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J W Browning was my great great grandfather. My Mom & Aunt spent time at this store growing up. Lots of fun stories of the time out in Box Springs and their adventures. Thanks for capturing this!
Oh my, please don't lose that fabulous country store. It's a piece of history that can never be replaced. Blessings from Michigan. Could someone take up donations to help restore it?
It’s true. Time and money. Everything goes back… My husband and I lived within a national Park. Our house is rotting to the ground. That was 10 years ago. It’s still going on- folks just don’t hear about it.
This brings back good memories from my childhood. I'm 75 years old, and my Mother would pull me in a wagon about once a week to a store like that, though it was smaller, and she would pull that wagon uphill to home, with her purchases and bartered goods. I had to walk on the way home, uphill, about 2 miles. Thank you for bringing those memories back to me.
There’s two old stores like that one not far from me, I’m in my 70’s and they both was closed as long as I can remember. Dad shopped there when he was a kid ( born 1919), His Dad was killed within site of the stores.
@@lyndamclean6786 If you head to the backwoods way away from I-75 in South Georgia, there are still tons of people that live like it’s still the early 60s and 50s. Old General Stores that are still in business on red dirt roads. I love it out there. It’s like stepping back in time
I agree!!! If they really love it that much, and think it’s so great - why aren’t they even tarping the roof off until they can fund the project or whatever. That’s a crying shame. Had it since the 80s and done nothing. Jeeez.
Yes, or at least moved to a site that has other restored buildings open as a museum. Here in West Palm Beach, Florida, there is a place where they moved historic buildings and set them up to look like a small community. The place is called "Yesteryear Village", the famous "haunted" Riddle House is there.
We really enjoyed the history lesson Dan. What a awesome piece of Georgia history. I sure wish someone would try to put a roof on it and try to preserve it! Thanks Robert for sharing with us!
It is always interesting to see these remnants of life as it once was. One can imagine and dream. It has a grounding affect on me, but also saddens me. Grasping at the "use to be" that you wish were now. It seems Dan's father certainly felt the times slipping away. I am impressed he built his own copy of the store. It is more obvious than ever that history runs through Dan's veins. Great tour, facts and reminiscing. Enjoyed this one greatly! 😊
I find this so sad. I can't help but feel an emptiness & sadness whenever I see old buildings & businesses that have been left abandoned. It's a reminder & a longing for the times that have passed & wishing they never had to fade away & would somehow return. Yet you know they never will.
Yes, thank you Mr Warden for letting Dan and Robert document this store..this was probably the best video and history lesson. So sweet and so sad. The store reminded me of when I'd go see my gma and us kids would head to the ole 5 and dime store. Great video thanks!!!!!
Wish someone would repair and preserve this old store. This was so enlightening thanks mr. Dan Robert and the other gentleman mr. Jack warden who owns this remarkable store.
Fascinating! It should be preserved ! It could be used as so many things; a community center for neighborhood activities, maybe .Wonder why the tin is still missing off the roof? If it is cost, maybe someone could start a drive before it all rots away from rain getting in. Maybe even some channel viewers would contribute !
Just Wow! OMG if those old screen doors could talk. Thanks Sir Robert & Dan the Historian for sharing! Growing up had 3 old stores in N. Ga.. One on my grandfather's farm, a log cabin w/wood shingles that my cousins still have the bookkeeping ledger of what people owed & paid. It was then turned into a smokehouse for curing the hams from hog killings. Another more modern store opened in the 40's & had a glass top gas pump & green kerosene container you turned a handle to pump & YES COLONIAL BREAD SIGN ON SCREEN DOOR. Another store was on a private lake only open during spring/summer/fall. It sold 5 cent candy bars, cokes & peanuts, bait & rented fishing boats. Sunkist orange filled with peanuts so good. We bet on who got the coke bottle w/the farthest away bottling plant name on the bottom of bottle. We put a hornet's nest in lake store one winter thinking it was empty & went to open store in spring & it was filled with hornets. Great memories, good times.
