Tazewell Virginia: Jewel of Appalachia's Backcountry In Southwest Virginia

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@MountainRoots Год назад

Love hearing from y'all in the comments! Let me know your favorite places to explore in Appalachia!

@selectedsilversire7208 Год назад

Josh, isn't there a coal mine that gives tours? I think maybe in Beckley? Would be neat to have you take us on that tour

@MountainRoots Год назад

@@selectedsilversire7208 yes, there are a few exhibition mines in southern WV and into east KY. Interesting idea 💡

@noone-ft9lw Год назад

Go to Wise

@gregoryviers7722 Год назад

Do one on Grundy

@MountainRoots Год назад

@@gregoryviers7722 I've done a couple episodes in & around Grundy- be sure to check them out!

@markakira8988 Год назад

This is the best way of "promoting tourism and local business" to your personal roots. The people of Tazewell and all the other small towns you present on appreciate it.

@MountainRoots Год назад

Thanks for the feedback, appreciate you watching!

@deborahhovan6464 Год назад

I absolutely love southwest Virginia. The people, the land, and everything else!

@echuck66 Год назад

That coffee shop on Main St. was dad’s jewelry store for close to 40 years. I spent most every Saturday morning of my teen years opening the shop at 8 AM. Man I miss home!

@MountainRoots Год назад

Oh awesome history!

@michaelvarble4392 Год назад

As a born and raised Virginian my family arrived at jamestown virginia in 1648 I truly appreciate your time in the making of these short videos to show other folks how much va has to offer.

@MountainRoots Год назад

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

@laylarayne3236 23 дня назад

I am from Tazewell county originally (Abbs Valley) & currently live in center city Philadelphia. I love going home now & taking my friends to experience it :) Im so blessed to have grown up here. I imagine I'll be back permanently eventually!

@jetaimeviolist15 Год назад

My family is from Buchanan and Tazewell counties, with my grandparents growing up in Grundy, on Osborne Mountain, and in Raven. They moved to Ohio in the 70’s which is where I was raised and live, but my heart always longs for Appalachia. Thank you for these videos. 🥹💛

@vamountainman2512 10 месяцев назад

I'm walking distance to Raven here in Richlands :)

@rosiemcnaughton9933 Год назад

This is a jewel for sure! It's so clean and beautiful. I love the way the people have embraced the past but kept it current. Instead of tearing down the old buildings, they've used them in a modern way or just kept them up as historical places. That is the coolest barber shop I've ever seen!

@jonmorgan6723 3 месяца назад

Josh I enjoy Mountain Roots so much. I am familiar with so much of what you do being from Appalachia. Keep it up. Good job

@bradleywayne3943 Год назад

I am bias and do think that I live in one of the Most Beautiful Counries in the Country. Youre welcome.

@thebandit979 Год назад

This series make me want to ride threw these small Appalachian towns

@bradleywayne3943 Год назад

I live there/here! Cool beans.

@angiejackson7452 3 месяца назад

Family up on Jewell Ridge. It's a beautiful place the people are wonderful.

@dlrides Год назад

As a native of Tazewell, thank you for the video …………. great job ! Looking forward to the TV production.

@MountainRoots Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@rpuckett100 Год назад

I live there🥰this made me smile 🥰I’m thankful to live in such a beautiful place 🥰

@JosephKulik2016 Год назад

I'm 73 and I've lived in California my whole adult life. But your videos have really made me Fall In Love with West Virginia. It's a real Pisser to find out at my age that I've lived my whole life in the wrong place !!!

@grimlyfiendish5579 Год назад

Don't believe it lol. The people in these small town are ignorant, hateful, and suspicious. Tazewell is a dump. Yes it looks pretty but looks can be decieving.

@toastymctrigger6061 Год назад

I greatly appreciate the evolution in this series' production quality over time. Great work!

@MountainRoots Год назад

Thank you for watching & the feedback, trying to improve with each one!

@dillon8212 Год назад

Beverly, Ohio might actually have Tazewell beat for smallest town to operate a street car, however it was shared between Marietta, 30 minutes to the south on the boarder.

