Maggie Valley, NC - Old Timey Tourist Town

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[@Phildo8]

I had the awesome privilege to meet Popcorn Sutton a few times here in Maggie Valley & got to have breakfast with him at the small diner in Maggie Valley he was an awesome honest say it like it is guy!!! Love Maggie Valley!!

[@Jennamix2012]

Makes me miss pigeon forge & gatlinburg, I spent a lot of my childhood up in those towns on family vacations.

[@Pete_R63]

I just drove by all of that yesterday. Went snowboarding at Cataloochee and then went down 19 to Cherokee. Been going up there to ski/snowboard for 25 years. Interesting to hear some of the history.

[@cobyporschifer221]

"Popcorn" Sutton was a living legend. I had the honor knowing him. I met him the Maggie valley restaurant. He would come in all the time for pie. Smoke Lucky strikes and tell some of the Dirtiest Jokes you'll ever hear.😆 Maggie Valley could not have been Prouder. To be the Birth place of the most famous Moonshiner on the Planet ! R.I.P Popcorn. Good Vibes 👣

[@jacolumbia2034]

Tower is open after 2017 ....the crazy carving is painted....Stompin Grounds is never open......and Willie Brooks BBQ is where Moonshine Grill was and let me tell you...Willie Brooks can make some good BBQ ...as does Butts On The Creek....(used to be 3 Butts on The Creek)........the last shop up the road (50% one ) is still cool....was just in Maggie last week...2019.....Maggie Valley restaurant ..get the trout...and Joey's Pancake House is great breakfast !...and yes ...Wheels Through Time is great Motorcycle museum ! .....

[@BigDaddyEric]

They talk about Popcorn Sutton all the time on "Moonshiners", now I know where he was from ! Thanks Jacob.....

[@TheCarpetbagger]

Yep! Born and raised

[@rachaelk7866]

yep even in new zealand we get that show and they often mention him think he was also mentioned once or twice On appalacian outlaws (about the gensengers) was a bit of a legend even down there for being a bit of a badass and a great 'shiner :D

[@jacolumbia2034]

Popcorn lived in the valley over yonder...he moved to Maggie to hide from his sister after he ripped her off....so that she didn't kill his ass......he lived in VA then didn't he ?...

[@taniaspivey2641]

Ha! I'm in Maggie quite often, my dad lives about a mile from where you started the video (in front of The Maggie Valley Inn.) Love, love, love the area, but it's sad to see how much has closed. I remember back in the 80's it was still a great little touristy town. Have you read the book "Maggie of Maggie Valley" great book by her daughter that tells the story of Maggie herself!

[@TheCarpetbagger]

For some reason I forgot to tell the Maggie story!

[@jodavidson4767]

I grew up going to Maggie valley and ghost town Santa's land in the 80s Cherokee its sad how its changed the casino was once a amusement park the Indians used to made different things now its all made on China soco snake zoo i had to go to when i40 was built it went down hill

[@BeeF82002]

I miss all the go cart tracks they used to have, when I was a kid me and my dad used all of them :)

[@oldmanhuppiedos]

Carpet golf is an ode to The Carpetbagger.

[@TheCarpetbagger]

I'm honored

[@57Banjoman]

This area has really taken a downturn-was there over 30 years ago, and it was booming-looks like everybody has moved to Pigeon Forge! Thanks for your great videos!

[@Blueridgemountainlife]

It was hit hard, mainly by the construction of Highway 441 which routed people around Maggie Valley to Cherokee. Maggie lost a great deal of traffic due to that road, and it really hurt many local businesses. Ghost Town not being kept modern and updated also hurt the town significantly as well, as it was a major attraction.

[@schneig77]

I love love love that part of the country. It's SO pretty. So tragic the fire events of the last week.

[@toby6833]

I love north carolina i have a house on the smoky mountain which is really near magie valley

[@michaelclabaugh7204]

This sure brought back memories. I went to Ghost Town in The Sky a few times many years ago. That was a cool place. Sad it's gone now.

[@kurtporter4796]

Love it when you find abandoned stores pretty cool and historic great job again Jacob

[@JohnnyEla]

I definitely plan on spending some time in Maggie valley when I’m older, so peaceful!!!!

[@minavane5533]

Really miss these old videos, very fascinating.

[@moonroach4839]

11:47 right before you started looking at the statue I noticed the mountainscape behind you. That's enough for me to know it's worth a visit someday

[@SuperKaren1953]

I have been on top of the mountain coming down from Ghost Town and it is the most beautiful site I ever seen. My favorite part of Ghost Town was riding the skylift off the mountain.Absolutely gorgeous.

