EXPLORING "DOG TROT" LOG CABIN FARM HOUSE IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS! PALMER PLACE | CATALOOCHEE

EXPLORING THE PALMER PLACE BUILT ABOUT 1860 IN CATALOOCHEE NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

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[@donnaoglesby1278]

With what Raymond Caldwell stated of what his father remembered, I totally agree, that so many, that worked so hard for everything that they had, to be told to leave it all, and go find another place, was low. Those people had to be pretty strong to do all that they did and then have it all taken away, and then start again. God bless them. Loved the tour Robert, and your videos on all this. Very appreciated..

[@DrJohn493]

Having visited the Catalooch on many occassions, I can only imagine, with profound sadness, what the Cherokee Nation tribe members thought when they were forced off their ancestral lands by the white settlers. It wasn't called the Trail of Tears for nothing. While there are things to admire about the grit of the Catalooch settlers, the Park Service did compensate the park's white inhabitants and preserve these lands in the GSMNP for future generations to enjoy moreso than exploit, especially like the timber barons did.

[@gailatkinson1955]

The same thing happened in VA for the Skyline Parkway. The families never got over being forced from their homes.

[@jdjd918]

It still happens every day

[@geewizzz8832]

Our wonderful government at work. Making hard working Americans leave their homesteads so politicians can reap rewards. Great video. Thank you!

[@SondraD7676]

I can't imagine having to leave all of this. It is wonderful that it is preserved and can be toured, but sad too. Grief for certain. When you hear about distrust of government and federal "men" from people in these areas, it goes way back and to this kind of event. I speak from my family's oral history. Great tour!!

[@artcflowers]

And before that, the Cherokee removal. Up in Mammoth Cave area the parks were created by the same means. They still talk about their farms they lost to the eminent domain buy outs.

[@SondraD7676]

@@artcflowers yes, absolutely.

[@DrJohn493]

Think what it was like for the Cherokee peoples to be violently removed from the lands they had inhabitted for centuries and far longer than did the valley's white settlers, who were at least compensated and removed peacefully.

[@nightsparrow8305]

@@DrJohn493 They were thrown off the land, white settlers weren't compensated

[@DrJohn493]

@@nightsparrow8305 Nope, you’re wrong. They were paid.

[@skyhigh6]

Growing up in the 40s and 50s in Tennessee I still remember family still living in old home built in the early and late 1800s. My great uncle "Marshall" lived in an old two story log house in upper middle Tennessee. No electricity, no running water, feather beds, fireplace for heat and he was a bootlegger. The dog trot was often used in the summer for sleeping, (if you are familiar with the Bernoulli's Principles of fluid dynamics.) They didn't know the principles but understood that air would flows faster through the dog trot because of the restriction. His old home was built pre-civil war and on the state of Tennessee historic building. It have spent many night there.

[@jefflawrentz1624]

The dog trot house is charming. Seeing the old linoleum floor covering reminded me of my paternal grandparents home out in the country. That had to be heart breaking for the families to give up homesteads that were in their families for generations. I’m going to put this on my list of places to visit. Thank you, Robert!

[@peggyharris3301]

Funny how some of us are so captivated by history...can't get enough...that's the main reason I love this channel!!

[@markfrazier915]

I went into that house years ago once and there was literally thousands of ladybugs on the wall and celling. There was a park ranger there at the time talking about the ladybugs.

[@lindagreen1105]

Robert I am old enough to remember helping my grandma hang wall paper in her kitchen. She passed away a few years ago a month before her 101st birthday. She could not afford paste for the wallpaper and had to make her own with flour and water. When it dried some places bubbled up and did not stick. That may be why some places in the wall paper in these houses is still there and some not. I even saw newspaper wall paper in some old homes way back then. A walk down memory lane and times we hope to remember forever.

[@sandymiller99]

What a fascinating home and history. I wonder how all those rooms were used and lived in over the generations. Thanks for recording and sharing this video-another great one ❤

[@elizabethlucey4527]

Robert I,m a big fan of your channels ok

[@hankfacer7098]

Another great one Robert, thanks

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Thank you!

[@wondergranny2299]

I love the yellow paint, and the lovely linoleum on the floor.

[@karenshepler7128]

So very beautiful and interesting. I would love to see it someday .thank you for sharing. Take care.

