Awesome History ~ Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

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4 жыл бұрын

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@56kicki 4 жыл бұрын

Catching up on all of your wonderful videos. You are truly an 'old soul' and make history interesting.

@TheCynthiaRice 4 жыл бұрын

What a trip down memory lane. I grew up in Berks County.

@susanorr7535 4 жыл бұрын

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. This village speaks volumes of past history and yet it's not outdated. It's quite modern with every need satisfied. All the desires are met. After the pig iron is melted it's poured into molds from the bottom upside down. The molds are knocked off leaving a line called a gate mark. Very desirable today. Modern cast iron is poured on the side so these lines are ground off smooth. Lodge cast iron is forged in Tennessee today. Keep iron seasoned to avoid rust.

@dillonhall9317 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I wish the iron furnace down the road from me ( NC) still had all the original structures. The mind can only imagine what time has erased. If only youtube was around in the late 1700's and 1800's.

@AJOCONNELLNEWPORT 4 жыл бұрын

Loved when you were eating the plastic food.. made me chuckle... Video was great.. Thank you.

@garnetbarton3313 4 жыл бұрын

When I saw you on that porch in a rocking chair I just knew you could live there! lol I could do the same thing. Really cool place.

@anewman1 4 жыл бұрын

Love your show! No need to apologise for your mentioning of how much you love things periodically. Thank you 🍻 The Newms

@elnabjelland-hughes8172 4 жыл бұрын

Wow - that house is beautiful !! Amazing waterwheel and those furnaces - this is a place I have to visit ! Thanks for sharing this awesome video- I love anything that deals with historic places and this video is the best 😁👍💕

@catherineengle4196 4 жыл бұрын

Wow I am really loving this place. How awesome! If I ever come up that way I will have to visit. I am a total history buff. I am so amazed how well preserved this place is. I would have to spend an entire day there. Love it.

@karenpacker8862 4 жыл бұрын

What an awesome step in time! Really enjoyed this..thanks Cliff.

@sharondelaney5346 4 жыл бұрын

Really Enjoyed the tour if this truly Awesome place Cliff..makes me miss the farm... love seeing the animals too...Thanks so much!!😊👍

@tamarakoontz5003 4 жыл бұрын

We are new to your videos but have been binge watching. This is an AMAZING ....to quote you....video. Excellent work Sir

@jwcinc12 4 жыл бұрын

That horse has an amazing winter coat. I always like how whooly they get that time of year. Makes them look rustic and ancient. Local to me are folks that raise and sell Scottish Highland cows/bulls. They are amazing and ancient to look on too.

@tommiefisher9525 4 жыл бұрын

Cliff you should of told me you were in my area. Me and my wife made a good meal and would of invited you!!!

@SueGirling68 4 жыл бұрын

I think it's awesome that places like this survive, it's a good way to educate the younger generations as to what life was like back then. Thank you for showing us around. x

@lynnmaupin-simpson1215 3 жыл бұрын

Last week my neighbors, twenty somethings, did not know what a side saddle was, a clothes pin, or a thimble was. Frightening!

@SueGirling68 3 жыл бұрын

@@lynnmaupin-simpson1215 education nowadays just doesn't teach kids anything worth knowing that would help them look after a home 😟 x

@willardtaylor6249 4 жыл бұрын

In 2005 I had the privilege of finding 9 letters addressed to Clement Brooke of Hopewell Furnace dated between 1822-1836. These letters were orders from customers for stoves and stove parts. It turned out, after I looked into it, that Clement Brooke was Hopewell’s most successful iron master. After he retired in 1848, Hopewell could never again flourish like it had under Clement Brooke’s direction. I showed the letters to Hopewell’s museum curator. She made copies which she said would be on exhibit.

@jonsymmonds1120 4 жыл бұрын

Cliff, in my opinion...your best ever explore! You have shown me what I would never find on my own. I never watch an almost hour long video, that should tell you how cool I think what you do is. I am in my 50's and hated history in school, these days I cant get enough of it. Your video was very informative, I just wish you would have paused a little longer on stuff for us to read. The cannon was amazing! Also the charcoal that was produced was likely a possible component of black powder used in the day for guns. There was a Pennsylvania long rifle next to the grandfather clock that was beautiful. On the hand pump for water, we still have them in Illinois. There are many that are abandoned but still work like a charm. I thank you so much for the video!

@wilfredomendez3450 4 жыл бұрын

I'm impress by the tour and how well preserved the place is, definitively worth to visit one day. Thanks for sharing.

@donnaklingbeil4468 4 жыл бұрын

That was awesome!!! Reminds me of Colonial Williamsburg. I love history!!! I was as excited as you were touring this location. You did a great job making me feel as though I was there with you. I would love to visit there in person. Thanks for sharing!!!

