Exploring A Pre-Civil War Era Bank Barn In The Shenandoah Valley
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Today we explore this old bank barn located in the Shenandoah Valley. This type of barn was very popular to build in the pre-Civil War era in this area and is typical of the barns built with German influence by the farmers and homesteaders in this area.
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Nice little adventure..I grew up playing barn tag in barns like that..Sadly most are all gone now..Thanks Chigg for bringing back good memories.😊
Amazing. The amount of work it took to build that is mind blowing.
The old time craftsmen were really good.
Hence the big family. If you were lucky you might have 4 or 5 sons to help you.
Not only did they have big families, they also all worked together. A barn needed to be raised and others would come to help raise the barn. The men and older boys would all do the barn raising, and the women cooked, tended after the children, and kept the men fed. They would also take them jugs of cold water to drink often sweetened with a natural sweetener so the men’s stomachs wouldn’t sour on them when the cold water reached their hot stomachs inside. My maternal 6x grandfather from Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany settled in Shenandoah along Stoney Creek area in Page County. He and Abraham Strickler would greet and welcome newcomers to America from the old country, and they along with other families would help the new families find land and get settled in. People did more working together back then, because they depended on each other to survive. They were amazing people, hard working, inventive entrepreneurs.
Slaves .
Wow my childhood was just brought back from my memories.
My, our horses chewed everything if we weren't shot on time tending to them.
We raised Scottish highlanders for milk and meat. They were the most "proper " animals ever. Always gentle always kind and most importantly they were always patient with us even when I very small, and through several generations of herds. They are just great animals. To this day, and I no longer live on farm. But to this day I will forever trust a Scottish Highlander. Danm good breed
I agree, sweetest breed.
Can't say I have ever seen barns like this here in the Netherlands or Germany, but they may have been a common style a few hundred years ago :)
On the farm I grew up on we just had the usual modern-style barns, with brick walls and pitch-covered planks. Also some old asbestos-covered roofs, which we got taught about very early on not to smash any of the damaged panels we found around the farm.
I imagine the stables we had with the manure dropping straight into a manure pit was a lot more efficient than these old-school barns. Even so I wish that barns like these will be preserved. They're such an integral part of history, and it'd be an utter shame to see them just slowly fall apart like this...
Thanks Chig. I grew up on a dairy farm here in northern Michigan with a huge Bank Barn as the center of our Universe. Twenty Five milking cows downstairs and hay lofts and grain bins above on both sides of the thrashing floor..It has a traditional Gambrel or "Dutch roof".with lots of beams for young farm kids to 'Walk". It was built by a Barn Builder named Ely Sites in the mid twentys when my Dad was a boy. The craftsmanship and peg joinery is amazing. I live just 4 miles away and still get to enjoy it. I share your admiration and understand your interest these old fossils. The hay left in the lofts provide support to the structure and sadly many barns around here have been blown down because they were left empty. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
Why do we call them the "Pennsylvania Dutch" when they are actually German? Watch this bank barn explore and find out. I hope you enjoy the video.
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Love ya Mr CHIGG just thought l would tell ya really means a lot to me taking us along 😁😁😁
Thanks for explaining this! My great grandfather settled in Big Stone Gap, VA. His family was originally from Pennsylvania, which makes sense, as there are many German names on that side. I'm always learning from your channel!🤗
Is this Berkeley county?
“18th and 19th century English, the word "Dutch" was used to refer to the broad Germanic region, encompassing modern-day Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland, and so could quite appropriately refer to these settlers in Pennsylvania.
“Furthermore, at the time when the Pennsylvania Dutch left Europe, Germany did not exist as a single nation, but rather, a patchwork of duchies, kingdoms and states. Therefore, referring to the Pennsylvania Dutch as German would not be accurate as they were never citizens of a unified Germany.”
As explained by Naina Pottamkulam.
And there you have it, why the Pennsylvania Dutch are called Dutch rather than German. Appreciate your videos! Never a dull moment in exploration and history.
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 love your old barn tours. So many barns are being taken down today and there’s no place for the barn swallows.
Chigg’s that was an amazing barn. Thank you for an incredible journey back in time. So awesome they have preserved it.
The chewing you’re referring to is called “cribbing”. My family used to own horses way back, and every so often, you’d walk into the barn and see divots in the stable doors where they had cribbed.
It’s typically labeled as a “stable vice” and can be caused by a lot of different things. Never known cows to do it though; then again, I’ve never owned cattle.
Calves will do that a lot when they’re teething. We’ve had to replace some boards in our calf hutches where they had chewed them down to almost nothing.
I doubt cows would because they have minimal top teeth.
I knew of horses cribbing before I had children. Then when I has children I learned why they call it cribbing, lol.
