Exploring Loretta Lynn's Butcher Holler home

[@WalkwithHistory]

Want to hear more about our visit? Podcast episode: talkwithhistory.com/loretta-lynn

[@christianbarnes3731]

I LOVE LORETTA LYNN SHE WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE COUNTRY STAR STINGER

[@gregsayre4700]

I spent my summers when I was young in that area of Kentucky, my Great Aunt married My great Uncle who was from a town nearby. Langley, KY which lies within 3 miles from what they call the Country Music Highway U.S. 23.

[@WalkwithHistory]

Amazing! Such a beautiful area

[@mydaddysgreeneyes]

I loved this! It really makes her music come alive to see these places. I grew up listening to Loretta Lynn. My mom played her records often. So glad she had the encouragement to start singing publicly and my goodness but the contributions she made to the music industry! Thank you for taking us to Butcher Holler!

[@WalkwithHistory]

Her music is a part of so many of us. Glad we could share a bit of her history

[@GpaEric5931]

Beautiful piece of land. Love the cabin. Born are rise in the mountains of Puerto Rico I love that type of scenery. TY Jenn. Cheers y’all.

[@WalkwithHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it! Gorgeous area

[@davidhopkins1199]

THANK YOU so much for this video! Absolutely fascinating. Amazing that her dad raised a family with eight children while having to shovel call in that mine. So amazing but two of his children turned out to be country music stars. A true American story!

[@WalkwithHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@shirleypoplo-ej7lz]

Her dad worked so very hard ! What a hardworking man and worked till he died!! Very true that they don’t make em like her daddy anymore!! I hope her daddy has been in paradise heaven ever since he certainly deserves it !

[@WalkwithHistory]

He was a hardworking man!!! He loved his family. Thank you for watching.

[@mrsx7944]

@@WalkwithHistory Her father was INCREDIBLY handsome when he was young. He looked like a male model.

[@wirecutter59]

That store's better than most small town museums I've been too!

[@WalkwithHistory]

😂 That’s so true! It had a TON of great stuff in there.

[@whtwtrva926]

That was awesome, and it was so cool to hear you, by the end of the video calling it holler and not a hollow! Appalachian girl here!

[@WalkwithHistory]

I love it. I will say in all my world travels the people of Kentucky Appalachia were the nicest I have ever encountered! It was a dream come true to sit on Loretta Lynn’s family porch swing!!! ♥️ Thank you for watching.

[@jerryhurley1068]

25 cents would get ya a pound from me! Those guys were nuts. But they were tough! I found that to be the most profound of the facts you presented. Unfathomable.

[@WalkwithHistory]

Pretty amazing right?!

[@kirkmorrison6131]

In the 30s and 40s 25¢ would give you a scrape by wage. It would be about equal to around 7 a ton today. Her father had to raise crops and livestock for them to get by.

[@dstaugustinefl8832]

This was wonderful, thanks. My grandfather was a coal miner in Kellytown, PA. My dad was one of 12 kids. We would go down to the tipple/coal belts as kids. I still have railroad ties we would find, and a few pieces of coal, I have kept them all these years.

[@WalkwithHistory]

Thank you for sharing that. 😊

[@rah2209]

I LOVE those old general stores. My mom was born and raised not far from this area and we would go visit my grandparents and one of the best memories I have is going to the store for a cold bottle of pop and hearing the creeks in the floor boards and the screen door.

[@WalkwithHistory]

I love it!

[@TribeTaz]

That was a cool General Store. And Mac seemed very cool

[@WalkwithHistory]

Mac is great!

[@kirkmorrison6131]

I remember her being always on the Radio, when I was a kid. We're from SW Virginia, it isn't that far from where she was from later we were in NoVa and she was still on the air. She, Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzle and many other old time Country Music artist were part of my childhood and teenage years as that was the music my parents loved.

[@WalkwithHistory]

She was amazing

[@kirkmorrison6131]

@@WalkwithHistory That she was, I can still see Dad in the living room playing Hank Williams and her on the stereo after getting off work.

[@shirleyjones4800]

My mom grew up this way to her daddy was a coal miner to ...

