Love John Steinbeck, especially Cannery Row. Enjoy your trips to cemeteries . I have been a mortician for over 45 years so you know I would love old cemeteries. Thanks again.
I was born and raised in Salinas, and absolutely loved it. I lived just 3 blocks from the Steinbeck house. I was literally heartbroken when Dad moved us to Vegas in 1962 for work. My heart always remained in Salinas.
I have always been pleased with the way you video programs and proud to be a subscriber. Thanks again for the addition to your vlog of the Salinas area and the Steinbeck home.
Thank-You 'Graveyard Guy' for your WONDERFUL TRIBUTE to John Steinbeck!!!! He was a BRILLIANT AUTHOR, that's for sure! I think my VERY FAVORITE book of his is 'Grapes of Wrath'! The movie was WONDERFUL as well!!!! GREAT CAST!
Great work ! I loved this video. As an English major I read a lot of Steinbeck in school and this is a place I always wanted to visit. You do such a thorough job with your videos, so informative AND entertaining. And don’t listen to any naysayers, this channel is not just about where you go, it’s also about YOU and YOUR connection to the places so keep featuring yourself and talking to your audience, you do a tremendous job. As for being an old guy, only as young as you feel right? And a 7 hour drive after 2 hours sleep isn’t something a lot of younger people could do. So I quote Liam Gallagher when I say: Hey ! Stay young and invincible ! 'cause we know just what we are And come what may we're unstoppable 'cause we know just what we are. Keep up the awesome work and I’ll be seeing you soon✌🏿✌🏽
Hey Scott, my channel was having a temporary identity crisis, but it's back on its meds now and all is good :-) Thanks for your support. You are awesome and those lyrics are perfect. I love that you were an English major. Are you a teacher now or are you a full-time vlogger, or are they the same thing? Hope you received the message I sent you a few days ago with my email. See you soon!
Thanks for the wonderful tour of Steinbeck's resting place as well as his childhood home. My most favored book of John Steinbeck is East of Eden, although I enjoy all of his books. I own them all. Some I've read more than once. John Steinbeck passed away when I was 20 years old. Several of his books were required reading when I was in high school in California.
Thank you for taking us on this amazing road trip! It was very touching to hear "Grapes of Wrath" has brought you closer to the experiences of your family's migration west. Your work is amazing keep doing what you're doing!
I’ve watched so many of your videos, I don’t know how I’ve missed this one! You have made me want to revisit The Grapes of Wrath, one of my favorites. It must be very special to you, as your family lived the history portrayed in the book. Another amazing vlog! I love cemeteries, too, and could wander all day in one.....
Salinas reminds me of Redlands, the downtown area and Steinbeck House both. My mother's family was also one of those Okie transplant families. They came out to San Joaquin valley every year to pick crops. Eventually they all settled here. Thanks for sharing!! Have a great trip!
You're right, it does feel a lot like Redlands. The homes are very similar and the historic downtown areas are also similar. Both towns really take you back. As always, thanks for sharing!
Love this one. Like you, I love the victorian era homes. Such beautiful architecture and they stand the test of time. We have quite a few locations here in New Jersey (Cape May, Ocean Grove, etc.) and John Steinbeck's home is a beautiful example. Thanks so much for taking us on your journey. Great stuff.
i am still catching up on your videos i am a late bloomer i just found you. your videos are just a pleasure to watch and you show respect for their final resting places. thank you for your warmth and caring attitude, you are most kind.wow i thought Salenis was a shot and a beer town. i also remember these people, we do not get old we get better, smarter.
I am not one that thinks you shouldn't appear in your videos! As I've said before, I like your laid back style, and I much prefer you talking about the graves and the area you're visiting rather than just seeing pictures with very little info attached. However, that being said, I so like the new name of your channel! This video made me want to visit Salinas. Great looking little town, and the cemetery was awesome. It'd be a bit of a trip for me, since I live in Ohio. Someday, perhaps...
Personally,, i want to see you on the videos!! Hard to walk with you and not see your face!! Lol you are either refreshing my memory or teaching me things i didnt know..I love watching your videos!! Thanks for your hard work!! Looking forward to our next walk..love n hugs!!
Thanks, Sylvia, I appreciate that. I also like vlogs where the person vlogging is in the video. I'm just working on getting the right balance, where I'm not in front of the camera too much. I guess it's good to save a little for the imagination :-) Happy New Year and I'm looking forward to more of our walks, in the coming year, too!.
"The Grapes of Wrath" brought me here. I'm about to finish reading his novel. Great novelist. His writing is very touching, I shed tears and laughed. Hugs from Mozambique
I'm a new viewer and subscriber... I really enjoy the journeys with you. I love that you're in your video and even your family is included. My favorite was the one with your grandparents. It was your grandma that caused you to love visiting cemeteries. I have always loved cemeteries and I still do. The first place I ever lived was in Chicago across the street from a beautiful fancy cemetery called Rosewood I believe. My husband and I still go on walks in cemeteries. This is why we enjoy you so much- how we walk and talk on visits is like how you are on your visits. Thank you for your beautiful work!
I agree with you, his grandmother instilled his curiosity and love. I love his trips, his research and his willingness to ask viewers if he can't find information if they know.
Steve, I just came across this. When my brother was pretty sick with cancer we gathered as a family in Pacific Grove and went to Salinas and the Steinbeck museum. Saw the camper that Steinbeck used in Travels with Charley his poodle. He's a great writer. Thanks for sharing about your family. Chain links indicate a fraternal order of somekind. Handshake is either welcome to Heaven or reuniting of husband and wife depending on hand shapes. East of Eden my favorite
Great again, I spent 2 training cycles at Ft Ord in Monterey during the Vietnam war. Cannery Row is my favorite Steinbeck novel. The row was derelict, abandoned canneries at that time , but you could feel the pesence of a young john steinbeck and Doc Ricketts walking those lonley streets. Now it's an international tourist destination.
It's also weird to think that Vietnam is now a tourist destination. That must feel especially surreal to you and others who served during that war. And, yes, Cannery Row is one of my favorites too. I didn't have time to stop in Monterey, so I'll be going back to visit Ricketts and others in the cemetery there. I also want to visit John Denver's memorial on the beach. Ricketts and Denver both had tragic endings. Thanks for sharing your story!
The Graveyard Guy I visited Doc Ricketts lab, fascinating, try to plan your next visit on a day when they have it open. Doc and Denver both taken in young middle age in the same neighborhood, what a loss for all of us. Mike
Steve, what a great video. I have heard of Steinbeck but honestly I have never read his books. I can’t believe you drive 7 hours. You must love graveyards and history. Loved the tour through the city. It does look beautiful and I do love Victorian homes. Beautiful house. I have loved your videos and I will travel with you. I don’t think of you as an old guy. You are very sweet.
