Why do we call them the "Pennsylvania Dutch" when they are actually German? Watch this bank barn explore and find out. I hope you enjoy the video. Special thanks to all of my supporters over on Patreon! Follow Chigg’s Army! My Patreon: www.patreon.com/aquachigger Instagram: instagram.com/aquachigger/ Facebook: facebook.com/chiggsarmy/ Twitter: twitter.com/BeauOuimette T-Shirts: www.bonfire.com/store/aquachigger/ Thanks for watching…. The Chigg
Thanks for explaining this! My great grandfather settled in Big Stone Gap, VA. His family was originally from Pennsylvania, which makes sense, as there are many German names on that side. I'm always learning from your channel!🤗
“18th and 19th century English, the word "Dutch" was used to refer to the broad Germanic region, encompassing modern-day Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland, and so could quite appropriately refer to these settlers in Pennsylvania. “Furthermore, at the time when the Pennsylvania Dutch left Europe, Germany did not exist as a single nation, but rather, a patchwork of duchies, kingdoms and states. Therefore, referring to the Pennsylvania Dutch as German would not be accurate as they were never citizens of a unified Germany.” As explained by Naina Pottamkulam. And there you have it, why the Pennsylvania Dutch are called Dutch rather than German. Appreciate your videos! Never a dull moment in exploration and history.
Hey Chigg, I always enjoy your history facts on the area There! I thought I might give you a little back! I listen to a Dr Joel Wallach, who worked with Marlin Perkins Wild Kingdom, as a veterinarian at the time. He mentioned that horses chew on the wood, (which he said , was called cribbing) was because the horses lacked minerals so they have a craving to chew on wood, in order to get those minerals! Keep up the good work!
Not only did they have big families, they also all worked together. A barn needed to be raised and others would come to help raise the barn. The men and older boys would all do the barn raising, and the women cooked, tended after the children, and kept the men fed. They would also take them jugs of cold water to drink often sweetened with a natural sweetener so the men’s stomachs wouldn’t sour on them when the cold water reached their hot stomachs inside. My maternal 6x grandfather from Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany settled in Shenandoah along Stoney Creek area in Page County. He and Abraham Strickler would greet and welcome newcomers to America from the old country, and they along with other families would help the new families find land and get settled in. People did more working together back then, because they depended on each other to survive. They were amazing people, hard working, inventive entrepreneurs.
Thanks Chig. I grew up on a dairy farm here in northern Michigan with a huge Bank Barn as the center of our Universe. Twenty Five milking cows downstairs and hay lofts and grain bins above on both sides of the thrashing floor..It has a traditional Gambrel or "Dutch roof".with lots of beams for young farm kids to 'Walk". It was built by a Barn Builder named Ely Sites in the mid twentys when my Dad was a boy. The craftsmanship and peg joinery is amazing. I live just 4 miles away and still get to enjoy it. I share your admiration and understand your interest these old fossils. The hay left in the lofts provide support to the structure and sadly many barns around here have been blown down because they were left empty. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
THANK YOU so much for letting us come in with you and look around! I'm fascinated by the old architecture of barns and old houses! If only we could hear the stories they tell.
Ah you missed a great opportunity when you put your thumb in the hole in the door. I would have jumped and probably laughed. 😆 Those older structures tell a story. Many times not just the history but much more. I'm sure the builders are having a good smile knowing people are still visiting the homestead and admiring it's architecture as well as longevity.
That was an excellent aventure! Thank you Beau ! I used to work on farms and ranches when I was young but out west,, even our old barns are thrown together and utilitarian. The CRAFTSMANSHIP here is unbelievable in this barn, so beautiful I felt I was touring a barn in Germany ! Your tours, too, are so personal and earthy that I could feel the stones under my hands and smell the luscious aroma of hay, my favourite scent in the world. Enjoyed this very much!!