Has the owner thought about donating it to Westville? I haven't visited Westville since it moved from Lumpkin, but the store would fit in nicely with the other buildings. It would be a shame to lose it. Very interesting video, loved watching it!
I grew up in the1950s in SE Arkansas and went to a general store like this. I remember the RC Cola ads, Colonial Bread, and really delicious lemon flavored cookies in a large jar on the counter. I can't t remember the name of the cookies. Candy bars were a nickel. Simpler times. Thank you for sharing the old store and the memories. Hopefully, someone will restore this gem.
This is such a wonderful piece of history.It should be a museum, and that could help keep it restored.Great video.Dan absolutely amazes me with his knowledge of history.He should write a book..
I love history and what we are never shown is the true craftsmanship, the sense of community and the all around kindness that disappeared when they automated and consolidated everything. I think as our country becomes more automated with technology we are going to have a break away society who go back to this way of living because people are lonely and unhappy in today’s society. In our state most people have left the cities and our old mining towns are starting to come alive again and I think it’s beautiful. Thank you for sharing, my husband and I always enjoy your videos.
This store reminds me of the types of stores on "On Little House of the Prairie". What a fantastic video and lesson about how the stores were operated.
I am Courtney Clardys mom. Thank you so much for continuing to give her her own memorial page for my patreon. I watch every video. This channel is amazing Robert! Dan is an invaluable part of this channel and for history in general!!!!
What a wonderful tour. Such rich history. I could smell that place. I could see it full of products and people. Such a wonderful era behind us. I do wish it could be saved. Brought back and loaded with older companies products that are still available today. Maybe a museum? At the least an antique store. It's such a great piece of history. Thank you for taking us along gentlemen.
We still have a few Old General stores in our county but not many,some of them burned...always had a wide front porch,sometimes painted benches,some wooden chairs. The old timers would sit and whittle and talk about local news and events,eat bologna or cheese on crackers and a cold drink,speak to the shoppers coming and going. You could,"Hey Jim haven't seen ya in a spell,how's the wife and kids?" Ah ,every bodies fair to middlin'" How you been? "Eh,pretty good,the rheumatize still bothers me when the rain comes on."😊Miss them old fellers,they stick them in the nursing homes now,terrible. The porch kept the comrades together...a sense of community and the generations united.😢 I liked this though,good memories. Love from Ky💞
Thank you gentlemen for the tour of an old General Store. I do hope someone finds a way to preserve that building. At least make the roof stop leaking.. Love these trips down memory lane
Too bad Mr warden didn't preserve the general store. It will take a lot of money now to restore it. Thanks Robert for showing it and keeping the history of it for all to see.
I remember some of the old stores like this. The last one I remember going into was torn down a couple months ago. The post office was in the store. Got mail from store. A friend and I would pick up drink bottles and sell them to the owner of the store also. We then bought candy. It was put in what was called a penny brown bag. We go 2 cent for each bottle. The small pieces of various candy was called penny candy. Costing a penny. Those were some great times. We lived on a one lane brick road made from Augusta brick that came from GA. The name was stamped on each brick. The brick road is still used to this day. The brick road is in Ernul NC.
This brought back so many memories of my childhood for me. My parents owned & operated a country store in West Virginia. By the 1950s my dad paid 2 cents for the soda bottles. In the evening several of the people from the community would come and just hang out. We called them the “loafers”. My father was also the postmaster. When the mail came in it was sorted and a couple of letter carriers would deliver it, one mail carrier delivered on horseback. Great video!
I just love this channel and these videos. I am a viewer from Wyoming who is a huge Western US/Wyoming history buff and it is amazing to learn about these very real, everyday historical experiences from the South. Keep it up!!
This is definitely a treasure. I think it was good for you guys to meet with the owner so he could see that people care and maybe he will understand the importance of restoring and/or improving the store or at least providing preventative measures and preserve history. Great video!
