Bluff City, Tennessee: A Hidden Gem In East Tennessee

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Bluff City, Tennessee: A Swinging Bridge, A Rainbow, And Tons Of History In This Hidden Gem In East Tennessee
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@ronbass8136 Жыл бұрын

Shane At the 5:24 mark you ran a stop sign. Your main responsibility is to protect Melody!!! Otherwise, great video, beautiful town.

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Ron!! I told him that very day I was precious cargo and he said he was the precious cargo and he drove fine! 😂 Seriously thank you though. We appreciate you! - Melody

@randomvintagefilm273 Жыл бұрын

Holy crap I saw that too! I was like did he just...naw and I went back and watched. Oh man that could have been bad. Don't let rainbows take your eyes off the road. I need to pray harder.

@carolhenson9080 Жыл бұрын

I live on Main Street in Bluff City and I saw that too. He would have probably run the one at the hardware if he hadn't turned.

@savagenomore Жыл бұрын

I just came through there a couple weeks ago and thought to myself "I wish Real Appalachia would do a video on this town" and here it is, you guys are awesome.

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Aw thank you so much! - Melody

@rhondarobinsonsine1693 Жыл бұрын

TY I LIVED THERE MANY YEARS AGO THEY WERE THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE WALKED THAT BRIDGE MANY TIMES A WEEK MS PRATT IS A LEGAND AND HAD A HEART OF GOLD SHE USE TO LET U GET FOOD AND PAY WEEKLY AND IT WAS 25 CENTS FOR A HALF POUND OF BALONEY 25 CENTS FOR A SODA POP

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Oh that sounds awesome! Can’t beat those good days or the good memories they left! - Melody

@skye073 Жыл бұрын

My neck of the woods. Went to elementary and middle school. Grew up there . many stories I could tell you

@chubbawubba6959 Жыл бұрын

Also ANYTIME you squeeze in some John Anderson, you know this is a good video... LMAO

@ernieroberts56 Жыл бұрын

Be safe out there. Bless your heart. You blew through that stop sign.

@savagenomore Жыл бұрын

18:15 the sound of the cicadas and that fog I could sleep well there, such a beautiful place only minutes away from the big city, I sat at one of the picnic tables across the lake at the park a few weeks ago and ate my lunch but I didn't stay long because my big commercial truck was taking up a lot of parking space so thanks for taking the time to make these videos, you're helping me decide were i want to live when I leave NC

@jthepickle7 Жыл бұрын

After roaming for 65 years and every State - save Alaska and North Dakota - I'm happy to call East Tennessee home.

@Antiuttp-xu2kc 5 ай бұрын

I lived in bluff city tennasee all my life is so beautiful you want a bunch of nature and chill people come to bluff city also when watching this I recognize a lot of the places and so much stuff

@Lxvuz_K 10 ай бұрын

I’m so glad I got to see this. I have just learned that my Pawpaw was born there in 1911 and raised there with all his brothers and sisters and other family members. I love the quite little town. It’s beautiful!

@shawnawalker207 4 ай бұрын

I grew up in Bluff City and lived there from 1999 to 2006. The house I lived in is no longer there, it burned down later, but it was a white two story with a staircase that seemed huge to a little kid. You can see the back and side of the school at 7:59. My house was across the street from where the front of the school used to be. It was called Maple Street back then and I remember the school's entrance being on the hill (now Carter Street). Little Shawna (who was underweight at 5) spent many a day trudging that hill.

@user-di1xp9ml3h 8 ай бұрын

I travel all over but I love coming home to bluff city I love all my friends and family that live here thanks for showing folks about our lil town 37618 all day everyday

@sharthun2009 Жыл бұрын

@5:23 how many of yall noticed that Shane ran a stop sign.

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Believe me, I notice! Haha - Melody

@carolhenson9080 Жыл бұрын

I noticed because I live on that street.

@jvde_ 9 ай бұрын

Bluff city Born and raised. 7:52 This is where I went to elementary also Bluff city middle use to be the sister school to the elementary but then it got destroyed and they built a new school next to Sullivan east High.

@judypierce7028 Жыл бұрын

My goodness, gracious! You have visited one of my very favorite places in Tennessee. How exciting! I absolutely loved the music! Bluff City is such a historic part of TN. Thank you so very much Shane and Melody!

@disco0752 Жыл бұрын

I ride into the alley so sweet, to on the mountain so steep. Ole Virginny so deep, deep in my heart like mama love when I sleep.

@christhomas7500 Жыл бұрын

My Great Grand Dad was the First Vetenarian in the Tri Cities between Knoxville and Roanoke Virginia and He had it on 11 E in Bluff City and I am related to the people of Thomas Hardware.