I build and restore post and beam barns ( barnwright) . The hay rail was the demize of many barns . They typically had to cut out the perlin tie beam , to allow the track to run the length of the barn . I've found some pretty neat things in old barns
This was exactly like our old barn back in PA. It has since fell down … but your exploration took me back to when I was a kid and was in that thing daily with the horses and cows. I love old barns
Can't say I have ever seen barns like this here in the Netherlands or Germany, but they may have been a common style a few hundred years ago :) On the farm I grew up on we just had the usual modern-style barns, with brick walls and pitch-covered planks. Also some old asbestos-covered roofs, which we got taught about very early on not to smash any of the damaged panels we found around the farm. I imagine the stables we had with the manure dropping straight into a manure pit was a lot more efficient than these old-school barns. Even so I wish that barns like these will be preserved. They're such an integral part of history, and it'd be an utter shame to see them just slowly fall apart like this...
Wow my childhood was just brought back from my memories. My, our horses chewed everything if we weren't shot on time tending to them. We raised Scottish highlanders for milk and meat. They were the most "proper " animals ever. Always gentle always kind and most importantly they were always patient with us even when I very small, and through several generations of herds. They are just great animals. To this day, and I no longer live on farm. But to this day I will forever trust a Scottish Highlander. Danm good breed
Thanks Chig I appreciate you taking the time to explain everything! I am always fascinated by the craftsmanship that went into building these old barns. Unfortunately there are fewer of them still standing as many current owners do little to preserve them as they don’t appreciate the history behind them. Your video will help future generations get a peek into the past! Keep ‘em coming as you come across them!
Loved the video Mr. Chigg!! I had many German ancestors who lived in the Shenandoah Valley. A couple of them were pioneers. I went back over ten plus generations in my family genealogy on my mom's side. I love the old barns and homes ...I think back to those eras and the history i've read about them and just imagine and wonder if my ancestors helped to build some of the barns and homes in the valley. And imagine what it was like back in those days for them. I know it was hard work from sun up to sun down. Thank you for sharing this great find and the exploring of it. Boy if those walls could talk what a tale they could tell huh?!!
Grew up playing around in old barns exactly like this, which is no surprise considering I grew up in the Shenandoah Valley. Great to see a video about them!
As a teenager, when my buddies were hoarding "girlie mags" I had a great collection of Eric Sloane books on barns, farm tools, and basically everything dealing with New England rural life. Great illustrations and content! Awesome video Chigg!
Around 2000 I went to Memphis Missouri to visit family. They had a barn just like this. It was built in the 1800's. They wouldn't let me go in it because it was deteriorating. I was 13 so I snuck inside when no one was looking. 😬
Thanks Chigg. This sparked some memories of the best summers, spent on my uncles farm. The barn was almost the same, but the foundation was made of Medina stone. I can almost smell the fresh cut hay, alfalfa and manure. A whole different life for a city kid,lol. Thanks for the explore. 👍
Best video ever! Please do more historical buildings. Your knowledge is so valuable to people like me that appreciate the value of your knowledge. More please 💓
Hello Mr. Chigg, thank you for showing us through that barn. My lungs wouldn’t even let me go in the front door. Allergies, I would’ve coughed and snorted and sneezed probably for the rest of the day if I went in that thing. But they are beautiful the way they’re put together. Nothings going to be 300 years old it’s amazing. Where did they put the water for the animals? In that barn did they ever milk cows? I really enjoy all of your videos, please keep making them. And I don’t care how many videos you show us of all the different bullets to find. It’s still a lot of fun. Hope everyone’s well.
Aquachigger, the hand forged piece you highlight at the start of the video could also be used for handling hay bales (the 90 pounders not the big rolled bales). We still use similar tools today to lift bales of hay onto wagons or moving them around the hay mow. PS thank you for another interesting video.
this reminds me of growing up and playing in grandpaws barn. those were the days. it also reminds me of one of my favorite stories about my grandma. when she was 5 (1918) she was pretty adventurous. one day she got the bright idea of going hand over hand along the roof beam from one haymow to the other. she was about halfway across when her mother came in and saw her. her mother just froze for fear of startling grandma and making her fall. so she just stood there and watched as grandma went the rest of the way across. boy did she get her butt beat when she got back on the ground though lol!
