I got a mule, her name is Sal 15 miles on the Erie Canal She's a good ol' worker and a good ol' pal 15 miles on the Erie Canal We've hauled some barges in our day Filled with lumber, coal and hay And she knows ev'ry inch of the way From Albany to Buffalo-oh Low bridge! Ev'rybody down! Low bridge, cuz we're comin' to a town And you'll always know your neighbor You'll always know your pal If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal
This was a nice WNY nostalgia for me. My family is from the Buffalo and Rochester area. You should visit true upstate NY, which is the Adirondacks. Especially during fall, it's sooooo beautiful!
I grew up in Buffalo & Rochester too, a few years in rural NY as well. Down in the southern teir. technically, everything north of Westchester county is "upstate NY", But we can nitpick about the various specific regions of NY. But I'd rather talk about my favorite parks. be sure to visit Letchworth, Watkins Glen, Chimney Bluffs (by Sodus bay, just north of these towns in this video). Every year, Rochester, home to some of the largest collections, has the Lilac festival. And those fall colors are across the entire state. But yes, the Adirondacks are quite nice as well :)
Palmyra - pronounced Pal-MY-rah is a beautiful village. (again I get youre from texas) Just a local helping you out! Thanks again for the great content. Lyons (pronounced Lions) is a very poor town and there are other poor towns around that area, like Sparta. The boat tours along the canal are pretty cool they will take you into a lock and raise and lower the boat so you can see how it works while you are cruising on it.
There's something about this channel that keeps drawing me in. It's difficult to balance easy listening with informative content, and this guy nails it. Love this channel, and you've got yourself a new subscriber!
Love the channel. The home prices are low because these parts of WNY have been losing population for decades. Although the sale price is low, NY has high property taxes, and income and sales tax burden is also high. It is not uncommon for a $200K house to have $10K annual property tax. Many of these older 1900 era houses also require a lot of work, and issues like asbestos, mold, and structural challenges. It is beautiful though, especially in the summer and fall!
Thanks for bringing me back down to earth! I nearly got carried away with ideas of a small mansion and a tree lined back yard gently sloping down to the banks of the canal.
@@AZebraCrossing that still is not a bad idea. Underrated beautiful area just go in with eyes open. I'd choose a smaller house unless you have big household.
yep, they need to cut taxes in half for upstate NY or they're absolutely doomed, but the politicians don't care. They just keep chasing out the few remaining industries left there. Absolute fools
Funny, I was just searching your channel to see if you'd visited upstate NY yet. I know all of these towns very well. I live in the southern tier which is another area worth a visit. A lot of history in this part of the country is overlooked, some good hard working people and sadly a government that doesn't invest in the area much at all. Weather is gorgeous too, one of the nicest places in the world imo. I recommend visiting the southern tier and Hamilton, NY which is one of the most rural parts of upstate NY and arguably the most beautiful. Upstate has really suffered due to the outsourcing of jobs in this country. Endicott, Johnson City, Binghamton, and Owego where I live are all prime examples of that. Thanks for showing these little towns off since not many people will ever pass through them.
The address you provided is located in Newark, NY. According to the search results, there is a multi-family home for sale at 211 E Maple Ave with 5 bedrooms and 2 full baths. It has a total of 2,765 square feet and was built in 1900. The property has a lot size of 0.33 acres and is listed for sale at $129,900 1.
@@kesmarn It's just the prices in that area. There are many many small towns all over the USA like this. People are under the impression that there are no affordable homes. It's just not where they are looking and not in the popular big cities.
I grew up in Brockport, NY, one of the many villages on the Erie Canal. Too bad you didn't get that far, it is a pretty little Victorian village. It is pretty good size too as Brockport State college is there.
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A great video, as always. Each of the towns were interesting, and had a really nice feel to them. The scenery along the canal is beautiful. I loved the four churches at the intersection, and I bet they look beautiful all lit up at night !! Thanks so much, Joe, a very enjoyable video.🥰
I grew-up along the towns in the Mohawk valley, (Schentady, Little Falls, Syracuse) . I wonder what those churches were back in the day. ( Methodist, Presbyterian, Catholic)??? No, problem, but those were probably the congregations that built them, but the members have died off, and new congregations have taken them over and maintained them.
You are a wonderful host, and an excellent narrator of facts and history. I love watching your videos and learning about our country from you. My dad took us to Lake Erie when we were children, and the beautiful homes remind me of traveling to see my Grandma in Manistee. I love the architecture and the nostalgic feelings, but at 75 my aching bones are very content with a one level ranch style home. However, if you lingered longer on those beautiful neighborhoods and homes I would savor every moment! Your videos make my day, and the are never long enough. Thank you so much for making these incredible videos Joey and sharing your travels and adventures with us! You and your videos are an unsung National Treasure.
The confluence of the Mohawk River and the South Chuctanunda Creek was our playground when we were kids. The old tow path sits on the South Side of Amsterdam between the Mohawk and the Erie Canal ditch. The British troops used the tow path back in the 1700's. Relief units would march from Albany to Fort Oswego along this path. Fort Hunter has a great old Erie Canal state park. Great history through there. Killer video. Don't miss Amsterdam. Kirk Douglas Hometown.
Never have I ever seen an area like this! The video was mesmerizing. I especially loved seeing the dry docks! and the 4 churches on the corner and where the Mormons began. I loved it all! Thanks Joe and Nic!
Loved the video, brought back wonderful memories of a boat trip I took with my wife from Detroit to RI. We traversed the entire length of the Erie Canal, from Buffalo to the Hudson River -- it was a wonderful experience. The villages, towns and cities along the Erie Canal vary from fairly forlorn to prosperous, but most welcomed passing boats with free docks and friendly people. There was a fair amount of work involved in going through 40+ locks, but the Canals was so peaceful and scenic the trip was very enjoyable. The big houses you videoed in the local villages and towns stemmed from the fact that the Erie Canal was the equivalent of I-95 in its heyday, a commercial powerhouse. Many folks made fortunes providing various products and services tor all the commercial ship traffic, and many manufacturing plants sprang up along the canal to access its excellent shipping facilities.
Loved this video, from my home state, and I still live in NY 😔 n Sullivan county, home of the 1969 Woodstock Musuc and Art Fair, worth a visit. Some of the reasons for the population loss of these towns you visited, is the harsh winters, high taxes and loss of industry in Buffalo, Rochester, Utica and Syracuse, which also ripples out to the smaller towns. Very enjoyable video!
