I love walking through the woods just to smell the air, trees and leaves. As you showed us, you never know what could have been left behind. Thank you for sharing your adventurers with us! Take care!
I'm from East Tennessee, and my friend who still lives there mentioned the smell of the different trees and plants, and I thought here in Omaha, you don't get that. In fact, it still looks like January, and it's almost the end of March .
The sound of your voice and that lovely accent gives me warm memories of family long gone ... thank you for the videos... this one struck a chord when I think about all the old places that have disappeared without much of a trace left behind...
Thank you sir for taking us alone with you. Such a beautiful area. It’s always kinda sad to see a forgotten cemetery, and the skeletal remains of homes that once were. It makes you wonder about the lives of those that once lived there.
Those old graveyards used to be cared for but through time the younger generation were laid to rest in other places so now they are all forgotten except by people that know who they are
I love to imagine what those old homes may have looked like. You know they were filled with love and laughter. Thank you for sharing this with us, Donnie, I thoroughly enjoyed it.❤️
Dad would take us youg'uns into the woods for a day hike. He'd point out chimney stones and apple trees as markers of old cabin sites. It was easy to imagine ghosts walking the edges of the dark woods looking for their old home places that they couldn't find. No rest for those weary souls. Thanks, Donnie, for another good adventure down a dirt road in East Tennessee looking for the history of our hills.
Thank you Mr. Donnie! I really enjoyed learning and exploring more of East Tennessee’s history and heritage. Thanks again for keeping the history of this country alive. God Bless You 😇👍🏻🙏🏻🙌🏻
Mr. Laws - the sites you find and show to us are amazing to me. I used to walk through old gravesites, but I've not discovered anything like you show on the videos you present. I am especially taken with the old foundations of cabins, homes, and chimneys you show. It is so profound, the history and lost history you present. Thank-you once more.
I live in Union County Georgia! I LOVE seeing the old buildings! Thank you so much for this important work! You are helping to preserve a history of an entire way of life!
I have come across some out-of-the way cemetaries while exploring some long-forgotten 2-track paths that haven't seen any traffic for years and years. While exploring the headstones, I can almost hear the sighs of the past and the whispers of the stories that have yet to be told. Thank you for sharing these videos with us - and for telling the stories that are slowly but surely heading into the night. You give the voice to the past that is so very important not only for the historical aspect, but in the spiritual world as well. Please don't ever let their history fade away - for in the past we can see the way of the future. 💖💖💖
Thanks Donnie. When I see old homesites that have deteriated, I wonder about the people who lived there, the dreams they had for their home and land and what happened.
Great share Donnie! The photo of you hugging that old oak tree is one of my favorites! That house was big according to its foundation. That stone wall took some time to build!! Appreciate your history lessons. 👍👏
I am absolutely loving all your videos, so glad I stumbled upon them the other day. You seem to have a natural storytelling ability that lends itself perfectly with the subject and just brings it to life. Growing up in eastern Ontario Canada as a child, I happened upon a book about the Appalachian Mountains and was instantly fascinated by everything about the mountains way of life. I’d already had a huge interest in the “old pioneer days” from countless re-readings of the Little House on the Prairie books and also learning about pioneer life in Upper Canada in school, but those Appalachian stories really had my heart. I found myself at the library looking up more books about the Appalachian Mountains and people. Not sure about the whole reincarnation theory but maybe there’s something to it, it just feels like home in some inexplicable way . ☺ I live in Ohio now, and I’ve been able to do many a road trip with my husband to the mountains in Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia. The people we stop and talk to in our travels have always been so friendly and welcoming, always leaving us with great memories. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences in these videos! 💛
Enjoyed your video, thank you! This is my kinfolk's neck of the woods. My Riddle ancestor fought in the battle of Kings Mountain and my Halls were some of the first settlers of Morgan County. Some were Revolutionary War veterans, and received their 640 acres of land. Some fought in the Cherokee War. That one I'm not so proud of because from my own Riddle ancestor's words, they walked across the Indians bodies without touching the ground. I was blessed to visit some of their places in the late 90's and would love to return someday.
I love finding these foundations of old homes or wells, sheds, spring houses and such and trying to figure how the people used to live. I know there must be a lot of wildlife in that area between the two rivers. Thanks for bringing us along with you today. Your friend in SC, Jane❤🙏🏻
Fantastic history lesson, I can't get enough of the history of the southern mountains. There's so much that we have forgotten. The generations will never know the pride of being a true southerner,and walking through the woods,and just being here
One of my ancestors fought in the battle of Kings Mountain. You have to wonder if they knew each other. I love your videos and hope you can continue making them!
