At-6:33- Wasn't that Shawn Connelly or 007 ? I went to Univeral Studeos in Ca. and we went inside the Bates house, & some other sets, one was a Western set, they had a guy hideing under the bar to 'shoot' stuff, also told us the glasses were made a suger & so were the 'glass windows' were made of suger so no one was cut with glass. We saw the air bags the stunt guys fell into when they were 'shot' while standing on buildings. Thank you for the mineing tour!!
“🎶16ton what da ya get,another day older and deeper in debt,Saint Peter don’t ya call me cause I can’t goooo...I owe my soul to the company store!🎶 “that song popped into my head
@@Sandy-is2kf If they took a gate count---you know, four verticals with a diagonal slash at five---It would eat up a lot of the comment section! That song by Tennessee Ernie Ford made people think, back in the day!
@@oldenweery7510 Tennessee Ernie Ford, Thank you Oldenweery I was racking my brain trying to think of the performers name. I can see him clear as a bell.
@@oldenweery7510 Yes I know that song spoke the truth. My Great Grandfather was a miner in West Va. I didn't know him but my Mom told stories about visiting him during summer and life in those coal towns. 😳
@@Sandy-is2kf I just looked it up to find its origin and found it was written by Merle Travis. He was born and raised in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, so he _knew._ Although he recorded it himself in 1946, Ernie Ford popularized it in 1955---or, rather, the deejays did, by playing the B side of his recording of "You Don't Have to be a Baby to Cry." (That wasn't unusual, as the deejays sometimes _preferred_ the "flip side" to the A song.) The people of that region were "Good People," salt of the earth.
This was fascinating. The history surrounding the area is bitter- sweet - true for most any historical site...Thank you for capturing it all so beautifully!
Pretty interesting place to visit. Have some nice houses that they should rehab before they fall in. Glad they made it a place for people to come and see how things used to be.
That was very cool video. There is some thing that you missed, the company stores would charge double ,triple the prices on the items in those stores. That's how they kept miners working for the mine. It's also how CO-OP's were put into effect for farmers, miners and small communities. Everybody in community would have a say to what was purchased and the pricing. Not just the owners of the store, or owner of the mine. Growing up in rural community the CO-OP store was where we bought groceries, fabric for clothing, fuel for tractors, cars and heating.
I get it , cuz I am enjoying this myself. My father was a coal miner when I was a wee girl. Later in life he built sea walls in Florida. Takes me back. Thanks a bunch
Really enjoyed this tour . I love history and this was " right up my alley " ....Love the fact that the property has been saved and is maintained for future generations to enjoy. ... I always learn something new when I watch your videos.. . Thanks for taking us along. ...
At-9:34-- See where the little washer with the ringer is? next to it is the metal tub, they'd fill it with water & underneath there's a small stove area where they'd have a fire to heat up the water where they'd put their clothes in to try & wash clothes. There was one like it along with the ringer washer in my grandfather's barn. My grandmother taught me how to make a small loom to make rugs like the one shown in the miners bed room. The round rugs were made buy wrapping cloth around & sewing them together like a rope, then you start wrapping them around & sewing that together till you had it as big as you wanted it and tie it off at the end. To clean them back in the day the rug would go over a clothes line and the rug got beaten with a paddle or broom. If taken care of they lasted a long time. Grandma would take their worn un-needed clothes and make beautiful bed spreads filled with feathers for warmth in the winter. They had 7 kids that lived and lost 4 others as very young children. Times were alot harder back then.
Ghost City Shelton it sounds like you had a wonderful grandma me too and I was blessed enough to know my great-grandma for a short time I have her quilts that I'm trying to finish quilting by hand. Thank you for sharing that awesome information. I don't know about you but once my great grandma and my grandma had passed on to heaven I often wish I had asked so many more questions about how their life was in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Thanks again that was a great awesome share.
I was a little tyke when they filmed the Molly Maguire's near here. Back then there were no hotels around Eckley, they used to fly Sean Connery by helicopter every day to the Host Motel in Wilkes Barre. Those who are familiar with the area, it was behind Denny's near the Wyoming Valley Mall. The helicopter would land on the 8 hole golf course behind the hotel. Us kids used to go every day to watch the helicopter land. Sean Connery used to talk to us, he was really nice to us kids.