Please 🙏 I'm weeping, you must preserve this beautiful store from the past! I thankyou for sharing this history ❤️ 💜 Please don't let it be lost 🙏 Blessings to you and yours ✨️
Oh my heart sings to hear the history and cries at the loss of something so central to those of our recent past. Thank you. I hope somehow the store and outbuildings can be saved from ruination. Thank you for the journey. Hope you all are well.
Back in the mid-1960s, I worked one summer for a local meat packing company. A small local business. Monday to Wednesday, I worked, making hot dogs, baloney, honey loaf, pickle loaf, and block chili. Thursday and Fridays, I delivered those products to the small country general stores in southwestern Arkansas. None of these prepackaged products. Hot dogs and all lunch meat were sold in bulk. Baloney was a long tube that weighed about 15 pounds. Hot dog was sold in a box of 48. You could buy whatever you could afford and sign a ticket, pay it off every two weeks. These stores were the locals hangout and the local gossip and news. My wife grew up in a small community where there were only two stores, little country store that sold anything you needed. You could even buy 22 shells for a penny or 5 for a dime:-). If you wanted shotgun ammo old Johnny, would sell them to you for a nickle. I sure miss those old stores where you didn't worry about honesty or someone robbing you. Most places paid in cash.
I remember my father and uncles recall visiting my great Uncle’s store in Waycross, Ga and while I never got to see that store this gives me a much better idea of what it must have been like. Thank you for this video !!
Oh my Word ! Now I would Love to explore that Old General Store. Before everything had been taken out. What tales and Memories would that store have had.
Dan, I could tell you were moved by that Store and the History described by you and Mr. Warden. IF the roof can be fixed, that would would go a long way to preserving it and maybe it could be restored...maybe. Cheers, Rik Spector
We had a store in Gibisonville, Hocking County, Ohio that was deemed one of the longest stores that was in existence. It was opened from 1853 to 2005. My husband's 3x Great Grandfather worked in it when he came back from the Civil War. I remember the old show cases went for thousands of dollars. There was the original butcher's block. Not sure what happened to that. There are photo's of the pot belly stove that sat in the middle of the floor with the town folks sitting around it playing checkers. It also had the post office, until they built a separate building next door. The store still stands, but is now a residence.
Oh this is such an awesome video Robert! Thx for the history lesson and for Mr. Dan and the other nice gentleman who spoke of this store, what a treasure to walk thru history! Keep the learning coming my friend!
Dan and Robert, I have been watching your shows for a couple weeks now and I feel as though I know you both. Thank you so very much for doing what you do. Please keep it up. We are lapping it up like kittens with a bowl of milk! God bless you both. Thank you Mr.Warden for inviting us in your families old General Store.
My shop in Mountain City, Ga. has the same kind of wall paneling. Tongue and grove heart pine. You can't drive a nail in it, you have to drill and hole before you can get a nail to go in it. This shop was built in 1912. I've been doing business here for almost 40 years. This old building has a heart of its own. Late you night you can hear all kinds of sounds. I love this place. I've had people the wanted to buy it for the wood. They'll have to wait until i'm gone.
De Ja Vu, Robert. Bath, New Brunswick, Canada is where my Uncle John Mahoney operated "Mahoney's General Store" until a fire in the 1980s burned him out. It was very much the community store. Household essentials, clothing, hardware, small grocery, and a few novelties. You brought your items to a large center island cash/wrap to get rung out and your articles were wrapped and tied, nothing sacked.
When you walked through that front door my mind went into flashback. Hearing the goings on from a lost era. Hopefully something can be done to at least keep it in a state of arrested decay.
What a cool place. Can’t believe the name still looks as good as day 1. Thank you for all the information on the batteries and the well. If walls could talk, right? Thank you for sharing 🙂
I grew up in Texas, and these general stores were everywhere. I can imagine riding up on my bike with friends, to go inside and get a Baby Ruth candy bar and RC cola. Then off to the creek to hang out.
Fascinating video and information. Love the family oriented stories of history. Are there any plans to cut down the trees around the building allowing sunlight to help dry it?
