Finding Hidden History of Appalachia Places Frozen in Time

[@Nonniemaye]

Thank you, Donnie, for sharing another great history lesson of our past. My husband and I are always learning and enjoying the beauty of each site . Like you said everything has a story, just makes you want to know more about each story and it's people. Thank you for honoring our past and for helping us to remember all the times gone by . God bless, stay safe and blessed.

[@donnielaws7020]

Glad you enjoyed it my friend. Thanks so much. God bless you. Your very welcome 🙏

[@deanlibby5878]

Thanks Donnie for taking us all along with you on Times Gone by. See you Monday, take care and God bless.❤

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend. God bless you. 😊

[@neintoten6155]

Happy Thanksgiving, Donnie! Thanks VERY much for another great video!!

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend 😊 God bless you. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 😊

[@mikemanjo2458]

Thank you, so much, Mr. Donnie, for recording and preserving this history for folks to come. This is beyond valuable work and I thank you so much for sharing this with us! Much love from SC, Jane❤🙏

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you so much my friend. Your very welcome. God bless you.

[@KOOLBadger]

Happy Thanksgiving my friend Donnie and to all who read this..🙏🇺🇲

[@donnielaws7020]

Happy Thanksgiving to you as well my friend 🙏🇺🇲

[@KOOLBadger]

@donnielaws7020 😊

[@TommyLawson-yc3ru]

Thank you Koolbadger and God bless you! Happy holidays!

[@KOOLBadger]

@TommyLawson-yc3ru Right back at you! May you and your charge be blessed.😊🤗

[@adventuresinmichiganwlisa9852]

Good Morning Donnie ☕✨. Very beautiful place, thanks for sharing

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning my friend. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@peggymiller9064]

Hi Donnie. This was a great history lesson. Thank you and God bless!!

[@donnielaws7020]

You are very welcome my friend. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much 🙏

[@stephenmayne4886]

Morning Donnie, thanks for sharing this great story.

[@donnielaws7020]

You're very welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it. 😊

[@mannycolavito8918]

Thank you brother Donnie for an amazing and lovely video as always. God's wondrous land. Praying for you, your family and mission to present the Appalachia area to us all. God Bless!

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend. God bless you.

[@TommyLawson-yc3ru]

We sure enjoyed this one uncle Dondon! You knocked this un clean outta the park! You my friend,are SUPER!!

[@donnielaws7020]

WOW thanks so much. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. God bless you 🙏

[@bettymunguia2136]

Good morning Donnie, I love your stories and videos 😊😊

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning! So glad you enjoy them. Thanks so much 🙏

[@jillakison3638]

Happy Thanksgiving Donnie and your family, and all your You Tube Family. Hope you had a wonderful meal wth lots of good food. Thank you for this video. You always have such good content for us. Prayers for the Helene Storm people that suffered so much. I thought about them throughout the day yesterday prayed for them. ❤ 🙏

[@donnielaws7020]

Happy Thanksgiving to you as well my friend 🙏

[@wesleydavis4124]

Mr. Laws, I am a big fan of yours and I hope my saying so gives you a little encouragement to continue what I consider to be a valuable commodity in our day. So few things in modern life give me a sense of peace and some hope for the future, but you do that very thing. Looking to the past provides hope for the future and I greatly appreciate your work. Until the Prince of Peace puts all that oppose Him beneath His feet, I pray for His kingdom come and His will be done in your life and all those who watch and wait. Godspeed!

[@donnielaws7020]

WOW thanks so much for sharing this my friend. God bless you. I really appreciate that. God bless you.

[@murdiesel]

Happy Thanksgiving Donnie from a mountain on Taiwan!

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. God bless you. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 😊

[@Ryland35767]

Donnie, you are a man after my own heart. Love the way you say chimlee. I pronounce it that way but don't hear it much anymore. Your video was bitter sweet. Preservation has its benefits but feel a tinge of sadness that indigenous pioneers were evicted off this land by the government. Glad you document in video the old cemeteries.

[@donnielaws7020]

God bless you my friend. Thanks so much for sharing. I'm just a old country boy raise in these mountains. Your very welcome. Our people and their times needs to be remembered and not forgotten.

[@cadeevans4623]

Oh wow interesting finding hidden history that's a great interesting topic awesome man love history

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks so much! I love history too. 👍

[@cadeevans4623]

Welcome so much history rules love it buddy

[@wanderertimetogo348]

Thank you for this.