@rentalguy1 Жыл бұрын

The school started off as Bluff City High School and then became Bluff City Middle School in the late 60's. That's where I went to school in the mid 80's. If you saw the "Bouton House," it was built in the early 1800's by the oldest son of my first ancestor to move to this area from Lancaster, PA. Love BC.

@justanotheralmaroad1923 Жыл бұрын

My mom was born in 1924 and went to the elementary school. I lived there for a while in late 90s. My son and daughter went to the middle school. I worked at Wardens deli .His last name fit cause he was like a very grumpy old warden,😁 . I always calling the town Mayberry. My dad's sister and her family were scattered round the town. One time ,about 1960,my dad stopped at the bridge and we all walked out on it. Then he took a picture with and old Brownie camera of us which I now call "THE PICTURE " For you see while my mom and brother were picture perfect I was caught bending sideways with my hand behind me. I was trying to undo a wedgie while grinning for the camera!😂 The locks on the fence may seem harmless but they may be fatal to it. Overseas there was a bridge that was covered with them and the weight ended up collapsing it. The painting of the train was painted by my estranged son. Guess I missed you two by a little bit. On Tue and Thur I work at a house right across from the gas station. If it hadn't been foggy you could have seen the Island to your left. Was a park but ended up being private property years ago.

@MillerMeteor74 Жыл бұрын

Bluff City- how cool. I'm anxious to see this. Awesome rainbow! You say you've had a lot of rain this summer. We've had almost none, since the end of Spring. I don' think I've ever seen a rainbow last as long as that one did. Wow. When we visited Bluff City several years ago, it was just to see the old log church, so we never saw the downtown at all. That suspension foot bridge is awesome. We have one here in NJ, but it's far from here and I've never been to it. Aw man, it's just what I was afraid of. You never got to Ryder Church Road. ☹That's where the Ryder Memorial Presbyterian Church is. That's an old log church. It's really cool. I loved that mural at the end too.

@mc12358 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in Bristol just about a ½ hour drove from Bluff City. There is a bike shop there I believe my parents purchased my sister and I our first real mountain bikes. Actually where we lived was a quiet little neighborhood off the Blountville Hwy. Best childhood a kid could ask for in the 1980s-1990s. Unfortunately we moved away because my dad worked for (Intermountain Telecom at first, which eventually became Sprint) and his office got downsized and relocated during the 90s rise of digital tech. He used to write computer programs, but his job now could probably be performed by today's computers. Anyway, almost 30 years on, I still feel homesick for the mountains and it is my dream to retire somewhere in the Blue Ridge Mountains or Pisgah NF. Thank you for going to these beautiful towns.

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Really glad our videos speak to you

@coffeeroastingcentral1395 Жыл бұрын

Stop that rhyming and I mean it! Anybody want a peanut 😂 great video and ref to Princess Bride. Thanks for sharing!

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Oh I love it 😂😂😂😂

@mistyvance7633 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in bluff city my dad still lives there bluff city is beautiful!!!!

@RobertandLindaBullock 4 ай бұрын

My great grandfather that lost his money in the bank during the depression was John Shipley. Lost of people however lost their money during the depression.

@virginiaconway374 8 ай бұрын

Bluff City is nice. Downtown? I must have blinked. I liked Nellie Park & the bridge; it is a very back-to-nature little town that's very clean with wide open spaces. Thank you!

@navydogsadventures3500 Жыл бұрын

Shane you had me laughing so hard! Very cool little town! That view on the bridge was spectacular, perfect fall looking view and good for the ghosts and goblins!😁. Walking and listening to all those bugs you could close your eyes and think back to civil war times. That is exactly what they were hearing too. I love doing that. That puts me back in to the historical time period if that makes any sense! Very much enjoyed!👍

@spacemandudley6237 Жыл бұрын

Shane at 5:21 you ran that stop sign. 🛑Nellie Pratt had a store near the swinging bridge. You need to look up Long shadows and Worley's Cave in Bluff City.

@hwy8964 Жыл бұрын

Boy I tell you what when we're out that way we always eat at Ridgewood BBQ in Bluff City!! Great food and people!

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Hate we missed out on getting some of that.

@robinhaupt9119 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful town. Thank you so much Melody and Shane!

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Robin! - Melody

@monicavanopdurp9853 Жыл бұрын

You've had me laughing to much on here Shane. Beautiful footage

@yomuno2511 5 ай бұрын

Had supper at Ridgewood Barbeque tonight.

@realappalachia 5 ай бұрын

Great stuff!

@willcox4561 Жыл бұрын

At 5:22 you ran a stop sign!

@benlaw4647 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed this! Thanks for sharing bluff city and the area! Very beautiful place! Appreciate y'all.....God bless...🙏❤

@jwon5614 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful little town❤💕🌷

@RobertandLindaBullock 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful place,I grew up outside of Elizabethton

@ralfgroh2719 Жыл бұрын

Love it; thx for the share! Really enjoyed it

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it

@Silversmoke1000 Жыл бұрын

Another great video. What a charming little town and the water looked so lovely as summer comes to an end.

