Most people I know wouldn’t understand how I sit mesmerized by these kind of “old America” documentaries.. ⬇️ I see I’m not alone ⬇️

I swear, all I want in this life is a piece of land out in the southern country, a little house, garden and peace of mind. Not being a slave to a 40 hour work week, taxes, and society inner city pressures

I once met a man from The Ozarks. He was wearing one shoe. I said, “Hey man! Looks like you lost a shoe.” He said, “No I didn’t, I found one.”

I wish someone would do a remake now 45 50 years later? Boy would that be something to watch. Same family tree and homes.

The gentleman with the story about his grandson and the 'widdling' sticks, touched my heart. It simply doesn't get any better than that!

Proud to say, I LIVE HERE and Thank God every day.

God , this makes me miss my Pawpaw and Nan. We will never see their like again. And the world is poorer for it.

I was born in 67’ in Oklahoma, these videos make me yearn for those days, we used to go camping and canoe the river in the ozarks. It is February of 2022 and I look back and wonder how things have changed so drastically in just 45 years, it’s so sad the way things are today ☹️

I grew up poor. No running water and we had to use a outhouse. Sometimes I miss those days. Back then you learned to do for yourself and we had no electronics.

My uncle Ricky, after Vietnam, moved off the grid in the Ozarks of Arkansas, it takes 4 wheel drive, 2 hours off a dirt road to get to his home! He bathes in the creek, has a literal ice box for a fridge, and no electricy. On the weekends he drives about 6 hours into the nearest town to work, and he sleeps in his truck till Sunday then heads back into the woods. He and his wife are so happy while the rest of the family is cramped in small quarters up in NY. Life seems much happier the simple way. I live in a a city, have everything I want or need at arms length, its 2020 and I'm miserable. You do the math!

I wish our whole country was like this. God bless all these people that are in this documentary most of them are probably long gone but now we have to remember to keep their way of life and traditions alive so that future generations learn the old ways and cherish them. God bless ✝️🙏🏻

Reminds of when Dad a two week vacation every year to go to Arkansas for a deer hunt. Many family members participated. thank you for sharing this life in the country.

See how that young man was quite and listening to the ol timers when hunting until they started talking to him. Respectful, unlike kids today who don’t have time to listen to anyone and just run their mouths.

39:29 Henry Monroe actually lived to be 84, going to his reward 18 November 1989. He rests in Turner Cemetery as he anticipated. May he rest in peace.

I grew up in Shannon County and my ancestors were here since the early 1800s. We moved to Central Missouri when I was 12. We returned often to visit Grandparents in Pine Holler and around Eminence. Many people in these Shannon County Home videos are related to me. Seaman Rayfield and Danny Staes were my uncles. My grandpa McBride in Pineholler had a horse used to skid logs, he was a horse trader and often came home with a horse, mule, and burro in the pickup bed. He hunted wild boar. I remember electricity coming up Pine Holler when I was a kid. I've written about the stories so impressed on my soul. My sister and I went to Delaware school when Edna Staples taught there. We got the most varied education in those grades 1 thru 8. We learned Scottish and Irish dance and how to card wool, this was 1958. I am currently starting a youtube channel and found myself wanting to show this "gem" of Missouri and the USA to the world. My Granfather Lon Gates wrote on the wall in Alley Springs Mill while he helped his Dad and brothers operate the mill. My great grandmother was a Chilton which were pioneers in tbe area. I could go on and on about the rich dialect that still slips out of my mouth. I watch your videos to see the rich culture over and over thank you, for helping preserve this wonderful history.

I’m from WV and later lived in the Ozarks in the 1960s, attending a one room schoolhouse. AR made WV look cosmopolitan, the boys would bring their .22 to the cloak room in case there was something to shoot in route. I’d never in my young life seen such poverty. My mom bought the kids toothbrushes and got them eye exams. Nothing but respect for the mountain folk.

i was born in the ozarks, moved all over america, then came back to raise my kids....never saw anything as great as this place and am glad to die here......my husband and i built our own cabin and i do believe it will be here 100 years after we are gone....gave the best we had to give...how much, we'll never know....

