Hillsville, Virginia: Site of a Courthouse Massacre and Home of the Hillsville Flea Market

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Hillsville, Virginia: Site of a Courthouse Massacre and Home of the Hillsville Flea Market
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@jamescarter421 2 жыл бұрын

I really like this kind of video. Small towns and their history. You don't see that much these days. Great job.

@carolyns5596 2 жыл бұрын

My family and hubby's are from this area, me from Galax and he from Hillsville. Beautiful, beautiful country!

@carolyns5596 2 жыл бұрын

Saw 3 of my gg-grandpas photos on the wall! Fantastic! Webb, Burcham, Smith.

@mikestacy3224 2 жыл бұрын

Just missed y'all! My wife and I were staying on Orchard Gap and visited Meadows of Dan, VA, Mount Airy, NC, and Hillsville. The Hillmont Mercantile was quaint and I sat in a rocking chair waitin' for the wife who was in an antique store...with her new cowgirl hat that looks just like the one you said Melody took from ya🤠

@michaelbowers3946 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos. Small Towns are what make America!!

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Michael

@samcook1545 2 жыл бұрын

Good one! A lot of hidden germs in Hillsville.

@gregorygardner9780 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the video glad you two stopped by our little town. This event is still talked about to this day here.

@YouSUBSCRIBE739 Жыл бұрын

OMG😱😱😱😱 the house at the end is ABSOLUTELYYYYYYYY GORGEOUS!!!!💗💗💗💗💗💗 I'd luv to see what the inside Luks like ....TYSVM for the ride along Shane & melody🤗

@pvjohnson52 2 жыл бұрын

This was an amazing video and a lot of history. Thanks so much folks.

@mikestacy3224 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, hey Melody and Shane....next time y'all in Hillsville, stop at The Mason Jar bar & grill off US 221 in Hickory Ridge plaza! Wife and I ate there. Great food and very affordable👍

@ohioalphornmusicalsawman2474 2 жыл бұрын

My wife and I visited this area in September☺Beautiful scenery

@ricksouthdakota2315 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome story of a historical time from the past for a community…

@b.mcdaniel 2 жыл бұрын

I read about that shootout in a book by kephart that I recently read. I’m from central Shenandoah valley so I’m not far away

@benlaw4647 2 жыл бұрын

Love hillsville, and Carroll county va. very beautiful area...

@teresadalton741 2 жыл бұрын

It's been a while since I've been to the Hillsville Flea Market, but I hope to get to go next year. We always enjoyed parking in someone's yard and staying overnight in our vehicle so we could get up bright and early to shop shop shop. Hillsville is such a neat town; I would love to go there sometime and spend a day or two just enjoying the beauty. Thanks for bringing back some memories of my many trips there and rekindling my interest in returning!

@ritchiehorton4157 2 жыл бұрын

Born and raised in Hillsville. My parents lived pretty much in the middle of the flea market.

@danielcoleman4807 2 жыл бұрын

Shane and Melody, you two are such a good couple. Remind me of my wife and I back in the 1980s. I like your videos.I am Appalachian born, Appalachian bred, when done I'll be Appalachian dead.

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome

@johnnielson7676 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another great episode. Wish I could grow a moustache like Floyd’s!

@alexhenderson8356 2 жыл бұрын

Great channel! Keep going. I get to see Virginia without spending money on gas. I'm from Long Island. I never get to travel, but I love this area. You guys do a great presentation. I take my vacation on the cheap with your channel. Very nice. I'm a fan.

@teddyallen9172 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the story. I am an Allen so it touches home

@danielarmstrong9219 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@kentuckyhi 2 ай бұрын

I enjoy your videos. Like your personalities and input

@sherriebartku3248 Жыл бұрын

We just found your channel and are enjoying it. We have a cabin just down the road near Fancy Gap, so had to watch this one and the Galax ones first. We love the area and usually catch one or both flea markets and go to the Rex and downtown Galax. Its interesting to learn about other towns and places that are within a days drive.

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

thank you so much, Sherrie, we appreciate you

@audramatney1148 2 жыл бұрын

Great video thanks so much

@danalynch8889 2 жыл бұрын

This video was absolutely wonderful and really enjoyed it. I liked that it was 44 minutes long.

@glennaphillips3779 Жыл бұрын

Hillsville is my hometown. I loved watching your video.

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Glenna

@bigcountry968 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy all of y’all’s video’s. Thanks for sharing your journey.

@annakey6974 2 жыл бұрын

We always enjoy your video’s, this one was great as usual! Come see us again sometime, your always welcome. We’ll go out to eat the next time.

