Imagine if in 1843, his parents had been told that people from the year 2022 would listen to a recording of their baby boy speaking. It boggles the mind.
This man fought in the civil war and lived to see both world wars. It's very likely that in his youth, he met someone who fought in the revolutionary war. That's just amazing.
My grandad fought in vietnam he was badass they always still love to tell me stories about him i love it he used to jump in the pits and break all the landmines and he even has a picture with this boa constrictor the length of a tunnel almost. He was the only lightskinned black man to ever be able to use a whites only restroom and able to eat in a white only restaurant
Even more amazing than his age is his mental condition. He's very sharp, answering questions quickly and thoroughly, remembering many details from years ago. What a wonderful blessing to have so many years of high cognitive function.
man can live a long time a true life when they live according to their nature - outdoors, walking, and eating natural things in the right amount, unfettered from the neurosis of illusion and stagnancy.
I don't remember one elderly person I have known personally, that ever had Dementia, until i was in my 40's, and an aquantance did. None of my grandparents, father or mother, aunts or uncles ever had Dementia, and most lived well into their 90's or 80's. I'm not sure if it's genetics, or it ties into modern products that affects the brain. Although I still have no family members, at least so far, who have Dementia.
@@beccagee5905 it's indeed the artificial food we're fed. Women were forced to work under the guise of giving them more right, so they're no longer capable of looking after their families properly - it takes time to make every meal from scratch. But it' precisely that which keeps us healthy. People didn't use to eat seed oils either (sunflower, canola, etc.), nor as much sugar, both of which cause serious inflammation in our bodies. Of course, every old person tends to remember their youth more vividly than what they had for breakfast today, but things like Alzheimer's seem to be mostly caused by nutrition, not genetics.
@@ShahidKhan-ke8fe Yes and no, you have to poke and prod (prompt a teacher would call it) someone to tell their stories, and you never actually know the stories they have but don't consider interesting, important, or consider uncomfortable and not worth talking about. To do it properly takes hours of sitting down and basically interviewing them, which they may not be keen to do.
This interview was done almost 100 years after this man was born, and now we're listening to the interview almost 100 years after it was conducted. It's really amazing to think about.
@@AbduCola so 19 years is a lot? If you think that I doubt you're older than 15 yourself. This interview was made 81 years ago, which is just a pimply-faced 19 year olds life away from 100.
This is living history at its very best. The gentleman didn't embellish his memories with outlandish details, he simply described the events as they happened.
I think its the best value in news, stories, music and so much more. This story a priceless gem. When I first got on in 2007 I watched a latin mass from the 1940s narrated by Rev Fulton Sheen. I had attended those as a child. I thought "these r every day ppls home movies." BTW the Church was packed bcause we were in ww2 at the time.
This gentleman was alive during the period of the Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, WW1 & WW2, as well as the industrial revolution ... wow. A living-walking history book. Just WOW!
My great grandmother was 100 in 1976 and I was 12. She told of traveling by wagon to St Louis and living in a log cabin. She mentioned how scared she was when some indians came by, but all they wanted was sugar. I tell my children that this women saw the arrival of the car, airplane, and the moon landing. I wish I would have heard more stories from her life.
@Plodding Dream Ive got the be honest, the idea of living in a log cabin way out in the west, sometime around 1880, pretty much living at one with nature, is much more appealing to me than living in a futuristic age, with space travel and AI etc(End of war? That's extremely optimistic, given the circumstances lol).
@Plodding Dream of that things the most probable is ai, and we could expand our lifespan a lot, but that another two things are unlikely for the next 2-5 centuries
I had a neighbor who was pen pals with Teddy Roosevelt, my daughter, and I could listen to her for hours. It was a living account of history. We do not respect and truly appreciate our elders anymore. I am grateful for hearing this and love the comment regarding how never could this man know we'd be listening to him now... how amazing ❤
I believe the original letters were given to a museum? By the time I had met her, she only spoke from her own recollection, her memories of their correspondence, and how he helped her & her family. How he truly made a huge difference for her family & personally her life path... I could see it when she spoke. Whatever became of these letters? Which facility, organization, etc. Only her family would know, I could look it up... that was now over 17 years ago. She was living in a retirement community with not many visits from her own family. Hence, the reason I would take extra time speaking with her when I would see her outside. This turned into several visits weekly. She was a wonderful soul, and I would sit with her with my own daughter who was in the midst of her own "wonder years" as they call them... it was a gift, call me sentimental? But it really was special. I also saw & felt what it meant to her to share this with us... like she knew there was not much time left for her to share what was her life. This is my own personal feeling on this of course, but you could see she loved it and that somehow made it so much more... It's important not to lose this, that children today understand... my apologies, understanding this response is in regard to the letters. There is more to it, though, and from my understanding He did the impossible and helped save their home. I recall her telling us of her first letter and how she thought at the time that she'd be lucky if it even got to him. The 1st letter was written as a plea, as much as a statement of the unfair goings on at that time .. her family was in peril with not much money or power, and much to her surprise, he not only answered her, but it began a relationship/friendship that she'd never dreamed possible. That would last up into her young adulthood. He became a mentor and advisor and actually helped her family in the end. I recall her getting emotional and excited all over again, seeing her eyes light up being able to still feel a glimpse of her childhood... of it all and how much he truly meant to her, and how these letters literally made a difference in her life. There were so many little things... like how excited she would get awaiting the post. How adults thought her silly, telling tall tales. Until she actually showed each and every one the letters. Her parent's didn't know what to make of it all at first, but they ended up being very proud of it... her.. and her father supported her and the first letter. Of course never thinking it would amount to anything. He gave her permission to write the first one. If I recall correctly, they wrote to each other for several years, and he advised her a lot. I got the feel that the relationship was beneficial to him as well. Staying grounded with the youth of that time. Getting a feel for that generation. I believe there were some letters regarding gardening as well. The crux of it all was that she could do anything. These letters gave her an inner strength as a young girl in that time. How elated she was that out of nowhere she became pen pals with the president of the United States. How amazing it was, I watched my own daughters eyes light up with excitement and that for me? Was beyond words. There is so much beautiful history. This taught my daughter that there is treasure in speaking with the older generations. They are walking talking history books. I would be remiss if I didn't mention how wonderful it would be in our world today. If only we could work together for future generations. That there is pure gold which many overlook and toss aside. The greatest history class to me? Is speaking with senior citizens. Some of them have amazing, incredible recollections. Some not so pretty ... My husband was a breakfast cook in his early adulthood in the early 1980s. He always recalls a veteran from the USS Indianapolis that was stuck in that water. He was one of the survivors. When he recalls it, it's difficult to speak of, this man affected him. The sharks dead eyes, black... Many of us take for granted those we see, invisible to us. Impressions of them just being old, not ever realizing the history, the life lived... so many stories... anyhow, there is so much more to the pen pal story, and as I write I am actually remembering more, I recall him giving advise for her father, and her life as a child growing up in a rural but beautiful area, but don't wish to bore anyone going on and on. I know that it was special, and I know that Teddy Roosevelt was special. Yes, we could use him here today. If only people could put their ego's aside and put down their hostility towards one another... we could do so much good, sending kind regards to all. ❤️
This man, never in a million years would he think someone in 2022 would be listening to his words. His audience was in 1941. Little does he know now, his speech is on UA-cam able to be viewed globally by anybody. What an amazing thing.
I wish he had asked him if he remembered any stories his grandparents or great grandparents might have told him, those could have reached possibly into even the 1600s, crazy to think about
Exactly! It was James Burke, creator and host of the show, 'Connections' that made me realize this years ago. I don't remember which show it was or what the dialogue was precisely, but it was along these lines of speaking across generations. It just serves to reiterate the importance of speaking to the older generations while they are here...while you still can. I've always said to speak to and learn from your elders for they truly are travelers from another time. We see our elders from a more futuristic, forward-thinking perspective, so it's easy for us to fail looking forward rather than back. I mean to say, we take our elders' presence for granted almost by default and though we might respect and love them on the surface we fail to really know them using our full attention and imagination. Once they're gone, we find ourselves longing to know everything about them but all too late. When you delight in the company of an elder and listen to and remember what they say, living in their worlds for a little while, it can mean a great deal to them as well.
It boggles my mind, to listen to this wonderful man talk about, and refer to the 60's and 70's, and not be in the 1900's but the 1800's. This is truly amazing and one a kind.
We're 23 years into this century so far. People born this century are now adults. In the 2030's when people born this century reference the 20's my mind will instinctively go to the 1920's. That's a cultural divide.
Yes man! Great seeing you here, you encouraged me to tinker on my tube amps! I was super afraid at first but your knowledge taught me where and when to be cautious.
Strange. I wonder how many guitarists will show up on this completely unrelated video :) I just watched Satch playing Crystal Planet and this random video showed up in my feed. What a treat to hear such a great historical recording
Hearing a 98-year old’s voice, nearly 81 years after it was recorded, well isn’t that a time capsule!? A span of 179 years, from Mr. Jackson’s birth to hearing his voice this morning, it really wasn’t that long ago in the big scheme of things, most people just don’t live too long. Growing up, hearing the “Oldies” (Buddy Holy, Chuck Berry, etc) playing on the air in the mid-1980’s, well those were 25-30, year tunes! Today, If you listen to Nirvana, that’s now Oldies, and listening to Hendrix 25 years prior to Nirvana in 1991, that’s like listening to Jazz music of the 1920’s but in the 1980’s. Life is out there, a lot happens, we just don’t live long enough to appreciate it all. But making it to near or above 100, that is quite an experience, a gift.
Yes, well said. I remember speaking to a woman who was just over 100, she lost all of her children, even a number of her grandchildren from just plain time. In that case, life is too long.
Yes. If you think of the "oldies" when you were young (let's say *two* generations = ~ 30 years so still alive but out of mainstream relevance), THEY had THEIR old-timers they remember when they were young, and so on...But there is a limit to this that we in our time cannot appreciate: Mainstream sound recording/playback is, practically speaking, only 100 years old (at least not commercially viable until the invention of the microphone). Silent Movies maybe 30 years earlier at most. Prior to that, experiences and history were only preserved in drawing, writing, and dramatic reproduction - which, in each case, obviously, is very subjective. So the WWII and earliest of "Boomer" generation is perhaps the last set of humans to have interacted with those for whom stage performances and live bands/orchestras were the only way to see acting or hear music, a simple fact for all of humanity prior to this. Interestingly for all the change that he experienced in his almost 100 years, humans who came before him lived pretty much the same way as their parents did for almost 1000. To us that is just as bewildering...
Such an amazingly long lifespan. It reminds me of my great grandfather who passed in 2002 at 101. He rode a horse and buggy when he was young and had an email address when he died.
My ggma born in 1900 in west point nebraska died in 04 at 104 yo. Father built the house with his bare hands. My gg aunt lived to 102 just died a couple years ago. She lived by herself widowed for over 30 years on her farm in Missouri. Highly intelligent and very sharp lady had a better memory than I do. She sold organic plant based multivitamins since the early 1950s
My great aunt was born in 1900 and passed away in the 90’s. She said her generation saw the biggest change that humans would ever see, going from ox cart to the moon in just 70 years. She said it was a wondrous time with new inventions, medicines, electronics etc appearing every year. Her generation was indeed blessed.
That’s so amazing to think of. I’m amazed at 49 of what we have now compared to the 1980’s. I feel like anything is possible now, if we just decide to do do it.
@Andrew Jones Facts. Baby boomers have the nerve to have been drug-fueled hippies in their teens and 20s and say that the younger generation is screwed up. It's laughable, really.
@@andrewjones4774 Not really they had no computers they had to remember phone numbers some still had to walk to school in NYC that pretty hard compared to today
@@chinookh4713 I would say the 90’s was just the right balance between having technology but not being overrun with it like today. Sure people weren’t in touch 24/7 via cell phones but people enjoyed being in the moment not checking their phones or social media constantly looking for something or someone better.
