Folks will PAY for "WEALTH",..... I suggest LISTENING to the SURVIVORS before hearing what the RICH found "WORTH PAYING"😢 I tell YOU THE TRUTH ❤ PEOPLE move the WORLD,... "MONEY" only moves the VULNERABLE😂 My name is DAVID😊 I "HATE" your KINGDOM...... THERE STILL IS JUST ONE OTHER ❤

I lived the first 18 years of my life in Beckley, we moved to Virginia in 1972. I hated Beckley, backwards, uneducated and lazy. When I went back in 2018 downtown deserted, very poor. You saw a lot of expensive vehicles but the houses were falling down, parts of appliances in the yard. Oh yeah I wanna go back.

Hobart Street! 👍🏻

We were just on a visit to West Virginia in July and august. Wow, what beautiful state. We went white water rafting down the gorge. While visiting, we saw the exhibition coal mine. We LOVED IT!!!! We saw the pioneer village. Listened to the blacksmith and the school teacher. But, the coal mine experience was priceless. Hearing the information coming from a lifelong coal miner was unforgettable. The museum upstairs is perfect to see before the visit into the mine. It really helped bring the experience to life. Also, I want to mention your gift shop. I bought peach, pumpkin, cherry and apple butters. We also bought some jams and jelly. Love the butters with my cottage cheese in the morning. I will cry when it’s gone!!! Thank you for a wonderful time!!!!

Beckley is my hometown and I love it. Its wearvI plan to spend the end of my days

And prior to them??

Born and raised in Beckley . It is worth your time .

Thanks for a great story about my birthplace

Such a beautiful area! I had several customers in Beckley over the years. All were honorable, friendly people, always friendly, generous, happy to talk about family, exchange jokes, and give me some of their business. Since retirement, I miss them and I miss traveling that lovely state. Thanks for your video.

Willing to get your hands dirty? I don’t think that they were using their hands 😂

The only thing about it is the West Virginia State Police are so corrupt they don't give a fuck

I encountered a shockingly high number of prostitutes and johns in _____ County, West Virginia when I went out there for work. You would not be able to see it if you were just passing through, but if you move there and live there, it starts to reveal itself.

Nothing to be ashamed of, the Amerindians lost same as the folk they took it from. We today also had nothing to do with it the past and have no reason to feel bad about it.

Bloody Harlan,ALL through the 1930s,the owners of the Harlan mines,would murder any man who tried to organize a union to fight for safer conditions down in the mines. These conditions lasted from 1931 to 1939 it's known as the Harlan County War. Next time you hear some chicken shit putting down unions,Remember that good Americans have been murdered to give a 40 hour week 5 days a week.

Correction, all Anthracite coal is found in north eastern Pennsylvania. Scranton and north east of there. West Virginia has bituminous coal, not Anthracite coal.

Born and raised in Beckley. Was there last weekend for family. It's beautiful. So grateful to have grown up in such a beautiful state. My mum's place is just a few streets over from the town being driven through. It's a great place for ghost tours too. I did a few of them when I was younger with the guide because I loved them so much. Across the street from Alfred Beckleys house, (which is also on the tour) he is buried in a cemetery. In that cemetery a witch is buried. She is buried in the corner of the cemetery, her gravestone black and facing opposite of everyone elses. She was born on Halloween and her date of death was Oct. 30. The town shunned her for being a witch. I think she just made herbal medicine.. Her name was Kiskus. Anyway. Really cool place. Beautiful buildings, nature, and people.

We stole it from the Indians. So hush yo mouth

Hello to all the indigenous peoples in America.

And who did they steal it from? And who did they steal it from? And who did they steal it from? Ad infinitum! For how many thousands of years!

Dirty Secret?? What a way to start a story!?! Coal is "dirty"!!

My father was born and raised in Rainelle. His father was descended from the early pioneers of the area (the Fleshmans, the Osbornes, the Browns). His mother's side was involved in logging and had connections with the Raine brothers. My Papaw said that East Rainelle was once called Planktown before the Raine brothers came, due to the wooden planks that lined the roads.

went to beckley years back to watch jumpin off bridge...fun....figuring out where to park ,stopped in chamber of commerce, such a nice lady, said you could park anywhere...so we park at what we thought was the far extent of their parking lot...enjoyed the jumps, returned , no car...went to restaurant that was close, turns out they had it towed because we were not a customer..cabbed to place of car location, talked to Bill,who had less than traditional number of teeth and eyes, ...said it would be$100.....my guess the restaurant and Bill were enjoying the visitors.....have not been back..🇺🇸

I love all of your latest videos! They feel like I’m watching interesting history lessons. I also really like how you start out with the history of a town and then go into how it is today. You’re seriously such a talent! 👏🏼🤎

The open space on the left as the vehicle went into downtown was a strip of stores and a movie theater.

