I know a lot of you are watching this. I'm surprised and I think it's awesome. I just want to say thanks for taking your time to see my video, I know it's not much, but I hope you had a good time by the end. Thanks again for watching, I hope you can visit this place soon. . . if not, I do hope you have a great new year.
This old place has much better construction than most buildings I see in these videos. The stock shed that you went through was particularly good. The floor was coming out, but I could see where the walls were triangle braced. Whoever built these did it properly. I've seen towns which were probably younger than this in other videos, and they were almost down to kindling. Part of the problem is that as soon as water gets in, it's game over; although another large part of the issue is that everyone uses square beams which predictably split in the middle as soon as they are subjected to load which the builders didn't anticipate. Hardly anybody uses triangular beams; presumably because triangular joints are much harder to make. If I were you, and there was no risk of being busted by the cops, I'd seriously consider moving in; or at the very least, making a record of the place in case I ever needed somewhere to stay.
you said that you were not a good video maker. let me tell you you are miles ahead of every one else that I've watched, you were steady and panned slowly we the viewer got a chance to see what there was to see not like others who rushed around like their hair was on fire and we the viewer didn't get to see anything..Thanks.. ( wish i could give you more than one thumbs up)
Tried to visit Cade’s Cove in1988. So full of tourists couldn’t see much of the settlement. What I saw was beautiful it it takes more than a day to really enjoying all that was there.
I love the simplicity of this video. I personally find it pleasant and relaxing, and I like that there is no talking, no music, and no obnoxious graphics to clutter it up. Just the sounds of the place itself made me feel what it was like to really be there. So many youtubers now make very complex videos in tv-show format, which is fine.... but I think folks sometimes forget that youtube started out as a site for ordinary people to share their basic homemade videos, back before Google acquired YT and commercialized the heck out of it.This video is wonderful just the way it is.
agree, Ginny Miller! those other videos i will turn off the volume or just exit entirely, they're so obnoxious. this video, i felt i was really there. :)
The park service does an amazing job of keeping this place up. Old wooden structures takes lots of TLC to stay in this pristine condition. Thanks for posting.
I know what you mean. I like the idea of seeing the homesteads and seeing how people lived, but knowing they didn't really want to leave makes it a strange feeling.
💜💜💜💜 this video. Takes you back in time. Love the wood buildings. And I love that you just video and don’t yap all the way through. 😳. It’s so quiet and peaceful. I’ll have to check out your other videos. Thank you!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I like the sounds of the nature and try to get that to come through the videos. I'm an amateur for sure, but I do my best to show you what it's like if you're there in person.
Yes, thank you, thank you, thank you. That's the first thing I noticed, that there was none if that annoying music that most of the time has nothing to do with the video they're showing. I've stopped watching quite a few videos people have made just because I couldn't get through the music. Shame because they were probably good videos otherwise..
Thank you. Gayle, this is one of my favorite places in this whole area. I am so happy to be living here and I am glad you enjoyed watching the little video, thank you so much.
I'm not the best video maker, but I've tried to get better and I will try to make some more. Thank you for watching, you really mean more to me than you know.
I love the video an awesome job to you but hard to believe those building are 220yrs old.maybe someone been taking care of it but awesome video thanks for sharing.
It is 1:30 in the morning I live in Charlotte North Carolina I came across your video and I just want you to know that you are doing a great job the camera is steady is letting me see things you're not rushing through anything I wish more people were like you I want to thank you very much for showing me this God bless
I do genealogy research and discovered that my family tree extends to this community. Thank you for documenting the park so I can see where my family originated!!
Brenda Johnson Brenda, I lived ln RR #2 Vonore Tenn. and my dads Father & My Gramma lived there in what js known as tellico Plaines , Earl Humhreys & Mae...He was a decon at the Bab. church and we took Beulah Johnson & a couple of her younger boys w us every sunday...We past a saw mill on the way also i went to Ball Play School. Are you From that lineage?? how far is Cades Cove from Tellico Plaines Tenn anyway,? This remided me of JR Giles's Home, where Grandpa & he Helped lne another through Harvest time tho I never met his wife as i was prob bout 2nd 3rd grade then.I miss Seeing Tenn thus love These youtube vids. the TVA took his farm and put the last Lake on it tho I never got down to see how much it changed but mom, Betty, Said I'd Never Even recognize it anymore. I planted a peach seed by the out house off to one side..lol.. Mom told me that she couldnt believe how Huge that tree grew and That the peaces were Huge and Beautiful and So so many... he had two ponds on his 12 acers they allowed bim to keep as "Back Up Land"... Sold the Beautiful Farmhouse for a lousy 12k !! i about fell over cryin..he had so many acers, black walnut trees,and grew corn, tobacco, on like maybe 80 acres..But im not sure now..Watsons lived ln our road..and Sloan store were friends w gramps & granny..Ever heard of them? i knew Gene watson, Sharon Mullins, but was only there one year..That place was pure heaven!! hope your related to Beulah Johnson..forgive any missspelling, my eyes r not the best @ 70 now.