The film-makers have to be credited, first for the foresight in documenting a disappearing way of life, second for gaining the trust of the community to act and speak so naturally while on camera, and finally to be so unobtrusive that the viewer only notices the Ozark people and the camera and interviewer put the focus on them. Superb work. The 2-part documentary is excellence in every way.

the kind of people that would help you do anything within reason!!!! 30 years ago ALL the older people I knew from 35 to 80 years old everyday was checking and visiting or eating supper with each other, fully supported the 10 smaller churches in the area, summertime cookouts, helped each other with their gardens, hay, tobacco....these things were done with and for neighbors. not just for family!.....very good caring people. when I met my British brother in law what a shock!!! His constant distain for God fearing people, lack of respect for people who were poor in his eyes, and of course the jokes about Appalachian mountain folk done in really poor taste stirred an anger in me that couldn't be controlled. he showed me respect but guaranteed only from necessity being part of the extended family. I'm sure by the way he didn't know how to act, I was the subject of some cheap shots behind closed doors. he actually got offended when I told him I couldn't believe he was raised to be like that in good ol Great Britain....absolutely no disrespect to people in the UK, I'm sure he wasn't an average product of culture there or they wouldn't have political allies! I only wanted to check him by calling his people into question just to give him a little of his own medicine. IT WORKED SO WELL I FELT BAD. but how can you say mountain people are backward and ignorant when they know full well what the alternative is.....neighbor hating neighbor, could care less about what the fellow man could be going through, not okay with making a profit in business dealings but taking it to the point of stealing because "they shouldn't be that dumb"....you name it. this is what they are "giving up"? no I think they are the examples of good social structure and rich culture. the very things that need to have importance these days. whatever social engineering debacle that has happened all over the US in the past 20 years was a terrible mistake. now even small town America is overran with crime, drug addiction, dismantled families, and laziness. I feel bad for the younger people who have grown up in this and don't know another way to be. it wasn't perfect for sure 30 years ago but now everyone is the town drunk ..so to speak. ahh, modern progress...what a smell. sorry got carried away. 😊

When the old gentleman called "sook"and the cow answered at around 1:03:30 I got a lump in my throat...sounded like my dad, and a part of my childhood I had just about let slip away from me...

These beautiful people have a quality of life very few people understand. It's about authentic living and undying Faith.

These films are so great I'M 60 now and can remember some of these traditions, Thank You

I was raised in Shannon county and recognize some of these people. I love this video.

Born and raised in the Ozarks. i was born in 1962. and what todays world looks like i wouldn't trade the 70s in the Ozarks for every penny in the world today.

I lived 100 years too late, I think sometimes.

I'm only 10 minutes in and I'm already liking these people, such kind and genuine folks.

I lived in Warsaw Missouri for 14 year's and had never l❤️ved any place better. Such kind folk's. I'll forever be a Missouri girl. Miss that Ozark River.

I think I love these people. No, wait a minute...I KNOW I do! Salt of the earth community. Incredible video.

I grew up in NE Okla in the 70s and 80s and these older men remind me of my grandpa. I sure miss him.

gorgeous horse!

That way of life is leaving, when the old timers are gone that will be it so sad.

Watching from Ozark, Missouri April 2019

My mother was born west of Winona about 6 miles or so just south of US 60 in 1920. Her father James Longstreet Lindsey is buried in a small cemetery about 4 miles south of there. My mother, her brother Cecil and three of her cousins and I put a tombstone on his grave in 1994. My Grandmother was Mary Ellen Price and after my grandfather's death she moved to the boot heel region of Missouri. My sister and three of my mother's first cousins put a tombstone at our Great Grandfather's grave, George Roush Lindsey, in the Mt. Zion cemetery near Winona in about 2005. I used to go to the Winona area to visit my Mother's first cousin, John Price until his passed on from cancer in about 2009 or so. I haven't been back, the family that I knew are all gone. This reminds me of so many of them. Thank you for posting this.

Born and raised in NYC....I enjoy the peace way about our brothers and sisters down south...anything happens these people will survive ...period

I love how he so proud of the fact that his grandson wanted to spend time with him ❤️.

I am 90 years old. I grew up this way. So many really good things in the past...but, also some very sad and bad ones.

Really enjoyed this show, beautiful people, the salt of the earth folk, they will take the shirt off their back & give to a stranger & expect nothing in return

I went on a road trip through the Mark Twain National Park,. Those people I met in Shannon County are some fine people. Stopped at a convenience store to gas up and had a long talk with a young man who was mesmerized with Harley. He trusted me enough to admit his family were Moonshiners and had the best shine in Shannon County. I bought 2 Mason quarts of the Best Peach Moonshine I ever had. I took a bite and it cleared my nose right up.

I was born here and am being raised on my family’s centennial farm. I didn’t get but the last of these folks with my grandpa being born here. All I can say is we are some of the most humble people you’ll ever meet. I love it.

I believe the reason most people are so fond of yesteryear is....we don't realize what we had till it's gone...