@@chinookh4713 life wasn't as fast paced and reaching something in life was actually way easier. Today is way more chaotic, hectic, stressed out and overall way less wealthy.
My great grandfather was 108yrs old when he passed, and his stories were unbelievable and amazing. Just listening to him was unreal at moments, just visualizing everything he saw and went through. I still remember walking through his home that felt more like a museum and it was so historically beautiful. He still kept some of his old ways of living such as preserving his food, using the cast iron stove with heating by wood, and washing clothes with a single tub and wash board. It's a beautiful thing to sit and listen to our elders because they speak the truth not like our so called history books which we all know is picked on what to teach us.
Why do you have to tell such a beautiful story of your grandfather and then Bash history books?? I'm in my 60s and I loved my history classes. Nothing Wrong with the books!!
@@jayizzett : The evidence of his age is beyond question. Everything is on record. However, you are right about the voice being unusually clear for his advanced age. The full caption of the video says that the audio was restored and equalized. There are indications that the gentleman was reading much of his material from notes. That's a reasonable procedure, and takes nothing away from the recollections of a true "Founding Father" of the American West.
I did some pruning and gardening work for a 98 year old a couple of years ago, his speech was clear as day and had great sense of humour. "I'll probably drop dead tomorrow, but then again I said that twenty years ago" he said laughing. Some dudes are just built that way. Great stuff, love these interviews.
These types of videos should be presented in elementary schools here in the US. Kids don't understand that this man's time wasn't really that long ago and the history of this country is so short. It's a small glimpse into this man's life and our history. The old fellow sounds like he was still very sharp of mind at the age of 98. I bet he had some great stories.
Very true. I have pictures of my 4th great grandmother and grandfather born in the 1790's when George Washington was still alive. In the grand scheme of things it really wasn't that long ago
ye 1843 was only 179 years ago which is abt 2.2 lifetimes i think. idk my great great grandparents were 12 when this was recorded which is insane to me tbh
Never happen. This guy would have to have murdered whites to free blacks in order to merit that kind of accolade. Only what used to be called "black history" is deemed acceptable study these days. Oddly, blacks seem obsessed with the idea that whites had VERY little to do with black freedom, while slaves working as guerillas, and black union soldiers in uniform pretty much annihilated the south, which is just not supported by the record. Oh, and the million men killed?? "Too little too late" is the ingratitude of the american black.
Because the death rate and life expectancy were made up, just like the food pyramid. They were low because of the amounts of baby deaths, and they manipulated it to make it seem like death ages were very low, but many lived past 100.
It's not too surprising really. Everything they ate was organic and natural. They lived FAR more active lives, had much better sleep and plenty of it, drank plenty of water and got plenty of sunshine, and breathed fresh air all day everyday. Conversely, we eat toxic processed trash, we're the most sedentary society in all of world history, most people get poor sleep and less than they should, we drink soda, fruit juices that are loaded with sugar, energy drinks, and most people don't drink enough water. People stay indoors most of the time, where the air is dirty and DRY, they get very little sunshine leading to most people being deficient in vitamin D which leads to deficiencies of other nutrients as well. In those days marriages were strong and they lasted, belief in God was everywhere and society had a moral compass. Today men are trashed as is the traditional family structure, people no longer look up to God but instead obsess over celebrities. Back then people read many books, they were educated and knew how to write well. They formed their own opinions. Today people are nearly illiterate and let celebrities, politicians, and their TV's tell them what to think. The differences between the two time periods are countless, and the men and women who lived during those days would be ashamed of what modern day society became.
@@Blackwater06 Painting the past as a beautiful utopia is straight up inaccurate. People were literally feeding their babies toxic bacterias from unwashed bottles, breathing air from wallpaper dyed with poisons, and so forth. Just because you don't learn about the atrocities back then, doesn't mean they lived ""pure"" lives. Sugar and fat were already plentiful. As was mercury and other toxic substances that coated every day items. Like makeup and baby toys. Coca Cola might have sugar or corn syrup today, but back then it literally had cocaine. I'd take today's divorce rates over how normalized child brides were back then.
@@colinquinn7516 chemicals were absolutely a problem in the victorian era. It wasn't uncommon for led and arsenic to be used to create brilliantly colored wallpapers. Radium was used to paint the numbers on hands and clocks. Wemon at arsenic infused biscuits hoping to enhance their beauty.
My great great great uncle was born in 1898 and died in 2002. It was wonderful listening to all the stories he had to tell. He didn’t even have electricity in his home until he was in his 40’s. He died when my daughter was 5 years old. Not many people knew their 4 great uncle.
great uncle, otherwise parents' uncle, born in 1847? You must be old yourself. My grandpa was born in 1920. 1847 is extremely old to just be 2 generations away.
“Before the Cowboys came in”. Imagine existing before cowboys were even a thing. And just the sheer fact this man lived through the civil war, the Wild West, the Spanish American war, world war 1, the Great Depression, and the beginning of world war 2. Wild
Cowboy culture originated in Mexico, it probably took a while when Anglo saxons adopted the cowboy lifestyle. Longhorns are a Iberian breed brought to the America’s due to its hardiness.
@@lordeagle100 gauchos* is a disparagin word in Spanish, an insult. it means "bastards" (orphans). The images aren't gauchos (gauchos dressed like the Roman legionaries a kind of caligae or "bota de potro") In times of Argentina foundations the aristocrats want leave the Spanish history behind and begin from zero, adopt the free market and open the border for European emigration, they want a modern country,....bc that was a repulse about aborigins and local farmers....they said "civilization or barbarian" In Argentina "the cowboys" wasn't a romantic adventurous guy like in the north, in here was someone "illiterate and violent". Should be difficult get photos from them bc they was a shame for the people of the time
This is pure gold . What a treasure . What I would give to see what he saw . He saw the buffalo by the millions before the massive slaughter . Unspoiled beauty as the way God made it . What a life , what a life . Thank you for putting this together , maybe as I drift asleep I will be carried back to those days in some dream like way .
@@dariasz4049 One of my favorite books is Poland by James Michener . Read it twice , the Baron Lubonski ? with his bear swan and fox that lived with him and were known far and wide for being friends and friendly to people . Pretty cool .
@@hardworkingamerican8847To be honest I have never heard of the book before... I suggest you visit Poland - its history is truly unique... Its deep and pure - somehow... Unfortunately, the young in Poland are going downhill like their peers from the western world... Easy life, 'easy' people
My grandfather was born in 1896 and he remembered , as small boy , the first car arriving in his Irish town and how all the men laughed and said it could never replace the horse.
My dad was born in 1901. He told me when they first put electric starters on cars a lot of the old timers "poo-pooed" them and said it was just another thing to go wrong with them (the cars).
My grandmother was born in 1888. When she reminisced about the changes she experienced, in her lifetime, it was the development of movies and particularly Charlie Chaplan that stood out for her.
⚠️ This man was born 180 years ago, and I'm listening to him just now. Even the interview is 82 years old. Even the interviewer has already died by now. My goodness ! ❤
When I was a teenager in the 1980s my great grandmother was still alive and I was able to speak with her. She was born in 1885. Pretty amazing to think I had the opportunity to ask questions of someone who was middle aged in the 1920s. But of course, being a teenager, I didn't really see the opportunity I had.
She loved you all the same, and understood you....she was your age once:) I understand what you are saying though; my mother is 93, and she recalls being a child in London during the bombing in 1940, and i always love and appreciate being able to talk with her about her experiences
@@nedeast6845 my mother just passed away at age 93. She had so many memories of Germany before, during and after WWII. Mom came to the states when she was 20 (1948) years of age.
Our grandmother was born in 1919. At a family event my nephew had a school project to ask Mema, a series of questions regarding her history and upbringing in New Jersey, and her reason for moving to South Florida. He asked questions about their upbringing, what kind of work she did when she started her first job and what the racial situation was in New Jersey. Her first job was cleaning steps with a brush, she didn't like that so she found a better job; her mom told her she had to help support herself in the family and she was not going to sit around doing nothing.
The fact I live in the UK. listening to an American conducting an interview in 1941 to a man born in 1843 discussing tales of the Wild West. Really does blow my mind this voice is 181 years old. This is why it so important the older generation gets interviewed however mundane the stories may because they really do tell the story of a life that time forgotten.
"Who were some popular musicians in those days?" "Oh you know in the 70's we had the Aee Gees. Then in the 80's it was Michael Jackfather. But it went downhill in the 90's with the Backalley Young Gentlemen."
Ur one attention sick human lol... Yes, Cpt.Obvious. he is reffering to 1800's because he lived in THE 1800's. Dont U feel dumb when writing such idiocy?
No, he's refering to the 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s. Not the 1800s. The entire century is called the 19th century. However, 1800s is used a lot for some reason.
Yes I do believe that those old recordings are pretty valuable not just sentimental. And that there should be someone who tries to periodically get the elderly people that are locked up in the old folks homes to give some conversations about their lives if they're willing to talk about them there are some elderly people that have bad things in their lives and won't even talk about their history or anything that they remember. You know people leave them sitting in those elderly homes day after day after day same old same old same old everyday you're almost alive but like living dead people because of their circumstances nursing homes are horrible places to have to live out the last years of your life.!!
“A little village called Los Angeles” that line alone helps put the whole thing into perspective. It’s not that long ago when you look at the big picture, but it’s crazy to think this was only around 200 years ago
It’s insane how when he is referring to the 70” it’s not the 1970s, it’s the 1870s. Similarly to how I might refer to this time period as the 20’s, if I’m lucky to live to be his age. Life is cyclical like that. Amazing vid/time capsule!
Maybe in 2070 I'll be interviewed about what the internet was like in the early days and I'll tell the younguns about AOL trial discs and YTMND and chain emails.
My dad was born in 1906 and passed in 2003. It was always fascinating to hear him talk about growing up during the roaring 20s and prohibition, and experiencing the 1929 depression.
Am I the only one who swoons hearing these voices? This is the tone, cadence, and verbage of the voices of my great grandfathers era. I didn't grow up with one, but this is how I imagine he'd sound. It's how the other kids family members sounded. ❤ Reminds me of my Grani and Aunt Jo. Calm, to the point, and safe.
I remember the first time someone told me phones are coming which are not connected by a cord, I thought they where playing the fool with me. How can the voice go from one phone to another without anything connecting it, I asked!!
@@tacosmexicanstyle7846 I grew up in a Afrikaans only community, very secluded. I was surprised as a young child when I heard other people speak other languages. Remember a lot of 'firsts' like escalators, TV's and air planes !
He might have been 1st or 2nd generation. We had a lot of Irish people and a lot of diversity. Our national language was only one vote from being German 😳
@@fyrdman2185 Hmm. I see you are correct. What's interesting to me is that I didn't learn it online. It was taught at the school my mom taught at. She told me this in the 1980s when she started teaching English and showed me the info from a book.
My great nan died a few weeks before her 101st birthday. She made and packed the parachutes for the airforce during ww2. She brought my mum up and then looked after me and my brother when we were younger. Such a strong strong lady. The pain of losing someone like that can never be measured.
This is absolutely fascinating !! Rhis is the closest thing we'll have to hearing what normal everyday conversation sounded like before the 1900s . This is so rare to come across. Thank you
Some of those places he roamed are likely now Chick-fil-A parking lots and cookie cutter residential blocks. It is almost unbelievable to stand in one of those places today, and imagine the epic history which once occurred there, when that same spot was in a completely different world. It really boggles the mind to think about.
I say the same thing when I visit glacier lake in northern California. If you use your imagination you could see where the glacier once was around 5,000 years ago because the lake is carved out exactly where the glacier was.
@@lukewarmwater6412 It is something which can’t be changed I guess. The wilderness can’t stay the wilderness forever if the country is to progress. I’m glad many historic sites have been preserved at least. It is sad to consider that the world he once knew is gone though. It is the way of things.
I think he only just got put on the bench at 98. He said 80yrs of service as he started at 17/18 and was 98!? Yeah you can take a break mate, you've done plenty! What a man, and perfectly suited to what he was doing it seems. Glad he got to see the wide world.
