Donnie, I’m a 31 year old Millennial and I adore your videos. You’ve become like a grandparent to me watching all your stories and history here on KZfaq. Everyday on my lunch break at work I sit down with my lunch pop in my headphones and disappear into a time from long ago. I sometimes wish so badly I could turn back the clock and live in the mountains with all that rich history and story telling. For the younger generation I am apart of, there’s a lot of us out here who are so tired of modern living because something is missing. Life my have been harder in the old mountains but it was simple, you loved one another, and there was Faith in the community. I hope you continue to make these videos for as long as you can. I’m highly blessed to watch your videos every day. Take care.

I cherish my 95 year old grandmother and she’s still kick-in’ it. Her and my Pappy taught me canning and gardenin’. They talked about the ol’ timers all the time. Childhood memories were wonderful!

Appalachian country folks are some of the smartest, intelligent, wise and prudent people in the world. I'm richer because of my people there!!! Proud of my roots. Well done brother Donny! ❤ Also more resourceful and determined!

When my grandma lost all her savings she had with her bank in Virginia she never trusted them again. When she passed.. God rest her beautiful soul… we found cash stashed in over 20 locations around her property. Thank you for your wonderful videos.

I’m 66 and disabled, I’m from Bell County Ky. I can remember sitting on the porch with my papaw listening to the old cereal westerns on his old radio. We all lived in an old coal camp after the mines were all played out. The older I get the more I miss those old times. They may have been harder, but they were a lot sweeter.

People really don't realize how tough things were in the early days of the 1900s. My mom told me that many times, her family would have gone hungry if it hadn't been for fish in the creeks. There simply wasn't anything else. Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Donnie.❤️

I try when I see them to learn as much as I can from them. They love to talk about the past! Miss my Nanny Cobble, great grandmother, greatest cook ever! Miss them biscuits!!

What a great video Donnie!! I'm 76 and I never realized how tough our grandparents had it. I just remember the 50s and we didn't have it so bad. It's good for people to learn about the past. It hopefully makes them appreciate their lives, and parents more!

Some of the best lessons in life I learned from my grandparents. We were raised on a Centennial Farm (Est. 1894). As I look at life now, it scares me more than I can say. Life wasn't always a walk in the park, but we learned early that taking care of the family was the most important thing - no matter what may lie ahead, we would always have each other. Thank you for another glimpse of the past - and I hope that we never let the history of our past fade away into the night. We need to keep this candle lit for the generations to come. 💖💖💖

I miss my grandparents. My grandma was born in 1909 and lived to 104 and 5 days old. God rest their souls. I love listening to your stories and perspective Mr Donnie. God bless you.

I grew up in Texas with a neighbor lady who was born in 1901. Her stories are very similar to the stories you tell. I learned to cook from her. She had an old wood burning stove and made everything from scratch. Raised their food on their farm. I really loved her and miss sitting on her kitchen porch shelling peas etc.

Yes, I wish I could go back and talk to my grandparents, but by the time I had the insight to ask, they've already been long gone. What a shame.

I really do miss hearing my grandpa telling stories like this. You help fill that void when you share these stories. Thanks

Thank you, Donnie, for a wonderful walk back through history. I really love listening! My mother's side of the family lived just like you did but in southern Tennessee. My father was from American Samoa in the South Pacific. My mother died a year ago. All her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren are taking her ashes back to Hawaii to be buried with my father. Even though my mother was from Arkansas, she lived in Hawaii for over 40 years. Hawaii was her home and where she raised her children.

My folks growd up in the depression,it's been a family tradition in our homes of cooking one pot meals eat for lunch and supper Sundays was big meals fried chicken biscuits gravy mashed taters field peas apple or peach pie that was the all day meal (faith and prayer)☺

Donnie my friend, I can never watch one of your videos and not feel better. For that I'm eternally grateful. We got indoor plumbing about 2 years before I was born. I just called my older brother and confirmed it. We had a phone that was a party line. We kids ran the hills and knew everyone. A lot of the older folks still had outhouses so we used them too. My grandfather had dabbled in moonshine then went to work for the L&N railroad. He retired from there. My great-grandfather on the other side was the blacksmith of the area. I figure you've heard of the Renfro Valley Barn Dance and Jamboree. My grandfather sold that land to John Lair who built it. The surrounding property is still in the family. Thanks again my friend.

