Appalachia History of Cades Cove the John McCaulley Story
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- This is a real story of how it was in Cades Cove before the National Park took it over. Story and life of John McCaulley and his life in the Cades Cove from 1880 till he left it in1937. A rare audio interview with him from1960.SPECIAL THANKS to the McCaulley family for the old family photos and the audio interview. Thanks for watching. NOTE: Some pictures are just to tell the story and not the actual pictures. SUBSCRIBE:: LIKE AND SHARE:: HELP GROW YOUR CHANNEL THIS CHANNEL COVERS 12 DIFFERENT SUBJECTS !!! ( CHECK IT OUT) All Videos are Copyrighted and used by permission only.
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As I look around at our world my heart breaks for all we have lost. Our children won't know the beauty of these humble but rich lives.
I feel our generation is starving for home, love, community and decency.
Thank you for sharing this. My heart is warmed and deeply touched
Your very welcome my friend. Thank you for sharing.
DITTO
Well said... thank you...
It’s so sad that our generation would never know how to survive off the land , like he said They were like Millionaires, and that’s a true fact. They were off grid and had everything they needed. We would never survive!! It’s wonderful to listen to listen and learn from that generation!! Thank you for sharing this!!!
The great loss you’re describing I feel strongly is the sign of the end of the age. Jesus is coming SOON! We are at the end of the end.
John was my great great grandpa ❤️ I have this recording and lots of family photos. I am proud of the people they were and we still all are. Cades cove is a special place to me and I’m lucky to live just down the rd from it.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.
My Great grandfather was Jack McCulley, he was born in Donegal Ireland.
Would these people be of Scotch/Irish decent.
@@helenpomerleau6455 you just answered my question, thanks
@@kevinmcsweeney6560 Most were my friend.
I work in Aged Care and absolutely love listening to our residents life stories. It's so much better listening to the people telling THEIR stories rather than reading it in a history book. It gives you a better understanding of how things really were. Love this video
Thanks for sharing this my friend with. God bless you.
Donnie you've had a bunch of good videos and this one ranks near the top. We could learn a lot from these folks. I don't know how we've declined so much in such a short time. This man knew everybody in the cove and we don't know 10 people in our subdivisions and can't trust some of them. It's really a shame.
Thank you friend for sharing this. God bless you.
They had Night and Day. 8 years after this fine old guy died . . . we landed men on the moon. We got the Internet and "bright, shiny objects" that we all want.
We are immature, animal-origin, evolutionary creatures -- every one of us is born knowing NOTHING -- and everything we learn, we do so mostly on our own, as adults, in just one lifetime. It has always been this way.
Donnie thank you for another great 👍 video.
TF our decline is simple to explain. Loss of community has caused a total lack of empathy towards our fellow man.
@@OldMan1962 Jim you're right and that leads to more crime. When I was a kid you didn't embarrass your parents by causing trouble in the community. We had a family name in the town and you didn't mess that up. That included school or anywhere you were. The old timers didn't need the cop to take care of their business.
Too much ME, MYSELF AND I NOWADAYS.. moral values at a LOW and …Godlessness and ingratitude …
To hear the voice of a man born 1800's and died 60 years ago was amazing, hearing what life was like , I just loved every minute of it. What a simple honest life , he was blessed. Thank you for bringing this to life. I live in Australia and will probable never get to see these places in life. You bring them so much to life. Bless you.
Thank you friend. Your very welcome. God bless you.
I was thinking the other day how blessed I was,when I was 16,(1995) I was helping and hanging out with a man that was turning 100 years old in that coming spring, B.B. was his name,a very quiet and humble man,he told me when he first saw a car,I believe he was around 5 years old,he was black folk and grew up in Mississippi,his dad told him never to retire, so at age of 100 he was crawling under houses that the foundation was sinking in the ground and jacking them up with hand bottle jacks,,,one don't see hardly(or if) any from the 1800s anymore
My grandfather was the doctor in Cades Cove around the turn of the century, Dr Thomas McGill. I so enjoyed listening to this, hearing stories from that time in history. Thank you for putting this together.
That's awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome. God bless you.
Rest easy Mr. McCaulley! Your work on this earth made a difference in this world. I’m very happy that I was able to hear a bit of your life story. Why can’t people be this way now, work hard, help your neighbors & just be a good human being? Imagine the world we’d be a part of. Times may have been hard, but Mr. McCAulley and people like him lived a rich life beyond measure.