Thanks for joining me on my trips, Kevin. Even though I am an old guy, I don't feel any older than I did when I was in my teens :-) That old saying "you're only as old as you feel" really is true!
As newlyweds many years ago my husband and I moved to Salinas, where he started his teaching career. We lived there four years and had our first baby there before moving to Oregon. I remind my daughter now and then that she is a 4th generation California girl and not to forget that😉. I am sure it has changed a lot since those days but I have many wonderful memories from living there. Santa Cruz and Gilroy also fun. I am really homesick now .
My Steinbeckera Connection. In 2013 I was homeless on McAbee beach on Historical Cannery Row in Monterey, California and became fascinated with Sea glass. Having a lot of time on my hands, I started finding beautiful pieces of these rare, gems of the Sea. I then started hoarding things like surf tumbled Sea glass, pottery and abalone shells. I thought that it would be great to be able to make jewelry out of it but I didn’t know how. One day I met a guy that taught me how to do wire wraps, a technique for using wire to secure stones. After some time, and a lot of practice, I perfected my newfound craft. One day i met an awesome lady at a local church that offered me her garage for shelter. Now i had somewhere to make my jewelry. I started creating jewelry pieces full time and a year later I moved into the house and still had the garage. Now my Etsy is doing fantastic. Montereyroseman @Etsy. Homeless no more. A little history on Sea glass…where it came from and where it was found. Rare Sea glass from McAbee beach on historical Cannery Row.....Monterey, California… As early as the 18th century, Portuguese whalers set out from McAbee beach. In 1907, the Chinese leased the beach after a mysterious fire destroyed their makeshift wharf and shantytown, next to Old Wharf 1. Later, that year Carmel’s city council voted to truck their garbage over to dump on McAbee beach. Keeping their beachs pristine. Much later the canneries had came and went. By the 60s, most of the canneries had been abandoned and in ruins, but the tide still came in and out tumbling all the garbage and glass bottles and making some the of the best quality Sea glass ever. It takes 50 to 70 years to make a perfect jewelry quality piece. Over time the piece could break in half and start the process all over again. Most of the best of my collection have probably tumbled for 100+ years. That’s over 70,000 tide changes. For quite a few years, John Steinbeck and Doc Ricketts enjoyed a few beers together at Doc’s Office and Lab on Cannery Row… In 1923 Doc Ricketts set up his lab on Cannery Row. Almost every day that he was at his lab, he walked over to the Chinaman’s grocery store across the street and would purchase a few quarts of beer. Also in 1923, John Steinbeck signed up for a marine biology course at Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove. Meeting Doc Ricketts, as well as their mutual interest in marine biology, helped spark a deep friendship between the two. They hit it off immediately and became close friends. Steinbeck published his novel CANNERY ROW in 1945. The later part of the decade, Steinbeck and his wife moved to Los Gatos California but frequently visited Monterey and were hanging out with New York’s Elite mostly. When John Steinbeck and Doc got together they had a few quarts of beer. The men both liked their beer for 25 years on the row until Doc’s death in 1948. I can estimate at least 40,000 + quart containers + all the refuse from the lab was thrown thru his trap door into the bay. So there’s an excellent chance that my Amber Sea glass Jewelry or that era glass being made from Doc Ricketts, John Steinbeck or Mack and the boys (the characters from Steinbeck’s novel CANNERY ROW) quarts of beer. That was most of the 20’s and 30’s that Steinbeck lived in Pacific Grove. I have Prohibition glass, Chromium glass, Cadmium glass, Erbium glass, and Uranium glass. The list goes on. All of my Sea glass that I have collected, has been picked up either under his trap door, which is now covered with a metal culvert, or within 150 feet of it. McAbee beach is a small cove where anything that’s thrown out just comes right back onto the beach. Lighter stuff, like most garbage, just went to the south and within a week was on Del Monte Beach. Three weeks later it would accumulate at the site of the dump in Sand City. In Sand City they built a massive wall of concrete right at the high tide mark. It’s at least 100+ yards long and 50 feet high. Then they took all the tumbled gravel with Sea glass in it from the minus low tide in front of the wall and back filled a couple football field sized lots, 50 to 150 feet deep. It stretches all the way up to the freeway and past the recreation trail, which is now the back of the former Orchard Supply Hardware Store (closed now). To this day, anywhere you look behind the wall, there are millions of pieces of un-finished Sea glass, with the occasional jewelry quality piece unearthed from somebody’s foot print. I have friends that have dug down 20+ feet and have unearthed some beautiful pieces. How’s that for our local history? Montereyroseman.com ◦
thanks, so much, for sharing all of this with us, ron! very interesting and i hope many viewers will read it and visit your site. congrats on your very cool new career!
East of Eden is one of my favourite novels!! What a wonderful old victorian house. You will have a wonderful future meal there I’m sure!Great video! And by the way I don’t care what you call your channel. I’ve never found anything about your videos or channel misleading. It’s all good and I appreciate you 👍🏽
I think you do a wonderful job. I enjoy the commentary. Some just zip right through. I enjoy you telling us about the people. I have a friend who I told about your vlog. Keep it up!
I like the new title, the expanded program and definitely understand why you had to change the name. Just got my coffee mug! I'm saving it for a special friend who needs it more than myself. The verse is beautiful! Oh....on you being in the videos, I've always liked it! Your demeanor is so relaxed and personable! Please continue!
I would like to thank you for producing this video, I am a former resident of Monterey County, more specifically Soledad. If you're in Salinas during the summer, make sure to head to the Western Stage at Hartnell College. Depending on the time of year, they might a Steinbeck play eitherr in production or playing on the main stage.
Hello Graveyard Guy....like the new catchy name of your videos. This video was just sensational. John Steinbeck is also one of my favorite authors. As you like Grapes of Wrath so do I. East of Eden is also great--both the book and the movie. Thank you so much for your travels. Probably I will never make it to Salinas but your video has allowed me feel as if I have visited. Kudos🤗🤗
Good morning Norma. I'm glad you liked it. It was a very special trip for me. My microphone was malfunctioning and my window was covered with bugs, but I managed to piece together a video souvenir of the day. If you have time and the interest, when I'm in Las Vegas in a couple of weeks, maybe we could meet up at the Jewish cemetery to see Tony Curtis and others. It would be fun to have you in one of my vlogs, if you are interested.
I also enjoy that movie. The frist time i seen it . I told my mother something is wrong. There isn't any color ! As she laughed she told me it was made that way. Thanks for sharing with us. Keep them coming buddy!