[@oldbamadirt2148]

I Can Recall a Lot Of Old Home's Like This Back In My Kid Day's.😉👍✌.

[@annettegraff8323]

It's sad to me that the houses are left so depersonalized . I've been to Cades Cove and another place in Tennessee where items of common usage were on display in some rooms I feel that helped to envision the lives lived there better . My kids were at the age when taught about American history at different times and specifically the pioneer times . It was a great visual guide to the next year's study ! My own great grandparents settled in FL from Austin Texas after the Civil War. They built a log cabin to live in with 4 sons while proving their homestead. They built a dogtrot house over time as funds allowed very similar to the one shown.I remember being on the front porch and entering the right front room by a door . The _trot hadn't been floored yet ! To get to the bedroom side wide planks spanned the gap across ! My great uncle finished that in the late 50's . A big fence surrounds the property now and post beetle destroyed the structure . A cousin demolished it fearing vandals as grandpas house is now used for hunting only .

[@brendahogue5487]

Love your videos and enjoy watching them every time they come on. Bringing out the past

[@celleduffel1533]

I could never imagine being told I had to leave my home!! I was thinking of the families "removal" and actually what little they were given to resettle someplace else. What a great video. We have a "shotgun" house near me and its actually still being lived in..so many times I have wanted to stop and knock on their door. I look forward to part 2

[@mrrs8118]

When we lived down in that area, we were friends with a guy who worked with the Park Service maintaining the old buildings. He loved the Cataloochee area the best. Turns out my brother-in-law’s ancestor lived in one of the old homes there. I believe he said it was of the Messer family. Interesting…

[@kdkdkd4153]

So happy there's no trash or vandalism. Great feel good video.

[@bdg38gunyon2]

The flowered floor covering is linoleum,. They were room size and made to look. Like carpets. We had them in all rooms . If you could cover your floors and have wallpaper you were proud of your home. The floor, and walls, and curtains were usually all different patterns.

[@galaxy98765]

I love this video, and all the other ones, Robert. I, too, feel badly that the people were kicked out of their beloved homes. I wonder where they went and what happened to them after that. Happy Holidays from the Pacific Northwest.

[@DrJohn493]

Keep in mind that during the late 1800s early 1900s, many families in the southeast were on the move, going westward for better opportunities and seeking "greener pastures." For those displaced by the park's creation, most inhabitants became part of the westward migration that started in the early 1800s. The park's creation just hurried the process along for some. Unlike the Native Americans that were forced onto unproductive lands in Oklahoma, for example, at least the white inhabitants of the park were compensated and had the opportunity to choose where they went.

[@galaxy98765]

@@DrJohn493 Hmmm ..... Good point. Hadn't thought of that. Thanks.

[@bettylorch3796]

Garrison Keeller brought about the phrase "strucal wall paper for the older home " on his radio program Looks like that was used to a degree here

[@joseleswopes1400]

I remember when my cousins were living in Telluride Colorado and we were visiting them. It was winter and they had to tunnel from the driveway to the house. The snow was so deep, they had Newspaper for Wallpaper in the kitchen.💕

[@user-randi1987]

How very sad for the families that lived there. I can't imagine the sadness and bitterness of the people told they had to leave because the government wanted the land. Good video. Thanks, Robert, Merry Christmas to you and your family

[@DrJohn493]

...and how very sad that the Cherokee were forced off the land by the federal government at the demand of the white settlers. What goes around sometimes comes around.

[@janicegelbhaar7352]

Same way my native American ancestors felt when they had to move cause the government wanted their land.

[@jess_me316]

Catalooche reminds me of Cades Cove that is between Gatlinburg and Townsend Tennessee several cabin and old churches remains in the loop that you can drive around

[@yankeeroses3572]

Yes ! That’s what I was gonna say. I loved it there

[@joseleswopes1400]

That is Sad that they were removed from there homes. I'm sure they weren't properly compensated. The government is not well known for that then or now 😎

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

They probably realized how the Cherokee felt - about 100 years before.

[@joseleswopes1400]

@@AdventuresIntoHistory I'm sure, my dad's side of the family on his mother's side is Cherokee. They had been moved to Oklahoma.😎

[@okdk7]

Love the "dog trot" design... Thank you for the share.