Awesome, Thanks for sharing your thoughts and prayers my friend.
Donnie, this is such a priceless treasure. Many thanks to the McCulley family and to you for sharing this recording. I heard him say $20 for 100# of honey. When I was a beekeeper, my honey went for about $2.30/# in 2000 era. Now I pay a much higher price for local honey. Life was easy because they looked after one another; Oh how I wish we could be like that today!
Times have changed my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this.
I wish it were that way today too.
I just bought a 3 lb jar of honey today for 15.00 from a local bee keeper. It tastes so much better than store bought, even though it’s higher priced. I think there’s a lot more work to bee keeping than most people realize
@@vickiewest1199 Awesome my friend. A lot of work in it. Thanks for sharing this.
$22 a quart here in ND for local honey.
My heart jumped for joy. In the cemetery pic I saw my grandmother's family's name Sands. Thank you for sharing this!! Cades Cove is where my family is from. I've never been there, my grandmother moved to California. Some day soon I will be in Tennessee, where my sister lives. To walk where my ancestors walked. Again thank you!!!!
Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome my friend. God bless you.
Kellie, which family are you related to? I'm fascinated.
@@sherryweeks5956 None there my friend just dear friends.
@@sherryweeks5956 Related to Sands and Simerly's.
Coke stay with me! I’ll take you to Cades Cove!
I love it when he says "they had a big time". My momma talked that way. We're losing it day by day. Makes me sad. There's nothing better to me than listening to stories that those who came before me tell with such enthusiasm. Love the pictures! Thank you. God bless.
Awesome my friend. Thank you so much. Your very welcome. God bless you.
Those oral stories are more valuable than any book, but of course we love the books written about them.
My Dad talked that way. We are loosing it, sad.
I have such respect for all our ancestors in our great USA. These people were hardworking and took care of their fellow man. Beautiful story and you are a fantastic storyteller Donnie. This interview was fascinating. What a wonderful man Mr. McCully was . I would have loved to have known him.RIP. ✌️❤️
Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you
WOW .....What a Wonderful Life he lived and the kindness he shared in his community that was probably one of the most BEAUTIFUL Stories of History I've ever had the pleasure of hearing Thank you Mr. Donnie...time's seen to be so simple back them 🐻🐾🐾
Awesome my friend. Your very welcome. Thank you.
Wow, Donnie. You're absolutely right about sharing a treat. That was awesome. Mr. McCulley reminds me of my late father. He was born in 1929 in Ashland, Kentucky and passed December of 2021, still in Ashland. I have heard many sermons based on what Mr. McCulley was living out. Love your neighbor, treat others as you want to be treated, take care of widows and orphans, don't let those in need go without, etc. Great video. I think it's my favorite so far, though they have all been good. Thank you so much for sharing this interview!
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing your story with us. God bless you.
@@donnielaws7020 And may He continue to bless you as well!
Hello Donnie thanks for another great post.
I don't know if you realise but your videos are very soothing in a world gone mad with corruption, depravity and of course greed $$$.
God bless you and yours, Mr Donnie Laws...
Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend.
My husbands great great grandfather was Big Will Walker. Big Will was raised in the Cove but later moved to Walker Valley…now known as Tremont. He’s in all the history books you’ll find in the visitors center and his claim to fame is having 37 kids lol. He used to stay in the valley and do handyman work while the husbands of all the ladies in the valley went to Maryville and Knoxville to work. Hence the 37 kids by a whole lot of women.
My own favorite story of the Cove was when I was a little girl and me and my friend rode our bikes around the loop while our parents were back at the campground. I met Kermit Caughron that day…he still lived in the Cove and I’m pretty sure he was the last to leave. They tore his house down…it was back up behind the Lawson Place. Kermit kept bees and he let me help him that day with his bees and one other time after that. I even got to wear one of those screened hats of his. I’ve loved bees ever since. He was nice to me…a kid doesn’t forget that. He wasn’t part of any tourist attraction sort of things…it was just me, him, and my friend up by the barn working with his bees. Every time I pull through the gate I look to the left over the horse field at that big horse shoe shape on the mountain. That’s Kermit’s Horseshoe…it was his favorite part of the Cove. I’ve spent a lot of my life up there…we’re from Townsend and we were as poor as dirt when our 3 boys were kids. They never even realized it though. They had such a good time riding their bikes down to the river and sitting in the woods with bears when they were kids that they tell me today they had no idea we were poor people.