@elizabethmeehan2017 4 жыл бұрын

We loved your video! My son has always been interested in just this...the historic way of life. Like you, he would live in the smaller house in a heartbeat! Thank you & your narration is a wealth of information. I am still teachable.

@deskennett4808 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing place great to see so much history preserved Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

@conniegoldthwait1463 4 жыл бұрын

A beautiful business and farm area! ,I love the history 💙

@steel5886 4 жыл бұрын

Cliff, Great history to share . Couldn't agree more this place is ,awesome,amazing a million times over . Thanks

@carlavision6143 4 жыл бұрын

Cliff, what an awesome and cool place! Thank you for taking me along with you! Absolutely beautiful buildings and scenery and horse and sheep! Love history and that's really interesting.

@cdbunnerfamilyspookyyardha9041 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the awesome video.

@LeeF945 Жыл бұрын

You are adorable. I love your tours and how much you love history and old things of all sorts.

@pheeshankar6216 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful..luv the history.... your best vlog yet.. in my opinion....stay safe..!!👍🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦👍!@

@willardtaylor6249 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your tour of this beautiful place. I much appreciate your love of history which you show in your videos. They have truly done a wonderful job of restoration, when you realize that after Hopewell shut down in 1883, it was allowed to fall into disrepair. My parents used to bring me to Hopewell ,as a young child in the 1950’s when many of restorations were going on. In 2005, I had the privilege of finding 9 orders for stoves and stove parts addressed to Clement Brooke

@dianaallen892 4 жыл бұрын

Super cool site :)

@pagodaracingmountpennreadi8915 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos. We live in a nearby village,, a couple miles from Hopewell. Our home was originally built for the book keeper at Hopewell. His "office" would have been in the store.

@tommiefisher9525 4 жыл бұрын

And the hopewell furnace has workings that extend out towards st Pete's as well. There's and 83 page historical document of the "Kristeen furnace" that was the precursor to Coventry and reading furnace!!!

@wby340 4 жыл бұрын

Was just there yesterday. I grew up on Black Matt Road about 5 miles from there! My friends and I would ride our bikes there and to St Pete's very often as kids. Live in Maryland now but every time I'm up home visiting my mom and sister I check out my old stomping grounds. Certainly miss the area!

@wby340 4 жыл бұрын

BTW, I believe the wooden troughs leading to the water wheel were called raceways. I think there were 2 of them. There were remnants of another on the other side of Route 345 when I was young, back in the 70's. It is quite the sight and sound when they have the water wheel in operation! I have a cannon ball that was made there as well. During the Agnes flood of 1972, the creek that ran through my grandparents' farm was overrun and churned up a lot of debris. June 10, 1972, I was walking along the creek after it had subsided and saw what I thought was a snapping turtle. I grabbed a large stick to try and get it out but realized it wasn't a turtle, but a large iron ball caked in clay and mud. My grandfather helped me clean it off and realized it was a 12lb cannon ball. I remember that dated like yesterday because it was 2 days before my 10th birthday. My mom and I took the ball to Hopewell to see if it was made there. They confirmed it was and immediately asked where it came from. Since it was found on private property we were allowed to keep it. There were still wagon trails throughout the woods behind the farm, and a couple would lead to Hopewell. We surmised it fell of a wagon heading to Valley Forge, as Route 724 is a mile from the farm and it leads into Valley Forge in 22 or so miles. Was it really heading that way? Who knows, but why else would a cannonball be in a farm creek in the middle of nowhere that saw no Revolutionary or Civil War battles!

@577buttfan 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah man,Id have a collection of old miners carbide lamps on my mantle. Neat place bro!! They just let you explore the house like that,holy heck hope they have cameras!!!

@crystalfabulous 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video

@karendworschack756 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!

@WesAllen 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite spots. They actually found all the records for every tine they ran the furnace above the store. That building was rented out as a residence, so the elements didn’t get them!

@carmengarner4781 4 жыл бұрын

You are right..this place is Amazing and Awesome!

@hankfacer7098 4 жыл бұрын

That place was truly AWESOME.All jokes aside, it really was something to really appreciate from Australia, just love seeing this stuff, as I have two DNA cousins in Philly..

@ruthgoebel723 Жыл бұрын

Our parents used to take us to visit these places when we were growing up. I too admired the simple beauty of plain, useful things. It's probably why I enjoy history so much. 😉 I love that house too. So quiet! Really enjoyed this video....well done!

@user-David-Alan 4 жыл бұрын

Your right! That place is super cool. Thanks for the video.

@suzanjournagan1112 4 жыл бұрын

Wow Beauty... Love them there chickens🤗🐓🐔🐥🌽

@kateclark7250 2 жыл бұрын

Such an awesome place! I can so see you there with a fire in the fireplace, a book in your hands, your animals in the pasture...