211 E maple in Newark Ny $129900, 5 brms 2baths and 2766 sq feet. Multi family home. I truly enjoyed this because of the Erie Canal. As a kid we learned about it, but I never saw it. Thanks for wonderful places you take us.
We did a road trip all around upstate New York about 15 years ago and I remember the Erie Canal area well. There are some nice little towns there away from the urban blight of Buffalo and Rochester. The Finger Lakes area is nice and the town of Geneva was used in a movie as I recall, but which one, I forget ! The Adirondacks is a lovely area, but quite of population loss in the past 50 years due in part to the textile industry decline. We have the same problem in the UK inasmuch as little towns have had to reinvent themselves. A great video, which brought back a lot of memories ! Many thanks Guys.
I spent most of my younger years of summers in Newark , Lyons and Port Gibson on the wide Waters , villages as they are called . Very quiet and tranquil even to this Day . My Mother was Raised in Newark ' Town of Arcadia" my grandparents home was directly along the Canal right near Main street in Newark . I could go out the front door , cross the street and sit on the Canal Bank ,and eat lunch or play ,Right on the Canal bank . Oh how I miss those Wonderful Days !! I live in Pennsylvania , but my most vivid and glorious youthful days were spent on the Erie Canal ( Barge Canal ) as it was also called . Thank YOU So Much for Posting this Wonderful Video ! It brings back SOOOO Many Cherished Memories !!!
I lived in Batavia for a few years, and rode my motorcycle all over W New York. I loved the Genesee River, Erie Canal, Lake Ontario and The Finger Lakes. The nice parts of New York....
Back in the '70s I had a friend who worked on the canal at the locks near Troy, NY. Back then security was more lax than today. I spent many of my overnight hours "working" the lock with him. I'm glad you're finding my home state so intriguing! So many think of New York as only NYC. I am probably not catching you on time, but again plead you check out Round Lake -- about 15 miles north of Albany. A village like you've never seen!
FYI - Palmyra is pronounced with the "y" as a long "i". Also, I believe Palmyra is a town, but towns in upstate NY usually have a more densely populated center that's called the Village of ___, where homeowners pay an additional village tax to receive more ammenities (such as garbage pick up, piped-in water, as opposed to wells, and sewage, rather than septic tanks.) Outside a village, people pay private companies for those services (garbage disposal, emptying the septic tanks.) Many of the towns in this area (maybe all of them), have volunteer fire departments and volunteer ambulance service (although property taxes do provide funding for the vehicles and buildings to house them.) ALSO - The Wayne County Fair is held in Palmyra and this year will run from Aug 14-19. It's a very nice fair.
There is a 400+ mile bikeway along the Erie canal, goes from Niagara Falls to Albany. For many years now, in Early July there is an 800 person organized 400 mile, 8 day bike ride from Niagara Falls to Albany. The town of LYONS. Is pronounced LIONS. Palmyra. Is pronounced Pal-my-ra. Love your videos!
I live between Buffalo and Rochester in a canal town. It truly is a beautiful place to live. Sometimes I take the canal for granted because it's just always been there😂. I've enjoyed watching you guys make your way around the country. Keep up the great work!
Glad to see that you're OK. I was looking at the tornado coverage last night, where I thought you were, forgetting there's a lag for safety (and other) purposes. That's wild that they built the 363-mile Erie Canal from 1817 to 1825 and it shortened the shipping time from 6 weeks to 6 days and freight cost from $100 to $6 a ton! That is just amazing and nobody talks about that accomplishment anymore. It almost seems like it should be one of the Wonders of the World!
The death knell of the Erie canal was the building of the St. Lawrence Seaway. No cargo had to be transferred with the new Seaway since ocean-going vessels could fit through it. Eventually, the Seaway was made even wider. It would be awesome to boat along the Erie canal.
@@ScubaSteveCanada Oh yes, of course you're ab!solutely right! And it doesn't hurt that it goes through one of my favorite cities of all time, Montreal!
I grew up in New York State { upper Hudson River Valley } and there were not very many Mormons there. One girl in my entire High School was a Mormon and I never knew that until she was 16. Love your travel videos, by the way. This edition has made me miss New York; I've been gone a long time, since 1972.
Yeah the Mormons got kicked out of pretty much every place they set up shop (and Smith was killed by a mob in Illinois) until they got to Utah. So I doubt there are many Mormons in upstate New York (I’m not surprised by the lack of a Mormon church). Not many Christians live in Bethlehem either.
Back in 2016 I did a lengthy road trip to the east, and for the last leg before turning back west, I drove from Buffalo to Saratoga Falls, mainly on US Interstate 90. However, I did stop off in Seneca Falls to see the It’s a Wonderful Life Museum. The town was like so many of these upstate New York towns: clean, quiet, friendly, no traffic. I could see living in one of these towns during the Summer.
"During Summer" is the key! Skaneateles is a nice town at the head of Skaneateles Lake (One of the Finger Lakes). It's not too far off I-90. I used to have friends who lived outside of Moravia (Birthplace of Millard Fillmore) and loved to stop there on my way down off of I-90. But you're right, Upstate NY has many lovely small towns. We used to go camping up there all the time when I was a kid.
I loved seeing this video. The houses are going to be older and more beautiful as well as the weather being so nice at this time of year. The dry dock was really cool to see, especially with those old ships that are likely 60+ years old.
Could listen to your videos for hours. The information you provide is so helpful in learning about other parts of the Great USA. Very calming delivery by you. Thanks for the ride!
Oh my God! You are in my neck of the woods. I live in Fairport, NY, and one of the Canal towns. I tried to find a email address or contact information to see where you would be in Upstate NY. Have a moved up here from Jacksonville, Florida in 1989, this is a great community and area of the country.
So glad I stumbled onto your video blog. Each of these towns have character all their own. You could use this venue to place blame and cast hatred. Instead you bring us together and give people a sense of history, community, and the diversity of our nation.
Born/raised in Newark and i live in Palmyra now. The quakers were also started in the area and also spiritualism right down the road. This area is VERY rich in history and alot of the old houses have MANY stories to tell. One building you should have checked out in Clyde was the Eerie Mansion. Great stories about that place, its also so beautiful. Thank you for reviewing this area with grace, Ive seen some other people just spew false information, barely do research and have an awful bias. Thanks again!