@@taralewis2606 I just wish we we were old enough to appreciate that we were in the company of a LEGEND!!...but we totally were NOT...LOL. The appeal to us was the helicopter landing in the tiny golf course... NOT the people in it! 😉
My husband and I were married in the church at 28:47 . It is beautiful inside. I used to be an Eckley Player (reenactor) when I was a kid/teen and plan to return to it this year now that I am back in the area. I used to babysit the historical directors kids when I was about 14. They lived in one of the houses and it amazing to see the difference between inside and outside of the residential homes. If I remember correctly, the current day company store or the breaker is not original. It was built specifically for the movie. I dont recall which. Eckley holds a special place in my heart. There is just something about it.
Thank You so much for posting these great videos with all the information. My grandfather was born in Scranton and my great grandmother in Justus, PA. I live in CA and have never been to this area of the country and you bring me a real perspective of where my family came from.
This was fabulous. Loved the history you gave. I watched Cliffs as well you are both so different it’s exciting watching both. Thanks for taking me along
Thank you for this one! I loved seeing the houses, the scenery and all that was there! That is the kind of area/place I'd love to live... in one of those homes.
I really enjoyed watching this video. The history is so interesting, what a beautiful area. The poor coal miners that actually worked so hard. What a rough life. As always, thank you for sharing. You do a great job!
Hey there Jay! I have to tell you that I love this video. I love the old houses and the beautiful Victorian mansions. The only thing with this vid is that a song kept playing in my head: SIXTEEN TONS. I'm sure you've heard it and how the guy owes his soul to the company store! Great vid Jay! Thanks!!!
Thanks Jay for the wealth of information and the beautiful video and picture montage. I'm glad they decided to turn the town into a museum rather than letting it fall into disrepair . Thanks again!
Love this video! Great location! I also enjoyed you picking on Cliff! So cute! 😂😂😂 Photo montage was amazing! Thanks for letting us explore with you! Take care, my friend. Be safe, and see you in the next one!!! 🙋🏽♀️😁😃💙💙💙
You told the history of this old mining town exceptionally well, I'm not good at listing but was captivated, so very sad , how big company's treat the little folk , still goes on to a certain degree, would like to watch H the movie now , thanks and yes enjoying heaps
Such an awesome place to visit. I love the history about it. I lived in a coal mining town in Southeast Ohio, close to West Virginia. We also had the Gem of Egypt shovel which did the strip mining. My brother worked in both, under ground and strip mining. It was sometimes pretty scary.
Jackie Baggett ~ I live in South Central Ohio! Howdy neighbor! I know there were a lot of coal mines and coal towns in your area. You can still find some foundations in some of them.
@Jackie Baggett ~ I know where that is! I live in Circleville, about 20 miles south of Columbus. One thing our towns have in common are Pumpkins!! 🎃 You have the Pumpkin Festival and we have the Pumpkin Show, which is a festival too!! In fact, our water tower is painted like a pumpkin. It’s a small world!
@@taralewis2606 That is so crazy! There aren't to many people who know about our pumpkin festival and where Barnesville is. I kind of know where Circleville is. My sister lived in Columbus and Westerville and we had other family in the southern area of Columbus. I can't remember where. It's so cool you have a pumpkin show as well. Do they do a contest for the King Pumpkin? I think last year it was around 1500lbs. I miss it terribly. I haven't been back since 2009. But some day I have to go see family.
@Jackie Baggett ~ It really is crazy and that we’re fellow urbexers meeting on RUclips!! 😆 We have the Largest Pumpkin prize which was 1,607 lbs. last year! You’ll have to google it sometime. Circleville basically shuts down for Pumpkin Show. People take their vacation time off work, schools and businesses close...it’s pretty amazing! Yeah, you’ll have to get back to yours soon. Do you live far away from Barnesville now?
That place is really interesting and what those coal minors had to do. Really this is just awesome out of this world the history just blows out my brains. I am glad that the homes were not so close together, gave familys privacy. What a nice gift shop. This is super greate tour. I love it all. Many thanks.
I really enjoyed that. Very nice place. Love all the green. And the houses was beautiful. they ones that where falling apart I bet was nice in there day.
I didn't realize there was a fee merely to walk around this place. It's been probably 30+ years since I was there. I think I went there last with a school group in the 80's.
Great video Jay!!! Those were some nice houses, nothing fancy but still nice!!! I wonder why they haven't restored all of the houses? The mine owner's house did look like a mansion... Beautiful!!! Very nice lil town!!! I love the pictures which are gorgeous!!! Thank you Jay for sharing!!!