@thomaskipphorn4729 4 жыл бұрын

This place is still awesome some 50+ years after I was last there. Same with St. Peter's Village. You ought to be there when the water wheel is running. It's spectacular. Didn't know about the blacksmith shop and workers houses at the time I was there. I was only a kid and had to follow the adults. Oh, and another thing...You have to try their homemade apple butter on their homemade bread from the bake ovens, seen at the beginning of the video.

@charliepc56 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome does describe that place, and Coffee is great!! Thanks for the trip back time!!

@MyChannel-rf8ic 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cliff really enjoyed that video. Looks like you had a great time there too. Like you said, tthe animals really add to the authenticity of the place. Looking forward to the next video.

@JamesScott-lc8md 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tour. Very much a part of history, glad it is preserved. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

@randallschutt5033 3 жыл бұрын

When you where at the outdoor oven, turn around to the house there's a basement door, that's where the kitchen is

@didgitt1 4 жыл бұрын

There's also an Iron furnace at whats called Curtin Village at Howard Pa. It's just a bit South West of Bald Eagle State Park.

@susanneberglund3723 4 жыл бұрын

🤗 Awesome plays, I move in immediateliy 😍

@flyacow 4 жыл бұрын

I love that place it's not far from me Just a few miles down the road I live in Morgantown Pennsylvania.

@jwon5614 4 жыл бұрын

I completely agree with you about living there- that would be a life's dream🤗😤

@jeniw8586 4 жыл бұрын

I will gladly be your neighbor here and help tend the animals! Thanks for sharing this wonderful place.

@JA51711 3 жыл бұрын

Great place, history and tour. Thank you

@saigenrose1032 4 жыл бұрын

Cool place Cliff, thank you for the share. 🙂👍

@littlebooks4760 2 жыл бұрын

The stone home reminds me of an Irish cottage loved the big fire place, great to see the chickens wonderful adventure thank you

@illupgravengaard9275 4 жыл бұрын

Across the street through the the field into the woods was a home of a former slave. the ruins are still there.

@tommiefisher9525 4 жыл бұрын

There's a few ruins of homes in the area.

@577buttfan 4 жыл бұрын

Any old iron mines?

@jwon5614 4 жыл бұрын

Wow that's interesting!!!!!

@saigenrose1032 4 жыл бұрын

Love them chickens! 😀👍❤

@orionschild7178 4 жыл бұрын

I miss home :( Thanks for all of the videos. :)))) So cool to see all of that amazing history....

@zeevon9 3 жыл бұрын

Love this place too! When I was a kid we would camp at French Creek State Park a couple times a year. Hopewell Village/Furnace was close by.

@patriciacole8717 4 жыл бұрын

I am related to Isaac Cole, a laborer at the furnace. A portrayal of Isaac is in the visitor center.

@martyjones9374 4 жыл бұрын

Cliff you said it "AMAZING"!!! Beautiful property, animals, and such awesome history. Always learn so much from you! Let me know which house you choose, I will pick another & meet you on the porch for coffee neighbor. Thank you so much just AMAZING!! :)

@nancyford4536 4 жыл бұрын

Love the history so interesting. Catching up on all your videos.

@albonnenfant3902 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Love everything you do! So interesting, keep on hiking!

@prozakpixie 4 жыл бұрын

thank you for taking us to this wonderful place... awesome.. Pennsylvania has so many beautiful landscape and historical places to offer.. great video and educational..keep it coming.. God bless and stay safe.. from your fan in Germany...... peace

@reneereb6499 4 жыл бұрын

The side rooms adjacent to the kitchen areas of the smaller homes, may have been the larder or pantry. I remember that from Williamsburg.

@ryanwolf6174 4 жыл бұрын

Great video as always! Cool place

@catpatrick3838 2 жыл бұрын

I love the larder on the left side of the first two worker houses. Awesome place, a whole lot of history. Thanks for the tour and the history lesson.

@nateshon3eastbroadtoprailr448 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVE PA and American history!

@edithdavis2848 4 жыл бұрын

Jogging cart and black sled. Beautiful place. A lot like Old Mo. Town in Blue Springs. Sluice trough. Don't think they had much time to hang out. Your potato looked like a pawpaw to me..l Loved all of it. I miss having the live stock to.untill I remember wading threw snow drifts and chopping holes in the pond ice in winter. Then dont miss them so much.

@lorrainekrauss5140 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a great history lesson. I love watching and seeing places like this!

@1meandeeresbaby 4 жыл бұрын

This site was Awesome! I Loved the animals!

@davidcassidy5868 4 жыл бұрын

Love Hopewell Village. French Creek is cool too. Neat A/V explanation points at the furnace. @5:25 - My house built in 1810 is small (1800 sq ft), but not that small. ANOTHER EXCELLENT POST, by the way !