I am so glad Mr Warden was able to purchase the store that was a major part of preservation.Wonder where the owner lived who did he will the property to.I remember living by an old store like this .I remember my mom writting down on a piece of paper what she wanted.I remember one time he wrapped something in brown paper while walking home the neighborhood bully making fun of me .I learned years later it was a female product.I suppose such things were not to be seen or talked about.He had Three sisters he knew what I had ,A time when people were modest and children were clueless.
I wish someone would restore that store. It is a beautiful old building that needs some TLC. Have you ever seen the RM Brooks store in Rugby Tennessee? I see this old store and think it could be the same with a little love and attention given to it.
I really enjoyed this post. Learned from Dan about the old batteries in the store phones and in home phones for folks able to afford them. I have a soft spot for old country stores. Several family members ran stores. My parents did, too, in the early 50s. I don't remember a community well at ours nor at the one near our forever farm home. 🤔
Thanks to Mr Jack Warden for allowing Dan and myself to document this piece of history.
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Nice if someone would restore the building ! So much history !
Hope it never disappear !
@@user-oy5dp9gt9t yes, agreed , he said he has had it since the 80's... Plenty of time . Needs to sell it to someone who will preserve it.
I would love to see this restored and become a store again
@@obizzil me too !
J W Browning was my great great grandfather. My Mom & Aunt spent time at this store growing up. Lots of fun stories of the time out in Box Springs and their adventures. Thanks for capturing this!
Oh my, please don't lose that fabulous country store. It's a piece of history that can never be replaced. Blessings from Michigan. Could someone take up donations to help restore it?
I totally agree!!
He has had it since the 80's so if he has not attempted to preserve by now, sorry to say it might be a lost cause.
I agree and I'm in Michigan too.
Yes, if they want to keep it around they need to get on that roof immediately!! But it doesn't appear that they have any intention of restoring it.
id be happy to donate to this beautiful building im from the uk but would still send funds over
P. S. My heart flutters to hear grown men call their seniors "Mr." . Thank you for keeping that tradition of respect alive.
Yes.
It’s a southern thing 🥰 I’m 63 & southern & I use ma’am & sir. Makes my heart happy
@@lisaquigley-moon9583 I love it. Being born and raised in Los Angeles, CA..it's so nice to hear common respect again.
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Please move to Georgia if you love stuff like that lol
It’s also a northern thing … we all say sir & ma’am it’s the way we’re raised here in NJ ❤nice to see you all also do the same ❤
Why in this world does Someone not renovate and open this place up as a museum of precious history . This is magnificent!
Time and money.
You should see all the old barns, homes, stores etc here in smokies of western nc I see that could have been saved.
Everything man makes rots,rust and decays. It's sad but time and money are huge factors when trying to preserve anything man made.
It’s true.
Time and money.
Everything goes back…
My husband and I lived within a national
Park. Our house is rotting to the ground. That was 10 years ago. It’s still going on- folks just don’t hear about it.
Why buy it to preserve it but let it fall apart.
This brings back good memories from my childhood. I'm 75 years old, and my Mother would pull me in a wagon about once a week to a store like that, though it was smaller, and she would pull that wagon uphill to home, with her purchases and bartered goods. I had to walk on the way home, uphill, about 2 miles. Thank you for bringing those memories back to me.
There’s two old stores like that one not far from me, I’m in my 70’s and they both was closed as long as I can remember. Dad shopped there when he was a kid ( born 1919), His Dad was killed within site of the stores.
@@lyndamclean6786 Glenwood New York. Upstate, about 40 miles from Buffalo.
@@lyndamclean6786
If you head to the backwoods way away from I-75 in South Georgia, there are still tons of people that live like it’s still the early 60s and 50s. Old General Stores that are still in business on red dirt roads. I love it out there. It’s like stepping back in time
Uphill in both directions :)
That old store is a treasure, hopefully a new roof can be put on it before it is totally gone, love it!
I agree!!! If they really love it that much, and think it’s so great - why aren’t they even tarping the roof off until they can fund the project or whatever. That’s a crying shame. Had it since the 80s and done nothing. Jeeez.