The town wasn't abandoned, first the Native American Cherokee were run out and then the later settlers were forced out by the government and it is now part of the Parks Commission. I was thinking as I was watching the film, too sad the Indians were killed and pushed out of these mountains and now this land sits empty. I was even more sad when I read how and why!
But you sure like what the mean old white man did for you, what did your indian people ever make? Now shut up about mine or go back to where you came from, asia.
Same thing happened in the Scottish Highlands , people thrown off the land for sheep by the land owners , who once were their Clan Chiefs. There is thousands of stone remains of peoples houses there very sad to see when one travels throught the land . Duncan Pitkeathly.
You're very welcome. Thanks for watching. I have another video of the same area called "Abandoned in the Smokies, Cades Cove". I made it several months after this one, during the summer. I used a different camera, got some more buildings, and was a little better with the editing. It also has some bears in it. Thanks again for watching.
Thanks for watching and the comment Karen and for visiting the youtube link. I'm still learning how to film properly, so the overall quality should get better as I learn more.
Wow, you did such a great job. Some videos I can't watch because the camera jumps around so much that it makes me dizzy. Thanks for putting this together. What a beautiful place.
You made a beautiful video it’s amazing that the homes are in such good shape - It is a shameful part of history where the parks commission force people out of their homes but it’s nice to be able to look at the homes as they stand now. Thank you for sharing your beautiful video.😁💕
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen this place. My husband and I often vacationed in nearby Pigeon Forge, and we would always visit Cades Cove. I miss seeing it. So thanks for videoing it. Because of COVID, social distancing, lockdowns, mask mandates and life in general, it’s the closest I can come to being there.
I love you videos specially the stand still ones, it gives us a minute to admire the beautiful views 😍thanx so much and have a wonderful Happy New Years
thank you for this video. so peaceful and quiet. very beautiful. makes me long to go back to living the old ways. life would be so much simer and bearable.
This is a great video that I'm enjoying very much. Still, I'm finding it troubling that people were forced out of yet another community founded by Native Americans, the Cherokee to be specific. It bugs the crap outta me that it's STILL happening! Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
I agree, especially when the information that People state as fact, is not. American Indians, I don't call them Native Americans, because that is not fact. They were the original settlers. They also came here from someplace else. This part of of North America was uninhabited. The Settlers that settled in the mountains of Appalachia, suffered great hardships, but they hung right in there, because they were a hardy bunch. It's a shame these People were forced from their homes though, however many People of the mountains are Cherokee descendants.
I love your post. My ancestors were the original settlers, for my Family, so I have always considered myself "Native American" lol. You know I was thinking how fun it would be if the People of this area, meaning this old town, would do reenactments of daily life, as it was when it was setup. I did get to thinking though, that would draw crowds of People, and the peacefulness of that beautiful area would be lost. This little town would be a totally cool off the grid.
Wandering around the ancient remnants of that old farm by the creek... seems so quiet & peaceful now. But we know it was anything BUT that when those brave pioneers built this place & lived here. Danger loomed around every corner, every day. Disease. The weather... tornadoes, floods, winter storms. And bears. LOTS of those in this area. Then the Indians. And the rebels & ner' do wells, all of whom would kill without a second thought just to take what they wanted. Food. Women... The bravery of these people is almost unimaginable today. May they now RIP. What they left behind for us to marvel at is a true monument to their time here...
It's really sad that folks were forced to leave their homes. First the Cherokee, then the others... It looks to have held up pretty well. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for subbing. I'll have more new videos soon, waiting for a little snow. Those stairs to the attic are dangerous and the doors are usually locked to tourists.
So quiet and peaceful. I could sit for hours by the creek listening to the water flow over the rocks. During your tour, I couldn't help but wonder what life was like for the people who lived here. Thank-you so much for a lovely tour of this homestead. You did a very nice job of filming......slow and no rushing to look at these simple homes. Music accompanying this would have made it perfect. Do you know who lived here? If not, may I suggest that you find out a little background on the former residents long gone? Thanks again for a job well done.
Thanks for the comment and watching. It's one of my favorite places where I live. Many of the people who once lived in this area still live in the neighboring towns. Many now live in Gatlinburg and Townsend, TN and some in other areas local to Knoxville.
Saw some elk there earlier in the year. The bears should be out now too. If you get a chance to go this year, be sure to check out Middle Prong Trail. It's on the way to Cades Cove. It's a short or a long hike, but no matter how far you go, you'll see some of the best waterfalls in the mountains. It's an abandoned logging train track. There is even a 1930's model Cadillac there that was abandoned by one of the logging bosses when they shut down the operation.
so love Cades Cove...... wish I would have lived in that era. This era is not for me.... I am not making it my home anyway just briefly passing through on my way to the New Jerusalem!
