What a sence of peace. Wouldn't be nice to live in a place like this, with small town people who were all respectable and safe and slow living, compairing to our fast pace living.. I worked at a place like this and it was wonderful. I miss the good old ways of living. This is a beautiful town. Well taken care of.
Thanks, Sandra. This summer I met a man there who takes care of this village for last 20 years or so. Heard a lot of stories about Millbrook from him. Very nice man
Thanks for the tour. I enjoyed it. At 14:34, that's a horse treadmill, which used gear reduction to power some kind of equipment. Batsto has one of those. Last I knew it was in the big long barn, which they call the Range Barn. I visited Millbrook sometime in the late 90s, the same time I visited Walpack Center. I have pictures, but haven't seen them in a long time. The only picture I have that's been scanned is the picture of the school. Anyway, Thanks.
Yes! I saw same in Batsto, rotated it a bit and was thinking what device it was)) Thank you for explanation! Sadly, i didn't manage to film houses interior and im not sure if they are evet open for public
@@walkingcam1 My Father started doing Millbrook in the late 80's but he was doing things like grinding grains for flours & meal, splitting slate etc. My sister started before us boys but she was making beeswax candles and corn husk dolls. My father switched over to the smokehouse but it was originally a different smokehouse. I started during my College years in the early 90's but I couldn't make it sometimes due to school. Due to floods, the road getting washed out, the main bridge was washed away, tropical storms, and there was a REAL bad Winter storm I think 2018 or 2019 that brought down literally tens of thousands of trees too. The last time "Millbrook Days" took place was 2018. I have tons of pictures 2015-2017. No word yet on it coming back and I've known all of the people for decades as well as the organizer Will B. I think it is done, at least for a while. If you want stories about it from one that was a Volunteer there feel free to ask. It was great times and you learn an awful lot. I loved the Volunteer dinner that was a pot luck at the end of the first day too.
Thank you a lot for details!! I really love hearing stories about that, especially historical details. Sometimes, during explorations, I'm lucky to meet someone who's able to tell me some stories from the first person 👍
@@walkingcam1 I am happy to share. I was looking because now is the time when Millbrook Days usually took place. I had to give presentations for groups allllllll day. We miss it. Thousands used to come in and enjoy it. We used to give out samples of the different meats we were smoking. We did everything from hams & slabs of bacon, chickens, turkey breasts, salmon, trout, jerkey etc. It was showing how the village survived the harsh winters and hot summers without refrigeration. We had to know about all aspects of the life there because the Thousands that would come in with questions. I had people from Germany, South Africa, Switzerland come there with questions. It was great. If you have questions don't hesitate to ask.
Nice to see so enthusiastic person :) Thank you) My grandfather had a smoke house too. It was a long process, taking 2-3 days in row. So, our family always had smoked lard, bacon and fish during winters. I still remember the taste of that food. Actually, a couple of questions came into my mind, when i was filming the village: - The mill, as i saw, doesn't work now, but what is inside the building? I heard it was rebuilt after fire. - What is purpose of sugar house? I understand, sugar was made there, but what from? Sugar beet?
Там кто-то регулярно следит за домами. Облицовка внешних стен и кровля в домах практически не поврежденные, как новые, а кое где в мастерских видно изнутри, что дощатые своды кровли совершенно новые (светлая древесина).
Хочеться забитись! У якусь щілину Щоб не бачить і не чути! Цю лиху годину! Заховатись десь подалі! Від усього світу! І забутись, і не думать. І тихенько жити. Яб у одному із таких будинків в забутому місці заховалась би від усього світу!
@@walkingcam1 and think of how well built those homes were. Compared to today's houses that fall apart a few yrs after being built. One home there you showed, had a root cellar right under the front porch. That's the same as my farmhouse. It makes it a great easy place to get to.
@@walkingcam1 there’s a horror movie from 1980 called Mother’s Day that was filmed in Millbrook Village. The crew of the movie told me that there was a restored village where they filmed… I assume that is Millbrook Village. They said the house was further in the woods. I’d love to know if it is still there. It looked to be in rough shape 40 years ago. A production book I have says it was filmed at the Harlan Fish house.
Oh, really? Never heard about that movie. Will find now to watch. Do you remember the name of the book? I can figure out what fish house they are talking about