I love your videos and very much enjoy seeing you in them, so please don't pay attention to those who say otherwise. I'm in San Francisco, about 2 hours from Salinas and now I have a reason to explore Salinas next time I venture out. I love old Victorians and have lived in several. They are wonderful spaces.
I enjoy all of your videos !!! I just don’t understand why there is so much hate in the world today & people get so butt hurt over nothing 🤦🏼♀️it just disgusts me 😡 keep doing , what your doing your awesome 😎I’m so glad we had great childhoods , I’m 55 😉
I agree. We were very lucky to have grown up when we did and to have had such easy childhoods. it really was kinder and simpler back then. Thanks for watching and sharing with us, Connie!
Very interesting an cooo tour. Thank you. My favorite book is OF MICE AN MEN Course I really like all his books. He died young. He Accomplised alot during his life. Loved his books. Thanx for sharing.😎💜🍌
Salinas, California was my home town. I have visited many of the places in your video. I have had lunch at the Steinbeck House Restaurant. This was a wonderful video and truly a walk down memory lane for me.
Thanks, Ben, I plan to. That's why I changed the name. The other name made it seem more like it was going to be a documentary, which it's not. It's just a casual vlog. Thanks for watching and for the comment!
Hola graveyard guy, I like the name of your channel very nice I always learned something new from you excellent vlog like always thank you so much besos from Puerto Rico ❤❤💕💕💕💕💕
I enjoy all your videos and saw noting wrong with the title, of course I'm pushing 70 and lived in much of the era as you. I lived in Montera for a while in the early 70s when my late husband was a student at DLI and visited Salinas and it looks just a lovely now as it did then.
I heard of John Steinbeck before. Mainly because when I go to Barnes & Noble they have large size book covers on the walls. I never read any of his books, but I really want to when I get the chance.
My fav novel is Cannery Row. Partly because I grew up near there and had a feel for the place as I read the book. It has changed now and is mostly gift shops and the Aquarium, tourist destinations. Maybe of interest if you are in Salinas and want to drive 20 minutes into Monterey.
I'm not sure if you have told the fact about your family being in Oklahoma and then moving to CA. I'm curious about where they were? Any relatives still here? Any relatives buried here?
Hi Rhetty, my great grandparents and my grandmother lived in Granite, Oklahoma. My great grandfather was a guard at the OK State Reformatory in Granite. Before that, he was a farmer. I'm not sure if he was there at the same time as Wiley Post. My grandmother graduated from Granite HS, which I think was just a one room school house. My grandfather was born in Kansas City, MO. He was a career military man from age 18 until he retired and probably stationed in OK when he met my grandmother. She was one of eight kids. The whole family moved to CA in the 1930s. A ninth younger brother died at around 10 years old. I think he is buried at Granite City Cemetery. So is my grandmother's sister Lela Mae Scott Howard and her husband Cletis Howard. They moved back to Granite about 10 years or so before they died. I'm planning a road trip back to St. Louis next May and plan to stop at the Granite Cemetery and visit them. We took a road trip to Granite when I was around 9 or 10, but I don't remember much. In the early 1930s my grandparents moved to San Francisco and that's where my mom was born, in 1935. If it weren't for the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, I might have been born in Oklahoma :-) Do you guys live anywhere near Granite?
@@TheGraveyardChannel I'm not near it but I know where it is and I'm familiar with it. It's a smaller town that has a neat little square downtown. Wiley Post was in that prison for about a year starting in 1921. When you come thru you'll have to let me know.
Hi Rhetty, I'll definitely let you know before I come to town. If you are available and interested, maybe we can meet at a cemetery and do a vlog together. I'll be making the trip to St. Louis in late May to see my grandson graduate from HS. I'm going to allow myself two weeks or more to drive there from CA, so I have plenty of time to stop at lots of cemeteries and memorial sites along the way :-)
Just a thought about the burial location. My great great grandfather was buried in his wife's families grave area, 'named for her family'. He out lived most of his immediate family and his siblings and children's grave sites have been lost through time. But I found his grave. He survived the Civil War. His brother died in the battle of Cold Harbor. That battle lost more Union soldiers than any other battle, I've read. Terrible loss of life. People don't realize that most memorials are to remember all of the loss so we do not forget and repeat our mistakes.
Tortilla Flats was my favorite. I have read every book and tried to collect first editions of my favorite writers. I had no idea JS was buried in Salinas. Thanks for the trip! BTW I don't know who has an issue with you appearing in your videos, I don't.. Jordan The Lion does the whole Hollywood scene, from homes to graves. He's in his videos so this is not an issue for me nor any of your true fans.. Soldier on
@@TheGraveyardChannel You have a lovely voice. Some videos on youtube grate the nerves of this old lady. You are respectful, and do your research. It's what I love about you and your channel. I have always been curious when I visited grave yards about monuments I would see and wonder about who they were and what their life was like. Now it's much easier to research. I live in the small city where the Almond brothers are buried. Rose Hill cemetery is lovely. If you're ever south of Atlanta I would love for you to visit Rose Hill
i love watching the clips you post . i love looking and doing research on things like this . if people just take the time to read and learn about the history of things maybe people would learn some good things . but i wanted to know if you do a clip about the confederate generals and of the union generals . and some of the confederate and union soldiers . me being from Ga born and raised im proud of where im from and my family is from .
Hi Cynthia, I'm interested in the lives of everyone. My focus has mostly been on more contemporary famous people and we don't have a lot of Civil War graves in Calif. but I was happy to learn about this confederate soldier's life (though it was sad he died so young) in the same cemetery as Steinbeck. Thanks for watching and commenting. Appreciate it!
Steve, while your grave visits in Southern California include many interesting people from the past, those flat marker cemeteries could only appeal to someone on a riding lawn mower. Dull, dull, dull, and without a GPS, I doubt I would be able to find anyone. I encourage more visits to cemeteries with above ground markers. Those endless acres at Forest Lawn make me think I am a small bug on a big pool table. And my favorite Steinbeck book was East of Eden. And in the movie, James Dean was great. The scene where his father rejects the money Dean earned by buying crop futures involves some of the most emotional acting ever on celluloid.
lol, i know what you mean about the flat markers :-) unfortunately, i live in so cal and that's where most of my trips take place. but about 50 percent of my visits are to cemeteries with standing headstones. i agree about james dean and east of eden. thanks, raymond!
I find it interesting how writers approach their work. Harlan Ellison could write in a department store window with a crowd onlooking, while Louis L'Amour wrote he could concentrate on his work doing it in the middle of Sunset Blvd. I have read that John Steinbeck liked to run the washing machine as BG white noise to help him concentrate. It must have worked judging on the great novels he produced.
