I think people have lots of ideas about the people in the area. I’d like to see a reality check. My dad was the Assistant Director of Mental Health for the state of Kentucky. He always felt those people got the short end of the stick in terms of education and benefits.
I was born and raised in Breathitt county. Went to high school at Breathitt high and graduated in 2014. I moved away in 2019. Jackson will always be part of me and my family’s heritage. Proud to be from Eastern Ky!
It appears your channel went viral on the last video, well deserved after years of effort. Thanks for explaining REAL American history that so few are aware of. Cheers!
Great job, Josh. You make the past come alive with your excellent narration and the fact laden script that supports it. Keep up your good work, please!
This is where my Mom and family is from. I lived there as a kid, and moved to Florida for a few years, then moved back to Winchester, KY when I was a teenager. Breathitt county is a beautiful place, and them country boys down there are a different breed for sure.
@@moorek1967 my mom is Lisa Miller, or Lisa York now. Lester Ray Miller, Frankie Miller, Jeffery Miller (rip) , Matt Lee, I have Alot of family down there, and remember living there as a kid.
@@Wetrockstah2116 I am not related to Millers. My grandmother was Lorean Gross and her parents were Jim and Cindy Johnson Gross. I am related to Gross, Johnson, McIntosh. Johnson, Johnson, Johnson.....more Johnsons in ancestry.... Reynolds. And just to throw in, my mom's cousin Berry Johnson, murdered his wife and is in jail. So might as well include that before someone reads this and wants to point that out. And my Owsley cousins are Barretts. But I do have one blood relative who is a Miller, but his real great-grandfather was my great-great grandfather because his mother married a Miller and that baby was simply given the Miller name, but actually he was a Johnson. They moved to California. I have cousins married to Spencers, Spicers, Arrowoods, Redwines just to name a few.
Josh, this is so so so so so good!!! Your narration is beautiful!! Your voice and editing skills, not to mention all of the thorough studying you do of each individual town is truly incredible! You are so deserving of everything good to come your way!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Josh, you continue to excel in efforts to research, document, and present some of the most fascinating and fertile stories for learning. You are doing work that edifies and educates. History, at least to the extent that I have studied it over the years, is simply not a simple and "clean" science. Human beings are too complex and unpredictable to present in a mere textbook narrative. I especially appreciate the final minute or so of this video's narrative - the reminder that each day MAKES history and that this is an ongoing process. That may sound trite, but it is not. Congratulations on your successful evolution as a documentary film maker. It is a joy to watch.
@gregdelaney119 that really means a lot coming from you! I know you've stuck in there and observed my evolution. It really humbles me you're still around watching and taking time to leave such thoughtful comments like this one!
Thank you for sharing your videos and the raw truth of areas of Appalachia! It may be difficult for some people, but always tell the truth about the area!!
You're welcome! It is my desire to share the stories and history as well as show the present state of these towns and places. It is not my intention to denigrate or poke fun, or solely focus on the "warts" (every place has those). Really appreciate you watching!
@@MountainRoots I found your videos a few years ago, not having but internet TV, most miss seeing you on your new projects!! Praying for you and your family(team members as well), June Bug 🐞, Lewisburg, West Virginia!!
I have been born and raised in Breathitt County. Left home for 12+ years for work. There’s been lots of blood shed in my family growing up. My Dads side of my family lives on Smith Branch Rd named after Bad Tom Smith the last man publicly hanged in town.
lol I go get breakfast in Jackson and now our 4Runner is filmed in your video. I was watching this and my husband said “wait!” That’s the 4Runner. Love this little city and the people in it.
Your production is fantastic. The editing is always getting better. And!!! your accented commentary is classic. Thank you. love this sht. Cont success.
Josh another fascinating episode. I learn so much watching this. Your treatment of JD Vance very fair. I read his book a few years ago thought it was interesting and real. Love this channel.
Born and raised there,left when I was 18, miss that town so much, people don't take no crap, normally don't start trouble but will end it if you cross the line.Go Breathitt County one and only! Xo
I lived in Jackson in the late 70s. A long-haired youngster from Pike County, fresh out of high-school. Attended the Breathitt County Vo-Tech school taking a HVAC course through the EKCEP program. Walked those elevated sidewalks and got plenty of attention from the town police and the county deputies. Drove to Perry County for booze on the weekends. Met some interesting and good hearted locals. I heard a lot about the fueds and bloodletting of Breathitt from those locals. I think the national attention given the Tug River war is the reason for that fame. There's been many fueds, political and personal, but most are not talked about as much.
