My husband and I were talking this past weekend about our ancestors and all the sacrifices they made to build this country. The hard times that this country was built on. If our ancestors could look a hundred years ahead they would be shocked and sad I think. I’m praying for our country and really appreciate this video that shows us how far we’ve come and how thankful we should be.

People just don't understand how rough and desperate it really was then. My daddy was born in 1911 and my mother in 1929. They lived through the depression and was of a different mindset. I was raised to use it up,wear it out or do without. Thank you for the video. God bless you.

I remember watching my Grandmother take a teaspoon of turpentine ... yes turpentine! She also crushed asprin and mixed it with lemon juice and put it on the rough patches that were on her elbows and heels. Tree sap for cuts, which actually does work. Nettle tea for arthritis and gout. How many of her remedies worked I have no idea but she swore by every one and lived until she was 97 and saw a Doctor maybe 3 times in her life. I miss her ✌

It’s sad when you look at how hard these people had it, but they had hope - which we arguably have less of.

I've watched your videos for years, but I've never told you what keeps drawing me back. The reverence and respect you show of all these people and their history touches my heart. Thank you.

The only grandparent I ever met was born in 1894. She passed away in 1983. I learned a lot from her. Glad I listened to her and Mama talk .

Thanks for keeping the history of these hard working people. Medicine is one of those areas that you can see progressing but people are still dying when there's currently no cure. So sad to see babies headstones and so many unmarked graves. Thanks for keeping their stories alive and sharing on KZfaq.

A very timely topic... thanks so much for sharing

Mountain folk have always lived close to death and that's the reason we have such strong faith in God. His Son leads us from this life into eternal life which makes our passing a little easier to accept. Thanks, Donnie, for presenting a sad, yet informative, video. Blessings.....

Donnie Law, the white man's Story Teller. In the Native American culture, the Story Tellers are held to such high regards and have high standing in the community still to this day. My grandfather always said even the Chiefs and War Captains looked up to them because they were so valuable to Native cultures. Their stories kept our history and culture alive... without our stories no one would remember our history and culture. And naturally, without knowing our history, we would make past mistakes over again. I hold you in high regards my friend Donnie Law. Thank you for your stories. Aho!

I remember Dr. Wolfe around Abingdon VA. Was last of the Dr's that made house calls. He never asks for money. But if you could spare a chicken or some beans he was thankful. Thanks for sharing this story. David

Thank you Donnie for another informative history lesson. The best part to me, is the Lord knows each and every one of them. May they RIP...no longer dealing with the sufferings of this world. I'm not so sure things are better now for us though. Life was hard back then but in a different way.

You know Donnie I watch stuff like this and then I hear people talk about how hard things are now. People now don't know what a hard time is. Thanks for sharing.

One of my ancestors died of Ague in the mountains of Union County, which is the flu or malaria. I agree with you, Donnie. I've always said, for every disease, the Lord gave us a cure in nature. We just have to find it!

Thank you for the video. It breaks my heart to see people that struggle. It’s amazing how they figured out what to use as meds and knew they weren’t dangerous.

A very sad subject indeed, Donnie but you covered these wonderful but tragic folks well with the gentle respect that you always give them. Women would have ten to fourteen kids and maybe three would make it to adulthood. I don't think modern women can even fathom dealing with that! Smallpox, typhoid, cholera, German measles, malaria, and yellow fever killed many young kids all through the US, but the mountains were hardest hit. Dr. Walter Reed, the man who figured out how to deal with many of these diseases was a southern man too! But he was born too late to save the first kids that helped to settle there. Look when you walk through a southern or mountain forest. Stones don't stand themselves upright, especially if the ground in front is sunken in a little! Or maybe it just looks like the ground is sunken. That's one of our ancestors buried there from long ago. Say a little prayer for them before you leave. Thanks again Donnie for this little walk through the Appalachians. I always enjoy them!

Amen brother! Lord knows how much folk's went through back then an yet they was so strong willed they pushed through. God bless and have a good'n Donnie!

I appreciate the many hours of hard work you have to invest in just one of these videos. Thanks for preserving our history and for reminding us that God knows those who were unknown to us. God bless you, Donnie.

I remember remedies that would get a parent arrested now! Lol! I used to HATE the whiskey, honey and lemon juice! My mother would pour that crap in my mouth too. I remember one time I had a cough and I couldn't have been more than five because I wasn't in school and it was one cold, winter afternoon. She made one of those four cup measuring cups full of that potion....and I had to have drank at least half of it...don't remember much about the day after that!

