I live in Mississippi. Most folks leave because jobs are getting less and less. Most of us want a better life for our kids. It's sad in small towns they don't stick around and make it better. Lure of big city riches and the past everyone wants to harbor on kills us. Not to mention, most politicians are padding their pocket books with what little we have. People here are very kind and God fearing for the most part. I've stayed here because I love my family. My great great grandfather was the first to settle here. I come from a line of coal miners, poor sharecroppers, and farmers. My dad walked barefoot as a child on the streets I look at now. I don't mind being poor. I wish I could make it better for my child though. They will probably move though. I'm happy here with my family in the end that's all you have.
Well, your state government hasn't done you any favors. They have no plan to improve the situation in your area, and you just keep electing the same old do nothings. There is plenty they could do to attract light manufacturing jobs. Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas are a mess. It's completely different from the rest of the country. Your schools are bottom of the heap. I'd leave too, if I lived there.
I live outside of Denver and I hate it here. Just because a place is bigger and more people certainly doesn’t make for quality of life. I’m sure Mississippi will have a resurgence of businesses coming back and the economy in the state improving.
Thank you for sharing your story. It resonates with me because I have seen many small towns almost become abandoned due to US jobs going to foreign countries and drugs. People who are on drugs don't care about small town values.
@@jrswackhammer8205 yeah, I wish all the generations after learned what their forefathers had & suffered for, and like you, appreciate what we have & their privileges since Martin Luther King. I remember back in the old days, poor people had pride, they worked hard, took low wage jobs, just to have peace & feed their families. They did NOT rob, steal, smash & grab and break laws like today. I too, had a pair of shoes & I worked until I retired, Never broke the law, just wanted to live. I bless all the decent hard workers in this country. Don’t ask what the rich can do for me but what I can do for myself.
I sadly never heard of Stonewall, MS and I’ve lived here over 50 years. The Confederate Cemetery area was lost to time but was rediscovered in 1930 when a black farmer digging the ground to plant corn discovered a bunch of buttons. That’s when they mapped out and put the headstones in place. I hope someone replaces the flags, that’s a shame.
I cannot explain how much I enjoy you going into these little towns whether run down or still up & running... I love them all. We just don't have this in our little communities in Canada... just bare bones and blah !
On a happier note, the toilet papering done by neighborhood kids was so sweet to see. It does indicate that there are some close knit people in that neighborhood, always a plus. I'm old, so I figured that tping was lost to time. Then I moved to a very conservative area of Texas. Halloween 2013ish, I ran out of candy, so I gathered up loose change to give to some older kids who were out later than the little kids, for trick or treat. I apologized to these older kids for me running out of candy, as I tossed change into their bags. Woke up the next morning to find my mailbox out front tp'ed. I smiled because I thought those older kids were so sweet and precious to surprise me like that.
I grew up in Quitman and Stonewall. My grandfather was a policeman in stonewall and my uncles still own the ambulance service in Quitman. Almost all of my family still lives in the county somewhere. It is sad to see how much my hometown has gone down.
Wow! Sobering, insightful, and tragic all at once, and as usual, very well done and presented. Grateful for a vicarious experience in towns that I would never have a chance to visit otherwise. And super chuffed to see your next video from a former coal mining town. Thank you!
Stonewall's major industry from 1868 until 2002 was the cotton mill which operated as Burlington Industries from 1962 onward. In 2002, Burlington announced that it would be closing the Stonewall plant and put 850 people out of work.
Funny.. I've always thought the same thing. I've been to cemeteries that had folks that died 100 years ago. No one today remembers them obviously. How many of us visit deceased grand parents graves or great grand parents, etc? Kind of depressing. I think this is why cremation and a marker are so popular today.
Great video joe excellent job as usual. I still love these small town videos they are my favorites. Even though I know they’re in decline and it’s shows , they still have a quiet, peaceful pace as they slowly fade into history. That was either a sawmill or even more likely a pulpwood mill that was in ruins in the first town, I know both were big there but thinking pulpwood even more so especially after seeing the type of building. Even though these places are dying they still have pride in what that is left. Clean looking and as tidy as possible. Personally I think those were really nice looking neighborhoods myself. Nothing extravagant but just nice common livable homes and yards. Thanks for the ride along and of course the stats. Safe travels my friend and keep videoing I’ll keep watching
Thanks for the tour. It's sad to see so many small towns dying, and large cities are not improving things. Hopefully, someone will care for the cemetery and its history.
