Artifacts in a 140 Year Old House and Their Stories | History from Waverly Hall Georgia with Dan

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

A lot of history here - it’s amazing the stories objects can tell. Even a rug - with a heck of a back story. Donate to the D/2 Fund: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography Follow me on my old farm: kzbin.info/door/56vh2L-M0czmoTRLhSMaxg eBay Shop: ebay.com/usr/sidestep-adventures-official Join The Official Sidestep Adventures Fan Group: facebook.com/groups/561758371276581/?ref=share_group_link Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/SidestepAdventures My flashlight link: www.olightstore.com/s/UPTJSG Save 10 percent: SAIH10 (not valid on sales items and X9R) Mail: Sidestep Adventures PO BOX 206 Waverly Hall, Georgia 31831

[@lisapitts2011]

I have The last Name Pitts i wonder if i'm related?.. I have a grandfather that came from The Northeastern part of Georgia =) he was a policeman rode a police motorcyle

[@Jm4steam]

Are you restoring the reed organ? What make is it?

[@lornacourtwright2262]

Hello everybody!! It’s me,Thomas again. I really love this old place,at the old Byrd Farm. One of my favorite decors in your museum room is of course,Confederate Pig Boy!!! He looks a little moody right now so I,will tell you instead. Thank you for his service!! (Ha,Ha)What regiment he with? God Bless you all,my friends!!

[@TheTaz1999]

I could listen to Mr Dan talk all day about history The way he tells it with such knowledge and passion brings the past back to life once more..

[@dawnlefevre9172]

Amen!!

[@greywebs1944]

I agree history needs to be told the best education you'll ever need. Without history there ain't no future.

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

I so admire all the walkiong history from Mr. Dan Akin, I pray he has written a book on all his own life and family genealogy along with maybe a sdeperate book on ALL his memories of all that he knew while growing up in waverly Hall and other parts of Georgia where he has been. He is an amazing man and so happy that he and Robert have teamed up and he shares and documents all the history he knows onto Rober to preserve and carry on the history. Thank you Mr. Dan..Robert you are blessed to know him and be able to document all he knows..

[@peggyharris3301]

Donna...good point! I've wondered that myself...to lose all his knowledge would be a shame...Robert is a good one to take the reigns up for next generation.

[@gayeyount7948]

History has always been my favorite thing to study. In fact in school it's the only subject I excelled in. Mr. Dan is a wealth of information. I can listen to him all day.

[@gazooberful]

sometimes you dont really appreciate dan's sheer genius til you go back and watch again

[@dawnlefevre9172]

Cannot believe how vivid the colors still are in that rug!!! AMAZING!!!

[@mercedithcompala8148]

Wonderful stories, this history is so very interesting...thank you Dan and and Robert your RUG is unbelievable...wow ❤

[@tomroderick6041]

The Bertha Ingram home shown at the beginning of this video reminds me very much of the house I lived in until I was ten years old. It was owned by my maternal grandfather and was located at the South end of Washington Street in Atlanta a mile or two south of the State Capitol. I am now 76 years old and for my first five years in that house we did not have an indoor bathroom. There was plumbing, but it was only in a small kitchen that was my Grandmother's and the bathroom was a separate room built onto the house behind the kitchen. We had to go out the back porch and down some stairs then up some other stairs to get into the bathroom. Day or night, winter or summer. I do remember the details of the railings and columns on our front porch looking very similar to this house. Research I have done using insurance company maps show that the house was there in 1910. I do remember that there was a coal shed behind the house, but the only heat was gas heaters in each room, and the insurance maps also show a stable at the back of the property on an alley. I never knew about the stable before finding it on the insurance maps. The house and all is gone now. Thanks for the memories.

[@SondraD7676]

Very significant history interwoven with Waverly Hall, locals and the Old Byrd Farm. The rug, the photos, the Byrd cotton documentation, amazing connections. Makes you pause and think, and relish the facts, the place, the times, the people, and your showcase room in the Old Byrd Farm House. Dan is amazing with details, such a memory. He (as well as you, Robert) shows a love for people and their contributions both significant and seemingly ordinary. It all impacts history and life as we know it now. Wonderful edit with the story telling and photos, Robert. Enjoyed it so much!! 👍👍❣️❣️

[@peggyharris3301]

Absolutely Sondra on all points

[@SharonBartlett-s7l]

I think that Dan should write a book so that all of the knowledge and history that is in his head could be preserved😊

[@scotty12342]

Dan's knowledge and memory never ceases to amaze me

[@detective29]

Mr Dan not only thought to sit down and talk to the older folks in his town but he actually went out and did it. Its for that reason that the history of Waverly Hall has been preserved. Many small towns,with a,rich history have had that richness lost to time because nobody cared enough to talk to the old folks before they were gone. Very sad.