I had a friend pass away a few years ago, he lived to be 84 years old. He used to tell me of the war planes being built and flown down the coast from Seattle during WWII. He had a passion for history and the old American west. He would have loved this. Thank you for sharing.
It's weird to hear someone refer to the 70's as the 1870's, but that's the amazing thing about radio. I can listen to someone born in 1843 who was a young man in the Civil War, witnessed 25 years(Around 1891 I think it isn't incorrect to say that the real "Wild West" days were over) of the Wild West, and took pictures of it. A man who was 98 years old eight months before US entered WW2.
he was there he knew what the real wild west was and it didn't last long. The real cowboy days only were 10 or 15 years before all the homesteaders came out and put up fences. He said the cattle drives started in the 70's and ten years later all the homesteaders started coming.
@@Oliver_Klozoff69 We still find the wild west fascinating...I'm no historian but I think this is the reason...Back then it was very romanticized by people back east. Books and newspaper articles made it all sound like an adventure. The cowboy life represented freedom, adventure, and they were seen as heroes or something. Also, there were no movie stars, sports stars, or other celebrities yet so they became a cultural icon. Then Hollywood immortalized the cowboy image. It was the last time in America's history were there was open land that wasn't fenced in and there was real freedom. Once barbed wire was invented everything changed. It was 1874 when they invented a machine to easily make barbed wire which ended the cattle drives.
"It's weird to hear someone refer to the 70's as the 1870's, but that's the amazing thing about radio" It was recorded on a phonograph. You can't record on a radio. LOL.
My grandmother had my mother in her 40s, my mother had me at 32. My grandmother passed at 102 years old. I grew up on stories of WWI, the Great Depression, WWII. It was an amazing experience. I only wish I was old and mature enough to sit down and record some of her tales. Now, memories of her stories pop into my head, and I wish I could have some questions answered, however they are forever lost. Perhaps, in Heaven, I may hear them once again.
I was lucky enough to know my great great grandmother. She died when I was 16. I still remember her voice and laugh. She never called anyone by their complete name. It was Juan for Juanita, Shan for Shannon, Am for Amber and such. She smelled of bleach and flour and was such a delight! I miss her so much! ❤
There are thousands of fascinating people out there, alone or in nursing homes. Many died during 2020 and 2021. I remember an old guy I met while checking into a hotel in Pal Springs. All he wanted to do was tell his war stories from WW2.
I would have loved to hear his stories. I’m a history buff especially where WWII is concerned…. When I was a kid I had a grandpa and a great uncle who served in WWII and they would share some stories with me. But more often than not I would ask questions and they would say “oh…. You don’t wanna hear about that.” But I really did! They probably protected their hearts and their sanity by not reliving some of the horrors they saw. My grandfather and great uncle are gone now but certainly not forgotten by this 51 year old man.
@@IWantMyCountryBack2 i recorded 18 hours of ww2 stories with my ww2 vet friend that died in April 2021. He has a few vidoes on my channel now....on about saving private ryan movie and one about a race horse named flavor. I havent put the best stories on line....im going to write a book about him his life was incredibly interesting. The ww2 was not even the most interesting but he was front line for 5 months and wounded signifantly twice,,first time for life, knocking out vision and hearing in one eye and one ear but he hid the injury and never even went to the hospital until his leg was blown open.
I got to watch the first moon landing. I watched it with my grandpa who was born in 1886. He lived in Chicago and had seen Al Capone and had gone to a baseball game to see Babe Ruth. He said he was born in an amazing time, being born in a sod hut on a farm, living with outhouses, lamp light and only horses for transportation. He said going from all that to seeing a man step onto the moon was "really something." "I guess I've seen it all now." He added. Bless the elders, they know just about everything!
@@italiantraditionalcatholic2390 Yes, we did land on the moon. Proof? There are two laser reflectors that the astronauts placed and lined up on Earth for future use. Today we bounce laser beams off of them and get the signals back in about 1.3 seconds per light round trip. There's your proof--look into it.
The moon landing was likely faked for propaganda. It cannot be verified and is suspicious that 1960s tech allowed astronauts to restart an earth bound shuttle successfully departing back to earth at a time when automobiles didn't even have power steering.
I tell this story to my friends but I’ll share it here; A couple of years ago, about 3 or so, I worked at a bookstore. This lady came in, I forget the exact number, but she was around Mr. Jackson’s age, around 100. She came up to me and said “my vision is finally failing after all of these years, and I want to know how to read books, can you help me?” I took her over to the magnifying glasses and lights and accessories, and she said “these won’t do at all” and she got quite sad. Then I said “I’m happy to show you our audiobooks section.” She said “what are audiobooks?” I said “well ma’am, publishers will often pair a released book with a narrator reading the book on a group of CDs.” She said “what are CDs?” SHE WAS IN HER 70’s WHEN CD’S WERE GETTING STARTED AND WAS “TOO OLD” TO KNOW WHAT THEY WERE. In like…2018 or 2019. I took her over to the section and explained to her that if somebody drove her around in a car that was younger than 35 years or so, that it would have a player where you could put the disks and that a narrator would read the books. She had this huge beaming smile, thanked me for helping her, and then told me a story I’ll never forget. All of you reading this are just reading text like any other comment, but for me, the words came from this lady’s lips, she was flesh and blood and saw this. She told me that she was born in Finland, and was a woman older than I was now when WW2 happened. She said that somehow her and her family managed to get tickets to come to America in 1945. She said that she only knew a few words of English, but that when they pulled into New York Harbor, there at the base of the Statue of Liberty (or Ellis island, one of those) was an enormous field of flowers, she said roses or tulips, planted to spell out “welcome home”. I’m emotional typing this now. She said that moment when she could read those two words was one of the most joyful liberating moments of her life. I don’t think I’ll ever hear an “Ellis island story” ever again.
I'm awestruck. I'm 70 just days ago and there is absolutely nothing I can say about my travels and lifetime that holds even a minute light to this man's accomplishments. I get winded carrying a smartphone up the steps to my home! And I've actually had one crazy existence in most people's opinions. RIP sir, well done.
@@zentark360 Your comment was so kind! UA-cam is often littered with snarky comments, given without the slightest inkling as to how they might affect the person receiving. Your answer was full of kindness, respect and humility; the qualities every person should aspire to possess.
@@s.v.2796 the world needs a bit more reason to trust each other as individuals, and that starts with respect, character and action toward making a better world. I miss real humanity anymore, so I'm glad to know its noticed.
The Collodion process he used to capture photos is having a mini revival today with the wet plate process... Studied his work as a student in college..Thank you for sharing...to hear in first person is priceless.
24:23 The man said "My life had been devoted to picturizing the weather." Same, Mr. Jackson, same. As an avid photographer and nature lover that part really made me happier than ever to enjoy embracing my enthusiasm towards photography and nature / weather.
'Pretty hard to say where a man has not been" what a quote and a great response for a 98 year old. Having his memory and a clear mind set back then at that age is absolutely incredible.
@@joshuathinker8546 97 year old grandfather still mopping floors and doing laundry, still making dioramas and models with no kits. Has a perfect memory
What a privilege and a blessing it is to hear of this man's life and the history of America. Amazing. I'm so glad the interviewer said to please speak of the things he didn't ask because he didn't know what to ask him so that he could openly shine and express himself. I love the humility of them both. Humility of being the father of the postcard and the humility of the reporter. ❤
And wow. There are trees that can live 40,000 years. Poor piddling mankind. Thinks it’s so extraordinary, so special. And therein lies the seed of our destruction of Nature and our eventual extinction.
To think this guy spent his life using the newest form of record keeping, photography. And he is talking to a man who is also using a new form of record keeping, sound recording. Before this time only writing, static pictures and moving pictures were available. These two men had a common goal to record history. I think you can tell by the way the old fella was talking he appreciated the interviews motives as a kindred spirit. Truly a gem of a video.
He was born only four years after cameras became commercially available, and 16 years after the real development of photography took off. For him as a young adult in the 1860s, photography was as old as the Internet is today. Time flies.
Sound recording wasn't a new thing in 1941. It was invented already back in 1857. You can hear a clip recorded in 1860 in Wikipedia. A new age of sound recording began in 1945 when the Allied had learned a new trick from the Nazis: magnetic tape recording.
In 1977, I would have long conversations with my great-grandfather, born in 1890. He would tell me stories of talking with his great-grandfather, born in 1820, who in turn talked to his grandfather about the Revolutionary War. 3° of separation = 200 years
My grandfather was born 1896. He sounded like this guy. He was a great man. He told us stories about the town we grew up in. Life was a lot different growing up with horse and buggy. He will forever have a place in my memory. He lived to 1979. God kept him around along time because he was a treasure. Loved children and dogs loved him. Every time the ice cream truck came he would share with the children. Missing my papa today.
Funny isn’t it. We can’t imagine how people lived and got along back then. How hard they had to work compared to what is required of us now. Although we don’t know really much we sit in judgement In how they accomplished things.
@@kimberlyhortz6471I dont think he said something wrong I understood he meant that people in the past worked harder than us but now presents generations complain about everything
I am born in 1949 this gentleman was born in born in 1843 and in 1941 was 98 years old and sharp like a young man. What a great pleasure to listen to Him.
My grandfather was born in 1880 and lived to see many things that's history to us. I w😅ould drive him around Texas, and he would recall things and tell me. Being a teen, I didn't even think to record these stories. What a loss to my children, his great grandchildren. He died in 1977.
Wow. I have known about William Henry Jackson for at least 40 years, but never in my wildest dreams did I think I would one day hear his voice! I too wish you would put his name in the title of this video so that others might find it. This is an incredible interview, and if you listen to it slowed down a bit, it makes it easier to understand what he is saying. THIS is what the Internet is for, THIS is what UA-cam is for. Thank you so much for uploading this, and all the other videos I am working my way through. I'm still just blown away here.
@@chaosdweller A second option is the video transcript. Hit the word "more" in bold directly under the title. Then look for the heading "Transcript" under which a square with the word "Transcript" on it is seen. Click on that, and follow along. The words in bold match the words being spoken in the video.
It’s amazing to listen to these. My 95 year old grandpa talks of his life quite often, I’ve recorded him a few times. Such a treasure that I want to pass down. My dad had done the same with his grandma who was born in 1898. It’s quite special. The one thing I’ve noticed about interviewing them is that the things we are fascinated by and want to know more of they simply say “I don’t think it’s that interesting, it wasn’t that special”. Glad we pushed them to speak of it anyways! My grandpa will say. “ it’s not the good old days like some say…, there were a lot of bad days.” My grandpa never knew any of his grandparents because they died fairly young due to living hard lives as farmers.
To: everyone: Yeah, like@@chadowens3254 said, post your recordings. I miss my grandma and how she talked-about life, and what she called people close to her. She talked a lot about end 30s thru 90 when I was born, like it all happened yesterday. Rip to my best friend. If yall have grandparents, spend time with them, ask them the questions you might think are stupid. Absorbe the knowledge they give you. Mine taught me rough for 654 people, but I feel as if I could have learned more.
@@asarishepard8171 Nice that your aunt is doing that. How sad about the mother. That sounds like my other great grandma who would only talk about how her husband would kick her in the leg. It was an arranged German marriage and he was a drunk.
Interviewers today could learn alot from the way the host conducted this interview! Pertinent questions, not interrupting, and giving the floor to the object for free talk to close it out 👏🏻💯
When he described the millions of bison that once roamed the great plains by actually seeing it first hand. Amazing and heartbreaking. He was there during the Civil War. Incredible.
@@debraferraro7000 don’t worry I do enough in the states.. And then go be thankful not in a total white monopoly of people to be thankful not a slave of that accord… Really? Lol Interesting Bless
the gentleman being interviewed is very humble. i love his story and the matter of fact way he shared his part in it. the interviewer too was extremely kind and accomodating.
Absolutely priceless! To have been in his shoes and to have seen what he saw...a vanished world. I'd like to have had more of his photographs accompanying this video...
