Searching For History ~ Annville, PA

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

The Annville sticker has been claimed!

[@glennjudd2467]

Great stuff cliff ! Amazing history ! Enjoy it all !

[@SimplyExploVenturing]

That was a really good tour thanks to you and your sidekick John for the all the historical information Your lucky to have such a friend that shares your same interest thank you as well for showing us your sisters shop and man talk about being at right place at the right time when the owner of the purple house that is being restored let you have a look inside!

[@ronniecardy]

Love the old building's.

[@tyesoutherland4618]

Thumbs up to you Chris for looking out after your friend John, he look's strong and active. For one of those channel sticker's i'd fly across the mile's to find one....lol.

[@kathrynrodier7077]

Can not wait to see some places shown

[@lindamccaughey6669]

Oh wow what a fantastic video that was. Now I love that purple house, purple my fave colour but def. not for a house. Those houses are all lovely I could so move in to the station house very easily. Cemetery too, fantastic. Thanks so much for taking me along. Please stay safe and take care

[@lorimurdy1215]

Hey from Pittsburgh!❤⚠️❤

[@michaels8285]

That Mill was my Great Grandfather's. I used to play around those buildings as a kid. My Great-great Grandfather owned both those Mills you showed

[@lizzilsm246]

I found your videos during covid, they helped keep me sane. lol I grew up in Pa., lived there for 50 yrs. I moved to Fl 2006. My mom is buried in Grand View cemetery in Annville. Thank you for making videos of Pa.I love seeing all the historic things you find. I will always consider it my home.

[@jackielatham4831]

What a lovely place Annville is Cliff Enjoyed going along main street looking at the old buildings glad to see a lot of them are still standing Your sister is like you very charming John is very knowledgeable and so glad to see him recovering well He's so cute , catching up with you lol xx

[@LilyWhisperwind]

Those old small towns there are just beautiful! I'm related to early settlers from there. I hope I can visit someday.

[@jaytay8637]

Love watching you wander guys. I'm watching from the rural north of Scotland and appreciate you mentioning the names of the trees, plants and creatures you come across, not the same as ours here and I often wonder, lovely to know that was the song of the Cardinal, no Cardinals here !

[@victorgoins6131]

A very good video. Thanks for making this video of amazing historical places.

[@shellyross8283]

Y'all could be brothers!🧡🧡

[@lindagolden9892]

Just happened upon your channel, subscribed and will check out prior vids as I luv older historical sites and homes. 👣 Really appreciated John’s sharing of historical details throughout your 🎥.

[@chucksayers1248]

thanks for the great video, I have driven thru Annville so many times over the years and I leaned so much from you. again thanks.

[@RH-qv1fy]

Used to live there. Across the street from the Corvette Tavern/bar. Thank you for the video. Great job! Actually live out where you are presently. In the Greensburg.

[@nickmad887]

Good video Thanks

[@carolmchargue7746]

Love this kind of explore!!!

[@bradeveland674]

Cliff ! Really enjoy your adventures ! I have ancestry who fled indians up around forty fort. Took refuge on Susquhanah island, homestead was burned and I possess cast iron bowl which survived attack. Keep up the great work !

[@LilyWhisperwind]

Had to go check, I have early settler ancestors from North-Central Pennsylvania. So right around this area.

[@herbk8489]

Great video. Annville is on a list of to-do's for me, after watching this

[@gwenb4531]

Yes we do, we like Jon!!

[@carbidejones5076]

Really fun.

[@jaywenger2044]

Ya you are right about the one building being the old fire house.

[@nancymann5351]

The town reminds me of Gettysburg. ❤

[@neitajames6029]

Good to see you and john out and about. Showing us history and interesting places. Weather is warming up, cool mornings. I hope to go on vacation this year. Gratitude and thanks for sharing and taking us alone.👍💯❤👏🙂🌻🌷🎇. Take care. Gratitude, love, respect and positivity always. I'm hoping to get out this year and explore maybe find some interesting places and things🙂 Neita James. 🖐..

