FRONTIER TOWN – Fading Myths in the Catskills
First Fragment — July 19, 2025
There’s something surreal about walking into a ghost town at night.
The silence.
The rot.
The way the trees seem to hold their breath around you.
Frontier Town, deep in the woods of New York State, was once a wild west theme park. A fake village, sure — but time has made it real in its own way. I first came here in 2015. Back then, most of it was still standing. You could walk the dirt paths, explore the jailhouse, the saloon, the chapel. It was eerie, but intact.
Now?
It’s collapsing.
We arrived just after nightfall. No moon. Only the crunch of our steps in the leaves and the occasional hoot of some bird that didn’t get the memo the park’s closed forever. Most of the buildings are gone or falling apart. The chapel still stands, barely. Everything else feels like it's mid-sigh — decaying, sagging, crumbling into the ground.
And the worst part? The owner started demolition. Piece by piece, it’s being erased.
We made it just in time. One more night, one more chance to document what’s left before the bulldozers take over.
This place — this myth — won’t exist much longer.
But it still echoes.
It still breathes.
📸 Scroll down for photos from that night.