@jugg1492 Год назад

I am glued

@brooksrobinsonoutdoors7374 Год назад

As a local of Richlands I love the place Plus most of my family lives and works here so it’s close to home literally and figuratively

@billie-leelawhon3941 Год назад

Excellent! Sure brought back wonderful memories. I sometimes would ride through Baptist Valley on my way home. Listening to the people sitting on their porches playing their instruments and singing. Looking forward to upcoming videos!!! God bless you and your family. Safe travels.

@MountainRoots Год назад

Good times & great memories!!

@LD-jg3vq Год назад

I love the sights of Tazewell! Can't wait for the TV video with extra history. I love the way you tell the stories of these towns/people

@MountainRoots Год назад

Thanks so much for all your support!😊

@cherylverhelst8245 Год назад

Thank you for another great video. And other place we plan on visiting when we come to visit the Virginia’s next year. I’m getting so excited for our trip to see all the places my ancestors lived and worked.

@MountainRoots Год назад

It'll be amazing!

@andreas6029 Год назад

Cuz's is such a picturesque restaurant, the decor is so unique and the pulled pork BBQ melts in your mouth.

@brandonwilliams6786 Год назад

You always hit the nail on the head with these episodes from music to history and views of the lush country side

@MountainRoots Год назад

Really appreciate the feedback!

@AskMoreQuestions1 Год назад

I spent a lot of time at the flea market in Tazewell back in the late 70's.

@bradlane3662 Год назад

Me too! I'm from Welch and Dad was a miner. But every Monday holiday you'd find us there! We had cattle as well so Dad was usually at the barns and the auction and Mom and my sister in the flea market. and me running back and forth!lol Great memories!

@AskMoreQuestions1 Год назад

@@bradlane3662 I lived in War but we shopped for groceries and my wife had family in Tazewell. You should do a video of that trip up Stoney Ridge mountain if it is the same as before. Thank you for the videos, great memories I'll never forget.

@vamountainman2512 10 месяцев назад

The Flea market they currently have at the stockyard is shockingly dead. The animal sales are lively but the Monday fleamarket is a ghost town on all but memorial day weekend.

@chefspenser1480 Год назад

Wise words from Floyd. Great short clips of architecture, interiors and even metal ceilings! Nice aerial at 7minutes. 1771 settlement! Great history. Ean town building, fresh paint on street posts and signs. What a beautiful town! Nice job Josh! Cheers. (aka AJ)

@MountainRoots Год назад

Thanks so much AJ! Really appreciate you following the series and for your support!

@jaredchristopher1939 8 месяцев назад

Very nice video! I'm originally from Bluefield and miss the area. I used to work in Tazewell back in 2012 for a brief period of time. Really miss the area. Thank you for this video :)

@MountainRoots 8 месяцев назад

You're welcome glad you enjoyed it!

@sandydeel400 Год назад

The land and mountains here are absolutely beautiful. I too love when old historic buildings are restored and repurposed for new businesses. I feel like it gives the new business a little more personality. I enjoyed how you patronized the barber while obtaining some information from him. It is going to be awesome when your tv version comes out so that we can learn more of the indepth history of Burke's Garden and your other Appalachia episodes. Another great job. Keep them coming.

@MountainRoots Год назад

Thanks so much!!

@mildandbitter Год назад

Fascinating channel, in England we tend to know about the big American cities rather than the rural areas.When you see most USA towns they seem to be laid out in a grid system so it is interesting to see towns shaped by the landscape like they are in the UK.

@MountainRoots Год назад

Thanks for the comment, I really appreciate the perspective you shared! Yes, rural and Appalachia America are often overlooked or looked down upon in western media....but I'm seeking to share Appalachia through a cultural journalist's lense, all Appalachia's many wonderful people, places, and stories!

@whatsupchris 10 месяцев назад

My brother was born in Tazewell VA, I was born in Beckley WV

@jugg1492 Год назад

This series is so professionally produced, you would swear Josh that you have worked for a major production company. You are onto something with these videos. This is gonna get huge. I hope you are ready for it!!!!!!

@jugg1492 Год назад

These regions of the country will become even more important in the near to late future, because of climate change. Liquid gold flows through the valleys. WATER!!!!! Something the western United States 🇺🇸 is having a hard time getting.