Hi Loris. It is abandoned as in; there are no residents and the residents were forced to abandon the homes and community. Most abandoned towns will have a tourist element. The tourism has been steadily growing for the past 40yrs in this area of the GSMNP. There are many other homes and farms not shown in the video that most people don't get to see, due to hiking distance. I'll try to get up there and show them in a video later this year.
I grew up in Transylvania County, and am part Cherokee. I have been away from the smokies since 1983. Nothing is as calming as the mountain breeze, and interacting with wildlife.
Thanks for an extremely interesting video. I live in the Blue Mountains of NSW, Australia (elevation 1065metres) and the architecture of our old buildings is completely different, excep that ours are made of weatherboard too. My old home is made from imported American redwood (1916). Our oldest building used pegged down sheets of bark or shingles. Very few of them left now.
Man, I'd love to see something like that. I'ts amazing how things are made so differently on different continents. I wish I could afford to come down to Australia and check out what you guys have done down there. Thanks for watching my little video and taking a minute to comment, I appreciate it.
This is on the Cades Cove loop road, and the mill is the Becky Cable Mill. Sometimes in the fall they make the sorghum molasses with the sugar cane...and you'll see the grinding stones there. Also the old Walker and Tipton places...I've many wonderful memories from there!
I found many people don't know about this area because it's off in a different direction. It's a one way road through that area. It's such a nice tour through and there are several old homes and a church. Well worth going through.
Thank you so much for sharing, great video, I love History, i love old ghost towns and ghost hunting, I can not wait to move to the Smoky Mountains in a year or so well as soon as we can get the money together we will be on Our way, Love the smoky mountains and love this video, thanks once again.
Thank you for filming this. Through my genealogy I found that my ancestors on the Fitzpatrick and Simpson side first settled the Appalachians. They lived in place called Patrick Gap. Let me know if it's possible if you've ever heard of it.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. There are still a ton of those families in the area here. It's pretty neat to learn about stuff like that. I don't know of a Patrick Gap around here, but I believe there is one in Kentucky.
I really enjoyed your film! I know some of my family lived in Kentucky! It’s very possible that I may have the wrong state. I wonder how they made the huge round concrete stones and what they were for? Maybe to shape the metal for the wheels. Beautiful country, I would love to live by the creek and the mountains in the background. Would love to see more. I lived in Montana for 6 years and was able to go through quite a few ghost towns. There are old cabins in the middle of nowhere with old stoves and other things just left behind. People would pay more than a few dollars for I’m sure. Would love to see more of your films.
Chuck Moran My brother actually visited some of the relatives around that area. It seems that my grandfather. Ulysses Grant Fitzpatrick started a new family with my grandmother, Nannie Simpson and he met some of them. I know the Simpson’s came from that area and some possibly In Arkansas.
In the opening scene of the Primitive Baptist Church, I once attended a wedding of two of my friends at that church. We had camped out in Cades Cove and it was so cold that gallon jugs of water froze solid by morning. I've been there at least twenty times.
Hi i am william i am glad to have watched this video, my family is one of the founding familys of cades cove. i have been there many times as a child, i would love to take my children up their and let them see the beautiful past.
Not to mention Trump when it comes to taking land for his stupid casino. That is exactly what he tried to do in Scotland and was denied. He is permanently banned from Scotland over that.
I love the video, but like other viewers stated, some background music or a bit of commentary would have made it that much better. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful part of history.
there were alot of families forced out of alot of areas in these mountains around Cade Cove... my Great Grandmother & Great Great Grandmother were forced to sell their childhood homes to the government in the area we know as The Guff, which is now part of the Cherokee National Park... nothing last i heard there is nothing left of any of the building on the property... if they hadnt sold out, the government wouldnt just taken it under eminent domain and they wouldnt have gotten any money at all...
Where in the world is this gorgeous place located at? I grew up in Eastern Kentucky and we had places like this, but not quite this big. I would LOVE to visit it and get a first hand look at it. This is my passion...those old homes or old home steads...thank you so much for showing us some amazing footage of those homes...
Nice video and I believe you did a fine job on it. I would have liked to have heard the description of each place you entered and possibly some history on the places. I am fairly knowledgeable about the Cove, but I know a lot of people aren't and it would have helped them possibly. I go over to the Cove at least Once a year, but the last few times I have went, I have found it Overflowing with tourists. It's hard to get through the Cove, especially if there is Bear out and near the roads. I have seen folks park in the middle of the road and leave their vehicles where they sit. It's not that I am in a hurry to get through the cove, but there is many other people that would love to have the opportunity to see the wildlife as well. Thanks again for the video and God bless you.