Awesome old place. Imagine the men working on this barn, splitting beams, mortising, tenon the joints and pegs. I would have snagged that fine old hand-forged hook and asked the owner if I could have it....that is awesome.
Very cool Chigg! I dismantled 18th C. barns and houses for several years back in the 90's. Most barns of that period were made out of "pole trees", virgin timber that was still trying to make it up to where the big trees had their crowns. That is the reason that those beams were so long and uniform in width. they were fighting to reach the crown area. Think of a "hole in the sky" that a tree had to reach as quickly as possible. Nice clean timber with few side branches. Just what's needed for a post and beam structure.More barns please. You're the best!!
My great grandparents had a huge barn and is still standing. They built house which caught on fire, subsequently they built another closer to the barn. Soon, I am going to try to get permission to metal detect all three sites. In addition, Native Americans had a summer camp up near the barn.
Reminds me of my Grandpa and Grandma's barn that was located in Southern Illinois. When I was a kid back in the 50's and early 60's, I spent lots of time exploring in their barn and property. His barn was pegged together like that one is, I was always amazed by the main beam that held the barn together. It was a sycamore tree about 1 1/2' across, at least 50' long. It still had the bark on it and was pegged to other upright logs with pegs that were 1 1/2" - 2" across. I have no idea how they ever lifted a log that size up that high to peg it together to hold the barn up. Grandpa's house was older than the hills it seemed like. His basement and foundation was was made with sandstone, though. Unfortunately, the house was blown away by a tornado and after my grandparents passed away everything was pushed in with a caterpillar, burned, and converted into farmland. All I've got is memories.
3:26 Overhang for those memorable times when the countryside was "snowed in." This entrance would be level to the surface snow drifts. Animals could be tended and hay/fodder accessed.
The chewing you’re referring to is called “cribbing”. My family used to own horses way back, and every so often, you’d walk into the barn and see divots in the stable doors where they had cribbed. It’s typically labeled as a “stable vice” and can be caused by a lot of different things. Never known cows to do it though; then again, I’ve never owned cattle.
Calves will do that a lot when they’re teething. We’ve had to replace some boards in our calf hutches where they had chewed them down to almost nothing.
I doubt cows would because they have minimal top teeth. I knew of horses cribbing before I had children. Then when I has children I learned why they call it cribbing, lol.
Wow, I spent my childhood in Connecticut exploring old structures like this. My family had about 30 acres of land, with an old stagecoach trail running through it, and a barn just like this.
You learned me a few things today. My Grandmother was German but called herself Pennsylvania Dutch, it was said that during WWII you didn't want to be known as German so they used the name Pennsylvania Dutch. Also I learned about the bank barn. There were a few in WI and I used one, but didn't know they had a special name. It was fun touring the barn with you.
Almost heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, *Shenandoah* River Life is old there, older than the trees Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West Virginia, mountain mama Take me home, country roads
Beautiful treasure chest there!!! I love those old barns as well. If you have never read any of Eric Sloanes books you should check them out. Next time make sure you " throw the horse over the fence some hay" as the Pa dutch say. Thanks so much for sharing that!!!
I had a latch problem with a horse we currently have. Sturdy draft pony. Came home from the grocery store and saw her about five feet from the barn doors in the grass... Luckily she just wanted to nibble. Got her halter, turned her around and back in she went. Definitely spooked me! Better latches now, lol.
That's a cool barn. If it ever comes down there will be people lining up to buy the wood from it. You just can't find old growth wood like that anymore.