@@CronesBones I couldn't agree more! Makes me sick when I see places like this.
@@CronesBones Yep no motivation from this loser. Laziness is no excuse.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if this historic building was renovated/restored and put back into use !!!!
Yes, or at least moved to a site that has other restored buildings open as a museum. Here in West Palm Beach, Florida, there is a place where they moved historic buildings and set them up to look like a small community. The place is called "Yesteryear Village", the famous "haunted" Riddle House is there.
The man said he bought the store to keep it in the family but looks like its not being taken care of won't last long like that.
We really enjoyed the history lesson Dan. What a awesome piece of Georgia history. I sure wish someone would try to put a roof on it and try to preserve it! Thanks Robert for sharing with us!
Yes, without a roof repair, it will be gone..
I love seeing these historic stores and stories.
I wish the owner would put some upkeep into it, what a shame...
It is always interesting to see these remnants of life as it once was. One can imagine and dream. It has a grounding affect on me, but also saddens me. Grasping at the "use to be" that you wish were now. It seems Dan's father certainly felt the times slipping away. I am impressed he built his own copy of the store. It is more obvious than ever that history runs through Dan's veins. Great tour, facts and reminiscing. Enjoyed this one greatly! 😊
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I find this so sad. I can't help but feel an emptiness & sadness whenever I see old buildings & businesses that have been left abandoned. It's a reminder & a longing for the times that have passed & wishing they never had to fade away & would somehow return. Yet you know they never will.
Wonderful Building. So glad it's still in the Family.
Hopefully they continue to care for it. Great History right there.
But they aren’t caring for it! They could at minimum tarp the roof!
@@doubleirish1 Was gonna say they don't seem to be caring too much for it.
Continue to care for it? His lack of care only will lead to MORE rot and decay.
Love that old General Store. I hope the holes in the roof can be covered up so the inside doesn't rot more. This is a great piece of history.
Yes, thank you Mr Warden for letting Dan and Robert document this store..this was probably the best video and history lesson. So sweet and so sad. The store reminded me of when I'd go see my gma and us kids would head to the ole 5 and dime store. Great video thanks!!!!!
Omagosh I found this channel because I love history! Between graveyard personal histories and these wonderful moments, thanku!
Wish someone would repair and preserve this old store. This was so enlightening thanks mr. Dan Robert and the other gentleman mr. Jack warden who owns this remarkable store.
That store is in amazing condition. Thank you and the owner for hosting this visit. Much appreciated.
Fascinating! It should be preserved ! It could be used as so many things; a community center for neighborhood activities, maybe .Wonder why the tin is still missing off the roof? If it is cost, maybe someone could start a drive before it all rots away from rain getting in. Maybe even some channel viewers would contribute !
I would. It needs to be saved
Just Wow! OMG if those old screen doors could talk. Thanks Sir Robert & Dan the Historian for sharing! Growing up had 3 old stores in N. Ga.. One on my grandfather's farm, a log cabin w/wood shingles that my cousins still have the bookkeeping ledger of what people owed & paid. It was then turned into a smokehouse for curing the hams from hog killings. Another more modern store opened in the 40's & had a glass top gas pump & green kerosene container you turned a handle to pump & YES COLONIAL BREAD SIGN ON SCREEN DOOR. Another store was on a private lake only open during spring/summer/fall. It sold 5 cent candy bars, cokes & peanuts, bait & rented fishing boats. Sunkist orange filled with peanuts so good. We bet on who got the coke bottle w/the farthest away bottling plant name on the bottom of bottle. We put a hornet's nest in lake store one winter thinking it was empty & went to open store in spring & it was filled with hornets. Great memories, good times.
Loved this episode! What a wonder that the building still stands and seems mostly stable.
Has the owner thought about donating it to Westville? I haven't visited Westville since it moved from Lumpkin, but the store would fit in nicely with the other buildings. It would be a shame to lose it. Very interesting video, loved watching it!
