Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- On a recent Autumn trip up the Blue Ridge Parkway, we got a glimpse into the workings of the Mabry Mill. There were Rangers telling stories and grinding corn as well as Blacksmith and weaving demonstrations. Over twenty million visitors a year head up and down the parkway and Mabry Mill is a favorite destination. This video features beautiful photographs taken by Janet.
From HappyMappy.com Perhaps the most photographed site on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Mabry Mill was a community gathering place in the early decades of the 1900s and is a gathering place for Parkway visitors today. A restored gristmill, sawmill, wood working shop, and blacksmith shop. Traditional rural skills such as basket weaving, chair caneing, spinning and weaving are demonstrated on a regular basis during the visitor season. Apple butter on weekends in October and music and dancing each Sunday afternoon during the summer and fall make Mabry Mill one of many delightful Parkway experiences. Located at Milepost 176 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Moonshine, Corn Grinding, and Blacksmiths
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I'm very happy this wonderful place has been preserved so that we, and future generations can enjoy it.
It's just awesome
Thanks much josirox!
Your site is awesome and creative as well, the photos are sooooo nice.
and I agree, bless our hearts, spoken like a true southerner!
Been there several times, and will continue going back when we can! It is an Awesome place and I think that all children need to go and see how things were done back then😁😁😁.
Thank You so very much for the great message E!
You really live the Little less conversation and a little more action Mantra!
Dan
nice video,im just off the parkway in carroll co. Va....thanks for the ride,my grandpa told me about 30 yrs. ago,that if some1 was sentenced to hard labor in prison,they beat boulders into rocks building this great 45mph road to really see some of God's beautiful work..may God bless you & yours...
thankyou so much for this video,it is my all time favorite.i,ve been to mabry mill twice now,i was there just last month.the mountain is like home to me.
Lovely! Life was so simple and beautifdul back then! It can still be beautiful, but it is not simple! 5 *
A few years back we went to Lost River Cave in Kentucky. The guide we had was awesome. Very funny and well versed. A good guide can make the difference between just another site seeing trip and a great trip into the past.
Very nice video. My Mom and Dad worked at Mabry Mill; my Mom in the restaurant and my Dad in the Mill. I enjoy going by there , because I know I'll be home in 20 minutes!
Thank You so much tjbigdog,
your comment is one of our absolute favorites. We love having and making memories with family and it sounds like you have quite a few great ones yourself. We'll leave this video up as long as UA-cam lets us, hopefully forever, so you can go back to Mabry Mill anytime you wish. We just came from seeing the Frescos over in W. Jefferson. Is that still in the Yadkin?
Thank You so much TorsoFok,
We hope you get to come over someday, Traveling is great here in the south of the USA
Wow Thanks ddocda!
We both laughed out loud on the building your own mill.
Very funny stuff,
Dan
Very cool,
we were just up there, and went to the Hotel Roanoke to see the Christmas Trees!
thanks
Dan
Thank you so much
Dan
Thanks so much our friend from across the pond!
What a nice thing to say, The editing is coming along, we'll keep working on it.
Dan
Well put EtV!
It is a great deal of fun to visit Mabry Mill, they also have awesome views all along the Parkway!
Dan
Thank You Pookie,
I didnt either and i love when we learn some bit that I can share.
and Yes the Ranger was awesome, what fun
Dan
Thanks so much archicoltore!
Thanks you so much Packtray,
Dan
Dan, that was great! Your videos are always well produced, being both entertaining and informative. Coming from England, it was because of videos like yours that I joined UA-cam in the first place, keep up the good work:)
Thanks so much Justmejules for our nice comments,
I haven't had time to check out your radio show thoroughly, but will soon,
thanks
Dan
Thanks 19panther,
That was my favorite as well,
Dan
Thank You Thalysiakeuh,
I really enjoyed your last song as well!
Thanks so much without a ship,
please share some of your travels as well!
Dan
Hey Dan I'm really glad that I ran across your videos. They are excellent in every aspect. You took me right back to when I was a kid in the late 60's traveling with my Mom & Pop. We always took the Skyline Drive & Blue Ridge Parkway when vacationing to see family in Yadkin Valley NC. Some of my fondest memories are of Mabry Mill. We have pics of our family (there were 7 kids) playing around the mill stream and pond. Thank you for posting.
This ones for CL Doc Johnson Sr. R.I.P.
Miss ya Pop.
