The Largest Ghost Town in America: Picher, Oklahoma



In this video, we’re going to be invading what happens to be the largest true ghost town in America. Picher, Oklahoma is the name of this forgotten place, and it sits right along the Oklahoma and Kansas Border about a dozen miles west from Missouri.

Intro: 0:000:56
Encounter with angry local: 0:561:47
Understanding The Geography of Picher: 1:475:21
How Picher Became A Mining Boomtown: 5:2110:58
How Picher Became A Ghost Town: 10:5818:03
Former High School Building: 18:0319:52
Health risks of living in the area: 19:5222:03
Cultural things of note about Picher: 22:0323:29
Ghost town of Cardin: 23:2927:44
Ghost town of Hockerville: 27:4429:50
Ghost town of Zincville: 29:5030:55
More Scenes from Picher: 30:5532:15
Ghost town of Treece, Kansas and Final Thoughts: 32:1536:16

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28 thoughts on “The Largest Ghost Town in America: Picher, Oklahoma”

  1. Chris, not a very happy story to say the least. All this is new to me so thanks for taking time and posting. The only real "Ghost Town" I have been to is in the city of Buana Park in California, it's the Knott's Berry Farm Ghost Town……. Thank again for your time, work and posting.
    mike

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  2. Ghost Towns Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkAKbwTlGHeKD5no8Re8hEW5yDX9KPYr6
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  3. Fantastic job. Nice steady camera work, excellent narration on the history of what we are seeing, and especially love the date/time/map stamp at bottom of screen to tell us exactly where we are. Thanks.

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  4. Chris! What amazing history and so well delivered. You are commendable for telling stories that you would think people wouldn’t care about, but it truly is the history of manufacturing in the mid West you are expert at sharing. Oh, so happy you played your signature music track towards the end! Thanks bro and congratulations on the new car. Aren’t those made in Mexico now? 🤔

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  5. How awful for that area! I live in a gold mining ghost town in California. They've cleaned up the town from old mining tailings. There's too much arsenic in our local water but they swear its below dangerous levels. My health has declined in the last two out of ten years I've lived here. My lungs are taking a hit.😢

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