It crosses my mind frequently these days, what you said about grandparents. When we're young we don't pay much attention to the stories and wisdom they had of former days and lessons learned. Sure like to hear those stories now though. Thank you, Donnie.

I am old enough to remember wood sheds and out houses and wood stoves. We lived in the Shenandoah Valley about 2 miles from the town of Shenandoah. Also lived in McGageysville. I remember grandaddy would butcher 2 or 3 hogs in the fall and Uncle Raymond would butcher a cow or so so everybody had meat for the winter. We always had canned vegetables and fruit from the garden. We ate good. But the thing I remember most about fall butchering is the outdoor fire pit after slaughtering the hogs and granny would render lard and make chittlins in a big old cast iron pot. Nothing like em. We didn't have much money, but we were rich in a lot of ways. A lot better off then than we are now. God bless you for keeping our history going.

Donnie, I so greatly appreciate your videos, and most of all your historical storytelling. My 5x great grandpa is Daniel Boone. My mama's people came from Appalachia in Tennessee and North Carolina. My mama was born in Lynch, Kentucky in 1923 when her daddy (O.L. McIntosh) was a machinist for the US Steel coal mine there. Everything in my bones longs to be closer to those mountains -- some say it is the magnetic frequencies and the serpentine in those beautiful mountains. My Granny Grace taught me canning, cross stitch embroidery, sewing, cooking fatback and cornbread. She had her own braided rugs she had made from old suits and clothes. I have my great-grandma's double wedding ring quilt. I learned some gardening from Grandpa Mac, he built a barn on his Somerset, Kentucky property and even in the early 1970's had a side of salt pork hanging in the barn. Something about my heritage makes these hills and the old roads so precious to me. I suspect that my great Grandma McIntosh was part Cherokee too - jet black hair and those beautiful high Cherokee cheekbones -- my Grandpa Mac looked like a Cherokee warrior. Thank you for showing Highway 25E in your other videos -- my mama told stories of riding over the gap to visit my grandpa's brother, Uncle Bern in Burnsville, NC. This was how my Aunt Virginia died from pneumonia having traveled in the unheated 1920's car on a visit to Uncle Bern, such a long trip from Lynch, Kentucky. My middle name was from Virginia, my mama's precious little 8-yr old sister. Penicillin came out only a few years later. When I visited my grandparents at their Somerset home, I was always shocked and a little bored on the first day or so. Then, I started helping Granny Grace or Grandpa, started reading old Readers' Digest magazines and rocking in the rocking chair, and played with my cousins (all imaginary/pretend games) outside or in the cool basement. I would love to meet you Donnie -- you sound like home to my ear! God bless you and thank you again, sir!

I was raised by two of the greatest generation. My pawpaw was in the (3CCC)THE CCC'S HE WENT IN THE ARMY AND SERVED THROUGH WAR WAR ll..They were born in 1921 and 1924 .They were in there middle 50's when they got me at 3yrs old and raised me in all they knowed.Most people my age can't resonate with them. They instilled there wisdom and hard work ,canning, planting a garden and harvesting. They built there houses from the ground up.Most people have know idea ..the taught me how to hunt and fish.we worked before the sun com up and didn't come home until the sun went down .I miss them so much. What I would give to spend one more day with them. Thank you so very much.

Donnie, even the sound of your voice with your deep southern country boy accent makes me feel comfortable and nostalgic. I'm 61 years old and I remember everything that you speak about just like you say how you remember the things of our youth's in Appalachia, Southeastern USA, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia areas. Love your channel Donnie, may God bless you and your family 👪 ❤

Brother Donnie you are so so correct about these things. I had a neighbor the other day call me complaining and worried about where our world is heading. I told him he is only worried because his conveniences and entertainment may be cut to a bare minimum. He is in his late 40's early 50's so I told him to asks his mama & daddy what hard times were like during his granpa's days.People today is beyond spoiled , they seem to feel they are owed an easy life by society. The Lord needs to come back and claim his world back, all of us are just here for rent, it'll soon end, if not soon maybe even this year.

