Forgotten Georgia Towns: The Decaying Ruins Tell The Tales Of Their Fascinating Past

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Regarding the Market House in Louisville - built in the late 1700's, one of its purposes was to sell slaves. I've been told there are many who would like it to be torn down. Should it be? Or should it remain, a reminder of our past, something we learn from? Or should it be moved to a museum? I'm curious as to what you all think.

[@PedroKing99]

I think it should be moved to a museum. That we never forget.

[@Kimteach2011]

It needs to preserved. It’s history. We must learn from it and never forget.

[@WhittyPics]

Erasing history dooms us to repeat it. We need to learn from the mistakes of the past.

[@altha-rf1et]

Reminder. looks like you are close to N.C. should go up there do some videos of the storm damage and go to Tenn

[@TaterTots380]

I would hate to see the structure gone since it is part of history, which cannot be changed.

[@robertmoore2049]

Hey Joe, thank you for taking us with you on these nice rides. For some reason, I’m drawn to places like this that you show on your videos. Have a great day and please tell Nicole we all said Hi 👋!

[@siphomogale779]

Its 3 years now watching your videos twice a week you the best especially on rural areas

[@freddypflugbeil6]

One of my favorite things to watch. Thanks Joe and Nic

[@NancyHill-v7n]

You deserve way more views!

[@WhittyPics]

He gets them.

[@marywalker2896]

I agree Nancy!this channel is A+++ I love watching and going traveling every week with Joe and Nicole…never ceases to amaze with all the info..wish he had come to clermont ga..where I live..Joe we always love your blogs!!

[@TessaRucker]

I for one appreciate your tactfulness. Thank you for sharing another video with us all. 👍🏼

[@svetozarevic]

I must say Joe you are a national treasure...I admit I've had a couple of schliwowitz but thank you for showing the real American picture and for someone who is from eastern Europe I really enjoy your videos.

[@lillypad9960]

Joe, always stuff, never junk. Thank you for that. Blessings from Michigan.

[@johnm.5848]

The vintage radio at 2:02 is wicked cool. My grandmother had one just like it.

[@ScottDLR]

I thoroughly enjoy every one of these . I also appreciate the history tidbits - thanks for the research you put into these! It seems like towns with less than 1700~2000 people just can't support themselves like they once did.

[@Margot_est_douce.]

I can see how much effort went into this!

[@Ramanandan19]

It (the market) should remain as a reminder of past mistakes. Beautiful video with some history of the locality. Thanks Joe&Nic

[@millipedic]

Always impressed by the architecture of public buildings in these old towns. Appreciate Joe's knowledge of architectural styles.

[@14dolphins11]

Hello , just to let you know that me and my wife enjoy watching you're videos . Keep it up !

[@janerrahnoble]

i like your channel, i like the history of america. you bring the pure and true history of the cities. cheers !!!

[@MrShene123]

It's sad to see these once nice small towns fall into disrepair.

[@brownhatknight3473]

Yes surprising to me - in my country the small towns grow fast and you rarely find abondoned places.

[@travelingman484]

I can only imagine what it was like 100 years ago when the steamer pulled up with passengers visiting they’re friends and family in town, and folks walking into the toasty warm stores being lit by kerosene lanterns and coal stoves. The smell of dry foods and old wood. Keep this stuff coming my friend.

[@PamelaEHunter]

I find myself being happier if I get to enjoy at least one of your videos a day. No one does it like you do, just suits my taste somehow!!!😊😊😊

[@pigtyme]

First, I really enjoy your videos! You have a natural talent as a storyteller and your appreciation for history honors the places you showcase. That being said, I once was incarcerated for a short time in Louisville GA. back in 1973 for speeding. LOL I was 16 years old traveling from Jacksonville FL back home to SC. Back then if you were out of state you either paid cash bond or went to jail, juvenile or not, until you paid or saw the judge. My mom was able to come and bail me out within a few hours but I carried that memory, and how poorly I was treated, with me throughout my, then future, 40 year career in law enforcement. While it was certainly a bad experience it taught me to treat people with as much respect as they would allow me. Funny how bad experiences can turn into blessings!

[@harleyenjoytheride1324]

Joe, the name of the town is pronounced Bartoe. Of course, the spelling is Bartow. There’s a Bartow County on the west side of Georgia. I really enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the great work.

[@cathylamott259]

Love your show Joe and Nic❤❤🎉🎉😊😊

[@NativeNYer]

Ty Joe and Nicole 4 another vid full of nuggets of info! Awesome. It was the cotton gin that was making all that noise, I just looked it up. 100 yrs they been @ it!! Very cool

[@PamelaEHunter]

I LOvE the cover photo for this y.t. + all the content photos!!!!❤️

[@EduardoJimenez-rk8nw]

Fantastic video ! 🇺🇸👍👍

[@oldcars46]

I noticed the first town you went to they still put up Christmas decorations kind of weird

[@onrycodger]

I enjoy all of your travels. Thumbs up!😎👍

[@DUMPSTERDIVINGADELAIDE123]

Thanks for the video 😊

[@nancysimpson4246]

Good afternoon Joe like always I enjoy your videos you bring knowledge to the world that people otherwise wouldn’t know awesome😊

[@pattyhamilton9267]

Thank you, Joe. ❤ traveling on the internet with you without leaving home.

