What Is Each U.S. State's OLDEST Company?

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  • Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
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    ▶ In this video I talk about the oldest companies in each State of the United States of America. It's important to note that these aren't the oldest companies to be established in each of them; there might be older ones. These refer to the ones existing today that were established the longest time ago, and therefore have the longest periods of continuous existence. In addition, they also aren't the 50 oldest companies in the country, as in this case multiple companies and businesses per state would be present on the list, with the majority concentrated on the earlier settled East Coast. These are simply the oldest company in each specific state.
    ▶ TIMESTAMPS:
    00:00 Intro
    00:59 Oklahoma (1892)
    01:39 Minnesota (1886)
    02:23 South Dakota (1883)
    03:06 Arizona (1877)
    03:45 North Dakota (1873)
    04:28 Alaska (1867)
    05:10 Idaho (1865)
    05:27 Montana (1863)
    06:01 Wyoming (1862)
    06:23 Nebraska (1857)
    05:53 Colorado (1857)
    07:36 Washington (1855)
    08:02 Kansas (1855)
    08:19 Nevada (1853)
    08:50 Iowa (1852)
    09:09 Florida (1851)
    09:26 Utah (1850)
    09:54 Oregon (1849)
    10:16 Hawaii (1849)
    10:41 California (1849)
    11:05 Wisconsin (1845)
    11:19 Texas (1843)
    11:38 Tennessee (1842)
    11:53 Missouri (1842)
    12:13 Illinois (1837)
    12:33 Indiana (1836)
    12:42 Alabama (1836)
    12:56 New Mexico (1835)
    13:12 Michigan (1828)
    13:38 Arkansas (1820)
    14:09 Ohio (1803)
    14:33 Delaware (1802)
    15:04 Vermont (1799)
    15:21 Kentucky (1795)
    15:42 Mississippi (1789)
    16:02 North Carolina (1784)
    16:23 West Virginia (1778)
    16:39 South Carolina (1778)
    17:02 Louisiana (1772)
    17:22 Georgia (1753)
    17:35 Maryland (1750)
    18:01 Pennsylvania (1732)
    18:12 New Jersey (1720)
    18:21 Rhode Island (1696)
    18:47 New York (1680)
    19:05 Maine (1667)
    19.30 Massachusetts (1642)
    19:49 Connecticut (1639)
    20:07 New Hampshire (1632)
    20:22 Virginia (1613)
    20:45 Summary
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 705

  • @General.Knowledge
    @General.Knowledge  9 місяців тому +78

    *Did you know about any of these companies before?*

    • @ArandomChannelVo2
      @ArandomChannelVo2 9 місяців тому +1

      no looool lolol very funny loloLOAOALAOAOALAAOAOA

    • @Scootermagoo
      @Scootermagoo 9 місяців тому +4

      You could have some fun and do a vid on the oldest governments/cities in the americas *Coughs santa fe nm coughs* might be fun to see it.

    • @parkernash3420
      @parkernash3420 9 місяців тому

      can you make a video how each state capital got their names

    • @ArandomChannelVo2
      @ArandomChannelVo2 9 місяців тому

      @@parkernash3420 no he can't loslllllollloll

    • @johnnyearp52
      @johnnyearp52 9 місяців тому +1

      I walked by El Farol every day as a child in New Mexico.
      And most Americans have heard of Jim Bean liquor.

  • @FieldMarshallWeeb
    @FieldMarshallWeeb 9 місяців тому +429

    Wisconsin's a Brewery, what a surprise.

    • @General.Knowledge
      @General.Knowledge  9 місяців тому +56

      Are there a lot of breweries in Wisconsin?

    • @machjiffy4710
      @machjiffy4710 9 місяців тому +71

      @@General.Knowledge Yeah the state of Wisconsin is known for their breweries and beers.

    • @MapandCo.236
      @MapandCo.236 9 місяців тому +65

      @@General.KnowledgeI think Wisconsin on average is the most drunk state

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 9 місяців тому +35

      ​@General.Knowledge The professional baseball team in Milwaukee is known as the brewers.

    • @FieldMarshallWeeb
      @FieldMarshallWeeb 9 місяців тому +37

      @@General.Knowledge of the top 10 drunkest cities in America, 5, including the first 3, are in Wisconsin.
      Many Brewers started in Wisconsin, as the state was heavily defined by massive immigration from Germany, to the point of providing 50% of its population's heritage.

  • @machjiffy4710
    @machjiffy4710 9 місяців тому +145

    I've been to the Pirate's House tavern when I lived in Georgia. It's amazing how well intact it was you could just feel the aged ambience when inside. Not only is it a popular southern comfort restaurant but it also has gift shops and a rich history of being a famous naval port being right near the Savannah River.
    They even still have the underground passage that pirates would sneak through at night to capture drunken sailors to either convert them to piracy or sell back for a ransom. It looked pretty creepy. I wish they would've let us go through it but it was blocked off likely for safety reasons lol.

  • @scottnelson8037
    @scottnelson8037 9 місяців тому +42

    Not sure what the criteria for this list was, but I'm from New Orleans and Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop is actually a bar in the French Quarter. It may have been open for some sort of business since 1772, but it is not owned by a Lafitte and it is certainly not a blacksmith shop.
    On a side note, that is where I ended up watching the Saints win the Superbowl simply because we were tired of trying to find a better place and it turned out to be perfect, because I couldn't have sat down for the game anyway, so it will always have a special place in my heart.