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

It was a beautiful little town, Amy

@carolwagener6804 Жыл бұрын

I hope hear from someone in Allardt TN someday where my grandfather was from.

@Currin4 Жыл бұрын

oh my god, if you turn right at those railroad tracks and left up to the neighborhood above, my best friend lived there, and i was on a road called Timber Ridge. and the Methodist brick church you passed, the tree on the right we used to hide in on sundays eating lunch and watching folks leave. And that old bank building with the pillars was the town hall for ages. what a treat to see this again. Awesome!

@chubbawubba6959 Жыл бұрын

Melody you said pray for you, so here ya go.... Good Lord, good meat, good bread lets eat Amen. lol

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

One of my favorites! Haha! - Melody

@benandcis Жыл бұрын

Loved the lake

@harrywest2780 Жыл бұрын

Very nice 👌

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Thank ya, Harry

@enriquecasablanca5983 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful find

@D-A-1776 Жыл бұрын

My home town

@sandy89107 Жыл бұрын

Cute little town, hardly any traffic! My kinda town. 😄

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Same here, Sandy! Lol it is such a pretty town! - Melody

@Oldnoitall Жыл бұрын

I lost my wallet late one night on that swinging bridge with eight bucks in it if you found it you should’ve went to Ridgewood Restaurant had the worlds best barbecue

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Man, we missed out on the 8 bucks and the barbecue lol

@Oldnoitall Жыл бұрын

It would have helped on the tip maybe lol was in the 70s !! I live on Boone lake over here on Sugar Hollow Road in Piney Flats I consider the whole lake my front yard used to venture up underneath the bridge we could go in boats even went above that island and got some pretty river rocks back down to stack on the lake bank in front of my house I could still point them out they had a lot of color in them Looked out at the lake after a big rain storm we had and they’re set a dock with two BP pumps on it that had floated down from the Pratts grocery that used to be there just below the bridge they sold gas on the river for boats !! Love your channel and will do all I can to speak it up and share it around !! Be Safe!!

@StandForTruth205 Жыл бұрын

Great video! I love y'all's channel :)

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Tim

@StandForTruth205 Жыл бұрын

@@realappalachia You're very welcome! :)

@RobertandLindaBullock 4 ай бұрын

There was a bank at 1 time in town.My great grandfather had 15,000 in the bank.He owned a store in Bullocks Hollow.During the depression he went to get his money out.The bank door an vault door was open,no one there an all money gone.

@realappalachia 4 ай бұрын

What a tough time to be alive back then. Had to be troubling times

@fayesheets5509 2 ай бұрын

Blew right through that stop sign...

@chrishensley6745 Жыл бұрын

Alot of good people from there from Hickory tree/chigapen area to boot.....just good ol people from years working with and hanging around......nice you showed this area!

@bonnieleelee9936 Жыл бұрын

I love to go down the roads with you all I feel I'm inthe car too.

@JUSAGUYNKY Жыл бұрын

5:12 THAT 🌈 ‼️‼️😍😍😍😍

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Oh yessss

@margiesheldon1857 Жыл бұрын

love these videos. They are so interesting. I am from Smyrna, Tn. so I love to find out more about the small towns. Keep safe and much love.

@talldude5841 Жыл бұрын

Great show Shane and Melody. We always called those locks, "love locks".

@mildredrharmon4032 Жыл бұрын

❤️ thank you guys! Come to grandfather Mtn. and walk the swinging bridge! 🥰

@daviddryden8088 Жыл бұрын

I got the reference to blave immediately, Shane.

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Glad I wasn’t too far out in left field on that one lol

@sandiriggs6300 Жыл бұрын

Thank

@sandiriggs6300 Жыл бұрын

Sorry I was trying to say thank you very much for driving around and showing us all these things and telling us about bluff City. We're planning on moving somewhere up there in the next few years. The people from Tennessee are so nice and kind which is why we want to move from Florida.

@momobaro5539 Жыл бұрын

Dude you missed a stop sign…. California Rolllllllll! 🍣

@bowtieguy6870 Жыл бұрын

Bluff city is lovely for sure. One piece of advice for anyone visiting or passing through. Do not speed, not even a little bit or you’ll get your welcome to Bluff City greeting card that requires you to send money to the town hall.

@carolhenson9080 Жыл бұрын

Not anymore! They took the cameras down.

@disco07 Жыл бұрын

We liked the prison elementary school a lot. (It's a joke folks!). The library was the best part. The walking path suspension bridge with the smoky mountain holla fog was magical. You forgot your fishing poles and your locks! Thank Y'all for being so kool!