I'm 57 and I grew up with 2 wood stoves in my house. We had electric but we had to cook on the kitchen wood stove and we had a electric hot plate for the summer. We had a toilet hooked up no shower no running water in the kitchen as well. I was 16 before I had a reg stive to cook on. I always say my generation really isn't my generation. I'm from way back really. I appreciate everything ! I am greatful for that.bibwasndirt poor and filthy lol not now tho. Btw our kitchen wood stove looked like the one in this video. Ours was a light blue color

Please never quit telling the tales of Appalachian Mountain Folks. I wish more people alive today were like the old school Appalachian folks. I am only 20 years ago but I got nothing but respect for my elders

To all the greatest generation who did their best to do for themselves and their families, may you rest in peace, you are not forgotten. And for the brave Men and Women who fought for our country in foreign wars, I salute you!

Watching this makes me thankful for what I got! They had one bad problem after another! But, they never gave up. They were truly the greatest generation!

In the early 1970s I`d listen to AM radio in my mom`s car all night in Summer in rural Louisiana because it was my only connection with what was going on across America in distant cities. It was like internet to me and the only way to get local news stories that weren`t on the 3 channels on TV. There was no other way to do it. AM radio is still very important for that reason. I`m 35 miles west of Natchez, Mississippi in east central Louisiana but I can listen to Dallas, Tx 820 WBAP AM 300 MILES AWAY during the day with my CCrane EP PRO or using a homemade antenna (see below). AM radio is VERY important for news after hurricanes when nothing else works for this reason. Few know though. Strange! I used to carry an AM radio on camping and especially fishing trips in Summer because if you left it on you could hear the lightning static of approaching storms long before you started hearing thunder even if you couldn`t pick up a station to get weather reports. I eventually learned to build long-range AM radio antennas to be able to hear more stations during the day. In the 1990s when I lived on the Sabine River I strung out 300-400 feet of wire over the tall bushes and lower tree limbs going north and about another 300-400 feet going south, then made a 100 turn coil of 24 AWG enamel coated magnet wire on a paper towel tube. I connected each end of this coil to one of the wires. When I placed this near my portable AM radio during the day I could hear over 50 stations instead of only 2 or 3. I could hear Houston, Dallas, New Orleans, Memphis and even Oklahoma City at noon in Louisiana.

The overlooked generation in between, the greatest and the boomers was the small group of the war babies, the babies that were raised by extended families because the men and older brothers and cousins were off to war. Shortages of everything, much bartering for what was needed, if you could find it. An even smaller group of these war babies were those that were overseas with parents involved in the military occupational forces in bombed out countries in both Europe and the orient. Walk a mile in anothers shoes to appreciate the history of civilization. We got this, folks, bring it!!!

I miss my grandparents and father so much. I learned so much from them and my mother, but there was so much more that they knew that didn't get passed on. And like you said, there's so many questions I didn't even know enough to ask until they were gone. God bless you, Brother Donnie, for making these videos and trying to keep as much of the old ways alive. Like it or not, we're gonna need to know those old skills again.

Donnie your thanking us for watching, and I thank for putting these stories on video. Brings back memories from my Grandparents stories. You have stories and material to make a Documentary or great book. Have a blessed day.

Hard life but they were hardy people, thanks for telling their story

If I was telling that story we'd sound like we lived the same and have the same memories. Boy I sure do miss my family. I wouldn't trade those memories for anything. People think they have it hard nowadays..they live like royalty in comparison and just like celebrities they're a victim and whine over the least little thing. I really appreciate that video Donnie..it touches my heart strings. Thank you 😊

Hello Mr. Donnie,look forward to your videos

What is the MOST REDICULIOUS is when The working man was having it Rough the WORTHLESS EXCUSES FOR HUMANS in Washington DC was still sucking up their Tax Money that they DID NOT DESERVE!!!!!