Hi Donnie, thank you sir for telling the history of those days. It was very interesting but also very sad. We do have to give them respect and lots of credit for using and passing on the various medications they did develope while they lived here. That absolutely opened doors to even better discoveries of medications that were even stronger and worked better. God bless you for sharing this history. Sincerely, Louise

Very nice presentation. Thank you.

This was a extra good up load today Donnie. We just might have to know these herbal medicines, and we should learn as much as possible about ginseng , yellow root, Mullen, self heal, and blood root to name a few. It’s sad about these graves unmarked or no names on them, so people could know. Like you said the Lord knows where they are and who they are. Thanks Donnie for sharing this with us, I have always found it of great interest to know our for fathers ways of life. Keep up the good work.

My grandma used to say it was her faith that made her keep going. I think that's the only way to make it back then as always thank you.

Great video, but a sad one...thank you for keeping this history alive.

Donnie. I'm always proud of your history. Keep up the good work.

Thank you MrDonnie. I really enjoy your stories and the Appalachian history. I am desended from Cherokee and Irish. My dad was full Cherokee and my mom was half Cherokee and half Irish. I have walked the Appalachian trail and walked or bicycled hundreds of miles through the small communities in West VA Tennesee and NC. Beautiful country. The sad thing is people are so self absorbed and disrespectful now and with what is comming these same people will not survive. If you don't respect your life and those around you you will eventually find yourself alone. Thank you again Mr Donnie

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Thank you for remembering the dead. In my heart, speaking of them is honoring their lives. It keeps them alive in the minds and hearts of all who followed. 🙏💞

Love your videos Mr Donnie. Makes me not feel quite so bad about having my face stuck to the phone when I'm watching videos about our mountains and the history of them. The stories these mountains could tell....in fact they do tell them if we just take the time to look around us and get out exploring some of these mostly forgotten places don't they? You can feel the heartbeat of these mountains when you slow down for a minute and enjoy the Lord's beauty all around us ❤

Thank you for another great video! Makes you remember what our ancestors went through.

Thanks for sharing. People love hearing about the past generations❤

I love stories of native Americans, I live in a holler that was once a native American hunting ground, there's an old Shawnee Indian fort that sets in a field by a stream, that's how the holler got its name..called Fort Branch..spent my childhood years playing on that old fort, it's 7ftx60ft oval shape.. sad to say the fort is falling into ruins..thanks for sharing your stories with us Donnie! I love those old stories and history! God bless and good night

Oh wow I love history .it's amazing how times changed ! When Men were Men and Women were Women and family was Everything!! Was a very sad time . Non of those people should be forgotten! Thank you Mr Narrator! You have the perfect soothing voice!Donnie Laws

You are absolutely right, it is sad that theses folks suffered, as they did, and to be buried in unknown graves. All these people built this great nation. You are also right in saying, God knows each and every one, especially the younguns. They each and everyone played their own part, large, or small, in our history.

How sad for these people back then. For some at least the native people were able to help some. And we think we have it hard. Thank you for this bit of history. God bless.

Thank you, Mr. Laws, for all of your beautiful stories. Many of us, as adults, forget the importance of continuing to learn. The saying, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”, is attributed to the American philosopher George Santayana, and is very important to remember. Many of us forget that lesson. In your videos, you bring back to life, the importance of the lives of those who have gone before. Channels such as yours bring forth the history of our country and of those countries near and far. Thank you for your work. It’s greatly appreciated.

Those are my beloved people! Thanks yet again, Donnie!

Ii live hear all me life I know Skippy elm is good fer infection tooth ach and gen sang lemon lamp oil caugh blood root kidney problems sasifras kedney problems knowledge of eurb meds have been lost over generations thank you sir fer the video and truth of our applacha culture

Mr. Laws, we could hang together, I think.. I love old tyme story-telling. Thank you for keeping the tradition alive, Brother. GOD Bless you & yours !

Thanks Donnie...we just don't realize how easy we've had it! 😎👍

My Gramps was a brilliant man & he always said back in the Depression, you could “afford” to be poor, but things are different now.

God got every medicine that we needed. Yellow Root is another good one for colds, throats, and congestion but it is strong and a little goes a long way. We have Dutch Clover and Nettle "weed" that grows all over the property fields in the Spring and they are great medicines. You can eat all of the plant and even fry up the blossoms like little snack poppers. Thank you so much for sharing and would love to see more natural Medicinal plants videos and how to identify and for what.