@MrTaylorfenoglio 4 жыл бұрын

If you are ever down in Pensacola FL there is a newly discovered ish cemetery with an awesome history of the abandoned town of also muscogee Mills FL. It was a logging town that went abandoned and mostly all that's left was a cemetery that was recently discovered and fixed up.

@qeensadie2385 4 жыл бұрын

amazing video thanks for the history lesson

@janecharlton6780 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video .

@brandondzia 4 жыл бұрын

I go there quite a bit its neat. And its also cool to see the ruins of the ironor mines at saint peters village

@jsfnnyc Жыл бұрын

Great video. I visited Hopewell Village as a kid. Crazy to think I can revisit it on youtube thanks to your video.

@walterglowacki2185 4 жыл бұрын

I was there in 1976!

@janromer6401 4 жыл бұрын

Time to come back!

@walterglowacki2185 4 жыл бұрын

@@janromer6401 Sorry retired, moved out of Taxavania now live in Eastern Tennessee WE ARE PENN STATE !!!!

@fluffyotter1601 3 жыл бұрын

Thoroughly enjoy these longer videos:).

@chrisgray8774 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful sky, especially early in the video

@jenniferbutcher8393 4 жыл бұрын

So interesting! Thank you! 😊

@MillerMeteor74 4 жыл бұрын

It seems to me my parents went there 25-30 years ago. I live in the Pinelands National Reserve, in New Jersey. There were charcoal furnaces all over what is now the Reserve, but they all were shut down by the 1840s. Way up in the far north of New Jersey there were also furnaces, but I'm not sure if they were charcoal or anthracite furnaces, or if both existed. Some of them remain to this day. Great explore.

@jimastro67 3 жыл бұрын

You crack me up. You started saying you wanted to live in the big house. Then you would settle for the spring house. By the end you were willing to live in that wooden teepee hut! Easy to please! Very informative & entertaining.

@janromer6401 4 жыл бұрын

Hopewell Furnace is just one of the great places to see in the Hopewell Big Woods. Come check us out!!!!

@timfrederick7983 4 жыл бұрын

Chickens are Dominique, an old breed of chicken from colonial times, brought from southern England to New England.

@jenniferbutcher8393 4 жыл бұрын

Tim Frederick yes! We had several Dominique hens...very friendly breed, faithful layers. I miss them! Gave our last few away the other day. Can't wait to get more soon 😊 (they went to a retirement home...they aren't going to end up as supper!).

@brucesheehe6305 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos!

@jhmorgan72753 4 жыл бұрын

Those chickens are awful cocky !!! The chickens all have names: Stew, Honey, Baker, Tony, General Tso, Rosemary, and Golic !!!

@lindsaymacpherson8782 4 жыл бұрын

This place is amazing

@flyacow 4 жыл бұрын

When its warmer they have classes there on the weekends. If you're there at the right time there's an archeologist there as well. When you walk back to that small hut there was an old man used to live in there and apparently you keep walking passed down the trail he goes to French Creek state park. If you go there walk towards the left you can walk towards the right but at for a few a walk towards the left you go over a little bridge before that you will see a newer type dam and overflow but there's and much much older one towards the left. I really neat place to walk around as well have you ever gone to Danny boom Homestead outside Birdsboro Pennsylvania that's really cool as well?

@St.FighterZ 4 жыл бұрын

So its near french creek?

@St.FighterZ 4 жыл бұрын

So its near french creek?

@bdickinson6751 4 жыл бұрын

@@St.FighterZ It adjoins French Creek State Park.

@flyacow 4 жыл бұрын

@@St.FighterZ yes you can walk to it.

@elyseann9720 3 жыл бұрын

So jealous of your life and the adventures you get to go on!

@Redgonetogray 4 жыл бұрын

Cool place. Reminds me of our Hancock Shaker Village. I should film that someday.

@tomcook7676 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are great, but, this one is awesome! For real!

@lynnmaupin-simpson1215 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful chickens. Love your videos.

@jhmorgan72753 4 жыл бұрын

Could you imagine having to go to the out house in winter ??? The sheep have names too: Chops, Mutton, Shanks, Kebab, and Stevie Nicks !!!

@bdickinson6751 4 жыл бұрын

I can, no imagination necessary!

@HaleMoana 3 жыл бұрын

That archway the tree took over is for firewood. across from the outdoor oven.

@aliciamott1396 2 жыл бұрын

A historic wonderland! 🍄🍄🌷🍒🍒🌷🍄🍄🌷😎

@rockmack7343 3 жыл бұрын

If you follow the stream that feeds the sluice that feeds the waterwheel up stream it will take you to Hopewell lake. There is a trail, it is a nice walk, about a mile I think if I remember correctly.