Get out of my head ! Haha I love this guy’s channel. The lobster got me here (love Leon) . His beautiful content and commentary kept me here coming back for more
You got me emotionally invested with Leon the Lobster, so I subscribed. This is an amazing documentary, Brady!!! How do you find the time to care for Leon, your other fish, your Koi farm and make documentary films?? Why do I know so much about your pets??? I feel like a stalker now, but promise I'm not. I'm intrigued!!!
Same here, I'm waiting patiently to see your next video on Leon! And I really enjoyed this documentary too. Brady your so knowledgeable inspiring and your soothing voice is captivating. You should have your own TV 📺 show 😊
Simply fascinating!! I recently moved to Georgia and have driven by the gazebo many times wondering the history behind it, and now I know! Thank you so much for doing this, and I would definitely love to see you do more documentaries about the history of GA!
I appreciate you taking the time to share such a professional video and research project!! As a Cherokee native, I too have mixed feelings about the excavation and the gazebo on top. Sure does bring attention to it and I'm under the belief he meant no disrespect by it. Maybe it was built as a place to mourn or meditate? Very interesting facts you've learned and presented. Thanks again!!
This was so interesting and informative to watch. As a former Georgian, I knew about this mound but never the complete story. You’re a great storyteller. That’s an undeniable fact. Thank you for sharing! And also a person of indigenous descent this made me very emotional.
I, too, was four years old in 1969. I believe we both were born in 1965. I will turn 57 shortly. (I came for Leon & stayed to learn more like many others.)
Ahh Brady! I knew I liked you for some reason other than “Leon”. You are a Georgia Boy!! I would never have guessed that because of your voice, certainly no southern twang there. I am a born and bred Georgia peach myself and have driven by the mound many many times. Thanks so much for bringing this to light!! Give Leon a uh…. Well a clam shell for me, LOL. Keep up the great vids my brother!! 👍🤟
He has a Southern accent. No question about it. Just like I do. "I got my own way of talking, But everything is done With a Southern accent Where I come from." ~Tom Petty
bizarre to me that the gazebo is still up there, has to have been replaced at some point in a hundred years. bizarre to me that someone in more recent time thought hey we should keep this gazebo up here on top of a grave site smh. another mind boggler was this gem on the wiki site "Former Georgia governor Lamartine Griffin Hardman had a reconstruction of this mound built at his estate in the Nacoochee Valley in White County, two miles south of Helen. It still stands." why would you want to recreate a burial mound, or did he think they all had gazebos on top of them and he wanted a gazebo on a hill?
Thank you for this very informative documentary!! Im a Saulteaux Native, and love learning about otther tribes!! i did not know about this and is truly interesting in every way, it was very easy to follow and to understand and keeps our history alive without erasing the truth of what truly happened. I'm so happy to have subscribed you are such an intelligent caring man, May the creator (or god or who ever you believe!!) bless and protect you!! you are truly a wonderful man :)))
Thank you for such a informative presentation. I tend to vacation in Helen, Ga and hike the Appalachian Trail near there and always wondered about the mound as I would drive by. Now I know :-)
As an archaeologist, I know that there are bodies everywhere. The SE is greatly underrated as far as early culture is concerned but my knowledge of that is pretty scant. Anyway, I do appreciate this video. The truth is that just about every major city likely was a very important area to the earlier people. These mounds existed in so many places. I live in the Pittsburgh area and there was one where later some very important government buildings were erected. This mound was never excavated but some archaeologists in the 19th century compared its superficial composition so other mounds in the area and found enough similarities to say that they believed that it was once a burial mound. This mound was simply called the Hump and was reduced by a few feet every decade or so starting around 1836 when Pittsburgh was becoming heavily industrialized. There are likely many mounds that had a fate like this throughout the US.
Like others, I found your channel because of Leon, but the insight you shared about the history of this mound, was well researched and is impressive. I appreciate the respect with which you shared: legend vs truth, scientific research vs the dignity of the dead, and I agree education is necessary. It helps us relate to one another across time and culture. Learning about our misunderstandings hopefully leads to respectful research in the future, that benefits all peoples.
I also came for the lobster and left impressed by your reverence for Ancient Indigenous culture. As a person of Indigenous/Cherokee roots on one of my parents sides (wasn't born a redhead-lol) I appreciate your making this content.
I'm from Georgia and I've never heard of this place. I can't believe that. I thought I knew about most historical sites like this one. Thanks for the information.