I so enjoy your travels and look forward to your videos. I grew up in western new york. The canal was about 2 miles down the road from our house. It is beautiful country. Head west and you'll get to my home town. Every time i drive back home, i get off 90 and take 21 to the four churches, turn left and keep going. So when you drove down that way i got a lump in my throat remembering all the years of driving home to see my Mama.
Usually the tower on a house or the uppermost part with a room made of mostly widows is called a widow's keep or widow's watch. A section of railing on the top of a flat part of a roof is called a widow's walk. The idea being that women generally outlived their husbands and after the husband's paasing the wife could retire to these areas for peaceful contemplation and to be closer to the departed. Cool video!
I was always told that thats where the wives and children went to look out for their husbands/fathers coming home from war. Thats why Ive also heard it called a Widows Weep. So interesting!
Really loving these videos while watching from my home in Southern England, enjoyable and relaxing tour of your wonderful country, thank you very much for the ride.
Great video thanks. In July 1995 I helped move a WW2 PT boat from NC to Toronto going up the Hudson through the eastern half of the Erie Canal and then north through the Oswego Canal to Lake Ontario. It was a fantastic once in a lifetime experience with beautiful landscapes and seeing the canal system from a slow moving boat.
No doubt the wealth is residue of the public investment in the canal over the generations. Now people are gradually leaving the smaller towns for more urban living. I am 70 and wish I could do what you are doing. Money, health, and physical ability are limits. Your videos will no doubt be an important cultural memory, perhaps long after you are gone.
Nice to see some towns that haven't died or are in the process of dying. Contrast that with many of the towns that you have shown us along your journeys.
Very cool. I had no idea what the Eerie canal looked like. Very cute towns. So nice it was 69 degrees for you. It's been a million degrees in Ft. Worth every day.😅
Yes , NO SWIMMING ! We just had a gentleman pass from the very strong undertow in canal. Just like Clyde all the others the Y is I. Lived here ALL my life, Graduated from the last town visited. Thanks for your tour. Happy travels ❤
Will you be going to Saratoga Springs? Lots of history: the place where the turn of the Revolutionary War worked in the America's favor (and a national park commemorates the battle), the summer home of The New York City Ballet, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and The Metropolitan Opera (known as the Saratoga Performing Arts Center), a dance museum, a horse racing museum, old bath houses (waters that were used to cure tuberculosis and discovered by native Americans), the oldest running music coffeehouse in the nation, Casino museum, a park by Civilian Conservation Corp during the Great Depression (beautiful!), a downtown park (Congress Park designed by famed Olmstead that houses a casino museum and an old carousel by Illion), and gorgeous well kept downtown and Victorian houses. It's a bit of a tourist town. You'll like it!
Enjoyed another one of your videos and learning about places I have not been to. Good not to see excessive blight! I always find the statistics you tell us about the towns interesting and how you know the age or info about buildings or things you film. Rock on, Joe!
Yes housing prices are quite low because these towns and villages are so far from everything including employers. The area is economically depressed for various reasons going all the way back to the canal becoming obsolete. It is still a nice place to live and especially appealing now that remote work is available for so many.
I’m from the Albany area. Waterford, just north of Albany, is where the Erie and Champlain canals begin. This is an interesting area to explore. Believe it or not, Albany is in competition with Santa Fe and Saint Augustine as one of the oldest cities in the USA; it is older than NYC. It also was in the top ten of populated cities in the USA at one time. It has always amazed me that Route 20 was a toll road that was the entry way to the west from Albany. You were considered a pioneer if your ventured west from there. The area is so rich in history. You do great work. I enjoy watching your videos.
I'm so glad you showed the locks. Its incredible to watch the boats go through them. I grew up near Oneida Lake, the Barge Canal and the Erie Canal. We would go to Rome in grade school to see the historic village and see how the mules/horses pulled the boats. I grew up with a feeder canal behind my house. It was used to make sure the Erie Canal would always have water. Sadly, the population all over NY is going down. High taxes, greed and politics will do that. Its a shame because there is so much history and so many interesting places to live there. Thank you for showing this area while it's still beautiful and thriving.
I live near these surround villages/towns. For your viewers sake Palmyra and Lyons the Y sounds like an i just like Clyde. We do have some beautiful historical homes, I personally wouldn't be able to afford to heat them. I love the old woodwork. pocket doors etc. in a lot of them as I looked at several when I was searching for my second home. When you were going over the bridge towards town in Clyde, I was thinking too bad you didn't turn around and head south it would bring you into the Seneca Falls/Waterloo area, Seneca Falls is known for the birth women's rights and loads of history like Susan B Anthony, Harriet Tubman ( From Auburn, NY) etc. Waterloo is known for the Birth of Memorial Day. You would also be in the Heart of the Finger Lakes and Wine Country. If you're up to visiting again someday it's worth checking out. We also have lochs and canal connecting from Seneca Lake to Cayuga Lake. In Seneca Falls there is a small Lake called VanClief Lake also connected to the canal system, the town of Seneca Falls used to be where the Lake is now. They say there are still foundations from old buildings in there. Take Care and safe travels!
These four villages are very nice! I enjoyed the history of Palmyra. I have always loved old brick houses with plaster walls and cool details like turrets and amazing windows. The downtowns were very nice as well. Great info on the Erie Canal. Thank you for a great video!
Absolutely great work of you documenting the contemporary United States with all historic sites, really appreciated every edition of your journey! Hugs from Zurich, Switzerland
I love watching this guy! I feel like I stumbled upon gold! One day he’s going to have a very big show of his own on something like the Travel Channel and we will all say,,, “i remember watching Joe and Nic when they were just starting out on RUclips!!” Love the facts, small towns and relaxing narrative!! Thank you! Looking forward to seeing Syracuse.. I grew up in a small town called Baldwinsville right outside it… “Anyway….”
Many many years ago I went to high school in Phoenix, near Baldwinsville. My mom and brother stayed in the area but I left at 18 for the NYC area! Spent a lot of time as a teen in Syracuse! (and later visiting my mom and brother)
when i was in grammar school we used to sing "the erie canal". now i know what we were singing about. "we hauled some barges in our day, filled with lumber, coal and hay and sue knows every inch of the way from albany to buffalo..."