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend 😊

[@sindywilson9830]

Glad you are doing better. Thank you for doing such a good job documenting the history of our people.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you for your kind words my friend. It's so important to remember where we came from. 🙏

[@pearliesaddler9638]

Good morning 🌄 friend, It's cold here this November sunrise. Thanks for sharing another great video...Blessing!

[@donnielaws7020]

You're very welcome my friend. I hope you have a great day. 😊

[@xjackiex24]

Good morning sir 🌞 have a wonderful day 🙏 God bless 🙏

[@donnielaws7020]

You too my friend, God bless you 🙏

[@RuthCollins-g1g]

Good morning Mr Donnie good to hear from you again love all your videos keep them coming God bless you all

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend! Your very welcome! 👍

[@CaroleLeamer735]

THANK YOU, SO MUCH, FOR SHARING THIS MR DONNIE ❤ I HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING ❤GOD BLESS YOU ❤

[@donnielaws7020]

You are so welcome my friend. God bless you 🙏

[@MrsTiggywinklle]

Thank you for another beautiful and fascinating video. We very much appreciate the work you put into this, as well as the love. You will never know what it means to those who are disabled, home bound or just financially unable to travel. This is wonderful stuff. God bless you and your family.❤

[@donnielaws7020]

You're very welcome my friend! God bless you. 🙏 I appreciate you sharing this. God bless you 🙏

[@charlesroberts6965]

Amazing content Donnie so enjoyable to see some of this amazing history and so happy that it's being preserved it's so important to know where we come from and to cherish these amazing places. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing adventure with us.😎🇺🇲😇🍁🍂

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. So glad you enjoy them. God bless you. Your very welcome.

[@Zoompipes]

I love the mountains

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend ❤️ me to.

[@jeffdavis9687]

Donnie, Thank you for taking the time to find, research and document the past from this area. Your videos are educational and very interesting. Please keep up the great work.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much. Your very welcome.

[@janicegelbhaar7352]

Good morning , love hearing the history of those mountains, thank you so much for sharing this. Kids nowadays need to learn what isn't in history books.

[@donnielaws7020]

You're very welcome! I hope it inspires others to learn too.

[@wayneclark8482]

Thank you brother Donnie for sharing this special time in history. You are a treasure! God blessings upon you and your family ✝️

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you my friend. God bless you 🙏

[@00buck2]

Thank you Donnie for all the history.

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend 😊

[@Autumn-lj3zd]

Good morning my friend! This is the perfect way to start the day. Thank you! God bless!

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning to you too my friend! God bless you too 😊

[@geraldscott2213]

Good morning Donnie, thank you for posting this video.

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning my friend. Your very welcome 🙏

[@aidaruiz2547]

Good morning, friend .what a great video. I have learned so much history thanks to you. God bless you always and keep the good work ❤❤. 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇺🇸

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning my friend. Thanks so much for sharing. Your very welcome. God bless you 🙏

[@BillyProctor-id4cr]

Thank you Mr. Laws for sharing that with us. Take care God bless.

[@donnielaws7020]

You're very welcome friend 🙏

[@blainwilson7937]

Beautiful and informative video as always and so peaceful. Thank you.

[@donnielaws7020]

I'm glad you enjoyed it my friend 😊 your very welcome.

[@mrwilliams6626]

Thanks for the trip Donnie. I'll walk through history with you anytime you want to go. Keep telling people in my state. You need to discover what's here. God bless my friend.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this 🙏

[@danamartin9734]

Good job Donnie

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend 💓

[@Tonkyhonkyman]

Good mornin’ Donnie. Another great one. Happy holidays my friend!

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning to you too my friend. God bless you!

[@bobbrown1519]

So wonderfully done! Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful video. I felt like I was walking along with you! So enjoyable. God bless you Donnie!

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. So glad you enjoyed it. Your very welcome 🙏

[@rachelrichards2999]

Good morning Donnie have a blessed day keep warm Hope you are doing better pray for you and your family🙏🧡❤

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning to you too my friend. God bless you🙏

[@Don-outdoors-cg2eb]

Donnie I appreciate the history of your area that you bring to all of us through your videos it’s way better than a book thanks for sharing and you take care.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Glad you enjoy them. Thanks so much. Your very welcome 🙏

[@brendanrapple5361]

Thank You For That Superb Video. GOD BLESS YOU

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend. God bless you 🙏

[@mrskenscott9643]

Please make 'hidden history' a series. Best wishes from an NH Appalachian.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks for sharing this 😊

[@cgarrand78]

Great video Mr. Donnie. I hope you and your family had a good Thanksgiving.God Bless!