@MountainRoots Год назад

So very humbling, thank you for the kind words!

@houstontxdave6876 Год назад

Its been a while since ive been to Tazewell. Back in 2009 we stayed a week and enjoy researching our family's ancestry in the area.

@kendeel7474 Год назад

Loved the mist slowly rising from the verdant hills; thought you might have filmed in Ireland for this episode! Another stellar presentation.👍🏼

@MountainRoots Год назад

No, but one can certainly see why the Scott's-Irish would think of this place as home 😊

@bradlane3662 Год назад

I delivered linen for years to the old gentleman who operated that barbershop for decades. He was a World War Two veteran. His name was Fred! And at one time, before I ever delivered to him, his wife had a beauty shop in there as well. He was closing in on 90 the last time I saw him. Great video Josh. I've always loved Tazewell.

@MountainRoots Год назад

Thanks so much for watching, love your story too! Freddie told me about him and the history behind his shop there. Fascinating stories!

@mike451 Год назад

great video Josh i worked all over there putting in cabinets

@michaelvarble4392 Год назад

There's a movie about the bondurant family of floyd va I think it was called outlaws in netflix a year ago. The family are moonshiners and the leader had his throat cut ear to ear and walked 5 miles to get home in a snow storm which shows just how determined these folks are great movie

@SteveTTTT Год назад

Great video, man! I’m from C’burg VA but live in the SC Lowcountry. Your videos take me back home! Keep up the great work!

@MountainRoots Год назад

Glad they bring back a little bit of home for you 😁

@SteveTTTT Год назад

@@MountainRoots gotta love the mountains! Only sand dunes here on HH!

@bradmiller9993 Год назад

Good stuff; I went back to Marion last summer for a family reunion, and went up to Tazewell and Burkes Garden via the Back of the Dragon. Such a beautiful area.

@MountainRoots Год назад

One of the wonders of the world!

@tammyhowery7134 Год назад

This is my hometown haven’t been home in about 10yrs still very beautiful ❤

@waynebowen8872 Год назад

Love how you always refer to the period from 1861 - 1865 as The War Between the states. Spoken like a true southerner.

@chrisbyard29 Год назад

Come across your videos today, we have truly enjoyed them. The Appalachian Mountains are gorgeous. Thank you for sharing. I actually got to stay in Tazewell and even had to buy an alternator there. The gentleman at Auto Zone, drove me to a town 20 miles away to get one from that store and helped me install. We stayed in an old home right outside of town. Tazewell left an awesome impression in my memories.

@raine2011 Год назад

Cool video, my grandpa was born and raised there. His sister lived there till she passed in mid 90's. I remember visiting with him... Aunt Hess lived by a old saw mill...

@wg4299 Год назад

Awesome….. as usual. Thank you for these fantastic videos, Josh!!

@MountainRoots Год назад

You're welcome! Appreciate you watching!!

@Coffee240 Год назад

Your videos make me miss home, my mountains,

@mellink14 Год назад

Another excellent job with this piece of Appalachia. Thank you!

@MountainRoots Год назад

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

@gregoryviers7722 Год назад

I am from about 50 miles north of Tazewell. Love these hills. Great places to raise a family

@MountainRoots Год назад

Amazing country!

@jonmulack4226 Год назад

50 miles north of Tazewell is beautiful also. Just got done exploring this and your neck of the woods on motorcycle. Amazing ribbons of asphalt!

@Bhunnidb 4 месяца назад

Moving there from Texas

@Flowerchild927 4 месяца назад

My mawmaw and pawpaw are from tazwel and this felt like home 😊

@jlnajar8185 Год назад

i love it! loved the drone view opening of beautiful Tazewell and all the close up details. loved the barbershop talk...by the way, nice haircut! really great video!

@MountainRoots Год назад

Glad you liked it 😊

@michaelramey2069 Год назад

You need to check out Crab Or hard KY. Home of the William Whitley house. First brick this side of the Allegheny Mtns. It has one of the first horse tracks in the country, where he started the tradition of running horse races the opposite direction of the British. Also home of Crab Orchard Springs, a resort that was in operation in the late 1800s. Was called the Sarasota of the South . I think you'd find it's history very interesting.