Thank you once again for being our tour guide! That was my first ever look at the Erie Canal. I was surprised to see that it is no longer used for commercial traffic. I would have to be REALLY HUNGRY to eat any fish caught out of those murky brown waters.
U guys did it again ! Outstanding vid ! Big thank you for the research you do & for taking us along with you in your life's adventures. I appreciate the good feelings you give me. See ya in next vid. Cheers!
I live in Newark New York I drive a transit bus through all the areas you’re showing. I appreciate your video. It taught me a lot and I’ve lived here my whole life you did pronounce palmyra wrong but that’s OK. Lol there’s a quaint refurbished theater in Lyons with a balcony and two movies were made in Lyons.
28:18 That green tug is the "Tug Grouper". According to the NYS Canal Corp. history: "the tug named 'Grouper' was built in 1912 by the Great Lakes Towing Company of Cleveland, OH, the Grouper is a single screw tugboat with a length of 74 feet, a beam of 19 feet 06 inches, and a depth of 12 feet. In 1957, it was converted from steam to diesel, and operates on a Kahlenberg 6-cylinder engine. The tug was originally named the Gary. In 1934, it was sold to the C. Reiss Coal Company and renamed Green Bay. North American Towing purchased the Green Bay in 1981 and renamed her Oneida. In 1987, it was sold to Wellington Towing of Sault Ste. Marie, MI and renamed Iroquois. Its original owner and builder, the Great Lakes Towing Company, purchased it in 1990, and renamed it Alaska. In 1999, it was sold to Florida Marine Terminals and renamed Grouper, but on its delivery voyage was left along the Erie Canal, where it remains, and put up for sale." (FYI, it was just sold at auction for $3,500).
£129,900 for 211 Maple street New York State USA. Wish I lived there. Love watching your channel Joe and Nic. Thank you both so much for bringing this to us.
Love watching your videos. I fall in love with so many places around the US. I love the history but feel bad for the poverty and the demise of some of the towns. Thanks for sharing your videos.😻
Cool fact: At the western portion of the Erie Canal in Lockport New York is found one of the widest bridges in the world at 399 feet. Yes that is the width! Pretty amazing. The length is 129 feet.
I have alot of commitments here at home, I travelled alot in my earlier years. I'm a bit grounded at the moment I love watching you guy's traveling videos....Extremely awesome
If you are headed down to Connecticut and want to view beautiful 19th and early 20th century churches and the most architecturally beautiful city hall, I recommend my hometown of Waterbury. The latter part of the 20th century has not been so kind to her, but the churches, monuments, train station and government buildings reveal a splendid history.
We are enjoying your travels along with you both ~ it is like visiting with a great friend to spend time with you and Nic ! Be safe and enjoy your travels! 🎉
Thank you. Been looking for your post with the price. My little working mans home has gone well into the 200k range over the last couple years! Crazy how things change.
I got a mule, her name is Sal
15 miles on the Erie Canal
She's a good ol' worker and a good ol' pal
15 miles on the Erie Canal
We've hauled some barges in our day
Filled with lumber, coal and hay
And she knows ev'ry inch of the way
From Albany to Buffalo-oh
Low bridge! Ev'rybody down!
Low bridge, cuz we're comin' to a town
And you'll always know your neighbor
You'll always know your pal
If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal
I grew up in Rochester in the 70s and we used to sing this in music class.
@@90shilling Strangely, I grew up in small town Minnesota and we sang it, too.
We sang it out in California.
A song we learned in Elementary school in Syracuse.. :-)
Omg, this takes me back. We used to sing this all the time in school. Then we took a field trip on a boat down the Erie canal. Memories......
Always fascinated by upstate New York's beauty, history, and diverse culture.
This was a nice WNY nostalgia for me. My family is from the Buffalo and Rochester area. You should visit true upstate NY, which is the Adirondacks. Especially during fall, it's sooooo beautiful!
Adirondacks is considered up north or North Country not upstate. I grew up in Cuse and Roch. Clocked years “up North”.
@@norayancey4282 cool. You grew up in Rochester you definitely know that's not upstate.
@@christinar8419 it’s Western/Central.
That's Northern, not Upstate.
I grew up in Buffalo & Rochester too, a few years in rural NY as well. Down in the southern teir.
technically, everything north of Westchester county is "upstate NY", But we can nitpick about the various specific regions of NY.
But I'd rather talk about my favorite parks.
be sure to visit Letchworth, Watkins Glen, Chimney Bluffs (by Sodus bay, just north of these towns in this video).
Every year, Rochester, home to some of the largest collections, has the Lilac festival.
And those fall colors are across the entire state.
But yes, the Adirondacks are quite nice as well :)
Palmyra - pronounced Pal-MY-rah is a beautiful village. (again I get youre from texas) Just a local helping you out! Thanks again for the great content. Lyons (pronounced Lions) is a very poor town and there are other poor towns around that area, like Sparta. The boat tours along the canal are pretty cool they will take you into a lock and raise and lower the boat so you can see how it works while you are cruising on it.
NY State has some absolutely wonderful unexpected place name pronunciations. My favorite is "Skinnyatlas" for Skaneateles.
Make that CHAR-lot for Charlotte lol
@@zincmannMedina is muh-die-nuh
@@GeneseeBen yes sir it is
I'm originally from Horseheads & I thought he was prounancing the name wrong. Palmyra rhymes with Elmira, Lol!!
There's something about this channel that keeps drawing me in. It's difficult to balance easy listening with informative content, and this guy nails it. Love this channel, and you've got yourself a new subscriber!
Awesome, thank you, Brooke!! 😁
You are also one of the greatest updater😅
Also a new subscriber to this channel.
Love the channel. The home prices are low because these parts of WNY have been losing population for decades. Although the sale price is low, NY has high property taxes, and income and sales tax burden is also high. It is not uncommon for a $200K house to have $10K annual property tax. Many of these older 1900 era houses also require a lot of work, and issues like asbestos, mold, and structural challenges.
It is beautiful though, especially in the summer and fall!
I am in Central NY. He doesn't know. But great he is covering this region like this.
Thanks for bringing me back down to earth! I nearly got carried away with ideas of a small mansion and a tree lined back yard gently sloping down to the banks of the canal.
