Ancient City HIDDEN in the Mountains....Plus Dozens of Caves Discovered by DRONE!

Published 2024-05-27
Today we head to Roosevelt Arizona to Explore 700 year old cliff dwellings created by the Salado people, then we take to the skies with my drone to search for other cave dwellings nearby and additional remnants of the ancient civilizations that existed long ago.

Many different cultures settled here over 700 years ago, and you never know what you could find!


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All Comments (21)
  • I always enjoy your adventures! Iโ€™m so glad you have a drone so โ€œweโ€œ can get to unreachable areas to investigate. Thanks again for taking all of us along with you.
  • Tonto does not allow drones (unmanned aircraft). Be careful, watch out. On your comment of wars, not quite correct. There was massive infighting with the Puebloans with some sects practicing cannibalism out of Chaco. The Hopi were particularly ruthless (e.g., Awat'ovi massacre) and the Navajo and Zuni- well everyone- we're "pushed" into overlapping territory causing much contention. Hence the over 18,000 documented archeology sites in the 4 corners. Then there are the Spanish massacres and aboriginal retaliations. One site in New Mexico, we screened several lead balls. It does not help dating but certainly evidence of Spanish then Mexican violence 500 years ago from 1539-1700s. This was no Utopia. That said, your vivid aerial views are nice to see- when we documented the Gila river canyons in the 70's we used 3d technology (not cutting edge 3D, we borrowed cameras from WWII). Again, take caution flying.
  • @patrickbass3542
    At 4:10, that IS NOT a coyote skill!!!!!! It is a cow skull. The coyote is about the size of a small shepherd dog and has a small, narrow head with "canine" teethe...not large molars for chewing grass!!!!
  • @bdbeatle1
    Fantastic footage! Great video! Excellent! I really enjoyed this!
  • @joyfullone3968
    I think the landscape and caves evoke a lonely feeling, at least in me. I did not realize birds built nests in the cactus, so nice to see. Thank you very much.
  • Not a Coyote skull. Looks like a deer skull ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ™
  • @jamesg1425
    Damn man thatโ€™s some great drone footage and operating! Super cool. Thereโ€™s some ruins to my knowledge in Black Canyon around Sunset Point area, might be a cool canyon to check out next and not too far from the city. Looking forward to the next one
  • @jerry-xi4gi
    the camera on the drone is so good...well flown too.
  • @bjd105
    Love this Bros channel. I don't know how he hooks me but I get pulled in every time.
  • Thanks Jessie for another awesome video! Keep up the great work ๐Ÿ˜Š ๐Ÿ‘
  • @dawnr9158
    Amazing footage as usual! How old do you think that cactus was where the birds were nesting? ๐ŸŒต
  • @chrisk28
    Thanks so much for making and sharing this fillum presentation. I enjoy your vibe and your adventurous spirit and enthusiasm is infectious.
  • I absolutely love your video adventures!! As a fellow Arizona Drone pilot I am in awe of how well you use yours to explore and I hope to someday be as bold so as to do more aerial exploration myself. Please keep up the good work and keep posting great new adventures for us!!
  • @JTube571
    8:55 there's a trail called "A Cross Rd" that runs the whole way behind Roosevelt Lake. It's not terribly difficult, any car with some clearance and AWD or 4WD can go on it. I was just up in that area this weekend, there are some ruins up Workman creek if you know where to look. Up the 288 there east of Roosevelt is a hidden gem. Not much to do but a nice cool place to camp and escape the heat.
  • @AZ_HikerBiker
    You are correct, "the road I was on wouldn't have taken me out there". However, if you turned left off AZ 288 about 3 miles South of where it appears you took your last drone flight, you could follow A-Cross Road to within a half-mile of the 'cave' or whatever it is you saw from the South side of the lake, which I believe is on the Southern slope of Dutchwoman Butte. BTW, A-Cross Road is a gravel road but I've driven it in aa car, in fact many folks do to get to the Salome Jug.