[@katrinascreationscrafting]

The cast iron arbor to the side of the Mary Gass house is in the same style as the caged grave sites in another of your videos.

[@tmpatklk]

Great video, Cliff and Jon. The historical background is a perfect supplement to the shots of the beautiful old buildings and scenery. Annville is a beautiful little town. Several years ago, the Friends of Old Annville, conducted tours of the historic area. Each group was lead by a knowledgeable guide. They provided booklets with pictures and background about each building. Some of the owners talked with the groups. The Allen Theater is a little treasure. Batdorf's has great food. Main Street is very walkable. Thanks for sharing. It's so nice that Jon is mending and contributing.

[@johncanetta6708]

Thanks for taking me to Annville, good to see Jon again, and great to meet your sister, Cliff.

[@GregD68]

Another nostalgic video for me. Pennsylvania, my boyhood home. Doesn't matter where you live, you're always a Pennsylvanian at heart. Thank you for this!

[@mgratk]

Another great video, thanks Cliff. Good to see your pal Jon out and about.

[@keikodarling]

Hi! Could you possibly do a video on Titusville, PA? My great great grandparents were from there and I haven't gotten to go back to the area since I will very little. Thanks!

[@wooderdsaunders6801]

Get well John. Never got to see lime kilns from the top before, in wrightsville you can see the front openings well. Also there was a revolutionary prison camp near wrightsville York county pa. It w as s mostly Hessons from valley forge I think. And and many remained in america after the war. When you were looking into the train station window, your fuzzy mike looked like a palm tree or cactus. Lol

[@WhatheFIsgoingon]

Been watching you since last year, moved from Washington State to Annville after my husband passed, love your channel ❤️

[@keithreh9338]

I reside very near to Annville...drive or ride thru it alot; usually in too much of a hurry to enjoy a tour like you presented...thank you for this video! next time you are in the locale check out the Hershey American Legion behind the old chocolate factory; if I recall correctly, it was the old carriage house for delivery wagons & horses for Hershey Chocolate...afterward it was a residence for a doctor or dentist; before Milton Hershey died, either he (or a representative from his estate trust) bequeathed the building to the Hershey Legion Post 386, along with a select amount of shares of Hershey Chocolate (now Hershey's Foods) with conditions that if they vacate the buildings (legion post, rental house, and garages at base of property) then the property & company shares revert back to Hershey Trust (they basically own the town & alot of surrounding land...alot of land leases & sales keep the trust afloat)

[@edithdavis2848]

Interesting town. Loved your sisters shop, saw afew things I liked. Cute snake.. nice cemetery. Glad to see John getting out and about. Thank you Cliff.

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

Edith tks gt video gt 2 Pennsylvanians brian Ireland regularly watch all videos love ur name

[@nobillclinton]

Beautiful and historic Pennsylvania. First home of 'religious freedom' in North America. Great content, Woodsman.

[@karenpacker8862]

Beautiful footage of all the buildings. Enjoyed seeing your sister and her shop. Also seeing John out and about too.

[@brianferris1233]

🌲🦅🌲 thank you for sharing your video today 🌲

[@martyjones9374]

Love journeys with Cliff & Jon!! Thank you for this perfect adventure. Beautiful old homes, churches, old train station, your sister's antique shop! Great to hear some history. So good to see Jon out enjoying! Just amazing guys!! Thanks for taking me along. Surprised you got me out of the antique shop, lol!! 🥰

[@DDExplores]

Glad to see Jon is getting out,, Don't overdo it,, and be safe,, Foot surgery can be a lengthy and difficult recovery.

[@danpatch4751]

Really nice and interesting video, but of course all your videos are. Maybe someday I'll make it there, lots of history. Nice to see John out with you. Your sister's shop is really cool, I love antiques. Thanks for the tour of the purple log house. Your videos inspire me.