[@cynderella3465]

I really enjoy Mr. Dan's commentaries. 😁

[@kimmyles444]

That was very nice of Dan to bring those items over for your property. Looks as though your memorabilia room is coming together rather nicely. Hopefully, if anyone has Byrd Family items like Dan did they will bring them over for you too.

[@terribarron9238]

I could listen to mr.Dan all day!!! Love his history on everything. My grandmothers great grandfather was Natan Bedford Forest , she was a Forest

[@lorikrafft8197]

This rug is absolutely beautiful. I love the colors you’re lucky to have it.

[@brendaz9222]

I could listen to Dan all day!

[@karenstraw8689]

Dan is always interesting to listen to. He has so much knowledge of the area.

[@dakshaswal4-croll.no.21avn7]

What a great narration by Dan of this rug.and history to it

[@billiebishop]

I just love to hear him talk, you can listen and learn from him,hes so sweet.

[@bbqking7869]

Thank you guys it is so much to take in how people live and died back in our history, and you two are bringing it to life..

[@bcoldgoalie]

Mr.Akin's ability to retain and remember all this history is amazing! All those stories from long ago about war,disease and other hardships show how easy our lives are now. Thirty years from now our stories will be: " Remember when our WiFi was down for three hours in 2020? Tough times but we soldiered through!" LOL! Another great video. 👍 👏

[@andreamills5852]

Awesome history Mr. Dan. I see your bff is standing over by the fireplace listening to your awesome story. 🐷

[@shellydehart8217]

Fascinating history. I do remember seeing this once before on your channel several months ago. I could sit n listen to Mr. Dan all day. What a memory he has. The picture of Mrs. Ingrams house is stunning. A good old southern home. So sad that it’s gone but the memories live on. Especially in that rug. Oh my goodness if it could talk the stories it could tell. Amazingly it’s still in fairly good condition. A few tears but it deserves that. I think Sondra said it beautifully n I feel exactly the same. ♥️♥️♥️😊👍🌟🌟🌟

[@janehelbert7551]

What a memory this gentleman has.

[@cumberlandquiltchic1]

I love the term, “broke up housekeeping”. Love your videos and listening to you speak.

[@cumberlandquiltchic1]

So you know what kind of vine that is in the porch in the photo around the 40 sec mark? I don’t think it’s wisteria, looks like an ivy thpe, but I don’t think it’s Ivy either. I see the strings where it would run to shade the porch. Love it!

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

I’m not sure what it was

[@danthevictrolaman9830]

Thornless Smilax rotundifolia

[@cumberlandquiltchic1]

Really?!???? Very interesting.

[@bethbrafford1752]

That stood out to me also.

[@karenwright8556]

Amassing volumes of history. Enjoying it all in the present. It always struck me as sad that so few people really found history of the past worthy of preserving. Looking at it with great admiration from my chair. We all have things to do but it's time well spent to talk about and remember people came before us. So many lives just walked on an old rug,amazing!❤ 😊 Just think we'll meet on a beautiful shore some day with the spirits of these souls.😊

[@MinionTheFirst2024]

tHANK YOU i COULD LISTEN TO MR dAN A WHOLE WEEK!!

[@artillerest43rdva7]

what great providence for that rug! that is so interesting, and of coarse that book was interesting too! it is so nice to read first hand information , over the PC trash they shove down our throats! great video showing great facts from your local past!

[@theodoredugranrut8201]

We find this kind of history so interesting,thank you Dan for sharing and thank you Robert for documenting this hopefully for eternity. Central California watching

[@legalaideful]

Great stories! My great-grandfather, John Henry Dixon, owned a cotton farm near Albany GA until about late 1930's. I have photos of the house (very large). Would love to find out how to locate where it was, and history like you have discovered. Very interesting!!