Thank You so much kalacaw!
It is a really cool place, and they have awesome Pork Chop sandwiches in the diner attached to the gift shop! ha ha
Dan I was just thinking -- you should make a DVD of all your movies and sell it. Your getting better every movie.
Great video. I didn't know about the Turn bags. First time I had ever heard that. The ranger did a real good job too.
Thanks MR,
Your kind words are always appreciated!
Dan
Real nice video, bringing back lots of old memories. I spent all my summers growing up in Meadows of Dan, and my sister used to be a waitress in the Restaurant serving those great tasting pancakes. Once I was even "given" a bath in the sluice guiding the water to the Mill, maybe thats why I like hot showers so much.
Really nice story, Dan. Nicely shot and put together. Gives a really good sense of the place. If I didn't live so far away, I'd like to go check it out! Time for a road trip...
Awesome Idea AofD
Maybe DanTraveling Season One!
Thank you much for the nice words and thought
Dan
Excellent job.
beautiful again !
Thank You AP!
I Really like your polar bear post!
FANTASTIC video!
Thanks so much for putting it together!
*kisses*
Therese
Informative with the usual spectacular imagery. Great work!
Thank You Vatsek,
I really enjoyed your Bay video and cant remember if I commented but it was excellent
Dan
Thank You Daniel,
What a great compliment! You must let me know if you are related to the Mabry family, that would be awesome, and thank you for passing along to your mom, we try really hard to only post videos that we feel ok about passing along to our family as well,
Thanks
Dan
Thanks so much CJ,
hope the new job is going well, and you can get some time to make some more vids!
Dan
Beautiful footage! Really incredible scenes~
Great editing work as well here, *****
Thanks Hogshead,
we plan to try to get down in the NC side some more as well
Dan
Excellent video, and well-produced!
lol i like that last bit :}
Great Video, really! Very intensive
Thanks Jeff,
Our Famous Neighbor down on the Palmetto Line!
I'll send some Blue Ridge Suggestions in a bit.
Dan
Sorry, I crossed wires with another comment! I see your in the music genre, I really like your Icon! Mary Poppins in the background is cool, as well as a cow with a hat!
Thank You so much Annie C!
Do you have a label yet?
Dan
thanks for sharing !:D
Wow, thanks for saying "Professional" that means much to the editor (Me)
My guess is since your from the old country you have a different origin for wait your turn? I would love to hear it?
Thanks again
Dan
Thanks PalluxMO
Thats odd, I suppose they only play in the US, thanks for the insight. I guess that makes sense.
Thanks much Hillbillygill99
congrats on your #1 ranking!
Dan
Thanks so much Therese for the very nice comment!
Dan
Thanks for the history, I bet that prison labor built much of what we vacation on nowadays
I remember places like this... 5*
heh AofD -- nice one :)
But ya a DVD would be cool -- I would buy one.
Thanks so much CUAS!
By all means head out on the open road, we'll go dig up some serious BBQ for you to film!
Dan
hi tj, did ya'll ever go to the Dan River Queen,it was an old steam boat,that was near Maybry Mill in Meadows of Dan,Va...i've also got alotta memories from the parkway & the mill....have a blessed day...
What a nice comment, I have been working hard to do better at editing, now if I can just make myself look thinner ha ha
Nice to hear
Thanks
Dan
I come from a offspring of this family. My grandpa Mabry died a couple months back.
Looking for a copy of the last song on the video - What Else by Sullivan Sisters? You tube link still works but it’s not there. Web link doesn’t work anymore. Great video of Mabry - cudos
you're very welcome,there has been a joke about the parkway around here as long as i know of...,did you know the parkway was disappearing,(cause when people go up there,they get a piece)lol...have a blessed day...
samuel balsley elizabeth,s husband was a blacksmith on the mountain.he probably worked at the mabry mill.
i have a special attachment to the mountain,my family history is on the mountain.they have records of every family that lived up on the mountain as we call it.if you need help researching your families i will be glad to help.the docents have the records and will copy them if the records aren,t too lengthy.aunt orleana puckett delivered my ancestors children.elizabeth jane page&samuel balsley lived on the mountain and are buried there.
Thank You so much SmokyLover!
We have a surprise for you , check out our latest video!
ok, ok, i'll work on it. but sometimes the ken burns effect makes the photo look almost like video.
What is the name of the song played in the beginning? I looked on the artists' website and UA-cam channel, but I could not find it.