This is a perfect example of why I never leave Brooklyn

did you get approval to use a drone over the town?

I’m proud to be a Greenbrier County native and have 13 years experience underground. Presently living in Bluefield. Very familiar area. Great coverage man

Josh, this is so so so so so good!!! Your narration is beautiful!! Your voice and editing skills, not to mention all of the thorough studying you do of each individual town is truly incredible! You are so deserving of everything good to come your way!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

❤WV! ❤APPALACHIA. Josh you big tease! Can't wait buddy, keep 'em coming!

A lot of my family is from West Virginia. I love going there to visit family. It's sad what the decline in coal and drugs has done to West Virginia. I hope the situation changes because many good people are struggling to make it. South East Ohio is going through the same kind of hardships as well.

I had a delivery in Beckley many years ago. The area stole my heart, and have longed for an extended visit...

Give it back you monsters!

This is West Virginia!

And

These are not videos these are mini documentaries. Narrated and visually stunning. Absolutely LOVE your talent.!!

Still the best commentary voice in the internet business. Production and script are excellent. YOUR MAKING MOVIES JOSH!

Been to the exhibition mine and the new river gorge national park. I highly recommend a visit. Also, if you’re in beckley, I also highly recommend eating at the Char restaurant! 👌🏼 Oh, and Fayetteville is a cool little town nearby too!

My Grandfather was recruited from Andalusia, Spain to come to Beckley to cut coal. When he was injured in 1935 my father, Manuel Copado took over his slot in the mine at 17 until he left to fight in the Second World War. Although life was hard growing up and working in the mines he always talked nostalgically of that time in Beckly. After the war my father went to Detroit, and actually inspired by the kindness shown by the accountant who ran the company town got a business degree and became an accounted. One of my father's friends when I was growing up was also a former miner from down there who retired to Florida would come visit every summer and I loved hearing them trade stories from that time, I still remember them talking about the "Whipple Tipple." I'm only now beginning to learn about the history of the Spanish who came to work down there. I had just thought my grandfather coming to America and working there was an isolated incident, that he just happened to have been a coal miner in Spain and when immigrated just naturally ended up down there, but I've only learned recently that there was a huge effort Spaniards to work in both the coal and zinc industry. Thanks for this, I know so little of Beckley, though I think as an infant or under 5 years old I may have been taken there and may have gone to the museum.

I spent a little time on the outskirts of Beckley in my teenage years. My high school sweetheart had family in the area. I wish I had seen more of it, though. The prettiest little blond I've ever met lived there, her name was Bobbie. In our 50s, now I wonder how her life turned out.

Beckley looks like a place worth visiting. 😊

As a Knight of the Golden Horseshoe, I applaude you for this excellent presentation. Beckley was my home town. Sometimes we forget things from our childhood--like going to the Exhibition Mine. Very surprised to see continued growth in the area. Definitely going to share this with folks back home! (Oh, and I have not heard the phrase "Clean Coal" since I left--it was a big marketing phrase from the mines to the engineering schools.)

This is nice but I thought it would be a lot more in depth and educational rather than just a short film metaphorically describing the City and people.

My uncle Tom Acosta painted that check out my music IAmatIA WV native

Grew up near war. Beckley and Bluefield was our big cities. I'm grew up in Newhall

When I heard the B&B woman mention the elk herd I had to comment that all of Appalachia can thank Kentucky as we are the State where they were re-introduced into the region and now can be found all throughout Appalachia and possibly beyond. It makes me proud to be a born and bread Kentucky Boy.

Depresses me to go home. Thanks for doing a vid on it.

Thank you again for sharing the history of this beautiful place!! Being from Lewisburg, we visit about once a month.

I love your knowledge in the history of the Appalachian. Thanks for sharing.

My hometown :)

I love this channel so much. Thank you for sharing much of the forgotten history of Appalachia.