@MountainRoots Год назад

Great suggestion, thank you!

@DK-dx7ei Год назад

Beautiful country. Makes me want to move there. My genealogy comes from the south. Kilby. Beautiful work in your videos and your voice is perfect for this genre.

@jonmulack4226 Год назад

Keep up the great videos. It was funny to see a barber shop open the video, as I tried to find one when I was in Tazewell a few weeks ago. The roads anywhere around here are amazing and the local towns are very welcoming to motorcycles and off-roaders. Small hand out maps and videos like this showing businesses and small back roads help bring riders to places most won't venture to. On the other hand I enjoy just taking a road and seeing what it will bring me. Your never lost till you run out of gas. I'm coming back till I can't.

@MountainRoots Год назад

Love that, thanks so much for the comment!

@user-ij5tt4cb3i 2 месяца назад

I was there in the old Tazewell prison in 1995

@Kegga_6 Год назад

Nice video, a tazewell co resident and i just visited Freddie the other day he is very cool people with alot of great stuff in his shop. If you need a place to go fish hes the man to ask where their bitting.

@charlesanderson32 2 месяца назад

My Girl Friend, Jamie Fugate, was born and raised there.

@truthseeker2222 Год назад

Man, the production quality is again incredible. Great videos, you have a special talent to make these. Greetings from Brevard, NC.

@MountainRoots Год назад

Thanks for the feedback..humbling!

@stitch2499 Год назад

Use to live in Tazewell Va. In the 79 80s. Worked at the long johns silver..still trying to find some old friends there.... God bless...

@leohopkins71 Год назад

My brother in law used to work there in the early 90s.

@bigred4335 Год назад

I most definitely will have to visit Tazewell Va ….. great video and I have heard great things

@MountainRoots Год назад

Definitely! It's a wonderful place to visit 😊

@deedrafulkerson2919 Год назад

Gorgeous area, we have road the Back of the Dragon several times on our motorcycles.Thanks for Sharing!

@MountainRoots Год назад

It's a wonderful drive isn't it?

@deedrafulkerson2919 Год назад

@@MountainRoots yes! Truly Gods Country!❤️

@annhayton2757 Год назад

Love our countries of tazewell

@patrickangotti8880 Год назад

Fantastic video! Thank you! I have never been to Tazewell. My gg-drandparents were from there and I hope to visit someday!

@MountainRoots Год назад

You should! Thanks for watching 👍

@billie-leelawhon3941 Год назад

Thanks!

@MountainRoots Год назад

Thanks so much for all the support!!

@boostcustomer2960 Год назад

My Dad's family was from pocahontas..beautiful place

@MountainRoots Год назад

Indeed it is!

@litt222 Год назад

Traced my family here before they headed to Pikeville KY.

@MountainRoots Год назад

Be sure to check out my episode on Pikeville!

@jamesjolly7406 Год назад

👋 hey 👋 from Dexter,Missouri

@MountainRoots Год назад

Hey there!

@bretta1181 Год назад

Love this series! Any plans on filming Bath County, Allegheny, or Highland County VA

@MountainRoots Год назад

Glad you enjoy it! At some point, probably so.

@bretta1181 Год назад

@@MountainRoots Looking forward to it! We live in Hot Springs and love this whole area.

@hikerx9366 Год назад

Now that's my kind of town, we just don't have many like that in Western Canada., 😕

@kathyhartje4143 Год назад

I hope you come up my way ❤ sometime Harrisonburg n New Market Va! I can tell you some history of the civil war n my family goes back several generations here so I’m deeply rooted ❤ just like people in Tazewell

@MountainRoots Год назад

Now that might make some good content for another series I've considered creating 😁

@kathyhartje4143 Год назад

@@MountainRoots cool

@mrserious55 Год назад

awesome....also love the music...who is that??....keep doin it

@buckingalong Год назад

Smith Ridge and Cedar Bluff

@nickknickerbocker6415 Год назад

⚜️

@janicethompson7582 Месяц назад

Some of my family are from there

@williamcollins2232 Год назад

Ole Hitler was shot out of an apple tree up on the county farm road. The Varmint was taken over in Burke's Garden. And there's a rumor that Spider's hat (with all the blow out patches) is at the Crabapple Orchard Museum.