Found you because of Leon, love Leon! But this really was a informative and nicely produced small documentary. Would love to see more of this in the future as well! 😁
I love history, as I am subscribed to many channels about history on UA-cam, study history, and own historical artifacts as a collector. BUT when I subscribed because of LEON, I was not expecting such great mini-documentaries. I'm invested in the channel now more than ever. Keep them coming. Great content and great quality.
The Keewenaw Peninsula is north of your arrow, in Lake Superior. Its the big peninsula pointing upwards into the Lake. You're pointing to the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan. Copper mining was a huge industry up on the Keewenaw.
I too come from my interest in Leon as a fellow hobbiest, but enjoy the storytelling just as much. The nme of the antique mall (and accent) rang a bell before being directed here. I drive by the mound several times a year for various reasons, including the nearby no-kill animal shelter from which we have rescued several dogs. My spouse has been in the area many many years but had not shared any history of the mound. FWIW, the folklore story is not unique - there is a scenic overlook around SW VA (possibly NC) called Lover's Leap we would visit in the 60s with a similar tale of star crossed lovers leaping to their deaths. No cows there though.
We have a local site that was a large burial mound that has a white settler cemetery on top of it. It seems terrible but the real story is those settlers had a horrible time at first. They had so many people die so fast they had no choice but to use the mound. The qrea was so wet and flooded constantly they had no place to bury the dead. They didn't have the man power to build up a place on their own. The remaining natives allowed them to use the mound. They were using it for its intended purpose. Burial of the dead. At some point they started placing stone markers and this enraged the remaining natives. At that point the tables had turned. The natives were furious but now the settlers were numerous and not enough natives to do anything about it. The natives complained and were sent down the Trail of Tears. A truly sad story at the start and end.
Thanks for sharing this Brady, it was very interesting.leaning about this grace site .just curious but do you happen to know what they did with the artifacts that they found on site? I find it sad that it was dug up and it really should never have been but it does look like it is being taken care of by it’s appearance. Just my thoughts but maybe the gazebo was placed there for visiting family members to worship and pray? If so it definitely should of never been placed on top of it, next to it would have made more sense. 🤷🏻♂️ thanks again!
Hey flying tarpon, yeah a lot of the artifacts are at the Smithsonian in DC,… I’ve also heard some were given to private collectors at the time. One Clay bowl is just up the street at the Sautee Nacoochee Center.
Hi Brady. I really like how you make these really well done short films about places I am learning to love! Share all the short films you can! I'll watch!
I came for Leon, too. Found you a few days ago. I am about your age and live in Colorado. I was raised in Atlanta and remember driving past the gazebo on weekend trips to the mountains. I learned to rock climb on Yonah mountain. I love that you are the new Foxfire!
Glad to see this being re-upload and I think you've added some pictures of the artifacts if I'm correct. I have always liked the Canadian term for the natives which if First Nations.
I live about 5 miles away from the Burial Mound. I've passed the site more times than I can count-- it still draws my attention everytime I drive by. When I first moved into the area years ago and saw it for the first time I thought to myself "Huh, weird hill-- that's a nice view with the gazebo on top I guess" I like to think that's what the Captain thought to himself as well lol
Brady you did a wonderful job with this video. I live in Central Ohio and like to read about and if possible see the mounds in Ohio. Lots have been lost to the plow or modern construction. The trade routes in this time period was vast and covered a large area. Flint Ridge flint, a local stone was quarried and traded all over the Midwest. Probably doe in this mound. Again you did a wry good job.
Mike, yeah this type of history is truly fascinating to me and obviously to you too. I would love to know so much more about the trade routes 1000 years ago. ✌️✌️✌️
@@Bradybrandwood hey just wanted to say to u here just incase u don’t see my other comment but amazing video and Chanel love the videos with the lobster I was wondering if u would be interested on coming on a podcast where I talk to random people on the internet u would be my first interview lol
What ever happened to sacred burial grounds? Face it it was only dug up because they thought there was money to be found.. Such a shame.. and to top it off put a gazebo on top ...
I have passed this area a couple of times and have always wondered about this site & its history. I am fascinated with the mound builders. Thanks for the research. I do need to find that visitor center or is it a museum?
I've saw the mound many times and knew it was an old burial ground, but never knew the story behind the gazebo. I started watching your channel because of Leon :)
Woah this is a super cool documentary! Your videos are super intriguing! I go to university in the Keweenaw and it's crazy to see that the copper ended up so far south back then.
Criminally underresearched part of American history. These moundbuilders are the Kurgan analogs on the North American continent and deserve more in-depth analysis and unbiased research.
I love the history of the Native Americans in Georgia, especially the various mounds found through the state. I've been to the Kolomoki Mounds many times.