    • @charleswillams9501
      @charleswillams9501 9 місяців тому

      It's not the same company

    • @scottnelson8037
      @scottnelson8037 9 місяців тому +6

      @@charleswillams9501 Thank you so much for clearing that up - now I know why the bartender looked at me funny when I asked if they would reshoe my horse.

  • @sordman2
    @sordman2 9 місяців тому +74

    District of Columbia: Old Ebbitt Grill (restaurant) - 1856
    Puerto Rico: Mercado de las Carnes (meat market) - 1826

    • @peoplesrepublicofliberland5606
      @peoplesrepublicofliberland5606 9 місяців тому +1

      Thanks, we are always ignored even while being bigger than some states

    • @idk2times
      @idk2times 9 місяців тому +3

      @@peoplesrepublicofliberland5606 Im not trying to argue, but to be fair the video is called oldest company in the US's States, but I do understand a lot of people do forget territories of the US, and I'm pretty sure some people don't even realize we own Puerto Rico, and more.Anyways, I'm guessing you're from Puerto Rico, and even though I've never been there, from what Ive seen it looks absolutely gorgeous! P.S. Im sorry for writing so much lmao

    • @tomjones1267
      @tomjones1267 8 місяців тому +1

      @ArchibaldMeatpants Not yet.

    • @Sladesccr
      @Sladesccr 4 місяці тому

      That was one of the best meals I ever ate at there!!!

  • @bmjv77
    @bmjv77 9 місяців тому +26

    I work in Andover, MA, and have driven past Barker's Farm many times. Had no clue how old it was. Thanks for the info!

    • @TJStellmach
      @TJStellmach 8 місяців тому +5

      Not sure why we should be excluding Harvard University, though, which is several years older.

    • @tenofivelips
      @tenofivelips 8 місяців тому +1

      I used to work for Plymouth Rubber Company in Canton. It was once Paul Revere's foundry.

  • @swordkirbyfilms7747
    @swordkirbyfilms7747 9 місяців тому +88

    Fun fact, in the 2000s there was a plan to have a steam locomotive regularly haul a train from Washington DC to Greenbrier. The train was going to be called the Greenbrier Presidential Express and the locomotive planned to pull the train was Chesapeake and Ohio 614. However, due to weight restrictions and capacity concerns on the short line railroad they would have to travel on, the plan fell through. It’s said since they already had the whole train painted in dark green, white, and gold as a reference to the Greenbrier Sporting Club’s logo. It would have been amazing if that plan came to fruition.

    • @loganbaileysfunwithtrains606
      @loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 9 місяців тому +5

      Yes, purchased by Greenbrier owner Jim Justice the now current Governor of West Virginia, I believe it was purchased after the ACE 3000 program that took place in the 1980s to test the viability of a modern (for 1980s) steam locomotive to combat oil prices. There was a time on the Chesapeake and Ohio mainline in the mid 1980s where you could catch a steam locomotive running revenue coal trains a wild thought today.
      Further note on the Greenbrier, for several years they hosted a concert series that went along with the Greenbrier Classic golf series. Almost all tickets were free except for the VIP area, to get a free ticket you had to either work or know someone who worked for Justice’s coal company as either a miner or a suit. Some big name bands played the show through the years. I only ever had the privilege to attend 1 event. Unfortunately the concert series is no longer part of the golf series and it’s something many people miss

    • @swordkirbyfilms7747
      @swordkirbyfilms7747 9 місяців тому +1

      @@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 I did not know about the about the concert, thank you for teaching me something new.

    • @petros8478
      @petros8478 8 місяців тому +1

      if your a christian you need to repent of your sins PLZ

    • @backwoodsbumpkin7209
      @backwoodsbumpkin7209 4 місяці тому

      @@petros8478you sound schizophrenic

  • @frankwalker5921
    @frankwalker5921 9 місяців тому +16

    Some of these names sound like those emails you create at 11 and regret the name for the rest of your life.

  • @dannymac6368
    @dannymac6368 9 місяців тому +38

    I used to work at Tuttle’s. Pretty cool place, oldest continuously operated family farm in the US back then. My family would always get fresh corn and other veggies every summer, wayyy better than Hole Foods. 🤤🤗

    • @itzamia
      @itzamia 9 місяців тому +2

      Hole Foods. I guess they only sell Swiss Cheese there 🤔

    • @justsomeguy5470
      @justsomeguy5470 9 місяців тому +4

      ​@@itzamiaDon't forget donuts

    • @itzamia
      @itzamia 9 місяців тому

      @@justsomeguy5470 Ah yes, I knew I was forgetting another major player in the holy game 🤣

  • @ganapatikamesh
    @ganapatikamesh 9 місяців тому +30

    I'm from Oklahoma and the BC Clark's Anniversary Sale jingle starts playing on Thanksgiving and has become associated with the holiday season. Anyone who has lived here long enough usually knows it since it gets played on the radio, tv, etc. I remember as a kid there was some commercials that celebrated this by BC Clark's where instead of just playing the traditional ad, they'd go out to shopping malls and ask guests to sing the song as best they could. Even Megan Mullally who played Karen on the NBC TV show Will & Grace sang it on one of the late night shows (Megan is from Oklahoma City). I have friends who lived here for a time but have since moved back to their home states or countries and have said they've looked up the UA-cam video of the ad whenever they felt nostalgic for it. I didn't realize anyone could feel nostalgic for an ad jingle! Do I know the jingle? Oh yeah, I can definitely sing it word for word....but I was born in Oklahoma and have lived here most of my life thus far!
    Great video covering each of these! I learned a lot about a subject matter I didn't even know I wanted to learn more about! Thanks for making the video! Awesome job!

