Appalachia's Ginseng King

[@shannonprater]

Great story!

[@StoriesofAppalachia]

Thank you!

[@cynthiacarter514]

I loved this upload! I learned a lot!

[@StoriesofAppalachia]

We’re glad you liked our story!

[@mikefannon6994]

My Grandaddy had an old-timey general store in S.W. VA. He traded groceries for gensing. The 'sang man came around periodically to buy it. I remember as a kid in the 1950s watching him string the roots, hanging them upstairs to dry out. Thanks

[@ColRubyDimplesManacha]

My great grandpa was the ginseng king of his mountain in Mars Hill. Thanks for the story!

[@YelllowJacket5678]

Another great video guys!!

[@StoriesofAppalachia]

Thanks!

[@vwredsfan]

Fantastic story. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@StoriesofAppalachia]

Our pleasure!

[@kampmeier69]

Awesome I love digging seng. Married to one of the actors 😔

[@Suzjoh825]

Wonderful stories about our history. I lived in Marshall NC, as well as Asheville NC.

[@StoriesofAppalachia]

We're glad you liked this week's story. Thanks for watching!

[@DandyFlorentine]

4000 lbs of dry ginseng today would be more like 6 million dollars at todays rate of 1500 per dry pound on the exporter rate not 750,000. Some would sell for more some would sell for less. The diggers dont get that much but the exporters do and more for select grades.

[@stevenstanley2369]

They mentioned Danial Boone digging seng and one season the Indians caught him and relieved him of his bags of ginseng. Boon predated the fella the highlighted in their broadcast. I was a ginseng digger and dealer in Ohio some 45 years ago.

[@JerryJones-k4o]

use too go out each spring lookin for ginseng walk in the woods for a nice day all in southeast West Virginia

[@teresaoconnell4790]

Just call him "Gensing Khan."

[@trapperjohn6089]

Sang kang.

[@russmaddoxak]

More footage of ginseng and less of you two pontificating please. Too silly for serious subjects.

[@th71-23]

it seems to get harder to find every year here in east tennessee, a lot of people disrespecting the repopulation not replanting berries ,or digging smal lplants or everything they see for that matter