[@sunnyja1088]

Your sister's antique shop is lovely! Interesting town! Glad Jon is doing so well!

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

just saw santa clause in d corner! 7months early Love It! n Love these kinda shops brian hope someone spotted ol nick Christmas coming Great relief from pandemic Cheers

[@jayforkner2692]

Annville is formally Millerstown. Is Jon related to the town founders? Glad to see Jon on the move.

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

Not likely

[@douglaslangella7782]

Nice video. Really enjoy the old buildings. Glad to see John back up on his wheels!

[@lovesmashbox]

I really enjoy when you and john do these history videos. Its great to see john out and about now .

[@dustin2dust351]

Cliff left John in the dust.

[@lindaloumcaninch6222]

I saw that also. Glad Jon caught up.

[@lynfl9814]

I have a family member that lives in Annville. I sent her your video. Great to see John walking so well. Keep up the good work, John, and watch that sugar!

[@danpatch4751]

Does your family member know his sister

[@57Banjoman]

Thanks guys-what a lovely town-nice to meet your sister, and see Jon doing well!

[@jrwit55]

It's great to see John and you out exploring together. Also picked up the channel sticker.

[@jared1870]

You guys are hilarious together, thanks for sharing history.

[@kevinsmith5288]

Hey Cliff, A neat "all around" video! From old mills to barns, purple houses, cemeteries, snakes, Cardinals, churches, Annville looks like a cool place. Glad to see Jon, looks like he getting around pretty good now. You did make me laugh 😆 when talking about your sister's antique shop when you said she's on Facebook if you want to check her out, then quickly corrected yourself and said "I mean her shop"!😆

[@forrestbossler8075]

good to see john out and about!!

[@barbaraharshman9460]

Cliff so glad your getting Jon out and walking

[@timmullens9479]

Jon is about so cool

[@leighmitcler3320]

Awesome antique store your lovely sister has. I could spend days shopping there. Great to see John doing so well. Wow, seeing the inside that 200 yr.old home was a treat and then boom a snake lol. Thanks Cliff for making it all possible, you're our Wandering Woodsman for sure.~ Stay safe on your journeys..

[@R.C.1161]

Its the ears!

[@juliebabcock4110]

Thanks for another great history adventure. Pennsylvania has so much interesting early American history. Thanks also to Jon for doing the research. Looking forward to more videos .

[@waltglow6396]

I'm retired now but when I worked for Hershey I went by that Antique shop dozens of times!

[@lindaloumcaninch6222]

Enjoyed Jon,s research,. Very informative. Cliff and Jon make a good team.

[@jenniferbutcher8393]

With a name like Butcher Block antiques, I must go visit! 😊 She's adorable! And I love antique shopping.and yes, Cliff and Jon are adorable too....😁

[@kateclark7250]

Great historic video. It is nice to see Jon out and about.

[@AJOCONNELLNEWPORT]

So hppy to see John up and about.

[@thisisindiana7082]

It was nice to see your sister and she has a really nice antique shop. I hope this video brings her business. And it’s great to see John doing so well. I’m glad you went to that cemetery. I have family that came from Pennsylvania. One of them is the Herr family. Those could be my ancestors. So it was special to see that. Thanks.

[@jwon5614]

Great town love the stone houses. I think Jim Thorpe is still my favorite,but this is a close second!😊Love you sister’s shop too💕

[@johnd2042]

Good to see your friend doing well.

[@davidcassidy5868]

Another 2 cool book on historic PA homes & sites are Postcards of Chester County and The Four Seasons of Chester County by Red Hamer. Im partial to the later because it has a picture of my 1810 fieldstone farmhouse near Longwood Gdns. in it. Nice tour Cliff and John 👍 Oh yeah, that purple house reminds me of that one off Rt 322 on the right coming up from Honey Brook towards East Earl (Rt 897). Never saw another one till this one. 👍 One more thing Cliff, tell Mr. John that Dave is impressed with his history knowledge of historic buildings there. 👍

[@willmorrisusa]

Nice Cliff ! U & John really made the rounds. Keep em coming. 😊👍

[@14Marathons]

I noticed Jon doesn't pronounce "route" like you do, Cliff. :) So, I guess it's not a local thing...Good to see Jon getting around.