That was a really interesting video, it's strange that sometimes the most visually beautiful places on earth, are also among the hardest to survive in.
Hey J. I just got to 8:11 and you've mentioned Callahans. That is my blood. Carl Callahan was my Grandfather . I've so wondered my family's history. He married the Best Friend of my life, Bess Eddinger. Ty so very much for what you do. Cockerill? ...wow. My name till married was Cockerham. ..i fig'd it was British wow
Bloody Breathitt is my home town! No where like it! Graduated Breathitt high in 2003 ( undefeated state football champs) it is also the only place in America that didn't have to have a draft during war bc there where way more then enough volunteers. Long live Bloody Breathitt
I live right here in Jackson, Ky. It's a beautiful place but there are still strong family ties all up and down these hollers. You'll notice there's a few big names here and we can tell if you ain't from around here based on you last name and accent.
My dad is from there. Yeah whenever I hear people from the larger cities up north or south talk about the gang violence and some even try to imitate. They find out quickly, here in KY, when it comes to a feud, it doesn't ever stop, it's just the evolution to the next feud. The hills are alive with guerillas and gunmen.
My grandmother was from Breathitt. In fact, my grandmother's family has been there since the Revolution. My grandmother told me that when she was young,, there was gangs of men with rifles and shotguns who just walked through people's yards and took whatever they wanted and threatened to shoot anyone who protested. She was born in 1926 so in her memories, it was in the early 1930s.
@@Possessedpappy Yes, but not from Kentucky, on my dad's side, his paternal grandfather was from Ireland and this where my maiden name from. All the names listed from Breathitt are my mom's mom's family. My dad's mom and her family are from West Virginia, way back to Old Ned Sizemore..lol. My mom's dad's father was from Bavaria.
@@moorek1967 That's so cool. My father's mother was a Moore. Don't really know a lot about the family line so it's interesting when I hear the name and other people's stories.
@@Possessedpappy Moore is a very common name. And there are many Moores in Southeast Kentucky and West Virginia. If you want to read something interesting, read about the Captives of Abby's Valley.
@@moorek1967 Thanks I'll definitely check it out. I've been looking into the surname's history a little and I know it's tied to a mixed tribe called Melungeons. Which predates our country's existence. They have Portuguese and North W. African descent Which makes sense when my dad did his DNA test 16% of his ancestry came from to the Iberian peninsula.
How ironic, just heard on the news & online that a sheriff killed a judge in his courthouse chambers in Kentucky…sounds similar to these stories in a way…is history repeating itself in rural Kentucky?..anyhow another very interesting & informative bit of history of old Breathitt Kentucky
Go look up the reason for that shooting ! You may not find it so cut and dry ? Sad situation for all . Not so Ironic after you fully see what caused all that to unfold. Not starting a big debate just go and see why . Terrible decisions made on both sides .
@@CoalHeartedMiner Gossip about minor family members & possibly inappropriate sexual relationship(s). I'm not casting aspersions on either guy. Ironic I had just watched a video about the history of "bloody" Breathitt County and heard about this. My first college roomie was from Whitesburg.
I was hooked for the story but it felt like you just skimmed through the cliff notes. With that many bodies there has to be more important details than that. The last 3 minutes felt like an unrelated JD Vance book commercial. Politics aside I'd love to learn more about the story.
There's just so much to cover, and keeping all of it under 10 minutes is a challenge- to touch upon a place's past as well as some of its present context.
My family is from Jackson. My grandpa was very well known in the area. I was born there. We moved away when I was about five. Several years prior my aunt was shot and killed by her boyfriend. While walking to town one day she saw some men throw a body in a river. The sheriff was one of the men. Supposedly he was the one that ordered the boyfriend to kill her. Her death was ruled a suicide.
I am a Cassady whose roots in Inez, Ky/Martin County, run back to the late 1700s, during the time of settlement. My Scots-Irish paternal ancestors had names like "Ulysses Simpson Cassady" and were clearly pro-Union. I know that Scots-Irish blood and passion runs hot, and the spread of my clan across Martin County and the Tug River in West Virginia shows the history of the Civil War, and their struggles to survive. I respect those ancestors. Thanks for the video.