I grew up in the next county to here (Reynolds County) on a farm. When people ask me what my life was like, I just say "ever see that show Mayberry RFD?" It was a wonderful childhood!!! Henry Gore in this video is my husbands uncle, he was a special person. Miss him a lot.

Oh thank you for putting this up. I've been so homesick watching this...I grew up in the 70's, not in the Ozarks, but in N.C.. But we were the same...the old farmers that had no running water in the house, the church dinners outside in the summer, the deer hunts in the fall. I can smell the woodsmoke, see the sticktights that blanketed my socks and shoes, gosh my mom just hated those things! I've had a wonderful afternoon because of this! Thanks!

I’m just a quarter way through into this video, and so far I love it. The guy that has the horse ribbon, and the guy right after him it was talking about the church - absolute appreciation for this. I am a black woman from North Carolina by the way, yet when I tell people I was born and raised here nobody believes me :-) I don’t have an accent of any kind. I love how these people sound when they talk....The accent though of course I’ve never had it, has always been one that I enjoy hearing for some reason :-) that is when it’s not a company with any stereotype racist stuff. Anyway can’t just the whole video because I hadn’t watched-but the guy just at 1306, & just before - and the horse I could hug them all!

So glad to find this documentary. My people are from KY & TN… and I see so many similarities in this Ozark culture to my family’s. Just something different and special about that rural mountain culture whether it’s the Appalachian or Ozark. Some slight accent differences but I noticed many similar words & phrases… takes me back to family visits from years gone by.

That's what living in america is all about we live in the fast lane today it's sadd

That horse is beautiful!

Every since I was a little kid I wanted to move to the Ozark. Think it had a lot to do with the book I read, Where the Red Fern Grows. Now I’m 54 with three grown kids and six grandchildren 12 and younger. I took my kids out of California and the fast life to the Shenandoah Valley in 2000 for a slower more peaceful life. Twenty years later all three live within a few miles from me. It was the best move as a mama I’ve ever done!

GOD BLESS The People of the OZARKS

My grandmother died about a month ago at age 94, born and raised in Taney County, two counties west of Shannon in the SWMO Ozarks and I somehow stumbled across this video today and was taken back to the place and time that she was likely most familiar with. I can tell you people like this still exist here, but they’re becoming more and more rare. This video isn’t all that different from what I experienced being a kid in the 90’s in Protem, Missouri.

I don't live down there but being a descendant of these kind of hill folk, I can understand them and when I hear it, I feel like I'm home : )

I could listen to their stories for hours and hours

I'm so glad i was raised like this and technology wasn't even a thought to us and i wasn't raised in the Ozarks i was raised on the Appalachian mountains in Tennessee

Praise the Lord ..this is how we are raised here in my little ol town in NC. SO thankful I was raised this way too. Church on Sunday and family dinner afterwards.. gardening and raising our animals together. The Southern ways!❤ Still going strong in 2022

Happier times. Even as a little girl in the 60's growing up and the struggles that we went through. Just a happier time. ❤

it's amazing how little one needs

I live in the Ozarks of arkansas and I love ozark country life wouldn't have it any other way.

Its 2019 anyone out there Bring back d old time days Those were d best days of our Life .no ph /internet /fast cars life was simple back then

What an amazing time to be alive. You have to wonder, why on Earth have we all got so damn greedy and in such a hurry these days. Madness.

I love living in the Ozarks of Arkansas. I’ve lived in Newton and Carroll County. It’s beautiful country, and the people are the salt of the earth. ❤️

It’s so wonderful to see people living off the land and working hard. They didn’t know any other way. Wonderful folks! These children know what work is too! Just so sad that these kids these days are on video games and in their rooms all day😪

I was born and raised in the mountains of Western North Carolina, highest in Appalachia and these folks remind me of my grandparents who raised me. It amazes the similarities and it makes me feel i was born about 70 years too late

Ah . . . the memories, the longing to go back. In California, land of the fruits and nuts since '61, from Rector, Arkansas. Born in '51, now most of the old fols are all gone - now I'm the old one . . . What a wonderful video to remind one of a better life. Thanks for making this video. Blessings.

These proud folks are what America was founded on. It's where our traditions came from. Raised on hard work and honesty, God bless America.

As much as I love technology and my shiny Apple products, sometimes I wish I lived in a place like this, around these kinds of people.

I love the areas of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. This documentary is GOLD.

I miss these old timers. Reminds me of my grandfather. Seems like none of them left. I live in the city now and I can hardly stand the people around here.

My dad was born in the next county over and listening to these people brings back the stories he would tell of growing up there in the 30s and 40s.. i watched both part one and two intently. Thankyou for this..!!