Today's world hasn't a clue about how to survive they're too busy with their phones, Uber eats, Starbucks, fighting and dividing. Our ancestors knew how to survive and yes some of them did work themselves to death. Work with the hands and build with your hands. Unfortunately disease comes through and we loose people and unfortunately in today's world there are doctors and big pharma that don't want us to get better because they won't make money of of us. This is truly a great video!

I agree with you wholeheartedly, Donnie! The good Lord knows every one of those folks. Really enjoyed the video. Hope your week is going great! God bless!

Thanks Donnie. Another great job

Thank you for sharing this Mr. Donnie,this make me so thankful for progression of doctors and medicine,But we have to pray and trust God even with them.

Thanks for sharing. I love the people of Appalachia. I’m proud to be one of them.

Another great video honoring the the brave sacrificial people of the Appalachia's. Thank's again brother Donnie.

I've ridden over some of the old steel bridges with my Uncle Curtis when I was a small boy. Later during visiting Tennessee I drove over them my self. What wonderful memories this video brings❤

I’ve always respected the Holistic Approach. I think of all the babies too. I don’t know how the parents could go on. Astonished to know how the early tribes were decimated by small pox . Settlers brought the diseases. Thanks Donnie for another great piece of history.✌️❤️✨

Afternoon Donnie, thanks for sharing this great story of the past.

Thank you, Donnie, for keeping the old ways alive through your videos . God 🙏 bless.

God Bless you Donnie...you are the BEST Narrator...thank you for telling us the stories long ago

Praying and Blessed! 🤗🙏🌄

Hi Donnie - Hope you and your family are well. There are so many things we should appreciate. Without history lessons like yours we would never know that - thanks for keeping the history alive. Another great video! Keep 'em coming!

I feel like I learn so much listening to you. I wish I would have been smart enough to talk with my elders about their lives, growing up. I really missed a good learning opportunity.

We are so lucky in this day in age with the medicines we have Donnie. Although I truly believe there are plants around that can cure anything that nature provides if we just knew how to use them all. Have a wonderful day Donnie 🙏🙏

I enjoy your videos immensely! I would like to see ine about family life and school life on these "chear" mountains. It makes me sad to thunk about the toughness of 4he lives they lead trying to raise and provide for their children. These people were very much in need but had to learn about going to bed hungry every night abd not being able to sleep due to the pains. It breaks my heart whenever I see ir here of these precious souls.

I thank you Mr Donnie for doing what you do. We need more of that.

Your voice is so calm and comforting

That moon shine might have been good medicine for some people but it all ways made me dizzy. Thanks for another great video.

Another great story. So many of us take things for granted. It is great that there were some doctors who had the compassion to practice in the remoted areas. People today do not realize what the average life span of people used to be and the mortality rate of children just a few generations behind us. Had a lot of friends who were avid "sing" hunters

Thanks Donny enjoyed the story, I remember as a young un having to take castor oil or black draught.

Great video , our Ancestors had a tough life, whether they were coal miners or farmers or just trying to live. I don't think a grandfather or Grandmother on both sides of my family didn't have at least one child die. More so on my Dad's side in Appalachia. Thank you for covering this, most people don't realize how long it was before doctors and nurses started coming into the mountains to treat people and bring the new medicines to help.

Thank you for the stories.

Donnie thank you for your stories my grandma raised 14 kids after grandpa died she was a strong person but it finally took her from us all ancestors work so hard back them people now don’t know how easy life is now they need to look back then they wouldn’t make it God bless you and please keep the stories coming 🙏🙏🙏

This will be one of my favorite channels as Jared's is. Love a good tale and history stories. 👻☠👻

It is so sad that so many people are forgotten. But as you said, the Good Lord knows every one. We aren't thankful enough for all the blessings we enjoy now. Thank you for this video. Hopefully it will help us remember how blessed we are. God bless.

Thank you, Mr. Donnie.. great video.

Wonderful presentation Donnie! Hey Donnie have you ever had Ginseng tea? You scrape a bit of the root into small shreds and place it in the bottom of a tea cup and pour hot water on it. Let it sit for a minute or two then enjoy! Ginseng is a wonderful tonic for the lungs and a mood lifter. It is a wonderful herb! I now have a little Tennessee woods in my backyard and I look all the time for the Ginseng to pop its little leaves up! Speaking of plants, I have so many little plants popping up on the property and I don't know what they are yet. Maybe some are medicinal. It is so cool living here. I love it.

Thank You Sir. I truly enjoy listening to your stories. God bless you.