@@TrailRunnerLife i bet,lol. That was back in the rowdier days. Strikes&scabs, and moonshiners & revenue men. There's a movie out,called Lawless, you should watch,if you haven't seen it, 👌
One of my favorite books takes place in this county, it is a true story of a young woman God called to start a Christian work there. She ended up with a college, a Christian school and tons of churches all over, and this was when there were dirt roads! They had to build a bridge over a river to get building supplies to the school site. A true story called The Pauline Ministry in the Kentucky Mountains by Lela G McConnell written in 1942
The coal dried up?? How about the liberal Dem's closed it down?? 😮😢😮 Nothing can take down " memories"! We all have different memories of the same thing!!
It's an expression, not a literal statement about how the economy dried up. It is my studied opinion that politicians on "both sides" of the spectrum have been living like leeches off the backs of the common man for time immortal...
I live in Breathitt county. It wasn't really a coal.town then. It was a lumber town because of the river. They'd float logs down to a lot of sawmills there and on down the river. I can tell you all a lot of stories you'd never hear unless you grew up around here.
The way I was raised if someone killed one of my family members it’s my obligation to get revenge. There’s a reason there has only been a handful of murders in my area. It’s called deterrence everyone knows what will happen if you hurt the loved ones of certain people so they don’t hurt them. Btw I was born and raised 1 mile from the brethitt county line in magoffin
Seems like you changed your format from showing how awesome WV is, to explaining all the history of the crime and corruption. I liked the old format. Views aren’t what’s most important. WV needs to represent the brighter side. I’ll unsubscribe and check back periodically to see if anything changes.
What are you referring to? One single episode that discusses some of the darker parts of history? You do realize it's history, right? If we don't discuss these things how are we to learn from those who've gone before us? By now, you should know from my work of more than 100 videos, documentaries and a television show that I'm not trying to denigrate or focus on the negative. I'm trying to do my part to tell the stories and show the places that make up the tapestry of Appalachia specifically and the United States broadly. Hopefully you'll reconsider, but everyone has the liberty to do as they please. Thanks for watching.
My dad is from WV, I still have close relatives there. I lived in WV for a while and would move back if my wife said we could. The reality is WV is the wild west in a lot of areas.
Governor andy or someone put some work in this county and surrounding counties in southeast Kentucky desperately need jobs factorys warehouse bring some work here .
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Love hearing from y'all in the comments! What'd you think of Bloody Breathitt County?
Please tell us what closed down the mines. I think the mining companies closed them down as they were not profitable. Please tell us why.
@nancymay297 that would be an entire episode or even mini-documentary to cover... you may have given me an idea. Thanks!
Born an raised in Lee an Breathitt
I think people have lots of ideas about the people in the area. I’d like to see a reality check. My dad was the Assistant Director of Mental Health for the state of Kentucky. He always felt those people got the short end of the stick in terms of education and benefits.
Pretty cool
I was born and raised in Breathitt county. Went to high school at Breathitt high and graduated in 2014. I moved away in 2019. Jackson will always be part of me and my family’s heritage. Proud to be from Eastern Ky!
It appears your channel went viral on the last video, well deserved after years of effort. Thanks for explaining REAL American history that so few are aware of. Cheers!
@ADHski thanks, really appreciate it! I'll keep moving forward 🫡
Great job, Josh. You make the past come alive with your excellent narration and the fact laden script that supports it. Keep up your good work, please!
I appreciate that!
So many childhood memories in Breathitt. My grandparents were born and raised there. It was always “home” to us.
You have a great voice to narrate these stories. I love to watch videos about these beautiful yet troubled areas. You have a new subscriber.
I had never heard of this place in Kentucky or this story. I love to listen to your videos. Just so informative. Thank you!
This is where my Mom and family is from. I lived there as a kid, and moved to Florida for a few years, then moved back to Winchester, KY when I was a teenager. Breathitt county is a beautiful place, and them country boys down there are a different breed for sure.
It really does have a lot to offer in the way of natural beauty. Thanks for watching!
It sure is a beautiful place, and some of the best people you will ever meet. I hope it prospers once again.
We might be related.
@@moorek1967 my mom is Lisa Miller, or Lisa York now. Lester Ray Miller, Frankie Miller, Jeffery Miller (rip) , Matt Lee, I have Alot of family down there, and remember living there as a kid.