Dang you live just around the corner! So if you drive past this with it on your right and the river on your left, you come to a gem and mineral shop on the right with a bunch of outdoor tables. The inside of this shop has a hole in the ceiling where a cat sticks his head through, much like your cat who stars in "B" martial arts movies.
I used to live on Washington Island, Wisconsin and we used to go on trips with my wife's boss on trips to the U.P. and upper Wis. To Burnt Bluffs to the big Copper foundry on the island. They say that the mine was actually dug into long before white men ever walked there, they actually found pottery and little necklaces and other jewelry and precious stones from the Minoans over 1500 to 2000 years earlier the when it was found by others native or whites.
Fascinating! And I knew your accent sounded like my Georgia cousins' accent! As a longtime history nerd, I love these glimpses into regional history. I'm in NE Florida, where there's history going back to the Native American tribes, as well as the first European settlements in North America, at Ft. Caroline (the French Huguenots) and St. Augustine (the Spanish Catholics).
This was fascinating to me. In Wisconsin we have many of these mounds as well, but not all contain remains. If only so many were not destroyed my mistake or out of disrespect. Thanks for sharing!
You need to look up Cahokia Mounds in southern Illinois. It has the largest manmade mound in the US. The city held thousands of people. The people who lived there traded with people down in Mexico, north to Kewanaw peninsula and all over the US. The Mississippian culture was far flung, your mound could be part of it.
@@Bradybrandwood hello Brady the diversity of your channel is fantastic never know what's next and all of the content is good. Finding that fox assumed to be a pet was very cool. Hey Brady speaking of a pet how is Leon and have you decided to get him a playmate, hopefully of the opposite sex hehehe I hope you do and I bet Leon does too let us know how he is Buddy peace. Oh one more thing I wanted to suggest that you look into making some shorts at least one out of the first Leon video I guarantee it'll be worth a whole lot of views buddy take care peace.
Cahokia is worth learning about, so are Spiro Mound in Oklahoma and Serpent Mound in Ohio. The native tribes of our country had some amazing, vast trading networks that stretched from the far north clear down into Central America. It’s really interesting stuff and the artifacts they left behind are beyond cool.
holy shit i hiked yonah a while back and saw this from the peak. i had ZERO clue what it was and its so random that I just so happened to stumble on this video after watching the leon vids. didnt even know you were from georgia!
I completely agree with your musings about the gazebo, the respect for the burial site AND our fascination with learning about things we're not familiar with!
The fact that an ax traveled 900 miles just goes to show that people traveled all the time back then. It might have taken a month of travel to go that whole distance. Likely it was over a season as there would have been stops in between to which they traded other axes and other things. Now the other thing could be that ax traded many hands over the years. Depending on how worn it was when found.
I watched an episode of Time Team where they dug up a neolithic mound like that and found the exact same types of stone grave coffins. This was of course, in England somewhere, but it is really strange that two different cultures an ocean apart would have the same mound building burial practices and even artifacts. By the way, they don't seem to have the same regard for ancient grave sites over there. If they find it, they will dig it up. Bones and all. Right up to the time of the Tudors. Didn't they just dig up one of the King Richards from under a parking lot?
I believe there's a good lore podcast episode about that. Yes they did recently uncover the burial site of an ancient English King under a parking lot lol
I think the reason why brits and americans have such different attitudes to digging up indigenous ancient graves mostly comes down to cultural differences and different ethnicities views of each other- the indigenous people of the americas are viewed as a separate ethnic group to white americans, whose ancestors arrived much later, so when you're digging up someone else's ancient grave sites it can be seen as offensive/insensitive. England has indigenous people, but we've been invaded so many times over the centuries that there's no modern day divide between people who are indigenous and people whose ancestors arrived later, because almost everyone is a mix of both, so we all feel free to dig up our historic artefacts as much as we want. Also, england is a nation of hobbyist archaeologists, lots of people go metal detecting/fossil hunting for fun. Also yes, the skeleton of King Richard the third was dicovered in a car park in Leicester.
I was visiting Helen back in September and I remember driving past this a few times, but I didn't know much about it, aside from finding it interesting. Boy is that area pretty though, and the roads are great.
"Blue, white and striped glass beads." Were these determined to be pre Cherokee? If so, were they European or maybe Aztec? Glass beads would suggest perhaps contact with either Africans or Europeans.
