Never seen u b4,will watch now.good work.keep it up.blessings.
@sukochilee47704 жыл бұрын
That Jones house property would be a great place to do any archaeological dig.
@pinkythechihuahua31564 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed that. Thank you. Sending a hello from the California desert.
@kateclark72502 жыл бұрын
I'm glad these buildings are being preserved.
@cathycallahan45755 жыл бұрын
Love the old stonework!! GREAT JOB!!
@Anndillard-os9pl Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for the video. He is my ancestor and the first one to come over to America.
@mickeyrob75326 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this. Mouns Jones was my 7th great grandfather. Hoping to make it there for a visit some day.
@sandraplonka52256 жыл бұрын
This is awesome, love seeing history and Pa has that. Every time we would visit turning the summer we would go see something in Pa. keep it up.
@thewanderingwoodsman72276 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@curiousravenchronicles6 жыл бұрын
That one tombstone you found is the oldest documented grave in Berks county. At least that's the info I have.
@thewanderingwoodsman72276 жыл бұрын
I did not know that, thanks for the info
@gordonsenior56703 жыл бұрын
love your historic walks, its great to be able to see places ill never be able to visit, keep up the good work, from Leeds, England.
@jasonsmizer54315 жыл бұрын
Since you like doing videos, in Schuylkill county literally off of the Schuylkill River between Minersville and Cressona there are old OLD stone buildings. I was told they used to make gunpowder there, I have no idea. I always wanted to stop when I see it as I am kayaking but never have yet.
@thewanderingwoodsman72275 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I'll look into this.
@shirleybalinski4535 Жыл бұрын
Love the history!! I live in Upper Michigan. The French had the biggest history here,since late 1500's ( early 1600's). That is until the French & Indian War when Britain finally took over. Most everything was Native long houses,& wooden structures( nothing g left,naturally). The British did finally build their stone fort on Mackinac Island(1783) after the massacre & abandonment of wooden fort on the mainland.
@brandyruffin60864 жыл бұрын
It’s sad how jealous I am of you guys up north with your extra hundred and fifty years older graves and stone houses! I’m on a never ending search here in southeast Mississippi but I’m super excited if I see 1840 on a headstone.
@michaelwalters73334 жыл бұрын
Glenn Mills Schools / Concordville P.A / Thanks for the Videos
@karenpacker88624 жыл бұрын
Awesome explore!
@scrumthebum24516 жыл бұрын
Grew up 1/2 mile from mom jones house. In the 70’s when I was 15 or 16 used to ride our bikes there and smoke cigarettes or whatever 😎
@billiefloyd71066 жыл бұрын
Alot of work went into those stone buildings, back in the 1700's trees were plentiful. I think maybe stone houses were what they had in the old country, and knew how to build them. liked the video.
@thewanderingwoodsman72276 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@shirleybalinski4535 Жыл бұрын
Germans.
@Caddl1236 жыл бұрын
Hi .. Im from Germany.. And that older photo from that house.. Looks ALMOST like here older houses we have mases o them..espeacilly in the villages. It looks for me like the old photo showed a old german housebuilder had his hands (sometimes) on it. The style speaks it for me. I can how some photos if wandering woodsman allows it. At the cemetary the name Klink sounds german..
@thewanderingwoodsman72276 жыл бұрын
I've seen pictures of old german towns and they do look similar.
@Fireinahorn6 жыл бұрын
Much of the population of Berks County is Germans who came here in Colonial times. The "Pennsylvania Dutch"
@tanyaestela4 жыл бұрын
We also have the Hessian camp site on mount penn. www.berkshistory.org/multimedia/articles/hessian/
@shirleybalinski4535 Жыл бұрын
Plenty of Germans in Pennsylvania. They helped settle the state!!
@cutefico75296 жыл бұрын
Live in berks. So cool. Ill have to check that out !
@lisapierce96194 жыл бұрын
I recommend visiting Grimm's Church in Grille, PA to visit very early tombstones,
@sandyhossman77713 жыл бұрын
Love the Berk' s county stone work
@JOEYUNDERGROUND6 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work man
@thewanderingwoodsman72276 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@raypaul55044 жыл бұрын
Is Oley valley in Berks county if so that not the oldest the Yoder house is much
@edithransom94416 жыл бұрын
That had to be a far outpost in 1716.
@lincolnmaniac6 жыл бұрын
there is a old church in amityville too. amity township was founded in 1719. first in berks.
@thewanderingwoodsman72276 жыл бұрын
I'll try to check it out sometime
@maryhinkle78404 жыл бұрын
You should try the Peter Wentz farmstead in Montgomery County
@huns123453 жыл бұрын
What kind of cement they use for the house to last that long,state of the ART
@kimkearney54194 жыл бұрын
The Thomas Massey House is the oldest in PA, built in the 17th century.
@jimsaenger73165 жыл бұрын
Chow-chow based history.
@glennhertel11653 жыл бұрын
For Jones
@user-il1zr5wj1jАй бұрын
With earlier graves in 1700s a lot of stones will be facing east toward the rising sun. Belief being that on resurrection day the person will be aided by facing the sun rise.
@raynonabohrer56244 жыл бұрын
You need to carry a flashlight with you so you can read the stones. If you hold it sideways to the lettering you can read the words. This is what they do on Sideways Adventures.