[@megwilcox2878]

Wow, what a story! All those people tossed out of their established homes. Some of those homes looked expensive, too! There's got to be a lot more to this story.

[@vickiebrannon5217]

Thanks, Robert. You do a wonderful job of sharing your travels and findings with us. Best wishes and Happy Holidays from Middle Tennessee.

[@andreacoop8725]

Merry Christmas to you and your family❤🎅🎄🎁🎁

[@brendaprovence1750]

So a lot of dog trot houses when I was a child. I always wanted one. We love sleeping in the hallway between the two parts of the house I just love the house

[@daxxydog5777]

It must have been so peaceful in those homes, listening to the rushing rivers.

[@sherrilee230]

My late husband had the same thing happen. The Cumberland lake in Strunk KY. They took the Lee homestead in Lee Hallow and moved them out. They were lost feeling. He was born there along with 6 siblings. And they never used there land and government resold it to the adjoining property. Thank you for sharing this. Merry Christmas

[@bakerbaggertagger]

Thankyou for sharing part of your vacation, Robert.

[@brendaz9222]

I don't know why all these people were not allowed to live out their lives in their homes if they wanted too. Our Government is so ridiculous.

[@joycemcfee1829]

My father-in-law built a cabin in North Jersey. The government bought up the land to create a reservoir using the Delaware River. He was allowed life rights to his cabin, and then it had to be turned over to the government which seemed more fair. However, they never built the reservoir.

[@bettytordoff8920]

Really enjoy looking at what was.. Guess I have a little different thinking than most. I love the great outdoors and all its natural beauty. Rather see acres of land preserved than another high-rise and Walmart. Yes, people were displaced. Sometimes, the best development is none. Thanks for taking us.

[@allenbuck5589]

Great job. Robert

[@marypettitt9150]

This looks like such a comfortable, large house. It's obviously undergoing preservation. I'm glad some of the Cataloochie buildings were saved.

[@lorij323]

I can't imagine what it would have been like to have worked so hard for everything you had, and then to have to leave it behind. I feel for all of those people who were forced to do that. But I do so appreciate visiting the area that was preserved for all of us to enjoy. It's that thing that is so hard for us - the balance of loss of some people for there to be a great area like this for visiting from people all over the country, and the world. Difficult choices. Thank you for sharing this with us, so we can remember

[@SimplyGobsmacked]

Wow. Videos like this are why your channel stands head and shoulders above others with a similar theme. Your story-telling and commentary can turn an empty shell of a house into a beautiful artifact to be explored. I find myself in the Great Smokey Mountains often, this is definitely going on my bucket list. Thank you for all of the work you put into this channel.

[@carolb29]

I had to leave the farm I grew up on back in the 60's cause they wanted to widen the road that ran in front of it. I was 14 and yes it was devasting. Me and my Mom went back to watch them tear down the house, we cried thru the whole thing.

[@DrJohn493]

At the age of 10, I had to leave the family dairy farm back in the 60's 'cause my granddad sold out to a subdivision developer. Making my dad a sharecropper on other people's land.

[@mygrammieis]

Awesome thanks sharing this 🧐👍

[@susanbellefeuille]

Thank you for the very interesting video. I have great sadness when I think of any displaced communities and the possible history that might have been incurred had that not happened, I include indigenous communities as well as they too were displaced from their homelands.

[@trishcook7810]

Thank you Robert for the interesting and informative video. Love your work.

[@The1952trouble]

Great video Robert.

[@VictoriaN72]

Beautiful structures

[@alanatolstad4824]

I feel ambivalent about the buy-out. At what cost, history? Were the displaced active farmers, with children likely to assume the duties as the elders aged? Or would the culture have eventually faded with time? And are the historical buildings currently preserved, visited by enough people to have justified such an action?---Thanx for sharing. We'll never have the answers, but it's worth bringing up the discussion.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

I think the overall protection of the area brought about by creation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a wonderful thing. Now everyone can enjoy the beautiful mountains and they are preserved. However, the cost was removal of all the people who had a home there - generational farms destroyed etc. It is an interesting study, first the Cherokee people were removed from the area by the government and European settlers moved in. Then later the government removed those settlers (descendants) from there to return it to a natural state. Also interesting is it was just about 100 years between the Cherokee removal and then the removal of settlers.