@@Wetrockstah2116 I am not related to Millers. My grandmother was Lorean Gross and her parents were Jim and Cindy Johnson Gross. I am related to Gross, Johnson, McIntosh. Johnson, Johnson, Johnson.....more Johnsons in ancestry....
Reynolds. And just to throw in, my mom's cousin Berry Johnson, murdered his wife and is in jail. So might as well include that before someone reads this and wants to point that out.
And my Owsley cousins are Barretts.
But I do have one blood relative who is a Miller, but his real great-grandfather was my great-great grandfather because his mother married a Miller and that baby was simply given the Miller name, but actually he was a Johnson. They moved to California. I have cousins married to Spencers, Spicers, Arrowoods, Redwines just to name a few.
Josh, this is so so so so so good!!! Your narration is beautiful!! Your voice and editing skills, not to mention all of the thorough studying you do of each individual town is truly incredible! You are so deserving of everything good to come your way!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
You're the best!
Dirty politics is still going on in Ky.. Thanks for your video. I sure enjoy watching them.
Great camera work on the video and you're a great story teller, your best video yet.
Wow, thank you!
This episode was riveting brother!
@@FatGuyTries thanks for the feedback, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Great info vid Josh! Jackson is my hometown.
Josh, you continue to excel in efforts to research, document, and present some of the most fascinating and fertile stories for learning. You are doing work that edifies and educates. History, at least to the extent that I have studied it over the years, is simply not a simple and "clean" science. Human beings are too complex and unpredictable to present in a mere textbook narrative. I especially appreciate the final minute or so of this video's narrative - the reminder that each day MAKES history and that this is an ongoing process. That may sound trite, but it is not. Congratulations on your successful evolution as a documentary film maker. It is a joy to watch.
@gregdelaney119 that really means a lot coming from you! I know you've stuck in there and observed my evolution. It really humbles me you're still around watching and taking time to leave such thoughtful comments like this one!
Thank you for sharing your videos and the raw truth of areas of Appalachia! It may be difficult for some people, but always tell the truth about the area!!
You're welcome! It is my desire to share the stories and history as well as show the present state of these towns and places. It is not my intention to denigrate or poke fun, or solely focus on the "warts" (every place has those). Really appreciate you watching!
@@MountainRoots I found your videos a few years ago, not having but internet TV, most miss seeing you on your new projects!! Praying for you and your family(team members as well), June Bug 🐞, Lewisburg, West Virginia!!
I have been born and raised in Breathitt County. Left home for 12+ years for work. There’s been lots of blood shed in my family growing up. My Dads side of my family lives on Smith Branch Rd named after Bad Tom Smith the last man publicly hanged in town.
Great video! I have roots in that town. Anyone live on JT. 397? I'm kin to Nichols, Reynolds, Moore, Combs.
I had heard and read about Bloody Harlan, "My dad was from there," but I never heard of Bloody Breathitt. Very interesting.
Such a beautiful area. I've been to Jackson many times.
lol I go get breakfast in Jackson and now our 4Runner is filmed in your video. I was watching this and my husband said “wait!” That’s the 4Runner. Love this little city and the people in it.
Your production is fantastic. The editing is always getting better. And!!! your accented commentary is classic. Thank you. love this sht. Cont success.
Thank you so much!!
Josh another fascinating episode. I learn so much watching this. Your treatment of JD Vance very fair. I read his book a few years ago thought it was interesting and real. Love this channel.
Born and raised there,left when I was 18, miss that town so much, people don't take no crap, normally don't start trouble but will end it if you cross the line.Go Breathitt County one and only! Xo
@rebeccahoward8927 if you don't mind me asking, we just moved there.. why did you leave?
Thanks for the video. We love our history here in the mountains
Glad you enjoyed it
Keep up the great work Josh!!
Thanks! Will do!
Good to see you more on you tube, i dont watch PBS,thank you,love these videos and your style of presentation 😊😊
Glad you enjoy!
I lived in Jackson in the late 70s. A long-haired youngster from Pike County, fresh out of high-school. Attended the Breathitt County Vo-Tech school taking a HVAC course through the EKCEP program. Walked those elevated sidewalks and got plenty of attention from the town police and the county deputies. Drove to Perry County for booze on the weekends. Met some interesting and good hearted locals. I heard a lot about the fueds and bloodletting of Breathitt from those locals. I think the national attention given the Tug River war is the reason for that fame. There's been many fueds, political and personal, but most are not talked about as much.