Here in Jerome Missouri we still sing like the same songs they sang in the brush arbor and worship that way

Back when it wasn't the Me First Syndrome everyone had today. It's why I refuse to live in the city. Nothing beats a bonfire and BBQ and no dang traffic or people. Just pure nature. No glamping. Do what you want without being hassled. I will never live in the city. It's a concrete prison of injustices.

I love it! 80 + years of living here in the Ozarks, I've seen a good deal of this. Wonderful memories!

I wish that I were there right now. Back in time with these here God lovin' folks 🙏🏽❤

Interesting old man with the puppies I’d like to spend some time talking to him

I'm a mo. Hillbilly and I love it.

These people seemed to have much better memories and lived much longer than people nowadays. They didn't have smart phones with calendars to help them keep up with important dates, and they didn't have the medicines and treatments we have now to prevent and treat illnesses. They also seemed more content. Wish we could go back to simpler times. They seem like happier times to me.

I’ve always been a “urban dweller”, but I can sure appreciate the simplicity, humility and respect that these folks have for one another.

What a fantastic doco. Hello from Australia to all the lovely people that live in the Ozarks, Shannon County. Your place looks beautiful. I hope it stays that way forever. :-)

I love the Ozarks so much. I am from South Louisiana (Cajun Country) and have always wanted to live in the Ozarks. I love me some country folks.

Interestingly, if there were ever a catastrophe these folks would be the survivors. The power of faith can move mountains. Much appreciated for this documentary.

Country folks keep it REAL.

May God Forever Bless America & all of it's fine friendly folks !

This is what it was like for my grandma, these were her kinda revival meetings. This is so genuine and heartfelt for me. So precious, so very precious.

these are the types of people that would give you the shirt off of their back if you needed it. hard working, strong sense of community and strong people, physically and mentally. there are still many people like this today and the world could use more of them.

I grew like this here Appalachia. No better way of life. I miss these days.

I LOVE THE OUTSIDE CHURCH'S REALITY. WHAT A WONDERFUL THING. WISH WE STILL HAD THEM HERE IN PADUCAH, KY.

The old man talking bout his horse n hogs reminds me of my great grandpa 😭

Aww the sweet little home in the beginning look so much like my mamaw's house in southeastern Kentucky. I'm so thankful I got to experience just a little bit of the old ways. My mamaw lived to be 96 and cooked a huge Sunday dinner up into her late 80s and raised a garden. She never had indoor plumbing and heated her house with a coal stove and cooked on a wood burning stove. Someone bought her an electric stove but she rarely used it. I have many fond memories.

This is really awesome.. This is the heart and soul of America. My Mother and Father immigrated from Chile South America (also alot of country people there) to Texas (Dallas/Oakcliff) back in the 60's. My Father (a Vietnam Veteran, thats how he became an American citizen) loved America and has a huge heart for the American country folks and the American heartland. My Father would often speak about how strong and tough the American country folk were here in America as a small boy growing up in the 80's. This video gave me tremendous kindred feelings and brough me memories of when I was a kid.

They seem to laugh a lot and have close family connections. Something that is sorely lacking in the city

I could watch these all day long. They bring back wonderful memories.

Thank you for this fascinating series from an old Iowa farm girl. I do miss the simple times back then.

Beautiful people..

I've watched both of these ozarks documentaries now and really really enjoyed them a lot. Something I wouldn't have thought I'd sit and watch tbh but I have an attraction to the old hillbilly type lifestyle. I'd definitely enjoy living in states of kentucky, missouri, tennessee, the carolinas, louisianna, alabama etc. I don't know why but I feel drawn towards that simple life (not to mention I absolutely love dipping tobacco, stokers wintergreen is something I used to order every month online and I really miss is because I can't find anywhere that ships American tobacco to the UK anymore....such a shame). Maybe I'll get to be a hillbilly in a next life who knows eh. 👍🏻

Well, gum it....my dad made damn sure I met folks like this.....I'll never forget them.

This is the kind of Church Folk and Music i grew up with. Thank You Jesus.

How wonderful it would be to be unaffected by the sickness that has engulfed the world. These people are truly blessed.

I can relate! Grew up in Arkansas 1963-1976. Went on several field trials with the numbers painted on the walker hounds.

going back to visit for the first time in over a decade. gawd I miss the Ozarks.

I was born in the wrong place these people are awesome. God Bless Shannon and its folks.

Grew up in Missouri, Ozark Foothills. Pacific, Eureka, Gray Summit, Union. I miss rural Missouri.

Love the Area, Started back in mid 80's in HS Floating the Rivers and Visiting the Springs Etc. Great to see the History Brought to Life.. Thanks