I’ve also driven past this place all my life and have been curious about the history of it! Thanks for making it known! What do you think about the other maybe mound just down the street? If you turn right at that 3 way and drive a few hundred yards drown the road, on the same piece of property there is another hill that me and my family always thought was another Indian mound. It’s another unnatural and symmetrical hill sticking up from the relatively flat land. Though this one is much larger than the one with the gazebo and has a modern house on top with a driveway going up it. It also has not been maintained as the gazebo one has so it’s covered in forest. Me and my family always thought that that was another Indian mound and being that when one is found in an area that there are generally more around I’m also inclined to think so. What do you think? I’m curious to know your thoughts on it.
Yeah I’ve wondered the same thing about that mound with the house on top of it. There is also a five sided mound a little further up the road before Sautee that was recently accidentally discovered by aerial mapping. It is on private land.
I live in Georgia. I've driven past this many times. The gazebo gives you cause to wonder what it's all about. We did once drive up to the "look out" area. We go tubing nearby in the summer. Thanks for the video. I often wondered if they ever found any of the "giant" remains there too.
Yooo, I used to live in this area too and I remember my grandparents telling the story of the young couple jumping from Mount Yonah. It's so cool to see someone spreading the real history behind one of the most iconic sites from northeast Georgia!
I drive by this every time I visit Helen, surprised I recognized it from the video thumbnail. The first time I saw it I googled what it was and only saw mention of the myth. Thanks for the info.
Came for the lobster, stayed for the excavation
Same!
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Ralph Serpie, me too!!
Started out with Leon and now binging all things Brady!!!!
Get out of my head ! Haha I love this guy’s channel. The lobster got me here (love Leon) . His beautiful content and commentary kept me here coming back for more
samsies.
You have a natural voice for engaging storytelling. I hope you do more of these types of interesting films.
Yes I agree l was just searching for videos on the stingrays then I came upon your video on Leon and you both now got me hooked 🤣💯👍
You got me emotionally invested with Leon the Lobster, so I subscribed. This is an amazing documentary, Brady!!! How do you find the time to care for Leon, your other fish, your Koi farm and make documentary films?? Why do I know so much about your pets??? I feel like a stalker now, but promise I'm not. I'm intrigued!!!
Haha same
me too you are not the only one lol
Same here, I'm waiting patiently to see your next video on Leon! And I really enjoyed this documentary too. Brady your so knowledgeable inspiring and your soothing voice is captivating.
You should have your own TV 📺 show 😊
Leon is why I subscribed too lol
He has a KOI FARM??? Wow! I subscribed for Leon too, but haven't checked out the channel yet.
Wonderful bit of history Brady, you have found your calling. I'm in the "move the damn Gazebo Camp" camp. Very insulting.
Simply fascinating!! I recently moved to Georgia and have driven by the gazebo many times wondering the history behind it, and now I know! Thank you so much for doing this, and I would definitely love to see you do more documentaries about the history of GA!
Awesome! Thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️
@@Bradybrandwood you’re welcome!
I appreciate you taking the time to share such a professional video and research project!! As a Cherokee native, I too have mixed feelings about the excavation and the gazebo on top. Sure does bring attention to it and I'm under the belief he meant no disrespect by it. Maybe it was built as a place to mourn or meditate? Very interesting facts you've learned and presented. Thanks again!!
Cherokee! I love Cheerokee people and culture, i'm actually half Mvskoke but still. I hope You're having a good life and be safe out there.
@@HYDEinallcaps "day of the blanket"
Lmao
@@HYDEinallcaps Not sure if genuine racist or just a troll. Blaming victims of a genocide is beyond messed up.
@@HYDEinallcaps interesting observations
@@HYDEinallcaps touch grass+take a shower
You are an awesomely good guy. Well done on all your docos.
Education Is Good! Thanks for your videos man, I'm looking forward to more than our pal Leon now!
This was so interesting and informative to watch. As a former Georgian, I knew about this mound but never the complete story. You’re a great storyteller. That’s an undeniable fact. Thank you for sharing! And also a person of indigenous descent this made me very emotional.
Awesome! Thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️
I, too, was four years old in 1969. I believe we both were born in 1965. I will turn 57 shortly. (I came for Leon & stayed to learn more like many others.)
Came here for Leon, but liked this video! Thanks for educating!
Awesome! Thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️
Very cool content I enjoy the Leon but this takes the production quality way up on this project, super stoked for more vids glad I found this channel
Awesome! Thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️
Ahh Brady! I knew I liked you for some reason other than “Leon”. You are a Georgia Boy!! I would never have guessed that because of your voice, certainly no southern twang there. I am a born and bred Georgia peach myself and have driven by the mound many many times. Thanks so much for bringing this to light!! Give Leon a uh…. Well a clam shell for me, LOL. Keep up the great vids my brother!!