I love your videos and the things they make me think of. I love them with all my heart.
WOW what a great story my friend
So much history. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you.
My ex-wife was a (Walker), Theresa (Walker) Bevins and she loved going to Cades Cove, she was the person that first took me to Cades Cove when we were dating, but she never did mention to me that there was someone by the (Walker) name that lived there, I don't think . I will have to ask her about it some day . I love going there it is such a beautiful, peaceful place there . My ex-wife's dad of the (Walker ) name I think
was married 7 times, so my ex had several half brothers and sisters .
Beautiful story. Most enjoyable. Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
THANK YOU ! ❤ That was so TOUCHING... I love these old stories. They make me wish I could have lived there during those years, When neighbors were neighbors, your word meant something, Sunday School and church gatherings were a love festival, sharing the GOOD and bad times of all and when really HARD WORK FELT GOOD !!! ❤😍😘
Your very welcome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.
Thanx Mr Donnie for taking me on a trip back in time, which was the sweetest yrs I ever lived.
Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend.
Thank you so much for sharing, Mr Donnie. This interview is such a treasure, and so are you, sir. God Bless you and your family.
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Thank you from my heart. I loved and enjoyed this all heart. I go to Cades Cove every time I go to the mountains. I found my grandfather grave in Maggie Valley. I love listening to anything I can about the people from the Cove or the mountains.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.
Hi Donnie, - This conversation with Mr. McCulley was a great find! I loved hearing him talk about the times back then and how people treated each other. So different today. His perspective on life was also very interesting - he had what he needed so life was fine. Thanks for the top-shelf video! You have outdone yourself- this video should be at the Library of Congress if it isn’t already. Thanks for all you do.
Amen my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this.
This recording is truly a treasure. Thanks for sharing.
Your very welcome my friend.
This made my heart ache to the point of tears for simpler times. I’ve been to Cades Cove many times without knowing any of it’s history. I live in the Appalachian mountains. The only things we needed from the grocery store were sugar, coffee, salt and pepper. Most communities were just like this even as recent at the 1970’s. I was only a child in the 70’s but I can remember people looking after the elderly. Not much need for nursing homes. Everyone helping their neighbors. Lord help us now.
Thanks my friend for sharing your memories. God bless you.
Cades Cove is absolutely gorgeous, the scenery is breathtaking.
Yes it is my friend. Thanks for sharing this.
I so enjoy hearing about history from you Mr. Donnie. And thank you for the breathtaking views of the gorgeous mountains. Just beautiful!
Awesome! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend.
Yes Sir , we still take care of our own in the coal region of the Appalachian Trail my friend . What a pleasure to hear these stories and know it goes back to communication at Sunday School , thank you very much for posting this ! God is still good 😊
Awesome my friend. That's so true. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.
His blessing are for everyone dear , we just need to seek and find them you are truly anointed 🥰
@@roseredd7895 Thank you friend. God bless the Coal Miner.
I LOVE YOUR RUclips CHANNEL!
My first trip to THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK was in 1963 and I was in High School in Miami Florida then. I fell in love with those beautiful mountains and the wonderful people that lived there. I somehow knew that one day I would be living there and now we are! After living in Miami for over 60 years it was time to move to our real home Tennessee. I am now 77 years old and my only regret is that I we waited so long to move here! My wife of over 55 years and my 2 daughters are now officially resident of the great state of TENNESSEE for over 12 years now. I will be happy to be buried here and become part of the area that I love so much…IT’S GOOD TO BE HOME AT LAST!🙏❤️🙏
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Wow! Thank you! Thanks for sharing that my friend.
@@donnielaws7020👍 🙏
Loved hearing this interview. It was as if you were stepping back in time. What a wonderful attitude he had regarding the life he and his family lived. He was thankful for all that he had. I loved that all the people worked together and helped one another. We need to have that same sense of community to get us though the days I feel we have ahead of us.
Thanks for sharing this my friend.
What a wonderful video! We enjoyed it so much, hearing the gentleman tell about his life in Cade’s Cove. Thank you for your interesting videos. We appreciate you so much.
Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend.
I really enjoy listening to this interview. It sounds a lot like the stories my grandmother used to tell about her life in NE Alabama. They worked hard, but had a good life. Thank you for sharing Mr. Donnie!