@@AZebraCrossing that still is not a bad idea. Underrated beautiful area just go in with eyes open. I'd choose a smaller house unless you have big household.
yep, they need to cut taxes in half for upstate NY or they're absolutely doomed, but the politicians don't care. They just keep chasing out the few remaining industries left there. Absolute fools
Funny, I was just searching your channel to see if you'd visited upstate NY yet. I know all of these towns very well. I live in the southern tier which is another area worth a visit. A lot of history in this part of the country is overlooked, some good hard working people and sadly a government that doesn't invest in the area much at all. Weather is gorgeous too, one of the nicest places in the world imo. I recommend visiting the southern tier and Hamilton, NY which is one of the most rural parts of upstate NY and arguably the most beautiful. Upstate has really suffered due to the outsourcing of jobs in this country. Endicott, Johnson City, Binghamton, and Owego where I live are all prime examples of that. Thanks for showing these little towns off since not many people will ever pass through them.
The address you provided is located in Newark, NY. According to the search results, there is a multi-family home for sale at 211 E Maple Ave with 5 bedrooms and 2 full baths. It has a total of 2,765 square feet and was built in 1900. The property has a lot size of 0.33 acres and is listed for sale at $129,900 1.
Unless the interior is a real mess, that is a bargain price.
@@kesmarn It's just the prices in that area. There are many many small towns all over the USA like this. People are under the impression that there are no affordable homes. It's just not where they are looking and not in the popular big cities.
Zillow has it listed for $116,999 No pics though
People are unwilling to move to find affordability!
One of the highest property tax counties in the nation(by assessed value).
Fun Fact: Chicago largely started developing as a result of the Erie Canal. It effectively connected the Upper Midwest with NYC.
I grew up in Brockport, NY, one of the many villages on the Erie Canal. Too bad you didn't get that far, it is a pretty little Victorian village. It is pretty good size too as Brockport State college is there.
I love upstate New York!
I grew up in Fairport NY with the cannel close to my home. Good to see this.
I loved traveling Upstate New York! I almost relocated there as I loved it so much! 🙂🙌🏾
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A great video, as always. Each of the towns were interesting, and had a really nice feel to them. The scenery along the canal is beautiful. I loved the four churches at the intersection, and I bet they look beautiful all lit up at night !! Thanks so much, Joe, a very enjoyable video.🥰
I grew-up along the towns in the Mohawk valley, (Schentady, Little Falls, Syracuse) . I wonder what those churches were back in the day. ( Methodist, Presbyterian, Catholic)??? No, problem, but those were probably the congregations that built them, but the members have died off, and new congregations have taken them over and maintained them.
You are a wonderful host, and an excellent narrator of facts and history. I love watching your videos and learning about our country from you. My dad took us to Lake Erie when we were children, and the beautiful homes remind me of traveling to see my Grandma in Manistee. I love the architecture and the nostalgic feelings, but at 75 my aching bones are very content with a one level ranch style home. However, if you lingered longer on those beautiful neighborhoods and homes I would savor every moment! Your videos make my day, and the are never long enough. Thank you so much for making these incredible videos Joey and sharing your travels and adventures with us! You and your videos are an unsung National Treasure.
The confluence of the Mohawk River and the South Chuctanunda Creek was our playground when we were kids. The old tow path sits on the South Side of Amsterdam between the Mohawk and the Erie Canal ditch. The British troops used the tow path back in the 1700's. Relief units would march from Albany to Fort Oswego along this path. Fort Hunter has a great old Erie Canal state park. Great history through there. Killer video. Don't miss Amsterdam. Kirk Douglas Hometown.
Never have I ever seen an area like this! The video was mesmerizing. I especially loved seeing the dry docks! and the 4 churches on the corner and where the Mormons began. I loved it all! Thanks Joe and Nic!
Loved the video, brought back wonderful memories of a boat trip I took with my wife from Detroit to RI. We traversed the entire length of the Erie Canal, from Buffalo to the Hudson River -- it was a wonderful experience. The villages, towns and cities along the Erie Canal vary from fairly forlorn to prosperous, but most welcomed passing boats with free docks and friendly people. There was a fair amount of work involved in going through 40+ locks, but the Canals was so peaceful and scenic the trip was very enjoyable.
The big houses you videoed in the local villages and towns stemmed from the fact that the Erie Canal was the equivalent of I-95 in its heyday, a commercial powerhouse. Many folks made fortunes providing various products and services tor all the commercial ship traffic, and many manufacturing plants sprang up along the canal to access its excellent shipping facilities.
Loved this video, from my home state, and I still live in NY 😔 n Sullivan county, home of the 1969 Woodstock Musuc and Art Fair, worth a visit.
Some of the reasons for the population loss of these towns you visited, is the harsh winters, high taxes and loss of industry in Buffalo, Rochester, Utica and Syracuse, which also ripples out to the smaller towns.
Very enjoyable video!
I love upstate new york! New York is still nice!
As long as you are in the area, check out the wine country of the Finger Lakes. Beautiful scenery
211 E maple in Newark Ny $129900, 5 brms 2baths and 2766 sq feet. Multi family home. I truly enjoyed this because of the Erie Canal. As a kid we learned about it, but I never saw it. Thanks for wonderful places you take us.
We did a road trip all around upstate New York about 15 years ago and I remember the Erie Canal area well. There are some nice little towns there away from the urban blight of Buffalo and Rochester. The Finger Lakes area is nice and the town of Geneva was used in a movie as I recall, but which one, I forget ! The Adirondacks is a lovely area, but quite of population loss in the past 50 years due in part to the textile industry decline. We have the same problem in the UK inasmuch as little towns have had to reinvent themselves. A great video, which brought back a lot of memories ! Many thanks Guys.
I spent most of my younger years of summers in Newark , Lyons and Port Gibson on the wide Waters , villages as they are called . Very quiet and tranquil even to this Day . My Mother was Raised in Newark ' Town of Arcadia" my grandparents home was directly along the Canal right near Main street in Newark . I could go out the front door , cross the street and sit on the Canal Bank ,and eat lunch or play ,Right on the Canal bank . Oh how I miss those Wonderful Days !! I live in Pennsylvania , but my most vivid and glorious youthful days were spent on the Erie Canal ( Barge Canal ) as it was also called .
