Heartbreaking. The story of Mountain Folk and their forced removal from Shenandoah National Park is one of the saddest in America. They were victims on every level and it is a national disgrace how they were robbed and disrespected. I actually feel their ancestors should be given land back. It is an embarrassment to the country. I totally empathize with them and their sorrow. Godspeed.

What a powerfully orchestrated and educational film.

This happened in the Cuyahoga national park that runs between Akron and Cleveland Ohio in the 1980's until the late 1990's.

They did it to Everglades and Okeefenokee people too

My ancestors lived there and was removed from their land…. So sad.

In 1739 my grandpa received 235 acres from King George he ended up owning 535 acres the land was on circle dr. ,where the motel on skyline Dr.. He supplied 1000 lbs beef for the revolutionary War .James Madison was he neighbor.

it is remarkable that this video has only 18 likes and 3 comments. Especially when considering that it was posted in 2014. I had never seen or heard of this before, but I think more people should know this story.

Virginia Baugher as seen in this video is my boyfriend's grandmother. We often hike up to the old homes foundations that still remain from their homes being demolished. All that stands as proof something happened is a small installation in Elkton Virginia with the names of the families who were forced to leave their land and their homes behind. This is a heartbreaking true story that's still painful to these families to this day.

My grandmother uncle had land there and the Maiden family cemetery is still maintained by the family.

The names should be present on this video & also throughout the park. They resourced the land & built dwellings & made sustainable lives & families.... True history of living off the land..... The government stole the people's livelihoods, generational property, & heritage from large families. The people relocated should be recognized by their names.

Just like the did to the Native Americans

It's sad to hear stories like this. My grandparents had to promptly move from their location on the Bell Ranch in New Mexico because they were going to build Lake Conchas. Tinaja Camp is under the water today. A lot of Indian history and artifacts are buried with it. 😢 It doesn't take much for the government to screw up a lot of things.

My family was part of being run off our land, i wasn't born. But i know we was forced out at more less gun point and my people watch there home be burnt to the ground as did many that lived there. Thats what they would do so you would know that there was no use coming back. They would burn it or destroy it in front of you.

I live in Front Royal, have since 1965. Went to school with many of the children of the children that lived on the mountain. “Those people” they say lived in poverty, and were drags on society. “ Those people” were ignorant examples of humanity and therefore need to be removed from what we want, the mountain. Well let me tell you those remarks can’t be farther from the truth.

I visited Skyline Drive for the first time recently. It was absolutely gorgeous, but when I saw the books in the gift shop about the displacement (surprised they were there), and found out what had happened, all I could think about were those poor people. The beauty was tainted. Nature should never be prioritized over people. There plenty of places full of natural beauty that have people living on it harmoniously with nature. That’s what should have been done.

I used to hike in the park in the late 1960s. Someone told me there was one old lady still living in her family home at the time--that she would be allowed to stay until she died. Is that true?

Shifflett and Morris families land taken away from them….

The park service guy is creepy

And what about indigenous folks prior to that? Hmmm?

They lost so that so many others can gain. A sadness but they were alright in the end.

If Southern people are depicted as toothless, poor riffraff, that's only because it's the thieving Millionaires who have been allowed to use up it's natural resources on the backs of it's people and then they are left with the mess to clean up and no possible way to survive!! I don't know about you but that would make me feel like I was nothing!! It would strip away my confidence, dignity and self esteem and leave me vulnerable with nothing! The law has allowed this to happen in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Pennsylvania for centuries now, nothing has changed! Do you know that in most places in West Virginia if you do manage to buy a piece of land, you don't own any mineral rights if you were to find any??? What kind of nonsense is that I ask you? It's the government perpetrating a crime against it's own citizens that's what!!! SMH

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Hmmm...shall we feel the same for the original inhibitors...NATIVE INDIANs!!! Hmmm...shall we feel the same for those who were STOLEN from AFRICA FORCED into SLAVE SHIPS to become SLAVES...not only had their land stolen..had families forever seperated...abused beyond human decency & morality for CENTURIES! To feel a sense of disgust for the current topic....feel it for all!!!!

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Everyone needs salvation here are the words of salvation please forgive me jesus im a sinner come into my heart and save me from my sin I no that you are the savior and I no that you died for me on calvary and I no that God raise you from the dead and you are alive and I thankyou for your salvation in Jesus holy name amen and its important to always ask for forgiveness everynite 💤

Some fakey Southern accents in the video.