I've got to say I only live about 60 miles away from Cades cove which is part of the Great Smoky Mt national park and its great, our church goes 1 time a year and has service in one of the primitive churches we take guitars. mandolins, and banjo and fiddles and it is awesone, the park has an old timers day every year in may where hundreds of pickers and local story tellers come, let alone just to visit these old homes, my wifes family old cabin is there. also just outside the 11 mile loop there is a campground and after 5 it is closed to traffic but you can rent a bike. you should bring your family and come see how the oldtime mountain folks llived
I know a lot of you are watching this. I'm surprised and I think it's awesome. I just want to say thanks for taking your time to see my video, I know it's not much, but I hope you had a good time by the end. Thanks again for watching, I hope you can visit this place soon. . . if not, I do hope you have a great new year.
This old place has much better construction than most buildings I see in these videos. The stock shed that you went through was particularly good. The floor was coming out, but I could see where the walls were triangle braced.
Whoever built these did it properly. I've seen towns which were probably younger than this in other videos, and they were almost down to kindling. Part of the problem is that as soon as water gets in, it's game over; although another large part of the issue is that everyone uses square beams which predictably split in the middle as soon as they are subjected to load which the builders didn't anticipate. Hardly anybody uses triangular beams; presumably because triangular joints are much harder to make.
If I were you, and there was no risk of being busted by the cops, I'd seriously consider moving in; or at the very least, making a record of the place in case I ever needed somewhere to stay.
Hi I'm in West Virginia love the beautiful land
Ive been here many times and go up at least 2x a year ..I love it up there ..Good video ..
Mary Lashare I was born in WVa..Miss it
could any of you tell me exactly where this is I would love to go visit
you said that you were not a good video maker. let me tell you you are miles ahead of every one else that I've watched, you were steady and panned slowly we the viewer got a chance to see what there was to see not like others who rushed around like their hair was on fire and we the viewer didn't get to see anything..Thanks.. ( wish i could give you more than one thumbs up)
Thank yo so much for the kind words on this Christmas Day (for me). I hope you have a wonderful holiday season..
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New hair style 201a
i laughed alot when l read "like their hair was on fire" 😄😄😄😄
Tried to visit Cade’s Cove in1988. So full of tourists couldn’t see much of the settlement. What I saw was beautiful it it takes more than a day to really enjoying all that was there.
Love ❤️ this so peaceful!
I love the simplicity of this video. I personally find it pleasant and relaxing, and I like that there is no talking, no music, and no obnoxious graphics to clutter it up. Just the sounds of the place itself made me feel what it was like to really be there. So many youtubers now make very complex videos in tv-show format, which is fine.... but I think folks sometimes forget that youtube started out as a site for ordinary people to share their basic homemade videos, back before Google acquired YT and commercialized the heck out of it.This video is wonderful just the way it is.
agree, Ginny Miller! those other videos i will turn off the volume or just exit entirely, they're so obnoxious. this video, i felt i was really there. :)
Ginny Miller ohh dog
That first house looked in such good shape that with a good cleaning and painting turn it into a vacation home
What beautiful buildings, some are so pristine after all this time, thanks for sharing
Cades Cove and the GSM Park is some of the most beautiful countryside around.
Hey would you be related to William or Henry Lee n Fannie Long
Love every part of that town and it looks so clean and the houses still in acceptable condition!! I would love to live there! Fantastic video!!
GREAT PLACE TO SHOOT A MOVIE!! TY FOR SHARING, SUCH AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHY!!
Really wasn’t what I was expecting . It looks very well maintained and probably by a historic society .
But I did enjoy it . Thank you .
The park service does an amazing job of keeping this place up. Old wooden structures takes lots of TLC to stay in this pristine condition. Thanks for posting.
Dude you are so right! It really does take a lot to keep it running. It's a year round thing. Thanks for commenting!
I know what you mean. I like the idea of seeing the homesteads and seeing how people lived, but knowing they didn't really want to leave makes it a strange feeling.
💜💜💜💜 this video. Takes you back in time. Love the wood buildings. And I love that you just video and don’t yap all the way through. 😳. It’s so quiet and peaceful. I’ll have to check out your other videos. Thank you!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I like the sounds of the nature and try to get that to come through the videos. I'm an amateur for sure, but I do my best to show you what it's like if you're there in person.
Yes, thank you, thank you, thank you. That's the first thing I noticed, that there was none if that annoying music that most of the time has nothing to do with the video they're showing. I've stopped watching quite a few videos people have made just because I couldn't get through the music. Shame because they were probably good videos otherwise..
Same with me!!! This was a breath of fresh air not to have all that banjo playing. The silence spoke about the land!!
Really an exceptionnal place! Thank you for sharing. Beautiful video.