    • @ganapatikamesh
      @ganapatikamesh 8 місяців тому +2

      @ArchibaldMeatpants …Clark’s is just before. Most everything is marked way down. Savings you can’t ignore…
      🙂

    • @astormtrooperbilges8181
      @astormtrooperbilges8181 8 місяців тому +2

      BC Clark Anniversary sale!!! havent lived in oklahoma in 10 years but still know some of if not most of the lyrics to this song! It reminds me of oklahoma so much

    • @vanessahinds8320
      @vanessahinds8320 8 місяців тому +2

      It's NOT Christmas here without the BC Clark Jingle. That is exactly what puts me in the Christmas Spirit. ❤🌲

    • @TheSublimePotter
      @TheSublimePotter 8 місяців тому +2

      @@ganapatikamesh…at Oklahoma’s oldest jeweler, since 1892, so give the gift you know won’t fail…

    • @kfl611
      @kfl611 5 місяців тому +2

      My mom who is 91 and mentally sharper than I am, mentioned coke cola was 5 cents, and I even remember the little green bottles for sale, but she sang the coke jingle, from the 1930's - 1940's. I was surprised she remembered it, and that was before TV. She would have only heard the jingle on the radio and perhaps news reels at the movie theatre.

  • @faenethlorhalien
    @faenethlorhalien 9 місяців тому +15

    "Do you like Wyoming?"
    "I don't know, I've never wyomed."

  • @darreljones8645
    @darreljones8645 9 місяців тому +34

    Eleven states on this list have no company older than the state's admission to the union (Vermont, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri). Ohio is a borderline case, as the bar which is its oldest company was founded the same year as its admission (1803). It would have to have been founded before March 1st to be older than the state.

    • @Vanilla0729
      @Vanilla0729 9 місяців тому +5

      Too bad he has Ohio's oldest business wrong. Chillicothe Gazette, founded November 9, 1793

    • @stripeshirt7292
      @stripeshirt7292 8 місяців тому +1

      Is it still in full operation? He said it had to still be an active business to count.

    • @jeffslote9671
      @jeffslote9671 8 місяців тому +6

      He’s wrong about Missouri. It’s Starks Brothers Nursery in Louisiana Missouri. It was founded in 1812

    • @woxyroxme
      @woxyroxme 8 місяців тому +1

      The Golden Lamb is a hotel/restaurant and not just a bar

    • @RexFuturi
      @RexFuturi 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@@Vanilla0729Probably because that wasn't originally the name. Videos like this are interesting, but one should never believe them to be accurate.

  • @spencerblais2539
    @spencerblais2539 8 місяців тому +5

    Local Rhode Islander here! I had no idea my tiny home state's oldest business was a grist mill, much less knowing about such a village's existence. Thanks for the tip!

    • @antonio7334
      @antonio7334 8 місяців тому

      It’s in west Kingston Richmond border, the town is more of a neighborhood area

  • @jpmnky
    @jpmnky 9 місяців тому +8

    Kentucky has a ferry, Valley View Ferry, that’s older than Jim Beam. Open since 1785.

  • @pokebass1
    @pokebass1 8 місяців тому +3

    Fun fact about BC Clark, here in Oklahoma, it's not Christmas time until you've heard they're jingle. My girlfriend's aunt manages one of their stores, and her ring tone on her phone is the BC Clark jingle.

  • @lestermarshall6501
    @lestermarshall6501 8 місяців тому +19

    Being a native Texan I was aware of Imperial Sugar. It was the brand my mother used. I grew up in Brazoria County south of Sugar Land so that may have also influenced my knowledge about it. I know that they have moved their production plants to Georgia and Louisiana now too. They produce pure cane sugar.

    • @CatarineausArmory
      @CatarineausArmory 8 місяців тому +3

      They used to give tours of the plant back in the 70's. It was interesting to see front end loaders loading sugar cane into washers and the processing from there...

    • @soco13466
      @soco13466 5 місяців тому

      I believe that's the company that had a sugar plant in Savannah, where an explosion destroyed the place, since rebuilt.

    • @Captainkirk88410
      @Captainkirk88410 5 місяців тому

      Lake Jackson tx? If so small world I grew up around that area.

  • @Minuteman_Medic
    @Minuteman_Medic 9 місяців тому +12

    I actually used to work on the property of the Field View farm in Orange, CT. I didn't work for the farm, my boss just rented out part of a lot they had and I spent my weekends splitting wood there in high school. They've got absolutely fantastic ice cream for sale there. Had no idea until this video that it was one of the oldest businesses in the US.

  • @MonsieurDean
    @MonsieurDean 9 місяців тому +6

    Saunderskill Farms, ey? I need to stop by there some time.

  • @julscatten2640
    @julscatten2640 9 місяців тому +42

    I’m shocked that the NJ business is one in South Jersey. Even today, it’s considerably more rural and less dense than North Jersey, and Sewell must have been veritable farmland in the 1720’s. So interesting!!

    • @westrim
      @westrim 9 місяців тому +16

      That's probably why it was able to survive. Less disruption, less competition, they could just keep on keeping on.