Thank YOU So Much for Posting this Wonderful Video ! It brings back SOOOO Many Cherished Memories !!!
I lived in Batavia for a few years, and rode my motorcycle all over W New York. I loved the Genesee River, Erie Canal, Lake Ontario and The Finger Lakes. The nice parts of New York....
Batavia? That's how we called our kolonie Indonesië, must be Dutch founded.🤷🏼♂️
I, as a European, love your channel, your tours and informative insights on US cities and towns.
Thank you! 😀
The Erie Canal is amazing . Upper state New York looks so peaceful . Thanks Joe and Nicole for taking me along .
You should check out Medina, NY. You can drive under the canal there.
Shout out to the BEST canal town, Spencerport!!
I loved living in Spencerport! I remember crying when I had to drive my kids to Connecticut.
Back in the '70s I had a friend who worked on the canal at the locks near Troy, NY. Back then security was more lax than today. I spent many of my overnight hours "working" the lock with him. I'm glad you're finding my home state so intriguing! So many think of New York as only NYC. I am probably not catching you on time, but again plead you check out Round Lake -- about 15 miles north of Albany. A village like you've never seen!
FYI - Palmyra is pronounced with the "y" as a long "i".
Also, I believe Palmyra is a town, but towns in upstate NY usually have a more densely populated center that's called the Village of ___, where homeowners pay an additional village tax to receive more ammenities (such as garbage pick up, piped-in water, as opposed to wells, and sewage, rather than septic tanks.) Outside a village, people pay private companies for those services (garbage disposal, emptying the septic tanks.) Many of the towns in this area (maybe all of them), have volunteer fire departments and volunteer ambulance service (although property taxes do provide funding for the vehicles and buildings to house them.)
ALSO - The Wayne County Fair is held in Palmyra and this year will run from Aug 14-19. It's a very nice fair.
Lol in palmyra we pay our village tax and pay privately for those things 🤦♂️
It hurt my ears to hear Palmyra and Lyons pronounced incorrectly. Glad I wasn’t alone but appreciated the video.
Oh yea, how do you pronounce Groton?
@@cgbolton1Exactly. Pal-My-Ra! And Lyons is pronounced just like the animal 🦁!
@@sardu55Grah-tun
The hanging baskets and the planters on the corners are amazing!
There is a 400+ mile bikeway along the Erie canal, goes from Niagara Falls to Albany. For many years now, in Early July there is an 800 person organized 400 mile, 8 day bike ride from Niagara Falls to Albany. The town of LYONS. Is pronounced LIONS. Palmyra. Is pronounced Pal-my-ra. Love your videos!
Wow I'm a truck driver that used to deliver to all those towns. I forgot how much I love that area. Thanks for video and unlocking the memories.
I live between Buffalo and Rochester in a canal town. It truly is a beautiful place to live. Sometimes I take the canal for granted because it's just always been there😂. I've enjoyed watching you guys make your way around the country. Keep up the great work!
I live out that way as well. I'm always hitting the canal up with my pups. In between eagle harbor and Lockport are our usual stomping grounds.
How can I travel from Africa to that place for work update me am serious
Thanks for the tour. I enjoyed it a lot.
Very interesting video and a trip back in time for those of us who have lived the NY experience. Thank you.
Glad to see that you're OK. I was looking at the tornado coverage last night, where I thought you were, forgetting there's a lag for safety (and other) purposes. That's wild that they built the 363-mile Erie Canal from 1817 to 1825 and it shortened the shipping time from 6 weeks to 6 days and freight cost from $100 to $6 a ton! That is just amazing and nobody talks about that accomplishment anymore. It almost seems like it should be one of the Wonders of the World!
The death knell of the Erie canal was the building of the St. Lawrence Seaway. No cargo had to be transferred with the new Seaway since ocean-going vessels could fit through it. Eventually, the Seaway was made even wider. It would be awesome to boat along the Erie canal.
@@ScubaSteveCanada Oh yes, of course you're ab!solutely right! And it doesn't hurt that it goes through one of my favorite cities of all time, Montreal!
Thanks Joe. It's always nice to hear from someone that appreciates historical architecture! Nice video and commentary, very enjoyable.
I grew up in New York State { upper Hudson River Valley } and there were not very many Mormons there. One girl in my entire High School was a Mormon and I never knew that until she was 16. Love your travel videos, by the way. This edition has made me miss New York; I've been gone a long time, since 1972.
Yeah the Mormons got kicked out of pretty much every place they set up shop (and Smith was killed by a mob in Illinois) until they got to Utah. So I doubt there are many Mormons in upstate New York (I’m not surprised by the lack of a Mormon church). Not many Christians live in Bethlehem either.
Thanks for the history lesson. The Churches are magnificent 👍👍💕
Back in 2016 I did a lengthy road trip to the east, and for the last leg before turning back west, I drove from Buffalo to Saratoga Falls, mainly on US Interstate 90. However, I did stop off in Seneca Falls to see the It’s a Wonderful Life Museum. The town was like so many of these upstate New York towns: clean, quiet, friendly, no traffic. I could see living in one of these towns during the Summer.
"During Summer" is the key! Skaneateles is a nice town at the head of Skaneateles Lake (One of the Finger Lakes). It's not too far off I-90. I used to have friends who lived outside of Moravia (Birthplace of Millard Fillmore) and loved to stop there on my way down off of I-90. But you're right, Upstate NY has many lovely small towns. We used to go camping up there all the time when I was a kid.
I loved seeing this video. The houses are going to be older and more beautiful as well as the weather being so nice at this time of year. The dry dock was really cool to see, especially with those old ships that are likely 60+ years old.
Great video, thank you! I can picture Burl Ives singing about the Erie Canal as he sits on the shore in a rocking chair with his guitar playing.
Wow! Just like our British and the Dutch Canals ,I had no idea how wonderful 😊
Could listen to your videos for hours. The information you provide is so helpful in learning about other parts of the Great USA. Very calming delivery by you. Thanks for the ride!
Thank you for the kind words. :)
Yeah, I agree with that.
Oh my God! You are in my neck of the woods. I live in Fairport, NY, and one of the Canal towns. I tried to find a email address or contact information to see where you would be in Upstate NY. Have a moved up here from Jacksonville, Florida in 1989, this is a great community and area of the country.