Love these as I live here in Gatlinburg TN Smoky Mountains Park 🏞️ ..Great job

Well done Donnie, yet another fascinating look back into the past "real lives"of the Appalachian people 🤝 one of my favourite films is " The Grapes of Wrath" which gave a true portrayed of everything that you just presented. However knowing that it is your own 'Neck of the woods' history and that your Grandparents and extended family lived through it all, just makes it that much more interesting. thank You and God Bless you 🙏🏻

I am proud to be a hillbilly straight out of the Appalachian Mountains my Daddy came from a family of 19 children and Mama came from a family of 14 and there were 7 of us. Lord how my heart longs for the days of being with my Granny and Paw or my Mamaw ad Pa Paw

🇺🇸💯 Yes Sir! We Appalachian Folks are a unique Breed of People💯🇺🇸

Howdy Donnie- I’ve listened to lots of stories from my parents about those times. My Daddy would have been 98 years old today. He was of the Greatest Generation. Thank you sharing this. I’m guessing you and I are about the same age and we’re blessed to have been raised by these hard working people. Take care and God’s blessings to y’all

Yes I do agree they were the greatest generation. The soldiers in WW1, WW2, Korean, etc are why we had a chance of being what we are today

Thank you Donnie this gives me hope as a young American that we can get through hard times when it comes with God's help the land and helping our fellow citizens and man kind.

We need to pass on their stories to the younger generations and explain to them how important it is to keep the memories of these people alive. Appalachia is the most beautiful place in the world we must cherish it and protect it at all costs ✝️🇺🇸 God bless

I feel the same way about all my grandparents, especially my paternal "Nanny". She was devout, always had a cheerful but no-nonsense attitude, always busy with housework, cooking, gardening, sewing, knitting and canning. I stayed over her house for almost a month to recover from a hospitalization when I was nine. I enjoyed learning "hands-on" what she taught me about gardening, embroidery and kindness to animals. She had three little dogs, an aging cat, and a zebra finch, and I helped her take care of them. She enrolled me as a member of her favorite charity, "Friends of Animals". I loved listening to Nanny tell stories while we sat on her porch eating ice cream in the summer evenings. She passed away when I was 20. Here I am, 67 years old, and I still miss her!

My grandfather carried one of those old tool boxes, open style rectangular with just a carry handle. Didn't hold a lot of tools, but he could fix anything with them. He lived until he was 98, and he did the crossword and the word jumble in the newspaper everyday until he passed. My grandmother cooked from scratch and she canned everything. She was a fantastic cook! My great aunt (grandfather's sister) lived until she was 99 and made the best homemade apple sauce. She was born in 1904. My great uncle was born in 1903, was German and had a sharpening shop. He taught me how to sharpen anything by hand. He and my great aunt had travelled to every state (except Hawaii) and every Canadian province together BY CAR by the time I was born in 1968. They were married over 69 years when he passed. All of them were very loving and the wisest people I have ever known. I miss them every day. I would give ten years of my life for just ten more minutes with them.

My grandfather was born less than a year from when “Devil” Anse Hatfield passed away on January1, 1922. He easily could have known people directly involved in the feud. He is over 100, still driving and has gotten to hold my grandchild! He was in the war. He also never had electricity until he got home from the war. It’s amazing how connected we are to the in the past if we are willing to do there research like you have.

I'm so proud of my Appalachian heritage and blood line. Thanks so much for your videos.

Asked grand dad one day how his family survived the depression,he replied they were so poor they couldn't tell a difference.self reliance saved them

As always I enjoy watching your videos about the history. I wish there were something like the CCC that the younger people could be a part of today. Maybe they’d learn something

Such a sweet video and archival photos Donnie......Love that 1950 Ford in there as well.... . they are the greatest generation...they endured so much..and could make just about anything from nothing...we were blessed to have the time we did with them....the hunting and fishing ....the holidays and gatherings....and listening to their stories ...they taught and showed us how to live....I miss them so...... God Bless you and yours Brother , and Thank you for the video.

I said something to my mother about it being hard during the depression. She said, "Really wasn't hard on us kids. It was tough on our parents. They were the ones that really had to scratch and feed us and get us what we really needed it." My father's parents were in Oklahoma and right in the heart of the dust bowl. Lost a farm and a general store. Moved to New Mexico and became sharecroppers. Did well later in life.