    • @1776SOL
      @1776SOL 9 місяців тому +5

      Grew up in Wenonah & Richwood with 3/4 of my family-line being Gloucester Co. Specifically, Barnsboro, Glassboro, Pitman, Clayton, Barnsboro, Richwood.

    • @devanzane
      @devanzane 9 місяців тому +5

      i like 5 minutes from it and had whiplash when that came up

    • @filanfyretracker
      @filanfyretracker 8 місяців тому +6

      My guess is at one time it supported wealthy elites retreating from Philadelphia.

    • @1776SOL
      @1776SOL 8 місяців тому +5

      @@filanfyretracker Located atop a hill at a 5pts intersection of horse roads, it was established as a typical 18th century American tavern & travelers overnight lodging. Not a hotel with separate rooms, but at least 2 beds in common sleeping quarters. Also in centuries past, it was common that practice to sell 2-3 people per bed. Yep travelers related or unrelated, often slept in the same bed.

  • @nicks3935
    @nicks3935 8 місяців тому +3

    Just a little more info on The Greenbrier in WV there is also a bunker on site that was a cold war era fallout shelter for the U.S. Congress that has been declassified and is now open to the public and has tours. Also to Fallout fans it's in Fallout 76 as the Whitespring resort this name is interesting due to the fact that The Greenbrier is a resort built to host tourists of the white sulphur springs.

  • @blocky_pig
    @blocky_pig 9 місяців тому +4

    5:52 ayo did I just hear him say "bay of hale" instead of "bale of hay"? LOL

  • @paintray98
    @paintray98 9 місяців тому +12

    the Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Connecticut Ferry has been operating significantly longer than than the Vermont ferry, it has been continuously running since 1655

    • @paintray98
      @paintray98 9 місяців тому +1

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Hill%E2%80%93Glastonbury_Ferry
      wikipedia article for reference

    • @General.Knowledge
      @General.Knowledge  9 місяців тому +3

      Thanks!

    • @AndrewPang-if3wu
      @AndrewPang-if3wu 9 місяців тому +3

      True, but as it is a publicly-operated ferry, part of the state highway system, it doesn’t affect this list. But the description of the Ticonderoga Ferry as the country’s oldest should be edited out.

  • @billyboymartin
    @billyboymartin 9 місяців тому +47

    Mistakes in this video:
    Oldest company in Kentucky isn't Jim Bean, it's a tavern called Old Talbot Tavern in Beardstown from 1779. Still in operation.
    In Missouri it's Stark Brothers Nursery and Orchards founded in 1812 in Louisiana (the name of the town), Missouri.
    Lakeside Mills is the oldest continuous company in North Carolina, predating the tavern in Old Salem by almost 50 years.
    A.W. Van Winkle and Company in New Jersey dates from 1692, 28 years before Barnsboro Inn.
    General Stanton Inn is the oldest in Rhode Island from 1667.
    Also, Imperial Sugar is a subsidiary of a larger business now. It's fine if you want to count that, but if you do you have to count the other businesses that have been purchased and made subsidiaries of larger companies as well. It doesn't change much but it does change a couple things on this list.
    No, I didn't have anything better to do with my time.

    • @user-cs6xi1zr7x
      @user-cs6xi1zr7x 9 місяців тому +5

      1836 East Troy House is older than the brewery listed for wisconsin

    • @billyboymartin
      @billyboymartin 9 місяців тому

      @@user-cs6xi1zr7x and I was also able to find 8 companies in Illinois older than the one listed here(Including John Deere by the way). Oldest I found was the Galena Gazette, which we were told newspaper publications count so there's that.

    • @Cddragon4784
      @Cddragon4784 9 місяців тому

      Also in Montana it Shows 1990 but he says 1890

    • @rumcayislandcaribbean8546
      @rumcayislandcaribbean8546 9 місяців тому

      McCrady's Tavern in Charleston, South Carolina is permanently closed

    • @alberttross175
      @alberttross175 8 місяців тому +2

      Also, spoonerism at 5:53 where he calls it the 'Bay of Hale"

  • @benjaminsmart725
    @benjaminsmart725 5 місяців тому +2

    The Tuttle farm in Dover, NH was right down the street from my high school. It hasn't been in the Tuttle family for several years. It's now under the name Tendercrop which locations in Mass.

  • @iamlalapalooza
    @iamlalapalooza 8 місяців тому +1

    wow... amazing! and i like the timestamped links.. very handy. So so interesting. thank you!!

  • @Michael-G-
    @Michael-G- 9 місяців тому +16

    This is actually really interesting. Next time I go back to Prescott Arizona, I'll see if I can check out "The Palace." I had no idea it existed.
    Also as a Texan, I had no idea Imperial Sugar was our oldest company. I always see it at the grocery store and have bought it a few times but never really gave it much thought.

    • @alexj.5207
      @alexj.5207 8 місяців тому +1

      I go to college down the street from The Palace and had no idea it was the oldest. If you have watched the movie Tombstone many of the characters have actually gone there.

    • @Michael-G-
      @Michael-G- 8 місяців тому +2

      @@alexj.5207 Really? how awesome. Yavapai I presume? I took a year at Embry-Riddle so that's why I'm familiar with the city.
      Really? I've seen it, but it's been a while I don't remember, unfortunately. Maybe I'll give it a watch again. There is an episode of Star Trek I remember vividly from season 3 of TOS called "Spectre of the Gun" where they are sent to die in a re-enactment of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, good episode.