Why thats Sean Connery ! Cooolll little scale model !! Cool little locomotive ! 😎 video really enjoyed it really neat little churches as well ! Realky enjoyed the 📷 at the end great work as always !!
Really cool place - would be nice to sit and have a picnic, if it didn't rain! Pretty spot. It would be interesting to get to see inside some of the buildings. I loved the moss-covered steps! Thanks, JP!
Very neat yet sad when you think of those poor coal miners stuck in poverty. Way different from the old copper mining Town that I call home. I love the history. Thank you so much.
Wow! What a great place to visit. I agree I would rather explore on my own but it would be interesting to see the inside of some buildings. The structure built for the movie was my favorite. Thanks for taking us along .
Great video. My friend and I actually renovated a bunch of those houses back in 2005ish. Neat little town. I believe the occupied houses are descendants of the miners. No new owners are allowed to move in. So, there’s only a few left. Not 100% sure, but that’s what I heard.
The remaining town is beautiful - so peaceful. It belies the true social/economic conditions of the original town. The struggle between labor and money was long and brutal, throughout in coal country.
AWESOME AWESOME VIDEO!! I loved it and can not wait to show it to Angel. Lots of amazing history. Thank you so much Jay!!! So so so amazing!!!! 🇺🇸☺😇🌟The slide show is Top of the line!! Great photography!! God Bless and Be Safe!!
really enjoyed the video it was mind blowing that the same people who rented them their homes owned the general store there was no way they could get ahead love the scene with the house with the building behind it
This video was interesting on a few levels for me. First off I am always interested in places to take a day trip, and being a history buff, this place is in my wheelhouse. Secondly I have watched many of your abandoned mine videos so to see this restored town is nice perspective.
I agree with you. We often see ruins or remants of mining towns and operations. So its a nice change to see one that is still intact. I think you'll enjoy it if you go.
Another interesting video. Thank you for taking me places i am unable to go on my own. I'm still catching up on your videos i missed during the hurricane. No flooding & i didn't end up in oz but we were without power so I'm behind. The deteriorating houses make me sad. Other countries have hundreds of years of historical architecture but we seem to rip ours down or just let them fall down. I'm glad that some were preserved. It was such a tough way of life. Not the streets paved with gold that some immigrants expected. Great video. I'll be waiting for the next one.
hi jp videos i like to see what and how people, lived in years gone by. i have found that the further people go back , some times it can become more misterious, there for less is found out. this is another fine example of time gone by. nice one jp . stephen hall u k eckley mineing
Great video!!! Loved the information...I'm always learning something new...also just waiting one of these times when you or Cliff are looking in a Window someone or something is going to be looking back and I'm going to poop my pants..🤣🤣
Jay remember you video where there was a structure kind of like what is in the picture to the left? Maybe the one you were in was used for like the what they used it for in the picture. Maybe there was a building on top of it in days gone by and maybe was used as a spring house or something. Wonderful pictures!
Have you ever been to Rodney, Mississippi? the place is a ghost town... there's so much there and its a safe place to explore. people still live down there, but not many
Very cool video, I'm in Kutztown so it would be a great day trip adventure for me. I'd love to check it out!. Love to see more of your videos for berks county. I'm sure I just havnt seen them all. Lol
The boxes along the road hide the fire hydrants, I believe, while some of the outbuildings hide satellite dishes. It’s all in keeping with maintaining the period-correct look to the area.
What great video! The history of the area of coal mining business. I would hope the articles that are for sale in the gift shop are made in America. Thanks again for the most informative video!
This was my first time ever filming a movie set. Was a very interesting location and experience.
I knew you would like it. :)
At-6:33- Wasn't that Shawn Connelly or 007 ?
I went to Univeral Studeos in Ca. and we went inside the Bates house, & some other sets, one was a Western set, they had a guy hideing under the bar to 'shoot' stuff, also told us the glasses were made a suger & so were the 'glass windows' were made of suger so no one was cut with glass.
We saw the air bags the stunt guys fell into when they were 'shot' while standing on buildings.
Thank you for the mineing tour!!
Love your footage and photo montage. Amazing place...you sure bring history alive!!!
JPVideos It was Sean Connery!