There are some Lee's from Virginia on my Mothers side so wonder about my ancestry.She was born and raised in Va.Too much to try and explain.Tired old hands and phone not always cooperating. Thanks for all of your travels. Quite enjoyable. Be safe,healthy and happy Grandma H age 84🥰
Do you know if any of them are related to the Lees of Lee Hall, Virginia? The mansion near Newport News was built by Richard Decatur Lee just before the Civil War.
@ohreally8929 Sorry have no idea.My Mothers life was complicated . My Dad was a career Marine from age 18,lots of moving , not close with either side of family. Grandma H age 84😉
I always judge a place by how I feel when I’m there. I’ve felt good in Gulfport , Natchez, Oxford , Corinth , Tupelo , 🤷🏻♂️. I like Mississippi . ( NC native btw) oh.. and the Natchez trace is awesome .
I grew up in and around Natchez. I met people from all over the world there, even a few movie stars. We generally enjoy visitors and are eager to tell the town’s stories and show them around.
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I grew up in Quitman. Stonewall was originally a sawmill town. Then Burlington had a factory there that relatives worked in. I woukd ride with my aunt to pick my uncle up at shift change and a treat was to eat at the diner across and down the street. I’ve visited that confederate cemetery many times even when you had to go through the woods to get to it. Family lived and worked in Shubuta as well. Enjoyed riding with you down the streets and seeing familiar houses. You actually drove by my old family home where family still resides as well as other friend’s and family’s homes.
My cousin worked at the Stonewall Burlington Industries Cotton Mill, they made blue jean material.....then Burlington moved the operation to Mexico.....
All this is pretty depressing. Looks like the churching business and government are doing well. Probably will see more town like this in the next 25 years. Good state to start work camps in to rehabilitate the homeless who are not happy with their state in life.
Just in time for the first cup of coffee for the day. lol The 'gone to the doctor' sign is something you will see where I live! The tattered flags are so sad and depressing. It's understandable the young people are leaving to pursue jobs and a better life. Thanks.
I look forward and enjoy watching your videos, you give great information on each town you go to. I have looked up some of the properties that were on sale on Zillow and die find most of them. Keep up the fantastic work you share with us. Thanks!!!
I was reared in Jackson, Ms. My mother was from Shubuta, so we visited there to see her family during the 1960's. She said during her childhood, there were 4000+ population. I wish everyone could have seen it then and the wonderful people who lived there. Such a rich and troubled history, like much of the south for so long. Thanks for a great video!
Truly enjoyed this video because I’m from Mississippi ( Live in Houston Texas now ) but I know those little towns well because I was born and raised not far about 30 miles away in Meridian Ms. I was hoping that was your next stop!!
The factory in Stonewall was a Burlington denim factory. It took cotton bales in and produced denim cloth that was in turn sent to blue jean manufacturers. I was an engineering student at Mississippi State University and spent the summer of 1980 there as an engineering intern.
Thank you for giving the bits of history, such as the Hanging Bridge, I think in todays world we’re trying to hard to erase bad portions of our past, instead of looking at our past horrors, and striving to ensure that never happens again.
As always, an interesting (and thought-provoking) virtual tour of off-the-beaten track America. Seeing the Civil War monuments and graveyard I'm reminded of the excellent book "Confederates In The Attic" by Tony Horwitz. Looking forward to checking out the coal town next time with you.
The old factory that's now falling down, was a sewing type factory. My mom was a seamstress there when she became pregnant with me. I have family on her side that still live around there and Enterprise. I lived there as a tiny child as well. Thank you for filming here. My dad was born in Quitman, it's also where he is buried after passing. I lived in Quitman as well. My mom was from nearby Enterprise.
Anytime I see that kind of a TP rampage I imagine one of their parents, sitting at home in the bathroom going "Where the hell is all the toilet paper??"
First, thank you for keeping politics out of your videos. You are respectful of some very controversial topics and things and it’s greatly appreciated. It’s interesting seeing these towns in rural areas. I’m always amazed at how you never see any people. I think it would be nice to live somewhere like that.
Joe and Nicole, believe it or not, your travels are higher ed lectures on our country. This video alone has given us powerful insight into how small towns are beginning to go the way of the earth, the past perspective of the civil war from those in the south, and the tragic circumstances that come failing to see others as equals based on ethnicity. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.
Made me remember Camp Chase, a Confederate cemetery just below Franklinton, beside Columbus OH. The area was a Civil War Union camp before the converted it to a POW camp. There are around 2600 people buried there, most of them POWs.