Wow! These simple houses had lovely floors, ceilings and latticed porches. Peaceful scenery.
I love that someone has maintained these properties! Thank you for documenting and thank whoever for the up keep!
What a beautiful peaceful place..Thank you for sharing.
This is wonderful! Cades Cove is one of my favorite places. So much history and it's so pretty. You're doing the place Justice.
Thank you. Gayle, this is one of my favorite places in this whole area. I am so happy to be living here and I am glad you enjoyed watching the little video, thank you so much.
Wow total peace and quiet away from this messy world sounds good
Yes it does
@@johnphilips6868 Amen to that you have a good day and be safe the only piece we're going to have us with our Lord
I'm not the best video maker, but I've tried to get better and I will try to make some more. Thank you for watching, you really mean more to me than you know.
A humble youtuber always deserves a sub, so I’m subbing
I love the video an awesome job to you but hard to believe those building are 220yrs old.maybe someone been taking care of it but awesome video thanks for sharing.
It is 1:30 in the morning I live in Charlotte North Carolina I came across your video and I just want you to know that you are doing a great job the camera is steady is letting me see things you're not rushing through anything I wish more people were like you I want to thank you very much for showing me this God bless
Thanks! Haven’t visited your beautiful videos in a while. Such treasures! Thanks SO much!
This video has amazing content , I can't understand anyone complaining . I'd like to to thank you for sharing this beauty with us .
I do genealogy research and discovered that my family tree extends to this community. Thank you for documenting the park so I can see where my family originated!!
How can you purchase something like this
Seems like everyone who does, gets "Traced" to something ..."famous".
Brenda Johnson
Brenda, I lived ln RR #2 Vonore Tenn. and my dads Father & My Gramma lived there in what js known as tellico Plaines , Earl Humhreys & Mae...He was a decon at the Bab. church and we took Beulah Johnson & a couple of her younger boys w us every sunday...We past a saw mill on the way also i went to Ball Play School.
Are you From that lineage??
how far is Cades Cove from Tellico Plaines Tenn anyway,?
This remided me of JR Giles's Home, where Grandpa & he Helped lne another through Harvest time tho I never met his wife as i was prob bout 2nd 3rd grade then.I miss Seeing Tenn thus love These youtube vids.
the TVA took his farm and put the last Lake on it tho I never got down to see how much it changed but mom, Betty, Said I'd Never Even recognize it anymore.
I planted a peach seed by the out house off to one side..lol..
Mom told me that she couldnt believe how Huge that tree grew and That the peaces were Huge and Beautiful and So so many...
he had two ponds on his 12 acers they allowed bim to keep as "Back Up Land"... Sold the Beautiful Farmhouse for a lousy 12k !!
i about fell over cryin..he had so many acers, black walnut trees,and grew corn, tobacco, on like maybe 80 acres..But im not sure now..Watsons lived ln our road..and Sloan store were friends w gramps & granny..Ever heard of them? i knew Gene watson, Sharon Mullins, but was only there one year..That place was pure heaven!!
hope your related to Beulah Johnson..forgive any missspelling, my eyes r not the best @ 70 now.
ohhh..im nit dest man below..
im from step dads , the Humphreys .
Brenda Johnson our family research showed us coming through around 1600
The town wasn't abandoned, first the Native American Cherokee were run out and then the later settlers were forced out by the government and it is now part of the Parks Commission. I was thinking as I was watching the film, too sad the Indians were killed and pushed out of these mountains and now this land sits empty. I was even more sad when I read how and why!
But you sure like what the mean old white man did for you, what did your indian people ever make? Now shut up about mine or go back to where you came from, asia.
Guess Who. Come back to Europe, where YOU came from lol.
America was fine until the white man landed in it.
Yes , disgusting...
+CM , and brought the stupid concept of money.
Screwed everything up.
Same thing happened in the Scottish Highlands , people thrown off the land for sheep by the land owners , who once were their Clan Chiefs. There is thousands of stone remains of peoples houses there very sad to see when one travels throught the land . Duncan Pitkeathly.
Great video! Very steady, took your time with each shot, and video was clear!! Awesome job! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for taking the time to watch!
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video. The depth of the fireplaces are original. Such a peaceful area.
You're very welcome. Thanks for watching. I have another video of the same area called "Abandoned in the Smokies, Cades Cove". I made it several months after this one, during the summer. I used a different camera, got some more buildings, and was a little better with the editing. It also has some bears in it. Thanks again for watching.
Being from the Brushy mountains, these are the most beautiful sights I've ever seen. I miss my mountains so much.
I'm glad you like it. It would be hard to live away from the mountains. I hope you make it back soon!
No problem. Happy Holidays and thanks for watching
barry beatty tennessee
Marilyn Dison am from North Carolina from brushy mountain . We was known as the moonshine capital Jr Johnson is my uncle
A very good video. Thank you for sharing and God Bless you.