[@reneereb6499]

My dad graduated from Lebanon Valley, thanks for taking us along.

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

There's No word None For My Love Of America n The Good Things About America Brian

[@brandonzayres]

The Dynamic Duo!!

[@PatriseHenkel]

hah, you're having a loud motorcycle kinda day, too. Everybody is crawling out from under their rock. ;-)

[@awadventures6230]

Are you twins?? I would just go there to shop... love antique shops!

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

Not at all..

[@mac3917]

Real enjoyable historic video. Good to see your friend John is doing well 👍

[@mzimm460]

Annville is all old limestone houses probably all from early 1800’s

[@lawrencedugan]

Cliff you should do more of this touring of small quaint towns. On anther note, is it your camera amplifying the road noise? The noise is barely tolerable!

[@petegregory517]

There’s advantages to being hard of hearing. Most times I don’t mind it at all. Especially in this age of idiot cell phone screamers.

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

Your are hearing exactly what we were hearing, it was loud.

[@heden1460]

Awesome, fun video. Glad to see Jon doing well.

[@petegregory517]

Think Herr is pronounced sort of like “(h)air”. Check out history of Herrs Ridge in Gettysburg. I’m originally from west of that area and worked with civil war reenactors and they enlightened me along with park service “Battle Walk” videos.

[@lindagolden9892]

Curious if this Herr family is related to Herr’s Potato Chips which is pronounced exactly as it’s spelled. I grow up in southern Jersey where Herr’s chips were quite popular. 🥔

[@jacquie5292]

Have you ever gone to Uniontown PA?

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

Nope

[@pawadventures5544]

Your sister has a cool shop and as Cherie below mentions, "she is adorable". Very cool video, makes me miss my home state.👍🏻

[@mikeh8129]

The whole Oley Township, Berks County, is in the National Registry of Historic Places.

[@bdickinson6751]

Sure is.

[@CPIVCR]

is the corvette bar sill open

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

Not sure about that.

[@CPIVCR]

@@thewanderingwoodsman7227 used to stop in on my way to hershey to watch the big 33 game

[@mikektmrdr9005]

Yes. Good food.

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

Gt Dudes both help me laugh 'good on ya(ye)' ol irish saying Brilliant man

[@chrisklinger5847]

If you did box car rocks gold mine annville pa look into moonshine church man and fort indian town gap also has many stories blue eyed six in Lebanon is still a major story today

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

whow gt fun start to this video urself n john talkn jokn am getting tired past midnight am saving this it cud be saved brian

[@darlenegood4101]

some city cemeteries remove the flags for winter then put the back before Memorial Day. The cemeteries around me do that.

[@lenettedaugherty287]

Your sister is very cute and pretty. 🤩😊🤗

[@richardcotter4506]

purple houses in NE Canada represent french cajuns

[@stereoheaven11]

John turns me on and his disability doesnt bother me! and so does the guy in the purple house drinking the beer!!

[@edoconnor5528]

Why was the flag at half mast?

[@lindaloumcaninch6222]

Where I live they put new flags on veterans graves right before memorial day. You would not see flags this early in the spring. Flags don't hold up well over the winter.

[@robertgallagher5527]

Was that an EVP of someone saying "why?" at the 24:12 mark?

[@bdickinson6751]

Most likely those old log buidings were constructed from chestnut logs.

[@bruinsfan8278]

Was that your sister or Pat Benetar?

[@PAFloridian]

Does your sister have any ghost stories (in that old building)?

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

None from the store

[@TheCynthiaRice]

I used to live in Annville, not far from the college.