[@catlover614]

A wonderful video! I love the old downtown storefronts, so much character and history! Thank you, Joe and Nic, very interesting as always!😊💚

[@roseanneweyrauch2886]

Found you on KZbin on TV because we watch traveling shows and really enjoy you and your wife's adventures I just subscribed

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Awesome! Welcome aboard. :)

[@billfreeman1106]

Great Information and video!

[@RobinGerhart]

Very diverse, so many poor places that could become new. Thank you!

[@limarc1985]

Great video Thanks

[@EmansAdventures]

Another awesome video,my sons best friend and family moved from here in Massachusetts to Valdosta, Georgia,where there house got destroyed by the storms,and are now back here in Mass.staying with friends and family until it can be repaired,stay safe my friend.

[@bradhampton6457]

It’s actually pronounced Bar TOE Joey. We also have a Bartow Florida.

[@Mikel9999-vh3cb]

As always, great video.

[@raymonddriggers]

I’ve always pronounced it bartoe sort of like a toe truck. Awesome video! You sure can tell when it’s cotton harvesting time because cotton will be all over the sides of the roads.

[@johnmonaco1028]

Thank you, Joe.

[@davesnothere81]

I hope you make it through Homerville, GA. There's a home I'm looking at buying there and moving to.

[@tenaguin1054]

WOW, do love to see those historic brick buildings from years gone by. Love to see more when someone takes them on as projects of restoration. All those old buildings probably have secretive energies trapped in their walls. Awesome.

[@todddunn945]

A bit of help from Google identified that noisy plant in Bartow as a cotton gin.

[@stevenpeaketrainsandstuff3682]

Enjoyed the vid mate. Always amazes me how some country towns have a habit of dying and never bouncing back. I suppose if an industry moves the jobs go with it. Steven.

[@PedroKing99]

Always enjoy going along for the ride! Beautiful work man God bless!

[@igavehimadollar3354]

i really enjoy these from Australia these are the parts of your country i would love to see

[@jwaller132]

I'm fascinated by the history of these small towns. How they got their name, famous people who might have been born there, the frozen in time stores etc. Small town America dying. 😢

[@llidenn]

Kind of funny how most post offices is in small towns look alike. Always brick with glass panel windows. PO Box section looks just like all the others. I worked in a small office just like that in Ohio and it looks almost identical. 🙂🙃

[@WORLD_NATURE_FAN]

Hello from Northern Florida. I love driving into Georgia and seeing the quaint parts of the state. Beautiful area.

[@MichaelVermylen]

The christmas decorations makes the main street nice.

[@randyhewett2292]

Like that house with all that Christmas decorations

[@kirktinsley5397]

Does anyone else walk around your hometown with one eye out for dudes with cameras in case you happen to stumble upon Joe shooting one of his videos? 😂

[@kathygalofski6154]

Barrow has such pretty wreaths on the abandoned buildings! Someone cares.

[@MM-ks7vs]

Hey Joe, your amazing video of these old towns from Georgia I can remember Ray Charles' song: "Georgia,...!"

[@jeremywhitehorn1228]

Wonder if it's ever possible to find old b&w images of these moribund places, taken 50-100 years ago, when there was some bustle. That would make for a poignant juxtaposition, for sure.

[@poppajretired410]

That was a cotton gin

[@Callylily7]

Good morning Jim & Nick. I would have enjoyed seeing( Barta?) in its hey Day. The racial mix was very southern during that time. Black and white with a small percentage of mixed if any. I don't think that I ever saw another race growing up in a small town. In fact, I saw few colored people and not to sound mean but I mean spoke to a black. It seems that both races kept themselves. That may shock younger people but that's just the way it was. I saw old homes that reminded me of my childhood. Hope y'all are enjoying this trip.

[@pamelabrinkley6900]

Welcome to Georgia 😊I enjoy the adventures 😊

[@ronniekubin1992]

Not only are you a great tour guide, but you are also a historian with an excellent memory. I sat down to drink coffee on a Saturday morning and was enjoying seeing houses and cities I had never seen before. It was another great video. Thank you.

[@cherryjuice9946]

The radio at 2:00 minutes into the video was interesting. It was hard to read the dial, but the bottom set of numbers must have been used for standard AM broadcast (range 540 kHz (0.54 meg) to 1700 kHz (1.700 meg). The other two dial scales must have been used for short wave bands. There doesn't appear to be any FM on this radio, and that suggest it was made prior to the 1940's. When Edwin Armstrong invented FM, he was initially given the band from 42 to 50 mHz. Radios and FM stations started to appear WW2 time frame and some old radios can be found that used this band, but the radio in the window appears to be older.

[@TheAsif5182]

if i would be on your place or with u , i would definitely ring the bell to listen the sound of history it went thru .but u missed it . but my words dont do justice with beauty of america ,how beautiful america is i cant express my feelings . only i feel in vain that how can i be there someday .

