Exploring 124 YEAR OLD General Store! Still In Operation! CF Hays and Son Musella Georgia

Join me on this adventure into history as I visit the historic C.F. Hays and Son General Store in Musella, Georgia-a true relic of the past, established around 1900 by Robert L. “Mr. Bob” Dickey, of Dickey Farms Peaches fame. This store has been a cornerstone of the Musella community for over a century, and it’s still in operation today, run by Cary Hays, the grandson of C.F. Hays, who purchased the business in 1934.
In this video, we explore the store’s rich history, its authentic charm, and its enduring place in the heart of this small town. Located just across the street from Dickey Farms, the oldest continuously operating peach packing facility in Georgia, this general store is a testament to the enduring legacy of family-owned businesses in rural America.
Whether you're a history enthusiast or just love discovering unique and timeless places, this visit to the C.F. Hays and Son General Store offers a glimpse into the past that you won't want to miss. Join me as we uncover the stories and heritage of Musella, Georgia, a town steeped in history and tradition.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

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[@fatherandsonsfamilyfarm]

I've always had a love for general and country stores since a kid ... This place is amazin'!

[@celleduffel1533]

Thank you for letting Robert show us your wonderful store!!

[@libertyandjustus8258]

That general store is just precious ❤

[@helenwenzel7603]

What a beautiful old store! Amazing building still in use. Makes you feel young at heart.

[@loritanner4478]

I remember our little store in our country neighborhood. As a kid i loved going there. They had the best penny candy. This was in the 60's. And that is when penny candy was a pack of candy cigarettes. Wax lips, wax soda bottles with juice in them. Just a cool selection. If i went with a dollar. I would come out with a brown paper lunch sack full. 100 pieces. We would look for the old brown glass beer bottles with the raised glass circle around the top of the bottle before the small neck. Those were the only returnable bottles back then. We would get 2 cents a piece for those. So each bottle was 2 pieces of penny candy! Whoo hoo! Miss those days. ❤

[@tylerjones2695]

Yeah everything was fun and everybody was happy

[@sheilam4964]

Thx to Mr Hays and you, Robert, for filming this and sharing it with us.

[@mercedithcompala8148]

This was so wonderful, I can't stop smiling ❤. Thanks Robert and the Hays family 🎉

[@hsimpson6581]

You have to respect someone that keeps things going that many years. It is fantastic!

[@robertburns3014]

I love seeing old stores like the C.F. Hays general store! I like to think about all of the people who depended on establishments like this for supplies and items needed for daily life. So cool!

[@peggyharris3301]

Me too!!

[@decembergem4598]

What an amazing treasure, thank you Robert for the tour. Thank you to all who allowed Robert to film it for us🙏

[@anitameza3960]

I love exploring old places.

[@Chaotic-Demise77]

And film if given consent. Photography.

[@user-hn4oi7yz1h]

Thank you for bringing this store to our attention. I believe there are people who still have memories of store like this one, I know I do.

[@randomvintagefilm273]

This was the smart way to operate a small store. Keep all items behind the counters!

[@JohnMarciaShackelford]

Yeah it is! Wonder when shopping became self serve....

[@c82richard]

@@JohnMarciaShackelford I know Piggly Wiggly was the first self serve supermarket. I want to say it was in 1939 or somewhere around that time frame

[@JohnMarciaShackelford]

@@c82richard interesting!

[@bonniemcvicar-briggs5770]

Love this store Mr. Robert. It reminds me of a general store my granddaddy took us to in Hickman Co. TN. It was 62 years ago, I was 11 years old and was fascinated with the wares of the store. Men sat around playing checkers. Granddaddy bought us some coloring books and comics. Thank you for stirring the memory of the granddaddy I only met one summer.

[@jamesb6080]

This is beautiful. I wish there were more people that would preserve this beautiful history.

[@billyscott6644]

Beautiful store. I’m 72 and reminds me of my childhood growing up in rural Mississippi

[@elviracontreras5928]

Amazing! I can't believe it's still in operation.