Another great video, as always. Love the confederate cemetery! Driving up kind of felt like the intro to a campy zombie horror movie. Glad to see you back on the road!
The story for all dying towns is economics and transportation. My home town started before railroads so the business district was centered around the courthouse square. When the trains came, the town moved west and centered around the station. When the highway system was developed in the early 20's, the highway came through to old part of town, and commerce moved back to the original main street. Now, the freeway system is found outside of the city limits and everything is moving that way. The business building around the depot is long gone, the business buildings in the old downtown is slowly crumbling away. And everything and everybody is moving away, due to low opportunities. When the bank moves, everything moves away.
So happy to see you traveling again! That hanging bridge is unbelievable. So sad. Thanks for sharing all of this with us. ~~~Liz in Wisconsin. Why is the Healthcare always 100? How do people afford it?
@@gigicostlow4414..Most of these Southern States deny their poor citizens Medicaid Expansion and they go without healthcare. Vote Red so you wind up Dead.
Thank you, sir. I like your videos, and I also like places that are a bit neglected because there is still life there even though some people have chosen to move to new places, but I like quiet places.
Loved it. Bet that building in Shubuta you didnt know what it was is an old Mom and Pop grocery, saw a lot of them that resembled that building as a kid in the south.
You will only be remembered as long as someone who once loved you is alive. When they are gone u will no longer be remembered. Like dust in the wind your life has ceased to be ,gone in an instant.this proves it. So sad.
It's a great thing to get off the main highways and find these places all over the country. Beautiful as they are, the tale they tell is unfortunately repeated over and over. Whether it's textiles, furniture or automobiles it's the story of focusing on one industry or market sector to the exclusion of all others. When that thing is no longer profitable or fashionable the economy and subsequently the community collapses or just moves on. Smart leaders work to diversify development, shielding their constituents from downturns in any one particular industry. Sometimes that may seem boring compared to a rocket factory or a diamond mine but there are success stories all over this great land where good folks make and do simple, timeless things that let them put food on their own table and raise their families in safety.
This is the second video I have watched. I live in Tupelo and I have family scattered all over the state. It is really sad to see all the small towns are just drying up. Mississippi is a pretty state.
In Trump’s first two years, the economy added 462,000 manufacturing jobs. In Biden’s first two years in office, there was a gain of 754,000 manufacturing jobs.
@@lakenneth374 Biden's numbers are people returning to work from covid lockdown. This administration got caught lying about the creation of 876,000 extra jobs this year. Democracy=Democratic Rule. The way "manufacturing " is defined now makes a cook a manufacturer.
@@lakenneth374 the problem with your numbers is that Biden’s administration counted people returning to work post Covid as new jobs, when a lot weren’t. Another problem is that the government inflates the numbers to make whoever is in office look good.
There are probably thousands of textile/apparel 'mills' (factories) in the South that have closed in the last 50 years due to consolidation and mostly due to NAFTA. These mills were the lifeblood of many towns. From raw cotton to finished garments involved many types of factories, with sewing mills being the most numerous and labor intensive. Many companies provided community parks, lakes, golf, swimming facilities, dance halls, general stores, etc. Ross Perot predicted what NAFTA would cause - 'a great sucking sound to the south'. I worked for Vanity Fair (Monroeville Al) and made several trips to New factories in Mexico, Honduras, etc. Then much of it moved to Asia. Then back to the Americas - Caribbean, etc.)
You should go by the Double Springs court house in Winston county AL. It's a very small town but they call the county the free state of Winston County because during the Civil War they refused to choose sides. There is a statue of a Union and Confederate soldier standing together. Interesting looking Court House too.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip by the way in Houston ALl about 10 miles from there , there is an old log jail. Built in 1868. The boards were peppered with horseshoe nails to help secure the occupants.
We should worry about anyone that wants to bring back "camps" to deport thousands from this country...just thinking about what that would look like and hearing people chanting/cheering for it to happen makes my blood run cold. We are better than that kind of hate, this is a great country.
@@jimmyday9536 cant say I totally agree with that statement. Much of life is a learned behaviour from parents, siblings, friends, and neighbours and yes church and school
That was a knitting mill. When it closed down the town went downhill and is barely hanging on. There was another one in Quitman, MS a few miles away that also shut down.
Stonewall...what an interesting downtown--one side of the street with a Piggly Wiggly and pastel-colored storefronts, the other side with the ruins of a mill. Were you tempted to pick up a brick from the mill as a "Stonewall souvenir" for your man cave? 🙂
Most people live outside the ‘city’ limits making the population effectively larger for the area than what is shown in the city census counts. As far as where do people work many travel to larger nearby towns such as Meridian and Laurel. But even in Meridian the population there is lower due to people moving away and people moving out in the country which makes the city population lower. You really need to compare county wide counts to get a better idea of the true population for the area.
