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.
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 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.
@@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
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.
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
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!
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
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.
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. 🤤🤗
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.
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.
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.
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...
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!
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.
In response to arrogant comments by those in the NE of the US, I often point out how much of a head start the now big, prosperous, and long established cities are relative to the South and West. This list is yet another good indication of just how far ahead those North East cities are. It is hardly a bragging point to say you are winning the race when you competitor only first started to run when you were 3/4 of the way around the track. Especially if you tripped them and took their shoes as soon as they began to run. A good example of a factor that tends to keep it an unfair race is to look at which direction the rent dollars are headed and the volume. Wanna know what is the main thing wrong with Mississippi's economy? Just look at who is collecting rent in MS and who gets most of the benefit out of MS agricultural production, look at who grows the crop and who gets most of the profit from that crop by the time it is in the end consumer's hand.
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.
@@Calvin-x9u 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.
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.
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.
the Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Connecticut Ferry has been operating significantly longer than than the Vermont ferry, it has been continuously running since 1655
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.
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!!
Grew up in Wenonah & Richwood with 3/4 of my family-line being Gloucester Co. Specifically, Barnsboro, Glassboro, Pitman, Clayton, Barnsboro, Richwood.
@@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.
Fun fact: Du Pont is single handedly mostly responsible for Delaware and Maryland’s cancer rates being higher than normal according to every Marylander
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.
15:32 ish bad research .. Oldest continually operating business in KY is the Valley View ferry... The ferry was founded in 1780, predating Kentucky's admission to the Union in 1792. It is widely regarded as the commonwealth's oldest continually operating business. -- wikipedia
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.
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....
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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 😂
@@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.
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.
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!
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.
I live in Virginia and had heard of Shirley plantation but had forgotten that that was probably why. Of course like all plantations it was powered by slavery
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.
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! ♾☮
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.
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.
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.
I have ate at the Golden Lamb many times, live a minute away from it, and have had friends work there, yes it is quite historic and haunted, you should really come check it out, definitely a cool stop. Lebanon, Ohio also my geometry teacher's like x5 great uncle was kind of a general that killed a bunch of Native Americans and his stage coach was at the Golden Lamb.
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
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.
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 :)
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Correction on Kentucky’s oldest business: You have Jim Beam, which is listed as founded in 1795. In the same county, Nelson County, Ky., is the Talbott Tavern, a restaurant and bar founded in 1779. It’s in the same building as it began in, though there has been some rebuilding after two fires. The Talbott Tavern is possibly the oldest public building still in its original use west of the 13 original colonies.
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.
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).
***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.
3:40 wait a minute. Molly Butlers is Known as one of the longest contiguous running businesses west of the Mississippi. It is in Greer AZ. I've been there, a few times. It's off what Was known as the dead end Hwy.
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.
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.
*Did you know about any of these companies before?*
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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.
can you make a video how each state capital got their names
@@parkernash3420 no he can't loslllllollloll
I walked by El Farol every day as a child in New Mexico.
And most Americans have heard of Jim Bean liquor.
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.
That sounds super cool! Especially the passage
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if your a christian you need to repent of your sins PLZ
Very haunted too 👻
I was there in 1983.
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.
It's not the same company
@@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.
District of Columbia: Old Ebbitt Grill (restaurant) - 1856
Puerto Rico: Mercado de las Carnes (meat market) - 1826
Thanks, we are always ignored even while being bigger than some states
@@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
@ArchibaldMeatpants Not yet.
That was one of the best meals I ever ate at there!!!
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!
Not sure why we should be excluding Harvard University, though, which is several years older.
I used to work for Plymouth Rubber Company in Canton. It was once Paul Revere's foundry.
Some of these names sound like those emails you create at 11 and regret the name for the rest of your life.
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.
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
@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 I did not know about the about the concert, thank you for teaching me something new.
if your a christian you need to repent of your sins PLZ
@@petros8478you sound schizophrenic
"Do you like Wyoming?"
"I don't know, I've never wyomed."
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!