Awesome! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend.
Thank you brother for that one. That's my area of the hills I miss so much. Those people had a value way above this world now. Hearing him say, we cared for one another, we helped one another and we worked for one another. That's living a useful life.
Amen my friend. Your very welcome.
Such a neat interview Donnie ....everyone in that cove was like family even if they weren't related....they looked after each other cradle to grave...Thank you for the video Brother.
Your very welcome my friend.
Great to hear this history! Thank you, Donnie! God bless you! 🤗♥️
Awesome! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend.
How wonderful to hear first hand about life in Cade's Cove. I feel a bit sad it had to end for all those people and now it's for tourists. Thank you for an educational, interesting and insightful post. ❣️
Your very welcome my friend. Thanks for sharing.
“A funeral for $2 or $200.” I have a small home just down the road from Townsend, on the Little River, toward Maryville. My people were from just off the Hiwassee River, in Calhoun, Bradley County, TN. Mr. MacCaulley’s speaks very much like my grandparents and their friends, reminds me of my early days. Folks helped one another. Just buried my little sister, last week. It cost a bit more, now. I bought my place because I enjoy visiting Cades Cove and the Smokies. This recording is a precious blessing. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome my friend.
I got married in 1999 and we went to Cades Cove on our honeymoon, ten years later God called my wife home. We both loved it down there and I'd sure like to go there again but I'm 78 years old and have some health problems so it probably isn't gonna happen. Thanks so much for sharing this.
So sorry to hear that my friend. Thank you. God bless you my friend.
Love history Donnie I remember my grandfather and my mom telling when they moved from Illinois to the Missouri ozarks it was a long trip in a wagon back then Thank you for the memories again Donnie God-bless you look forward to the next one
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this story.
"As good a cow as I ever laid a bucket under."
This whole interview made me smile. Thanks Donnie.
Awesome my friend. Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.
Such a lovely video. Wonderful story, it sure would be nice to back to those times when family's and neighbors stuck together for survival and fun etc. Thank you Donnie for sharing this and also to the McCulley family. Just Beautiful.
I totally agree! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend.
Thank you for sharing. Mr. McCauley sounds JUST LIKE my Grandad💗 Stayed with my Grandparents a lot, during childhood and adulthood, I shared in the care of both when they got old. My Grandparents were great story tellers and I loved to listen!! The same morals and standards and "love thy neighbor" practice was handed down and distilled in me. I thank God for my Grandparents and their love and life lessons that has made me who I am.💗🙏💗
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing your memories. God bless you.
Mr McCulley,sure sounds like a fellar I'd like to sit down with and share some time with. Thanks Donnie for sharing the interview with us of Mr.McCulley and his Home in Cades Cove,what a real treat. God Bless and have a Good Evening 🙂.
Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend.
I love the way the narrator talks. And no it’s not just the sweet southern accent. It’s his calm soft voice and a way of saying things and stories.
Thank you friend.
This was so lovely to here the stories of yester years pls keep bringing them to life again I love things like this I'm from shrewsbury UK Thank you
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
Watched this one this morning also, so coming back to leave this comment. That interview is priceless. Thank you and the McCaulley family for sharing it with us here on RUclips. This Mr. McCaulley was very sharp in his memory and speech, he did not miss a like during the interview, very informative. Everyone who enjoys the Smokey Mountains and Cades Cove needs to here this. These families all need to be remembered and how life was there on this beautiful piece of earth !
So glad you enjoyed it my friend. This is will be remembered to how people lived. God bless you. Thanks so much for sharing this.
I love these stories and how you tell them. TY☺️
Awesome! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing my friend.
Thanks again Donnie that was special. what a life.
Your very welcome my friend.
Wow! What an interview. That how it was in the old days. It’s a shame the government came in and bought them out. I really love the way he talked about the range cattle. Can’t wait to to share this with my husband. Thanks Donnie
Thank you friend.
Watching this video makes my heart feel heavy. I can only imagine if people today still lived by the biblical principels, morals & values of life as men/women of Mr. McCaulley's generation where they truly Loved thy neighbor. What a wonderful world it would be today. "United we stand, divided we fall." Thank you for sharing this beautiful historic interview. 🙏❤️ 🇺🇲
Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.