    • @mtwnz
      @mtwnz 7 місяців тому +1

      Grew up about 5 minutes from the factory, went to the Elementary school across the road from it, the high school 5 min from it and this is a surprise to me too 😂

  • @schs1977
    @schs1977 9 місяців тому +8

    The Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia had an underground bunker during the "Cold War" that was large enough tto house members of Congress, Senate and other governmental areas to continue to operate. Not sure how you do that in the aftermath of a nuclear attack.

  • @double1-80
    @double1-80 9 місяців тому +8

    Fun Fact, Astoria, the town where Oregons first company was started, is also the the town where they set and filmed the movie “The Goonies” in.

    • @TheCriminalViolin
      @TheCriminalViolin 9 місяців тому +1

      That's apparently the only "fun fact" anyone ever wants to mention about Astoria. As a Oregonian I do find it kinda sad.

    • @davidmihevc3990
      @davidmihevc3990 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@TheCriminalViolinI happen to think Astoria is a very interesting and nice city, I have spent a fair amount of time there. I couldn't care any less about Goonies.

  • @hankhillsnrrwurethra
    @hankhillsnrrwurethra 9 місяців тому

    Great idea, fascinating, thanks!

  • @bishopcorva
    @bishopcorva 8 місяців тому +5

    I vaguely knew about The Pirate's House in Savannah. I knew it was old, just not how old. Makes sense because the road it's perched on was paved with ballast stones out the bottoms of trade ships of the era. The tabby walls are another give away that it's at least nineteenth century, but hey, eighteenth century works to.
    From what i recall of it, the food was pretty good. This was also the mid eighties when i ate there so it's been a while.

    • @soco13466
      @soco13466 5 місяців тому +1

      I was there in 83.

  • @magnificus8581
    @magnificus8581 9 місяців тому +4

    Very cool work - thank you! I live right down the street from California's oldest and I had no idea!

  • @patriciacrumrine5890
    @patriciacrumrine5890 9 місяців тому +4

    Not sure how you calculated the oldest business, but there has been a hotel on the corner of the Santa Fe Plaza called Lafonda since 1607

  • @SMichaelDeHart
    @SMichaelDeHart 8 місяців тому +2

    The Greenbrier Resort and Golf Course are a fantastic trip. Its not cheap, but well worth it.

  • @buggeroffiam
    @buggeroffiam 8 місяців тому +2

    Good video. I live near Kings Tavern in Mississippi and I wish someone would buy it and open it back up. The building is hella haunted though. Good luck!

  • @dandeehart9553
    @dandeehart9553 9 місяців тому +3

    I’ve had several great times @ ‘’The Bale of Hay’’ & in Virginia City MT, being a 5th generation Montanan, Mad county Ruby Valley girl myself, I would’ve thought it’d been - The Pioneer, lots of amazing history in the lil tourist ‘’ghost town’’. The Bale of Hay, is or was referenced when opened in the summer as just ‘’The Bale’’.
    Very cool video! I definitely subbed!
    ♾☮

  • @bigcat618
    @bigcat618 4 місяці тому

    This was very nicely made. I'm from Chicago and I bought my first "business" wristwatch from CD Peacock, a Cartier tank. I'll always remember the salesman telling me, "I'll get you a fresh one." when I decided to buy the watch.

  • @loonthroughtheether271
    @loonthroughtheether271 8 місяців тому +2

    I remember driving by the farm in Connecticut all the time growing up and also buying milk there. Watching the city grow around it over the years. It's always amazing to me that it's still there and I'm glad that it is although it looks out of place now.

  • @montecorbit8280
    @montecorbit8280 8 місяців тому +2

    At 16:38
    The Greenbrier, in West Virginia.
    You didn't mention that the resort was also the place where Congress would have been taken to the event of a nuclear war, from like 1950s all the way up to the late 1990s or early 2000s.
    Yes there is nuclear bunker under it that was secret, until it was exposed and then closed, it's now pretty famous for that....

  • @Mazz3D
    @Mazz3D 9 місяців тому +3

    Rhode Island's Kenyon's Grist Mill is amazing! A Rhode Island favorite food is Johnny Cakes. Kenyon's has a website which sells some of their products, including the famous Jonny Cake mix.

  • @jordanmdraws8395
    @jordanmdraws8395 8 місяців тому +1

    Granite stater here, Tuttle’s red barn was sold a number of years ago. It is still a farm and produce store, but is now a more generic upscale grocery store :/ The Tuttles are still in town though! I went to school with one of them :)

  • @kiyote437
    @kiyote437 9 місяців тому +7

    I don't think Minnesota is correct, as General Mills was founded as the Minneapolis Milling Company in 1856. I am not sure if there are even older companies based in the state.

  • @enochbooher6509
    @enochbooher6509 8 місяців тому +3

    The order that the map gets filled in is a great example of trends in US expansion that most people don't know. Settlers moved past the midwest region and the rockies in favor of the western coast, leaving the vast expanses of the midwest to be the final frontier.

  • @johnhemphill1938
    @johnhemphill1938 9 місяців тому

    This is really cool

  • @Katy-sk9vq
    @Katy-sk9vq 9 місяців тому +4

    The BC Clark Christmas/Holiday jingle is almost like how you know that it is the season.
    The Alaska Commercial store are so fun. They exist in rural Alaska.