Ah you missed a great opportunity when you put your thumb in the hole in the door. I would have jumped and probably laughed. 😆
Those older structures tell a story. Many times not just the history but much more. I'm sure the builders are having a good smile knowing people are still visiting the homestead and admiring it's architecture as well as longevity.
Brought back many memories Chig.
Built like the USS Constitution.
Played in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin barns growing up.
Great builders.
Thanks Mr CHIGG love the History what craftsmanship 💟💟💟
I was raised on a farm , and I love old barn's and old cabins or houses .They are amazing. Thanks Chigg
This was exactly like our old barn back in PA. It has since fell down … but your exploration took me back to when I was a kid and was in that thing daily with the horses and cows. I love old barns
that's a small barn..hehe the one we moved to when i just turn 18 had main beams going almost 4 stories and the trunks of these beams were huge, I'm 6,4 and i can only get my arms around maybe 3 sides they were huge massive old growth conifers old school, out side in the brush is prolly 1920s or 1930s old tractor with the steel tracks on the back wheels so its older then that, found bottles 1875 and older, this in the back woods of Pennsylvania, the people who bought the land later on junked the tractor later on so I'm told.
3:26 Overhang for those memorable times when the countryside was "snowed in." This entrance would be level to the surface snow drifts. Animals could be tended and hay/fodder accessed.
that place has been picked clean except for the poo and hay lol nice tour sir
The construction is really impressive. So much skill and hard work involved!
I can't imagine the man hours it took just to lay all that stone!
As always you take us along on another great adventure thank you 👍
That was an excellent aventure! Thank you Beau ! I used to work on farms and ranches when I was young but out west,, even our old barns are thrown together and utilitarian. The CRAFTSMANSHIP here is unbelievable in this barn, so beautiful I felt I was touring a barn in Germany ! Your tours, too, are so personal and earthy that I could feel the stones under my hands and smell the luscious aroma of hay, my favourite scent in the world. Enjoyed this very much!!
I love old structures like this too but it makes me sad to see them in poor condition.
Very enjoyable as always! Love your old building tours.
Hay Mr chigg nice video that's a great old barn I've put up several thousand bales in barns like that thanks for sharing 👍
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THANK YOU so much for letting us come in with you and look around! I'm fascinated by the old architecture of barns and old houses! If only we could hear the stories they tell.
Reminds me of my Grandpa and Grandma's barn that was located in Southern Illinois. When I was a kid back in the 50's and early 60's, I spent lots of time exploring in their barn and property. His barn was pegged together like that one is, I was always amazed by the main beam that held the barn together. It was a sycamore tree about 1 1/2' across, at least 50' long. It still had the bark on it and was pegged to other upright logs with pegs that were 1 1/2" - 2" across. I have no idea how they ever lifted a log that size up that high to peg it together to hold the barn up. Grandpa's house was older than the hills it seemed like. His basement and foundation was was made with sandstone, though. Unfortunately, the house was blown away by a tornado and after my grandparents passed away everything was pushed in with a caterpillar, burned, and converted into farmland. All I've got is memories.
Perfect timing! Just made my coffee and love your videos.
Enjoy!
Awesome 👌 do love exploring old buildings like this 👌 we come across a lot when out metal detecting but never as interesting as this one 😀
Always love exploring with you. Thank you for taking us with you to see some things that we might never have seen.
this reminds me of growing up and playing in grandpaws barn. those were the days.
it also reminds me of one of my favorite stories about my grandma. when she was 5 (1918) she was pretty adventurous. one day she got the bright idea of going hand over hand along the roof beam from one haymow to the other. she was about halfway across when her mother came in and saw her. her mother just froze for fear of startling grandma and making her fall. so she just stood there and watched as grandma went the rest of the way across. boy did she get her butt beat when she got back on the ground though lol!
Loved the video Mr. Chigg!! I had many German ancestors who lived in the Shenandoah Valley. A couple of them were pioneers. I went back over ten plus generations in my family genealogy on my mom's side. I love the old barns and homes ...I think back to those eras and the history i've read about them and just imagine and wonder if my ancestors helped to build some of the barns and homes in the valley. And imagine what it was like back in those days for them. I know it was hard work from sun up to sun down. Thank you for sharing this great find and the exploring of it. Boy if those walls could talk what a tale they could tell huh?!!
I would have to say that old barn has been "picked clean" from someone else in the past. It was WAY TOO CLEAN!
"Awesome!" Thank you! Love & light God bless you!💙🇺🇸❤
I love to see to see that old Barn! Thanks!!
Awesome old place. Imagine the men working on this barn, splitting beams, mortising, tenon the joints and pegs. I would have snagged that fine old hand-forged hook and asked the owner if I could have it....that is awesome.