I don't want to slander this old-timer when I get the impression that he was involved in a whole lot of butt Play Back in the Day something in my gut tells me that this man was involved in a Brokeback Mountain type situation perhaps even with Billy the Kid himself
As well. Did you hear all the trilled R's and long A's in words like "last" and shift from "ly" to "leh"? It's like an accent frozen in amber caught between England and the colonies.
Most people in the North at the time had this kind of accent. And the Southern accents are essentially derivatives of English and Scots-Irish accents at their root. America is an Anglo country with heavy Irish and Scottish influence, afterall.
There is definitely Ireland in there, quite a lot of it actually, hard to place it because it's old timey but it reminds me of my Grandad. If I had to guess I'd say Westmeath or Longford
For those of you who don't know him this was a very famous man and one of America's greatest photographers, fully up there with Matthew Brady and Ansel Adams.
i think this man was even more significant than those you mentioned. the reason is because without the pictures he took in his life, we would have a much different view of what the west was like. basically, there is real substance in this mans work than there ever was in either of those two mentioned.
Damn 99 haha , wouldn't u hate to fall short of a hundred a yr ? haha, this poor fella must have been on his last leg in this interview must have been exhausting for the poor fella haha.
A few years back I was randomly talking to a lady who told me about an experience she once had talking to a 100 year old woman (in 1965) who vividly remembers being in a crowd listening to Abraham Lincoln. She was five years old at the time and her parents took her to see him speak. (Assuming it was a campaign event) She recounted that her father put her up on his shoulders so she could see above the crowd and that they were very close to him. She said he had a very interesting voice and she clearly remembered the sound of it in her old age. Wow, imagine that, having seen him in person and heard what his voice sounded like, nobody knows as no recordings exist.
@@brahtrumpwonbigly7309 guess u disagree with abe himself, read his autobiography and the accounts of his assistant and secretary, not to mention countless other secondary sources.
I know this is quite an insignificant detail, but as someone born and raised in LA, my breath caught in my throat hearing the host refer to this now-bustling city as a “small village.” It’s mind-boggling to hear firsthand how drastically different their experiences of this world were.
This is true history, he was still pretty sharp, voice was a little raspy, but he sounds healthy, I'm sure there wasn't to much "Junk" food around in those days, virtually, everything had to be fresh, the fact that this man lived to see the development of the automobile, airplane, radio, telephone, and probably most important, Electricity.
I don't want to slander this old-timer when I get the impression that he was involved in a whole lot of butt Play Back in the Day something in my gut tells me that this man was involved in a Brokeback Mountain type situation perhaps even with Billy the Kid himself
Fascinating. Absolutely fascinating. I feel honoured to hear that guys voice. This is one of the best kinds of uses of technology. Preservation of history.
I took care of a lady who lived to be 108 years old. The stories she told me were truly amazing. To everyday living down to what a simple apple use to taste like. Truly a once in a lifetime experience.
@@strength9621 Apparently so. She would tell me how these apples today tasted fake. Like plastic. She said back in the day they had this sweet n soft juicyness to em. Like you were drinking straight up applejuice. I mean at the end of the day she WAS old but the facility deemed her fit enough to do most ADLs with assistant. She could read, write and stand up until her final days. She was a character i will say.
@@strength9621 yeah, we modify fruit to make them easier to produce and more appealing to buy. Bananas used to taste entirely differently a century ago
Now this is what UA-cam is all about, listening to a man born 179 years ago being interviewed 44 years before I was born.
Amazing isn’t it.
Have you guy's seen the movie "true grit" by the coen's?...that film is a great representation of the wild west.
Trippy
haha oldass
We are the UA-cam comments from another 179 years ago. Being posted 44 years before another birth. And so on.
Imagine if in 1843, his parents had been told that people from the year 2022 would listen to a recording of their baby boy speaking. It boggles the mind.
Brooo
Yeah this right here
I think this century stinks . I had big Hope's for the 21st century technology is great but people are a big dis appointment.
They'd probably say what's a recording
Think about his parents being apart of our independence
This man fought in the civil war and lived to see both world wars. It's very likely that in his youth, he met someone who fought in the revolutionary war. That's just amazing.
Wow
Good observation. Talking to old revolutionary war vets would've been like us talking to WWII vets.
The way the world changed must’ve made his head spin about as much as ours are now.
My grandad fought in vietnam he was badass they always still love to tell me stories about him i love it he used to jump in the pits and break all the landmines and he even has a picture with this boa constrictor the length of a tunnel almost. He was the only lightskinned black man to ever be able to use a whites only restroom and able to eat in a white only restaurant
Why does there have to be wars tho why can’t human beings just take psychedelics and love each other??
Even more amazing than his age is his mental condition. He's very sharp, answering questions quickly and thoroughly, remembering many details from years ago. What a wonderful blessing to have so many years of high cognitive function.
man can live a long time a true life when they live according to their nature - outdoors, walking, and eating natural things in the right amount, unfettered from the neurosis of illusion and stagnancy.
Definitely spot on the way of life back then was literal feast or die.@@inthetearoom
I don't remember one elderly person I have known personally, that ever had Dementia, until i was in my 40's, and an aquantance did. None of my grandparents, father or mother, aunts or uncles ever had Dementia, and most lived well into their 90's or 80's. I'm not sure if it's genetics, or it ties into modern products that affects the brain. Although I still have no family members, at least so far, who have Dementia.
@@beccagee5905 it's indeed the artificial food we're fed. Women were forced to work under the guise of giving them more right, so they're no longer capable of looking after their families properly - it takes time to make every meal from scratch. But it' precisely that which keeps us healthy. People didn't use to eat seed oils either (sunflower, canola, etc.), nor as much sugar, both of which cause serious inflammation in our bodies. Of course, every old person tends to remember their youth more vividly than what they had for breakfast today, but things like Alzheimer's seem to be mostly caused by nutrition, not genetics.
I was thinking the same throughout the interview. Pretty sharp fellow for his age.
Every time an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
Can't remember who said that, but it's a great quote
It's less a problem now that so much history is recorded in durable forms like video, photographs and sound recordings.
@@jackflanagle6079 go away bot
@@ShahidKhan-ke8fe Yes and no, you have to poke and prod (prompt a teacher would call it) someone to tell their stories, and you never actually know the stories they have but don't consider interesting, important, or consider uncomfortable and not worth talking about. To do it properly takes hours of sitting down and basically interviewing them, which they may not be keen to do.
Every time a Griot dies, it's like a library burning to the ground.
@@jackflanagle6079 The let's go Brandon libraries mind has burned down long ago.
This interview was done almost 100 years after this man was born, and now we're listening to the interview almost 100 years after it was conducted. It's really amazing to think about.
Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
80 years isn't close to 100 in this context
@@AbduCola but do you get the point?
@@AbduCola so 19 years is a lot? If you think that I doubt you're older than 15 yourself. This interview was made 81 years ago, which is just a pimply-faced 19 year olds life away from 100.
"Almost" might be a bit of a stretch fam. Still 20 yrs to go.
This is living history at its very best. The gentleman didn't embellish his memories with outlandish details, he simply described the events as they happened.
This video is a great example of why UA-cam, or at least the concept/content of UA-cam, is 100X better than nearly all television content.
Watching UA-cam since 00's. Never got back to television. Ever.
@@chipngo9758facts bro my parents didn't get it at first but now they do
Cable and satellite TV companies are nothing more than a big racket as all of cooperate America is..
I think its the best value in news, stories, music and so much more. This story a priceless gem. When I first got on in 2007 I watched a latin mass from the 1940s narrated by Rev Fulton Sheen. I had attended those as a child. I thought "these r every day ppls home movies." BTW the Church was packed bcause we were in ww2 at the time.
Agreed John. YT is much better than the mindless television of the last 30+ years and especially today.
This gentleman was alive during the period of the Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, WW1 & WW2, as well as the industrial revolution ... wow. A living-walking history book.
Just WOW!
Not to mention 2 depressions
Agree. Amazing.
And the gold rush
& the Indian wars.
Spanish flu
My great grandmother was 100 in 1976 and I was 12. She told of traveling by wagon to St Louis and living in a log cabin. She mentioned how scared she was when some indians came by, but all they wanted was sugar. I tell my children that this women saw the arrival of the car, airplane, and the moon landing. I wish I would have heard more stories from her life.
@Plodding Dream Ive got the be honest, the idea of living in a log cabin way out in the west, sometime around 1880, pretty much living at one with nature, is much more appealing to me than living in a futuristic age, with space travel and AI etc(End of war? That's extremely optimistic, given the circumstances lol).
@@signoguns8501 I agree with this ^
@Plodding Dream of that things the most probable is ai, and we could expand our lifespan a lot, but that another two things are unlikely for the next 2-5 centuries
@Plodding Dream Immortality?😆Man it`s painful being even 64!
@Plodding Dream no such thing as end of war. War will always exist
I had a neighbor who was pen pals with Teddy Roosevelt, my daughter, and I could listen to her for hours.
It was a living account of history.
We do not respect and truly appreciate our elders anymore. I am grateful for hearing this and love the comment regarding how never could this man know we'd be listening to him now... how amazing ❤
That’s awesome! Do you have any of the letters or anything?
Anything you remember? We could use a president like him now.
I believe the original letters were given to a museum? By the time I had met her, she only spoke from her own recollection, her memories of their correspondence, and how he helped her & her family. How he truly made a huge difference for her family & personally her life path... I could see it when she spoke. Whatever became of these letters? Which facility, organization, etc. Only her family would know, I could look it up... that was now over 17 years ago. She was living in a retirement community with not many visits from her own family. Hence, the reason I would take extra time speaking with her when I would see her outside. This turned into several visits weekly. She was a wonderful soul, and I would sit with her with my own daughter who was in the midst of her own "wonder years" as they call them... it was a gift, call me sentimental? But it really was special. I also saw & felt what it meant to her to share this with us... like she knew there was not much time left for her to share what was her life. This is my own personal feeling on this of course, but you could see she loved it and that somehow made it so much more... It's important not to lose this, that children today understand... my apologies, understanding this response is in regard to the letters. There is more to it, though, and from my understanding
He did the impossible and helped save their home. I recall her telling us of her first letter and how she thought at the time that she'd be lucky if it even got to him. The 1st letter was written as a plea, as much as a statement of the unfair goings on at that time .. her family was in peril with not much money or power, and much to her surprise, he not only answered her, but it began a relationship/friendship that she'd never dreamed possible. That would last up into her young adulthood. He became a mentor and advisor and actually helped her family in the end. I recall her getting emotional and excited all over again, seeing her eyes light up being able to still feel a glimpse of her childhood... of it all and how much he truly meant to her, and how these letters literally made a difference in her life. There were so many little things... like how excited she would get awaiting the post. How adults thought her silly, telling tall tales. Until she actually showed each and every one the letters. Her parent's didn't know what to make of it all at first, but they ended up being very proud of it... her.. and her father supported her and the first letter. Of course never thinking it would amount to anything. He gave her permission to write the first one. If I recall correctly, they wrote to each other for several years, and he advised her a lot. I got the feel that the relationship was beneficial to him as well. Staying grounded with the youth of that time. Getting a feel for that generation. I believe there were some letters regarding gardening as well. The crux of it all was that she could do anything. These letters gave her an inner strength as a young girl in that time. How elated she was that out of nowhere she became pen pals with the president of the United States. How amazing it was, I watched my own daughters eyes light up with excitement and that for me? Was beyond words. There is so much beautiful history. This taught my daughter that there is treasure in speaking with the older generations. They are walking talking history books. I would be remiss if I didn't mention how wonderful it would be in our world today. If only we could work together for future generations. That there is pure gold which many overlook and toss aside. The greatest history class to me? Is speaking with senior citizens. Some of them have amazing, incredible recollections. Some not so pretty ... My husband was a breakfast cook in his early adulthood in the early 1980s. He always recalls a veteran from the USS Indianapolis that was stuck in that water. He was one of the survivors. When he recalls it, it's difficult to speak of, this man affected him. The sharks dead eyes, black...