[@mikedestadio9895]

Awesome old general store

[@Lorriann63]

What a cool old store! Makes me feel like I'm stepping back to the1920s or 30s. I love the ghost signs on the building. I can't read it but it looks like the little girl from Sunbeam Bread packages when I was a kid. I haven'tseen that for years. Maybe it still exists in some places but not in NY State. Thank you, Robert. This was a fun look back.

[@stanleywest2619]

Very unique old store that should be preserved as is and remain a store and museum for all to see by the owner and afterwards. Thanks for sharing

[@conniealmeida3373]

Thank you, Robert for sharing this beautiful vintage store!😊

[@monkeyloujoseph708]

Thank you dear boy for historic content. Not many people understand the importance of this knowledge! Thanks again!❤️

[@DownSouthRustyClassics]

I love going in that store just to walk around exploring! Makes me feel like I’m really in an old mercantile store 100 years ago. It’s only 20 minutes down the road from us! Thanks for sharing Robert!

[@Court75]

It's as if from a movie... a time capsule to be treasured!

[@christineberry3076]

Love the old cash registers! Beautifully made!

[@pumpupjam9648]

I remember the general store decades ago. It had this wonderful smell in it. That store had practically e everything someone needed. It even had home made ice cream, pure custard. Glad this store has survived. Thank you Robert for sharing this real antique! Memory lane for me!

[@beretta1342000]

Wow! How wonderful to see something like that.. Now, we need to see more of Muesella. And thier backroads and cemeteries...

[@stevemergy6087]

I love this! Even the metal trash/ash can between the gas pumps. ❤

[@Mspetuniapea]

Time capsule from the past. What a gem! Great fine

[@lynnmacleod1879]

What a wonderful location, enjoyed the video.

[@marilyngaeta1362]

Thank you, thank you Robert. I remember some of the products that you showed in the store. Of course, I lived in Brooklyn, N.Y. all my life but I remember stores like this one. Robert, you never disappoint.

[@jefflawrentz1624]

That was super cool! Thank you Robert for sharing. WOW! That was like a trip back in time.

[@mauiswift6391]

Wow! Cool!

[@brendahogue5487]

Robert love your videos and enjoy watching them. May the lord bless and protect you Robert and showing the general store.

[@janehelbert7551]

This is fantastic it is still here!

[@karenshepler7128]

Amazing to see it as most little stores are gone now as I like the mom and pop places thank you for sharing this beautiful place with us 😊take care

[@redrooster1908]

The General Store is a time machine. Very cool ⛽️

[@beverlybennett963]

I absolutely would buy the vintage items, they are just so cool....... I remember so many of those items when growing up......... What a beautiful place.........

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

I LOVED visiting , with you, this old original general store. Great Video. Thank you Robert, God bless.

[@luannestrickland4199]

Thank you for sharing this time capsule ❤. I’m just mesmerized

[@WINDYJEAN]

Does my heart good to see this old store.

[@jamaschoonover2264]

i watch your video's all the time

[@henrydunbar397]

This old store made me think of the hardware store operated by my parents from 1954 to 1976 in a small town in Nebraska. I grew up in there and helped out while still in high school. The little office area was very similar with the roll top desk and chair. The store started out with the founding of the town about 1890 and finally closed about 1990. The original building was torn down and replaced by a community center. Thanks for step back into history.

[@cindys.9688]

I love all of the wood! Wooden display cases, counters, his desk in the office (a roll top to boot!🥰), cabinets...wow, you name it! Just beautiful! I admire how they've kept many of the original items to put on display alongside the items to sell. Adds a special vintage touch. Was that our Ms Joy back there outside by the doors? Will she be sharing history about the store on video with us some day? She's a fabulous historian in her own right.📜🏆 What a nice rainy day. So peaceful. Thanks for bringing us to this old general store. There's so many awesome details! Absolutely loved it!😊

[@joycehorstmann2634]

Wonderful-I can almost smell the aging shelves and cases. I love visiting old stores in the Midwest, too.