[@mrsx7944]

Never knew "Butcher" was a family name. Thats interesting. I would love to visit there. As a history major I love seeing Depression era "Americana". I had no idea Crystal was so much younger than Loretta. Thats almost a 20 yr difference! My goodness!! Her mother must've been in her late 40s by then. Im glad you clarified that she was 15 when she married and not 13 like they said in the movie.

[@WalkwithHistory]

Interesting right? Thank you for watching! 😊

[@mrsx7944]

@@WalkwithHistory very. And the wild part is Clara wasn't even 40 yet when she had Crystal. Even though Loretta was almost 20. She must've been exhausted. .

[@kyleking63]

I'm local. Been there many times. I even work with her cousin.

[@WalkwithHistory]

Nice! We loved visiting.

[@PattieBaca-dh8zd]

Thanks for the video! I loved (and love) Loretta Lynne. I love and appreciate the music included in this video. Very cool!

[@WalkwithHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@libertyann439]

Nice presentation! I've been to the home , but not the store. It was free back then and I talked to her relatives. Also, I am fortunate to have talked to Loretta five times. I gave her a pastel drawing of her with one of the babies I had someone draw. I hope it's in her museum!

[@WalkwithHistory]

That is so neat. Thank you for sharing. What was she like to talk to?

[@libertyann439]

@WalkwithHistory Very down to earth. I once gave her a coal miner doll and she probably had a thousand of them. But she was gracious enough not to say so. The first time was in California 1978. The last time was in Washington DC about 2013. She signed my CD cover.

[@WalkwithHistory]

@@libertyann439 how neat!

[@winterhomestead]

Thank you! I'm planning on seeing it this June or July

[@WalkwithHistory]

Make sure you go to the store first to get your ticket!!! It is a cool place to visit.

[@coalsofthealtar]

Who’s doing the background music? I love it

[@WalkwithHistory]

I believe most of these songs are by Justin LaPoint...found his music on Uppbeat.io 😊

[@wingrider687]

Great video and beautiful area! Her mom and Crystal Gale lived in Wabash, IN where Crystal would graduate high school from. They lived in a little house on Stitt Street 😊

[@WalkwithHistory]

So cool that these famous people lived in our own neighborhoods. 😊

[@JL-vk1rs]

great video thanks for sharing

[@WalkwithHistory]

Thank you for watching. We loved to visit there.

[@shirleyjones4800]

Was there but didn't get to go through the house it was closed we was 1/2 hour to late .

[@WalkwithHistory]

Bummer! How neat that your mother was from that area too. Thank you for sharing that! 😊

[@PntrGrl]

You did a good job on this! Couple of things. Its now a hollow. Its a HOLLer. er. Its just the way we say sounds that end in low its ler. Its descended from Old English/Scottish language. The Web Store was the old Company Store! Look up the song "16 tons" by Ernie Ford. You owe your soul to the company store. You are paid in script and can only spend it at the company store. So how do you get ahead? Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle were both special that they came from that and made a name.

[@WalkwithHistory]

Love all that history there. 😊

[@mrsx7944]

"Holler" is just the rural way of saying Hollow. I live near Websters Hollow in PA. The old timers pronounce it "Webster Holler".

[@WalkwithHistory]

@@mrsx7944 Yup!

[@Rockall-k8w]

I can tell you that place im sure was alot more cleaned up and sanitize for public viewing, if you come from that area like my parents did you had few choices, work in a coal mine and die by black lung or by cave in at 17 my dad married my mom of 16 and moved her to the east coast. Both my grandfathers died in coal mine cave ins

[@WalkwithHistory]

Wow...thank you for sharing that. Quite a different life then.

[@cdgee6399]

I'd love to understand why I just had a strong reaction to the rooms inside the house. Strange

[@WalkwithHistory]

So amazing to visit. 😊

[@Emmalangley04]

Loretta's Daddy made only ¢.25 a ton!!! Wow! Can you imagine that today?!? I can't...

[@WalkwithHistory]

I know so when she references a poor man’s dollar in her song. That is 4 tons of work. Not for the weak, it was a hard job!

[@mrsx7944]

That's hard to believe. It's sad the way they took advantage of those men.