Many of us take for granted those we see, invisible to us. Impressions of them just being old, not ever realizing the history, the life lived... so many stories... anyhow, there is so much more to the pen pal story, and as I write I am actually remembering more, I recall him giving advise for her father, and her life as a child growing up in a rural but beautiful area, but don't wish to bore anyone going on and on. I know that it was special, and I know that Teddy Roosevelt was special. Yes, we could use him here today. If only people could put their ego's aside and put down their hostility towards one another... we could do so much good, sending kind regards to all. ❤️
Speak for yourself fool
@hvnsdor11 kind regards ❤
This man, never in a million years would he think someone in 2022 would be listening to his words. His audience was in 1941. Little does he know now, his speech is on UA-cam able to be viewed globally by anybody. What an amazing thing.
2023
2024
Pretty insane aint it
Inb4 people from 2100 still comment itt
Every day I thank Al gore for the internets
Who may one day read our words then?
I wish he had asked him if he remembered any stories his grandparents or great grandparents might have told him, those could have reached possibly into even the 1600s, crazy to think about
That is a very good point. That is crazy.
Good idea!
If you think about it like that, the 1600s are not that long ago...
Exactly! It was James Burke, creator and host of the show, 'Connections' that made me realize this years ago. I don't remember which show it was or what the dialogue was precisely, but it was along these lines of speaking across generations. It just serves to reiterate the importance of speaking to the older generations while they are here...while you still can. I've always said to speak to and learn from your elders for they truly are travelers from another time. We see our elders from a more futuristic, forward-thinking perspective, so it's easy for us to fail looking forward rather than back. I mean to say, we take our elders' presence for granted almost by default and though we might respect and love them on the surface we fail to really know them using our full attention and imagination. Once they're gone, we find ourselves longing to know everything about them but all too late. When you delight in the company of an elder and listen to and remember what they say, living in their worlds for a little while, it can mean a great deal to them as well.
character seams like a hard thing to imagine now-a-days.
It boggles my mind, to listen to this wonderful man talk about, and refer to the 60's and 70's, and not be in the 1900's but the 1800's. This is truly amazing and one a kind.
Yes. Myself as well he said the sheep came in the 80s
You should read a english translation of the bible... cept kj version.
Lies again? Pig Heads Believe In Allah
@@NazriB and demons believe in themselves.
We're 23 years into this century so far. People born this century are now adults. In the 2030's when people born this century reference the 20's my mind will instinctively go to the 1920's. That's a cultural divide.
This is an absolutely priceless recording.
UA-cam is truly awesome
Yes man!
Great seeing you here, you encouraged me to tinker on my tube amps!
I was super afraid at first but your knowledge taught me where and when to be cautious.
Strange. I wonder how many guitarists will show up on this completely unrelated video :) I just watched Satch playing Crystal Planet and this random video showed up in my feed. What a treat to hear such a great historical recording
@@redpilledape5633 Fellow guitar nerd here. Probably the algorithms doing something weird...
Right on dude
You can google anything but life experiences of your elders is priceless.
Hearing a 98-year old’s voice, nearly 81 years after it was recorded, well isn’t that a time capsule!? A span of 179 years, from Mr. Jackson’s birth to hearing his voice this morning, it really wasn’t that long ago in the big scheme of things, most people just don’t live too long.
Growing up, hearing the “Oldies” (Buddy Holy, Chuck Berry, etc) playing on the air in the mid-1980’s, well those were 25-30, year tunes! Today, If you listen to Nirvana, that’s now Oldies, and listening to Hendrix 25 years prior to Nirvana in 1991, that’s like listening to Jazz music of the 1920’s but in the 1980’s.
Life is out there, a lot happens, we just don’t live long enough to appreciate it all. But making it to near or above 100, that is quite an experience, a gift.
Yes, well said. I remember speaking to a woman who was just over 100, she lost all of her children, even a number of her grandchildren from just plain time. In that case, life is too long.
My mom loved to a hundred. Quite some stories she could tell.
@@enemyatthegate3394 i know it was just a typo but I think I prefer the word loved over lived.
Yes. If you think of the "oldies" when you were young (let's say *two* generations = ~ 30 years so still alive but out of mainstream relevance), THEY had THEIR old-timers they remember when they were young, and so on...But there is a limit to this that we in our time cannot appreciate:
Mainstream sound recording/playback is, practically speaking, only 100 years old (at least not commercially viable until the invention of the microphone). Silent Movies maybe 30 years earlier at most. Prior to that, experiences and history were only preserved in drawing, writing, and dramatic reproduction - which, in each case, obviously, is very subjective. So the WWII and earliest of "Boomer" generation is perhaps the last set of humans to have interacted with those for whom stage performances and live bands/orchestras were the only way to see acting or hear music, a simple fact for all of humanity prior to this.
Interestingly for all the change that he experienced in his almost 100 years, humans who came before him lived pretty much the same way as their parents did for almost 1000. To us that is just as bewildering...
@@bethanyanderson1745 If you knew my mother you’d know why I agree and won’t change. She was a wonderful woman who never had a bad word for anyone.
Such an amazingly long lifespan. It reminds me of my great grandfather who passed in 2002 at 101. He rode a horse and buggy when he was young and had an email address when he died.
My ggma born in 1900 in west point nebraska died in 04 at 104 yo. Father built the house with his bare hands. My gg aunt lived to 102 just died a couple years ago. She lived by herself widowed for over 30 years on her farm in Missouri. Highly intelligent and very sharp lady had a better memory than I do. She sold organic plant based multivitamins since the early 1950s
My great aunt was born in 1900 and passed away in the 90’s. She said her generation saw the biggest change that humans would ever see, going from ox cart to the moon in just 70 years. She said it was a wondrous time with new inventions, medicines, electronics etc appearing every year. Her generation was indeed blessed.
To him, telegraph had really come far to be able to send them on a tv in your home.
That’s so amazing to think of. I’m amazed at 49 of what we have now compared to the 1980’s. I feel like anything is possible now, if we just decide to do do it.
imagine going from pony express to email
Whenever this guy said "It was harder back in our day" everyone believed him.
Unlike old head today when life was actually easier in the 70s and 80s
@Andrew Jones
Facts. Baby boomers have the nerve to have been drug-fueled hippies in their teens and 20s and say that the younger generation is screwed up. It's laughable, really.
@@andrewjones4774 Not really they had no computers they had to remember phone numbers some still had to walk to school in NYC that pretty hard compared to today
@@chinookh4713 I would say the 90’s was just the right balance between having technology but not being overrun with it like today. Sure people weren’t in touch 24/7 via cell phones but people enjoyed being in the moment not checking their phones or social media constantly looking for something or someone better.
@@chinookh4713 life wasn't as fast paced and reaching something in life was actually way easier. Today is way more chaotic, hectic, stressed out and overall way less wealthy.
My great grandfather was 108yrs old when he passed, and his stories were unbelievable and amazing. Just listening to him was unreal at moments, just visualizing everything he saw and went through. I still remember walking through his home that felt more like a museum and it was so historically beautiful. He still kept some of his old ways of living such as preserving his food, using the cast iron stove with heating by wood, and washing clothes with a single tub and wash board. It's a beautiful thing to sit and listen to our elders because they speak the truth not like our so called history books which we all know is picked on what to teach us.
Where did your great grandfather live?
Did you record his stories? No? Then shut up.
Why do you have to tell such a beautiful story of your grandfather and then Bash history books?? I'm in my 60s and I loved my history classes. Nothing Wrong with the books!!
@@Michelles222you people 🤦🏿♂️
What a gift to have someone in your family with such vast experience in the history of our nation.
What a clear mind at 98. Sounds very sincere as he states what he did and did not experience.
Or he is far from 98 yrs old. Prob more likely
@@jayizzett : The evidence of his age is beyond question. Everything is on record. However, you are right about the voice being unusually clear for his advanced age. The full caption of the video says that the audio was restored and equalized. There are indications that the gentleman was reading much of his material from notes. That's a reasonable procedure, and takes nothing away from the recollections of a true "Founding Father" of the American West.
I did some pruning and gardening work for a 98 year old a couple of years ago, his speech was clear as day and had great sense of humour. "I'll probably drop dead tomorrow, but then again I said that twenty years ago" he said laughing. Some dudes are just built that way.
Great stuff, love these interviews.
@@MichaelSmith-hr3be what evidence do you have. You wrote all that but left the evidence
@Nicolas Ortiz cool story bro
These types of videos should be presented in elementary schools here in the US. Kids don't understand that this man's time wasn't really that long ago and the history of this country is so short. It's a small glimpse into this man's life and our history.
The old fellow sounds like he was still very sharp of mind at the age of 98. I bet he had some great stories.
Very true. I have pictures of my 4th great grandmother and grandfather born in the 1790's when George Washington was still alive. In the grand scheme of things it really wasn't that long ago
ye 1843 was only 179 years ago which is abt 2.2 lifetimes i think. idk my great great grandparents were 12 when this was recorded which is insane to me tbh
Never happen. This guy would have to have murdered whites to free blacks in order to merit that kind of accolade. Only what used to be called "black history" is deemed acceptable study these days. Oddly, blacks seem obsessed with the idea that whites had VERY little to do with black freedom, while slaves working as guerillas, and black union soldiers in uniform pretty much annihilated the south, which is just not supported by the record. Oh, and the million men killed?? "Too little too late" is the ingratitude of the american black.
Sadly elementary schools just want to teach about transgender ☹️
A history thats about to be nothing more than a story.
98 and born in the 1840's - no modern medical stuff or modern conveniences - and still lived a long life. One tough man!
Because the death rate and life expectancy were made up, just like the food pyramid. They were low because of the amounts of baby deaths, and they manipulated it to make it seem like death ages were very low, but many lived past 100.
The average was lower, loads lower, but the maximum was about the same.
It's not too surprising really. Everything they ate was organic and natural. They lived FAR more active lives, had much better sleep and plenty of it, drank plenty of water and got plenty of sunshine, and breathed fresh air all day everyday. Conversely, we eat toxic processed trash, we're the most sedentary society in all of world history, most people get poor sleep and less than they should, we drink soda, fruit juices that are loaded with sugar, energy drinks, and most people don't drink enough water. People stay indoors most of the time, where the air is dirty and DRY, they get very little sunshine leading to most people being deficient in vitamin D which leads to deficiencies of other nutrients as well. In those days marriages were strong and they lasted, belief in God was everywhere and society had a moral compass. Today men are trashed as is the traditional family structure, people no longer look up to God but instead obsess over celebrities. Back then people read many books, they were educated and knew how to write well. They formed their own opinions. Today people are nearly illiterate and let celebrities, politicians, and their TV's tell them what to think.
The differences between the two time periods are countless, and the men and women who lived during those days would be ashamed of what modern day society became.
@@Blackwater06 Painting the past as a beautiful utopia is straight up inaccurate. People were literally feeding their babies toxic bacterias from unwashed bottles, breathing air from wallpaper dyed with poisons, and so forth. Just because you don't learn about the atrocities back then, doesn't mean they lived ""pure"" lives. Sugar and fat were already plentiful. As was mercury and other toxic substances that coated every day items. Like makeup and baby toys. Coca Cola might have sugar or corn syrup today, but back then it literally had cocaine. I'd take today's divorce rates over how normalized child brides were back then.
@@colinquinn7516 chemicals were absolutely a problem in the victorian era. It wasn't uncommon for led and arsenic to be used to create brilliantly colored wallpapers. Radium was used to paint the numbers on hands and clocks. Wemon at arsenic infused biscuits hoping to enhance their beauty.
My great great great uncle was born in 1898 and died in 2002. It was wonderful listening to all the stories he had to tell. He didn’t even have electricity in his home until he was in his 40’s. He died when my daughter was 5 years old. Not many people knew their 4 great uncle.
3rd Great Uncle is how you address this
He's exactly a hundred years old. Damn.