It would be interesting to see any Freemason, Elk, or Moose Lodes you find in these towns you visit. Masonic temples appeared in many of these towns, even the smaller ones.
I always heard that in Stonewall they made Levi’s jeans. They grew the cotton, made the fabric, and made the blue jeans. That’s the factory that Burlington bought. When that industry left, that was the end of the town.
Burlington Industries ,was into textiles that was what know as a Cotton Mill in the south. May have went to India or Mexico in the late 80's. Just guessing , that's what happened to the old mills in Georgia and South Carolina.
The juxtaposition of the sublimely sad neglected cemetery of tattered flags, with the lynchings of a 14 & 15 year -old for talking to a white girl in 1942...is almost too much to bear. Excellent video overall. True Americana.
I live in Mississippi. Most folks leave because jobs are getting less and less. Most of us want a better life for our kids. It's sad in small towns they don't stick around and make it better. Lure of big city riches and the past everyone wants to harbor on kills us. Not to mention, most politicians are padding their pocket books with what little we have. People here are very kind and God fearing for the most part. I've stayed here because I love my family. My great great grandfather was the first to settle here. I come from a line of coal miners, poor sharecroppers, and farmers. My dad walked barefoot as a child on the streets I look at now. I don't mind being poor. I wish I could make it better for my child though. They will probably move though. I'm happy here with my family in the end that's all you have.
I was checking on poverty stats for Mississippi today & was horrified. Industry could make a killing there, but politicians do not care. 💔
Well, your state government hasn't done you any favors. They have no plan to improve the situation in your area, and you just keep electing the same old do nothings. There is plenty they could do to attract light manufacturing jobs. Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas are a mess. It's completely different from the rest of the country. Your schools are bottom of the heap. I'd leave too, if I lived there.
I live outside of Denver and I hate it here. Just because a place is bigger and more people certainly doesn’t make for quality of life. I’m sure Mississippi will have a resurgence of businesses coming back and the economy in the state improving.
Thank you for sharing your story. It resonates with me because I have seen many small towns almost become abandoned due to US jobs going to foreign countries and drugs. People who are on drugs don't care about small town values.
@@jrswackhammer8205 yeah, I wish all the generations after learned what their forefathers had & suffered for, and like you, appreciate what we have & their privileges since Martin Luther King. I remember back in the old days, poor people had pride, they worked hard, took low wage jobs, just to have peace & feed their families. They did
NOT rob, steal, smash & grab and break laws like today. I too, had a pair of shoes & I worked until I retired, Never broke the law, just wanted to live. I bless all the decent hard workers in this country. Don’t ask what the rich can do for me but what I can do for myself.
I sadly never heard of Stonewall, MS and I’ve lived here over 50 years. The Confederate Cemetery area was lost to time but was rediscovered in 1930 when a black farmer digging the ground to plant corn discovered a bunch of buttons. That’s when they mapped out and put the headstones in place. I hope someone replaces the flags, that’s a shame.
So they took that black farmers land to build a memorial to the people who wanted to enslave him.
I cannot explain how much I enjoy you going into these little towns whether run down or still up & running... I love them all. We just don't have this in our little communities in Canada... just bare bones and blah !
something to be said about pricey realestate in Canada. There are some vintage towns and houses in prairie provinces..
On a happier note, the toilet papering done by neighborhood kids was so sweet to see.
It does indicate that there are some close knit people in that neighborhood, always a plus.
I'm old, so I figured that tping was lost to time. Then I moved to a very conservative area
of Texas. Halloween 2013ish, I ran out of candy, so I gathered up loose change to give
to some older kids who were out later than the little kids, for trick or treat. I apologized
to these older kids for me running out of candy, as I tossed change into their bags.
Woke up the next morning to find my mailbox out front tp'ed. I smiled because I
thought those older kids were so sweet and precious to surprise me like that.
TP is bio degradable, unlike, spray painted graffiti, TP will come and go, paint stays around for a long time.
Those heatherns probably took your loose change, and bought the toilet paper to wrap your place. How's that for gratitude?
It is the same old story in a lot of small towns my friend .
No harm,no foul. @@carywest9256
We never said a word on who did it,
I grew up in Quitman and Stonewall. My grandfather was a policeman in stonewall and my uncles still own the ambulance service in Quitman. Almost all of my family still lives in the county somewhere. It is sad to see how much my hometown has gone down.