Nice little adventure..I grew up playing barn tag in barns like that..Sadly most are all gone now..Thanks Chigg for bringing back good memories.😊
Why do we call them the "Pennsylvania Dutch" when they are actually German? Watch this bank barn explore and find out. I hope you enjoy the video.
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Thanks for explaining this! My great grandfather settled in Big Stone Gap, VA. His family was originally from Pennsylvania, which makes sense, as there are many German names on that side. I'm always learning from your channel!🤗
Is this Berkeley county?
“18th and 19th century English, the word "Dutch" was used to refer to the broad Germanic region, encompassing modern-day Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland, and so could quite appropriately refer to these settlers in Pennsylvania.
“Furthermore, at the time when the Pennsylvania Dutch left Europe, Germany did not exist as a single nation, but rather, a patchwork of duchies, kingdoms and states. Therefore, referring to the Pennsylvania Dutch as German would not be accurate as they were never citizens of a unified Germany.”
As explained by Naina Pottamkulam.
And there you have it, why the Pennsylvania Dutch are called Dutch rather than German. Appreciate your videos! Never a dull moment in exploration and history.
Hey Chigg,
I always enjoy your history facts on the area There!
I thought I might give you a little back!
I listen to a Dr Joel Wallach, who worked with Marlin Perkins Wild Kingdom, as a veterinarian at the time.
He mentioned that horses chew on the wood, (which he said , was called cribbing) was because the horses lacked minerals so they have a craving to chew on wood, in order to get those minerals!
Keep up the good work!
Amazing. The amount of work it took to build that is mind blowing.
The old time craftsmen were really good.
Hence the big family. If you were lucky you might have 4 or 5 sons to help you.
Not only did they have big families, they also all worked together. A barn needed to be raised and others would come to help raise the barn. The men and older boys would all do the barn raising, and the women cooked, tended after the children, and kept the men fed. They would also take them jugs of cold water to drink often sweetened with a natural sweetener so the men’s stomachs wouldn’t sour on them when the cold water reached their hot stomachs inside. My maternal 6x grandfather from Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany settled in Shenandoah along Stoney Creek area in Page County. He and Abraham Strickler would greet and welcome newcomers to America from the old country, and they along with other families would help the new families find land and get settled in. People did more working together back then, because they depended on each other to survive. They were amazing people, hard working, inventive entrepreneurs.
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Chigg’s that was an amazing barn. Thank you for an incredible journey back in time. So awesome they have preserved it.
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 love your old barn tours. So many barns are being taken down today and there’s no place for the barn swallows.
Thanks Chig. I grew up on a dairy farm here in northern Michigan with a huge Bank Barn as the center of our Universe. Twenty Five milking cows downstairs and hay lofts and grain bins above on both sides of the thrashing floor..It has a traditional Gambrel or "Dutch roof".with lots of beams for young farm kids to 'Walk". It was built by a Barn Builder named Ely Sites in the mid twentys when my Dad was a boy. The craftsmanship and peg joinery is amazing. I live just 4 miles away and still get to enjoy it. I share your admiration and understand your interest these old fossils. The hay left in the lofts provide support to the structure and sadly many barns around here have been blown down because they were left empty. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
THANK YOU so much for letting us come in with you and look around! I'm fascinated by the old architecture of barns and old houses! If only we could hear the stories they tell.
Ah you missed a great opportunity when you put your thumb in the hole in the door. I would have jumped and probably laughed. 😆
Those older structures tell a story. Many times not just the history but much more. I'm sure the builders are having a good smile knowing people are still visiting the homestead and admiring it's architecture as well as longevity.
As always you take us along on another great adventure thank you 👍
That was an excellent aventure! Thank you Beau ! I used to work on farms and ranches when I was young but out west,, even our old barns are thrown together and utilitarian. The CRAFTSMANSHIP here is unbelievable in this barn, so beautiful I felt I was touring a barn in Germany ! Your tours, too, are so personal and earthy that I could feel the stones under my hands and smell the luscious aroma of hay, my favourite scent in the world. Enjoyed this very much!!