So glad I stumbled onto your video blog. Each of these towns have character all their own.
You could use this venue to place blame and cast hatred. Instead you bring us together and give people a sense of history, community, and the diversity of our nation.
Thank you!
Born/raised in Newark and i live in Palmyra now. The quakers were also started in the area and also spiritualism right down the road. This area is VERY rich in history and alot of the old houses have MANY stories to tell. One building you should have checked out in Clyde was the Eerie Mansion. Great stories about that place, its also so beautiful.
Thank you for reviewing this area with grace, Ive seen some other people just spew false information, barely do research and have an awful bias. Thanks again!
I so enjoy your travels and look forward to your videos. I grew up in western new york. The canal was about 2 miles down the road from our house. It is beautiful country. Head west and you'll get to my home town. Every time i drive back home, i get off 90 and take 21 to the four churches, turn left and keep going. So when you drove down that way i got a lump in my throat remembering all the years of driving home to see my Mama.
That is awesome!
Excited for these next 2 videos!!
Usually the tower on a house or the uppermost part with a room made of mostly widows is called a widow's keep or widow's watch. A section of railing on the top of a flat part of a roof is called a widow's walk. The idea being that women generally outlived their husbands and after the husband's paasing the wife could retire to these areas for peaceful contemplation and to be closer to the departed. Cool video!
Interesting. Thank you for the info!
I was always told that thats where the wives and children went to look out for their husbands/fathers coming home from war. Thats why Ive also heard it called a Widows Weep. So interesting!
Really loving these videos while watching from my home in Southern England, enjoyable and relaxing tour of your wonderful country, thank you very much for the ride.
Awesome, thank you!
Great video thanks. In July 1995 I helped move a WW2 PT boat from NC to Toronto going up the Hudson through the eastern half of the Erie Canal and then north through the Oswego Canal to Lake Ontario. It was a fantastic once in a lifetime experience with beautiful landscapes and seeing the canal system from a slow moving boat.
No doubt the wealth is residue of the public investment in the canal over the generations. Now people are gradually leaving the smaller towns for more urban living. I am 70 and wish I could do what you are doing. Money, health, and physical ability are limits. Your videos will no doubt be an important cultural memory, perhaps long after you are gone.
Thank you for that, David.
I live in Camillus, a few miles west of Syracuse. The Erie Canal is literally my back yard!
Thanks for the awesome video 😊
Whenever you show those huge homes, I often think how much to heat or cool them? Must be off the charts. Another great video. 🙂
Nice to see some towns that haven't died or are in the process of dying. Contrast that with many of the towns that you have shown us along your journeys.
Sadly, Wayne County(Palmyra, Newark, Lyons) has lost much industry in recent decades. The ambitious youths are leaving.
Very cool. I had no idea what the Eerie canal looked like. Very cute towns. So nice it was 69 degrees for you. It's been a million degrees in Ft. Worth every day.😅
Yes , NO SWIMMING ! We just had a gentleman pass from the very strong undertow in canal. Just like Clyde all the others the Y is I. Lived here ALL my life, Graduated from the last town visited. Thanks for your tour. Happy travels ❤
Will you be going to Saratoga Springs? Lots of history: the place where the turn of the Revolutionary War worked in the America's favor (and a national park commemorates the battle), the summer home of The New York City Ballet, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and The Metropolitan Opera (known as the Saratoga Performing Arts Center), a dance museum, a horse racing museum, old bath houses (waters that were used to cure tuberculosis and discovered by native Americans), the oldest running music coffeehouse in the nation, Casino museum, a park by Civilian Conservation Corp during the Great Depression (beautiful!), a downtown park (Congress Park designed by famed Olmstead that houses a casino museum and an old carousel by Illion), and gorgeous well kept downtown and Victorian houses. It's a bit of a tourist town. You'll like it!
Enjoyed another one of your videos and learning about places I have not been to. Good not to see excessive blight! I always find the statistics you tell us about the towns interesting and how you know the age or info about buildings or things you film. Rock on, Joe!
Yes housing prices are quite low because these towns and villages are so far from everything including employers. The area is economically depressed for various reasons going all the way back to the canal becoming obsolete. It is still a nice place to live and especially appealing now that remote work is available for so many.
A highly enjoyable video with such beautiful buildings.Look forward to more New York.🐒🐻🤗👍
So close to my home area of Geneva NY! I wish I would've known. Would've bought you some lunch as a thank you for all the entertainment. Save travels!
I’m from the Albany area. Waterford, just north of Albany, is where the Erie and Champlain canals begin. This is an interesting area to explore.
Believe it or not, Albany is in competition with Santa Fe and Saint Augustine as one of the oldest cities in the USA; it is older than NYC. It also was in the top ten of populated cities in the USA at one time. It has always amazed me that Route 20 was a toll road that was the entry way to the west from Albany. You were considered a pioneer if your ventured west from there. The area is so rich in history.
You do great work. I enjoy watching your videos.
St. Augustine is older. Trust!
I'm so glad you showed the locks. Its incredible to watch the boats go through them. I grew up near Oneida Lake, the Barge Canal and the Erie Canal. We would go to Rome in grade school to see the historic village and see how the mules/horses pulled the boats. I grew up with a feeder canal behind my house. It was used to make sure the Erie Canal would always have water. Sadly, the population all over NY is going down. High taxes, greed and politics will do that. Its a shame because there is so much history and so many interesting places to live there. Thank you for showing this area while it's still beautiful and thriving.
I live near these surround villages/towns. For your viewers sake Palmyra and Lyons the Y sounds like an i just like Clyde. We do have some beautiful historical homes, I personally wouldn't be able to afford to heat them. I love the old woodwork. pocket doors etc. in a lot of them as I looked at several when I was searching for my second home.
When you were going over the bridge towards town in Clyde, I was thinking too bad you didn't turn around and head south it would bring you into the Seneca Falls/Waterloo area, Seneca Falls is known for the birth women's rights and loads of history like Susan B Anthony, Harriet Tubman ( From Auburn, NY) etc. Waterloo is known for the Birth of Memorial Day. You would also be in the Heart of the Finger Lakes and Wine Country. If you're up to visiting again someday it's worth checking out. We also have lochs and canal connecting from Seneca Lake to Cayuga Lake. In Seneca Falls there is a small Lake called VanClief Lake also connected to the canal system, the town of Seneca Falls used to be where the Lake is now. They say there are still foundations from old buildings in there. Take Care and safe travels!