Steve, I love your channel and going on these awesome adventures with you. From an "old" girl to an "old" guy.. don't worry about em, just keep up the great work! ✌🏾❤ Happy Pride month to you and Jim!!
Since this is YOUR VLOG, I would have ignored the negative feedback from those who didn't think you should be in your videos. After all, whose RUclips channel is this? It would be different if you charged a fee to watch but you don't.
I'm old and not used to people being so mean online, so it's taken me a while to get used to it. In the beginning I took it personally. But just recently, I've finally gotten to the point where their rude and mean comments just make me laugh. I realize now that most are just trolls, trying to get a rise out me. You wouldn't believe some of the awful and super offensive comments that people leave that I've had to delete. I only leave the ones that are just silly :-) Thanks for your support, Dwight. I appreciate it!
Late to the party, but lovely video! "East of eden" made me a lifelong Steinbeck fan, and I've seen his house but getting a reservation on that restaurant is a nightmare. It's only open a few hours and on certain days a week. Maybe now because of covid I don't know, but still loved the video man. Keep up the good work!
Fantastic, loved east of Eden. By the way, my home was built in 1649., A little older than Victorian. Final note, l like the way the videos are presented and it's always nice to see a face.
OMG, not that's an historic home! No matter how old the person is or what they look like, I always prefer vlogs where the vlogger is in front of the camera, so I just do the kind of videos I like to watch. Thanks for the feedback and for sharing. I appreciate it!
@@TheGraveyardChannel We are not sure, but we think it is a listed building. The original farming family live just a couple of 100 yard's down the path. it can be a little quiet at times, but the lake District is very historical. I really enjoy your videos, l love history and I'm really into stars from the very early movie era, like Clara Bow and Fatty Arbuckle. That's why l enjoy these video's.
@@TheGraveyardChannel by the way, l forgot to mention that there is a much younger youtuber called Graveyard Girl, she does things like opening boxes or make up that sort of thing. But, l wasn't sure if you was aware of that fact.
Yes, I use my iPhone 7 plus. I also have a Canon SX 530 HS that I sometimes use for the shots where I'm driving in the cemeteries. I don't think the quality is as good as the iPhone, though, so it's just a backup I bring with me in case I need it :-)
Well Steve looks like I stumbled upon another great video you author. Interesting about your family history as my parents, grandparents and great grandparents..were all from the midwest-Oklahoma, Missouri.., and my generation are from Kansas! Small world eh? Very interesting, and thanks👍😀 P.S., please folks , no Dorothy and ToTo jokes, the movie wasn't filmed in Kansas(though Paper Moon was).
Thank you Steve, Steinbeck is my favorite author. good to see lands that inspire touching stories.
Love John Steinbeck, especially Cannery Row. Enjoy your trips to cemeteries . I have been a mortician for over 45 years so you know I would love old cemeteries. Thanks again.
I was born and raised in Salinas, and absolutely loved it. I lived just 3 blocks from the Steinbeck house. I was literally heartbroken when Dad moved us to Vegas in 1962 for work. My heart always remained in Salinas.
It's a very beautiful town. Thanks for sharing this with us, Brenda!
I have always been pleased with the way you video programs and proud to be a subscriber. Thanks again for the addition to your vlog of the Salinas area and the Steinbeck home.
this was one of my favorite trips and vlogs. thanks for being a subscriber, sue!
Thank-You 'Graveyard Guy' for your WONDERFUL TRIBUTE to John Steinbeck!!!! He was a BRILLIANT AUTHOR, that's for sure! I think my VERY FAVORITE book of his is 'Grapes of Wrath'! The movie was WONDERFUL as well!!!! GREAT CAST!
I totally agree. Thanks, LGM!
Great work ! I loved this video. As an English major I read a lot of Steinbeck in school and this is a place I always wanted to visit. You do such a thorough job with your videos, so informative AND entertaining. And don’t listen to any naysayers, this channel is not just about where you go, it’s also about YOU and YOUR connection to the places so keep featuring yourself and talking to your audience, you do a tremendous job. As for being an old guy, only as young as you feel right? And a 7 hour drive after 2 hours sleep isn’t something a lot of younger people could do. So I quote Liam Gallagher when I say:
Hey ! Stay young and invincible !
'cause we know just what we are
And come what may we're unstoppable
'cause we know just what we are.
Keep up the awesome work and I’ll be seeing you soon✌🏿✌🏽
Hey Scott, my channel was having a temporary identity crisis, but it's back on its meds now and all is good :-) Thanks for your support. You are awesome and those lyrics are perfect. I love that you were an English major. Are you a teacher now or are you a full-time vlogger, or are they the same thing? Hope you received the message I sent you a few days ago with my email. See you soon!
Thanks for the wonderful tour of Steinbeck's resting place as well as his childhood home. My most favored book of John Steinbeck is East of Eden, although I enjoy all of his books. I own them all. Some I've read more than once. John Steinbeck passed away when I was 20 years old. Several of his books were required reading when I was in high school in California.
That’s how I discovered him to, in high school. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing with us itsless1 😊👍
Thank you for sharing this with us
Thank you for taking us on this amazing road trip! It was very touching to hear "Grapes of Wrath" has brought you closer to the experiences of your family's migration west. Your work is amazing keep doing what you're doing!
It's funny how certain books and songs and movies can touch us and stick with us our entire lives. Thanks Matt!
Love seeing you in the videos makes it so much more personal
Nice to hear. Thanks, Peta!
7 hours! Now that's dedication! I love how nicely they have it marked. Looks like a decent sized cemetery though. Not too small.
It seemed a bit small to me, just because we have so many monster-sized cemeteries here in CA. I guess it's all relative :-)
@@TheGraveyardChannel There are some monstrous ones out there. I would imagine that you'll really think the Granite one is small.
I prefer the smaller cemeteries, because it's easier to find people!
I’ve watched so many of your videos, I don’t know how I’ve missed this one! You have made me want to revisit The Grapes of Wrath, one of my favorites. It must be very special to you, as your family lived the history portrayed in the book. Another amazing vlog! I love cemeteries, too, and could wander all day in one.....
Steve; Thanks for your tours, enjoy knowing about famous people and where they are laid to rest.
thanks, al!
Love Steinbeck. The imagery in his writing! Thanks for sharing!
Salinas reminds me of Redlands, the downtown area and Steinbeck House both.
My mother's family was also one of those Okie transplant families. They came out to San Joaquin valley every year to pick crops. Eventually they all settled here.
Thanks for sharing!! Have a great trip!
You're right, it does feel a lot like Redlands. The homes are very similar and the historic downtown areas are also similar. Both towns really take you back. As always, thanks for sharing!