[@donnielaws7020]

God bless you my friend. HAPPY THANKSGIVING 😊

[@DBAllen]

Donnie, you are a good steward and resource to your part of east Tennessee. You'll leave a big gap when your days are over.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you my friend. I appreciate it 🙏 God bless you 🙏

[@Lovescoffee-zo2bt]

Great history lesson. The marble slabs are monuments to time. My paternal great grandfather owned a quarry in SC. Sad that moderation has desecrated so much history. Donnie, thank you for the historical tour.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend. Your very welcome. Thanks for sharing your memories. God bless you 🙏

[@billydobbins8308]

Thanks so much for the video

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend 🙏

[@CabinGirl]

Thank you for this highly informative video. I learned new things about “upping stones”, dual entry doors for genders in churches, and a beautiful sawtooth oak! My great uncle was a cooper by trade and made barrels for a local salt works during the civil war; salt was needed to preserve meat/food supplies for the troops. We found lots of barrel hoops on the property. Fascinating video, thank you; love the whispers of history my friend. 🦃🍁

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you my friend. It's so important to remember what came before us. Your very welcome my friend. Thanks so Your history also.

[@dormiacrouch1905]

Love your history trips. Hope you had a blessed, bountiful Thanksgiving.God bless ❤️🙏

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you! You too my friend.

[@jameswhitehead4520]

Thank you for what you do it's amazing!! God Bless

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend. God bless you 🙏

[@jimmymalone3494]

Thank you Donnie i enjoyed this video on History.I hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving.God Bless y'all.

[@donnielaws7020]

Your very welcome my friend. Thanks so much. Happy Thanksgiving to you. God bless you 🙏

[@DaveCollierCamping]

Good morning

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning my friend! Happy to see you here today 🙏

[@DaveCollierCamping]

@ always a pleasure 👍

[@missyyouknow6002]

Good morning sir. Your videos are absolutely vital. Our pioneer history will be limited and lost if it werent for people like you doing the foot work going places not everyone has the opportunity to. Progress is both exciting and sad.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you, my friend! We must remember our past and honor those who came before us.

[@Zoompipes]

Good morning cusin. Donnie an good ta seeya

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning to you too! It's good to see you here! 👍

[@rickyparsons5573]

Good morning Donnie…I Pray you are doing well…. I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving….Great video Donnie…Thanks for keeping our ancestors and their way of life alive….Praying for all ATRT viewers….Take care…God Bless & Lord willing I will see you next time 🙏🏻❤️☦️🇮🇱💯

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you so much my friend! 🙏 God Bless you!

[@johnpeddicord4932]

Thanks again for sharing, Donnie, moving on up ,193k, Bless weekend, getting to be woodstove weather, I bet

[@donnielaws7020]

God bless you my friend. Thanks for sharing. 🙏

[@ladysaffire4006]

Thanks 😊

[@donnielaws7020]

You're very welcome! 🙏

[@louparry7721]

Good morning Donnie. This was a wonderful video, with such beautiful scenery. i love those back roads. What a spectacular tree you found. I Liked how you recorded it's height compared to you standing by it. It was huge. I hope you and yours had a nice Thanksgiving dinner. I cooked a twenty pound Turkey with all the trimmings. I am very grateful for such a bounty. I'm grateful for you and all that you do to keep Appalachian history alive as well. Your friend, Louise

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning!. So glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much. God bless you 🙏

[@pavlovsdog5020]

Dear Sir thank you for sharing your history and your native land with us I for one find it fascinating and I know I'm not alone Kind regards from Derbyshire England

[@donnielaws7020]

Glad you enjoyed it my friend. Thanks for sharing. Your very welcome.

[@joanneganon7157]

Hey Donnie I hope you and your family had a lovely Thanksgiving 🦃. Thanks for the day ride🌞. JO JO IN VT 💞

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks so much JO JO IN VT! I'm glad you enjoyed the ride! 🙏

[@raymondbarton3931]

Good morning to you Mr. Donnie, thank you for the ride along and I hope that you and your family had a Blessed Thanksgiving and I pray that everyone is well 🇺🇸 Thank you from Corbin Ky 🇺🇸

[@donnielaws7020]

God bless you my friend. Thanks for sharing.