Definitely one of your top videos yet!
Wow, thanks!
Wow! Sobering, insightful, and tragic all at once, and as usual, very well done and presented. Grateful for a vicarious experience in towns that I would never have a chance to visit otherwise. And super chuffed to see your next video from a former coal mining town. Thank you!
Stonewall's major industry from 1868 until 2002 was the cotton mill which operated as Burlington Industries from 1962 onward. In 2002, Burlington announced that it would be closing the Stonewall plant and put 850 people out of work.
So all the working people that made everything else thrive were out of a living there and probably moved?
Is this somehow related to Burlington Coat Factory?
@@lindsayobrien8110 No. They're 2 separate entities.
Mississippi will grow most anything. The land is beautiful.
Where did they move?
That cemetery reminds me that eventually, all of us will be forgotten
Funny.. I've always thought the same thing. I've been to cemeteries that had folks that died 100 years ago. No one today remembers them obviously. How many of us visit deceased grand parents graves or great grand parents, etc? Kind of depressing. I think this is why cremation and a marker are so popular today.
Sadly this is so true.
Its like the billions of people before us.. and before them. :( its how I see my cat and dog.
@@WhittyPics The good thing is we won't know we're forgotten then.
@@koilamaoh4238 Woof woof😊
Your video and a cup of coffee. That's the way to start my day. So beautiful. Thank you. Safe travels. ❤
Thank you!
Glass of milk and pop tarts for me
It is so sad all of these small towns are dying off
Great video joe excellent job as usual. I still love these small town videos they are my favorites. Even though I know they’re in decline and it’s shows , they still have a quiet, peaceful pace as they slowly fade into history. That was either a sawmill or even more likely a pulpwood mill that was in ruins in the first town, I know both were big there but thinking pulpwood even more so especially after seeing the type of building. Even though these places are dying they still have pride in what that is left. Clean looking and as tidy as possible. Personally I think those were really nice looking neighborhoods myself. Nothing extravagant but just nice common livable homes and yards. Thanks for the ride along and of course the stats. Safe travels my friend and keep videoing I’ll keep watching
I really enjoyed this video. Thanks so much for sharing. Blessings from Michigan.
Enjoyed watching those beautiful old towns
Thanks for the tour. It's sad to see so many small towns dying, and large cities are not improving things. Hopefully, someone will care for the cemetery and its history.
There are some Lee's from Virginia on my Mothers side so wonder about my ancestry.She was born and raised in Va.Too much to try and explain.Tired old hands and phone not always cooperating. Thanks for all of your travels. Quite enjoyable. Be safe,healthy and happy
Grandma H age 84🥰
Do you know if any of them are related to the Lees of Lee Hall, Virginia? The mansion near Newport News was built by Richard Decatur Lee just before the Civil War.
@ohreally8929 Sorry have no idea.My Mothers life was complicated . My Dad was a career Marine from age 18,lots of moving , not close with either side of family.
Grandma H age 84😉
Thanks Joe & Nic. Have a great trips. ☘️
A great video! Fascinating old towns to explore, and so peaceful! Thank you so much, Joe and Nic.😊💖
I always judge a place by how I feel when I’m there. I’ve felt good in Gulfport , Natchez, Oxford , Corinth , Tupelo , 🤷🏻♂️. I like Mississippi . ( NC native btw) oh.. and the Natchez trace is awesome .
I grew up in and around Natchez. I met people from all over the world there, even a few movie stars. We generally enjoy visitors and are eager to tell the town’s stories and show them around.
Hey guys, I normally watch all of your videos on my big tv so I am unable to comment... so I am doing it from my computer today... I absolutely LOVE your travelling videos... I do like the way you let us know what time of the day it is, what day it is, and the month, it is just nice to know those things, and I really appreciate it, you are the only one that does that... and then you fill us in with all the statistics about each town, love those small town drive-arounds you do...the downtown area and then through those neighbourhoods, we get to see so much, just wow !! and the other great thing is when you take us along into the restaurants you go to eat and show us how much meals are in different places and how much food you get... and the kitty spying, lol... love your videos, you are the best that I have seen for travelling .. on You Tube... I have watched many and then came across yours, I'm hooked, don't watch any other ones anymore.. no need too... You guys are the best... so back to my big tv to continue with this adventure.... Thanks for everything you do......
Awesome, thank you!!