I grew up in the1950s in SE Arkansas and went to a general store like this. I remember the RC Cola ads, Colonial Bread, and really delicious lemon flavored cookies in a large jar on the counter. I can't t remember the name of the cookies. Candy bars were a nickel.
Simpler times.
Thank you for sharing the old store and the memories. Hopefully, someone will restore this gem.
This is such a wonderful piece of history.It should be a museum, and that could help keep it restored.Great video.Dan absolutely amazes me with his knowledge of history.He should write a book..
I love history and what we are never shown is the true craftsmanship, the sense of community and the all around kindness that disappeared when they automated and consolidated everything. I think as our country becomes more automated with technology we are going to have a break away society who go back to this way of living because people are lonely and unhappy in today’s society. In our state most people have left the cities and our old mining towns are starting to come alive again and I think it’s beautiful. Thank you for sharing, my husband and I always enjoy your videos.
a roof woulda probably saved it another 50 years....so sad to see it left to rot. Thanks for the video, one of my favorites
This store reminds me of the types of stores on "On Little House of the Prairie". What a fantastic video and lesson about how the stores were operated.
Remarkable! I could listen to these men for days.
I am Courtney Clardys mom. Thank you so much for continuing to give her her own memorial page for my patreon. I watch every video. This channel is amazing Robert! Dan is an invaluable part of this channel and for history in general!!!!
What a wonderful tour. Such rich history. I could smell that place. I could see it full of products and people. Such a wonderful era behind us. I do wish it could be saved. Brought back and loaded with older companies products that are still available today. Maybe a museum? At the least an antique store. It's such a great piece of history. Thank you for taking us along gentlemen.
We still have a few Old General stores in our county but not many,some of them burned...always had a wide front porch,sometimes painted benches,some wooden chairs. The old timers would sit and whittle and talk about local news and events,eat bologna or cheese on crackers and a cold drink,speak to the shoppers coming and going. You could,"Hey Jim haven't seen ya in a spell,how's the wife and kids?" Ah ,every bodies fair to middlin'" How you been? "Eh,pretty good,the rheumatize still bothers me when the rain comes on."😊Miss them old fellers,they stick them in the nursing homes now,terrible. The porch kept the comrades together...a sense of community and the generations united.😢 I liked this though,good memories. Love from Ky💞
Thank you gentlemen for the tour of an old General Store. I do hope someone finds a way to preserve that building. At least make the roof stop leaking.. Love these trips down memory lane
Too bad Mr warden didn't preserve the general store. It will take a lot of money now to restore it. Thanks Robert for showing it and keeping the history of it for all to see.
It’s a shame the trees around the store aren’t cleaned up and at least the roof replaced. What a great piece of history
Thank you Mr. Warden for sharing this old general store. To see our history fade away is so sad.
I remember some of the old stores like this. The last one I remember going into was torn down a couple months ago. The post office was in the store. Got mail from store. A friend and I would pick up drink bottles and sell them to the owner of the store also. We then bought candy. It was put in what was called a penny brown bag. We go 2 cent for each bottle. The small pieces of various candy was called penny candy. Costing a penny. Those were some great times. We lived on a one lane brick road made from Augusta brick that came from GA. The name was stamped on each brick. The brick road is still used to this day. The brick road is in Ernul NC.
This brought back so many memories of my childhood for me. My parents owned & operated a country store in West Virginia. By the 1950s my dad paid 2 cents for the soda bottles. In the evening several of the people from the community would come and just hang out. We called them the “loafers”. My father was also the postmaster. When the mail came in it was sorted and a couple of letter carriers would deliver it, one mail carrier delivered on horseback. Great video!
I just love this channel and these videos. I am a viewer from Wyoming who is a huge Western US/Wyoming history buff and it is amazing to learn about these very real, everyday historical experiences from the South. Keep it up!!
This is definitely a treasure. I think it was good for you guys to meet with the owner so he could see that people care and maybe he will understand the importance of restoring and/or improving the store or at least providing preventative measures and preserve history. Great video!