[@gailatkinson1955]

I love that old house. The rooms were a pretty good size for that time.

[@wandabrown3964]

Thanks for this video and taking time to read the notes on the wall. Family history means a lot to me.

[@oldjarhead1125]

Fun to watch your video of the Palmer house. I visit many times. I can remember back in the early 70's when Mark Hannah, the resident park ranger, lived in that house, with his official Park Ranger Office was in the white added building. Most of the old homes in Cataloochee were burned down by Mark & others to remove them before the Park Service decided they need to save/preserve them. I have posted a copy of the video on Cataloochee Valley that you used to be able to view in the little picture museum. Search "Cataloochee" Great Smoky Mountains National Park . You can see pictures of my wife's father Jack Woody, when he was a baby. Thanks for posting

[@RachelSmith-vm2jt]

They finally opened the road ,from the Cades Cove loop ,to Cataloochee. Hopefully my next drive through the Cove will allow for time to go out that way and visit again.

[@donnadigsjersey2936]

What a cool Video. Thank you.

[@susanmcconnell-sink5443]

Would have broken my heart to leave. Thank you for sharing this ♡

[@banjobandit3270]

I love visiting Cataloochee Valley

[@blossom1643]

Thank you for a nice video. Beautiful Solid built Homes that once belonged to Real Americans. It makes me furious what this country does to it’s own people. Yet they let Any & Everybody that feels like it come in & call theirselves “Americans “ They are NOT. ✌️

[@emuseu2235]

thank you for shiarrng. my mom's family was from Parrotsville TN. and I often wonder if any of their louses still exist. I love this one. It is so much larger than it looks from outside

[@shellydehart8217]

This was another awesome video. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do some traveling to old historical places. When my husband n myself retired we had plans to travel seeing these old places n homes. But life threw me a curve n my husband passed away a year ago today from dementia. I know I should be brave n get in my car n go do it. As you were showing us the video I was thinking exactly what you mentioned. To think they worked hard to build up their homestead, then your told by the government of N.C. n Tennessee that you need to pack up what you have n leave. That’s so heartbreaking. Thankful for the men of the Forrest Rangers that tried to save some of the history. This yellow house was huge. You can kinda see where they added on. Must of had a lot of children or close family living there too. Robert, if I ever get the courage to take off , I’m coming to the “old Byrd farmhouse “ first to see you n get some better directions LOL. Love, Love, n more Love. ♥️😊👍🌟🌟🌟🎄🐶

[@tacocin]

What an amazing place! Rich history! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@wncjan]

Great video. I love these old houses and have visited a few in NC from 1860 and older, that are still inhabited.

[@gayleloy7111]

Amazing home. Very large. You have to feel for the people who had to leave their homes. Had to move somewhere else and start over. Love from Australia. Stay safe. Love You all.xxx

[@nathanfisher1826]

I have been there!! I love that area

[@jerroldmcley4347]

Very cool 😎👍

[@jen8491]

Awesome video Robert 👍. I was thinking about the families too as you were walking through the home. How did they feel leaving their home that had probably been in the family for generations. It is sad to think about. On a brighter note, the home was beautiful. Pretty spacious too. Thank you for sharing this and taking us on your adventures. Merry Christmas 🎅.

[@dakshaswal4-croll.no.21avn7]

Some history to savour.Sad the residents left but the park authorities have done a great job to preserve the house.Can be developed as stay destination for the tourists who want to spend the day there.

[@dlghenderson2837]

Robert. Good job.

[@MillerMeteor74]

What an interesting design for a house! I've never seen anything like that in person. I really like it. Thanks for the tour.

[@bobbybaldeagle702]

Those empty buildings look awful LONELY!!! What was once a home full of laughter, love and cheer. Along with a wee bit of sorrow and pain. Now stands a empty shell lonely and sad. No little bare feet running across the hardwood floors. No families sitting down for their evening meal when the evening chores were done. No one there to read God's word and no longer prayers to be prayed for better days. Yes when you remove the family from a home it just becomes a shell of a building. So sad and alone no one left to share the memories both good and bad..........

[@sharrontaylor4744]

Hi Robert , in that dwelling w/pics and histories (names listed on wall) wish you spent lil more time with that ! Would have been interested in list of peoples names !! TFS !!!