[@HighlanderNorth1]

He asks, "has anyone ever heard of mini golf being called carpet golf"? My response to that is, has anyone ever heard of 'putt-putt golf' being called mini golf? Lol

[@CJEchols78]

That's sad,at one time Maggie Vally was pretty popular.

[@roselanemable3141]

CJEchols78 I remember that very well. When Ghost Town shut down, Maggie Valley went down with it. Very sad 😓.

[@ZenTheMusician]

Very sad. Ghost town and my personal favorite the Soco Garden's Zoo gone. Cherokee is bad also. The motels have gone to hell. Nothing like when I was a child or even when I got married in 1992.

[@darlenewheatland5619]

I was in Maggie Valley 1969 they had so much. I remember twistie railroad. We went to the play Unto these Hills

[@willjahg9689]

I so enjoyed this video, heading up in a few weeks, so was nice to see what's up.

[@dragracegurl1]

Last year, I got a few pics from that very observation tower.. It is a great view..

[@delmonti]

loving the decaying roadside establishments. One day, I'll get over there and do some carpetbagging myself. Great vid

[@henrys3629]

I really wish that place was open! Parts of the Oregon Coast is kinda like this. Lots of open & failed gift shops.

[@hattiem.7966]

I'd love to go back to Coos Bay in on the Oregon coast.

[@alabamabigfootsociety4427]

Guess I have watched all your videos, but this is the best one! My favorite. Wish I could visit Maggie Valley. Good work, just wish it were longer. I'll watch it again now

[@tiffanyperkins3310]

I love Maggie valley.I was there about 6 years ago. Can't wait to see it again.

[@davidlalone2286]

Just ordered one of your Pens. When I was a little boy the The Miniature Golf Course in Oxnard California did call it Miniture Carpet Golf Course. Later in years it was changed.

[@sparrowspearl882]

Hey a Ventura county person!

[@Klc37]

Born and raised in Maggie. I could never leave! Maggie is the clogging capital. I’d see Popcorn every Sunday with his Lucky Strike’s and he would tell us some perverted joke. He would drive his old Model T down Main St. and everyone would wave but he would never put his hand up.

[@bonniebrown6960]

That's so sad that most of the gift shops and Christmas town is closed down . I've heard several stories about Popcorn . My step dad use to dig graves for a living and when he had to go up there to dig a grave he would visit Popcorn . There's still plenty of moonshine up in those mountains . So I've heard anyway . lol ! Thanks Jacob...!!

[@bonniebrown6960]

I've been to Maggie Valley , Smokey mountains , O'Hara's Casino , and one year we went to Gatlinburg to see my sister get married and it was snowing . That was so beautiful that day . It was about 13/14 years ago in Feb. I guess that was the last time I road through Maggie Valley . Thanks so much for sharing Jacob !!

[@danalynch8889]

My step-mom was from North Carolina. She said when she was young she was a moonshine runner and never got caught.

[@wiggitywak2050]

you make me homesick! uuugh....i miss NC

[@hattiem.7966]

Nice video.I vacationed here as a kid from 1960 to the late 1970's.We were from near the Outer Banks of NC and it was a 11 hr drive to MV.We would stop and get my Great Aunt in High Point then drive here and spend a week or two at my Aunt's friend's house in a area across from the country club.Then we rented a tiny house at Geisha Gardens each July for a week for years.I will be in this area in a few weeks and want to go by Geisha Gardens and see it all closed up.My Mom bought a lot with a double wide up Fie Top Rd there and I sold it in 1998.I didn't visit that many shops there as a kid but it's sad to see many closed up.Others are still open tho.I never got to eat at any place in town,esp Joey's Pancake house.My Mom was cheap and didn't eat out often.At least I have eaten at the Jarret House in Dillsboro.

[@marljusweety6606]

That "most photographed view" looks weirdly like half of all places in Norway.

[@carebearonchemicalx591]

For many people of your area this was the new world. The have many similarities.

[@xolauraxo]

Loved your review of the "whole town" type of video. I'm always looking for weekend road trips in the area and I liked how you showcased highlights of things to see. Thanks!!

[@TheCarpetbagger]

I may do more

[@AndysJourneys]

I really miss the old ghost town in the sky. I have hopes for the lady opening up the new one but don't know how it's going to turn out based on the information that has been getting out

[@hattiem.7966]

I think it's gonna be sold and developed,it's too $$ to repair the water system up there.

[@ferrelli76]

Reminds me of driving through British Columbia Canada with all the hills looks like a beautiful place,great videos carpetbagger keep it up,you and woo are awesome going to all theses cool places the hidden gems not far off the beaten trail thanks for all the journeys.