“🎶16ton what da ya get,another day older and deeper in debt,Saint Peter don’t ya call me cause I can’t goooo...I owe my soul to the company store!🎶 “that song popped into my head
Me too Chubby, the very first thing was that song!!! 😁
@@Sandy-is2kf If they took a gate count---you know, four verticals with a diagonal slash at five---It would eat up a lot of the comment section! That song by Tennessee Ernie Ford made people think, back in the day!
@@oldenweery7510 Tennessee Ernie Ford, Thank you Oldenweery I was racking my brain trying to think of the performers name. I can see him clear as a bell.
@@oldenweery7510 Yes I know that song spoke the truth. My Great Grandfather was a miner in West Va. I didn't know him but my Mom told stories about visiting him during summer and life in those coal towns. 😳
@@Sandy-is2kf I just looked it up to find its origin and found it was written by Merle Travis. He was born and raised in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, so he _knew._ Although he recorded it himself in 1946, Ernie Ford popularized it in 1955---or, rather, the deejays did, by playing the B side of his recording of "You Don't Have to be a Baby to Cry." (That wasn't unusual, as the deejays sometimes _preferred_ the "flip side" to the A song.) The people of that region were "Good People," salt of the earth.
This was fascinating. The history surrounding the area is bitter- sweet - true for most any historical site...Thank you for capturing it all so beautifully!
Pretty interesting place to visit. Have some nice houses that they should rehab before they fall in. Glad they made it a place for people to come and see how things used to be.
Great video and photos! Love old towns like that! Would love to go on a road trip and visit a few!
That was very cool video. There is some thing that you missed, the company stores would charge double ,triple the prices on the items in those stores. That's how they kept miners working for the mine. It's also how CO-OP's were put into effect for farmers, miners and small communities. Everybody in community would have a say to what was purchased and the pricing. Not just the owners of the store, or owner of the mine. Growing up in rural community the CO-OP store was where we bought groceries, fabric for clothing, fuel for tractors, cars and heating.
Oh is fantastic, wow I love all of it. Inside and out. Beautiful photos. Thank you Jay. AllieJo.
Eckley's mining village is a great place to check out. I did the tour about 12 years ago.
Very cool lots of nice property around the houses enjoyed the video.
Beautiful scenery, interesting story, well done video🖒 I really enjoyed it ☺
Thanks ruth
JP, this was put together very well. Very informative and entertaining! Thanks for sharing!
Happy to hear you enjoyed it. Thanks
I get it , cuz I am enjoying this myself. My father was a coal miner when I was a wee girl. Later in life he built sea walls in Florida. Takes me back. Thanks a bunch
Fascinating history to a beautiful location. LOVE the comraderie and banter between yourself and Cliff!
😁
Absolutely beautiful
So nice of Cliff to pose for almost all your photo montage. Lol. Friends are forever JP...
He didnt have a choice lol
Cool tour and thanks for adding the really cool history. Gave thumbs up as always
Yeah yeah i know... still not abandoned 😁
@@JPVideos81 semi abandoned... Was interesting to watch from a historical view, no complaints here! 😂
Wow that’s a really cool place! Love the big creepy old metal building
Really enjoyed this tour . I love history and this was " right up my alley " ....Love the fact that the property has been saved and is maintained for future generations to enjoy. ... I always learn something new when I watch your videos.. . Thanks for taking us along. ...
Glad to see you at the Premiere.
Oh it's kept so beautiful. I'd enjoy walking around there. 🌹❤🌹
At-9:34-- See where the little washer with the ringer is? next to it is the metal tub, they'd fill it with water & underneath there's a small stove area where they'd have a fire to heat up the water where they'd put their clothes in to try & wash clothes. There was one like it along with the ringer washer in my grandfather's barn.
My grandmother taught me how to make a small loom to make rugs like the one shown in the miners bed room. The round rugs were made buy wrapping cloth around & sewing them together like a rope, then you start wrapping them around & sewing that together till you had it as big as you wanted it and tie it off at the end. To clean them back in the day the rug would go over a clothes line and the rug got beaten with a paddle or broom. If taken care of they lasted a long time.
Grandma would take their worn un-needed clothes and make beautiful bed spreads filled with feathers for warmth in the winter. They had 7 kids that lived and lost 4 others as very young children. Times were alot harder back then.