See you on the next one Donnie sir. Be safe and GOD BLESS y’all Amen 🙏

All the diseases the people had to endure..very sad. Thanks for video.

Thank you Donnie. Its important to remember that mountain history.

I have Great Respect for Nostalgic, History Buffs; Such as the Content Creator of this Fascinating Channel. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ He has a Gift from God. As His Words, Instantly Enthrall His Eager Audience. I & Many Other People Enjoy The Awesome Gift the Narrator, Whose Words Make a Lasting Impression. Carrying One Back to a Simpler Time.

Hi Donnie, this is a good video on Appalachian illnesses and medical practices. While doing genealogy research. I found a Dr. Moses Clemons in Jackson, Kentucky. His mother was a Cherokee Indian medicine woman. She taught Moses about Cherokee medicine starting at age 11. When he grew up he started a medical practice in Jackson. He was unlicensed, but practiced Cherokee medicine. This was in the early to mid 1800's.

Thank you so much Mr. Donnie Laws. Appreciate every morsel of history and information you share. So important not to forget where we come from. So many lessons to learn. Please know you are much appreciated.

Thank you for telling these stories. Your voice is very calming during a busy work day.

Another good history lesson. Thanks for keeping the history alive, Donnie. A lot of those old natural medicines work better than some of pharmaceuticals available today. Back in about 2010 or 11, I had pneumonia. The medicine that the doctor gave me wasn't doing much for it, but when my sister gave me some kind of herbal stuff, I finally started getting better.

Thank you for taking the time to do these videos. We love them. God Bless you and your family

you know..these little videos are just so wonderful.. just so well done and heartfelt..

Great video. I know all about these mountain grave yards. Brings me back.

Thank you for your stories of Appalachia. My dad's side of the family came from the Ozarks. The only difference is the locality. Tough times and tough people.

There was a Tv series called Christy, that tells the story of the Scotts in the hills of Kentucky. I loved it and learned so much it is as your story of the hardships of the mountain people.

Thanks for sharing God bless.

They had it hard back in the day. I hate to think about what would happen if we had to go back to those times. The grave yards would be running over. Like you said, people don’t know how to live off the land.

Excellent as always Donnie

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Hey Donnie 👋, I’m watching videos of yours I haven’t seen before and waiting for you to get out of the hospital and come home! Love you Donnie ❤

i could listen to him talk for hours!❤

Thank you Mr. Laws. Always enjoy !

These people sure did have it rough. Seems if I would have lived back then I would have tears shedding constantly. Losing children how could they go on? Mr. Donnie sending you prayers for a quick recovery.

They come through the North same thing people sometimes try to get stones from these graves and more than many a times I have been fortunate enough to find folks doing this and I just say you don’t want to be removing them stones they’re graves they’ve been blessed and I sure hope you pray real hard for first my dogs here will be following you and never mind the disturbance of the folks trying to be continuing to be at rest. Mind w you these days it’s harder to get about but word travels fast and so do the dogs. So many of us have taught our families and well some folks run but the grandkids and family dogs surely have kept them the done their best sometimes even bringing the rocks back and giving it a blessing for those to continue resting on in peace. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻💫

I always love the history you bring about my homeland (appalachia), and I think it's great you have a reverence for the native who lived here before. Love everything you post. Keep them coming.

Donnie...before you had ended Ur precious video....U had said...AT LEAST OUR LORD KNOWS WHO THESE FOLKS WERE../.ARE. Ya Know, Brother...I SAID THE EXACT SAME THING. These VERY OLD FORGOTTEN Sacred Grounds.....I feel are SO bittersweet. What a relief- knowing our God holds it ALL in the palm of His mighty hand. Thank You again, my Friend. . terrie from w. Pa

Yes sir that is correct. The father knows every hair on your head every hair on my head. Because he created us that is a beautiful understanding. If you know what that means. Awesome video Donnie God bless you sir.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

We knew where the ginseng and sassafras was we would go out and get it for my mom we also knew what plants to get when needed I learned from a very early childhood what everyone looked like grew up in wva miss my parents and aunts and uncles and especially my grandparents thank you for posting brings back alot of memories

I ❤ your videos. ole. Dog Bone Crazy an ole bama boy who loves Tennessee and the mountains that runs from 1to the other of our beautiful states 😊

Catching up on some of your old videos. It's good to see you up and about now, Donnie.

Thank you so much for posting, Mr Donnie.❤ I always look forward to your videos.😘💋😍🫂❤️