Thank you Mr Donnie for a great video. I like to think about how hard it must have been to do all that work but also how peaceful it was to have your family work that beautiful land until you created something beautiful your home. Hard times but good times❤️
How very beautiful. Thank you for showing these gorgeous places. Bittersweet to think of the people once living in the houses and doing business around there....then passing. A reminder we're all just passing through. So its important to take the time for meaningful things like you're showing us. And to care. God Bless you and uours Mr. Donnie 🩵👏👏👏👏
I love your voice and the relaxed way you have presenting these stories Donnie. Im happy your viewers have increased, because your stories are of the history there and people need to hear- I love that hopefully people’s stories will be here for years for all generations to watch. Thanks Donnie and Blessings 😊❤
Thank God truly for men like Donnie who are sharing history that modern life today tries every day to get rid of. Our history needs to be preserved not swept away so future generations will never see learn or know.
Thank you Mr Donnie for another look into history. Watching your videos always brings me back; when you talked of those logging trucks, I could just picture coming across Swift Run. Getting behind one in a heavy rain, or snow got you prayed up-for certain! I learn so much from watching you too. Thank you so very much and God bless you!
Oh how I miss day's like this since my husband has passed away, we mad so many memories doing things like this while he was alive, thank you for sharing your videos they mean alot !! Nothing like the soft fallen rain and the wonderful smells of the forstes, just beauty all around😊❤God Bless Take care and be Careful ☺️
Hugging that old oak tree really did put it in perspective, waaaaay bigger than I thought! Thank you for the walk back in time Donnie!! Always an adventure🙏🏾🌻🙏🏾🌻🙏🏾
We would never get to see these old places without your endeavours. I like to imagine the old folks saying goodbye to their home countries to make a new start in new lands. It kinda brings a tear to my eyes. Loved this one. Maybe the larger home was built after a smaller homestead was built to accommodate a growing family. It is so romantic.❤❤❤
I love all the pictures of the past ,and I often find myself imagining the people who lived in those old homesteads. Thank you, Donnie, for a walk into the past. God 🙏 🙏 🙏 bless.
Old home places once full of life. There's an old mining community where I live and you can still see the rose bushes growing. People would give their neighbor or friend a sprout off their roses and they live for many years. The rose's are all that's left except for the scar's on the land. Thank you Mr. Laws for all you do to bring us enjoyment. God bless you all.
There’s a old mostly abandoned cemetery in south Cherokee wma here in polk county called Dutch Settlement (one of many across the south) it dates back to the late 1700s/early 1800s. Most of the headstones are still there but some have been reduced to almost nothing. Great video sir 👍🏼
The old home sites really are fascinating but they also have a sadness. I would love to know the history behind them once they were somebody's dream now the woods have taken them back. I sure hope you find that marker. Thanks for sharing and God bless you, my friend.
Donnie, this video made me go back in my mind where my daddy told the story of a man and his family got forced out of their home by the USFS in the early 50's cause they were building a road way beyond Wildcat Creek rd where the man lived way up in the mountain where no one lived anywhere near him. Daddy said he hardly saw them but a few times a year when they'd come to town to get what they didn't make or grow. I can't remember their names but I'll always remember daddy saying the last thing that man said to the gov't was he wouldn't last long if he had to move. Sure enough, he died within a year. He may have died anyway but I think being forced out like that had a lot to do with it.
Wonderful history Donnie. You are able to get out and find this and share it with us. Wonderful being able to see this through your "eyes" meaning your camera. Thank you
Thank you, Donnie! I love seeing the old home sites and thinking about the lives that were here. The good times, hard times, happy times, and sad times. I always think about the life of an item whenever I come across an antique.
Thank you for sharing this walk thru nature. These mnts have seen some real hard times & yet it still has its beauty. I’m a country gal so appreciate this . The smells of Mother Nature can be intoxicating. People lived a hard life but family was family. Always there for one another & helping neighbors ❤. 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
I love learning about life in Appalachia. I used to have a teacher in grade school that used to spend time there. Very interesting place where early US settlers lived. So much to learn. Thanks Donnie for bringing interesting & important Appalachian history to to us all.
That is some beautiful country and remnants there Donnie...that was a good eye spotting that old cistern off in that stump field. Thanks again for taking us along through video Brother.