    • @nickbenton4881
      @nickbenton4881 9 місяців тому +2

      Most salesssss are after Christmas, but Clark’s is just before…
      Got such a love/hate relationship with that song 😅

    • @kathyperantie5160
      @kathyperantie5160 9 місяців тому +2

      We used to sing it at camp outs and hayrides. I’m 50 and haven’t lived in ok in 26 years but can still sing it word for word.

    • @captain_misaki
      @captain_misaki 9 місяців тому

      @@nickbenton4881 Most everything is marked way down, savings you can't ignore~

  • @rosebrown5156
    @rosebrown5156 8 місяців тому +1

    O’Malleys Pub in Weston, MO is such a blast! It’s in the cellars as you mentioned. A typical weekend would house 2-3 bands, one of which is an old Irish guy that sings shanties and tells dirty jokes. The largest room is cavernous and impressive. It’s located just outside of the Kansas City metro.

  • @murrayburke7746
    @murrayburke7746 8 місяців тому +2

    Correction: Your video animation for Texas’s Imperial Sugar incorrectly lists the founding year as 1845…it was 1843 as indicated in the Imperial Sugar logo.

  • @Idk-ys7rt
    @Idk-ys7rt 9 місяців тому +2

    Another General Knowledge video 👀

  • @1Bearsfan
    @1Bearsfan 8 місяців тому +1

    I live in Weston. O'Malley's is also the oldest brewery west of the Mississippi. Fun video! :)

  • @jordeahgrosko
    @jordeahgrosko 8 місяців тому +2

    Happy to see O'Malleys made it in here, really cool olace to visit!

  • @chrisackerley1842
    @chrisackerley1842 8 місяців тому +1

    My highest recommendation to the Palace Restaurant & Saloon in Prescott, Atizona. Great food, great people, absolutely fantastic atmosphere! This place has a very "old Arizona" feel to it.

  • @michaelmoorrees3585
    @michaelmoorrees3585 8 місяців тому +1

    I knew I saw the Rowland Co logo somewhere ! I have a small U-joint coupler in my parts stash, with that logo on it. Its small. About the size of a stick of butter. Almost certainly bought it at a now defunct surplus store, used. Their parts would mostly end up in industrial gear. Its mostly a parts distributor, but does make many parts themselves.

  • @i2rtw
    @i2rtw 8 місяців тому +1

    I have heard news snippets on the radio recently pronounce Deseret incorrectly (dropping the ‘t’ to make it end with a long a). Thank you for that.
    Fun fact: the ‘Mormon Church’ referenced is actually The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Calling the Church or it’s members Mormon is an inaccurate nickname (Moses, Lehi, Isaiah, or Agabus would have the same level of accuracy), that comes from our belief that the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ is holy scripture that supports the Bible. It is a record of God’s dealings with a people who lived in the ancient Americas. Mormon was the penultimate prophet of that people, and a historian. He made a sort of Cliff Notes version of their records. His son, Moroni, added a little then hid the record in the side of a hill in modern New York to later be retrieved and translated by the first prophet of our age, Joseph Smith.

  • @burningglory2373
    @burningglory2373 Місяць тому +1

    Hey, I've been to breitbach's diner. Great place awesome food. I kinda forgot they had a plaque with their charter and the oldest restraunt/company in Iowa.

  • @bredsheeran2897
    @bredsheeran2897 8 місяців тому +1

    That’s neat to see my state(Maine) make it into the top 5 for once

  • @Peetreesaur
    @Peetreesaur 9 місяців тому +1

    Shout out to Middleton’s! If you are ever in Annapolis, it is a must. Very classy and old school by all measures. The piano bar upstairs is lively

  • @AJwoodway
    @AJwoodway 8 місяців тому +2

    Jim Beam in Kentucky.
    That reminds me, I need to pickup some Knob Creek for the Georgia game Saturday.
    Go Big Blue!

  • @overmountainminis6724
    @overmountainminis6724 8 місяців тому +4

    Your Tennessee entry is incorrect. The St Johns Milling Company has been continuously operating in Tennessee for more than 200 years. (started and founded in 1770s Some information on the internet says the company is closed, but it is not. It still operates, it is just closed to the public and still serves B2B customers. -- Source- I am currently their bookkeeper, and groundskeeper.

    • @reamrkj1125
      @reamrkj1125 10 днів тому

      The Netherland Inn was established in 1768 for people exploring and hunting the land west of the Appalachian Mountains. It was established just before King George banned settlers moving accross the mountain. However by the time word got to the colonies the Avery Treaty had been signed and there were settlements already accross the mountains. At the Netherland Inn you could cross several bodies of water in one place giving you land access to middle Tennessee and the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky. If you were to take the river you could go all the way to New Orleans. When it was founded they thought it was part of Virginia, but after the Revolution they realized it's was in North Carolina. Then Tennessee was made a state, so it's in it's third state now. The old stage road passed close by and as a result several US Presidents stayed there. It operated as an Inn for over 100 years. Now it is a historical site that you can pay to tour. If you are in Northeast Tennessee it's worth a visit.

    • @reamrkj1125
      @reamrkj1125 10 днів тому

      BTW Austin Bell is close to Nashville, that's probably why they make the list. I think much of our fair state forgets that we are up here in the corner, even though we've been here the longest. I wonder what Bristol's entry for oldest bussiness is? I bet they have Austin Bell beat too.