@blown572hemi Жыл бұрын

Miss 221 and working in Mt Airy in textiles. Back when papa was running shine and working at Radford arsenal, Franklin Co wasn't the shine capital. My clan married into the Allen clan or vice versa. I still have the original book (if you wanna call it that) about the courthouse shootout. Miss the yearly bluegrass festival too at the vfw were the flea market is held every year

@melodydavis 2 жыл бұрын

Shame y'all weren't in town last weekend. Free tours of the inside of the Allen house!!

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

Ugh, wish we’d have known, would love to see inside it

@allenbuck5589 2 жыл бұрын

Hell as a young Marine swooping home to Ohio. On weekends from camp lejune n c. I would stop in hills ville to buy gas. 29cents a gal. In 1973. I was driving my 1969 mustang just as fast as I could. To get home. Stopped one day for a hair cut. Old barber shop. Had a pic about the killings. And I was told the story.

@pennyfine976 2 жыл бұрын

i agree with the name of hillsville

@knry9125 2 жыл бұрын

Heels veal is larger but sort of reminds me of the Reidsville, NC, or Stokesdale areas.

@debbieepperly3821 2 жыл бұрын

Catching up on y'alls videos! Really enjoyed this! We stopped at B&P Drive-in many times on our way to Winston-Salem. We always went that way to races at Bowman-Gray Stadium. We nicknamed it "the burp & puke"! LOL! Been that route many times. If you'd turned left at Hardee's that's the way we went. I remember my dad telling us about the shooting when I was pretty young. My parents loved to go to the large veggie & fruit place in the big white bldg just past the Allen House. We loved going into Cana too to the old flea market & fruit/veggie stands. Brought back some good memories. Museum was awesome. Hate showing my age but a lot of the household stuff looked familiar! Y'all stay safe & thanks for sharing these memorable places!

@timberwolflumber5296 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video my family is from meadows of dan.

@gordongreen3671 2 жыл бұрын

when I lived in Galax which is in grayson county it was a dry county, no distilled spirits, the closest ABC store was in hilsville, so I mad many trips there, whoops telling too much, LOL

@walterlangston7866 2 жыл бұрын

there is A old 4h camp just out side of hills vill have been there in years

@oldguyBMX 2 жыл бұрын

8th and 16th step! Hmm, kinda weird. Cool history story.

@davidhorne2326 2 жыл бұрын

We live about 15 miles west of Hillsville. The Labor Day flea market is the big draw. B&P has the best burgers!

@thomasdausch8557 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for another wonderful ride along of Hillsville,,i am looking forward to visiting the area soon,,God bless

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much, hope you have a great visit here

@randomvintagefilm273 2 жыл бұрын

You two are too cute together. I feel like I'm sitting on the dash board like a fly on the wall 😊

@toirmetalshaping 2 жыл бұрын

Love that courthouse Monument!! Used to go to the Shoneys in Springfield TN

@bigtarheelfan 2 жыл бұрын

The Sidna Allen house is being renovated and I think just opened to the public labor day weekend. There are several books on the shooting, going to read one of them eventually. I know somebody here in NC that is from the Allen family. After that deal, some of the descendants had to move and change their last name.

@benandcis Жыл бұрын

You guys are too funny

@realappalachia Жыл бұрын

😂😊

@taylorrakes5666 2 ай бұрын

Thats my home town 💝

@rayleeeastlick3989 2 жыл бұрын

Klamath falls Oregon is watching

@HennisGarage82 2 жыл бұрын

Its fun here

@larrycounce4509 2 жыл бұрын

The largest flea market west of the Mississippi is in Denten, Texas. I think ita about 4500 acres, its huge

@larrycounce4509 2 жыл бұрын

Denton

@heathermassie8827 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Bristol. Enjoy watching your videos.

@realappalachia 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Bristol now too. Thanks for watching and commenting

@greg2976 2 жыл бұрын

We say Luoy ville too Melody. For Louisville

@bigcountry968 2 жыл бұрын

Hills-ville pronunciation is correct.

@alvankarpas6245 2 жыл бұрын

Shades of the shootout at the OK Corral! 54 vs 57 shots, Democrats vs Republicans, 3 vs 5 dead. Good job guys. Now my wife "has got to go" to the Hillsville flea market! &$_+%@\\#/*! It's getting to where I can't afford to watch you two! J/K of course. Great job and FWIW, you two are so easy to listen two. Good bless you both...

@benandcis Жыл бұрын

I have my dads tater bug mandolin