Edit: Ah no, sorry, a hundred and four*
Btw, did your great great great uncle smoke? Drank? Or ate plenty of green? He must've been *real* healthy to live that long!
My great uncle was born in 1847 and served in the N.J. Cavalry during the Civil War. He died in 1947. Can you imagine all the things he saw ?
Did he live long enough to see his 100th birthday, or did he die just before?
I have an idea of what he saw regardless of the side he fought on 😢
we have no idea it is really amazing
Like what did he see exactly? Did he saw Star Wars or did he see Spider-Man?
great uncle, otherwise parents' uncle, born in 1847? You must be old yourself. My grandpa was born in 1920. 1847 is extremely old to just be 2 generations away.
“Before the Cowboys came in”. Imagine existing before cowboys were even a thing. And just the sheer fact this man lived through the civil war, the Wild West, the Spanish American war, world war 1, the Great Depression, and the beginning of world war 2. Wild
The moment he said "a little village called Los Angeles" is forever etched in my brain.
By the 40's there were probably lots of boys running around in cowboy costumes. He probably told many of them stories.
Cowboy culture originated in Mexico, it probably took a while when Anglo saxons adopted the cowboy lifestyle. Longhorns are a Iberian breed brought to the America’s due to its hardiness.
@@elpidiovillarreal6246 I'm told they were images after the Groucho's in Argentina.... Definitely from south America.
@@lordeagle100 gauchos* is a disparagin word in Spanish, an insult. it means "bastards" (orphans).
The images aren't gauchos (gauchos dressed like the Roman legionaries a kind of caligae or "bota de potro")
In times of Argentina foundations the aristocrats want leave the Spanish history behind and begin from zero, adopt the free market and open the border for European emigration, they want a modern country,....bc that was a repulse about aborigins and local farmers....they said "civilization or barbarian"
In Argentina "the cowboys" wasn't a romantic adventurous guy like in the north, in here was someone "illiterate and violent". Should be difficult get photos from them bc they was a shame for the people of the time
1:10 "A little village called Los Angeles"
Absolutely incredible. Thank you for this.
Ikr
Edit: After a little research, LA California has been a city since 1835.
@@deletdis6173I would love to time travel to 1835 and see what Los Angeles was like
@@deletdis6173 Still it was a little town back in 1850
I was like “woah”
Damn
This is pure gold . What a treasure . What I would give to see what he saw . He saw the buffalo by the millions before the massive slaughter . Unspoiled beauty as the way God made it . What a life , what a life . Thank you for putting this together , maybe as I drift asleep I will be carried back to those days in some dream like way .
❤
Exactly as I feel also.
Amen
Greets from Poland. You are a wise man... 😊
@@dariasz4049
One of my favorite books is Poland by James Michener . Read it twice , the Baron Lubonski ? with his bear swan and fox that lived with him and were known far and wide for being friends and friendly to people . Pretty cool .
@@hardworkingamerican8847To be honest I have never heard of the book before... I suggest you visit Poland - its history is truly unique... Its deep and pure - somehow... Unfortunately, the young in Poland are going downhill like their peers from the western world... Easy life, 'easy' people
My grandfather was born in 1896 and he remembered , as small boy , the first car arriving in his Irish town and how all the men laughed and said it could never replace the horse.
My dad was born in 1901. He told me when they first put electric starters on cars a lot of the old timers "poo-pooed" them and said it was just another thing to go wrong with them (the cars).
@@mrlfhill He was right
My grandmother was born in 1888. When she reminisced about the changes she experienced, in her lifetime, it was the development of movies and particularly Charlie Chaplan that stood out for her.
My grandmother was born in the 1880's and she saw the Wright brothers fly their plane in 1909! She passed in her 90's as well.
Did he remember seeing newly freed slaves? No, because that was the birth of the prison industrial complex.
⚠️ This man was born 180 years ago, and I'm listening to him just now. Even the interview is 82 years old. Even the interviewer has already died by now. My goodness ! ❤
2days later am also listening to him
@@haamulubechooka6908 abd I'm reading you. 😅👍
And in 40 years, people will be making jokes at your comment because you will be dead too 😂
@@DihelsonMendonca and I’m reading you reading him listening to a man born 180 years ago in an interview from 82 years ago
@@eddiecam9523 Yes, and sometime from now, people will read our comments, and we'll be dead by then...oh my goodness ! 😮
When I was a teenager in the 1980s my great grandmother was still alive and I was able to speak with her. She was born in 1885. Pretty amazing to think I had the opportunity to ask questions of someone who was middle aged in the 1920s. But of course, being a teenager, I didn't really see the opportunity I had.
She loved you all the same, and understood you....she was your age once:) I understand what you are saying though; my mother is 93, and she recalls being a child in London during the bombing in 1940, and i always love and appreciate being able to talk with her about her experiences
Same age here....had many old ladies in my family from the 1880s....They were lucid but we never asked much and recorded nothing.....shame
@@nedeast6845 my mother just passed away at age 93. She had so many memories of Germany before, during and after WWII. Mom came to the states when she was 20 (1948) years of age.
Our grandmother was born in 1919. At a family event my nephew had a school project to ask Mema, a series of questions regarding her history and upbringing in New Jersey, and her reason for moving to South Florida. He asked questions about their upbringing, what kind of work she did when she started her first job and what the racial situation was in New Jersey. Her first job was cleaning steps with a brush, she didn't like that so she found a better job; her mom told her she had to help support herself in the family and she was not going to sit around doing nothing.
Watch Downton Abbey. For, at least, the upper crust version of things...
The fact I live in the UK. listening to an American conducting an interview in 1941 to a man born in 1843 discussing tales of the Wild West. Really does blow my mind this voice is 181 years old. This is why it so important the older generation gets interviewed however mundane the stories may because they really do tell the story of a life that time forgotten.
When he refers to decades as the 70s, 80s, 90s but he’s referring to the 1800s! 😱
Yup
"Who were some popular musicians in those days?"
"Oh you know in the 70's we had the Aee Gees. Then in the 80's it was Michael Jackfather. But it went downhill in the 90's with the Backalley Young Gentlemen."
@@filipmazic5486 “and in the 90s we had 2 Live Posse”
Ur one attention sick human lol...
Yes, Cpt.Obvious. he is reffering to 1800's because he lived in THE 1800's. Dont U feel dumb when writing such idiocy?
No, he's refering to the 1870s, 1880s, and 1890s. Not the 1800s. The entire century is called the 19th century. However, 1800s is used a lot for some reason.
At 98, he sounds very sharp, and healthy. Just Amazing. I adore elderly that have seen so much in thier lives. Total respect. God bless them.
No gmo foods and statin pharmaceuticals destroying the Brain
@@nikosniko7092 100%
Yes, he is very clear thinking and talking, so lucky for him to have kept his wits, and so very fortunate for us ❤️❤️❤️
My grandfather was born in 1917 and died in 2017 at 100. He was a Pearl Harbor survivor. My mother has tapes of him speaking. I really miss him!
That's great, those recordings are actual historical documents!
Yes I do believe that those old recordings are pretty valuable not just sentimental. And that there should be someone who tries to periodically get the elderly people that are locked up in the old folks homes to give some conversations about their lives if they're willing to talk about them there are some elderly people that have bad things in their lives and won't even talk about their history or anything that they remember. You know people leave them sitting in those elderly homes day after day after day same old same old same old everyday you're almost alive but like living dead people because of their circumstances nursing homes are horrible places to have to live out the last years of your life.!!
Protect those tapes! they can be put on different formats..for future generations!
That’s dope! Put em up on UA-cam for posterity/the culture!
The exact same age of my grand father too :o
“A little village called Los Angeles” that line alone helps put the whole thing into perspective.
It’s not that long ago when you look at the big picture, but it’s crazy to think this was only around 200 years ago
It’s insane how when he is referring to the 70” it’s not the 1970s, it’s the 1870s. Similarly to how I might refer to this time period as the 20’s, if I’m lucky to live to be his age. Life is cyclical like that. Amazing vid/time capsule!
Yes. 70s... It's like 1970s for me. My goodness !
Maybe in 2070 I'll be interviewed about what the internet was like in the early days and I'll tell the younguns about AOL trial discs and YTMND and chain emails.
@@karikaru why do you believe you'll be alive in 2070 ? Life in unpredictable, we don't know if we'll be alive tomorrow... 👍🙏
@@DihelsonMendonca probably not, but you never know
@@DihelsonMendonca That logic works both ways.... You have no clue either...
This is incredible. The fact that we can hear this today is almost like magic.
It was interesting also that the generated Closed Captioning had as bad of hearing as I do (almost).
Still did help a lot.
It is magic
@@JH-ji6cj2:41 “the autism trail” 😂
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
My dad was born in 1906 and passed in 2003. It was always fascinating to hear him talk about growing up during the roaring 20s and prohibition, and experiencing the 1929 depression.
How old are you then?
72 I was born when my dad was 43.
He lived a long life too. My dad died in 2003.
I believe the 20s is when the little LA gold digging village exploded in growth .
That's back when we were traveling on horse and wagons. Wow.
Am I the only one who swoons hearing these voices?
This is the tone, cadence, and verbage of the voices of my great grandfathers era.
I didn't grow up with one, but this is how I imagine he'd sound.
It's how the other kids family members sounded. ❤
Reminds me of my Grani and Aunt Jo.
Calm, to the point, and safe.
Thanks to the magic of technology, here we are today, listening to a man born 179 years ago… on a portable cell phone…
I remember the first time someone told me phones are coming which are not connected by a cord, I thought they where playing the fool with me. How can the voice go from one phone to another without anything connecting it, I asked!!
Portable phone 😂
Technology be damned
@@stormcup2920 it’s less of a stretch if you remember the wireless telegraph (Marconi radio)
@@tacosmexicanstyle7846 I grew up in a Afrikaans only community, very secluded. I was surprised as a young child when I heard other people speak other languages. Remember a lot of 'firsts' like escalators, TV's and air planes !
It's amazing hearing his accent. It sounds quite Irish in places. It shows how American accents were very different to how they are today.
Eg. please?
He might have been 1st or 2nd generation. We had a lot of Irish people and a lot of diversity. Our national language was only one vote from being German 😳
@@jenynz5334 That's a myth that's been debunked so many times, only 9% of people at that time was German.
@@fyrdman2185 Hmm. I see you are correct. What's interesting to me is that I didn't learn it online. It was taught at the school my mom taught at. She told me this in the 1980s when she started teaching English and showed me the info from a book.
@@jenynz5334 yep when people keep repeating enough lies it becomes the truth. I was told that too.
My great nan died a few weeks before her 101st birthday. She made and packed the parachutes for the airforce during ww2. She brought my mum up and then looked after me and my brother when we were younger. Such a strong strong lady. The pain of losing someone like that can never be measured.
@Joe Barone sad hard facts. I'm sure they felt the same back in the day but didn't realize what they had
This is absolutely fascinating !!
Rhis is the closest thing we'll have to hearing what normal everyday conversation sounded like before the 1900s . This is so rare to come across. Thank you
Some of those places he roamed are likely now Chick-fil-A parking lots and cookie cutter residential blocks.
It is almost unbelievable to stand in one of those places today, and imagine the epic history which once occurred there, when that same spot was in a completely different world. It really boggles the mind to think about.
I say the same thing when I visit glacier lake in northern California. If you use your imagination you could see where the glacier once was around 5,000 years ago because the lake is carved out exactly where the glacier was.
So true
I bet he wouldnt want to stay around if he saw things today. he would likely be saddened by what we have done with his great nation.
There is a pizzahut across from the Giza Pyramid Complex.
@@lukewarmwater6412 It is something which can’t be changed I guess. The wilderness can’t stay the wilderness forever if the country is to progress. I’m glad many historic sites have been preserved at least. It is sad to consider that the world he once knew is gone though. It is the way of things.
I had the privilege to know my great grandmother, born in 1888. This is awesome.
His vocal capacity and cognitive strength is nothing short of amazing. I so wish this interview was filmed. Fabulous interview.