@tomsimpson5317 Год назад

Wish I lived there

@chloejasper6852 Год назад

I got a house for sale there right now... My mother passed away & we're trying to get it sold... Cheap

@vamountainman2512 10 месяцев назад

@@chloejasper6852 😳

@vamountainman2512 10 месяцев назад

0 employment opportunities outside of fast food and Walmart's but if you love nature and 4wheeler trails it's nice

@tomsimpson5317 10 месяцев назад

That's the tuff part is having a job

@gioiapharo7433 Год назад

For those that do not know …… “ Virginia is For LOVERS “ ….. is the state slogan ….. all towns have a VA LOVE SIGN NOW ……❤️ My VA - Do not make it CA …… is my personal tag line

@user-dp4wz4lp7v Год назад

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@boogiedaddy3434 Год назад

Cuz's was a great place back in the 90s and early 2000s. Sadly, the last few times my family went it was juts plain awful. Hopefully they had fixed themselves back up before you went.

@MountainRoots Год назад

It was pretty good when I went. Thanks for watching!

@jregret123 Год назад

It's a beautiful area I just hope it doesn't end up the next "IT" place for wealthy Californians

@boostcustomer2960 Год назад

My moms family use to live here yrs ago

@Whatisthetruth711 Год назад

Go to Maddy's Store in Burke's Garden Amish owned

@MountainRoots Год назад

I did! 😊

@randomvintagefilm273 Год назад

Why in the world would you want Tazwell to grow? I would do everything I could to keep it small

@matthewaamot2961 Год назад

Did he just say that the Cherokee were part of the Iroquois Confederacy???

@MountainRoots Год назад

Good catch! Missed this in the final post edit...should have said Iroquoian-speaking Cherokee AND members of the Iroquois Confederacy.

@iyesis Год назад

Where are the indigenous people of Tazewell? My family

@adelesbelly Год назад

Yeh, notice the people who say that never leave. As if the indians all got together and said, white man leave but them asian and africans can stay. rom who did they benefot most from..Flight, Combustion engine, satellites and modern medicine.....or basketball and street crime.

@lawsonj39 Год назад

Is there any diversity in Tazewell?

@MountainRoots Год назад

Can you elaborate on what you mean?

@leohopkins71 Год назад

If by diversity, you mean how many people of color? Tazewell is roughly 78% White and 9% Black according to demographic stats, with a handful of folks belonging to other ethnic groups. Because the town is close to Bluefield VA/WV, you will find a little more racial diversity there. Is there racism? Sure, it's in the history. Are people of color being ran out of town? No way. I've met plenty more folks who weren't racist than those who were.

@rickylee2477 Год назад

There is some. Predominantly white. But there are plenty black folks in the area. But that’s about it. It’s rare to see Asians or Hispanics.

@TheLovlyNIkki Год назад

Yes so much, I graduated high school there

@johnd5244 Год назад

Josh the Cherokee and the Iroquois Confederacy were allies only. The Cherokee were never a part of the confederacy. The only other tribe to be admitted to the confederacy were the Tuscarora as they were adopted by the Seneca then admitted which then became the Six Nations.

@MountainRoots Год назад

Thanks for the clarification!

@projectpat2262 Год назад

Not a black Person in sight

@MountainRoots Год назад

Hardly any red, yellow or white ones either...it was a pretty quiet day when I was there. Please don't seek offense when there was NONE intended. In fact, when I played baseball against the Tazewell High-school team their coach, Lou Perry was Black. He has since passed away, but they named the stadium after him.

@jeffraines414 5 месяцев назад

Ha... 10% of tazewell is black...

@rwhitely2288 Год назад

Hey Josh these videos are great, I transplanted to Cherokee Lake after 52 years of “escape from Chicago.” We’re learning a ton from exploring & checking out your work on RU-vid. Much appreciated bro!!

@MountainRoots Год назад

You're very welcome, glad you're enjoying them!

@MikeJustice-en1nh 6 дней назад

In the 80s was a big flea market in dog trade