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Awesome!!! ✌️✌️✌️🦞
He has a Southern accent. No question about it. Just like I do.
"I got my own way of talking,
But everything is done
With a Southern accent
Where I come from."
~Tom Petty
I have been by this mound many times but never knew the story behind it. I am so glad you made this video about its history.
Yeah definitely, the more I dug in and researched the more fascinating the story became.
bizarre to me that the gazebo is still up there, has to have been replaced at some point in a hundred years. bizarre to me that someone in more recent time thought hey we should keep this gazebo up here on top of a grave site smh. another mind boggler was this gem on the wiki site "Former Georgia governor Lamartine Griffin Hardman had a reconstruction of this mound built at his estate in the Nacoochee Valley in White County, two miles south of Helen. It still stands." why would you want to recreate a burial mound, or did he think they all had gazebos on top of them and he wanted a gazebo on a hill?
HAGZGZSKJDHD Ah yes the well known native american gazebo ✋✋😭😭😭😭😭
The lack of logic and amount of insensitivity of the builder is mind boggling
Thank you for this very informative documentary!! Im a Saulteaux Native, and love learning about otther tribes!! i did not know about this and is truly interesting in every way, it was very easy to follow and to understand and keeps our history alive without erasing the truth of what truly happened. I'm so happy to have subscribed you are such an intelligent caring man, May the creator (or god or who ever you believe!!) bless and protect you!! you are truly a wonderful man :)))
Wonderful content as usual. You have a gift!
Came for Leon ...ended up learning something new... yeah this channel is definitely a keeper
Awesome TJ! Thanks for checking it out! ✌️✌️✌️🦞
Became a non lobster 🦞 eating person to a knowledgeable history learner thanks to you Brady👍🏽
Thank you for such a informative presentation. I tend to vacation in Helen, Ga and hike the Appalachian Trail near there and always wondered about the mound as I would drive by. Now I know :-)
Such a beautiful area!
@@Bradybrandwood Sure is. It should be warmer when I spend a week in the area in May :-)
incredible production quality, i love this
Awesome Silas! Thank you for checking it out. ✌️✌️✌️
As an archaeologist, I know that there are bodies everywhere. The SE is greatly underrated as far as early culture is concerned but my knowledge of that is pretty scant. Anyway, I do appreciate this video. The truth is that just about every major city likely was a very important area to the earlier people. These mounds existed in so many places. I live in the Pittsburgh area and there was one where later some very important government buildings were erected. This mound was never excavated but some archaeologists in the 19th century compared its superficial composition so other mounds in the area and found enough similarities to say that they believed that it was once a burial mound. This mound was simply called the Hump and was reduced by a few feet every decade or so starting around 1836 when Pittsburgh was becoming heavily industrialized. There are likely many mounds that had a fate like this throughout the US.
Like others, I found your channel because of Leon, but the insight you shared about the history of this mound, was well researched and is impressive. I appreciate the respect with which you shared: legend vs truth, scientific research vs the dignity of the dead, and I agree education is necessary. It helps us relate to one another across time and culture. Learning about our misunderstandings hopefully leads to respectful research in the future, that benefits all peoples.
Wonderful comment Carolan, thank you, and thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️
I also came for the lobster and left impressed by your reverence for Ancient Indigenous culture. As a person of Indigenous/Cherokee roots on one of my parents sides (wasn't born a redhead-lol) I appreciate your making this content.
Amazing video I’m glad I clicked on it
Very nice historical video... Thank you for making and sharing this video
I'm from Georgia and I've never heard of this place. I can't believe that. I thought I knew about most historical sites like this one. Thanks for the information.
Found you because of Leon, love Leon! But this really was a informative and nicely produced small documentary. Would love to see more of this in the future as well! 😁
I love history, as I am subscribed to many channels about history on UA-cam, study history, and own historical artifacts as a collector. BUT when I subscribed because of LEON, I was not expecting such great mini-documentaries. I'm invested in the channel now more than ever. Keep them coming. Great content and great quality.
Awesome Simple Pixel, thank you for watching! ✌️✌️✌️
The Keewenaw Peninsula is north of your arrow, in Lake Superior. Its the big peninsula pointing upwards into the Lake. You're pointing to the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin, between Green Bay and Lake Michigan. Copper mining was a huge industry up on the Keewenaw.
I too come from my interest in Leon as a fellow hobbiest, but enjoy the storytelling just as much. The nme of the antique mall (and accent) rang a bell before being directed here.
I drive by the mound several times a year for various reasons, including the nearby no-kill animal shelter from which we have rescued several dogs. My spouse has been in the area many many years but had not shared any history of the mound.