Thankfully Breathitt voted to allow alcohol sales a few years ago. I only have to drive 16 miles now, down from 36.
That was a really interesting video, it's strange that sometimes the most visually beautiful places on earth, are also among the hardest to survive in.
Thats my hometown. There are a lot of stories that youll never hear unless you were raised around here.
Great videos man. Really like your work!
Appreciate the feedback, and I'm so glad you enjoy them!
Interesting story and excellent work.
This is a great history lesson in less than 9 minutes.
@@ak2nda695 thanks for the feedback, glad you enjoyed it!
Hey J. I just got to 8:11 and you've mentioned Callahans. That is my blood. Carl Callahan was my Grandfather . I've so wondered my family's history. He married the Best Friend of my life, Bess Eddinger. Ty so very much for what you do. Cockerill? ...wow. My name till married was Cockerham. ..i fig'd it was British wow
I've lived in Jackson my whole life i couldn't call another place home glad to be from bloody breathitts hollers and back roads
Another amazing story!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very nicely done ✅
@miker4430 thanks for watching!
Hazard Kentucky raw violence way back in the 1940's.
From the son of a southern West Virginian'r I can guarani-dang-tee you that the feuds have not been forgotten.
And they are not over with.
Hello Harlan. Miss Dixie Town. Adios from the Ozarks 🌄
Bloody Breathitt is my home town! No where like it! Graduated Breathitt high in 2003 ( undefeated state football champs) it is also the only place in America that didn't have to have a draft during war bc there where way more then enough volunteers. Long live Bloody Breathitt
I live right here in Jackson, Ky. It's a beautiful place but there are still strong family ties all up and down these hollers. You'll notice there's a few big names here and we can tell if you ain't from around here based on you last name and accent.
💯% ain't hard to tell if u from the hollers of Jackson ky
I’m setting 2 miles from brethitt county line atm and I could tell story’s people just wouldn’t believe
I remember riding the bus through Jackson !
I am from Breathitt county.🤘❤️🤘🖤
It's not as bad as Mccreary County Whitley City
My dad is from there. Yeah whenever I hear people from the larger cities up north or south talk about the gang violence and some even try to imitate. They find out quickly, here in KY, when it comes to a feud, it doesn't ever stop, it's just the evolution to the next feud. The hills are alive with guerillas and gunmen.
I've never seen a gorilla in the hills down here bub
My grandmother was from Breathitt. In fact, my grandmother's family has been there since the Revolution. My grandmother told me that when she was young,, there was gangs of men with rifles and shotguns who just walked through people's yards and took whatever they wanted and threatened to shoot anyone who protested.
She was born in 1926 so in her memories, it was in the early 1930s.
My Grandma was born in 1922 and She said the exact same thing plus a lot of stealing. You're madin name moore?
@@Possessedpappy Yes, but not from Kentucky, on my dad's side, his paternal grandfather was from Ireland and this where my maiden name from.
All the names listed from Breathitt are my mom's mom's family. My dad's mom and her family are from West Virginia, way back to Old Ned Sizemore..lol.
My mom's dad's father was from Bavaria.
@@moorek1967 That's so cool. My father's mother was a Moore. Don't really know a lot about the family line so it's interesting when I hear the name and other people's stories.
@@Possessedpappy Moore is a very common name. And there are many Moores in Southeast Kentucky and West Virginia. If you want to read something interesting, read about the Captives of Abby's Valley.
@@moorek1967 Thanks I'll definitely check it out. I've been looking into the surname's history a little and I know it's tied to a mixed tribe called Melungeons. Which predates our country's existence. They have Portuguese and North W. African descent Which makes sense when my dad did his DNA test 16% of his ancestry came from to the Iberian peninsula.
Good narration
Thank you!
How ironic, just heard on the news & online that a sheriff killed a judge in his courthouse chambers in Kentucky…sounds similar to these stories in a way…is history repeating itself in rural Kentucky?..anyhow another very interesting & informative bit of history of old Breathitt Kentucky
Loss of life is so tragic 😔
@@MountainRoots I totally concur with you!
Just seen that as well.
I'm from here it would have been cool seeing you here telling about our history in this small town
@mikeymullins1446 there were only a few people out and about while I was there. I spoke with several of them. Very nice folks!