[@carlashepherd9362]

I love these old store’s! You don’t see many of these old mom & pop store’s! Very awesome video bro! 👍❤️🤘

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

A truly fabulous treasure.

[@howardwest1347]

Love love love it.

[@bettyboop4263]

That store is amazing❤

[@angelartistic3056]

Boy you been on a roll lately bringing us the best content ever! We appreciate you!

[@VictoriaN72]

I hope it will forever be preserved❤

[@alanatolstad4824]

Thank-you for this step back in time! I especially enjoyed the swallows at the end!

[@neetos5772]

I lived in FL when I had my children in the early '80's. My Mother-in-Law was raised in GA. So when my children started teething we would make a trip to a little store like this for teething powders, only places we could find it. They are such fascinating pieces of history.

[@ramonaalvarez7559]

Wow amazing it sure is. Imagine the local residents are exceptionally proud of that store! I can just hear all the daily chatter there .. the things that were talked about over all the years❣️Thnx for the tour Robert, luv this👍🏼👍🏼

[@mygrammieis]

Love your history travels❤❤❤

[@oldbamadirt2148]

I Can Recall The Day's Of The Old Store's . Oh Crap That Make's Me Old To.😎👍✌

[@eileenmartinez1170]

Love all your videos. Thank you for sharing

[@georgelaw3505]

Lovely place. Modern living does not always mean a community feel or better.

[@Chaotic-Demise77]

My kind of place to snoop around, shop, chat with the clerk(s), learn the history.

[@maryjomccallister9102]

Love this. There was an old country general store about a mile from my house when I was a kid. They stayed in business until the early 70s. They had the potbelly stove too.

[@carolparrott1994]

What a walk down memory lane….My grandparents owned a general store in our rural town when I was little. It had those display cases. I saw a metal meat scale on the counter-the market had a meat counter and Granny sliced your meat and cheese to order and weighed on that scale. The floorboards were even the same. Granny used that type of cash register up until the day they closed. I hope to see this myself sometime! You did a beautiful job with the video! Hope Joy is in some upcoming videos!

[@Lisa1111]

Yaaay! Thank you so very much for this and all of your videos! I'd like to be standing in that there store! God Bless you 🙏🏽 Seattle kin ❤

[@KenBurtner]

What a neat place to visit. My uncle had a store like this in a small village in Missouri. I could spend a day looking. hank you.

[@laurenglass4514]

Makes me remember the general store I would walk to with my grandfather in Mineral Springs Arkansas

[@HalfPint5811]

Thats some awesome history!!

[@motherokarma1033]

Wow amazing history. Please keep it in the family

[@karenwright9123]

Memorabilia lovers delight,💖so many old products I remember. Loved it!! Be safe from Ky.

[@leticiasingleton4186]

I love old stores like that 🥰🥰

[@lynnmcnamara5380]

You find the neatest places to visit and share. Thank you.

[@georginastoliker3358]

Wow ..beautiful!! Takes ya back in time inan instant. Thanks for thr virtual outing.

[@marypettitt9150]

What a charming general store. I'm guessing my gram would have gone into a store like this in Ewing, Nebraska, a hundred years ago. Thanks for letting us travel back in time.

[@cherylmahaffey6184]

Beautiful store Robert! Thanks for sharing! 😊

[@Linney321]

Very nice. Even has the gas pumps outside.

[@KittKatPawz]

Amazing store! All the cool vintage items were so neat to see.

[@dorenedaniels7493]

I have enjoyed this so very much and it is beautiful there thank you God bless you 🙏❤️

[@Azoreanislandgirl]

Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[@ramonaklassen9280]

I love places like this. It has stood the test of time very well. I had some ancestors who had a store like this in Briggs, TX. Than you for sharing this!