Robert thank you gentlemen for such a fascinating trip in time.👍👍👍🧡
Please 🙏 I'm weeping, you must preserve this beautiful store from the past! I thankyou for sharing this history ❤️ 💜 Please don't let it be lost 🙏 Blessings to you and yours ✨️
Enjoy your videos and you bringing out the past history
Wow, that store is worth saving! The well and all of it.
Oh my heart sings to hear the history and cries at the loss of something so central to those of our recent past. Thank you. I hope somehow the store and outbuildings can be saved from ruination. Thank you for the journey. Hope you all are well.
Back in the mid-1960s, I worked one summer for a local meat packing company. A small local business. Monday to Wednesday, I worked, making hot dogs, baloney, honey loaf, pickle loaf, and block chili. Thursday and Fridays, I delivered those products to the small country general stores in southwestern Arkansas. None of these prepackaged products. Hot dogs and all lunch meat were sold in bulk. Baloney was a long tube that weighed about 15 pounds. Hot dog was sold in a box of 48. You could buy whatever you could afford and sign a ticket, pay it off every two weeks. These stores were the locals hangout and the local gossip and news.
My wife grew up in a small community where there were only two stores, little country store that sold anything you needed. You could even buy 22 shells for a penny or 5 for a dime:-). If you wanted shotgun ammo old Johnny, would sell them to you for a nickle.
I sure miss those old stores where you didn't worry about honesty or someone robbing you. Most places paid in cash.
We did the same as kids. Go around looking for bottles to return to the store and go buy candy. Great memories.
Fascinating trivia about the mail train. ---That store would look like the one in the movie Oh Brother Where Art Thou.
What a treasure. Thanks for taking us in to see a piece of lost history.
Another outstanding Sidestep Adventure, in the wood of Georgia
I remember my father and uncles recall visiting my great Uncle’s store in Waycross, Ga and while I never got to see that store this gives me a much better idea of what it must have been like. Thank you for this video !!
Dan is trully a 'treasure'.
Oh my Word ! Now I would Love to explore that Old General Store. Before everything had been taken out. What tales and Memories would that store have had.
Dan,
I could tell you were moved by that Store and the History described by you and Mr. Warden.
IF the roof can be fixed, that would would go a long way to preserving it and
maybe it could be restored...maybe.
Cheers,
Rik Spector
We had a store in Gibisonville, Hocking County, Ohio that was deemed one of the longest stores that was in existence. It was opened from 1853 to 2005. My husband's 3x Great Grandfather worked in it when he came back from the Civil War. I remember the old show cases went for thousands of dollars. There was the original butcher's block. Not sure what happened to that. There are photo's of the pot belly stove that sat in the middle of the floor with the town folks sitting around it playing checkers. It also had the post office, until they built a separate building next door. The store still stands, but is now a residence.
Oh this is such an awesome video Robert! Thx for the history lesson and for Mr. Dan and the other nice gentleman who spoke of this store, what a treasure to walk thru history! Keep the learning coming my friend!
That store should be restored. It’s too beautiful to be left to rot. Thanks for another great video.
Somone please save this store🥺💔 i absolutely love these types of buildings theyre time capsules and are important to our history
Makes you wish the old walls could talk and tell us stories of back then. It's a beautiful building even if old
I live in Georgia and belong to a local metal detecting club. We'd be happy to detect around the old building and return any finds to the family.
The owner needs to Restore this store it would be very cool
Thank you for keeping it intact that was a good looking store.
He said there has been no upkeep.
@@dbw825 I know that. But still they did not take it down
Wow Robert speechless you really amaze us thankyou
Many thanks Mr. Warden, Dan & Robbie. Very cool old store & memories.
Mr Dan is fascinating.
Dan and Robert, I have been watching your shows for a couple weeks now and I feel as though I know you both. Thank you so very much for doing what you do. Please keep it up. We are lapping it up like kittens with a bowl of milk! God bless you both. Thank you Mr.Warden for inviting us in your families old General Store.