[@stephenhyder4659]

Your multiple videos will be an historical source for historians in the far future.

[@catherinefrancis5827]

Love your videos!! Thank you🙏🥰🦋

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thanks, Catherine!

[@chuckhaynes4363]

Great ride along

[@gayleosborne7072]

Thanks Joe, i travel around with you while watching from Australia.

[@1954shadow]

Make a trip through Marshfield, MO, RT. 38 runs through it which is, old RT. 66. There is also a replica of the Hubble telescope there by the courthouse. Hubble was born in Marshfield, MO.

[@empressvogt]

Mr. Joey you missed the cat at 10:09!

[@everydaypresent444]

I wish that all the artifacts that you find inside these abandoned structures could be gathered up and preserved in some way. It's true that there is something compelling about seeing them in place, so to speak, but the old technology is so fascinating. The last town you visit in this video, Louisville, looks like it is maintaining a fine standard of living for most of the population.

[@351linzdoctor]

Joe you missed the really cool stuff inside the post office it would have blown your mind!

[@wilbur1884]

MY GRANDPA'S RADIO & TV REPAIR SHOP IS STILL THERE BUT OF COURSE IT'S BEEN CLOSED SINCE THE 1965 OR ? IN CENTRAL GA. I LOVE THE HISTORY OF THAT TIME.

[@sierradanecapps8216]

Your videos are so well done that it makes it hard to watch anyone else's since they don't live up to your standard. Best all around! Here's an idea, maybe, for some videos: do some "then and now" photo fade overs, showing how a street looked at the height of existence to how it is now.

[@doogalloonni]

Thanks!

[@limbiclove9487]

Thank you for the tour and especially the slave market. I would never have known about it. People would like to forget, but there is always something left to remind us of things we want to forget but can't.

[@dwightsimpson18]

There's a small town in Florida called Bartow in Polk County , middle of the state!

[@stevend9960]

How about trying to talk to some locals? Find out why these towns are dying? It would be very interesting to get some background.

[@randomrandomness8743]

Someone else can do that, it's probably a similar story in most places. Joe's time is better spent getting these places on video and let the viewer make up their mind/investigate further if they want to?

[@indianaslim4971]

It's no secret why these towns are dying off, no jobs...when these small towns were built America was agrarian based, as we got into the 30's and 40's machines started to replace humans, after WW2 people moved to cities for manufacturing jobs.

[@Lavender-doll]

Love your videos!!! Great information…..Thanks

[@Yawndave]

The shuttered facades and the running awning in Bartow must have looked fantastic in the town's heyday. The mysterious industrial building making noise appears to be a gravel/paving material company of some sort. Hello Gravel, maybe? I got a chuckle out of the theater marque sign that could be misread as "God Bless Mecca". 🙂

[@judyalvarez203]

Would have loved to see it during its hay day.

[@travelingman484]

Thank you for this stuff. I love what you do. Please keep us traveling.

[@judywilson9003]

Every town needs a Theater 🎭.

[@mohsinmoazzam-m6j]

nice work sir

[@Ana-q4w1r]

Cars, yet no people.I think the government, parks those cars to give illusion of a live town.

[@RGGryphon]

Thank you Joe! I was surprised to see a Pepsi mural in Georgia. I was expecting Coca Cola!

[@jeraldheinrich3589]

Many people want forget past history, this is wrong. The past reminds us of mistakes made and not to repeat them. History is important as you have pointed out.

[@silvanski]

Nature takes over... Joe's distinct phrase

[@jessereedpaintingsvmatador7009]

First cat spotted at 10:09 Cheers😊

[@WhittyPics]

Those old towns have seen better days for sure

[@doogalloonni]

12:48. Their Police dept has a Humvee. WOW

[@JPFalcononor]

You might as well head north to New Jersey and experience the Drone Invasion! 😊

[@igavehimadollar3354]

incredible

[@screwtop99]

Could you go to Doniphan Missouri and Helena Oklahoma? That would be cool!

[@vontaylor472]

Hey Joe and Nicole. Please be safw❤❤❤

[@altha-rf1et]

nice video, wish that I could do what you do, looks like you are close to N.C. you should go up do some videos of what happened there

[@carsonreno]

Without trade and industry, people are leaving their small settlements and migrating to big cities. The end of the USA is near!

[@jadesilk]

If you're going to OK and MO next, are you hitting up Arkansas at all? Have family there.... the Delta region is going to look pretty similar to the communities in this video, though...

[@anskelder5994]

I like your video,s ❤😊

[@maryflaherty7096]

Thanks again. Sent this to a friend who lives in Macon, Ga. From Iowa.

[@kenjohnson5498]

I can hear those Georgian termites and carpenter ants chewing those homes as i watch lol.

[@BigGator5]

Left Florida as soon as you got here. 😭

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

We were there 5 nights. We actually took a several day break there.

[@BigGator5]

I'm just messing with you! 😉 Maybe you can come over for Gasparilla. We will paint the town red! Go with God and Be Safe from Evil. 😎 👍

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

@ We’ll be back that way by summer. 😀👍

[@armeswilli01]

Nice Place 😜, aber Adventskränze - Spooky