  • @xXAlPlaysXx
    @xXAlPlaysXx 8 місяців тому +1

    The Old Salem Tavern in NC actually just shut down a little while ago unfortunately, there is rumour and talks of reopening it some day though, I hope they do because they had really good food there

  • @jacobcarolan1172
    @jacobcarolan1172 8 місяців тому

    I have been to o’malleys pub in Weston Missouri many times. there are 3 separate cellars connected by staircases and tunnels. All the stonework is in great shape and was very well built. The best bar I have ever been to. Weston Missouri in general is incredible.

  • @Lcngopher
    @Lcngopher 9 місяців тому

    14:43 there is actually an axalta plant where i live. It was dupont before they sold that part of the company. My favorite nascar driver has had a longtime sponsorship with dupont/axalta.

  • @jhaarbur
    @jhaarbur 8 місяців тому +2

    ***Just note-there were 3 major errors with the dates.
    1. I think it was Colorado that you said was 1867, but on screen you have 1873.
    2. In another after that, you have 1990 instead of 1890.
    3, For one after that, you said it was established in 1855 as the founder moved from the Civil War. However, the American Civil War was 1861-1865.

  • @dyrnott8334
    @dyrnott8334 9 місяців тому +2

    For Kentucky The Old Talbot Tavern in Bardstown KY has never closed since 1779 is what they say but I know there fire about 25 years ago and I think it was closed to remodeling for a year but maybe the restaurant stayed open because the second story roof had to be replaced.

  • @joshvanguard852
    @joshvanguard852 9 місяців тому

    Was hoping for a win but 2nd place ain't bad , cool vid

  • @Vaticiangovofficial1130
    @Vaticiangovofficial1130 8 місяців тому +3

    my family's business in Indiana is pretty old as well. Maurice Vieck & Sons had been a thriving company since 1863.

  • @dylanjones8858
    @dylanjones8858 8 місяців тому +2

    Minhas brewery has only been around for about 20’years under that name, they bought it from Hubert brewing which was here long over a hundred years

  • @bobbyhoehnle6259
    @bobbyhoehnle6259 8 місяців тому

    What is the music during the Florida segment? I recorded the Luxembourg army band playing that and I've been curious the name

  • @taurusthefool
    @taurusthefool 8 місяців тому

    "So they named it Bay of Hale" 5:54 Sorry. Great video, just made me laugh 😆

  • @wearebecomedeathstar2658
    @wearebecomedeathstar2658 9 місяців тому +2

    The area around The Palace is still called whiskey row. It's not a street name but rather several connected streets that have bars, restaurants, hotels, and breweries.

    • @CrankyHermit
      @CrankyHermit 8 місяців тому

      Nope. One block of Montezuma Street, opposite the courthouse square.

  • @soco13466
    @soco13466 5 місяців тому

    I've been to the Pirate's House in Savannah, GA. This was waaay back in Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Three. It was when I first visited my father's new house, on Hilton Head Island, SC.

  • @mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150
    @mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150 9 місяців тому

    Great video. Congrats

  • @yaboyblacklist2431
    @yaboyblacklist2431 9 місяців тому

    I've actually been to The Palace in Prescott, AZ. Used to visit whiskey row every weekend when i lived up there

  • @elijahweber8786
    @elijahweber8786 9 місяців тому +2

    I think everyone in Oklahoma can recite the BC Clark jingle. You even hear radio stations playing it as a song instead of an ad.

    • @ThunderHorseWx
      @ThunderHorseWx 9 місяців тому

      Jewelry is the gift to give, 'cause it's the give that'll live and live. So give the gift you know can't fail, from B.C. Clark's anniversary sale!
      Can't tell where I'm from, can you? Lol

    • @BIGBLOCK5022006
      @BIGBLOCK5022006 9 місяців тому

      ​@@ThunderHorseWxSome sales are after Christmas. But Clark's is before.

  • @bethdo97
    @bethdo97 8 місяців тому

    Proofreading your typed information would help immensely. I didn’t even get 30 seconds into the video before the first issue.

  • @mandelstamm
    @mandelstamm 8 місяців тому +1

    The Salem Tavern in Winston-Salem, NC unfortunately closed in 2019.
    However, it's now a museum as part of Old Salem.
    One cool fact....... George Washington was a patron!

  • @andrewtaylor3167
    @andrewtaylor3167 9 місяців тому +2

    Apparently, Bromberg's is only in the Birmingham, Alabama area, which was founded in 1871 (the area wasn't really all that developed prior to that either). So the company predates the area its in by 35 years (It had been founded in Mobile, then later moved).

  • @lopidy65
    @lopidy65 8 місяців тому +1

    My hometown made it as the oldest establishment still in existence in Arizona! Prescott AZ!! Love the Palace!

  • @sealgairfolusstudios7170
    @sealgairfolusstudios7170 8 місяців тому +2

    I've actually been to and eaten in The Palace in Prescott. It's pretty nice and is quite the source of pride for the citizens of Prescott.

  • @brisnwinters8161
    @brisnwinters8161 8 місяців тому +1

    It is an interesting post especially to histiry nerds like me. It would be know to know what is the oldest family business still owned by the original family. Beretta the Italian gun company which was incorporated in 1680 and follows its origins to a gunsmith named Beretta in the 1520s. At that time he recieved a contract for gun barrels for one of the Italian city states.