@ArchibaldMeatpants …Clark’s is just before. Most everything is marked way down. Savings you can’t ignore…
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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
It's NOT Christmas here without the BC Clark Jingle. That is exactly what puts me in the Christmas Spirit. ❤🌲
@@ganapatikamesh…at Oklahoma’s oldest jeweler, since 1892, so give the gift you know won’t fail…
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.
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. 🤤🤗
Hole Foods. I guess they only sell Swiss Cheese there 🤔
@@itzamiaDon't forget donuts
@@justsomeguy5470 Ah yes, I knew I was forgetting another major player in the holy game 🤣
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.
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.
Too bad he has Ohio's oldest business wrong. Chillicothe Gazette, founded November 9, 1793
Is it still in full operation? He said it had to still be an active business to count.
He’s wrong about Missouri. It’s Starks Brothers Nursery in Louisiana Missouri. It was founded in 1812
The Golden Lamb is a hotel/restaurant and not just a bar
@@Vanilla0729Probably because that wasn't originally the name. Videos like this are interesting, but one should never believe them to be accurate.
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.
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...
I believe that's the company that had a sugar plant in Savannah, where an explosion destroyed the place, since rebuilt.
Lake Jackson tx? If so small world I grew up around that area.
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!
It’s in west Kingston Richmond border, the town is more of a neighborhood area
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.
In response to arrogant comments by those in the NE of the US, I often point out how much of a head start the now big, prosperous, and long established cities are relative to the South and West. This list is yet another good indication of just how far ahead those North East cities are. It is hardly a bragging point to say you are winning the race when you competitor only first started to run when you were 3/4 of the way around the track. Especially if you tripped them and took their shoes as soon as they began to run. A good example of a factor that tends to keep it an unfair race is to look at which direction the rent dollars are headed and the volume. Wanna know what is the main thing wrong with Mississippi's economy? Just look at who is collecting rent in MS and who gets most of the benefit out of MS agricultural production, look at who grows the crop and who gets most of the profit from that crop by the time it is in the end consumer's hand.
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.
1836 East Troy House is older than the brewery listed for wisconsin
@@Calvin-x9u 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.
Also in Montana it Shows 1990 but he says 1890
McCrady's Tavern in Charleston, South Carolina is permanently closed
Also, spoonerism at 5:53 where he calls it the 'Bay of Hale"
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.
Kentucky has a ferry, Valley View Ferry, that’s older than Jim Beam. Open since 1785.
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.
5:52 ayo did I just hear him say "bay of hale" instead of "bale of hay"? LOL
the Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Connecticut Ferry has been operating significantly longer than than the Vermont ferry, it has been continuously running since 1655
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Hill%E2%80%93Glastonbury_Ferry
wikipedia article for reference
Thanks!
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.
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!!
That's probably why it was able to survive. Less disruption, less competition, they could just keep on keeping on.
Grew up in Wenonah & Richwood with 3/4 of my family-line being Gloucester Co. Specifically, Barnsboro, Glassboro, Pitman, Clayton, Barnsboro, Richwood.
i like 5 minutes from it and had whiplash when that came up
My guess is at one time it supported wealthy elites retreating from Philadelphia.
@@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.
Fun fact: Du Pont is single handedly mostly responsible for Delaware and Maryland’s cancer rates being higher than normal according to every Marylander
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.
15:32 ish bad research .. Oldest continually operating business in KY is the Valley View ferry... The ferry was founded in 1780, predating Kentucky's admission to the Union in 1792. It is widely regarded as the commonwealth's oldest continually operating business. -- wikipedia
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.
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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....
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.
wow... amazing! and i like the timestamped links.. very handy. So so interesting. thank you!!
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.
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.
@@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.
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 😂
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.
That's apparently the only "fun fact" anyone ever wants to mention about Astoria. As a Oregonian I do find it kinda sad.
@@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.
Correction, the oldest Distillery in Kentucky is not Jim Beam, 1795. Buffalo Trace was founded in 1792.
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.
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
"So they named it Bay of Hale" 5:54 Sorry. Great video, just made me laugh 😆
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!