True indeed, he sounds much better than much younger Biden LOL.
@@JayZx777 Come on man, you know, the thing.
@@waterheaterservices The man on the moon!3
I think he only just got put on the bench at 98. He said 80yrs of service as he started at 17/18 and was 98!? Yeah you can take a break mate, you've done plenty! What a man, and perfectly suited to what he was doing it seems. Glad he got to see the wide world.
He sound better than Biden.
I had a friend pass away a few years ago, he lived to be 84 years old. He used to tell me of the war planes being built and flown down the coast from Seattle during WWII. He had a passion for history and the old American west. He would have loved this. Thank you for sharing.
This guy was the epitome of “the cameraman never dies”
Can't imagine using wetplates in the wilderness with so little resources, as a tintypist
someones gotta hold it
Except he has. A long time ago too
😂
Underrated comment
It's weird to hear someone refer to the 70's as the 1870's, but that's the amazing thing about radio. I can listen to someone born in 1843 who was a young man in the Civil War, witnessed 25 years(Around 1891 I think it isn't incorrect to say that the real "Wild West" days were over) of the Wild West, and took pictures of it. A man who was 98 years old eight months before US entered WW2.
he was there he knew what the real wild west was and it didn't last long. The real cowboy days only were 10 or 15 years before all the homesteaders came out and put up fences. He said the cattle drives started in the 70's and ten years later all the homesteaders started coming.
@@psor9983 why would such a small time era get so popular in the media
@@Oliver_Klozoff69 We still find the wild west fascinating...I'm no historian but I think this is the reason...Back then it was very romanticized by people back east. Books and newspaper articles made it all sound like an adventure. The cowboy life represented freedom, adventure, and they were seen as heroes or something. Also, there were no movie stars, sports stars, or other celebrities yet so they became a cultural icon. Then Hollywood immortalized the cowboy image. It was the last time in America's history were there was open land that wasn't fenced in and there was real freedom. Once barbed wire was invented everything changed. It was 1874 when they invented a machine to easily make barbed wire which ended the cattle drives.
@@Oliver_Klozoff69 Also the 1960's and hippies were a very short time era but look how popular it still is in the imagination and culture
"It's weird to hear someone refer to the 70's as the 1870's, but that's the amazing thing about radio"
It was recorded on a phonograph. You can't record on a radio. LOL.
My grandmother had my mother in her 40s, my mother had me at 32. My grandmother passed at 102 years old. I grew up on stories of WWI, the Great Depression, WWII. It was an amazing experience. I only wish I was old and mature enough to sit down and record some of her tales. Now, memories of her stories pop into my head, and I wish I could have some questions answered, however they are forever lost. Perhaps, in Heaven, I may hear them once again.
Record what you remember
You should record what you personally remember because someday someone will have wished you to have at least relayed the stories you remember.
How about your record in the library?
Yep when your elders die, all of their knowledge goes in the ground with them.
You will good times In heaven
I was lucky enough to know my great great grandmother. She died when I was 16. I still remember her voice and laugh. She never called anyone by their complete name. It was Juan for Juanita, Shan for Shannon, Am for Amber and such. She smelled of bleach and flour and was such a delight! I miss her so much! ❤
There are thousands of fascinating people out there, alone or in nursing homes. Many died during 2020 and 2021. I remember an old guy I met while checking into a hotel in Pal Springs. All he wanted to do was tell his war stories from WW2.
I deeply regret not recording him.
I hope this realization isn't as uncommon as I think it is.
It was one of the first things I recalled after the 2020 and 2021 events.
Should have recorded him with your phone. We are losing that resource every day, darn!
I would have loved to hear his stories. I’m a history buff especially where WWII is concerned…. When I was a kid I had a grandpa and a great uncle who served in WWII and they would share some stories with me. But more often than not I would ask questions and they would say “oh…. You don’t wanna hear about that.” But I really did! They probably protected their hearts and their sanity by not reliving some of the horrors they saw. My grandfather and great uncle are gone now but certainly not forgotten by this 51 year old man.
@@IWantMyCountryBack2 i recorded 18 hours of ww2 stories with my ww2 vet friend that died in April 2021. He has a few vidoes on my channel now....on about saving private ryan movie and one about a race horse named flavor. I havent put the best stories on line....im going to write a book about him his life was incredibly interesting. The ww2 was not even the most interesting but he was front line for 5 months and wounded signifantly twice,,first time for life, knocking out vision and hearing in one eye and one ear but he hid the injury and never even went to the hospital until his leg was blown open.
I got to watch the first moon landing. I watched it with my grandpa who was born in 1886. He lived in Chicago and had seen Al Capone and had gone to a baseball game to see Babe Ruth. He said he was born in an amazing time, being born in a sod hut on a farm, living with outhouses, lamp light and only horses for transportation. He said going from all that to seeing a man step onto the moon was "really something." "I guess I've seen it all now." He added. Bless the elders, they know just about everything!
Thanks for sharing!
Why can't NASA produce those moon landing tapes, now?
@@italiantraditionalcatholic2390 Yes, we did land on the moon. Proof? There are two laser reflectors that the astronauts placed and lined up on Earth for future use. Today we bounce laser beams off of them and get the signals back in about 1.3 seconds per light round trip. There's your proof--look into it.
Ditto from Deerfield, il.
The moon landing was likely faked for propaganda. It cannot be verified and is suspicious that 1960s tech allowed astronauts to restart an earth bound shuttle successfully departing back to earth at a time when automobiles didn't even have power steering.
I tell this story to my friends but I’ll share it here;
A couple of years ago, about 3 or so, I worked at a bookstore. This lady came in, I forget the exact number, but she was around Mr. Jackson’s age, around 100.
She came up to me and said “my vision is finally failing after all of these years, and I want to know how to read books, can you help me?” I took her over to the magnifying glasses and lights and accessories, and she said “these won’t do at all” and she got quite sad. Then I said “I’m happy to show you our audiobooks section.”
She said “what are audiobooks?”
I said “well ma’am, publishers will often pair a released book with a narrator reading the book on a group of CDs.”
She said “what are CDs?”
SHE WAS IN HER 70’s WHEN CD’S WERE GETTING STARTED AND WAS “TOO OLD” TO KNOW WHAT THEY WERE. In like…2018 or 2019.
I took her over to the section and explained to her that if somebody drove her around in a car that was younger than 35 years or so, that it would have a player where you could put the disks and that a narrator would read the books.
She had this huge beaming smile, thanked me for helping her, and then told me a story I’ll never forget.
All of you reading this are just reading text like any other comment, but for me, the words came from this lady’s lips, she was flesh and blood and saw this.
She told me that she was born in Finland, and was a woman older than I was now when WW2 happened.
She said that somehow her and her family managed to get tickets to come to America in 1945.
She said that she only knew a few words of English, but that when they pulled into New York Harbor, there at the base of the Statue of Liberty (or Ellis island, one of those) was an enormous field of flowers, she said roses or tulips, planted to spell out “welcome home”. I’m emotional typing this now.
She said that moment when she could read those two words was one of the most joyful liberating moments of her life.
I don’t think I’ll ever hear an “Ellis island story” ever again.
She's dead now so what I've heard
What an amazing story! Thanks
That you for sharing! What a marvelous story and you’re so lucky that she wanted to share it with you💜
👍👍
I live in Finland, so this was so close to me and my life. Thank you!
He was a real pioneer in photography. This recording is a treasure.
I'm awestruck. I'm 70 just days ago and there is absolutely nothing I can say about my travels and lifetime that holds even a minute light to this man's accomplishments. I get winded carrying a smartphone up the steps to my home! And I've actually had one crazy existence in most people's opinions. RIP sir, well done.
I'm interested in hearing about your life too, sir
@@zentark360 Your comment was so kind! UA-cam is often littered with snarky comments, given without the slightest inkling as to how they might affect the person receiving. Your answer was full of kindness, respect and humility; the qualities every person should aspire to possess.
@@s.v.2796 the world needs a bit more reason to trust each other as individuals, and that starts with respect, character and action toward making a better world. I miss real humanity anymore, so I'm glad to know its noticed.
I'm glad you've had a restful one this time around. May your next life be more exciting, should that be what you want!
Tell your story.
The Collodion process he used to capture photos is having a mini revival today with the wet plate process... Studied his work as a student in college..Thank you for sharing...to hear in first person is priceless.
And the world we live in today will change for the worst because of people like you!
@@michaeljohanson9504 what does that mean?
Yes it is...
@@johnryan3913 He's being racist because the lady has a non English name . Ignore him as you can't educate pork .......
Thank you for sharing, I never knew that, I love learning more, thank you
Listening to a man who was born 179 years ago (as I listen in 2022). Wonderfully amazing.
24:23 The man said "My life had been devoted to picturizing the weather." Same, Mr. Jackson, same. As an avid photographer and nature lover that part really made me happier than ever to enjoy embracing my enthusiasm towards photography and nature / weather.
'Pretty hard to say where a man has not been" what a quote and a great response for a 98 year old. Having his memory and a clear mind set back then at that age is absolutely incredible.
Clear mind at 98 is amazing today
Rare as it is , there is some that are alive and remember well .
@@joshuathinker8546 97 year old grandfather still mopping floors and doing laundry, still making dioramas and models with no kits. Has a perfect memory
@@THESLlCK wow, that's awesome. Don't know what type of person he is but I hope you treasure him and mine that brain of his
@@joshuathinker8546 he’s the type of guy to survive a ship explosion and getting stranded in Africa a few thousand miles from Southern Europe lol
1:15 "a little village called Los Angeles"
What a privilege and a blessing it is to hear of this man's life and the history of America. Amazing. I'm so glad the interviewer said to please speak of the things he didn't ask because he didn't know what to ask him so that he could openly shine and express himself. I love the humility of them both. Humility of being the father of the postcard and the humility of the reporter. ❤
This guy lived almost 100 years. He we are listening to his interview almost 100 years later! Wow!
And listening to him on our hand held phone 😅
@@MareShoop Haha! True!
And wow. There are trees that can live 40,000 years. Poor piddling mankind. Thinks it’s so extraordinary, so special. And therein lies the seed of our destruction of Nature and our eventual extinction.
@@judeirwin2222 yeah unfortunately you are right about that
@@judeirwin2222 thankfully God still cares for us ♡
To think this guy spent his life using the newest form of record keeping, photography. And he is talking to a man who is also using a new form of record keeping, sound recording. Before this time only writing, static pictures and moving pictures were available. These two men had a common goal to record history. I think you can tell by the way the old fella was talking he appreciated the interviews motives as a kindred spirit. Truly a gem of a video.
He was born only four years after cameras became commercially available, and 16 years after the real development of photography took off. For him as a young adult in the 1860s, photography was as old as the Internet is today. Time flies.
Sound recording wasn't a new thing in 1941. It was invented already back in 1857. You can hear a clip recorded in 1860 in Wikipedia. A new age of sound recording began in 1945 when the Allied had learned a new trick from the Nazis: magnetic tape recording.
In 1977, I would have long conversations with my great-grandfather, born in 1890. He would tell me stories of talking with his great-grandfather, born in 1820, who in turn talked to his grandfather about the Revolutionary War.
3° of separation = 200 years
Time is as long and short as you want it to be
I’m interested in the stories that were discussed.
@@BuddyHollyTexas same lol, this sounds interesting
These historical audio recordings are incredible.
My grandfather was born 1896. He sounded like this guy. He was a great man. He told us stories about the town we grew up in. Life was a lot different growing up with horse and buggy. He will forever have a place in my memory. He lived to 1979. God kept him around along time because he was a treasure. Loved children and dogs loved him. Every time the ice cream truck came he would share with the children. Missing my papa today.
Funny isn’t it. We can’t imagine how people lived and got along back then. How hard they had to work compared to what is required of us now. Although we don’t know really much we sit in judgement In how they accomplished things.
Did he told you how many lynchings did he enjoyed ?!
@@jrh7741 I don't respond to people who talk bad about the dead.