This brought back memories of exploring an old barn when I was much younger.
Thanks Chig I appreciate you taking the time to explain everything! I am always fascinated by the craftsmanship that went into building these old barns. Unfortunately there are fewer of them still standing as many current owners do little to preserve them as they don’t appreciate the history behind them. Your video will help future generations get a peek into the past! Keep ‘em coming as you come across them!
Grew up playing around in old barns exactly like this, which is no surprise considering I grew up in the Shenandoah Valley. Great to see a video about them!
As a teenager, when my buddies were hoarding "girlie mags" I had a great collection of Eric Sloane books on barns, farm tools, and basically everything dealing with New England rural life. Great illustrations and content! Awesome video Chigg!
I want a thumb-hole door! That absolutely blew my mind. Thank you for this tour. Barns fascinate me.
Another fascinating peek into history with everyones favourite teacher! Aka the chigg!!
I build and restore post and beam barns ( barnwright) . The hay rail was the demize of many barns . They typically had to cut out the perlin tie beam , to allow the track to run the length of the barn . I've found some pretty neat things in old barns
Thanks Chigg. This sparked some memories of the best summers, spent on my uncles farm. The barn was almost the same, but the foundation was made of Medina stone. I can almost smell the fresh cut hay, alfalfa and manure. A whole different life for a city kid,lol.
Thanks for the explore. 👍
I used to love playing in old British Barns like this as a kid. Thanks for the tour.
Best video ever! Please do more historical buildings. Your knowledge is so valuable to people like me that appreciate the value of your knowledge. More please 💓
Thank you! Will do!
Hello Mr. Chigg, thank you for showing us through that barn. My lungs wouldn’t even let me go in the front door. Allergies, I would’ve coughed and snorted and sneezed probably for the rest of the day if I went in that thing. But they are beautiful the way they’re put together. Nothings going to be 300 years old it’s amazing. Where did they put the water for the animals? In that barn did they ever milk cows? I really enjoy all of your videos, please keep making them. And I don’t care how many videos you show us of all the different bullets to find. It’s still a lot of fun. Hope everyone’s well.
Chigg, you should have ran your pin-pointer along the top of the wall where you were checking for whiskey bottles. Might have found treasure!
Hey Chigg,
I always enjoy your history facts on the area There!
I thought I might give you a little back!
I listen to a Dr Joel Wallach, who worked with Marlin Perkins Wild Kingdom, as a veterinarian at the time.
He mentioned that horses chew on the wood, (which he said , was called cribbing) was because the horses lacked minerals so they have a craving to chew on wood, in order to get those minerals!
Keep up the good work!
I could smell the hay just by looking at it.
The green of the hay through the door downstairs was a beautiful shade.
That's a cool barn. If it ever comes down there will be people lining up to buy the wood from it. You just can't find old growth wood like that anymore.
LOVE these old barns!!😍
Wow, I spent my childhood in Connecticut exploring old structures like this. My family had about 30 acres of land, with an old stagecoach trail running through it, and a barn just like this.
I had a latch problem with a horse we currently have. Sturdy draft pony. Came home from the grocery store and saw her about five feet from the barn doors in the grass... Luckily she just wanted to nibble. Got her halter, turned her around and back in she went. Definitely spooked me! Better latches now, lol.
Very cool Chigg! I dismantled 18th C. barns and houses for several years back in the 90's. Most barns of that period were made out of "pole trees", virgin timber that was still trying to make it up to where the big trees had their crowns. That is the reason that those beams were so long and uniform in width. they were fighting to reach the crown area. Think of a "hole in the sky" that a tree had to reach as quickly as possible. Nice clean timber with few side branches. Just what's needed for a post and beam structure.More barns please. You're the best!!
I've never seen a barn like this one, but I am impressed. I love the compartments and the hay ricks built in. Beautiful construction!💖
The Shenandoah Valley is one of the most beautiful places on the east coast.....I used to go camping there every weekend
Entertaining, informative, novel, relaxing and all that other mother jazz. Great vid. Thanks
I was always told to check the eaves for things !! I knew of a guy that found a pair of civil war colts in a cosmoline cloth in the eave of a barn !!!
Love the old barns plenty down here as well! I swear they tell stories sometimes.
My great grandparents had a huge barn and is still standing. They built house which caught on fire, subsequently they built another closer to the barn. Soon, I am going to try to get permission to metal detect all three sites. In addition, Native Americans had a summer camp up near the barn.
The stone wall looked to be at least 2ft thick. Amazing.