My people came out of north Georgia and into southeast Tennessee. We all still have land there and always love hiking through we follow the creeks and rivers finding rocks and great fishing. Many old home foundations. I will do the hiking as long as I can while I'm living. Many places we can still find with so much family history. Your videos always brings me back, thanks my friend
It was amazing the way these people did all that construction. There's so much land that was taken from families who were pushed out of their homes. It's nice to revisit, Thank you. God bless you and your family!
As do your listeners, we love it as well. God Bless Donnie and your family. When I get my ol truck road worthy for long distance, I still want to sit down and have a cup of coffee with you and reminisce. Take care
I just love the Old History that u share with us I could listen all day.....me and my husband just got back from Tennessee on our vacation we always spend several days traveling the back roads and walking through the old Cemetery's for hours
@9:42- Wow! My Granny was a Sharp on my Daddy's side!! She was full Cherokee Indian, I heard she was mean but I never seen it, always had a smile for us when we'd visit! She lived in Lindale Georgia and past at 93yrs old, I believe. I miss those days... thanks Donnie for your videos, they bring sweet memories we'll never see again! God's grace is on you, may he fill your heart with joy!!!
I remember when there were oaks that size all over these woods in southern WV. You can barely find one 5-6 inches through today. Clearcut this old holler to pieces probably 12 years ago. I can't hardly find my old hunting spots and struggle to recognize them when I do. I've had loggers threaten to whip me but I absolutely despise the industry! Good video Donnie! Thanks.
Donnie you never disappoint.. thank u for sharing with us the history of the area… a simpler time…very missed.. my husband and I look forward to watching your videos…thank u for your time and efforts.. Barry and Janet Stapleton
Thanks for taking us along to visit those old home places. Sadly, we're losing more and more of those places every year. We need to preserve their memory while we can.
Howdy Donnie- I sure do love that old stuff and stomping through the woods in the spring time just before the leaves get very big and the ticks and chiggers aren’t out. Thank you for sharing your time in the woods. God bless
Hello Donnie, That was very interested. It is so sad to see history forgotten about. Maybe our government is partly to blame, and some people just don't care to restore or keep history preserved. When seeing stuff like this my mind goes back to that time and imagine how the people lived. Another thing is, the land being developed and towns and subdivision being built. Thanks for sharing,God bless you.
Tell it on the mountain brother! No place better than NE TN! I'd love to sit around a camp fire and listen to you tell stories. Yare natural story teller. Much love! The old ways are gone, sadly.
That loggin ain't too bad. You should see what the Amish are doing out here in Morgan Co, Tn. The land looks like WW3 when they're done. They haul out the logs and everything else is left scattered about. It's a damn shame.
Love your show. We have an old spring just like the one you showed. I live in an old mining town. My house was a train depot back in the day. When I remodeled the kitchen I found the ticket window and the soot from the pot belly stove is still on the wall in the corner next to the chimney. Best I can find, my house is over 100 years old. This small town had 3 different railroads. Owned by 3 different companies. Cambria county Pa.
I love ol Cemeteries. I've a many of them. There's one up across the Creek near Brimstone, on the Low Gap side. I found the Graves up on the side of the hill. I found the Grave of a Woman. Now I can't find it anymore. So I know what you mean. I go back ever so often, I've lost it. I love your videos. I thank you for them. GOD bless
You are right about the Lilies being a give away for old home sites. They usually come with a black walnut and pecan tree or two here in southern Illinois
I love exploring with you. I love the woods and seeing how our folks lived. If you get back to Cades Cove could you show the old Ledbetter place? I wanted to go up there but the park had it blocked off when I was there. I did meet someone who knew them and they talked about how Mr. Ledbetter (great, great grandpa) built the Gris mill. It still works! Don’t you wish you had names on all of those old graves?
Thanks for sharing this my friend. I still have so much history and stories of the cove to share, but for the time being I can't film in the park for now because of the new rules. God bless you my friend.
Thanks for researching and videoing old History like this. Very interesting and see the work that these settlers did building homes and surviving. Maybe bring along the Metal Detector around some of these old homesites. Thanks Again
What a great video! I really enjoyed it. Thank you so much for taking us along on your adventures. I hope you find the stone you are looking for. Hope you are staying warm. Have a great week. God bless!