Excellent video. Thanks for not rushing through it.
Watched this video on that "other" location. Enjoyed it very much. I could hear the peace and quiet. Well done.
Thanks for watching and the comment Karen and for visiting the youtube link. I'm still learning how to film properly, so the overall quality should get better as I learn more.
Those buildings are amazing.! I would live in one of them. Thanks for the video
I feel like I'm looking at Little House on the Prairie
GOOD JOB ON THIS VIDEO! YOU GIVE US A GOOD LOOK!
Wow, you did such a great job. Some videos I can't watch because the camera jumps around so much that it makes me dizzy. Thanks for putting this together. What a beautiful place.
So beautiful.The peacefulness would have hidden the sadness had you not shared Thank you
You made a beautiful video it’s amazing that the homes are in such good shape - It is a shameful part of history where the parks commission force people out of their homes but it’s nice to be able to look at the homes as they stand now. Thank you for sharing your beautiful video.😁💕
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen this place. My husband and I often vacationed in nearby Pigeon Forge, and we would always visit Cades Cove. I miss seeing it. So thanks for videoing it. Because of COVID, social distancing, lockdowns, mask mandates and life in general, it’s the closest I can come to being there.
Loved it 😁✌❤
So happy you didn't add distracting music or dumb sound. It was peaceful!!
I’ve actually been there and hiked to those exact places. So much history and they’re still so incredibly beautiful. Thank you for sharing 💕
The old cantilever barns are my favorites, what engineering!
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This is great history. Think of all the conversations they woudlve had around those fireplaces and stoves
i liked it,so cool to see history☺👍and i like this without music,thank you👍👍☺☺☺
You did a great job on the video. I’ve personally been there and it just saddens and ticks me off that two sets of people were forced to leave.
Wow! Amazing. Thank you!
I love you videos specially the stand still ones, it gives us a minute to admire the beautiful views 😍thanx so much and have a wonderful Happy New Years
What a sad story. I hate to hear that people had to give up their homes and history
pat goff nothing new about it always hapoebs
pat goff Yes, sickening.
TVA forced (paid 😂😂😂) folks off their land too. My relatives lost farm land around and on the Little T, where the the Tellico Villages are.
Very good show.
thank you for this video. so peaceful and quiet. very beautiful. makes me long to go back to living the old ways. life would be so much simer and bearable.
This is a great video that I'm enjoying very much. Still, I'm finding it troubling that people were forced out of yet another community founded by Native Americans, the Cherokee to be specific. It bugs the crap outta me that it's STILL happening! Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
April Morris Yes, they were forced out by the park service.
I agree, especially when the information that People state as fact, is not. American Indians, I don't call them Native Americans, because that is not fact. They were the original settlers. They also came here from someplace else. This part of of North America was uninhabited. The Settlers that settled in the mountains of Appalachia, suffered great hardships, but they hung right in there, because they were a hardy bunch. It's a shame these People were forced from their homes though, however many People of the mountains are Cherokee descendants.
I love your post. My ancestors were the original settlers, for my Family, so I have always considered myself "Native American" lol. You know I was thinking how fun it would be if the People of this area, meaning this old town, would do reenactments of daily life, as it was when it was setup. I did get to thinking though, that would draw crowds of People, and the peacefulness of that beautiful area would be lost. This little town would be a totally cool off the grid.
I agree.
It's called "The Heartland Series"probably here on youtube.
Wandering around the ancient remnants of that old farm by the creek... seems so quiet & peaceful now. But we know it was anything BUT that when those brave pioneers built this place & lived here. Danger loomed around every corner, every day. Disease. The weather... tornadoes, floods, winter storms. And bears. LOTS of those in this area.
Then the Indians. And the rebels & ner' do wells, all of whom would kill without a second thought just to take what they wanted. Food. Women...
The bravery of these people is almost unimaginable today.
May they now RIP. What they left behind for us to marvel at is a true monument to their time here...
It's really sad that folks were forced to leave their homes. First the Cherokee, then the others... It looks to have held up pretty well. Thanks for sharing.
You just got an forever sub!!! Glad you showed the extremely rare attic scene but be extra careful doing that!
Thanks for subbing. I'll have more new videos soon, waiting for a little snow. Those stairs to the attic are dangerous and the doors are usually locked to tourists.
I could just picture walking in this cozy place in the winter with a nice warm fire going, thank you so much for sharing really enjoyed 🇨🇦😄
Thank you for taping this because towns like this along with old mansions will be forgotten even if they owned by the state. For that I thank you
Where is Popcorn Sutton, I want moonshine 😆😆👅👅!! Nice video.
Popcorn died a few years ago. I do have a little moonshine though. =-)
Beautiful place, just needs love
Great videos bro keep them coming...