I still miss your old opening and music it was cool
Love this one. Like you, I love the victorian era homes. Such beautiful architecture and they stand the test of time. We have quite a few locations here in New Jersey (Cape May, Ocean Grove, etc.) and John Steinbeck's home is a beautiful example. Thanks so much for taking us on your journey. Great stuff.
Love the video, the house was beautiful, thanks.
I know, those Victorians are really beautiful!
i am still catching up on your videos i am a late bloomer i just found you. your videos are just a pleasure to watch and you show respect for their final resting places. thank you for your warmth and caring attitude, you are most kind.wow i thought Salenis was a shot and a beer town. i also remember these people, we do not get old we get better, smarter.
I agree. Thanks, Harolyn!
I don’t care what you call the channel. Your style is very relaxing and informative. I really enjoy your channel so please don’t change a thing!
Thanks, Athena, I really appreciate that!
One of my favorite writers
one of the best authors of all time
Steve, I love your videos and stories about the Graves and The child hood homes I believe I have seen most of them, Thank you so much
I am not one that thinks you shouldn't appear in your videos! As I've said before, I like your laid back style, and I much prefer you talking about the graves and the area you're visiting rather than just seeing pictures with very little info attached. However, that being said, I so like the new name of your channel! This video made me want to visit Salinas. Great looking little town, and the cemetery was awesome. It'd be a bit of a trip for me, since I live in Ohio. Someday, perhaps...
Thanks, Dee. Appreciate it and glad you liked it!
If you do visit Salinas be cautious, It's become a crime ridden Burg.
Ravens Brood I did read that a while back. So sad to hear that.
I loved every one of his books and read Steinbeck’s short stories several times especially the ones about Monterey.
Thoroughly enjoyed the video.
thanks, amy!
Personally,, i want to see you on the videos!! Hard to walk with you and not see your face!! Lol you are either refreshing my memory or teaching me things i didnt know..I love watching your videos!! Thanks for your hard work!! Looking forward to our next walk..love n hugs!!
Thanks, Sylvia, I appreciate that. I also like vlogs where the person vlogging is in the video. I'm just working on getting the right balance, where I'm not in front of the camera too much. I guess it's good to save a little for the imagination :-) Happy New Year and I'm looking forward to more of our walks, in the coming year, too!.
Well, I for one, enjoy graveyard tours with an “old guy”! Thanks for sharing your trips with us and for your effort in getting there sometimes.
Thanks John, thanks for supporting us oldies but goodies :-)
"The Grapes of Wrath" brought me here. I'm about to finish reading his novel. Great novelist. His writing is very touching, I shed tears and laughed. Hugs from Mozambique
Thank you, I really enjoyed this blog. Keep up the great work!
Thanks. Appreciate it!
I'm a new viewer and subscriber... I really enjoy the journeys with you. I love that you're in your video and even your family is included. My favorite was the one with your grandparents. It was your grandma that caused you to love visiting cemeteries. I have always loved cemeteries and I still do. The first place I ever lived was in Chicago across the street from a beautiful fancy cemetery called Rosewood I believe. My husband and I still go on walks in cemeteries. This is why we enjoy you so much- how we walk and talk on visits is like how you are on your visits. Thank you for your beautiful work!
Glad you guys found my channel, Bridget. Thanks for watching and for the kind words. I really appreciate it!
I agree with you, his grandmother instilled his curiosity and love. I love his trips, his research and his willingness to ask viewers if he can't find information if they know.
Steve, I just came across this. When my brother was pretty sick with cancer we gathered as a family in Pacific Grove and went to Salinas and the Steinbeck museum. Saw the camper that Steinbeck used in Travels with Charley his poodle. He's a great writer. Thanks for sharing about your family. Chain links indicate a fraternal order of somekind. Handshake is either welcome to Heaven or reuniting of husband and wife depending on hand shapes. East of Eden my favorite
sorry to hear about your brother, but it sounds like you had a wonderful family trip. thanks for sharing these memories with us, sue!
7 hours! Now that's dedication! I love how nicely they have it marked. Looks like a decent sized cemetery though. Not too small.
Great again, I spent 2 training cycles at Ft Ord in Monterey during the Vietnam war. Cannery Row is my favorite Steinbeck novel. The row was derelict, abandoned canneries at that time , but you could feel the pesence of a young john steinbeck and Doc Ricketts walking those lonley streets. Now it's an international tourist destination.
It's also weird to think that Vietnam is now a tourist destination. That must feel especially surreal to you and others who served during that war. And, yes, Cannery Row is one of my favorites too. I didn't have time to stop in Monterey, so I'll be going back to visit Ricketts and others in the cemetery there. I also want to visit John Denver's memorial on the beach. Ricketts and Denver both had tragic endings. Thanks for sharing your story!
The Graveyard Guy I visited Doc Ricketts lab, fascinating, try to plan your next visit on a day when they have it open. Doc and Denver both taken in young middle age in the same neighborhood, what a loss for all of us. Mike
Steve, what a great video. I have heard of Steinbeck but honestly I have never read his books. I can’t believe you drive 7 hours. You must love graveyards and history. Loved the tour through the city. It does look beautiful and I do love Victorian homes. Beautiful house. I have loved your videos and I will travel with you. I don’t think of you as an old guy. You are very sweet.
Thanks for joining me on my trips, Kevin. Even though I am an old guy, I don't feel any older than I did when I was in my teens :-) That old saying "you're only as old as you feel" really is true!
As newlyweds many years ago my husband and I moved to Salinas, where he started his teaching career. We lived there four years and had our first baby there before moving to Oregon. I remind my daughter now and then that she is a 4th generation California girl and not to forget that😉. I am sure it has changed a lot since those days but I have many wonderful memories from living there. Santa Cruz and Gilroy also fun. I am really homesick now .
I really enjoyed my visit to Salinas. That whole area up there is really nice. Thanks for sharing memories of your life there marinemom 👍
My Steinbeckera Connection. In 2013 I was homeless on McAbee beach on Historical Cannery Row in Monterey, California and became fascinated with Sea glass. Having a lot of time on my hands, I started finding beautiful pieces of these rare, gems of the Sea. I then started hoarding things like surf tumbled Sea glass, pottery and abalone shells. I thought that it would be great to be able to make jewelry out of it but I didn’t know how.
One day I met a guy that taught me how to do wire wraps, a technique for using wire to secure stones. After some time, and a lot of practice, I perfected my newfound craft. One day i met an awesome lady at a local church that offered me her garage for shelter. Now i had somewhere to make my jewelry. I started creating jewelry pieces full time and a year later I moved into the house and still had the garage. Now my Etsy is doing fantastic. Montereyroseman @Etsy. Homeless no more.