FWIW, the folklore story is not unique - there is a scenic overlook around SW VA (possibly NC) called Lover's Leap we would visit in the 60s with a similar tale of star crossed lovers leaping to their deaths. No cows there though.
Interesting information. I enjoyed the read. Thank you. ✌️✌️✌️
This is a fantastic documentary! Great job! I love your Leon content but this is what got me to subscribe!
This production is lowkey outstanding
This is literally my Home town, awesome cover of the history of the Indian Mound!
Very cool, mine too. Thank you for checking it out. ✌️✌️✌️
Also came to see how ol Leon is doing and I found this. Very interesting 😁
Too cool Sharon. Thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️
We have a local site that was a large burial mound that has a white settler cemetery on top of it. It seems terrible but the real story is those settlers had a horrible time at first. They had so many people die so fast they had no choice but to use the mound. The qrea was so wet and flooded constantly they had no place to bury the dead. They didn't have the man power to build up a place on their own. The remaining natives allowed them to use the mound. They were using it for its intended purpose. Burial of the dead. At some point they started placing stone markers and this enraged the remaining natives. At that point the tables had turned. The natives were furious but now the settlers were numerous and not enough natives to do anything about it. The natives complained and were sent down the Trail of Tears. A truly sad story at the start and end.
Thanks for sharing this Brady, it was very interesting.leaning about this grace site .just curious but do you happen to know what they did with the artifacts that they found on site? I find it sad that it was dug up and it really should never have been but it does look like it is being taken care of by it’s appearance. Just my thoughts but maybe the gazebo was placed there for visiting family members to worship and pray? If so it definitely should of never been placed on top of it, next to it would have made more sense. 🤷🏻♂️ thanks again!
Hey flying tarpon, yeah a lot of the artifacts are at the Smithsonian in DC,… I’ve also heard some were given to private collectors at the time. One Clay bowl is just up the street at the Sautee Nacoochee Center.
@@Bradybrandwood interesting, thanks so much for the response, keep up the great content!
Just love your adventure videos, looking forward to more!
Awesome eticketdream! Thanks so much for watching. ✌️✌️✌️
Hi Brady. I really like how you make these really well done short films about places I am learning to love! Share all the short films you can! I'll watch!
I came for Leon, too. Found you a few days ago. I am about your age and live in Colorado. I was raised in Atlanta and remember driving past the gazebo on weekend trips to the mountains. I learned to rock climb on Yonah mountain. I love that you are the new Foxfire!
Glad to see this being re-upload and I think you've added some pictures of the artifacts if I'm correct. I have always liked the Canadian term for the natives which if First Nations.
Superb documentary film and very well narrated 👏👏👏 really enjoyed that, it was very interesting indeed
Nice one Brady 👌👌.
I live about 5 miles away from the Burial Mound. I've passed the site more times than I can count-- it still draws my attention everytime I drive by. When I first moved into the area years ago and saw it for the first time I thought to myself "Huh, weird hill-- that's a nice view with the gazebo on top I guess" I like to think that's what the Captain thought to himself as well lol
Loved it, as a local I'm honored and impressed... Blue skies......
Great documentary! I wish we knew more about the people who built the mounds and their societies.
Yeah me too. There isn’t a lot of information available overall.
Very interesting. Great docu - narrated perfectly.
Brady you did a wonderful job with this video. I live in Central Ohio and like to read about and if possible see the mounds in Ohio. Lots have been lost to the plow or modern construction. The trade routes in this time period was vast and covered a large area. Flint Ridge flint, a local stone was quarried and traded all over the Midwest. Probably doe in this mound. Again you did a wry good job.
Mike, yeah this type of history is truly fascinating to me and obviously to you too. I would love to know so much more about the trade routes 1000 years ago. ✌️✌️✌️
@@Bradybrandwood hey just wanted to say to u here just incase u don’t see my other comment but amazing video and Chanel love the videos with the lobster I was wondering if u would be interested on coming on a podcast where I talk to random people on the internet u would be my first interview lol
I love Leon the Lobster 🦞 and I love history too thanks for sharing! Beautiful Kisks and Pottery.
I was checking-in on Leon, but this is a welcomed surprise!!!
This was awesome too. You have a real talent.
Awesome! Thank you so much for watching. ✌️✌️✌️
What ever happened to sacred burial grounds? Face it it was only dug up because they thought there was money to be found.. Such a shame.. and to top it off put a gazebo on top ...
I have passed this area a couple of times and have always wondered about this site & its history. I am fascinated with the mound builders. Thanks for the research. I do need to find that visitor center or is it a museum?