It’s so sad to see it falling apart 😢
I love this wonderful video, you guys are amazing, keep these wonderful videos coming please.thank you so much..
Loved it. Thank goodness for Dan and his knowledge of the past!
My shop in Mountain City, Ga. has the same kind of wall paneling. Tongue and grove heart pine. You can't drive a nail in it, you have to drill and hole before you can get a nail to go in it.
This shop was built in 1912. I've been doing business here for almost 40 years. This old building has a heart of its own. Late you night you can hear all kinds of sounds. I love this place. I've had people the wanted to buy it for the wood. They'll have to wait until i'm gone.
De Ja Vu, Robert. Bath, New Brunswick, Canada is where my Uncle John Mahoney operated "Mahoney's General Store" until a fire in the 1980s burned him out. It was very much the community store. Household essentials, clothing, hardware, small grocery, and a few novelties. You brought your items to a large center island cash/wrap to get rung out and your articles were wrapped and tied, nothing sacked.
Amazing.... one of the most interesting videos.....Thanks for sharing
I would love to metal detect around that beautiful store. Please try to keep it for as long as you possibly can 👍🏻
Love seeing old general stores and old ghost towns.
When you walked through that front door my mind went into flashback. Hearing the goings on from a lost era. Hopefully something can be done to at least keep it in a state of arrested decay.
So much history will be lost when Mr Dan goes home. Hope it’s many years from now. I love y’all’s stories. The accents make me feel like I’m home.
It's an amazing time capsule for a piece of history. Thanks for sharing.
What a cool place. Can’t believe the name still looks as good as day 1. Thank you for all the information on the batteries and the well. If walls could talk, right? Thank you for sharing 🙂
Thanks for the walk back in time
Love this history! Thanks for sharing it!
I love history, thank you for sharing!
Thank you very much for sharing this old store and all the history and personal memories. This meant alot to me...
Fantastic video. Appreciated the stories - thank you.
I grew up in Texas, and these general stores were everywhere. I can imagine riding up on my bike with friends, to go inside and get a Baby Ruth candy bar and RC cola. Then off to the creek to hang out.
I love these old stories thank you for sharring.
Fascinating video and information. Love the family oriented stories of history. Are there any plans to cut down the trees around the building allowing sunlight to help dry it?
I am so glad Mr Warden was able to purchase the store that was a major part of preservation.Wonder where the owner lived who did he will the property to.I remember living by an old store like this .I remember my mom writting down on a piece of paper what she wanted.I remember one time he wrapped something in brown paper while walking home the neighborhood bully making fun of me .I learned years later it was a female product.I suppose such things were not to be seen or talked about.He had Three sisters he knew what I had ,A time when people were modest and children were clueless.
TY for keeping this piece of history. It has history.
Thank you. I adore history.
I absolutely love your channel. You fellas keep up the great work😉👍🏼.
Cool, I love checking out old buildings like that!
I grew up going to an old store like that. Wonderful memories. Thank you for sharing ❤
What a wonderful History lesson. I absolutely loved this video.
Hopefully the area will get cleaned up and the building fixed,so it stays around for many many more years.
Wow! Fantastic, Thanks a million for posting and the walk through history. I do hope you folks restore the place, and keep us posted along the way.
I wish someone would restore that store. It is a beautiful old building that needs some TLC. Have you ever seen the RM Brooks store in Rugby Tennessee? I see this old store and think it could be the same with a little love and attention given to it.
I been with Sidestep Adventures from the beginning and you guys never fail to show us some wonderful history!
I really enjoyed this post. Learned from Dan about the old batteries in the store phones and in home phones for folks able to afford them. I have a soft spot for old country stores. Several family members ran stores. My parents did, too, in the early 50s. I don't remember a community well at ours nor at the one near our forever farm home. 🤔
Interesting talk on what life was like so many years ago. Amazing the two gentlemen can speak on it.
Such a fantastic little place. Gives everyone a little bit of history. Thanks for sharing.