@@kimberlyhortz6471I dont think he said something wrong
I understood
he meant that people in the past worked harder than us
but now presents generations complain about everything
@@wilmeralbert2908 yes and I have been cleaning up after a tornado hit and threw trees through my house.
I am born in 1949 this gentleman was born in born in 1843 and in 1941 was 98 years old and sharp like a young man. What a great pleasure to listen to Him.
Such a gift to hear his voice, his accent, rhythms, syntax, sentences all dancing through this recording.
He has an irish accent. South West irish accent.
My grandfather was born in 1880 and lived to see many things that's history to us. I w😅ould drive him around Texas, and he would recall things and tell me. Being a teen, I didn't even think to record these stories. What a loss to my children, his great grandchildren. He died in 1977.
Wow. I have known about William Henry Jackson for at least 40 years, but never in my wildest dreams did I think I would one day hear his voice! I too wish you would put his name in the title of this video so that others might find it. This is an incredible interview, and if you listen to it slowed down a bit, it makes it easier to understand what he is saying. THIS is what the Internet is for, THIS is what UA-cam is for. Thank you so much for uploading this, and all the other videos I am working my way through. I'm still just blown away here.
One can also hit "CC" and read the words right on the screen so nothing is missed. That is what I ended up doing.
@@twistoffate4791 interesting name.... anyways sometimes they don't match the words though .
@@chaosdweller A second option is the video transcript. Hit the word "more" in bold directly under the title. Then look for the heading "Transcript" under which a square with the word "Transcript" on it is seen. Click on that, and follow along. The words in bold match the words being spoken in the video.
@@twistoffate4791 ok
10:43 looks pretty messed up
It’s amazing to listen to these. My 95 year old grandpa talks of his life quite often, I’ve recorded him a few times. Such a treasure that I want to pass down. My dad had done the same with his grandma who was born in 1898. It’s quite special. The one thing I’ve noticed about interviewing them is that the things we are fascinated by and want to know more of they simply say “I don’t think it’s that interesting, it wasn’t that special”. Glad we pushed them to speak of it anyways!
My grandpa will say. “ it’s not the good old days like some say…, there were a lot of bad days.” My grandpa never knew any of his grandparents because they died fairly young due to living hard lives as farmers.
Post your recordings. We could use more of these.
my great grandfather at 97, who lived through all manner of atrocity, says in an unreasonably thick accent "it awas better u-when it was eh-worse"
To: everyone:
Yeah, like@@chadowens3254 said, post your recordings. I miss my grandma and how she talked-about life, and what she called people close to her. She talked a lot about end 30s thru 90 when I was born, like it all happened yesterday. Rip to my best friend. If yall have grandparents, spend time with them, ask them the questions you might think are stupid. Absorbe the knowledge they give you. Mine taught me rough for 654 people, but I feel as if I could have learned more.
My aunt is doing that with my grandma, she had a bad upbringing but all she'll say of her mother was " I didn't like her" which is putting it mildly.
@@asarishepard8171 Nice that your aunt is doing that. How sad about the mother. That sounds like my other great grandma who would only talk about how her husband would kick her in the leg. It was an arranged German marriage and he was a drunk.
Interviewers today could learn alot from the way the host conducted this interview! Pertinent questions, not interrupting, and giving the floor to the object for free talk to close it out 👏🏻💯
And now he is immortal, thanks to this wonderful recording. Fascinating stuff. What a life.
⚠️ *Subtitles would bring this man's experience to a wider audience* ❤
There is a closes caption button that works...
many mistakes were made in translation with the closed captions, you could clearly heard what he said and the caption was so off.
@@dfc666the closed caption is auto generated. It needs a human to go through and listen and type it out
@@saddleridge4364wider audience, such as deaf people 🤦🏽♂️
Agreed! Its tough to understand his english 🙈
Things like this should be discovered, edited and offered to our children. This is part of history that touches more than only just books
Nothing to edit, and unfortunately, not many of the most recent generation interested. We must glean our own great enjoyment.
Ain't woke enough to teach. NEA would have to couch it as the white man doing something bad
Edit? No way.
Liberal puke wants young people to hate these people. Calls them racist. Sick puke democrats
Edited? Far too much editing going on these days; I say let it rip raw.
When he described the millions of bison that once roamed the great plains by actually seeing it first hand. Amazing and heartbreaking.
He was there during the Civil War. Incredible.
After see what the western world has done to the other continents of the world …
We all should not be surprised
@@playablue cringe
@@playablue go to the eastern world and ask a slave how they feel about the west
@@debraferraro7000 don’t worry I do enough in the states..
And then go be thankful not in a total white monopoly of people to be thankful not a slave of that accord…
Really?
Lol
Interesting
Bless
@@playablue “don’t worry I do enough in the states” shut up coomer
the gentleman being interviewed is very humble. i love his story and the matter of fact way he shared his part in it. the interviewer too was extremely kind and accomodating.
Absolutely priceless! To have been in his shoes and to have seen what he saw...a vanished world. I'd like to have had more of his photographs accompanying this video...
Right?? Seems a travesty to have only included several photos, the majority of which were seemingly out of context.
I don't want to slander this old-timer when I get the impression that he was involved in a whole lot of butt Play Back in the Day something in my gut tells me that this man was involved in a Brokeback Mountain type situation perhaps even with Billy the Kid himself
@@garyenwards1608 Well, you know what they say...
A vanished world... how extremely well put
Man this is so incredible. I wish we had 100s more hours of these recordings.
Imagine all of the garbage content our historians are gonna have to sift through in 100 years.
Hopefully not tiktok
@@vinnie302 😄 😪
Wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry, so I just put both emojis there. lol
@@vinnie302 omg how correct you are...they'll be dead before they get through all the twerking videos
@@darklight4815 I’d love to be that historian ngl😳🗿
One thing that struck me, (as a British man) is how Anglosized his accent is. Even a hint of Irish. Fascinating stuff
As well. Did you hear all the trilled R's and long A's in words like "last" and shift from "ly" to "leh"? It's like an accent frozen in amber caught between England and the colonies.
One of the comments showed he was first generation from England, which may have influenced the accent a bit
He was born in New York and his parents were Americans. Have to go further back to find British ancestors.
Most people in the North at the time had this kind of accent. And the Southern accents are essentially derivatives of English and Scots-Irish accents at their root. America is an Anglo country with heavy Irish and Scottish influence, afterall.
There is definitely Ireland in there, quite a lot of it actually, hard to place it because it's old timey but it reminds me of my Grandad. If I had to guess I'd say Westmeath or Longford
I am 70. This reminds me of listening to my grandparents telling me about their travels from the East to the Midwest via covered wagon in late 1800s.
Best part of this audio is that no one said the word “like” and the conversation was still able to happen- amazing
For those of you who don't know him this was a very famous man and one of America's greatest photographers, fully up there with Matthew Brady and Ansel Adams.
i think this man was even more significant than those you mentioned. the reason is because without the pictures he took in his life, we would have a much different view of what the west was like. basically, there is real substance in this mans work than there ever was in either of those two mentioned.
We covered him in our history of photography course. Awesome photographer for that time period.
He helped tame the west. Because of his reports and photographs, it is all changed past redemption now.
Nephew of the actual uncle Sam too
Well what is his name? Kinda silly to make a fuss and then not solve it.
I'm 19, and I love listening to this kind of audio. Truly fascinating.
keep it up stay out of trouble and away from negative people
This is real history.. not the crap they teach in school
Live to 120 to bear witness.
I'm almost 20 (born in 2004), and I also love listening to these kinds of audios and interviews, very interesting!!
Just amazing.America must have been beautiful.And people needed each other.I think he was very brave.
Gives you just an overwhelming sense of reverence, gratitude and nostalgia.
What a fascinating interview from the past. Died at the age of 99. RIP Mr. Jackson.
Damn 99 haha , wouldn't u hate to fall short of a hundred a yr ? haha, this poor fella must have been on his last leg in this interview must have been exhausting for the poor fella haha.
Wow! It is utterly mine blowing just to hear the voice of a man born in 1843! 🤯
He sounds more educated than 99 percent if people today.
2:02 the idea that they referred to the 1870s as the 70s is wild to think about
A few years back I was randomly talking to a lady who told me about an experience she once had talking to a 100 year old woman (in 1965) who vividly remembers being in a crowd listening to Abraham Lincoln. She was five years old at the time and her parents took her to see him speak. (Assuming it was a campaign event) She recounted that her father put her up on his shoulders so she could see above the crowd and that they were very close to him. She said he had a very interesting voice and she clearly remembered the sound of it in her old age. Wow, imagine that, having seen him in person and heard what his voice sounded like, nobody knows as no recordings exist.
Either she was older than 100, or the conversation happened at least 5 years earlier than 1965.
not to mention, abraham lincoln is what today we would call "black". Its true
@@deeznuts3472 nope
@@brahtrumpwonbigly7309 guess u disagree with abe himself, read his autobiography and the accounts of his assistant and secretary, not to mention countless other secondary sources.
I picture Lincoln as having a low pitched Boston accent.
I know this is quite an insignificant detail, but as someone born and raised in LA, my breath caught in my throat hearing the host refer to this now-bustling city as a “small village.” It’s mind-boggling to hear firsthand how drastically different their experiences of this world were.
This is true history, he was still pretty sharp, voice was a little raspy, but he sounds healthy, I'm sure there wasn't to much "Junk" food around in those days, virtually, everything had to be fresh, the fact that this man lived to see the development of the automobile, airplane, radio, telephone, and probably most important, Electricity.
Yes! I caught that too and took note. Incredible!
I feel bad for anyone born and raised on the Left Coast. Sorry.
@@trawlins396 ah but we don’t spend time thinking of you.
@@dustinpowell6507 Lmao seriously! What an idiot that person is!
This recording ought to be kept in a museum, this is a truly special interview.
I don't want to slander this old-timer when I get the impression that he was involved in a whole lot of butt Play Back in the Day something in my gut tells me that this man was involved in a Brokeback Mountain type situation perhaps even with Billy the Kid himself
@@garyenwards1608 Is there a reason you keep commenting this
You've been watching too much Family Guy
@The Blue Max I believe you have me confused sir, perhaps with the late great Jesse Younger I'm Garrett & Woods you f**** Trolll
@@garyenwards1608 think you're closeted.
Fascinating. Absolutely fascinating. I feel honoured to hear that guys voice. This is one of the best kinds of uses of technology. Preservation of history.
I took care of a lady who lived to be 108 years old. The stories she told me were truly amazing. To everyday living down to what a simple apple use to taste like. Truly a once in a lifetime experience.
Wait it tasted different before?
@@strength9621 Apparently so. She would tell me how these apples today tasted fake. Like plastic. She said back in the day they had this sweet n soft juicyness to em. Like you were drinking straight up applejuice. I mean at the end of the day she WAS old but the facility deemed her fit enough to do most ADLs with assistant. She could read, write and stand up until her final days. She was a character i will say.
@@strength9621 yeah, we modify fruit to make them easier to produce and more appealing to buy. Bananas used to taste entirely differently a century ago
@@frostyfrenchtoast this is crazy bro I’m mind blown this morning already
7, 7-11, 7-11
What a lucky man to be able to have seen this country so young.
What an incredible recording and interview. 98 years old and absolutely sharp as a razor! Amazing man, it's a privilege to listen to him.
The fact that this mans eyes were probably the last to see the old west is chilling. An era that is gone forever.
This feels like time travel. Hearing this conversation as a 26 year-old is a lot to truly wrap my mind around.
Feels like time travel is a great way to put it I feel the same
Yeah it’s crazy to think of my whole 18 years of life being compared to when this guy being interviewed was born, 179 years ago.
credit to you for doing so! We need more younger folk diving into history. It really contextualizes this moment. I'm doing the same, im 29
yeah when i was 26 i wouldnt have understood. be proud for sitting through it, let alone attempting to relate.
Yes
We
Are
Living in time travel,. Even as we speak and we do not know it.
Until someone plays it back to us.