@MountainRoots thanks for a really good video It was really cool of you to let everyone know about jackson, you did a great job
@mikeymullins1446 thank you, I'm glad to hear a local say that!
Never heard of this and I live in Kentucky!
I live in breathitt, its pretty chill nowdays
The Sheriff of Letcher County, KY just shot & killed a local judge. Ironic.
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Go look up the reason for that shooting ! You may not find it so cut and dry ? Sad situation for all . Not so Ironic after you fully see what caused all that to unfold. Not starting a big debate just go and see why . Terrible decisions made on both sides .
@@CoalHeartedMiner Gossip about minor family members & possibly inappropriate sexual relationship(s). I'm not casting aspersions on either guy. Ironic I had just watched a video about the history of "bloody" Breathitt County and heard about this. My first college roomie was from Whitesburg.
I was hooked for the story but it felt like you just skimmed through the cliff notes. With that many bodies there has to be more important details than that. The last 3 minutes felt like an unrelated JD Vance book commercial.
Politics aside I'd love to learn more about the story.
There's just so much to cover, and keeping all of it under 10 minutes is a challenge- to touch upon a place's past as well as some of its present context.
My family is from Jackson. My grandpa was very well known in the area. I was born there. We moved away when I was about five. Several years prior my aunt was shot and killed by her boyfriend. While walking to town one day she saw some men throw a body in a river. The sheriff was one of the men. Supposedly he was the one that ordered the boyfriend to kill her. Her death was ruled a suicide.
@@patback5050 😔
I would give a thumbs up but RUclips either won't allow or is down.
@kentuckywindage222 that's odd, try again later. Thanks for watching!
@@MountainRoots
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how on earth did i not know this stuff about my town
THATS NOTHING TO THE DIRTY POLITICS WE HAVE TODAY IN THIS COUNTRY
This is where I am from and still live here
I am a Cassady whose roots in Inez, Ky/Martin County, run back to the late 1700s, during the time of settlement. My Scots-Irish paternal ancestors had names like "Ulysses Simpson Cassady" and were clearly pro-Union. I know that Scots-Irish blood and passion runs hot, and the spread of my clan across Martin County and the Tug River in West Virginia shows the history of the Civil War, and their struggles to survive. I respect those ancestors. Thanks for the video.
Ballad of Breathitt county.
Well, I’m here to tell a story
And I’m here to sing a song
Bout a card game up in Breathitt
And how a couple things went wrong.
The cards were on the table
In a house to hard to change
Where 38's were loaded
Also noted for they’re range.,
Minutes changed to hours
And looks began to stare
An east Kentucky poker game
With suspicions in the air
An old man in the holler
Knows how it got the name
Oh, bloody Breathitt County
And your east Kentucky fame
On a screen door slamming summer day,
You can hear the jar fly sing,
But does a ballad of this bloody place
Really mean a thing
The cards were on the table
The looks were on their face
Everything in the holler
Seemed to be in place,
moonshine in mason jars
sheriff out of reach
a bullet in a body
at the bottom of the creek
An old man in the holler
Knows how it got the name
Oh, bloody Breathitt County
And your east Kentucky fame
On a screen door slamming summer day,
You can hear the jar fly sing,
But does ballad of this bloody place
Really mean a thing Norman Taulbee © 2005
We actually call it Body Breathitt because the police brutality in the area. Specifically the state police.
Was raised in "bloody" Harlan Co. Never knew there were other counties carrying the title,🤔
My grandma grew up in Harlan County in the 30s and 40s. Her stories would peel the paint off the walls.
@@TrailRunnerLife i bet,lol. That was back in the rowdier days. Strikes&scabs, and moonshiners & revenue men. There's a movie out,called Lawless, you should watch,if you haven't seen it, 👌
One of my favorite books takes place in this county, it is a true story of a young woman God called to start a Christian work there. She ended up with a college, a Christian school and tons of churches all over, and this was when there were dirt roads! They had to build a bridge over a river to get building supplies to the school site. A true story called The Pauline Ministry in the Kentucky Mountains by Lela G McConnell written in 1942
Same in my home town in Missouri its everywhere
My grandfather grew up there.
My late husband was born and raised in Jackson,still have kin there
I’m from and live in Breathitt
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
The Judge is in my family line.
