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This place looks incredible! They put so much work into that hotel. Thanks for sharing this place. Great video.

I feel a road trip coming on! What a cool hotel! Reminds me of the beautiful Sessions Hotel in Bristol! Thanks for the video.

This was amazing!! It was so neat that he had all of this history and implemented it into the restoration of the hotel and restaurant and actually saved and used as much of the jail; doors, beds, all the paper articles, logs, etc that he could. The ceramics, especially the bowl that Karen picked up, was beautiful. He is really talented in several different areas. Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed this video immensely. Where do you find all of these neat places? ❤

Hey Mike and Karen I really love the history on that little jail glad that y'all are enjoying life one day at a time take care and God bless

What a unique place. Thanks for taking us along to explore and learn some history of this small town. Glad someone preserved a piece of history and can share it in such a great way.

Wow! What a neat place! Thanks for sharing! And big hugs and kisses for Big T!🥰

I'm a history lover , this is a great video !!

Wow !! What a wonderful video! Mike you did a great job filming and the narration was great. Karen you look wonderful. God Bless you in your continued travels .

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing this incredible history

Thanks for sharing Mike and Karen. That was really interesting. Enjoy your videos very much.

Happy New Year Mike and Karen! You both always pick and visit the most beautiful, serene small towns. It's like taking us on a extended outing to the confluence of GODliness and where peaceful waters flow. Astounding and so very much needed today by all, as we navigate these unfortunate, perilous times. Thank you both and GOD bless!

Loved the old Jail and the history that is there. You always find the most interesting places to explore. Very quaint little town. Would love to see a train come through as that would be really fun to be that close to one !!

Next time you are in town let me know. If you want to know the history of the town and meet some of the original people and family's left i can make it happen. I have lived here my entire life. My grandmother worked in the original Marshall hotel in the 30's . If you want to learn of the 5 millionaire that leave here and of the Saturday day trips family's would take. Then you would really know marshall. Also marshall was in the Guinness book of world records for the smallest town that could not grow! So you see there's really more to marshall than one little corner jail that was turned into a hotel. But i do love there fries there.

My grandfather was from Madison County and I had never been there until July of 2021. My cousin and both our spouses went for Decoration Day at the cemetery where my grandfather and much of his family are buried. We stayed at The Marshall House which it the two story house on the hill behind the courthouse. If you ever get back to Marshall on a day other than Sunday you should visit Penlands its one of the oldest businesses that has stayed open and hasn’t gone out of the family. You should also checkout Blannahassett Island across the bridge. I’ve been told that my great grandfather helped build many of the stone buildings in Marshall but unfortunately I don’t know which ones exactly. I was hoping y’all would do a video on Marshall and I’m glad to see you have.

That was a wonderful video. I've always been a traveler going from point A to point B the fastest way and have missed all of these great spots. Thanks for sharing them. Maybe next time I'll adjust my routes!

I'm embarrassed being from North Carolina that I have never heard of this town. We are adding this town to our list and we will be checking out that jail, we would love to stay there for the night. Thank you for sharing another great video!!!!

Mike n Karen, this was so interesting, I'm glad you two went there, I love seeing old History, Thank you so much for sharing with us, Hugs n Love to you and Mr. T... I was going to say I'm so glad the redone that old Jail into a Hotel.

I used to live (and visit) in the county in 1980s, early 1990s. The missing spot on the stone in front of the courthouse was a monument to Robert E. Lee that showed him on his horse. A few years ago with all the protests across the country against confederate monuments, someone stole it! Don't know about the other monuments. I remember when the jail was still a jail and Ponder was still sheriff. I also remember when Robert's Pharmacy was still a pharmacy with a soda fountain! I used to eat lunch in that stone cafe next to the courthouse and did a lot of genealogy research in the courthouse (my ancestors were from the county in 1800s.)

Very interesting! My mom used to ride the train from Randleman NC, just south of Greensboro, to Hot Springs NC to spend the summers with her sister and brother in law when she was in high school in the 1940s. She spoke of the town of Marshall often.

Wasn't that long ago they were still using the jail! I grew up in Marshall and the drive into town scene made me cry. Weird feeling but thank you ❤

Really enjoyed the trip to Marshall NC. Surprised the river is the French Brood that runs into Douglas lake

This so interesting and amazing. I love how yall do historic places. I will try to go visit and maybe stay in the old jail. Thanks and God bless yall.

My Mother grew up in Madison County and have heard lots of stories about E Y Ponder.

My great granddaddy use to sit on the bench in front of the courthouse and wait on us when we came to visit . They lived right out of town in Marshall on the French broad river

Meant to ask if there were shops and other restaurants in the town? Didn't seem like there was too much around the hotel.

I wonder if it's haunted 👻 👽 🤔

Thanks for visiting our little town.

Thank you for sharing. That little town has some interesting history! Are you going to sleep in that jail??

Mike and Karen, really enjoyed your video! Very interesting and beautiful old town and buildings and jail! Thank you for taking me along with you! Looking forward to your next video!

I love historical places..Thank You for what you all Doing Also I Love John Wards Channel too!!...

