand project failed.
A small two-lane highway ran through town in the early days but development of the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead meant that a four-lane had to be built. They ran it across open lands west of town and that is Highway 93, which is the current access to Chloride.

[joelhurley]

Great video of the Old Town of chloride. Thank you so much for sharing I always enjoy your videos.👍👍👍

[StatisticAmerican]

Wow. 80 years ago I lived in a town like that. That is an antique lift, I worked under one of them for years. You're video brought back so many memories when I was a child. Thank you so very very much.

[mikefitchNYC]

Awesome job on this episode! I wish you a happy Sunday.

[trishrobbins]

There is a working pay phone in Evergreen Station, CO. It’s necessary because of very poor cell service in the area.

[davidzamora]

Very interesting town. Thank you for sharing your video with us. 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[weekendescapades]

Hello everyone,
We made it to Chloride Ghost Town, we found this location fantastic. We hope you enjoy our tour.

[titchyjp]

Great video, what a fantastic place👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

[iworkout]

About 4 years ago I did the short drive off the main road and walked the town. Ate dinner in the only restaurant and I had the fish dinner which I still remember as being really good. Signs around the restaurant talked of music concerts on weekends, don't remember who played. I remember the restaurant as being rather large, so I figured that people came to town when a band played there. I took some pictures which I haven't looked at in a while, but are pretty much what's in the video you made. Friendly people live there. ready to tell you about the town, if you ask them.

[teresaguzman]

Is nice to visit old places, culture and traditions, no all the time is nice places, and fun, is important see all the history of one country, I like ! 👍

[jared]

It is interesting what youtube suggests to me. Mostly things I have no interest in, but this video I found fascinating. I especially loved the old jail. Thank you.

[JohnShinn]

👍👍👍👍
Good one Weekend!
Happy 4th! 🇺🇸🧨🇺🇸🧨🇺🇸🧨

[caroloneill]

Keep saying iam going to check out Chloride one day! Moved to Lake Havasu City four years ago from Pacific NW. So many places to explore in AZ. Oatman still one of my favorites!

[catherinecepuder]

Love these steps back in time, especially as I lived and traveled around Arizona when I first came to live in the U.S. from Ireland in 2000. I believe I lived in some old ghost town in AZ a previous lifetime!😅

[tillitsdone]

There's an old stone building just outside of Chloride that served as the town brothel. Still standing to this day (but with no roof.) Makes sense it's stone, wouldn't want that burning down, lol.

[Glenn-emhv]

God to Winslow Az and check out their old Santa Fe train station!
It's a incredible building that they have turned into a really nice hotel and restaurant!

[desertdawg]

Yea, the phone is a cellular phone with coin slots to access...self contained unit... Bunch of them in AZ.... Neat!