We share a 3rd guest greatfather.
I'm from Jackson
Home sweet home.
The coal dried up?? How about the liberal Dem's closed it down?? 😮😢😮 Nothing can take down " memories"! We all have different memories of the same thing!!
It's an expression, not a literal statement about how the economy dried up. It is my studied opinion that politicians on "both sides" of the spectrum have been living like leeches off the backs of the common man for time immortal...
I live in coal country and feel your pain, but coal just can’t compete in the market with gas based on $/btu. Put away your tinfoil hat.
You ain’t no miner
I live in Breathitt county. It wasn't really a coal.town then. It was a lumber town because of the river. They'd float logs down to a lot of sawmills there and on down the river. I can tell you all a lot of stories you'd never hear unless you grew up around here.
Brethitt county is almost 100 percent registered Democrats.
I don't know if it still is, but Breathitt County used to be the poorest county in Kentucky.
Booneville in Owsley is.
WHAT A BRILLIANT VIDEO SUPERB SIR
Thank you!
LOL at Andrew Jackson being America's favorite backwoods hero, maybe among people who never made it past 4th grade in some godforsaken red county.
I can't hear no sound
Uhh... I think you missed the fact that the Cherokee and Shawnee languages shared one common word. Cain-truck, which meant bloody ground...
Did I? 😉
hazard is by far more violent and dangerous but the corruption is in all aspects and they wiill kill u
Sounds like Athens Tennessee.
The way I was raised if someone killed one of my family members it’s my obligation to get revenge. There’s a reason there has only been a handful of murders in my area. It’s called deterrence everyone knows what will happen if you hurt the loved ones of certain people so they don’t hurt them. Btw I was born and raised 1 mile from the brethitt county line in magoffin
Set your clocks back 10 decades if you plan on moving to Kentucky 😮…
We did and we come from California (los Angeles County)I'll take Kentucky living anytime
@@Lost1st
Give it time , just give it time and you’ll see…
@chalesgolding5314 any info would help lol
My ex husband family from there they are Spencer. His Aunt was Mae Jett
I always said when I was president the first thing I would do is build a bride over Breathitt County.
Not bad but there were deeper fueds than that. Talk to the old locals.
Tell me more...
KENTUCKY ALSO KNOW FOR BASKETBALL.
JD Vance came from good Kentucky people struggling to survive in a depressed area. He's a true American hero in my book.
Thanks Josh and apologies for the political malpractice.... By those maga people who can't leave anything alone. I thought the video was great.
Ugh, this Ohioan would like to give back Vance to y’all!
Y'all?
@@MountainRoots yep…there’s not much difference between SE Ohio and Eastern KY. I have family up and down Route 23.
@Ginger2020 still curious by what you mean give him back 🤔
My car can go on auto-pilot from Portsmouth to Kingsport! 😉
@@MountainRoots that’s my way of saying Jackson can claim him, if they’d like to. I’m not a fan.
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Poor education causes this
Is that all? Could it not be more complex than that?
@@MountainRoots of course
DO YOU REALY WANT HOLLYWOOD THERE! NO 👎
Huh?
Trump/Vance 2024....
Seems like you changed your format from showing how awesome WV is, to explaining all the history of the crime and corruption. I liked the old format. Views aren’t what’s most important. WV needs to represent the brighter side. I’ll unsubscribe and check back periodically to see if anything changes.
What are you referring to? One single episode that discusses some of the darker parts of history? You do realize it's history, right? If we don't discuss these things how are we to learn from those who've gone before us? By now, you should know from my work of more than 100 videos, documentaries and a television show that I'm not trying to denigrate or focus on the negative. I'm trying to do my part to tell the stories and show the places that make up the tapestry of Appalachia specifically and the United States broadly. Hopefully you'll reconsider, but everyone has the liberty to do as they please. Thanks for watching.
My dad is from WV, I still have close relatives there. I lived in WV for a while and would move back if my wife said we could. The reality is WV is the wild west in a lot of areas.
See Ya. Grow up and then come back. He is free to put whatever he wants onto his channel.
Boo Hoo@ Pacifier (in my mouth) Music 😢
The truth hurts sometimes. How would YOU help this community? You can’t change the past or the truth, even if you don’t like it.
Governor andy or someone put some work in this county and surrounding counties in southeast Kentucky desperately need jobs factorys warehouse bring some work here .