[@MrHeath13]

Loved this Video can reamember being they many times in my younger years like all the old places that were so cool times have changed and younger people have very little to do with what we loved and interstates took over and people just don;t travel the back roads in many cases loved this video and hell people see this and hope it will promote people to come threw and see the town. thanks again .Ram and Mrs.Ajett

[@amandahudson431]

Maggie Valley. Awesome place. We performed a choir program there every year when I was a teenager

[@DJR100]

Enjoyable video.been to Maggie Valley many times, makes me want to go back!

[@brianthefloridian6254]

I love going up there to Maggie Valley, NC two to three times a year to get away from the hot sweltering, rain forest environment of Florida! Maybe sometime I'll actually bump into there in NC.

[@majorjester3942]

awesome, you're vlogs are always good. thanks man.

[@jenastone93]

Come make a video in Black Mountain, NC!

[@randygreen007]

The birthplace of Roberta Flack!

[@BrettJeffries]

That Peter Lundin guy proves that there's somebody rotten in Denmark.

[@TheCarpetbagger]

Ha!

[@chrisallisondesign]

Nice video - like the concept of your series.

[@TheMadNomadder]

We have a little place like this called Cool Springs, a little east of Grafton..not quite as busy, but home to the "foot long hotdog".

[@wjb111]

Heading to Maggie Valley later this month for a few days!

[@brendamccullough8508]

I used to visit Maggie Valley every summer back in the early 80's.....want to go back.Remember Ghost Town in the Sky.Fantastic.....food was great there,must have been the mountain air. Some of the best pancakes I've ever eaten was there....

[@rev.jennyosorio7003]

I love your videos and enjoyed this one very much. I love NC and to see those mountains and beautiful scenery . wow! people forget that the world isn't just cities. there are a lot of wonderful small towns. for me a great video. I'm shocked that the store still has the inventory , not stolen.

[@TheCarpetbagger]

Good honest mountain folks :)

[@Kenwood1990]

Always enjoy going to 🏔

[@grandmama536]

You always find the coolist places!!!

[@damianjones7554]

that was excellent, looks a really layed back and chilled kind of place, shame those old gift shops were closed down they looked well worth investigating :-)

[@Caligulon]

Thank you for saying "bomb diggity"

[@Dorky_Disney_Mom]

Another awesome video

[@artkincell]

That painting on the Salty Dog looks more like a dog loving an anthropomorphized pickle while they are fishing. Weird. Way back in the mid 1960s my family took a motor trip from our home in Connecticut to visit friend sin Nashville and I remember a whole lot of those model churches on the trip, mostly down through the Great Smokey Mountains. My father, being a Protestant minister, had to stop at every single one of them and read what they were. The gift shop in the 14 minute mark of the video looks like the countless ones we stopped at during our journey. It also looks like we could have been the last customers in 1964! Ha ha! As always, very good and entertaining video! Thank you for posting!

[@atonkazer]

Great video as always :)

[@evdallas3847]

been here many times great place

[@daniellechurch4480]

i love your vids im from and live in nc cherokee is my fav place in the world ive stayed there at the microtel so many times im hoping to visit there again soon havent been in a few months really need to go back me my fiance and our son usually visit about 6 times a year and i love it ty so much for the awesome vid

[@robinblue9032]

Awesome!!! Whisky and hillbilly!!! My middle and last names ❤️

[@yubidubi]

Love this video and your personality

[@vickiecook7464]

Very Interesting Mr. Carpetbagger. A new video is always cause for celebration chez Cook. Thank you for your hard work and dedication. We appreciate you.

[@TheCarpetbagger]

Thank you! There sure are a lot of haters on this video

[@vickiecook7464]

Jake, never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty but the pig enjoys it. On the other hand everyone has a right to their opinion. Allow them that and hopefully they will do the same for you. I have a feelings that the ill commenters make their bread and butter from Maggie Valley in some way. Of course they will defend her.

[@johns8236]

been in Maggie valley many times over the years

[@kenshan5378]

I've been there. I was a kid and we called it Maggie Valley ghost town.

[@Kenwood1990]

I want to go there now .

[@pnk878251]

that was fun....thanks!

[@CuracaoLife]

@15:30 such a nice view!

[@josb51]

Awesome video.

[@mcescher1957]

I love this Jacob...this type of video is so entertaining...taking me to places that I could never go on my own! Thanks so much...looking forward to the next place!! I have fond memories of Gatlinburg when my senior class took a trip there in 1975 (yep...the entire class consisted of.only 24 kids and I AM that old...lol) I would so love to see the "Hillbilly Golf Course" again...the one that is built on the mountain...my husband and I took our kids to Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge on vacation about 10 years ago...I wonder if that golf course is still there. . .just a suggestion!! God Bless!