A little history on Sea glass…where it came from and where it was found. Rare Sea glass from McAbee beach on historical Cannery Row.....Monterey, California…
As early as the 18th century, Portuguese whalers set out from McAbee beach. In 1907, the Chinese leased the beach after a mysterious fire destroyed their makeshift wharf and shantytown, next to Old Wharf 1. Later, that year Carmel’s city council voted to truck their garbage over to dump on McAbee beach. Keeping their beachs pristine. Much later the canneries had came and went. By the 60s, most of the canneries had been abandoned and in ruins, but the tide still came in and out tumbling all the garbage and glass bottles and making some the of the best quality Sea glass ever.
It takes 50 to 70 years to make a perfect jewelry quality piece. Over time the piece could break in half and start the process all over again. Most of the best of my collection have probably tumbled for 100+ years. That’s over 70,000 tide changes.
For quite a few years, John Steinbeck and Doc Ricketts enjoyed a few beers together at Doc’s Office and Lab on Cannery Row…
In 1923 Doc Ricketts set up his lab on Cannery Row. Almost every day that he was at his lab, he walked over to the Chinaman’s grocery store across the street and would purchase a few quarts of beer. Also in 1923, John Steinbeck signed up for a marine biology course at Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove. Meeting Doc Ricketts, as well as their mutual interest in marine biology, helped spark a deep friendship between the two. They hit it off immediately and became close friends. Steinbeck published his novel CANNERY ROW in 1945. The later part of the decade, Steinbeck and his wife moved to Los Gatos California but frequently visited Monterey and were hanging out with New York’s Elite mostly.
When John Steinbeck and Doc got together they had a few quarts of beer. The men both liked their beer for 25 years on the row until Doc’s death in 1948. I can estimate at least 40,000 + quart containers + all the refuse from the lab was thrown thru his trap door into the bay. So there’s an excellent chance that my Amber Sea glass Jewelry or that era glass being made from Doc Ricketts, John Steinbeck or Mack and the boys (the characters from Steinbeck’s novel CANNERY ROW) quarts of beer. That was most of the 20’s and 30’s that Steinbeck lived in Pacific Grove.
I have Prohibition glass, Chromium glass, Cadmium glass, Erbium glass, and Uranium glass. The list goes on.
All of my Sea glass that I have collected, has been picked up either under his trap door, which is now covered with a metal culvert, or within 150 feet of it. McAbee beach is a small cove where anything that’s thrown out just comes right back onto the beach. Lighter stuff, like most garbage, just went to the south and within a week was on Del Monte Beach. Three weeks later it would accumulate at the site of the dump in Sand City. In Sand City they built a massive wall of concrete right at the high tide mark. It’s at least 100+ yards long and 50 feet high. Then they took all the tumbled gravel with Sea glass in it from the minus low tide in front of the wall and back filled a couple football field sized lots, 50 to 150 feet deep. It stretches all the way up to the freeway and past the recreation trail, which is now the back of the former Orchard Supply Hardware Store (closed now). To this day, anywhere you look behind the wall, there are millions of pieces of un-finished Sea glass, with the occasional jewelry quality piece unearthed from somebody’s foot print. I have friends that have dug down 20+ feet and have unearthed some beautiful pieces. How’s that for our local history? Montereyroseman.com
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thanks, so much, for sharing all of this with us, ron! very interesting and i hope many viewers will read it and visit your site. congrats on your very cool new career!
Love seeing your face. The new name is cute. Thanks again for a great vlog.
Thanks Lois!
You out done yourself on this one ! Great job . 👍👍
Thanks, Curtis. This was one of my favorite visits!
My favorite american novelist, Hugs from Mozambique🇲🇿🇲🇿🇲🇿
East of Eden is one of my favourite novels!! What a wonderful old victorian house. You will have a wonderful future meal there I’m sure!Great video! And by the way I don’t care what you call your channel. I’ve never found anything about your videos or channel misleading. It’s all good and I appreciate you 👍🏽
I agree. A wonderful book and wonderful house! Thanks!
I think you do a wonderful job. I enjoy the commentary. Some just zip right through. I enjoy you telling us about the people. I have a friend who I told about your vlog. Keep it up!
thanks for watching and telling your friend, lynn. i appreciate it!
Thank you. Stay in your videos.
thanks, rosemarie. i will :-)
I enjoy old movies. Grapes of Wrath is a great movie. My father was born during that time.
No ways. Love seeing you in your videos. Wish I could do one of me watching. Thanks for John Steinbeck very interesting.
Thanks, Rory. I appreciate that!
I feel like I was there! Nicely done.
I'm glad to hear that. Thanks for watching!
I like the new title, the expanded program and definitely understand why you had to change the name. Just got my coffee mug! I'm saving it for a special friend who needs it more than myself. The verse is beautiful! Oh....on you being in the videos, I've always liked it! Your demeanor is so relaxed and personable! Please continue!
Thanks for the purchase and for the kind words and feedback, Janine. I really appreciate both!
Hi ...good to see ya! Glad we got to take a walk together again..lol Enjoyed this one too..thanks. Stay safe..love n hugs..
Me too. Thanks and you too!
I would like to thank you for producing this video, I am a former resident of Monterey County, more specifically Soledad.
If you're in Salinas during the summer, make sure to head to the Western Stage at Hartnell College. Depending on the time of year, they might a Steinbeck play eitherr in production or playing on the main stage.
always walk by this place everyday.. never went in there, never knew what’s in there
Love all your videos! Thank you very much!
Thanks Bill and ditto!
Hello Graveyard Guy....like the new catchy name of your videos. This video was just sensational. John Steinbeck is also one of my favorite authors. As you like Grapes of Wrath so do I. East of Eden is also great--both the book and the movie. Thank you so much for your travels. Probably I will never make it to Salinas but your video has allowed me feel as if I have visited. Kudos🤗🤗
Good morning Norma. I'm glad you liked it. It was a very special trip for me. My microphone was malfunctioning and my window was covered with bugs, but I managed to piece together a video souvenir of the day. If you have time and the interest, when I'm in Las Vegas in a couple of weeks, maybe we could meet up at the Jewish cemetery to see Tony Curtis and others. It would be fun to have you in one of my vlogs, if you are interested.
I also enjoy that movie. The frist time i seen it . I told my mother something is wrong. There isn't any color ! As she laughed she told me it was made that way. Thanks for sharing with us. Keep them coming buddy!
LOL, thanks for sharing that with us, Matthew!