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

I swear I think I know more of the history of y’all’s hometown than I do my own! ❤️🐝🤗

[@candessak]

So great to see Dan again, I enjoy the history he tells of items and times past...looking forward to more history with Dan! 😁 👍

[@marypettitt9150]

This has been a marvelous step back in time of Waverly Hall and the Byrd brothers' activities. The photos all had "pause" quality. I was especially interested in Archie Byrd's photo; trying to imagine his youthfulness when he hid with his brother in the dig-out fashioned by his grandparents to keep them safe from Union troops during the War Between the States. Mr. Dan, your memory is fantastic. The town is lucky to have you, and we fans are fortunate to have Robert arrange these history moments with you. I wonder if the Byrds grew all the cotton they sold, or if some was purchased from other growers. That would take a lot of land for all that cotton. So growing cotton is much higher now. Kern County, CA (the Bakersfield area) still has cotton growing which is about mid-thigh height. I once collected some from a harvested field to share with my students. My husband's dad tried to pick cotton but because he was so tall, bending over to pick was too difficult. He was able to move to tree crops. I think with sympathy of all the people who had to pick cotton and had no other choices. Bless them, and thank you both for this fascinating story.

[@katherineyanagihara2909]

Aloha 🌺 Dan & Robert! Thank you! Aloha 🌺🥰

[@l.l.2463]

I find the Waverly Hall history to be fascinating. It's so different than my life story and upbringing. We were never in one place long enough to put down these kinds of roots. I feel like I've been cheated out of something special. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

[@rondadepenbusch8152]

Fantastic history !!! You’re a great story teller & i enjoyed this video!!! Thank you for sharing!!

[@shellydehart8217]

Well said Sondra. I can’t beat that comment you said it so beautifully. Thank you. I think we all feel the same. ♥️😊👍

[@arleeparker5036]

Well made video. Mr. Dan's detail to the story brings back the real history of Waverly Hall and the Old Bird Farm.

[@carrieann1640]

Your re-edit made this a truly immersive video.

[@asilversurfer4372]

I really enjoy the history around the old Byrd farm.

[@ColinHarperSummerson]

Excellent video , really interesting history , thank you both for sharing it 😎👍

[@artcflowers]

Thanks gentlemen, another wonderful history chat. 👍🖐

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@davidjeffersjeffers7918]

Thanks for bringing Dan Aiken in for another history lesson. That $248 would still only be worth around nine thousand dollars in 2023. If I owned that old rug, considering its historical value, I would carefully hang it on the wall.

[@paulhoffman6371]

Your rebranded Adventures into History is a great place to hear Dan as a history teacher I would enjoy listening to. There is always much more in the back stories than history allows. Thanks for the live update. Has the Other Robert read the updated contract with the added 200 pages?

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Yes, he called me yesterday about the name change and said it “voided his contract” - he thought wrong! 😅🤣

[@artcflowers]

@@AdventuresIntoHistory 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@peggylowrie7495]

Very interesting. We really enjoy Dan's stories.

[@howardwest1347]

Wow that is amazing to have those papers. What great history. Dan Akins is a treasure trove of history for Waverly Hall. So glad that you gave recorded him. Incredible history to go with your old Byrd FArm. Living in the past but having all the advantages of being in the future.Kudos Robert. 👍🏻

[@hankfacer7098]

Thanks Mr Dan, wonderful wonderful story & so well told

[@jameswasher4677]

General Forrest story from my family history. I found more of my Great Grandfather's Civil War story today: Zebedee Hull Rice volunteered in 1862 in the 80th Illinois infantry. Streight's Raid and capture In the spring of 1863 the 80th Illinois took part in Streight's Raid in northern Alabama. The raid, led by Colonel Abel D. Streight, was intended to destroy parts of the Western and Atlantic railroad, which was supplying the Confederate Army of Tennessee. But due to poor supplies and poor planning it ended with the defeat and capture of Streight and his men at Cedar Bluff, Alabama, by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Streight was additionally hindered by locals throughout his march, while pursued by Forrest, who had the advantage of home territory and the sympathy and aid of the local populace, most famously Emma Sansom. The actual capture of the forces was achieved by a clever ruse, when Forrest paraded his much smaller force back and forth in front of Streight, convincing Streight that he was opposed by a superior force. After surrendering and being informed of the deception Streight reputedly demanded his arms back for a proper fight, a request cheerfully declined by Forrest. In addition to arms, Forest's men stole the regiment's blankets, watches and money. The regiment was taken to Rome, Georgia, where they were paroled and then sent in coal cars to Atlanta. From here the officers were sent to Libby Prison while the enlisted men were sent, via Knoxville and Lynchburg, to Richmond, arriving on 13 May 1863. While the officers largely remained imprisoned for the remainder of the war, the enlisted men were sent to City Point before being exchanged for Confederate prisoners. Zebedee returned to Illinois and volunteered again, this time he was transferred to the 38th Illinois Infantry because by now the 80th was heading toward Atlanta. He was mustered out in 1865 in Texas.