This was fantastic, Donnie. We loved it so much. Thank you for this and for all your videos! We always watch every one. This reminded me of the Foxfire documentaries...I think it was in the 70's...I could listen to people tell these stories all day.
Awesome my friend. Your very welcome.
Thank you for the history on Cades Cove Donnie that's always been one of my favorite pieces of Earth. Have a great day and stay safe and keep you tired of dry and may God bless!
Your very welcome my friend. God bless you.
This is so interesting. I love pioneer history. Have done genealogy research on my families for 40 years.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing my friend.
Donnie, you really outdid yourself with this one! I love all your videos and always look forward to them but this one has to be my favorite. Thank you for sharing that old interview and your hard work on making these videos!
Thank you friend. Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing this.
A beautiful life.... much thanks to the McCaulley family for sharing that with the World. Donnie, I just can't thank you enough for your channel. It's soothing to me, and your voice is like coming home.
Awesome my friend. Thank you. Your very welcome. God bless you.
That’s Donnie, what a great story. Really enjoyed hearing about how the families looked out for each other.
Thank you friend.
Thank you, Donnie, for sharing these priceless pictures and Mr. McCaulley's story. Getting to hear the way his life was lived from his own words is a treasure! A history that should not be forgotten! How much better life would be lived if we all cared for and looked after one another now like they did back then. ❤
Your very welcome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.
"I was borned in Cades Cove in 18 and 80". I remember people commonly talking like that. My own father was borned only 25 year later. 'and' was always used in the date. I remember seeing a gravestone in a cemetery that was crudely carved out by hand. It had the word 'borned' carved into it. It was an ordinary flat rock to serve as a marker for the grave of a young girl. I can imagine a father laboring to inscribe the stone the best he could, out of love for his daughter.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this story.
That was awesome . So much history, and that's how my parents were raised, but in Kansas. I was raised the same way, to help where and when I could, and over 60 years later, I'm still that way. Thank you so much for sharing this Donnie. ❤️
Awesome my friend. Your very welcome.
What a great video Donnie! Thanks for sharing. Cades Cove is such a beautiful place!
Your very welcome my friend.
I love cades cove been there many times this interview is priceless for anyone that's ever been there it gives me a new perspective on it thanks for a wonderful piece
Awesome my friend. Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing.
I watch this about a year ago. Incredible history, enjoy the just as much the second time. Sheridan with some friends. John McCauley was a heck of a human being. Smart people to have the sense, to record this gentleman.
Awesome my friend. That's a great story. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you.
Love Cades Cove, great story, thanks, Donnie
Your very welcome my friend.
I loved that interview...neighbors helping each other...families taking care of each other...sad that is lost to time. Thank you brother for posting this
Thank you friend. Your very welcome. God bless you.
Awesome video.
Loved listening to Mr McCulley. Reminded me of listening to my grandmother and great grandmother when I was little. Great granny died in 1978 the day after my birthday, she was 107. The stories she used to tell... Thanks Donnie, I love your videos.
Awesome my friend. Your very welcome.
Thank you Donnie for the history snd interview you shared. Made me wish I would have grown up in those days in Cades Cove. Every time I walk there and walk by her creeks and forest I always say, what a place to have grown up in”. You gave us a little bit more about the people who lived there. They looked out for each other and loved each other. Yes indeed, they were rich. Thank you so much.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. Your very welcome.
My Granny and her family came from Cades Cove they were Garlands, she met my Grandad and moved couple hrs away in NC. Cades Cove has always been a special place to me and my family ❤️
That's awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing your story with us.
A wonderful story of simpler times, where folks enjoy country life. Thanks for a reminder of when we helped our families and neighbors. A bountiful area with crops, wildlife and the natural beauty.
Your very welcome my friend.
A fascinating story my friend. Mr. McCulley was a very generous and kind soul. Thank you for providing us with a window into the life of Cades Cove.
Your very welcome my friend.
Just can’t get enough of these stories. Love the history of your beautiful mountains.
Thank you friend. Thanks for sharing this.