I’ve sorely needed my weekend to begin. This video dropping marks the start! Saturday mornings with Joe and Nic is becoming my ritual 😂
Yeah, I like watching stuff like this on a early Saturday morning, and I don't have to get ready for work.
Thank you!!!
This was one of the most haunting and disturbing videos you've ever done...that bridge should be turned into a memorial
Thank you, very sobering to see the cemetery.
I grew up in Quitman. Stonewall was originally a sawmill town. Then Burlington had a factory there that relatives worked in. I woukd ride with my aunt to pick my uncle up at shift change and a treat was to eat at the diner across and down the street. I’ve visited that confederate cemetery many times even when you had to go through the woods to get to it. Family lived and worked in Shubuta as well. Enjoyed riding with you down the streets and seeing familiar houses. You actually drove by my old family home where family still resides as well as other friend’s and family’s homes.
My cousin worked at the Stonewall Burlington Industries Cotton Mill, they made blue jean material.....then Burlington moved the operation to Mexico.....
That's what I thought the factory was. Textiles.
Democrats and NAFTA
All this is pretty depressing. Looks like the churching business and government are doing well. Probably will see more town like this in the next 25 years. Good state to start work camps in to rehabilitate the homeless who are not happy with their state in life.
Just in time for the first cup of coffee for the day. lol The 'gone to the doctor' sign is something you will see where I live! The tattered flags are so sad and depressing. It's understandable the young people are leaving to pursue jobs and a better life. Thanks.
I look forward and enjoy watching your videos, you give great information on each town you go to. I have looked up some of the properties that were on sale on Zillow and die find most of them. Keep up the fantastic work you share with us. Thanks!!!
Awesome, thank you!
I was reared in Jackson, Ms. My mother was from Shubuta, so we visited there to see her family during the 1960's. She said during her childhood, there were 4000+ population. I wish everyone could have seen it then and the wonderful people who lived there. Such a rich and troubled history, like much of the south for so long. Thanks for a great video!
6:34 Burlington was and is textiles.I'mfrom a former textile town of Columbus, Ga
Thanks for the video, really learn a lot about America 😊
I’ve only been to the western side of Mississippi on vacation, and we loved it.
Truly enjoyed this video because I’m from Mississippi ( Live in Houston Texas now ) but I know those little towns well because I was born and raised not far about 30 miles away in Meridian Ms. I was hoping that was your next stop!!
Yall are truly my favorite. ❤
The factory in Stonewall was a Burlington denim factory. It took cotton bales in and produced denim cloth that was in turn sent to blue jean manufacturers. I was an engineering student at Mississippi State University and spent the summer of 1980 there as an engineering intern.
Interesting.
Thank you for giving the bits of history, such as the Hanging Bridge, I think in todays world we’re trying to hard to erase bad portions of our past, instead of looking at our past horrors, and striving to ensure that never happens again.
I live in Starkville Mississippi great college town.
Hailstate
I used to live in a little town not far from Hattiesburg call poplar ville ,
Enjoy your trips..never been to US beforew and loved all those small towns. It is so fascinating...
Well done, Joe. Thanks for the video.
Thank you!
Excellent..and growing more so..much enjoyed!
As always, an interesting (and thought-provoking) virtual tour of off-the-beaten track America. Seeing the Civil War monuments and graveyard I'm reminded of the excellent book "Confederates In The Attic" by Tony Horwitz. Looking forward to checking out the coal town next time with you.
Awesome. 😀👍
Always enjoy your videos, but you missed out on Quitman. There are some GORGEOUS homes and churches on the other side of downtown towards the lake!
The old factory that's now falling down, was a sewing type factory. My mom was a seamstress there when she became pregnant with me. I have family on her side that still live around there and Enterprise. I lived there as a tiny child as well. Thank you for filming here. My dad was born in Quitman, it's also where he is buried after passing. I lived in Quitman as well. My mom was from nearby Enterprise.
They made denim cotton
The TPing of those houses is the one of the few signs of life (and kids) I’ve seen in these small town videos
Out of the 3 towns Shubuta had some of the nicest homes but it is closest to dying. Another nice video thank you.
Looks perfect for mystery, horror movie. Beautiful, peaceful, chilling, mysterious.
Anytime I see that kind of a TP rampage I imagine one of their parents, sitting at home in the bathroom going "Where the hell is all the toilet paper??"
First, thank you for keeping politics out of your videos. You are respectful of some very controversial topics and things and it’s greatly appreciated.
It’s interesting seeing these towns in rural areas. I’m always amazed at how you never see any people. I think it would be nice to live somewhere like that.