The piece of pottery is just down the road at Sautee Nacoochee pottery museum. ✌️✌️✌️
Great video, proud of you Brady. So talented and more credit is deserved
Awesome documentary. Interesting and informative. Thank you.❤
You are such a good story teller. I am glad the lobster led me to you. Thank you.
Awesome Brandon! Thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️
You had me with the title and kept me the whole way through. Incredible work!
I've saw the mound many times and knew it was an old burial ground, but never knew the story behind the gazebo. I started watching your channel because of Leon :)
Great history lesson! Never heard of this place but love the story it holds. Thank you!
Woah this is a super cool documentary! Your videos are super intriguing! I go to university in the Keweenaw and it's crazy to see that the copper ended up so far south back then.
Criminally underresearched part of American history. These moundbuilders are the Kurgan analogs on the North American continent and deserve more in-depth analysis and unbiased research.
Wow, I had no idea. I've been passing by this multiple times per year my whole life. Thanks for helping a new lightbulb to go on. 🤓
Respects for such adventures and amazing productions at the age of 55+
I love the history of the Native Americans in Georgia, especially the various mounds found through the state. I've been to the Kolomoki Mounds many times.
Wow, this was super cool. My husband is from Georgia and I’ve never heard of this!
Very interesting video!
Thank you for this little documentary!
Dang you live just around the corner! So if you drive past this with it on your right and the river on your left, you come to a gem and mineral shop on the right with a bunch of outdoor tables. The inside of this shop has a hole in the ceiling where a cat sticks his head through, much like your cat who stars in "B" martial arts movies.
That is too funny! I have been there, and just posted a video of that cat poking his head through the ceiling on my Facebook page. 😅✌️✌️✌️
Thank you, amazing documentary.⚓️
The gazebo is a slap in the face. Thanks for sharing.
I used to live on Washington Island, Wisconsin and we used to go on trips with my wife's boss on trips to the U.P. and upper Wis. To Burnt Bluffs to the big Copper foundry on the island. They say that the mine was actually dug into long before white men ever walked there, they actually found pottery and little necklaces and other jewelry and precious stones from the Minoans over 1500 to 2000 years earlier the when it was found by others native or whites.
That stuff is just so fascinating to me! Amazing history!
Fascinating! And I knew your accent sounded like my Georgia cousins' accent! As a longtime history nerd, I love these glimpses into regional history. I'm in NE Florida, where there's history going back to the Native American tribes, as well as the first European settlements in North America, at Ft. Caroline (the French Huguenots) and St. Augustine (the Spanish Catholics).
Yeah it’s all so fascinating! St. Augustine alone has such a long varied interesting history. ✌️✌️✌️
@@Bradybrandwood And Jacksonville just celebrated its bicentennial this past weekend!
This was fascinating to me. In Wisconsin we have many of these mounds as well, but not all contain remains. If only so many were not destroyed my mistake or out of disrespect. Thanks for sharing!
You need to look up Cahokia Mounds in southern Illinois. It has the largest manmade mound in the US. The city held thousands of people. The people who lived there traded with people down in Mexico, north to Kewanaw peninsula and all over the US. The Mississippian culture was far flung, your mound could be part of it.
That is fascinating stuff! I’ll have to look it up. ✌️✌️✌️
@@Bradybrandwood hello Brady the diversity of your channel is fantastic never know what's next and all of the content is good. Finding that fox assumed to be a pet was very cool. Hey Brady speaking of a pet how is Leon and have you decided to get him a playmate, hopefully of the opposite sex hehehe I hope you do and I bet Leon does too let us know how he is Buddy peace.
Oh one more thing I wanted to suggest that you look into making some shorts at least one out of the first Leon video I guarantee it'll be worth a whole lot of views buddy take care peace.
Cahokia is worth learning about, so are Spiro Mound in Oklahoma and Serpent Mound in Ohio. The native tribes of our country had some amazing, vast trading networks that stretched from the far north clear down into Central America.
It’s really interesting stuff and the artifacts they left behind are beyond cool.
I like how u explore both sides without any biased. Great video!
Awesome! Thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️
holy shit i hiked yonah a while back and saw this from the peak. i had ZERO clue what it was and its so random that I just so happened to stumble on this video after watching the leon vids. didnt even know you were from georgia!
Copper from the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan! That’s fascinating!
Ojibwa were known for mining copper.
Thanks Brady. Super cool and interesting. 🤓
I completely agree with your musings about the gazebo, the respect for the burial site AND our fascination with learning about things we're not familiar with!