Ghost City Shelton it sounds like you had a wonderful grandma me too and I was blessed enough to know my great-grandma for a short time I have her quilts that I'm trying to finish quilting by hand. Thank you for sharing that awesome information. I don't know about you but once my great grandma and my grandma had passed on to heaven I often wish I had asked so many more questions about how their life was in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Thanks again that was a great awesome share.
I was a little tyke when they filmed the Molly Maguire's near here. Back then there were no hotels around Eckley, they used to fly Sean Connery by helicopter every day to the Host Motel in Wilkes Barre. Those who are familiar with the area, it was behind Denny's near the Wyoming Valley Mall. The helicopter would land on the 8 hole golf course behind the hotel. Us kids used to go every day to watch the helicopter land. Sean Connery used to talk to us, he was really nice to us kids.
Oh wow, thanks for sharing
@Karen Brennan ~ That’s awesome! He’s always been one of my favorite actors. Good looking too!! ❤️
@@taralewis2606 I just wish we we were old enough to appreciate that we were in the company of a LEGEND!!...but we totally were NOT...LOL.
The appeal to us was the helicopter landing in the tiny golf course... NOT the people in it! 😉
@Karen Brennan ~ Oh, that’s too funny! 😂
My husband and I were married in the church at 28:47 . It is beautiful inside.
I used to be an Eckley Player (reenactor) when I was a kid/teen and plan to return to it this year now that I am back in the area.
I used to babysit the historical directors kids when I was about 14. They lived in one of the houses and it amazing to see the difference between inside and outside of the residential homes.
If I remember correctly, the current day company store or the breaker is not original. It was built specifically for the movie. I dont recall which.
Eckley holds a special place in my heart. There is just something about it.
You're correct. Breaker and store was built for the Molly Maguires movie. Thanks for sharing
Nice Video and I just became one of your Patreon's!
Thanks so much!
Thank You so much for posting these great videos with all the information. My grandfather was born in Scranton and my great grandmother in Justus, PA. I live in CA and have never been to this area of the country and you bring me a real perspective of where my family came from.
You're welcome
Loved the whole mining town tour video
I wish I could get out and do stuff like that.......I really love taking nature photos!
I love seeing and sharing all these great places.
This was fabulous. Loved the history you gave. I watched Cliffs as well you are both so different it’s exciting watching both. Thanks for taking me along
My pleasure
Really great video, full of history, thanks!
What a great way to spend an end of summer day. Thanks for bringing us along with you and Cliff.
You're welcome
Very interesting and informative, great photos! Thanks for sharing.
Where's the pic of the cute little kitty....lol. Nice video, great history lesson even tho it is a sad one.
Thank you for this one! I loved seeing the houses, the scenery and all that was there! That is the kind of area/place I'd love to live... in one of those homes.
Very peaceful
I really enjoyed watching this video. The history is so interesting, what a beautiful area. The poor coal miners that actually worked so hard.
What a rough life. As always, thank you for sharing. You do a great job!
Thanks so much
that's an interesting place, hope to get there sometime
Great history. Thank you.
Hey there Jay! I have to tell you that I love this video. I love the old houses and the beautiful Victorian mansions. The only thing with this vid is that a song kept playing in my head: SIXTEEN TONS. I'm sure you've heard it and how the guy owes his soul to the company store! Great vid Jay! Thanks!!!
🙂
Thanks for the tour!
Thanks Jay for the wealth of information and the beautiful video and picture montage. I'm glad they decided to turn the town into a museum rather than letting it fall into disrepair . Thanks again!
My pleasure
Love this video! Great location! I also enjoyed you picking on Cliff! So cute! 😂😂😂 Photo montage was amazing! Thanks for letting us explore with you! Take care, my friend. Be safe, and see you in the next one!!! 🙋🏽♀️😁😃💙💙💙
Hope your feet weren't too tired from walking with us haha
@@JPVideos81 I soaked them afterwards, so no worries!!! 😉😉😉😁😃💙💙💙
@@topherloverjones8449 😂
You told the history of this old mining town exceptionally well, I'm not good at listing but was captivated, so very sad , how big company's treat the little folk , still goes on to a certain degree, would like to watch H the movie now , thanks and yes enjoying heaps
Thanks so much
Such an awesome place to visit. I love the history about it. I lived in a coal mining town in Southeast Ohio, close to West Virginia. We also had the Gem of Egypt shovel which did the strip mining. My brother worked in both, under ground and strip mining. It was sometimes pretty scary.