Thanks mcnulty, I love where I live, like to show it off, just wish I was more skilled than hobby level.
So quiet and peaceful. I could sit for hours by the creek listening to the water flow over the rocks. During your tour, I couldn't help but wonder what life was like for the people who lived here. Thank-you so much for a lovely tour of this homestead. You did a very nice job of filming......slow and no rushing to look at these simple homes. Music accompanying this would have made it perfect. Do you know who lived here? If not, may I suggest that you find out a little background on the former residents long gone? Thanks again for a job well done.
Thanks for the comment and watching. It's one of my favorite places where I live. Many of the people who once lived in this area still live in the neighboring towns. Many now live in Gatlinburg and Townsend, TN and some in other areas local to Knoxville.
Nice show. I love the older farm homes.
i am Cherokee, irish, english lineage im actually glad you know the history of the struggle of my ancestors in that area
THANK YOU!!! For NOT having stupid music and dumb talking....REFRESHING!!!!
Thanks for making the video. Beautiful countryside, charming old town.
I've been there a few times and can't wait to go back! Cades Cove is one beautiful place and full of deer..............
Saw some elk there earlier in the year. The bears should be out now too. If you get a chance to go this year, be sure to check out Middle Prong Trail. It's on the way to Cades Cove. It's a short or a long hike, but no matter how far you go, you'll see some of the best waterfalls in the mountains. It's an abandoned logging train track. There is even a 1930's model Cadillac there that was abandoned by one of the logging bosses when they shut down the operation.
so love Cades Cove...... wish I would have lived in that era. This era is not for me.... I am not making it my home anyway just briefly passing through on my way to the New Jerusalem!
@Texas Always consider it a gift from our creator! We are to love our neighbor and strangers, therefore I love you too!
We are all just visitors!!
i love thar old house. i definitely could live there and be happy in the peace and quiet.
When I visited there, there were plenty of tourists wandering around. There is even a gift shop. Not exactly abandoned.
Hi Loris. It is abandoned as in; there are no residents and the residents were forced to abandon the homes and community. Most abandoned towns will have a tourist element. The tourism has been steadily growing for the past 40yrs in this area of the GSMNP. There are many other homes and farms not shown in the video that most people don't get to see, due to hiking distance. I'll try to get up there and show them in a video later this year.
Loris Matheny j
I grew up in Transylvania County, and am part Cherokee. I have been away from the smokies since 1983. Nothing is as calming as the mountain breeze, and interacting with wildlife.
This is my kind of place , it is just beautiful wish I owned all this property just the way it is Thanks for posting
Thanks for an extremely interesting video. I live in the Blue Mountains of NSW, Australia (elevation 1065metres) and the architecture of our old buildings is completely different, excep that ours are made of weatherboard too. My old home is made from imported American redwood (1916). Our oldest building used pegged down sheets of bark or shingles. Very few of them left now.
Man, I'd love to see something like that. I'ts amazing how things are made so differently on different continents. I wish I could afford to come down to Australia and check out what you guys have done down there. Thanks for watching my little video and taking a minute to comment, I appreciate it.
Great video. Doesn't make sense to force people from their land. It's sad. Should have fought . Beautiful place.
everything still standing after all these years, amazing skills.
This is on the Cades Cove loop road, and the mill is the Becky Cable Mill. Sometimes in the fall they make the sorghum molasses with the sugar cane...and you'll see the grinding stones there. Also the old Walker and Tipton places...I've many wonderful memories from there!
Well done taking Video, A place I would dearly love to see.
My favorite place in the world Cades cove Tn.They actually have old timers day in the fall, music crafts ,old families that once lived in the cove.
There is no doubt. One of my favorite areas too.
I found many people don't know about this area because it's off in a different direction. It's a one way road through that area. It's such a nice tour through and there are several old homes and a church. Well worth going through.
Look at the hard work that each building was together with.those are very sturdy
This is back when the days were good. Im from these neck of the woods and nowhere is as beautiful as the area. 👍💯❤️
Nice to see a couple of swathers in such great shape. My grandad had one but it was rusting away , outside of his barn.
That was beautiful thanks for sharing
Enjoyed your video it's so beautiful there and the houses are amazing
Yes my kinda place I'll buy it
Excellent👍👏😆👍👏😆
omg thank u for doing this video to c the beautiful Appalachian the still beauty of our country
They were forced to leave. I grew up going there through my youth. It's beautiful.
Thank you so much for sharing, great video, I love History, i love old ghost towns and ghost hunting, I can not wait to move to the Smoky Mountains in a year or so well as soon as we can get the money together we will be on Our way, Love the smoky mountains and love this video, thanks once again.
Great video, what a wonderful place.
Not abandoned but forced out by the government.