I have driven past there so many times on my way to Helen and hiking Yonah Mtn. I didn't know you lived in the area!
The fact that an ax traveled 900 miles just goes to show that people traveled all the time back then. It might have taken a month of travel to go that whole distance. Likely it was over a season as there would have been stops in between to which they traded other axes and other things. Now the other thing could be that ax traded many hands over the years. Depending on how worn it was when found.
Yeah just fascinating to think about how difficult that 900 mile journey was,… compared to having something shipped today.
I watched an episode of Time Team where they dug up a neolithic mound like that and found the exact same types of stone grave coffins. This was of course, in England somewhere, but it is really strange that two different cultures an ocean apart would have the same mound building burial practices and even artifacts.
By the way, they don't seem to have the same regard for ancient grave sites over there. If they find it, they will dig it up. Bones and all. Right up to the time of the Tudors.
Didn't they just dig up one of the King Richards from under a parking lot?
I believe there's a good lore podcast episode about that. Yes they did recently uncover the burial site of an ancient English King under a parking lot lol
I think the reason why brits and americans have such different attitudes to digging up indigenous ancient graves mostly comes down to cultural differences and different ethnicities views of each other- the indigenous people of the americas are viewed as a separate ethnic group to white americans, whose ancestors arrived much later, so when you're digging up someone else's ancient grave sites it can be seen as offensive/insensitive. England has indigenous people, but we've been invaded so many times over the centuries that there's no modern day divide between people who are indigenous and people whose ancestors arrived later, because almost everyone is a mix of both, so we all feel free to dig up our historic artefacts as much as we want. Also, england is a nation of hobbyist archaeologists, lots of people go metal detecting/fossil hunting for fun.
Also yes, the skeleton of King Richard the third was dicovered in a car park in Leicester.
This was a fantastic doc!
I was visiting Helen back in September and I remember driving past this a few times, but I didn't know much about it, aside from finding it interesting. Boy is that area pretty though, and the roads are great.
I’ve driven by this place many times (I live in Athens) but never knew the story behind it. Thank you for sharing!
Awesome Bethany, same here. Thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️
Nice sharing this story with us
Leon is how I found your channel but I love your videos. How is Leon btw
Hey, Leon is great. I’m working on a new update now.
It’s interesting to see similarities to prehistoric graves here in the U.K. particularly the stone cysts
Great video! Just so ya know, your arrow is not pointing to the kewinaw peninsula. It's further north.
What the video is pointing to is the Door peninsula in Wisconsin.
Used to live on MT. Yonah road many moons ago. Always wondered about that place.
"Blue, white and striped glass beads." Were these determined to be pre Cherokee? If so, were they European or maybe Aztec? Glass beads would suggest perhaps contact with either Africans or Europeans.
I’ve also driven past this place all my life and have been curious about the history of it! Thanks for making it known!
What do you think about the other maybe mound just down the street? If you turn right at that 3 way and drive a few hundred yards drown the road, on the same piece of property there is another hill that me and my family always thought was another Indian mound. It’s another unnatural and symmetrical hill sticking up from the relatively flat land. Though this one is much larger than the one with the gazebo and has a modern house on top with a driveway going up it. It also has not been maintained as the gazebo one has so it’s covered in forest. Me and my family always thought that that was another Indian mound and being that when one is found in an area that there are generally more around I’m also inclined to think so. What do you think? I’m curious to know your thoughts on it.
Yeah I’ve wondered the same thing about that mound with the house on top of it. There is also a five sided mound a little further up the road before Sautee that was recently accidentally discovered by aerial mapping. It is on private land.
I love archaeology, thanks for sharing.
idk how i got to your channel but im hooked haha keep up the great work!!!!
I love this story! Beautiful
Just goes to show, "Rest in Peace" is only an expression, not a guarantee!
Great title and doc to go along!
I have subscribed you are amazing!!!
Awesome! Thank you for watching. ✌️✌️✌️🦞
I live in Georgia. I've driven past this many times. The gazebo gives you cause to wonder what it's all about. We did once drive up to the "look out" area. We go tubing nearby in the summer. Thanks for the video. I often wondered if they ever found any of the "giant" remains there too.
Yooo, I used to live in this area too and I remember my grandparents telling the story of the young couple jumping from Mount Yonah. It's so cool to see someone spreading the real history behind one of the most iconic sites from northeast Georgia!
Was Leon there? Did he help with the digging?
I drive by this every time I visit Helen, surprised I recognized it from the video thumbnail. The first time I saw it I googled what it was and only saw mention of the myth. Thanks for the info.