[@TheCarpetbagger]

I love that place, may do a video there

[@Rinebo]

"One lick at a time"! 😂

[@georgiapatriot13097]

I have only been here once in my whole life with my family and haven't been back since

[@loriannaprays]

my family is from there John Please Justice. You are about 3 hour drive from me. enjoy you trip

[@amandahudson431]

Now I have to Google Peter London

[@deww9092]

It's pretty cool there.

[@bestceebman4283]

this area of NC is the most beautiful

[@curtis13450]

great town

[@carriethore4598]

The carving outside of the Soco Cycle Shop is holding something similar to a lacrosse stick which is used in the traditional Cherokee game of stickball. The game is even similar to lacrosse except maybe a little more violent.

[@TheCarpetbagger]

Man, I'm stupid......I should have know that! I actually did a video on stickball! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJDJYnmtopZmZq8

[@kennymartin379]

I love it there

[@robinevans7194]

love this ! It's to bad alot of thoes places have gone out of business.

[@relicman]

God they'd love to have that rain right now!

[@TheCarpetbagger]

Rob's Excellent Exploration no kidding

[@eddiedawkins19]

I used to live right next door to the Moonshine Grill

[@macmac5973]

We have our family reunion here and we had land there since 1905 I think but it was taken

[@wildflowerrunner4236]

I have never heard of this place!!! We're a little sheltered over here in Durham.

[@mtroy0620]

Sounds to me like MV owes a debt of gratitude to Wheels Through Time museum. Harley riders have $$!

[@paulettekelley6219]

Two licks up!

[@warmlantern0000]

Awesome video. Popcorn I seen his videos on him. Lol

[@amandahudson431]

Looks like the truck from the Waltons. The show was based in NC

[@evdallas3847]

your right about the bikes

[@butterflySmiles2]

l live in Knoxville, Tenn. foothills of the smokey Dad would take us when I was a kid......

[@butterflySmiles2]

thank you saving me time and money to go there

[@Blueridgemountainlife]

Jen I would encourage you to come visit, there is more to Maggie Valley than this video showed. Plus, it's the center of many different outdoor activities including easy access to the Parkway, waterfalls, hiking trails, and The Great Smoky Mountains national park.

[@butterflySmiles2]

Blue Ridge Mountain Life l grew up in what we call the foothills of the smokies.

[@Blueridgemountainlife]

Sorry, I guess I don't really understand what your point.

[@djiceyfan]

that little church probably hides the well cap if they are on city water or had to make a new well...buttttt I could be wrong lol

[@russkendrickmartin7257]

Great video and thanks for the info. I'm stopping in Maggie Valley on my summer tour--But I will respectfully disagree about the hot boiled peanuts. I tried them once...I'll take mine roasted please...

[@takumi-sanarchive6482]

I've learned so much about Funtown Mountain (I'm weird)

[@carebearonchemicalx591]

Awesome.!!

[@kenpalmer985]

Save n reopen these great places

[@whatsnextrobert]

thanks for showing a little more of the place. I went with church up to ghost town as a kid and it's sad it lost its tourism. do you know if tweetsie railroad is still around?

[@jodavidson4767]

Yes its still open

[@richardsoutdoorworld5284]

Maggie Valley is nice scenic town .......... Heres link to photo I took few years ago from atop the big viewing tower ! www.flickr.com/photos/mrprimetime_86/946902120/in/dateposted-public/

[@stevezooca]

What happened to close down the Soko garden zoo there in Maggie Valley

[@roselanemable3141]

Loved this video. Keep em coming Jason.👍

[@karenstownsend9]

So sad to see Maggie this way. I have been in all those stores. Walked to the top of the tower many times for most photographed view. Been to Ghost town about 8 times. Loved the roller coaster on the side of the mountain. We ride it the first summer it opened and the next summer and I think that was the summer it closed. My boys loved the shoot outs on the streets . I think the casino was the down fall of this area. That’s when it all started. We still go to Cherokee ever summer and camp at Yogi for 10 days.

[@jodavidson4767]

Sometimes I'll go thur there going to Gatlinburg pegion forge

[@jwall6006]

It's smart for them to cater to motorcycles and their rides. It's a beautiful place to ride, and we eat, buy fuel, and trinkets, we need to have our bikes fixed on the road and we stay at hotels. Most riders drop a lot of money in beautiful places every year. When we go we pick a restaurant that has the most bikes in front of it. I wonder why the merchandise is still in all of the closed shops. I wonder if, like places in Arizona, there is a high season and they only open then.

[@tinaferren2791]

There are still many places that are open to buy trinkets and such although some are open seasonal from early May until the end of October but many are open throughout the year because of the increase of population in the area. It is good to hear that you enjoy visiting.

[@TheCarpetbagger]

Bikers are one of the last groups of people that actually don't mind taking the scenic route