[@frankscarborough1428]

The history of the old Byrd farm and surrounding area is interesting. Thanks Mr Dan and Robert for sharing this info with us.

[@soniatrujilloperez7573]

Es fabuloso como se puede conocer tanto de la comunidad donde se creció, cosa muy difícil en ciudades grandes como en la que vivo, y aún así ya conozco algo de las personas que habitaron las grandes casonas que siguen en pie funcionales. Lo que sí es que yo muy entretenida escuchando al sr Dan cuando mi vista se topa con esa figura de cerdo que tienes Robert y me dieron escalofríos 19:25

[@lynnebunning7273]

Love the change of name as it is indicative to what your doing. It’s not my history Australia but it is fascinating to learn another countries history. Mr Dan is a fantastic history teller. Love his voice as so calming & he doesn’t waffle on. Cheers to you both Lynne Victoria Australia 🇦🇺🐨👍🏻❤️

[@beckyhorton7974]

Hey Australia, the American south is a place of its own. I wish you could visit because I lived in South Carolina for 25 yrs. The roads that the 2 Roberts and friends drive down are still dirt roads , with wild thick undergrowth that you can’t walk through where whild pigs roam and all kinds of snakes and birds live. It is so so different then anyplace else with the thick moss hanging low covering a old house or building way back. Ga. Is not so low country in Waverly Hills but is a little higher and drier then the Low country. Yes the history is their on the old back roads and the towns with building loosing their footing. But Robert and his friends are trying to capture some of the old south before it will slipway . The original area’s of the south like the old roads by Summerville, SC where the wisteria grows to the top of 69 ft trees blooming with thee most beautiful flowers resembling the northern lilacs. It is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen but deadly as you watch the fight Robert has had with the neglected Byrd farm. I wish you could drive along those dirt roads in the spring. And yes as you drive suddenly there is a cemetary amoung the tal tall southern pine! It is a sight you can’t. Imagine unless you have visited or lived there. Walter the great Waverly Hall photographer has captured that old south life better then any other Photographer I have seen.

[@lynnebunning7273]

@@beckyhorton7974 thank you so much Becky for your amazing description of the area I can just picture it & certainly sounds fantastic. I love watching the transformation of the farm & look forward to seeing the veggie patch bear fruit. Again thank you. Cheers Lynne Victoria Australia 🇦🇺🐨👍🏻😍⭐️😍

[@janetomaszewski2105]

Thank you Dan for all the interesting info, you are such a wealth of knowledge. Robert...that pig is scarey...

[@fifibrown13]

Hey! Here in Chapel Hill is where the Sons of the Confederacy have saved the house where Nathan Bedford Forrest grew up! Our high school is called Forrest HS. Y'all should come sometime to see the house!

[@Granny2470]

Absolutely love the history!!! Thank you 😊

[@ghighiannemorrison4922]

Thank you American History is so interesting and I really enjoyed this. I am now going to look how much early Australian cotton growers got for their cotton...mind you we were mainly sheep/wool producers.

[@MinionTheFirst2024]

All that from a rugg, great!! Thank you!!

[@janiefox3458]

It is so neat to see this house. It looks like a carbon copy of my Gma Russell's (nee Jones's) siblings home in Sanford, NC. The room you are in even looks like the dining room in that house. The last time I was in that house I was in the 5th grade and I'm 75 now. But the house was one that stuck in my mind.

[@Mudjie50]

Fantastic history! Thank you gentlemen.

[@accelerateddragon]

248 dollars is around 6,500 dollars today adjusted for inflation. Great segment, thank you for the history.... love this stuff

[@donnawelborn-dicus8953]

I really enjoy these history videos! Thank you for sharing.

[@jont8707]

Mr dan your knowledge on history is great to listen to your a great story teller your my favorite that comes on the channel 👍

[@cynthiacarter514]

It fits so well in the Byrd Home. I hope it does not fade and dry rot due to continual sun from window.