Jackie Baggett ~ I live in South Central Ohio! Howdy neighbor! I know there were a lot of coal mines and coal towns in your area. You can still find some foundations in some of them.
@@taralewis2606 That's awesome! I lived in Barnesville, about 30 miles west of Cambridge, Ohio. Out I-70. I love it when people understand the region.
@Jackie Baggett ~ I know where that is! I live in Circleville, about 20 miles south of Columbus. One thing our towns have in common are Pumpkins!! 🎃 You have the Pumpkin Festival and we have the Pumpkin Show, which is a festival too!! In fact, our water tower is painted like a pumpkin. It’s a small world!
@@taralewis2606 That is so crazy! There aren't to many people who know about our pumpkin festival and where Barnesville is. I kind of know where Circleville is. My sister lived in Columbus and Westerville and we had other family in the southern area of Columbus. I can't remember where. It's so cool you have a pumpkin show as well. Do they do a contest for the King Pumpkin? I think last year it was around 1500lbs. I miss it terribly. I haven't been back since 2009. But some day I have to go see family.
@Jackie Baggett ~ It really is crazy and that we’re fellow urbexers meeting on RUclips!! 😆 We have the Largest Pumpkin prize which was 1,607 lbs. last year! You’ll have to google it sometime. Circleville basically shuts down for Pumpkin Show. People take their vacation time off work, schools and businesses close...it’s pretty amazing! Yeah, you’ll have to get back to yours soon. Do you live far away from Barnesville now?
That place is really interesting and what those coal minors had to do. Really this is just awesome out of this world the history just blows out my brains. I am glad that the homes were not so close together, gave familys privacy. What a nice gift shop. This is super greate tour. I love it all. Many thanks.
There's a lot to see and do. Really nice museum ! awesome video and great pictures JP !
Ty eric
This was great. Well put together
Thank you
I really enjoyed that. Very nice place. Love all the green. And the houses was beautiful. they ones that where falling apart I bet was nice in there day.
That was a great place. Thanks JP
Thanks for watching
I didn't realize there was a fee merely to walk around this place. It's been probably 30+ years since I was there. I think I went there last with a school group in the 80's.
Great video Jay!!! Those were some nice houses, nothing fancy but still nice!!! I wonder why they haven't restored all of the houses? The mine owner's house did look like a mansion... Beautiful!!! Very nice lil town!!! I love the pictures which are gorgeous!!! Thank you Jay for sharing!!!
Why thats Sean Connery ! Cooolll little scale model !! Cool little locomotive ! 😎 video really enjoyed it really neat little churches as well ! Realky enjoyed the 📷 at the end great work as always !!
Beautiful area interesting town
Very interesting and informative, thanks for sharing. Great photo montage.
Ty
Nice commentary. You have a soothing voice. I loved the nostalgic background music. Interesting place to visit.
Ty dawn
Another interesting piece of history. Liked the music choice at the end.
Ty bobbie
Talk about a racket the company got free labor with only the cost of food. They took all the money back from the workers at the company store.
Liked your perspective on this explore as well as some great camera shots! Will be going there to see myself.
Thanks so much
Awesome video! I love old places like this with history! Your video is very informative! Loved it!! 👍
This was awesome. 😊
Fun to watch your video and Wondering Woodsman. Interesting to see different perspectives
Great location and very good video great work, love the history and the pics at the end.
Glad you enjoyed it
Really cool place - would be nice to sit and have a picnic, if it didn't rain! Pretty spot. It would be interesting to get to see inside some of the buildings. I loved the moss-covered steps! Thanks, JP!
My pleasure kelly
Very neat yet sad when you think of those poor coal miners stuck in poverty. Way different from the old copper mining Town that I call home. I love the history. Thank you so much.
Wow! What a great place to visit. I agree I would rather explore on my own but it would be interesting to see the inside of some buildings. The structure built for the movie was my favorite. Thanks for taking us along .
With the amount of abandoned buildings/houses I've been inside of, i was ok passing on seeing these ones.
Really enjoyed this.
🙂
Very interesting video especially with all the information.
Thank you
Great video. My friend and I actually renovated a bunch of those houses back in 2005ish. Neat little town. I believe the occupied houses are descendants of the miners. No new owners are allowed to move in. So, there’s only a few left. Not 100% sure, but that’s what I heard.
That's correct. I was told that by the gift shop employee.