[@Spec279]

Yes this is area where my ancestors once lived!!

[@Tornado1861]

I read a fantastic historical fiction book a few years about Cataloochee. It followed a several families through several generations, from the early pioneers to shortly after the government forced them out in the 1940's. I have been to Cades Cove many times but never Cataloochee, I need to get over to the NC side of the Smokies more often. Thanks for sharing!

[@missy183]

Nice house 🏠👌

[@brendakrieger7000]

Cool😊

[@eringemini7091]

It must have been especially difficult for these people to leave in 1930, as that was the height of the depression in our country.😔

[@carolyn9andthecats653]

I would love to live there!

[@pinkladybikermamma3603]

NICE TOUR

[@yvonnemcmahan9037]

My grandma had newspaper on her walls. She also had a dirt yard and she swept it every day.

[@elizabethbowman8853]

The Walker sister stayed till 64 and the last people to leave Cades cove was in 1999, you could lease it from the park and stay until you passed. Many had their properties just taken from them.

[@sheilam4964]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@theodoredugranrut8201]

Thanks Robert, we have not heard of such actions and wondering how many generations had lived in them mountains. Central California watching

[@elizabethlucey4527]

Robert you should check out whear lorrett Lynn used to live in the smokey mountains ok keep up the good work keep the videos coming ok there historical and educational ok stay warm be good drive safely please buckle up safe travels happy holidays to you and yours from the zentgraph family here in medford Oregon ok

[@adacox]

Loretta Lynn was born in Ky. The Great Smokey’s are further south, so you may be thinking of Dolly Parton

[@shardunc5187]

I'd live there right now.

[@jq5609]

Fantastic cabin. Looks an ideal way of life but must have been an incredibly hard existence

[@stephenkorab6456]

It's a shame the residents were forced to leave after giving so much to build this community. Should have found another way to create this parkland The acquisition was a heavy-handed 'overreach' and abuse of power. Feel very sad for the displaced.

[@debbiegoble9836]

They could schedule tours and have people in the house that look like they live there. They're just walking around doing normal stuff cooking, making biscuits, and people walk in and tourists walk in and watch them just doing their everyday things. The tourists when they look at the people that's living there they're all dressed in the old timey way that would be cool.

[@georgejohn9893]

Interesting. I lived in old farmhouse in Missouri that had badly settled with plaster walls. It had about 10 layers of wallpaper to seal up the drafty walls. I guess every time the house settled more and more cracks in walls another layer of paper was applied.

[@marywright6759]

I wonder what those 2 front rooms were used for.? Thank you.

[@judymac3588]

I'd love to live in this house. Is the background noise traffic or a running creek? Amazing! Merry Christmas and God bless you. Love these historic videos.

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Running creek and wind in the trees!

[@judymac3588]

@@AdventuresIntoHistory perfect setting for me!

[@westernnorthcarolinacornfa8826]

I have been to catalooche before but never seen this cabin is this in the little catalooche valley

[@mammahasspoken]

From the fashion that the women were wearing on the newspaper (6:27 ish) looks to be from the late 1800's (1890 ish when the bustle went out of fashion).

[@brendakrieger7000]

Any Smoky Mountain Rain? 🎶🎤🌧

[@terryfinley7760]

While I am a lover of history and log cabins, I must say that there is something very sad and depressing about these in Cataloochi…

[@ellielizhavenofbless945]

I like this home but am having trouble figuring out the lay out. I feel such sadness thinking of the mother that made that place a home for her family just to have to leave it behind.

[@marilynspaziano9000]

Sad they were pushed out. yet to think what would have happened if it wasn’t saved. Strip malls, parking lots, house tracts. Better off

[@AdventuresIntoHistory]

Yup! I agree!

[@karenlouks3480]

Why weren't the properties grandfathered in

[@brianmaynard4537]

What shame to have to leave your own home. This happened to my grandpa. House was perfectly shape on nice property. Took the house down just so it could over grow.

[@Bananabrainzzzz]

Would this place have been windowless originally?

[@jerroldmcley4347]

Did I miss it why did the government seize all that land?

[@dlghenderson2837]

It's linoleum Robert. Not tile.

[@Meowskiii]

Why were they forced out? Our there minerals under ground? Natural gas?