I love videos like this. My grandpa Weaver and Grandpa Cole both from Blue Ridge Georgia. They told me so many stories and I also grew up like this. I chopped wood,worked in the garden. My family had pigs,chickens, cows and we grew up living hard. I had 6 brothers and I was the only girl.

Hello Sir,, another awesome video,,I love your storyline ❤️ Wow I just realized, my grandfather " whom I love dearly" was only 21 yrs old ,when the stock market crashed,,and only 27,,when my mother was born,,wow!! God Rest Their Souls!! Thx 4 another awesome video,,you're amazing & have taught me so much,,I've always been intrigued by The Appalachian ppl,,idk why bc I'm of American Indian & Pennsylvania Dutch decent ,, w hich is a lil unusual ,,so I'm told,,but it just goes to show how ppl got together,even back then,,lol ❤️ have a blessed day

Donnie, I remember asking my grandmother about the Depression in 9th grade US history. She said " We were tobacco farmers who raised our own food. We really didn't notice much difference." I never forgot that. She lived to be 102 before passing in 2017. Love your videos!

This is such a great history video of what it was truly like back in those days. So many could learn what families did before electric, indoor plumbing, no cars, etc. Donnie thank you so very much for all the work you do GOD BLESS YOU

I was blessed to be raised by my Grandmother and there isn't a day that goes by I don't think of something she taught me. As a kid you don't understand how much you can learn from these wonderful people and how special they are. When you start getting older you start realizing how much they meant to you and how much you miss them.. Thank you for this wonderful video Mr. Laws. God bless you.

Donnie, I'm 51 now and was so blessed to hear stories like this from my granny. I use to help her in the garden and we were the early risers of a big family in the same house. Our joy was to get up go to the garden and return with fresh picked veggies and then grab the leftover biscuits from the nite before! Other than the many fishing trips with paw paw, that was some of the most that I ever felt loved.. and ps. Granny told the best story's about her life. I would catch myself not eating just hanging to her every word! Your videos take me back to a better time! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

All the things you talked about on this program I remember my Dad and Mom telling me the same thing! I miss my parents and my older relatives so much, just listening to their stories about their lives! My Dad was in the CCC and had to send money home! He learned welding on the weekend while he was there by a old welder ! He talked about all the things he did and learned at CCC ! Later on He served in the Army in Europe during some of the worst battles! These definitely were tough people to survive the depression and to fight a world war! I miss those people 😢

Some absolutely beautiful old photographs of resilience, the people and the places that poignantly tell the stories and makes you wonder about the faces and what their lives were like

I feel lazy now 😃! Amazing people! Thank you for sharing this, Donnie! God bless! ❤

Oh how this brought back memories!!! My family on my dad's side lived in the mountains if Tennessee. My great grandma Rachel lived in a 3 room little shanty with an old wood cook stove for heat and cooking. She cut her own firewood up til she left this earth at 90 yo. My grandmaw Mel could plant a dead stick and the thing would sprout. She had a green thumb and could cook and make biscuits like nobody else. She and my great grandma made quilts and crocheted and made so many wonderful things. They were what I called tough mountain women. I sure wish I could sit down with them now and learn from them.

Wonderful video. You took me back. Me and my husband heat with wood and coal. We started teaching our kids to hunt and weapons at the age of 3. Now they are grown and they know how to garden, cann, hunt, etc. most of all, Jesus. I did everything I could to prepare them for life, death, and the here after. This young generation better take notice. I sure miss my Granny.

This will be your best one just stared watching if you start telling todays younger people a lot of them will tell you to be quiet

I always appreciated the older generations they taught us a lot my grandparents and my parents are all gone now younger generations need to appreciate their grandparents and parents while they still can

Floyd, VA. All my people were from there. Thank you for the tribute. I can still see the apple tree out the kitchen window while Grammy made me biscuits and red-eye gravy for breakfast. Up the road our neighbor had horses and big bold red fields of poppies bright against the green along those curvy lonesome roads. A great generation all of them.