That looks like a great place to go visit 😊 JPVideos.
Its definitely unique with it being used as a movie set.
Great video, JP. Cool place.
Ty
Another great video JP very cool
Ty for checking it out
The remaining town is beautiful - so peaceful. It belies the true social/economic conditions of the original town. The struggle between labor and money was long and brutal, throughout in coal country.
AWESOME AWESOME VIDEO!! I loved it and can not wait to show it to Angel. Lots of amazing history. Thank you so much Jay!!! So so so amazing!!!! 🇺🇸☺😇🌟The slide show is Top of the line!! Great photography!! God Bless and Be Safe!!
I have always wanted to go there! Thanks JP
Now you have 🙂
At-6:33- Is that 007 dude S. C.?
Yay! A new super interesting JP video! 😁 Big 🖒s up as always!
Sean connery
I went as a kid. I loved the one church there.
Good video, good info ...
really enjoyed the video it was mind blowing that the same people who rented them their homes owned the general store there was no way they could get ahead love the scene with the house with the building behind it
Sad, but good look at times of the past.
Nice story and very well told. They had a lot of these in the south , WVa, Va, Ky and Tn . Kinda sad in the end.
For some reason I hear the "get off my lawn" in Sean Connery's voice...
Lol
thanks, i enjoyed it.
We've been there, found it very eerie😱
Great video and nice shots!
Love your new t-shirt JP!!
Thanks so much
This video was interesting on a few levels for me. First off I am always interested in places to take a day trip, and being a history buff, this place is in my wheelhouse. Secondly I have watched many of your abandoned mine videos so to see this restored town is nice perspective.
I agree with you. We often see ruins or remants of mining towns and operations. So its a nice change to see one that is still intact. I think you'll enjoy it if you go.
Interesting to see
Another interesting video. Thank you for taking me places i am unable to go on my own. I'm still catching up on your videos i missed during the hurricane. No flooding & i didn't end up in oz but we were without power so I'm behind. The deteriorating houses make me sad. Other countries have hundreds of years of historical architecture but we seem to rip ours down or just let them fall down. I'm glad that some were preserved. It was such a tough way of life. Not the streets paved with gold that some immigrants expected. Great video. I'll be waiting for the next one.
Thanks for watching and stay safe
fantastic video
Thanks
They do living history weekends though the year. You should check it out
Thanks for sharing
Awesome video.
Ty
Great video😎🌞😎🌞👍👍
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Hello Jp, from North Carolina , great video and I really enjoyed it !!! ♥️😀 and I also found it very interesting ...😃
Ty
Loved the video!! Ironically I'm descended from a Molly McGuire nice to see where the movie was filmed
Oh wow
hi jp videos i like to see what and how people, lived in years gone by. i have found that the further people go back , some times it can become more misterious, there for less is found out. this is another fine example of time gone by. nice one jp . stephen hall u k eckley mineing
Thank you for watching
Great examples of how wooden structures weather!
Agreed
Great video!!! Loved the information...I'm always learning something new...also just waiting one of these times when you or Cliff are looking in a Window someone or something is going to be looking back and I'm going to poop my pants..🤣🤣
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Jay remember you video where there was a structure kind of like what is in the picture to the left? Maybe the one you were in was used for like the what they used it for in the picture. Maybe there was a building on top of it in days gone by and maybe was used as a spring house or something.
Wonderful pictures!
Living museums are SO cool!!! The people working were basically indentured servants. Good thing it didn't end up like Centralia.
Have you ever been to Rodney, Mississippi? the place is a ghost town... there's so much there and its a safe place to explore. people still live down there, but not many
Never been to Mississippi
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Very cool video, I'm in Kutztown so it would be a great day trip adventure for me. I'd love to check it out!. Love to see more of your videos for berks county. I'm sure I just havnt seen them all. Lol
I plan on returning here to check out the old cemetery.
Just seen that the movie "The Molly Maguires" is on Amazon Prime. Of course I had to put it on my " watch list " .
The boxes along the road hide the fire hydrants, I believe, while some of the outbuildings hide satellite dishes. It’s all in keeping with maintaining the period-correct look to the area.
Makes sense. Thanks
What great video! The history of the area of coal mining business. I would hope the articles that are for sale in the gift shop are made in America. Thanks again for the most informative video!
You're welcome
love it
Cliff tends to wonder mostly in the woods