Thankyou for that video Donnie!! Boy i sure would like to be able to travel back in time and see them old places like they were back in their day! And to see them good ol hill folk too!! Good and decent hard workin people !! Sometimes it really makes my heart sad to see what we have lost, and are still losin today, you and i and a few others i feel are maybe the last leggs of whats left of them old generations!! GOD Bless you Donnie , and keep up the good work😉👍
My cousin and I messaged each other when we read Hillbilly Elugy. We had never known anybody to call a chimney a chimley. Our dads (brothers) would talk about them. Warmed my heart to hear you say it.
It's funny because around my area old homesteads will often have boxelder trees growing out of disturbed soil, the dead giveaway! Your area is fascinating to be because it's older history and culture but yet new enough to often find it. Thank you for your work God bless!
I love walking through the woods just to smell the air, trees and leaves. As you showed us, you never know what could have been left behind. Thank you for sharing your adventurers with us! Take care!
Your very welcome my friend.
Going im may ought to be greater than michigan lol intoxicating
I'm from East Tennessee, and my friend who still lives there mentioned the smell of the different trees and plants, and I thought here in Omaha, you don't get that.
In fact, it still looks like January, and it's almost the end of March .
I agree with you Donny, I don't care for logging either. It ruins the land for us and especially the animals! I love your Apalancia stories ❤️.
Thanks for sharing this my friend. Your very welcome.
The sound of your voice and that lovely accent gives me warm memories of family long gone ... thank you for the videos... this one struck a chord when I think about all the old places that have disappeared without much of a trace left behind...
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing your memories.
Thank you sir for taking us alone with you. Such a beautiful area. It’s always kinda sad to see a forgotten cemetery, and the skeletal remains of homes that once were. It makes you wonder about the lives of those that once lived there.
So much history to cover my friend. Thank you. Your very.
Those old graveyards used to be cared for but through time the younger generation were laid to rest in other places so now they are all forgotten except by people that know who they are
Donnie, your videos are mini vacations from this worrisome world of today. Thank you for all you do. You bring us happiness.
Your very welcome my friend.
I love to imagine what those old homes may have looked like. You know they were filled with love and laughter. Thank you for sharing this with us, Donnie, I thoroughly enjoyed it.❤️
That's so true my friend. Thanks for sharing. Your very.
I can never drive by an old house in the country and not wish I could have been a fly on the wall. Good or bad.
Thank you, Donnie for your recordings and history. You are leaving a beautiful History for all our future Generations. Never stop. ❤️
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
Makes a person wish rocks could talk, don't it Mr. Donnie? Thank you for sharing, and God bless
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I does my friend. Thanks for sharing. Your very welcome.
Dad would take us youg'uns into the woods for a day hike. He'd point out chimney stones and apple trees as markers of old cabin sites. It was easy to imagine ghosts walking the edges of the dark woods looking for their old home places that they couldn't find. No rest for those weary souls. Thanks, Donnie, for another good adventure down a dirt road in East Tennessee looking for the history of our hills.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing. Your very welcome
Thank you Mr. Donnie! I really enjoyed learning and exploring more of East Tennessee’s history and heritage. Thanks again for keeping the history of this country alive. God Bless You 😇👍🏻🙏🏻🙌🏻
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
Always a great story Donnie!!!!
Mr. Laws - the sites you find and show to us are amazing to me. I used to walk through old gravesites, but I've not discovered anything like you show on the videos you present. I am especially taken with the old foundations of cabins, homes, and chimneys you show. It is so profound, the history and lost history you present. Thank-you once more.
Thank you friend. Progress has all but erased these old places. Thanks for sharing. Your very welcome.
I live in Union County Georgia! I LOVE seeing the old buildings! Thank you so much for this important work! You are helping to preserve a history of an entire way of life!
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.
I'm from union County GA and I can tell you that thier are so many old homesteads long since forgotten the same with old graveyard
I have come across some out-of-the way cemetaries while exploring some long-forgotten 2-track paths that haven't seen any traffic for years and years. While exploring the headstones, I can almost hear the sighs of the past and the whispers of the stories that have yet to be told. Thank you for sharing these videos with us - and for telling the stories that are slowly but surely heading into the night. You give the voice to the past that is so very important not only for the historical aspect, but in the spiritual world as well. Please don't ever let their history fade away - for in the past we can see the way of the future.
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Thanks so much for sharing this my friend. Thank you. Your very welcome.
Thanks Donnie. When I see old homesites that have deteriated, I wonder about the people who lived there, the dreams they had for their home and land and what happened.