Very enjoyable as always! Love your old building tours.
Thanks Mr CHIGG love the History what craftsmanship 💟💟💟
I build and restore post and beam barns ( barnwright) . The hay rail was the demize of many barns . They typically had to cut out the perlin tie beam , to allow the track to run the length of the barn . I've found some pretty neat things in old barns
Always love exploring with you. Thank you for taking us with you to see some things that we might never have seen.
The construction is really impressive. So much skill and hard work involved!
This brought back memories of exploring an old barn when I was much younger.
Brought back many memories Chig.
Built like the USS Constitution.
Played in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin barns growing up.
Great builders.
Perfect timing! Just made my coffee and love your videos.
Enjoy!
"Awesome!" Thank you! Love & light God bless you!💙🇺🇸❤
This was exactly like our old barn back in PA. It has since fell down … but your exploration took me back to when I was a kid and was in that thing daily with the horses and cows. I love old barns
I love to see to see that old Barn! Thanks!!
Can't say I have ever seen barns like this here in the Netherlands or Germany, but they may have been a common style a few hundred years ago :)
On the farm I grew up on we just had the usual modern-style barns, with brick walls and pitch-covered planks. Also some old asbestos-covered roofs, which we got taught about very early on not to smash any of the damaged panels we found around the farm.
I imagine the stables we had with the manure dropping straight into a manure pit was a lot more efficient than these old-school barns. Even so I wish that barns like these will be preserved. They're such an integral part of history, and it'd be an utter shame to see them just slowly fall apart like this...
Hay Mr chigg nice video that's a great old barn I've put up several thousand bales in barns like that thanks for sharing 👍
Another fascinating peek into history with everyones favourite teacher! Aka the chigg!!
Wow my childhood was just brought back from my memories.
My, our horses chewed everything if we weren't shot on time tending to them.
We raised Scottish highlanders for milk and meat. They were the most "proper " animals ever. Always gentle always kind and most importantly they were always patient with us even when I very small, and through several generations of herds. They are just great animals. To this day, and I no longer live on farm. But to this day I will forever trust a Scottish Highlander. Danm good breed
I agree, sweetest breed.
Thanks Chig I appreciate you taking the time to explain everything! I am always fascinated by the craftsmanship that went into building these old barns. Unfortunately there are fewer of them still standing as many current owners do little to preserve them as they don’t appreciate the history behind them. Your video will help future generations get a peek into the past! Keep ‘em coming as you come across them!
I used to love playing in old British Barns like this as a kid. Thanks for the tour.
Loved the video Mr. Chigg!! I had many German ancestors who lived in the Shenandoah Valley. A couple of them were pioneers. I went back over ten plus generations in my family genealogy on my mom's side. I love the old barns and homes ...I think back to those eras and the history i've read about them and just imagine and wonder if my ancestors helped to build some of the barns and homes in the valley. And imagine what it was like back in those days for them. I know it was hard work from sun up to sun down. Thank you for sharing this great find and the exploring of it. Boy if those walls could talk what a tale they could tell huh?!!
Grew up playing around in old barns exactly like this, which is no surprise considering I grew up in the Shenandoah Valley. Great to see a video about them!
Awesome 👌 do love exploring old buildings like this 👌 we come across a lot when out metal detecting but never as interesting as this one 😀
I was always told to check the eaves for things !! I knew of a guy that found a pair of civil war colts in a cosmoline cloth in the eave of a barn !!!
Entertaining, informative, novel, relaxing and all that other mother jazz. Great vid. Thanks
As a teenager, when my buddies were hoarding "girlie mags" I had a great collection of Eric Sloane books on barns, farm tools, and basically everything dealing with New England rural life. Great illustrations and content! Awesome video Chigg!
I want a thumb-hole door! That absolutely blew my mind. Thank you for this tour. Barns fascinate me.