I love your videos and very much enjoy seeing you in them, so please don't pay attention to those who say otherwise. I'm in San Francisco, about 2 hours from Salinas and now I have a reason to explore Salinas next time I venture out. I love old Victorians and have lived in several. They are wonderful spaces.
Thanks, Andy, I appreciate that. I love Victorians, too. How lucky to have lived in several. They sure don't make them like that any longer!
I enjoy all of your videos !!! I just don’t understand why there is so much hate in the world today & people get so butt hurt over nothing 🤦🏼♀️it just disgusts me 😡 keep doing , what your doing your awesome 😎I’m so glad we had great childhoods , I’m 55 😉
I agree. We were very lucky to have grown up when we did and to have had such easy childhoods. it really was kinder and simpler back then. Thanks for watching and sharing with us, Connie!
Very interesting an cooo tour. Thank you. My favorite book is OF MICE AN MEN
Course I really like all his books. He died young. He Accomplised alot during his life. Loved his books. Thanx for sharing.😎💜🍌
i agree. he was such an amazing writer. thanks, lana!
I really enjoy your videos. I always feel like I have actually been there!
Glad to hear that. Thanks, L CMD!
Beautiful home
Salinas, California was my home town. I have visited many of the places in your video. I have had lunch at the Steinbeck House Restaurant. This was a wonderful video and truly a walk down memory lane for me.
How neat! Thanks for sharing this with us Brenda 😊👍
Thank you so much for this tour! I will never get to see this home and have always wanted to!🙏👌💕
I lived a couple of houses away from john's home I use to play in his home what beautiful memorys
Wow, how amazing! Thanks for sharing that with us Lu 😊👍
I'm a "East of Eden" fan myself. Loved the actress "Jo Van Fleet" who played James Dean's mother. Great movie! Thanks for making this video.
Thanks Steve. Just added this site to my bucket list.
I hope you enjoy your visit as much as I enjoyed mine Rachel! 😊👍
No No they are wrong. You are really a part of this vlog and must I repeat must stay in
Thanks, Ben, I plan to. That's why I changed the name. The other name made it seem more like it was going to be a documentary, which it's not. It's just a casual vlog. Thanks for watching and for the comment!
Hola graveyard guy, I like the name of your channel very nice I always learned something new from you excellent vlog like always thank you so much besos from Puerto Rico ❤❤💕💕💕💕💕
Thanks Iris, hope all is well in PR!
I've seen this one before, but I love John Steinbeck!
I also enjoy that movie
I enjoy all your videos and saw noting wrong with the title, of course I'm pushing 70 and lived in much of the era as you. I lived in Montera for a while in the early 70s when my late husband was a student at DLI and visited Salinas and it looks just a lovely now as it did then.
Keep it up. I love seeing you.
Thank you so much, Jeanetta!
I heard of John Steinbeck before. Mainly because when I go to Barnes & Noble they have large size book covers on the walls. I never read any of his books, but I really want to when I get the chance.
I highly recommend them. Or start with the movies.
The only three Steinbeck books I’m curious on reading, when I get the chance is: “Grapes of Wrath”, “Tortilla Flat”, and “Of Mice and Men.”
I enjoy your videos thank you
BTW..I certainly want to see your face on our walks!! Just for the record..lol stay safe..
LOL thanks! :-)
I was just watching this video and saw a Dutch bank in downtown Salinas. Rabobank. Nice to see that!
That bank is huge in the Salinas valley. We have a stadium and many Rabobanks south of here.
My fav novel is Cannery Row. Partly because I grew up near there and had a feel for the place as I read the book. It has changed now and is mostly gift shops and the Aquarium, tourist destinations. Maybe of interest if you are in Salinas and want to drive 20 minutes into Monterey.
thanks for sharing with us, jeff. i definitely plan to visit monterey soon!
I'm not sure if you have told the fact about your family being in Oklahoma and then moving to CA. I'm curious about where they were? Any relatives still here? Any relatives buried here?
Hi Rhetty, my great grandparents and my grandmother lived in Granite, Oklahoma. My great grandfather was a guard at the OK State Reformatory in Granite. Before that, he was a farmer. I'm not sure if he was there at the same time as Wiley Post. My grandmother graduated from Granite HS, which I think was just a one room school house. My grandfather was born in Kansas City, MO. He was a career military man from age 18 until he retired and probably stationed in OK when he met my grandmother. She was one of eight kids. The whole family moved to CA in the 1930s. A ninth younger brother died at around 10 years old. I think he is buried at Granite City Cemetery. So is my grandmother's sister Lela Mae Scott Howard and her husband Cletis Howard. They moved back to Granite about 10 years or so before they died. I'm planning a road trip back to St. Louis next May and plan to stop at the Granite Cemetery and visit them. We took a road trip to Granite when I was around 9 or 10, but I don't remember much. In the early 1930s my grandparents moved to San Francisco and that's where my mom was born, in 1935. If it weren't for the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, I might have been born in Oklahoma :-) Do you guys live anywhere near Granite?
@@TheGraveyardChannel I'm not near it but I know where it is and I'm familiar with it. It's a smaller town that has a neat little square downtown. Wiley Post was in that prison for about a year starting in 1921. When you come thru you'll have to let me know.
Hi Rhetty, I'll definitely let you know before I come to town. If you are available and interested, maybe we can meet at a cemetery and do a vlog together. I'll be making the trip to St. Louis in late May to see my grandson graduate from HS. I'm going to allow myself two weeks or more to drive there from CA, so I have plenty of time to stop at lots of cemeteries and memorial sites along the way :-)
My Lord California is the size of 4 states....I Lived in Pleasanton in the 50s; wish we owned some land there NOW lol
LOL about both!
The Steinbeck home is really cool.Tony
Grapes of wrath and of mice and men two of my favorite books
The hands and the keystone are Masonic! Love your work! Keep em coming!
Thanks for the correction. I love headstone symbols, but they get a bit confusing, there are so many of them :-)
Just a thought about the burial location. My great great grandfather was buried in his wife's families grave area, 'named for her family'. He out lived most of his immediate family and his siblings and children's grave sites have been lost through time. But I found his grave. He survived the Civil War. His brother died in the battle of Cold Harbor. That battle lost more Union soldiers than any other battle, I've read. Terrible loss of life. People don't realize that most memorials are to remember all of the loss so we do not forget and repeat our mistakes.
Thanks for sharing this with us, Janine. Nicely said!
Tortilla Flats was my favorite. I have read every book and tried to collect first editions of my favorite writers. I had no idea JS was buried in Salinas. Thanks for the trip! BTW I don't know who has an issue with you appearing in your videos, I don't.. Jordan The Lion does the whole Hollywood scene, from homes to graves. He's in his videos so this is not an issue for me nor any of your true fans.. Soldier on
Thanks, Dixie, thanks for watching and I appreciate the feedback! And thanks for sharing your love of Steinbeck with us!