Really liked this video. I was hoping a train would rumble by. Love small towns to explore. In Fayetteville, Tn. is a old jail that is now a restaurant named Cahoots. Great eating establishment. Wish it had been on a weekday to see other shops open. Very good work on the video. Can’t get enough of these types of videos. Stay blessed.

What a very interesting place, we just might have to visit/stay a night the next time we visit the Smoky Mountains. I would take a shoulder patch from my department if they have a place to display a collection of patches.

Very interesting, love small town history and Josh was a very informative owner/restorer/host. Great video Mike & Karen. Thanks for sharing.

So close to my birthplace Asheville. Many history stories in these small towns. Enjoy your travels and allowing people to see places they might like to visit. God bless.

I really enjoyed this video! This kind of stuff is right up my alley! I’d love to see this place. Thanks for sharing

So much history in small towns. So interesting! Thanks for sharing.

So interesting ! Awesome video… keep up the great work! Love from Northern NY.❤️

I don't know how you find some of these places, but so glad you did, and thanks so much for sharing, love all the history.

Love you guys video I'm a lifelong resident of Marshall except for the 4 years I was in the marine Corps there is a lot more cool history about the town that the owner of the old jail didn't know about and also about the jail itself as well I speak from experience lol I was 15 years old the first time I had to stay there and many times since unfortunately lol but I have even had good times in there as well it was kinda scary when I first stayed there there was only one light bulb a old 60 watt clear bulb the kind that only the little wire filament lights up hanging from an old cloth insulated electric wire and you could barely tell the difference between a jqk playing cards and no lights in the two solitary cells where the locking mechanism was located and yes the train would blow you out of the top bunk of the old metal bunks that were welded and rivited to the walls especially if the engineer of the train knew that it was the jail which most did especially at night just to aggravate but there is a lot more cool history about the county in the other two towns in the county as well we have had presidents and even royalty stay in the once booming resort town of hot springs which had one of the largest natural hot water springs in north America which is still being used and there were several grand hotels and large public baths and also the town of mars hill which now is home to mars hill university that used to be mars hill college which used to be one of the oldest baptist colleges in the country im going to have to pay the owner of the jail a visit sometime and share a few more stories about the jail and Sherrif ponder in which I am close friends with alot of the immediate ponder family and my wife also being cousin's with Sherrif brown as well but loved your video the town used to be booming and always busy when I was a kid it's went through a cultural renovation and is still it used to have grocery stores,bus stations, and used to have passenger trains taking people everywhere but over time and alot of old stubborn people that were afraid of change caused it to almost become a ghost town that along with the last two sheriff's and there deputies being of a different breed than about all of there predacessors they are the reason that our kids and visitors don't have a whole lot of options of things to do because they caused any kind of business or activities to cease because of false arrests and accusations and harassment to almost everyone to fund the current sherrifs new jail and the other new one he is wanting to build right next to our only highschool in the county and behind one of the only two supermarkets in the county which hopefully won't happen if people will take the blinders off and vote him and his whole department out of office there are a lot better ways to fund the county and modernize without harassing the residents and visitors just to make money through the court system at least they got the overstaffed sherrifs dept and jail out of downtown Marshall now or the newer establishments that serve alcohol or have any kind of entertainment would be driven out already I just hope that our lovely beautiful county that is 50 years behind time will wake up and smell the roses before the current political faction and law enforcement ruins a great revitalization we are having just to fund projects that benefit themselves and their buddies that cause people with some really great cool business and recreational ideas that would make 100 times more revenue and opportunities for the residents of our beautiful and historical county that we call the jewel of the blue ridge!!!!!!!!!

What an interesting place. I would love to check it out! Thank you for sharing!

Wow thanks Josh for sharing the jail story 😲❤️. Thanks for sharing the town with us all 👍🤗

Wow thanks for this tour. Interesting for sure 😊 God bless

My God what a great job this guy did turning this old jail into such a work of art place to stay!

My Daddy had to stay there a couple times, but the first time they used to let them have a guitar and take smoke breaks by the river.

That place is very cool.thanksfor sharing

That is cool! I like to watch the show you live in what. Hgtv needs to start this kind of show with businesses.

There is so much interesting history in our small communities that is often overlooked. It's a shame that much of it has been lost or forgotten over time. Thanks for keeping our cherished history alive.

What a neat place. I love how you guys always find unusual places. 😊

Very interesting little town. Thanks for sharing.

How clean can the hotel be if dude showing it is wearing a stained up shirt?

Is the Old Marshall Jail (hotel) pet friendly?

Hey Guys that’s very cool 👍❤️🙏🏻

What a unique and historic setting…he has done well.

That was the coolest tour. I love all the historic places.

Wow! What a great video. Fascinating.

I enjoy all your videos, but this one is the best.

Very cool!! Love these small town gems!

Fantastic Video! Really enjoyed it!

Great video. The old jail was so cool. 🙂

Y’all have got to visit Caesars Head, Bald Rock, and Pretty Place Chapel in SC! It’s not very far from Brevard, NC, and so many come see from all over. Also Chimney Rock, and Pisgah Forest are close by! You will love it all!

So much Cool History There!

Awesome people you are my friends

This was a neat and unique find!

Great video Mike & Karen!

What an awesome video guys, love this place!

i've been in that jail 🙄

Very interesting!

Good lord. No.