Yes the good ole American government working at it's best for all of out best... What a sad joke, But where else is better to live???
Kevin Frey yes
Kevin Frey need to do logging and turn into wildlife and natural habitat. However it was that before they did this blessings
Kevin Frey not just batives but whoever lived there then
Home of the free?
Excellent camera work really enjoyed the video beautiful but very sad
reminds me of Cadiz Kentucky beautiful thank you.
Thank you for filming this. Through my genealogy I found that my ancestors on the Fitzpatrick and Simpson side first settled the Appalachians. They lived in place called Patrick Gap. Let me know if it's possible if you've ever heard of it.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. There are still a ton of those families in the area here. It's pretty neat to learn about stuff like that. I don't know of a Patrick Gap around here, but I believe there is one in Kentucky.
There is a Patrick gap near Louisa Ky and still have many of the Fitzpatrick name!
I really enjoyed your film! I know some of my family lived in Kentucky! It’s very possible that I may have the wrong state. I wonder how they made the huge round concrete stones and what they were for? Maybe to shape the metal for the wheels. Beautiful country, I would love to live by the creek and the mountains in the background. Would love to see more. I lived in Montana for 6 years and was able to go through quite a few ghost towns. There are old cabins in the middle of nowhere with old stoves and other things just left behind. People would pay more than a few dollars for I’m sure. Would love to see more of your films.
I think the big round stones you are talking about are millstones, used to make corn meal.
Chuck Moran My brother actually visited some of the relatives around that area. It seems that my grandfather. Ulysses Grant Fitzpatrick started a new family with my grandmother, Nannie Simpson and he met some of them. I know the Simpson’s came from that area and some possibly In Arkansas.
In the opening scene of the Primitive Baptist Church, I once attended a wedding of two of my friends at that church. We had camped out in Cades Cove and it was so cold that gallon jugs of water froze solid by morning. I've been there at least twenty times.
It's an awesome place!
Hi i am william i am glad to have watched this video, my family is one of the founding familys of cades cove. i have been there many times as a child, i would love to take my children up their and let them see the beautiful past.
THAT IS THE GOVERNMENT FOR YOU! JUST TAKE!
Yup. Wal Mart being the only closest second
Not to mention Trump when it comes to taking land for his stupid casino. That is exactly what he tried to do in Scotland and was denied. He is permanently banned from Scotland over that.
This is amazing. Makes you wonder .
Very beautiful and serene, and just a little bit creepy too. I can almost see the ghosts peeking through the trees and hiding around the corners....
I love the video, but like other viewers stated, some background music or a bit of commentary would have made it that much better. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful part of history.
Thanks for the feedback and for watching.
there were alot of families forced out of alot of areas in these mountains around Cade Cove... my Great Grandmother & Great Great Grandmother were forced to sell their childhood homes to the government in the area we know as The Guff, which is now part of the Cherokee National Park... nothing last i heard there is nothing left of any of the building on the property... if they hadnt sold out, the government wouldnt just taken it under eminent domain and they wouldnt have gotten any money at all...
Where in the world is this gorgeous place located at? I grew up in Eastern Kentucky and we had places like this, but not quite this big. I would LOVE to visit it and get a first hand look at it. This is my passion...those old homes or old home steads...thank you so much for showing us some amazing footage of those homes...
Nice video!
No need narration, the video speak for itself!
Place is sooo cool, reminded me of some of the buildings in Williamsburg Virginia .. thanks for sharing 🤗
Too bad the grist mill isn't working. Love that old hay rake. And the horse drawn hay cutter. What a shame. Liked n subbed
Nice video and I believe you did a fine job on it. I would have liked to have heard the description of each place you entered and possibly some history on the places. I am fairly knowledgeable about the Cove, but I know a lot of people aren't and it would have helped them possibly. I go over to the Cove at least Once a year, but the last few times I have went, I have found it Overflowing with tourists. It's hard to get through the Cove, especially if there is Bear out and near the roads. I have seen folks park in the middle of the road and leave their vehicles where they sit. It's not that I am in a hurry to get through the cove, but there is many other people that would love to have the opportunity to see the wildlife as well. Thanks again for the video and God bless you.
Try elkmont, daisy town next time you go.
I've got to say I only live about 60 miles away from Cades cove which is part of the Great Smoky Mt national park and its great, our church goes 1 time a year and has service in one of the primitive churches we take guitars. mandolins, and banjo and fiddles and it is awesone, the park has an old timers day every year in may where hundreds of pickers and local story tellers come, let alone just to visit these old homes, my wifes family old cabin is there. also just outside the 11 mile loop there is a campground and after 5 it is closed to traffic but you can rent a bike. you should bring your family and come see how the oldtime mountain folks llived
Love to try to start bringing things back to life, includi g the Grain Mill. BEAUTIFUL! !!!