[@evdallas123]

Them ol mountains hold stories that will never be known to the common man

[@donnielaws7020]

That's so true my friend. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@ScarletRebel96]

Hey there Donnie hope you and your family had a great Thanksgiving yesterday

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you my friend, Happy Thanksgiving to you as well! 🙏

[@pawilliams9786]

When branches hit the ground, they are called an Angel Oak

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you friend for sharing this 😊

[@sharonquinn2760]

Thank you Donnie. I have a Sharp family line in east TN I'm researching. This gives me clues to explore.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. So glad you found it useful 😊

[@nockreel1190]

Coffe and donnie👍

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend.

[@resqfreedom9308]

Im having deja vu!! Have you already been here in a prior video Mr Donnie? I sure feel like I've watched this video before with the remains of the old fireplace and that piece of plow! I've been having "episodes" though here lately so maybe it's just me 😂😂 Anyway, thank you for another great video my friend and GOD BLESS 🙏❤️✌️

[@resqfreedom9308]

Ok now I know for sure I've seen this before or I'm definitely crazy cuz I do remember that spring coming out of the side of the mountain! Please tell me I'm right😂😂

[@donnielaws7020]

I have shown the plow before my friend. God bless you.

[@jameshastings4584]

Hello from Georgia...usa...Good morning. I hope you enjoyed Thanks Giving. We forget...."for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice and come out"....Thank you. Always enjoyable. I will see you next time...)

[@donnielaws7020]

Amen my friend. God bless you. Thanks for sharing. HAPPY THANKSGIVING my friend ❤️

[@pauletterichards4755]

Good morning Donnie

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning my friend. God bless you 🙏

[@shazart1111]

Hi Donnie, very interesting history, the wild beauty is gorgeous for sure, was wondering why they choose to blow up all the bridges? Could you enlighten me please? Love and blessings to you and yours and all, Dear Friend 🙏🏼🥰🌲🌳🍂

[@donnielaws7020]

TVA didn't want to build them all back my friend. I figured to make people sale and to save money.

[@pauletterichards4755]

Hope you had a blessed thanksgiving

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you my friend. God bless you 🙏

[@Thomas-x3u9l]

Good morning sir I hope you had a good Thanksgiving and all is well with your family, with all your exploring how about some camping in the LBL and let us know how the dogmas and sasquatch are doing. Have a blessed day young man

[@donnielaws7020]

Thank you my friend, and Happy Thanksgiving to you as well! 🙏

[@mowergal9776]

I enjoy listening to your storytelling about old time forgotten places. That old saw tooth oak tree, I think, is closer to 400 years old. There's a site online that you instruct you on how to measure to calculate its age. I do believe you will be surprised! I will be anxiously awaiting an update. Once again, thank you!

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. Wow. Your very welcome.

[@KeithMizen]

Bucks on the ridge chasing does to stay warm today.

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the wildlife!

[@iainmelville9411]

Happy Thanksgiving to all. Enjoy your day.😊,🎉,❤.

[@donnielaws7020]

Happy Thanksgiving to you too my friend 😊

[@johnpoole8321]

That's where You Tuber Pinball lives, Sharps Chapel

[@donnielaws7020]

Thanks for sharing this my friend ❤️

[@Thoreau-e4l]

I can't say for sure, but that saw tooth probably is only a little over 50 years old. Two buddies of mine planted a bunch of them about 20 years ago. It was kinda a fad, people planted them because they would spread out like a live oak, but grew a lot quicker. Also people planted them for the huge acorn crops, for deer and turkey, only problem is deer would rather have white oak acorns and other native acorns. That specimen may be too old to have acorns, I have white oaks over 3 feet across, and they never have acorns.

[@donnielaws7020]

Awesome my friend. Thanks so much for sharing this. 😊

[@Thoreau-e4l]

@donnielaws7020 looking at growth rates and the fact that the tree is in full sun, it may not even be 50 years old. Probably planted by someone when they first started importing sawtooths, for acorns for deer and turkey, notice how they cut around it.

[@KarenOtte]

Why are they cutting alll the trees

[@donnielaws7020]

STATE FORRESTRY making money. I wish I knew more about this my friend.

[@KarenOtte]

It won’t be if they keep cutting all the trees is that what they do they cut the trees down where there’s good

[@donnielaws7020]

That's so true my friend.

[@garrystallardsr3178]

Good morning

[@donnielaws7020]

Good morning my friend! Happy to see you here today 🙏