I do to my friend. Most is lost in time. Thanks for sharing this.
Great share Donnie! The photo of you hugging that old oak tree is one of my favorites! That house was big according to its foundation. That stone wall took some time to build!!
Appreciate your history lessons. 👍👏
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing.
Nature always reclaims what is taken from it. I love these videos as I would not be able to see these places otherwise. Please keep doing them.
I am absolutely loving all your videos, so glad I stumbled upon them the other day. You seem to have a natural storytelling ability that lends itself perfectly with the subject and just brings it to life.
Growing up in eastern Ontario Canada as a child, I happened upon a book about the Appalachian Mountains and was instantly fascinated by everything about the mountains way of life. I’d already had a huge interest in the “old pioneer days” from countless re-readings of the Little House on the Prairie books and also learning about pioneer life in Upper Canada in school, but those Appalachian stories really had my heart. I found myself at the library looking up more books about the Appalachian Mountains and people. Not sure about the whole reincarnation theory but maybe there’s something to it, it just feels like home in some inexplicable way . ☺
I live in Ohio now, and I’ve been able to do many a road trip with my husband to the mountains in Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia. The people we stop and talk to in our travels have always been so friendly and welcoming, always leaving us with great memories.
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences in these videos! 💛
Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. Thank you. Your very welcome.
Enjoyed your video, thank you! This is my kinfolk's neck of the woods. My Riddle ancestor fought in the battle of Kings Mountain and my Halls were some of the first settlers of Morgan County. Some were Revolutionary War veterans, and received their 640 acres of land. Some fought in the Cherokee War. That one I'm not so proud of because from my own Riddle ancestor's words, they walked across the Indians bodies without touching the ground. I was blessed to visit some of their places in the late 90's and would love to return someday.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing your story and memories.
I love to watch all your explores Donnie. I find them to be very interesting and educational. 💜☮️
Glad you like them my friend. Thank you.
Always enjoy what you share, cousin Donnie! Best wishes and prayers for your continued healing, and G-d bless you and yours!
Thank you so much my friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.
I love finding these foundations of old homes or wells, sheds, spring houses and such and trying to figure how the people used to live. I know there must be a lot of wildlife in that area between the two rivers. Thanks for bringing us along with you today. Your friend in SC, Jane❤🙏🏻
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing. Your very welcome.
Fantastic history lesson, I can't get enough of the history of the southern mountains. There's so much that we have forgotten. The generations will never know the pride of being a true southerner,and walking through the woods,and just being here
Thank you friend. Thanks for sharing this.
One of my ancestors fought in the battle of Kings Mountain. You have to wonder if they knew each other. I love your videos and hope you can continue making them!
That's a good question my friend. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Mr Donnie for a great video. I like to think about how hard it must have been to do all that work but also how peaceful it was to have your family work that beautiful land until you created something beautiful your home. Hard times but good times❤️
I like to think that to my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.
Thank you Donnie God bless my brother🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Your very welcome my friend. God bless you.
How very beautiful. Thank you for showing these gorgeous places. Bittersweet to think of the people once living in the houses and doing business around there....then passing. A reminder we're all just passing through. So its important to take the time for meaningful things like you're showing us. And to care. God Bless you and uours Mr. Donnie 🩵👏👏👏👏
That's so true my friend. Thanks for sharing. Your very welcome. God bless you.
Good. Metal detecting around old houses like. That..
Thanks for sharing this my friend.
I love your voice and the relaxed way you have presenting these stories Donnie. Im happy your viewers have increased, because your stories are of the history there and people need to hear- I love that hopefully people’s stories will be here for years for all generations to watch. Thanks Donnie and Blessings 😊❤
Thank you friend. I hope so. Your very welcome. God bless you.
Thank God truly for men like Donnie who are sharing history that modern life today tries every day to get rid of. Our history needs to be preserved not swept away so future generations will never see learn or know.
Thanks for sharing this my friend. Thank you. Your very welcome. God bless you.
Thank you Mr Donnie for another look into history.
Watching your videos always brings me back; when you talked of those logging trucks, I could just picture coming across Swift Run. Getting behind one in a heavy rain, or snow got you prayed up-for certain! I learn so much from watching you too. Thank you so very much and God bless you!
Awesome my friend. Thank you so much. Your very welcome.
God bless, Donnie! 🙏🏻
Thank you friend. God bless.