@sxewhodey Жыл бұрын

I enjoy your videos immensely. If you take request or interesting ,"assignments" if you will, have you ever been to the three forks, Pilgrim, Petercave area of Eastern Kentucky. My dad and I are planning to go there for the first time in 35 years to visit my great grandfathers gravesite in the fall, and I think we are kinda curious if that area is even accessible now. There was a Tragic story on the "Faces of the forgotten" youtube channel about a murder that happened in Pilgrim, but that's really about the extent of anything new from that area. Thanks for the great content!

@melissawilson5160 Жыл бұрын

Son you just ran the stop sign..lol

@dennismullins4930 Жыл бұрын

We had a place in River Bend from ‘90 - ‘92 when I was still on the road where the family lived and I visited about 4 days a month. That’s when I decided to stop traveling and we settled in Nashville. Not too far from Clinchco ☮️

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Seeing Clinchco always makes me smile, know a lot of good people from there

@SpookyAppalachia Жыл бұрын

Great rainbow and fog. It’s been raining a ton lately. Great video, isn’t that near Johnson City?

@carolhenson9080 Жыл бұрын

Yes you can be to Johnson City in about 15 minutes.

@gordonhutchinson529 Жыл бұрын

Whoops, you blew thru a stop sign...

@D-A-1776 Жыл бұрын

Did y'all go to the bluff city diner

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

No it was closed! Maybe next trip!! - Melody

@D-A-1776 Жыл бұрын

@@realappalachia . Ah okay yeah gotta try it if you do ask for della and tell them Daniel sent ya

@stevenww3560 Жыл бұрын

I was in bluff city 20 years ago!! Is Melody doing well you look like you've been loosing to much weight to fast?

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Hey Steven, I had actually started using Thrive and it’s just helped me a lot with more energy to actually start back exercising! So I’m feeling the best I have in a while! Thank you though!! - Melody

@billyhayes7080 Жыл бұрын

could youal go to piney woods clinton co ky and lte me see how it looks now

@bruinsfan8278 Жыл бұрын

Shouldn't their be a Casino in Bluff City ? Thanks for another Great Video !

@jeffmerhar9424 Жыл бұрын

Nice rainbow

@joannamcpeak7531 Жыл бұрын

The train tracks don't have crossing guards, but the train does come a couple times a day. Be sure to look.

@carolhenson9080 Жыл бұрын

There is only one that doesn't have a guard come down and there are way more than 2 trains a day. I live a block from the tracks.

@ArnoProhaska-fb1nm 9 ай бұрын

Is Bluff City TN a good place to live

@realappalachia 9 ай бұрын

From what we know, it seems like it would be a good place to live! - Melody

@maggiem9048 12 күн бұрын

Are the mosquitos bad?

@realappalachia 12 күн бұрын

Nah haven’t been for us

@denisestiles2813 Жыл бұрын

Home Group East TN

@user-ow8vx9yf1o 7 ай бұрын

@zagraniczniak4120 Жыл бұрын

Next stop Bluff City, Virginia? Hint: it's no city!

@sunsetbaby282 Жыл бұрын

This comment is in the wrong place but I just wanted to thank you for the video from 7/2, which has comments turned off. The money he supposedly gave the family did not even put a dent in the money he made. I can't even watch Hoarders on tv without feeling guilty. He should be ashamed. What he does is not against the law but it should be. You can remove this comment, I just wanted to thank you for making the video

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

thank you, much appreciated

@mkshffr4936 Жыл бұрын

Is it possible to be homesick in advance for a place you have yet to live?

@carolhenson9080 Жыл бұрын

The white bank building is the second city hall.

@christophermaggard9917 Жыл бұрын

First!

@davidthacker3213 Жыл бұрын

What no McDonald’s!

@annettelove5079 Жыл бұрын

Yeah there is MacDonalds KFC Burger King Waffle House Taco Bell Subway & few more chain restaurants on the 4 lane. Large flea market Auto Zone Food City grocery store.

@galegee4011 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos. When I watch I feel like I am traveling with you both. Beautiful little town. Only one critique for Melody..... when you were naming off the previous names of Bluff City you should have said " then it became " instead of then it become" . I don't know if that is just the way you speak sometimes or is it a dialect ( like many Appalachian words). You probably really don't care if you let your Appalachian roots show but it does show signs of being uneducated and by watching your videos I know you are not. We all fall into bad grammar pits but you must remember the world is watching and by not speaking correctly it conjures up bad stereotypes of un- intelligent southerners. Please do not take this comment as harsh, or mean, but do take it as constructive criticism that can be worked on. Love to both.

@ilpostinomotociclista270 Жыл бұрын

I love that she said “then it become”. Very folksy and real.

@dquinn8344 Жыл бұрын

Bluff City is nice but seems like a ghost town. Nice place to live for people who want privacy (like myself)... Pretty scary the way they went through that stop sign at 5:24...