[@rikspector]

Mr. Dan, 1$ in 1900 has the buying power of about36$ today so 238x 36 equals 8568 dollars today, approximately. As you said, within a few years the price dropped, but the human labor to grow and harvest it must have been immense. What would be really interesting would be how much Mr. Byrd made in a year at that time, compared to his expenses. You have a wonderful memory and the ideal voice to pass that history on to us. Thank You, Frederick "Rik" Spector

[@marypettitt9150]

I checked Ancestry for your query. The 1900 Federal Census does not have a Farm Schedule the way some earlier censuses do. I wonder how the Byrd yield for that time compares with other local growers, and how much land is needed for that yield.

[@rangerbull]

Dan is a very knowledgeable local historian.

[@daveperryman291]

Thank you, gentlemen.

[@janvardeman6345]

So interesting to hear all of this history of our town!

[@karenshepler7128]

Thank you for sharing this story with us

[@donnalothes7085]

That is a beautiful floor covering!

[@lisapitts2011]

Very interesting piece of history educational too😃👍

[@macygardea6159]

What an amazing room!

[@dianeo2819]

I love the pic of young Dan!

[@VictoriaN72]

Love his stories❤

[@peggyharris3301]

I do love when Dan joins our Robert! Thanku Dan and Robert...❤❤ Was that a young Dan in the photo on porch?

[@nannettemueller5672]

Thanks for the history!

[@johnlaforte700]

Thanks for the interesting history, it is fascinating. 🙏

[@cmg6848]

It's great to see some much history being saved in a world where they seem intent on destroying it.

[@beckyhorton7974]

Robert I love your new. Walk in history ( I know it’s not the name bu). I really enjoy the program . Good for you and your friend! Plus I live to learn from the Lady Master Gardener! Good choices for your regular followers!

[@susanorr7535]

Amazing!

[@HalfPint5811]

Love the old history of the South.

[@Craft851]

Great history I want to know how they harvest to much?

[@carolynstrecha2371]

Interesting, hope yall write it all down.

[@williamyorkolepossum]

Very int.eresting

[@carylosborn1808]

Mr. Dan, did you say Whisnant? I'm related to Whisnants who came out of N Carolina. Mullins Whisnant was 12 years old when he checked out that book.

[@mrrs8118]

My grandmother had a floor covering like that.

[@pinkladybikermamma3603]

JUST TO ACTUALLY GET TO SEE THE BOOKS AND LETTERS ARE GREAT.

[@cemeterrihaynes4435]

PLEASE…. Write a book. Read it out loud for Audible. I could listen to you all day.

[@MillerMeteor74]

This showed up today as a new video, but I watched this several months ago. Still interesting though.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

This is a re-edit of a video released on my other channel, except this time with old pictures

[@MillerMeteor74]

@@AdventuresIntoHistory Oh okay. Cool. Yeah, now that I think about it, I remember that it was on the other channel. I like the old pictures too.

[@bonniemcvicar-briggs5770]

Mr. Dan, is it an oil cloth rug? I know they were used in the 1800s.

[@lindagreen1105]

In the 1950's my grandpa grew cotton. When I was around 6 family members had their cotton sacks that were generally 10 to maybe 12 feet long. They could pack those sacks by bouncing them up and down on the ground. I know some men could pick some heavy bags that all had to be carried to the wagon weighed and emptied so we could pick more. Each of those bales was probably what came from one field.. My grandpa went to the gin about every other day. Cotton is heavier than you realize.

[@Dav3Campb3ll]

Going to take me a while to accept the new name, liked the old one alot But I know all about name changes It's a good one

[@kellycal124]

At 00:26 is that a picture of the Old Byrd house??!! 😳

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

No.

[@sams568]

I was curious what the money for cotton would equal in today's economy; "$250 in 1900 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $8,983.21 today, an increase of $8,733.21 over 123 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 2.95% per year between 1900 and today"

[@kerrygilchrist62]

Now I know where they saying “I’m low to middling “came from 😀

[@cosmyccowboy]

Mr Pitts liked to accumulate Coca Cola stock also. One day in the mid 90’s sitting on top of Oak mountain and listening to the local teevee they announced that Mrs Pitts had given a bunch of money (50 million?) to the private college down in Cuthbert!

[@nightstalkerck]

I haven't heard anyone else mention it. but that was A young Dan in that picture of miss Pitts, wasn't it?

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Yes

[@Teresa-f2h]

Damn should make a video of all the history he knows

[@shaniquaAK]

Do you have a POBox?

[@carolinereisinger4070]

I think you already posted this video

[@megwilcox2878]

I want to know about the post-apocalyptic pig.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Pig Boy

[@MurderMostSouthern]

That was a good episode! You need to look that one up 😂

[@lindadoran6062]

That pig is creepy