Donnie, thank you for presenting this well done interview! I'm not sure if you intended to do this, but you have helped preserve history and the story about the McCaulley family and life in the Cove. My family (3 generations) goes to Cades Cove to camp at Cades Cove each year. Over the years, we continue to learn more and more about the history and people of Cades Cove, but this story really touched us. We travel from 3 different states (Florida, Virginia, & Ohio) to get there, and we never want to leave because Cades Cove is so beautiful and is such a special place. We are looking forward to upcoming camping trips this coming October and next May/June. But now because of your story and presentation, we will have an even greater appreciate for what we collectively call "God's Country". Again. thank you for making this video, and it was amazing to hear the interview with Mr. John McCaulley! As has been previously said....this brought tears to my eyes! Thank you for all you have done to help keep history going! We hope you will be doing more stories such as this one!
WOW, You have a lot of history there my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this story with us. God bless you.
Mr. Donnie I dont see how you do it. You just keep putting better and better videos out. I sure do thank you. I could sit and listen to my elders talk about the old days all day. I just enjoy things like that. You dont see many folks my age 37 that love to sit and listen to the elder folks.
Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for saying this. God bless you.
Thank you so very much for recorded these memores. Now thywill never be lost! Brilliant!
I hope so my friend. Your very welcome.
This is where my Father and all of his family grew up. They were there until at least the 60’s. My Grandfather Nathan Everett work at the CC camp. Some of these people mentioned were my family too. So much beautiful memories. ❤️
My Father’s homestead if the barn still set’s on the National Park. I don’t think a one of us would know how to live like they did. ❤️
That's awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.
Love Cades Cove....Been going there since 1969 and i am 58 years old....When i went there when in elementary school nobody was there.Great movie Mr Law ...Thank you..
Awesome my friend. Your very welcome.
it's sad they made all these families leave. i know when they built the blue ridge parkway here they had to leave or they sent in the pinkertons and you left or were killed. thank you for this video. you take care, be safe and well.
Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend.
Hi Donnie,
What a wonderful treat this was.
To hear a recording of one of the last members from Cades Cove. That was so wonderful, the memories were still vivid in his mind about the families, the people, the cattle, crops, animals they hunted, ECT.
Thank you for these wonderful videos and the flood of memories they bring back.
Thanks also to the McCulley family for giving permission to use this interview.
I had Aunts and an Uncle that were born in the late 1800's and it was exciting to hear their stories.
God bless you, my friend.
It is awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. Your very welcome. God bless you.
Thank you Mr Donnie! This one is a treasure. Hearing history from the source. Im hoping this finds you healing up nicely and getting better and better.
I had an Aunt that lived to be 2 months short of 104 & passed in 2016. She started out on a homestead Farm in rural New Brunswick Canada 🇨🇦. She lived in Flushing New York raised a family there & retired to Rhode Island then spent her last years in Brighton & Monroe Michigan. I loved to listen to her life history too.
Awesome my friend. Thank you for sharing this story. God bless.
Can relate to a lot of that,grew up on a farm that was built in 1858. My father always had enough garden for the whole community. We're up here in nova scotia, Canada. Donnie, if you get a chance, Google up Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Tell me if we don't have our own version of the smokey mountains, lol. They even have their own language-Gaelic. Keep up the great vids 👍
That's so awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this story with us. Thank you. God bless.
Couldn't help but Love this interview, the man spoke about taking care of their neighbors just like they were family! So Beautiful to hear all the good times that he and others had in Cades Cove! Fantastic!!!
Thank you friend for sharing this. God bless you. Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.
Wonderful interview. My husband and I went there many times, walked back to all the cabins and wondered about those living there, wish I could show him this now.
Awesome my friend. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much.
I loved this conversation with Mr. McCulley…thank you, Donnie for sharing this. I agree, it’s priceless…..
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
Donnie has done a great portion to preserve our history. Man alive it takes money time and study to do this stuff but if somebody didn't do it it would be lost forever thank you Donnie thank you very much
Awesome my friend. Well said. Thanks so much for sharing. Your very welcome.
This interview was great. My wife and I just sat and listened to every word. Sounds like great people lived in the Cove.
Awesome my friend. Glad you enjoyed it. God bless you. Thank you so much.
Can't tell you how much I enjoyed this bit of Smoky Mtn. history. Even during the Great Depression these good people were shielded from hard times and took care of each other. I pray one day we can return to.
Amen my friend. Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.
James McCauley jr was John' father.
James jr was born and laid to rest at cades cove. 1833-1906. James Sr. also lived in cades cove for a period of his life living in the Tipton cabin. James Sr. Is my great, great, great grandfather.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS !!!
JS McCauley
Your very welcome my friend. I was told he was in the civil war to. There is so much history and stories of John yet to share. He reminds me of my uncle. I have become good friends with his grandson John. God bless you friend.