Very cool work - thank you! I live right down the street from California's oldest and I had no idea!
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.
I live in Virginia and had heard of Shirley plantation but had forgotten that that was probably why. Of course like all plantations it was powered by slavery
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.
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!
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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.
I was there in 83.
The Greenbrier Resort and Golf Course are a fantastic trip. Its not cheap, but well worth it.
Saunderskill Farms, ey? I need to stop by there some time.
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.
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.
I have ate at the Golden Lamb many times, live a minute away from it, and have had friends work there, yes it is quite historic and haunted, you should really come check it out, definitely a cool stop. Lebanon, Ohio
also my geometry teacher's like x5 great uncle was kind of a general that killed a bunch of Native Americans and his stage coach was at the Golden Lamb.
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
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.
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 :)
Happy to see O'Malleys made it in here, really cool olace to visit!
Boudin Bakery was established in SF in 1849...their sourdough starter has been alive since 1849
Another General Knowledge video 👀
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.
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.
The old Salem tavern is now closed
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.
Most salesssss are after Christmas, but Clark’s is just before…
Got such a love/hate relationship with that song 😅
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.
@@greatstationsyt Most everything is marked way down, savings you can't ignore~
I live in Weston. O'Malley's is also the oldest brewery west of the Mississippi. Fun video! :)
Me too!
And moving on to Colorado, Colorado doesn't have an oldest business because Colorado hasn't opened its first business yet...
Great idea, fascinating, thanks!
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!
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.
3:30 fun fact: Prescott, Arizona is pronounced like “press-skit” - but disappointingly, Scottsdale, Arizona is not pronounced skitts-dale
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Correct
It is now.
The Maryland Gazette has been going since 1727 so not sure about that 1750 thing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"Imperial sugar" is the most old timey company name ever.
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.
Same with the Alaska one: 1867 vs 1873
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.
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.
7:50 “meaning they chopped down trees…”
They also skipped and jumped, and liked to press wildflowers? 😅
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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.
That’s neat to see my state(Maine) make it into the top 5 for once
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.
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
@@ThunderHorseWxSome sales are after Christmas. But Clark's is before.
Correction on Kentucky’s oldest business: You have Jim Beam, which is listed as founded in 1795. In the same county, Nelson County, Ky., is the Talbott Tavern, a restaurant and bar founded in 1779. It’s in the same building as it began in, though there has been some rebuilding after two fires. The Talbott Tavern is possibly the oldest public building still in its original use west of the 13 original colonies.
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.
Nope. One block of Montezuma Street, opposite the courthouse square.
Atkinson Milling Company was established in 1757 in N.C.
Jim Beam in Kentucky.
That reminds me, I need to pickup some Knob Creek for the Georgia game Saturday.
Go Big Blue!
The South Dakota one isn’t right the buffalo bodega bar in Deadwood was open a decade plus before Look’s opened
my family's business in Indiana is pretty old as well. Maurice Vieck & Sons had been a thriving company since 1863.
Hoosier here as well...what town is your family's business?
Vincennes Knox County
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
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).
***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.
1. was Alaska, not Colorado.
3:40 wait a minute. Molly Butlers is Known as one of the longest contiguous running businesses west of the Mississippi. It is in Greer AZ. I've been there, a few times. It's off what Was known as the dead end Hwy.
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.
Proofreading your typed information would help immensely. I didn’t even get 30 seconds into the video before the first issue.
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.
This is really cool
Hang on, my kittens are scratching at the bathtub and they'll upset by the lack of biscuits.
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.
Was hoping for a win but 2nd place ain't bad , cool vid
Oldest business in Kentucky ain't Jim beam it is old talbott tavern
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.
My hometown made it as the oldest establishment still in existence in Arizona! Prescott AZ!! Love the Palace!
In Illinois, Galena Gazette Publications was founded in 1834.
another great video! please keep them coming.
just so ya know - Sioux is pronounced like the English name Sue.
Sadly, Salem Tavern has been closed since just before the Pandemic. They are looking for a new buyer to come in and re-open.
Charles II was not king in 1632.
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