LOVE these old barns!!😍
Around 2000 I went to Memphis Missouri to visit family. They had a barn just like this. It was built in the 1800's. They wouldn't let me go in it because it was deteriorating. I was 13 so I snuck inside when no one was looking. 😬
Thanks Chigg. This sparked some memories of the best summers, spent on my uncles farm. The barn was almost the same, but the foundation was made of Medina stone. I can almost smell the fresh cut hay, alfalfa and manure. A whole different life for a city kid,lol.
Thanks for the explore. 👍
Best video ever! Please do more historical buildings. Your knowledge is so valuable to people like me that appreciate the value of your knowledge. More please 💓
Thank you! Will do!
Hello Mr. Chigg, thank you for showing us through that barn. My lungs wouldn’t even let me go in the front door. Allergies, I would’ve coughed and snorted and sneezed probably for the rest of the day if I went in that thing. But they are beautiful the way they’re put together. Nothings going to be 300 years old it’s amazing. Where did they put the water for the animals? In that barn did they ever milk cows? I really enjoy all of your videos, please keep making them. And I don’t care how many videos you show us of all the different bullets to find. It’s still a lot of fun. Hope everyone’s well.
Love the old barns plenty down here as well! I swear they tell stories sometimes.
Aquachigger, the hand forged piece you highlight at the start of the video could also be used for handling hay bales (the 90 pounders not the big rolled bales). We still use similar tools today to lift bales of hay onto wagons or moving them around the hay mow. PS thank you for another interesting video.
I've never seen a barn like this one, but I am impressed. I love the compartments and the hay ricks built in. Beautiful construction!💖
this reminds me of growing up and playing in grandpaws barn. those were the days.
it also reminds me of one of my favorite stories about my grandma. when she was 5 (1918) she was pretty adventurous. one day she got the bright idea of going hand over hand along the roof beam from one haymow to the other. she was about halfway across when her mother came in and saw her. her mother just froze for fear of startling grandma and making her fall. so she just stood there and watched as grandma went the rest of the way across. boy did she get her butt beat when she got back on the ground though lol!
that place has been picked clean except for the poo and hay lol nice tour sir
Awesome old place. Imagine the men working on this barn, splitting beams, mortising, tenon the joints and pegs. I would have snagged that fine old hand-forged hook and asked the owner if I could have it....that is awesome.
Love how you pull us into the moment! Watch your head ! You first! Appreciate you !
Very cool Chigg! I dismantled 18th C. barns and houses for several years back in the 90's. Most barns of that period were made out of "pole trees", virgin timber that was still trying to make it up to where the big trees had their crowns. That is the reason that those beams were so long and uniform in width. they were fighting to reach the crown area. Think of a "hole in the sky" that a tree had to reach as quickly as possible. Nice clean timber with few side branches. Just what's needed for a post and beam structure.More barns please. You're the best!!
I was raised on a farm , and I love old barn's and old cabins or houses .They are amazing. Thanks Chigg
My great grandparents had a huge barn and is still standing. They built house which caught on fire, subsequently they built another closer to the barn. Soon, I am going to try to get permission to metal detect all three sites. In addition, Native Americans had a summer camp up near the barn.
Reminds me of my Grandpa and Grandma's barn that was located in Southern Illinois. When I was a kid back in the 50's and early 60's, I spent lots of time exploring in their barn and property. His barn was pegged together like that one is, I was always amazed by the main beam that held the barn together. It was a sycamore tree about 1 1/2' across, at least 50' long. It still had the bark on it and was pegged to other upright logs with pegs that were 1 1/2" - 2" across. I have no idea how they ever lifted a log that size up that high to peg it together to hold the barn up. Grandpa's house was older than the hills it seemed like. His basement and foundation was was made with sandstone, though. Unfortunately, the house was blown away by a tornado and after my grandparents passed away everything was pushed in with a caterpillar, burned, and converted into farmland. All I've got is memories.