How wonderful Donnie! Thank you for this. Everyone hearing this is remembering our Grand and Great-grandparents. I have been through the Cove three times in my life including the last vacation my wife and I had before her illness. These posts are a treasure to me.
Awesome my friend. God bless you.
Country folks working together is the best life on earth. Helping each other and not being selfish is the key to happy living. Thank all who made this video possible and to Mr. Donnie you are the best there is. Thank you so much. God bless you Sir❤
Well said! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend.
Oh how I loved this!
Thank you sir!
I was fortunate to know my great grandmother who was born in 1880. She passed in 1972 I think but at 95 only because of a broken hip.
I was 10 years old and would sit with her and write all her stories and songs down.
Someone came and threw that book away and I was so heart broken.
That's so sad about the book. God bless you friend.
What a great video, Donnie! Thanks for sharing this audio reel. My family and I just visited our new property in East Tennessee back in June and were very fortunate to visit Cades Cove on a day that didn’t have a lot of traffic. What a beautiful and serine place it is! Thanks, again, for sharing more history of East Tennessee!
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wow what a treat...thank you for the interview amazing........made my bad day a good one 🙂
Awesome! Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing that my friend.
I truly enjoyed this! To hear Mr. McCulley talk was about his life back in those times is a treasure! Thank you for sharing!
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Great video, Donnie. It brought tears to my eyes. How blessed these people were to have known one another then..such love, understanding, such giving hearts. Yes...blessed indeed.
Thanks so much my friend. Your very welcome.
Wow! Great interview👍🏻🤗🙌🏻💕This gentle’s words were so profound & and treasure to listen to! He was 100% sure everyone living in that land/area was living in paradise!! And, I would have to agree with him!! Especially when you compare that lifestyle to today’s modern lifestyle!! Today families are no longer valuing the proximity of where they live in relationship to where their immediate family members, their grandparents, parents, in-laws, siblings, cousins, etc. are living! Kids todays don’t get to experience the beauty & fun of spending a lot of time with their families -- no wonder family stories & history is lost!!! They’re not around each other to have the “time” to share family stories!! Our society is headed in the wrong direction!!!
WOW Thanks so much for sharing this. Glad you enjoyed it my friend. God bless you.
Thank you so much for sharing this. My family and I have been going to Cades cove for many many years when we go to TN on vacation. It’s a beautiful place . There is a huge difference in the amount of vehicles going through now compared to the first time we went. But I still love going every time.
Awesome my friend. It's getting worse every year. Thanks for sharing.
I truly enjoyed listening to this. It puts me in mind of my younger days listening to the older folks talking. I wish I had since enough back then to record their stories. My dad passed on stories his grandmother told and his great grandmother of life back to the civil war, and beyond. I have had some discussions with people about the time period, and they want to quote from a historian's book. I always say I like to believe the people that where there living at the time.
I reckon parks are a good thing, but it's still a shame all the history of that area is all but gone now. Thanks for helping keep it alive.
Thanks for sharing this my friend. God bless you.
Thank you for preserving and sharing this glorious story and history!! ❤
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Thank you DonnyIt’s nice to see a native or southerner narrating and making a video of our own history
Thank you friend. Your very welcome.
Mr. John was a beautiful man.. He was right each one teach one an give a helping hand as you man need one .... Just a beautiful interview... Thanks for sharing your life with us grateful for the opportunity to learn! ✌🏼💗😊❣️
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What a beautiful story of an amazing man. Most of my family is from Happy Valley and Abrams creek ran into our property. The roads John McCulley helped to build sure made life much easier for my family. Our property bordered the GSMNP. When the park came and drew the border my great grand dad didn't know how it would change getting into Happy Valley. Great people like John alleviated those worries for many locally. Thank you for this amazing story Donnie.
WOW Thanks for sharing this my friend. Your very welcome. God bless you.
I enjoyed seeing the pictures and listening to Mr. John speak about the days in Cades Cove. I can only imagine the life back then. Seems like the life I long for, when people lived simple lives and everybody got along and helpingthe neighbors during times of need. This world has come so far from that these days. I've had the pleasure of visiting Cades Cove many times. Next trip, when walking through the cemeteries I'll be sure to think of Mr. John, knowing he built so many of those caskets.
Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing. God bless you.