Oh how I miss day's like this since my husband has passed away, we mad so many memories doing things like this while he was alive, thank you for sharing your videos they mean alot !! Nothing like the soft fallen rain and the wonderful smells of the forstes, just beauty all around😊❤God Bless Take care and be Careful ☺️
God bless you my friend. Thanks for sharing this.
Hugging that old oak tree really did put it in perspective, waaaaay bigger than I thought! Thank you for the walk back in time Donnie!! Always an adventure🙏🏾🌻🙏🏾🌻🙏🏾
Your very welcome my friend.
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Thank you Brother Donnie for taking us along. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Your very welcome my friend.
We would never get to see these old places without your endeavours. I like to imagine the old folks saying goodbye to their home countries to make a new start in new lands. It kinda brings a tear to my eyes. Loved this one. Maybe the larger home was built after a smaller homestead was built to accommodate a growing family. It is so romantic.❤❤❤
Thanks for sharing this my friend.
I love all the pictures of the past ,and I often find myself imagining the people who lived in those old homesteads. Thank you, Donnie, for a walk into the past.
God 🙏 🙏 🙏 bless.
Your very welcome my friend.
I love exploring those old home sites and especially the old grave yards.
Thanks for sharing this my friend.
Old home places once full of life. There's an old mining community where I live and you can still see the rose bushes growing. People would give their neighbor or friend a sprout off their roses and they live for many years. The rose's are all that's left except for the scar's on the land. Thank you Mr. Laws for all you do to bring us enjoyment. God bless you all.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome. God bless you.
Thank you Donnie I really enjoy history and hearing you tell it.
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
There’s a old mostly abandoned cemetery in south Cherokee wma here in polk county called Dutch Settlement (one of many across the south) it dates back to the late 1700s/early 1800s. Most of the headstones are still there but some have been reduced to almost nothing.
Great video sir 👍🏼
WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend. Thank you.
The old home sites really are fascinating but they also have a sadness. I would love to know the history behind them once they were somebody's dream now the woods have taken them back. I sure hope you find that marker. Thanks for sharing and God bless you, my friend.
Thanks for sharing this my friend. Thank you. Your very welcome.
Donnie, this video made me go back in my mind where my daddy told the story of a man and his family got forced out of their home by the USFS in the early 50's cause they were building a road way beyond Wildcat Creek rd where the man lived way up in the mountain where no one lived anywhere near him. Daddy said he hardly saw them but a few times a year when they'd come to town to get what they didn't make or grow. I can't remember their names but I'll always remember daddy saying the last thing that man said to the gov't was he wouldn't last long if he had to move. Sure enough, he died within a year. He may have died anyway but I think being forced out like that had a lot to do with it.
WOW Thanks for sharing your memories my friend. God bless you.
Wonderful history Donnie. You are able to get out and find this and share it with us. Wonderful being able to see this through your "eyes" meaning your camera. Thank you
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
Thank you, Donnie!
I love seeing the old home sites and thinking about the lives that were here. The good times, hard times, happy times, and sad times. I always think about the life of an item whenever I come across an antique.
I do the same thing my friend. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing this walk thru nature. These mnts have seen some real hard times & yet it still has its beauty. I’m a country gal so appreciate this . The smells of Mother Nature can be intoxicating. People lived a hard life but family was family. Always there for one another & helping neighbors ❤. 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
Thanks for sharing this my friend. Your very welcome. God bless you.
Thank you Donnie, another wonderful walk through history. It's amazing what you can find. Take care hugs from Scotland 🙏🙏
Your very welcome my friend.
Hi Donnie, Thanks for another great and relaxing video you are doing a great job we really appreciate you, God bless you 🙏👍🇺🇸
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
I love learning about life in Appalachia. I used to have a teacher in grade school that used to spend time there. Very interesting place where early US settlers lived. So much to learn. Thanks Donnie for bringing interesting & important Appalachian history to to us all.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing. Your very welcome.
Breaks my heart to think of all the forgotten souls that put everything into forgotten homes of old.
Me to my friend.
That is some beautiful country and remnants there Donnie...that was a good eye spotting that old cistern off in that stump field.
Thanks again for taking us along through video Brother.
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
So sad to see the old places disappearing thanks for sharing Donnie
Your very welcome my friend.
My people came out of north Georgia and into southeast Tennessee. We all still have land there and always love hiking through we follow the creeks and rivers finding rocks and great fishing. Many old home foundations. I will do the hiking as long as I can while I'm living. Many places we can still find with so much family history. Your videos always brings me back, thanks my friend
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.