Hi Donnie - I agree with you - great generations for sure! The stories my grandparents and mom and dad told me. I wish I had paid more attention when they were alive. Being a normal kid unfortunately I didn’t until I got older but I do remember some of them. I used to kid my dad about straightening out bent nails, saving old screws, and saving any old wood no matter how small it was. He would cut leather dog leashes if they broke, save the pieces, and make new ones. He would say “if you lived through the depression like I did you wouldn’t just toss good things out. I remember when there was no new ones to buy and if there was we couldn’t afford to buy them.” I also remember my mom sweating and canning all Summer and Fall for food for the winter. She would patch our clothes - my dad’s hunting clothes and rubber boots were more patches than original fabric. All these were due to the depression and the fear of not having things at our finger tips like we do today. Thanks for the great video and the memories.

Love these videos! ❤️👍🏻

What a wonderful video Donnie, it brought back so many memories, I grew up in a family of 10. Dad worked in the mines and was paid $ 1.00 a day

What a wonderful video! Thank you. I like to hear about back in the day stories. There is nothing like them.

Oh how I love your videos, keeping history alive in this throw away society. I hear friends of my grandchildren, teens saying that they’re worth more than $15 an hour. They have no clue what hard work is and that it was done because that’s what family and neighbors did because it was the right thing to do

Good Afternoon Mr Donnie!😊❤️

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO. I BROUGHT BACK MY CHILDHOOD. I WAS BORNE IN 1950. I CAN REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHERs BIG STOVE IN THE KITCHEN, HER MAKING SOAP IN THE BASEMENT WASHING CLOTHES BY HAND. MY GRAND PA MAKING MOONSHINE IN THE BASEMENT...I DIDNT KNOW WHAT IT WAS BACK THEN. I KNOW WHEN THE KILLED A CHICKEN AND PLUCKED IT, I HATED THE SMRLL OF THOSE WET FEATHERS, BUT WE HAD BIG FEATHER TICKS ON OUR BEDS TO KEEP US WARM . I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, I LIVE IN N. E. OHIO, WE HAVE HILLS, FARM LAND, LOTS OF WOODS. WHEN I WATCH YOUR VIDEOS FROM LONG AGO, IT WARMS MY HEART THINKING ABOUT HOW NICE IT WAS TO GROW UP IN A SMALL TOWN, CLOSE TO MY GRAND PARENTS, COUSINS AUNTS AND UNCLES. GOD BLESS YOU FOR MAKING MY DAY.

Thank you for sharing your stories. My auntie lived to be 102 and had a sound mind, shared so much knowledge. I remember visiting my grandparents in Arkansas on the farm, memories come flooding back, wood stove, tobacco hanging in the barn, cotton picking, butchering and canning, quilting, bucket dropping down in the well, out house, bathing in a horse trof outside with sheet hung between the trees, washing clothes with an old wringer washer, getting fingers pinched , making butter and ice cream, kinfolk coming over on sundays to share a meal, so many memories...

Thank you Sir 😊👋 .. we have become soft 😊

Your an old soul Donnie...God bless.

Another great one Mr. Donnie! Watching your video reminds me a lot of my childhood, and we may have to go back to some of that, country people can survive..

I love these true stories. I miss my grandparents and parents, all the older folks who've passed on. My daughters and the younger folks have no idea what they've missed.

God bless you Donnie Laws for bringing us 2nd best of U tube. Gods 1st. See u next time.🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

Thanks Donnie, this brought back alot of memories❤️ My grandpa used mules to pull a plow, then his son got a tractor then last year uncle’s son got a tractor with an enclosed, air conditioned driver’s cabin that will be passed down to his son & grandson still workin’ the same farm. I’m 72 yrs old & live n a city now, u should see my neighbor’s faces when I tell about squirrel pot pie!

Great video Donnie! The youth of today do not have a clue. The knowledge that has been lost over the years. Thank you for sharing this...

I wish I could of grew up back when times was hard but on the same token much easier. And especially in beautiful Tennessee! How times have changed.

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Another great video, Donnie. Life was harder back then, but it wasn't nearly as complicated either. Folks knew they didn't need as many "toys" to be happy.