Good morning from Bakersfield,California love saturday morning with Joe And Nic you make my day❤😊🎉
Rest in peace to those brave soldiers!
Joe and Nicole, believe it or not, your travels are higher ed lectures on our country. This video alone has given us powerful insight into how small towns are beginning to go the way of the earth, the past perspective of the civil war from those in the south, and the tragic circumstances that come failing to see others as equals based on ethnicity. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.
That's some dark history
Be care when walking in the woods in Miss. and most southern states, you never know what you might stumble across
Yes, the past of this region is dark.
Great video. I enjoyed touring and learning about these small towns. We usually look homes up on Zillow when you go to towns to see home prices, etc.
Made me remember Camp Chase, a Confederate cemetery just below Franklinton, beside Columbus OH. The area was a Civil War Union camp before the converted it to a POW camp. There are around 2600 people buried there, most of them POWs.
Another great video, as always. Love the confederate cemetery! Driving up kind of felt like the intro to a campy zombie horror movie. Glad to see you back on the road!
Thank you!!!
The story for all dying towns is economics and transportation. My home town started before railroads so the business district was centered around the courthouse square. When the trains came, the town moved west and centered around the station. When the highway system was developed in the early 20's, the highway came through to old part of town, and commerce moved back to the original main street. Now, the freeway system is found outside of the city limits and everything is moving that way. The business building around the depot is long gone, the business buildings in the old downtown is slowly crumbling away. And everything and everybody is moving away, due to low opportunities. When the bank moves, everything moves away.
So happy to see you traveling again! That hanging bridge is unbelievable. So sad. Thanks for sharing all of this with us.
~~~Liz in Wisconsin. Why is the Healthcare always 100? How do people afford it?
Medicaid and for those that are retirement age, Medicare. Some that get Medicare are also on Medicaid.
@@gigicostlow4414..Most of these Southern States deny their poor citizens Medicaid Expansion and they go without healthcare. Vote Red so you wind up Dead.
Well, that certainly was an education. Thank you.
Thank you, sir. I like your videos, and I also like places that are a bit neglected because there is still life there even though some people have chosen to move to new places, but I like quiet places.
Loved it. Bet that building in Shubuta you didnt know what it was is an old Mom and Pop grocery, saw a lot of them that resembled that building as a kid in the south.
God bless you and Nicole! Our History is important and a lot of it is being lost! Keep going with your videos!
@@Create-The-Imaginable we’d have better future had we learned more about our past lessons.
You will only be remembered as long as someone who once loved you is alive. When they are gone u will no longer be remembered. Like dust in the wind your life has ceased to be ,gone in an instant.this proves it. So sad.
It's a great thing to get off the main highways and find these places all over the country. Beautiful as they are, the tale they tell is unfortunately repeated over and over. Whether it's textiles, furniture or automobiles it's the story of focusing on one industry or market sector to the exclusion of all others. When that thing is no longer profitable or fashionable the economy and subsequently the community collapses or just moves on. Smart leaders work to diversify development, shielding their constituents from downturns in any one particular industry. Sometimes that may seem boring compared to a rocket factory or a diamond mine but there are success stories all over this great land where good folks make and do simple, timeless things that let them put food on their own table and raise their families in safety.
This is the second video I have watched. I live in Tupelo and I have family scattered all over the state. It is really sad to see all the small towns are just drying up. Mississippi is a pretty state.
this is what happens to a country when ALL manufacturing is sent overseas. It kills communities large and small.
In Trump’s first two years, the economy added 462,000 manufacturing jobs.
In Biden’s first two years in office, there was a gain of 754,000 manufacturing jobs.
@@lakenneth374all because of Trump. Biden is smile and a crook.
@@lakenneth374 Biden's numbers are people returning to work from covid lockdown. This administration got caught lying about the creation of 876,000 extra jobs this year. Democracy=Democratic Rule. The way "manufacturing " is defined now makes a cook a manufacturer.
@@lakenneth374Overseas?
@@lakenneth374 the problem with your numbers is that Biden’s administration counted people returning to work post Covid as new jobs, when a lot weren’t. Another problem is that the government inflates the numbers to make whoever is in office look good.
I’m a member of sons of confederate soldiers in Denton Texas, thank you for sharing
Friday night about 5:00 probably.
Also Enjoyed watching those beautiful old towns !!
THANKS NIC.❤
Great story & video Thankyou guys safe travels 🤠
Our pleasure!
That abandoned factory in Stonewall was a textile mill. It closed in 2002.