  • @gettingrailed
    @gettingrailed 9 місяців тому +6

    The methodology is a little suspect here. The oldest company in Minnesota is General Mills, founded in 1856.

    • @ElectricGrapes
      @ElectricGrapes 9 місяців тому +2

      Even a quick search "oldest Minnesotan company" comes up with the St. Paul Companies from 1853. Either way, saying that Minnesota was pretty much the only state to not have a business older than it's admittance into the Union was pretty insulting.

    • @viewer-of-content
      @viewer-of-content 9 місяців тому +3

      I think they also got South Dakota wrong. 2 older businesses still have their same old name and a 3rd has been operating continuously, but had it's name changed. 1876 l.g. Everest, 1878 Boyce Law Firm, 1880 Fishback Financial Corporation/First Bank&Trust

  • @johnsanko4136
    @johnsanko4136 4 місяці тому

    It is incredible that Shirley's Plantation has lasted so long. For reference, Jamestown Virginia was the oldest permanent English settlement on the continent, and it was established in 1607, just 6 years before Shirley's.

  • @deejayimm
    @deejayimm 8 місяців тому +1

    This is more interesting than I thought it would be.
    I just sort of assumed that the oldest business everywhere would be a funeral home.

  • @nlpnt
    @nlpnt 8 місяців тому

    The Ticonderoga ferry is a much shorter crossing than the Lake Champlain Transportation ferries that run further north on the lake (Charlotte, VT->Essex, NY and Grand Isle, VT->Plattsburgh, NY with unused-since-covid facilities at Burlington, VT and Port Kent, NY) which started in the 19th century.

  • @robertlear2712
    @robertlear2712 8 місяців тому

    I’ve been to O’Malley’s Pub in Weston Missouri. I had my first Irish Wiskey there.

  • @Joe___schmoe
    @Joe___schmoe 9 місяців тому +1

    Breitbach's is in Ball town, a town with the country diner, and like 5 houses. The breitbach's are pretty cool people

  • @NashEsq
    @NashEsq 5 місяців тому

    Kentucky's oldest continuously operated business is the Valley View Ferry outside of Nicholasville, it's been in operation since 1785, a decade before Jim Beam started.

  • @ronriesinger7755
    @ronriesinger7755 9 місяців тому +2

    I once worked for B.C. Clark Jewelers!

  • @spicysalad4140
    @spicysalad4140 5 місяців тому

    My brothers grew up within walking distance from Field View Farm in Orange, CT!

  • @brentchristopher7363
    @brentchristopher7363 8 місяців тому

    Hmm..never heard of that beer brewery in Wisconsin. And Lived in Wisconsin all my life. I got to check them out now.

  • @timd1833
    @timd1833 6 місяців тому

    The Daily News, formerly the Galveston County Daily News and Galveston Daily News, is a newspaper published in Galveston, Texas, United States. It was first published April 11, 1842, making it the oldest newspaper in the U.S. state of Texas.

  • @cubcadetpuller2
    @cubcadetpuller2 8 місяців тому +1

    Sidenote. Tuttle's red barn is no longer owned by the original family. Was sold several years ago now goes by the name tendercrop farm

  • @cuddyfox6973
    @cuddyfox6973 9 місяців тому +2

    In Illinois, Galena Gazette Publications was founded in 1834.

  • @Becca4.2
    @Becca4.2 4 місяці тому

    I went to King's Tavern right before it was closed during Tavern. The building is amazing and the food was exceptional. I was devastated when I found out it closed :'(

  • @bigloudnoise
    @bigloudnoise 4 місяці тому

    Iowa is very lucky to still have Breitbach's. In 2007, it burned down, but they rebuilt. Less than one year after reopening, it burned down again. Any ordinary person would have thrown in the towel after two fires in a year, but they rebuilt again, and it is still open today.

  • @phillipswain4942
    @phillipswain4942 9 місяців тому +2

    Worked for Ducommun for a couple years. Amazed to.find out they are the oldest company in California

  • @MarkDanielMiller
    @MarkDanielMiller 4 місяці тому

    another great video! please keep them coming.
    just so ya know - Sioux is pronounced like the English name Sue.

  • @icyman1331
    @icyman1331 2 місяці тому

    McCrady's tavern in South Carolina, permanently closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Honestly after watching the video I was excited to look it up, unfortunately I can't check it out!

  • @adamantiiispencespence4012
    @adamantiiispencespence4012 5 місяців тому

    We in Oklahoma seem to LOVE jingles! Everyone from jewelers to tireshops and vet clinics have them. Oklahoma Veterenary Specialists sounds like they were trying to do their own spin on Blue Bel's homemade ice cream jingle. Any non Okie who sees this, please see if you can find the jingle for Primeuax Kia.

  • @drewschilling5158
    @drewschilling5158 5 місяців тому +1

    Correction, the oldest Distillery in Kentucky is not Jim Beam, 1795. Buffalo Trace was founded in 1792.

  • @chriskeller3705
    @chriskeller3705 4 місяці тому

    i’m from sugar land, TX. They don’t grow, harvest, and process sugar here anymore but the factory still exists as a historical land mark, and I think they just have corporate HQ here now.

  • @rumcayislandcaribbean8546
    @rumcayislandcaribbean8546 9 місяців тому +2

    McCrady's Tavern in Charleston, South Carolina is permanently closed