[@gayeyount7948]

Love seeing this old country store. Until I was 12 I was raised in my dad's country store and cafe. He sold a little bit of everything. He had a grain shed out back for feed for farm animals a room on the back of the store was the kitchen with a commercial wood cook stove. Oh the meals my mom and our cook fixed on that stove and no a.c.. it was a great way to grow up. He had a very meat counter where we learned to cut meat when we were tall enough to reach. He had one gas pump out front with a handle you cranked and the cash register was cranked too. I can still taste those cold sodas he would let us have after we separated the bottles out back under an old wild persimmon tree. Dad would feed anyone even if they didn't have money. Hobos used to get off the train behind the store and dad would feed them if they did something like separate the bottles load the truck for delivery sweep out the parking lot. Just something to show the6 were willing and no one ever complained. Sadly dad had to give it up in 59 because he had muscular dystrophy and he was going to have to finally give in and use a wheel chair. I wish I had been old enough to take ovee the store. It was a great childhood and I miss those simpler days

[@TheBnadeau]

amazing place. amazing video

[@suziereynolds5355]

Great old store. Grew up going to one like it. Miss having Dan around.

[@peggyharris3301]

The old gas pumps ❤️ What a great little place!

[@shelliewerner5624]

Amazing !!!

[@lisaw8050]

I grew up in Roberta, GA which is right next to Musella. My old bus driver, Mr. Blalock, would stop by this store & let us bus riders buy treats sometimes on the way home from school (this was way back in the eighties by the way 😉). A lot of my friends worked at Dickie farms during the summers.

[@JoHarmon-hg7wz]

What a treasure !❤

[@minerran]

What a beautiful store!

[@kerrygilchrist62]

Hard to beat an old General Store !!!!!

[@Corgis175]

What a gem.

[@nobodynothing9950]

What a time machine. I am amazed that it is still open for business! I live in NC and if I make it that way, I will drive out of my way to stop in for a drink and nabs. Thanks for sharing.

[@nancyholcombe8030]

Hi Robert! What an absolutely cool old store you've found here! When I was growing up in the foothills of North Georgia in the 1960s, I basically lived on the edge of major towns but where I lived was itself, a small little city with seven buildings over 100 years old, including a general store that had a post office! There were three other general stores within twenty miles of me very similar to this one. All of the general stores are now gone and only two of those buildings where I grew up were left to be preserved after the City of Atlanta swallowed it up! I may make a trip down to see this wonderful old store, if only to remember how cool they always were! Thanks for the visit, hope to see a more in depth look at it soon! 😊

[@user-sy3ti6nt2e]

Not the oldest in the Nation, maybe in Georgia. I've been to the Brick General Store in Bath, New Hampshire. It has been operating since 1790. It was quite an experience to explore this two-story building. I love visiting old buildings, especially if they're still in operation or have people or plaques giving information about the history. ❤😊 This one looks like a gem to explore also . 😊

[@davidsmith7309]

Love this old store,Durin the early 70s before goin to school every morning would stop there n get my morning cold dring headed to school,coldest drink box in Crawford county

[@pazf4384]

Amazing 😮

[@dianadelahaye7660]

Very cool store and museum.

[@jacruick]

Fascinating!

[@autumnfall8829]

Neat!! Thete was one in NE Ohio still open. It closed just a couple years ago. I loved going in there. It was twice the size of that one and a little fancier but all original and fully stocked with modern needs. It was incredible, very sad it closed.

[@barbaramai7610]

Wonderful video, Robert! I love this old stuff and SO appreciate this adventure into history. The years keep me from traveling as much, so thanks for taking me along. I have the same replica of the bull that is on the mantel in the office area that I purchased about 50 years ago, and found that very interesting. Wonderful old store!

[@susanbellefeuille]

Truly amazing!

[@suzannesnyder2679]

Love it! Would really like to visit sometime!

[@georginastoliker3358]

Thanks!

[@user-ij6xs4ut7j]

Love it!