My grandpa worked for the CCC Camps. I remember a few of the stories he used to tell. He wanted to go back & revisit before he passed away. I (think,I was very young) it was 1982 we finally took a trip around there. My great,great grandma taught her daughter & all grandaughters how to quilt. I stll have all the quilts my mamaw made me & my kids. Wouldnt trade them for anything. I was the tomboy in my family and i wanted to do all the 'cool' stuff. Feed the cows,weed the garden,feed tha chickens,.... My dad would bail hay in summer for all the uncles & cousins. After all the cutting it down.... Let it dry... THEN the fun begins!! Picking up ALL the hay bails & load them on the truck/tractor.... THEN... Go back to barn & unload ALL the hay!! 😅 I really do miss those times. Thanks again for the WONDERFUL video. Ive gotten behind last few months..... But im catching up. 🙏💜

What he says about learning from the old people is true. I could've learned so much from my grandmother if I had grown my teen years around her. I miss her so much.

Another good video sir. Thankyou.

another great video. i'm surprised you didn't mention share cropping. i'm gen x and my mom and her family lived and worked on other peoples land since they didn't have their own. even the youngest would help pick cotton. during the depression it was common for a stranger to come across them picking and just start picking too in exchange for a meal then go on his way.

I loved my Grandfather on my Dad's side and when I had a NDE he was waiting for me with open arms at the end of that long black tunnel. Thing is the good Lord gave me the choice to go back and so I did. Until then Grandpa I hope your still waiting.❤🙏🏼

You are a great story teller and I love your videos! Im 56 and had family in NC many years ago. We live in Florida now but I remember some of the things you talk about. My granny lived to 105, God rest her soul, she has been gone 6yrs. But she planted and worked her garden at 92. She was a midwife in her early years and believed in natural plant remedies, she still practiced the Appalachian traditions/indian until she was able. I carry on her remedies any time I can. God Bless

I'd love to get my hands on some old feed sacks or floursacks,,I like to sew & I'd love to make me some kitchen curtains out of burlap or something similar 🤔 my mother told me she use to wear pinafore dresses made from floursacks,,I've been intrigued ever since,,this is 1 of my favorite videos,,sry I commented twice,,I got excited lol

Logging killed. My granddad when my dad was 14. They had cut a poplar tree the day before and the men got a cross cut saw hung in the tree trunk he was trying to help them get it unhung a limb fell from another tree hit him behind the ear he died right there in my dad's arms.that was in graceville Florida about 1924.

I'm a baby boomer too Donnie. My parents and grand parents were part of the greatest generation and I remember them talking about much of what you have mentioned in this video.

Toughest people ever lots of heart never give up godly people made out with what they had unlike most people today😢

People today couldn't survive the old ways .

In 2008 i saw a Lunar rainbow in the fog about 4:30 a.m.

Thank you Donnie for the memories! I was raised exactly as you described.. Born in 1958 ..And lived in the West Virginia mountains.. I wouldn't change a thing! Thanks again Sir for the pure and very real way it was.. God Bless Brotherman

Absolutely wonderful video. I am impressed with the number of Millennials who have written favorable comments on this video, it is encouraging to know that their generation values the hard work and sacrifices of our parents grandparents and beyond. Our history is important and must be remembered. My father in law loved to share his experiences of working in the CCC. I value so much of the stories he shared about the camp life and sending money home to the family. Even in all of that he managed to save back enough to by himself a .22 cal rifle to shoot jack rabbits and when he came home he was even able to buy a Model T. He was stationed at Delta Utah, half way across the country from his home town He was young and his older brothers picked at him saying he would not stay away from home, so it was his request to be shipped out west so he would not try to run away and come back home, he was very proud of his service in the CCC. He even had an adopted brother who came into his family because the boys parents were not able to take care of him due to the depressionYou are doing a great job in helping us keep these great memories alive. Keep Up the great work.

Remember battery operation radios remember kerosene lamps remember outside toilet oh lived it all

Party lines on gheir phones .

Another great slice of history. Thank you so much for taking me along Donnie. I just love your stories.

I loved listing to my elders they had a lot of wisdom & Great story’s I really miss my elder they have all passed on just one left he’s 90 now thanks for the good story’s . I think they should make a new holiday and call it Remembrance Day ❤