@@TheGraveyardChannel You have a lovely voice. Some videos on youtube grate the nerves of this old lady. You are respectful, and do your research. It's what I love about you and your channel. I have always been curious when I visited grave yards about monuments I would see and wonder about who they were and what their life was like. Now it's much easier to research. I live in the small city where the Almond brothers are buried. Rose Hill cemetery is lovely. If you're ever south of Atlanta I would love for you to visit Rose Hill
i love watching the clips you post . i love looking and doing research on things like this . if people just take the time to read and learn about the history of things maybe people would learn some good things . but i wanted to know if you do a clip about the confederate generals and of the union generals . and some of the confederate and union soldiers . me being from Ga born and raised im proud of where im from and my family is from .
Hi Cynthia, I'm interested in the lives of everyone. My focus has mostly been on more contemporary famous people and we don't have a lot of Civil War graves in Calif. but I was happy to learn about this confederate soldier's life (though it was sad he died so young) in the same cemetery as Steinbeck. Thanks for watching and commenting. Appreciate it!
Celines looks very nice ...
📚 what a beautiful home. I didn’t realize he died the same year I was born.📚
The San José State University Library also has a very good collection of J. Steinbeck memorabilia.
Steve, while your grave visits in Southern California include many interesting people from the past, those flat marker cemeteries could only appeal to someone on a riding lawn mower. Dull, dull, dull, and without a GPS, I doubt I would be able to find anyone. I encourage more visits to cemeteries with above ground markers. Those endless acres at Forest Lawn make me think I am a small bug on a big pool table. And my favorite Steinbeck book was East of Eden. And in the movie, James Dean was great. The scene where his father rejects the money Dean earned by buying crop futures involves some of the most emotional acting ever on celluloid.
lol, i know what you mean about the flat markers :-) unfortunately, i live in so cal and that's where most of my trips take place. but about 50 percent of my visits are to cemeteries with standing headstones. i agree about james dean and east of eden. thanks, raymond!
I find it interesting how writers approach their work. Harlan Ellison could write in a department store window with a crowd onlooking, while Louis L'Amour wrote he could concentrate on his work doing it in the middle of Sunset Blvd. I have read that John Steinbeck liked to run the washing machine as BG white noise to help him concentrate. It must have worked judging on the great novels he produced.
It is fascinating. And fortunately they all found what worked for them. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing that with us Thom 👍
Steve, I love your channel and going on these awesome adventures with you. From an "old" girl to an "old" guy.. don't worry about em, just keep up the great work! ✌🏾❤ Happy Pride month to you and Jim!!
I've read "Travels with Charlie" and "The Grapes of Wrath". Looks like a nice town to visit. Reminds me of where I live. Salem Oregon.
I like John Steinbeck's books. I've read a few including "The Grapes of Wrath" and I've also seen the movie!
Have you ever visited the grave Of Louis L'Amour In Forest Lawn Memorial Park? He was my favorite Western Author. He died in 1988.
No, I haven't, but great suggestion. Thanks, Rory!
it was 1863 battles of chattanooga tn , chickamauga ga and lookout mountain
Thanks for sharing that!
Since this is YOUR VLOG, I would have ignored the negative feedback from those who didn't think you should be in your videos. After all, whose RUclips channel is this? It would be different if you charged a fee to watch but you don't.
I'm old and not used to people being so mean online, so it's taken me a while to get used to it. In the beginning I took it personally. But just recently, I've finally gotten to the point where their rude and mean comments just make me laugh. I realize now that most are just trolls, trying to get a rise out me. You wouldn't believe some of the awful and super offensive comments that people leave that I've had to delete. I only leave the ones that are just silly :-) Thanks for your support, Dwight. I appreciate it!
Late to the party, but lovely video!
"East of eden" made me a lifelong Steinbeck fan, and I've seen his house but getting a reservation on that restaurant is a nightmare. It's only open a few hours and on certain days a week.
Maybe now because of covid I don't know, but still loved the video man. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Ishan! Glad to know that you’ve been there too 👍
While at secondary school (I'm in the UK), we did Of Mice and Men as a project in English.
It's a universal story, isn't it. Thanks for sharing that darthdmc!
I looked the letters up and it TKSHTWSS which stands for Mark Master Mason Degree. The T is worn down on the stone. I hope this helps you.
wow, thanks, cc. appreciate that!
Why didn't you show the gift shop? Nice video though. My favorite Steinbeck novel: The Winter of My Discontent.
Fantastic, loved east of Eden. By the way, my home was built in 1649., A little older than Victorian. Final note, l like the way the videos are presented and it's always nice to see a face.
OMG, not that's an historic home! No matter how old the person is or what they look like, I always prefer vlogs where the vlogger is in front of the camera, so I just do the kind of videos I like to watch. Thanks for the feedback and for sharing. I appreciate it!
@@TheGraveyardChannel We are not sure, but we think it is a listed building. The original farming family live just a couple of 100 yard's down the path. it can be a little quiet at times, but the lake District is very historical. I really enjoy your videos, l love history and I'm really into stars from the very early movie era, like Clara Bow and Fatty Arbuckle. That's why l enjoy these video's.
@@TheGraveyardChannel by the way, l forgot to mention that there is a much younger youtuber called Graveyard Girl, she does things like opening boxes or make up that sort of thing. But, l wasn't sure if you was aware of that fact.
You're lucky to love history and to live in an historic home. I guess the old stars kind of go with your old house, huh? :-)
Funny, she could be my daughter, or granddaughter! I promise not to give any makeup tips on my channel :-)
I would have expected something a bit more elaborate for Mr. Steinbeck's Tombstone, such as Edgar Allan Poe's in Baltimore, or Longfellow',etc..
I agree. It is pretty simple. But still glad his ashes weren't just scattered. Thanks for the comment!
Do you use a phone for your Vlogs?
Yes, I use my iPhone 7 plus. I also have a Canon SX 530 HS that I sometimes use for the shots where I'm driving in the cemeteries. I don't think the quality is as good as the iPhone, though, so it's just a backup I bring with me in case I need it :-)
Well Steve looks like I stumbled upon another great video you author.
Interesting about your family history as my parents, grandparents and great grandparents..were all from the midwest-Oklahoma, Missouri.., and my generation are from Kansas! Small world eh?
Very interesting, and thanks👍😀 P.S., please folks , no Dorothy and ToTo jokes, the movie wasn't filmed in Kansas(though Paper Moon was).
It sure is a small world Allan 😊👍