Great video Donnie. Can’t beat walking in the woods finding old stuff like that for sure.
So true my friend. Thank you.
It was amazing the way these people did all that construction. There's so much land that was taken from families who were pushed out of their homes. It's nice to revisit, Thank you. God bless you and your family!
Thanks for sharing this my friend. Your very welcome
As do your listeners, we love it as well. God Bless Donnie and your family. When I get my ol truck road worthy for long distance, I still want to sit down and have a cup of coffee with you and reminisce. Take care
Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you.
I just love the Old History that u share with us I could listen all day.....me and my husband just got back from Tennessee on our vacation we always spend several days traveling the back roads and walking through the old Cemetery's for hours
Thank you friend. So glad you enjoyed it.
@9:42- Wow! My Granny was a Sharp on my Daddy's side!! She was full Cherokee Indian, I heard she was mean but I never seen it, always had a smile for us when we'd visit! She lived in Lindale Georgia and past at 93yrs old, I believe. I miss those days... thanks Donnie for your videos, they bring sweet memories we'll never see again! God's grace is on you, may he fill your heart with joy!!!
Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing your memories. God bless you.
I remember when there were oaks that size all over these woods in southern WV. You can barely find one 5-6 inches through today. Clearcut this old holler to pieces probably 12 years ago. I can't hardly find my old hunting spots and struggle to recognize them when I do. I've had loggers threaten to whip me but I absolutely despise the industry! Good video Donnie! Thanks.
Thank you friend for sharing this. Your very welcome.
Thanks again for sharing a piece of history with us, magnificent!
Your very welcome.
Wow I love this beautiful ❤️ video and I love this history.thank you so much from my heart, for this wonderful video.
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
Thank you Donnie, all the memories and people are gone with only remnants of their existence remaining.
So true my friend. Your very welcome.
Donnie you never disappoint.. thank u for sharing with us the history of the area… a simpler time…very missed.. my husband and I look forward to watching your videos…thank u for your time and efforts.. Barry and Janet Stapleton
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
Very pretty scenery as usual
Thank you friend.
How cool it would be to get permission to metal detect those old home places. Enjoyed it Mr. Donnie thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing my friend. Your very welcome.
Thanks for taking us along to visit those old home places. Sadly, we're losing more and more of those places every year. We need to preserve their memory while we can.
So true my friend. Your very welcome.
Howdy Donnie- I sure do love that old stuff and stomping through the woods in the spring time just before the leaves get very big and the ticks and chiggers aren’t out. Thank you for sharing your time in the woods. God bless
Thank you friend. Your very welcome. God bless you.
If only those walls could talk. Thanx for the trip down memory lane. God bless
Your very welcome my friend. God bless.
Hello Donnie, That was very interested. It is so sad to see history forgotten about. Maybe our government is partly to blame, and some people just don't care to restore or keep history preserved. When seeing stuff like this my mind goes back to that time and imagine how the people lived. Another thing is, the land being developed and towns and subdivision being built. Thanks for sharing,God bless you.
It is sad my friend. Thanks for sharing. Your very welcome.
Awesome video Donnie , love exploring videos 😊
Thank you friend.
Tell it on the mountain brother! No place better than NE TN! I'd love to sit around a camp fire and listen to you tell stories. Yare natural story teller. Much love! The old ways are gone, sadly.
Awesome my friend. Thank you so much for saying. God bless you.
Thank you Mr Donnie the stories are so wonderful good times bad times, and everything in between ,the stories of our ancestors I hope they live on .❤
Your very welcome my friend.
That loggin ain't too bad. You should see what the Amish are doing out here in Morgan Co, Tn. The land looks like WW3 when they're done. They haul out the logs and everything else is left scattered about. It's a damn shame.
WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend.
Living in eastern Pennsylvania were it not quite as warm as where you are its so nice to see the Spring life start to come back. Thank you Sir!
Thanks for sharing this my friend. Your very welcome.
Keep it up Donnie. My family was kicked out of the Appalachia mountains when they put in skyline drive. We still talk about the old days.
Thank you friend. So sorry to hear about that. God bless you.
Loved it Donnie, please keep them coming regularly then we'll all stay happy ol' boy. 😁👍🏻❤
Thank you friend.
I love exploring old forgotten places of abandonment brings back history makes me feel good Donnie love this kind of stuff
Thank you friend. Thanks for sharing this.