3:26 Overhang for those memorable times when the countryside was "snowed in." This entrance would be level to the surface snow drifts. Animals could be tended and hay/fodder accessed.
The chewing you’re referring to is called “cribbing”. My family used to own horses way back, and every so often, you’d walk into the barn and see divots in the stable doors where they had cribbed.
It’s typically labeled as a “stable vice” and can be caused by a lot of different things. Never known cows to do it though; then again, I’ve never owned cattle.
Calves will do that a lot when they’re teething. We’ve had to replace some boards in our calf hutches where they had chewed them down to almost nothing.
I doubt cows would because they have minimal top teeth.
I knew of horses cribbing before I had children. Then when I has children I learned why they call it cribbing, lol.
I love them old barns
The green of the hay through the door downstairs was a beautiful shade.
Love those old barns
I love old structures like this too but it makes me sad to see them in poor condition.
Love seeing old barns & farms Cheers!
More barns! Please!!! Brought back so many memories of my childhood in Valley Forge , Pa.!!
Thanks..enjoyed
Wow, I spent my childhood in Connecticut exploring old structures like this. My family had about 30 acres of land, with an old stagecoach trail running through it, and a barn just like this.
You learned me a few things today. My Grandmother was German but called herself Pennsylvania Dutch, it was said that during WWII you didn't want to be known as German so they used the name Pennsylvania Dutch. Also I learned about the bank barn. There were a few in WI and I used one, but didn't know they had a special name. It was fun touring the barn with you.
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, *Shenandoah* River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Beautiful treasure chest there!!! I love those old barns as well. If you have never read any of Eric Sloanes books you should check them out. Next time make sure you " throw the horse over the fence some hay" as the Pa dutch say. Thanks so much for sharing that!!!
The Shenandoah Valley is one of the most beautiful places on the east coast.....I used to go camping there every weekend
Definitely the good old days.
Thankyou for the tour. My ancestors were Pennsylvania Deutch. I live in western Canada. What an amazing barn. Lots of work to build it.
Thanks for the tour! 👏👏👏
THANKS for the tour!! Super Interesting History lesson!!!
Cool place!!!!!
The stone wall looked to be at least 2ft thick. Amazing.
Great video Bo, i laughed at " horses are big chewers of wood " Haha! You have a way with words!
Thanks chig!. Sure reminds me of old times of crawling around old barns as a kid..
Love old Barns!!!!
Wonderful old barn, thanks for showing us!
Interesting, thank's Bue
Wow what a amazing place thank you so much for showing us this wish I can go back in time miss it 💔
Very cool
Nice barn,great adventure waving at ya Chigg
I had a latch problem with a horse we currently have. Sturdy draft pony. Came home from the grocery store and saw her about five feet from the barn doors in the grass... Luckily she just wanted to nibble. Got her halter, turned her around and back in she went. Definitely spooked me! Better latches now, lol.
Amazing how good the workman ship was. Today your lucky if it last 50 years
Thank-you. That was very educational and cool. I did not know that the Pa Dutch moniker had morphed from its true origin of Pa. Duetsche
Yup very cool!
Very cool old barn!
I like them old barns to be safe Chigg and GOD BLESS y’all Amen 🙏
Chigg, you should have ran your pin-pointer along the top of the wall where you were checking for whiskey bottles. Might have found treasure!
Cool old barn love old places to explore
Ty. Love old structures & the history ❤️
Very cool!!
Very cool thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks for the video, Sir Beau.
I love old barns!! Thank you Chigg❣️
Man I'd have liked to see that when it was new
Glad to see you in my area
Pretty cool! Love those old barns!
That's a cool barn. If it ever comes down there will be people lining up to buy the wood from it. You just can't find old growth wood like that anymore.
There was something on top of the wall behind you at the very end of the video. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us chig
Thanks Chigg for passing all that knowledge on. Great video!!
I can't imagine the man hours it took just to lay all that stone!