There are probably thousands of textile/apparel 'mills' (factories) in the South that have closed in the last 50 years due to consolidation and mostly due to NAFTA. These mills were the lifeblood of many towns. From raw cotton to finished garments involved many types of factories, with sewing mills being the most numerous and labor intensive. Many companies provided community parks, lakes, golf, swimming facilities, dance halls, general stores, etc. Ross Perot predicted what NAFTA would cause - 'a great sucking sound to the south'. I worked for Vanity Fair (Monroeville Al) and made several trips to New factories in Mexico, Honduras, etc. Then much of it moved to Asia. Then back to the Americas - Caribbean, etc.)
100% truth there!
Looking forward for the next video
I always enjoy your deep south videos the most 🤗
You should go by the Double Springs court house in Winston county AL. It's a very small town but they call the county the free state of Winston County because during the Civil War they refused to choose sides. There is a statue of a Union and Confederate soldier standing together. Interesting looking Court House too.
That sounds interesting, and we're heading to Alabama in November. I might have to visit there!
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip by the way in Houston ALl about 10 miles from there , there is an old log jail. Built in 1868. The boards were peppered with horseshoe nails to help secure the occupants.
Beautiful sunny skies 😃
Yes, but remember, this is in "Dixie Alley". It's not alway sunny.
Thanks a lot. I've been having nightmares for almost a week now.
Burlington Industries (locally known as the "Cotton Mill " was a garment manufacturing facility.
Grass looks good.
Very good video, Joe. Thumbs up for you!
Quitman is home to the nation’s number one running back recruit in football. He’s currently committed to play at Alabama.
I love when you do those visits like the confederate cemetery and the hanging bridge. It’s unbelievable that we treated people like that!
People are still the same. Our DNA hasn't changed.
We should worry about anyone that wants to bring back "camps" to deport thousands from this country...just thinking about what that would look like and hearing people chanting/cheering for it to happen makes my blood run cold. We are better than that kind of hate, this is a great country.
@@jimmyday9536 cant say I totally agree with that statement. Much of life is a learned behaviour from parents, siblings, friends, and neighbours and yes church and school
@@jimmyday9536 What does DNA have to do with it?
It was a textile company. I used to work there. We made blue denim for Levi’s wrangler & so on. They closed & went to Mexico.
So sad to see the death of so many small towns...then again we are all here for such a short time and most of us will not be remembered very long. 😢
Very interesting videos you do. Do you ever meet or talk to any locals, it would be very interesting once in a while. Keep up the good work.👍
Riley's words are well said!
That was a knitting mill. When it closed down the town went downhill and is barely hanging on. There was another one in Quitman, MS a few miles away that also shut down.
The TP rolling is a high school homecoming week tradition .
Stonewall...what an interesting downtown--one side of the street with a Piggly Wiggly and pastel-colored storefronts, the other side with the ruins of a mill. Were you tempted to pick up a brick from the mill as a "Stonewall souvenir" for your man cave? 🙂
Maybe I did..!??
Most people live outside the ‘city’ limits making the population effectively larger for the area than what is shown in the city census counts. As far as where do people work many travel to larger nearby towns such as Meridian and Laurel. But even in Meridian the population there is lower due to people moving away and people moving out in the country which makes the city population lower. You really need to compare county wide counts to get a better idea of the true population for the area.
Burlington (Mills) Industries is a textile manufacturing company.
great video. Burlington industries was a manufacturer of textiles
I love my state of Mississippi. Hattiesburg is a great little city. I live about.an.hour from there. College town and alive.
Awesome!
It would be interesting to see any Freemason, Elk, or Moose Lodes you find in these towns you visit. Masonic temples appeared in many of these towns, even the smaller ones.
I always heard that in Stonewall they made Levi’s jeans. They grew the cotton, made the fabric, and made the blue jeans. That’s the factory that Burlington bought. When that industry left, that was the end of the town.
Burlington Industries ,was into textiles that was what know as a Cotton Mill in the south. May have went to India or Mexico in the late 80's. Just guessing , that's what happened to the old mills in Georgia and South Carolina.
Laurel, Stringer, Bay Springs!
The juxtaposition of the sublimely sad neglected cemetery of tattered flags, with the lynchings of a 14 & 15 year -old for talking to a white girl in 1942...is almost too much to bear. Excellent video overall. True Americana.
Almanac : different stories
Noted dates & events also
#@catilinus# 💯🎯
The story regarding that bridge is terrifying & so, so sad 😱😱 🇳🇿🇳🇿