Your welcome buddy happy to be sharing this
I am so glad to find one of your videos again! I just love the way you talk about these old sites!
Thank you friend.
Love your show. We have an old spring just like the one you showed. I live in an old mining town. My house was a train depot back in the day. When I remodeled the kitchen I found the ticket window and the soot from the pot belly stove is still on the wall in the corner next to the chimney. Best I can find, my house is over 100 years old. This small town had 3 different railroads. Owned by 3 different companies. Cambria county Pa.
WOW that's awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this.
Wow. Amazing finds. If those trees and stones could talk. Love historical sites. Thank you for taking us on this walk.
Your very welcome my friend.
We enjoyed this video. Hope you find the markers out looking for. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
* hope you find the marker you looking for.
I love ol Cemeteries. I've a many of them. There's one up across the Creek near Brimstone, on the Low Gap side. I found the Graves up on the side of the hill. I found the Grave of a Woman. Now I can't find it anymore. So I know what you mean. I go back ever so often, I've lost it.
I love your videos. I thank you for them. GOD bless
WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend. You know exactly what I mean trying to find things. God bless you my friend.
You are right about the Lilies being a give away for old home sites. They usually come with a black walnut and pecan tree or two here in southern Illinois
I love exploring with you. I love the woods and seeing how our folks lived. If you get back to Cades Cove could you show the old Ledbetter place? I wanted to go up there but the park had it blocked off when I was there. I did meet someone who knew them and they talked about how Mr. Ledbetter (great, great grandpa) built the Gris mill. It still works!
Don’t you wish you had names on all of those old graves?
Thanks for sharing this my friend. I still have so much history and stories of the cove to share, but for the time being I can't film in the park for now because of the new rules. God bless you my friend.
Thanks for posting this excellent video.
Your very welcome my friend.
My grandma lived in a house much like those you had pictures of......lots of memories....!
Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you.
Enjoyed this video when was younger enjoyed getting out in the woods and walking looking at old things
Awesome my friend. I understand. God bless.
Times change, people move. Amazing to see how nature can easily erase our past given only a few decades. Thanks for sharing Donnie.
It doesn't take long my friend. Your very welcome.
Thanks for researching and videoing old History like this. Very interesting and see the work that these settlers did building homes and surviving. Maybe bring along the Metal Detector around some of these old homesites. Thanks Again
Awesome history I enjoyed it very much.Thank you for sharing.God bless you all.
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
Great video Donnie. Always interesting in what people can find when they take to the time. Thank you for keeping this history alive.
So true my friend. Thank you. Your very welcome.
Rewatching for you Donnie. Get well soon my friend.
Thanks for taking the walk and sharing the beauty of nature along with the stories. Blessings.
Your very welcome my friend. Thank you.
A blessed Sunday to you Donnie! Love these videos and Sundays seem to be a day to enjoy them for me! Away from the crazy world we live in!
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Thank you friend. God bless you.
What a great video! I really enjoyed it. Thank you so much for taking us along on your adventures. I hope you find the stone you are looking for. Hope you are staying warm. Have a great week. God bless!
Thank you friend. It's there somewhere. Your very welcome.
Thankyou for sharing this sdventure in woods. Nice finds of ruins of homes an things. Thankyou.
Your very welcome my friend.
Reminds me of a place I lived in as a kid in deep east Texas . great video Donnie
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing. Your very welcome.
How amazing and heartbreaking at the same time! Thank you, Donnie! God bless!
Your very welcome my friend. God bless you.
Thankyou for that video Donnie!! Boy i sure would like to be able to travel back in time and see them old places like they were back in their day! And to see them good ol hill folk too!! Good and decent hard workin people !! Sometimes it really makes my heart sad to see what we have lost, and are still losin today, you and i and a few others i feel are maybe the last leggs of whats left of them old generations!! GOD Bless you Donnie , and keep up the good work😉👍
Thanks for sharing your memories and thoughts my friend. God bless you.
My cousin and I messaged each other when we read Hillbilly Elugy. We had never known anybody to call a chimney a chimley. Our dads (brothers) would talk about them. Warmed my heart to hear you say it.
Thanks for sharing this my friend with.
It's funny because around my area old homesteads will often have boxelder trees growing out of disturbed soil, the dead giveaway! Your area is fascinating to be because it's older history and culture but yet new enough to often find it. Thank you for your work God bless!
Thanks for sharing this my friend. Your very welcome.