Thanks for the History lesson you two I always enjoy them!!
Some very picturesque and interesting towns in this video - you could spend a whole lot more time here and still not see it all, great video Joe.
These four villages are very nice! I enjoyed the history of Palmyra. I have always loved old brick houses with plaster walls and cool details like turrets and amazing windows. The downtowns were very nice as well. Great info on the Erie Canal. Thank you for a great video!
Absolutely great work of you documenting the contemporary United States with all historic sites, really appreciated every edition of your journey! Hugs from Zurich, Switzerland
Thank you!
Thank you so much joe for your lovely description of your wonderful country so far Newark is my favourite
You need to go to Portageville, N Y. Letchworth State Park. The "Grand Canyon of the East"!
Loved the dry dock as well Joe. Great video today, favorite were the four churches. The stories they could tell...
I love watching this guy! I feel like I stumbled upon gold! One day he’s going to have a very big show of his own on something like the Travel Channel and we will all say,,, “i remember watching Joe and Nic when they were just starting out on RUclips!!” Love the facts, small towns and relaxing narrative!! Thank you! Looking forward to seeing Syracuse.. I grew up in a small town called Baldwinsville right outside it… “Anyway….”
Thank you for the kind words. :)
Hah - I used to pull beer loads out of the Anheuser-Busch plant in Baldwinsville back in the day.
Many many years ago I went to high school in Phoenix, near Baldwinsville. My mom and brother stayed in the area but I left at 18 for the NYC area! Spent a lot of time as a teen in Syracuse! (and later visiting my mom and brother)
Loved this! NY is very beautiful and diverse. Lived in western NY for 6.5 years in the 80’s. High taxes mark the spot. Thank you!
when i was in grammar school we used to sing "the erie canal". now i know what we were singing about. "we hauled some barges in our day, filled with lumber, coal
and hay and sue knows every inch of the way from albany to buffalo..."
Oh the boats!!! They need to be put in a museum.. I was also fascinated by what you find so cool.. Great video..
Thank you once again for being our tour guide! That was my first ever look at the Erie Canal. I was surprised to see that it is no longer used for commercial traffic. I would have to be REALLY HUNGRY to eat any fish caught out of those murky brown waters.
Thank you for the comment. :)
It was nice to see recreational boat traffic on parts of the canal.
A few years ago, some large beer tanks were transported down the Canal as they were too large for roads. It brought whole villages down to watch😀
Upstate New York is gorgeous and affordable, a great place to raise a family, if you can learn to embrace winter recreation.
I appreciate your unbiased and respectful approach to all those religions you discussed! Well done, sir!
You make my day when you upload.
U guys did it again ! Outstanding vid ! Big thank you for the research you do & for taking us along with you in your life's adventures. I appreciate the good feelings you give me. See ya in next vid. Cheers!
Thanks!
Great trail alongside of the Erie Canal. I rode it in August. Enjoyed every mile of it. Thanks for sharing 👍
I live in Newark New York I drive a transit bus through all the areas you’re showing. I appreciate your video. It taught me a lot and I’ve lived here my whole life you did pronounce palmyra wrong but that’s OK. Lol there’s a quaint refurbished theater in Lyons with a balcony and two movies were made in Lyons.
Lyons is pronounced lions😊
Awesome video! Nice places in way of Erie channel. During my next vacation on USA, I'll make a trip like you from Buffalo to New York! Thanks Joe!
Marvelous marvelous video.
Another Awesome Video Thanks For Taking Us Along
28:18 That green tug is the "Tug Grouper". According to the NYS Canal Corp. history: "the tug named 'Grouper' was built in 1912 by the Great Lakes Towing Company of Cleveland, OH, the Grouper is a single screw tugboat with a length of 74 feet, a beam of 19 feet 06 inches, and a depth of 12 feet. In 1957, it was converted from steam to diesel, and operates on a Kahlenberg 6-cylinder engine. The tug was originally named the Gary. In 1934, it was sold to the C. Reiss Coal Company and renamed Green Bay. North American Towing purchased the Green Bay in 1981 and renamed her Oneida. In 1987, it was sold to Wellington Towing of Sault Ste. Marie, MI and renamed Iroquois. Its original owner and builder, the Great Lakes Towing Company, purchased it in 1990, and renamed it Alaska. In 1999, it was sold to Florida Marine Terminals and renamed Grouper, but on its delivery voyage was left along the Erie Canal, where it remains, and put up for sale." (FYI, it was just sold at auction for $3,500).
She looks to be similar to the tugs "Kentucky" and "Indiana" also built buy The Great lakes Towing Company of Cleveland, Oh
£129,900 for 211 Maple street New York State USA. Wish I lived there. Love watching your channel Joe and Nic. Thank you both so much for bringing this to us.
Love watching your videos. I fall in love with so many places around the US. I love the history but feel bad for the poverty and the demise of some of the towns. Thanks for sharing your videos.😻
There's no "poverty".
Cool fact: At the western portion of the Erie Canal in Lockport New York is found one of the widest bridges in the world at 399 feet. Yes that is the width! Pretty amazing. The length is 129 feet.
I'm in upstate and I enjoyed immensely seeing parts I haven't visited. Yay!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I have alot of commitments here at home, I travelled alot in my earlier years. I'm a bit grounded at the moment I love watching you guy's traveling videos....Extremely awesome
If you are headed down to Connecticut and want to view beautiful 19th and early 20th century churches and the most architecturally beautiful city hall, I recommend my hometown of Waterbury. The latter part of the 20th century has not been so kind to her, but the churches, monuments, train station and government buildings reveal a splendid history.
What a beautiful area! I'm still smiling at Nic getting on that frog in the pool a while back. That was a hoot! 😁🐸
We are enjoying your travels along with you both ~ it is like visiting with a great friend to spend time with you and Nic ! Be safe and enjoy your travels! 🎉
Thank you!
211 Maple in Newark is listed for $129,000. It was built in 1900. 5 BR, 2 BA.
I was born in Newark, ny
Thank you. Been looking for your post with the price. My little working mans home has gone well into the 200k range over the last couple years! Crazy how things change.
OZ/ Thanks joe- such attractive towns !! and the Canal area was really interesting.