Around 2000 I went to Memphis Missouri to visit family. They had a barn just like this. It was built in the 1800's. They wouldn't let me go in it because it was deteriorating. I was 13 so I snuck inside when no one was looking. 😬
Amazing how good the workman ship was. Today your lucky if it last 50 years
You learned me a few things today. My Grandmother was German but called herself Pennsylvania Dutch, it was said that during WWII you didn't want to be known as German so they used the name Pennsylvania Dutch. Also I learned about the bank barn. There were a few in WI and I used one, but didn't know they had a special name. It was fun touring the barn with you.
Interesting. Iv'e never seen anything quite like that here in the UK
I love them old barns
Chigg could dig up an outhouse and it would be interesting.
Beautiful treasure chest there!!! I love those old barns as well. If you have never read any of Eric Sloanes books you should check them out. Next time make sure you " throw the horse over the fence some hay" as the Pa dutch say. Thanks so much for sharing that!!!
Thank-you. That was very educational and cool. I did not know that the Pa Dutch moniker had morphed from its true origin of Pa. Duetsche
Aquachigger, the hand forged piece you highlight at the start of the video could also be used for handling hay bales (the 90 pounders not the big rolled bales). We still use similar tools today to lift bales of hay onto wagons or moving them around the hay mow. PS thank you for another interesting video.
Hi😊 Video very, very beautiful❤ My Big Like!)
Definitely the good old days.
I know you've probably answered this at some point. But, I absolutely love the civil war history! As well as, follow as many of your ACW adventures as possible. Anyway.. What would be your MOST prized OR favorite find? Something you would never think twice about parting with?
I think I can probably answer that, as Beau may not. The hundred and odd 1700 and 1800 large silver coins found in a river. If I remember it was a mix of Reales, American and British coins. there were two videos of him finding them and a whole video show the front and obverse of every coin. He figured someone had all their wealth on them and stumbled and fell crossing a swollen river and probably drowned. I asked Beau when I met him, and they are all valuable and are in a bank safety deposit box.
Odds are, most of those beams are old growth Cherry. We used to tear down barns of that era after they started to collapse and recycle the wood and in some cases the foundation stones. Makes GREAT cabinetry! BTW, most of the hay mow ropes were made out of hemp back then so...
Hmm, I would have thought Oak or Chestnut as that constituted most of the old growth forest of the valley back then. Cherry does not bode well in damp conditions that's for sure.
@@CoinandRelicOntario - Some probably are, but it was our experience that most were Cherry. My parents had a LARGE 4-story farmhouse built in the 1930s in PA and it was almost all Chestnut trim - some wormy. But their barns were Cherry...
Love those old barns
To loosen the packed manure, so it could be pitch forked out, they would sometimes spread a little loose grain around and turn a couple hogs in on it, and they would loosen the manure up while rooting for the grain.
Love how you pull us into the moment! Watch your head ! You first! Appreciate you !
Hey, I was conceived in a barn like that! (Glen) WV.
@Gina Parker There is a street but no town! The street is in Sophia, named after Conrad Riffe. He was owner of 2,500 acre's, then Sophia was called Soak Creek. Riffe was in partner's with Pyrrhus McGinnis.
Love old Barns!!!!
Great video Bo, i laughed at " horses are big chewers of wood " Haha! You have a way with words!
Love seeing old barns & farms Cheers!
Wow what a amazing place thank you so much for showing us this wish I can go back in time miss it 💔
Thankyou for the tour. My ancestors were Pennsylvania Deutch. I live in western Canada. What an amazing barn. Lots of work to build it.
Very cool!!
Thanks for the tour! 👏👏👏
THANKS for the tour!! Super Interesting History lesson!!!
My dad's barn had a wooden floor when he bought the farm back in 1952 and he took the wood floor out and put concrete and it has the hay forks and trolley and it probably still works .. he was a dairy Farmer and the main beams is held together by wooden pegs and the rest of the lumber has square nails
More barns! Please!!! Brought back so many memories of my childhood in Valley Forge , Pa.!!
Thanks..enjoyed
Our family bought one just like that from back in 1972 I believe and it was already a hundred years old and it's still standing today this is in mid Michigan
At 11:40 ish I had to chuckle when you said "to keep the mice and rats out"....as we view that chew-hole from said rats and mice!! We had the worst time trying to keep them out of our grain room. Even tin lining it didn't help.
Cool I Have Not Did That In A Long Time. Back As A Kid Love To Do That.😉
Cool old barn my great uncle joe’s barn I thought was old it was built in 1908 lol
All I see is the potential for an amazing house.
I wonder what year the barn was built.I heard it was forbidden to harvest the larger trees for building before the revolution since the crown needed for building their navy vessels,especially for the ships masts.Perhaps built just after the revolution,would love to see the farm house as well.Thanks for the tour!!!
Cool place!!!!!
Thanks chig!. Sure reminds me of old times of crawling around old barns as a kid..
Interesting, thank's Bue