Valley, AL- Definitely not what we expected

Join us as we explore Valley, Alabama, including an abandoned factory.
#explorealabama #valley #smalltown #googlepixel7
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[@johnbrentford5513]

If you make it to North Alabama, go to Scottsboro.

[@Crazytraveladdicts]

We are actually heading to North Alabama this weekend….. Will try to check it out if we have time

[@ladyketurahinwaiting]

BTW, there’s a cemetery in Lanett (in the residential area) that has a little brick playhouse built over the grave of a little girl who passed away in I think the 40s or 50s. People come from everywhere to see that little playhouse. I think the cemetery is called Lanett cemetery.

[@Crazytraveladdicts]

We will check that out whenever we are back in the area

[@charlesscogins482]

There is no formal downtown in Valley. The area you were driving through is called Langdale. It was built by Langdale Mill in the 1860's. The only remaining standing mill structure is Langdale which you were walking in front of. The city is growing and slowly developing and there are plans to repurpose the mill area and school you looked at. I bought a house here up on the hill above the mill and like the neighborhood. This is actually a good place to live and there are jobs available and growing businesses in the area.

[@Crazytraveladdicts]

Thank you for the information ❤️❤️

[@randallfarr5548]

Wow! Brings back many memories. You guys missed a lot , but managed to catch the back side of my old neighborhood, and where i went to kindergarten, elementary, and high school.

[@bobbyolddude6402]

Valley was a series of small Mill Towns that incorporated into Valley. All the Mils have been torn down or are in the process of being torn down. The one at the first of the video was Langdale Mill

[@Crazytraveladdicts]

Thank you for the info😊😊😊

[@NLK_SQUAD]

By the way behind the mill yall were at the begging of the video there is a power house and it is a great place to hunt deer

[@larrywingo5013]

That is the Langdale mill water flow thru the open area. Sears Memorial Hall is a gym for the school across the street. Also the Cotton Duck with the white fence is the old Kindergarten.

[@larrywingo5013]

Also the field beside the gym is where the Merry Go Round is place each Christmas for all to enjoy. Come back during Christmas to see

[@marilynmitchell5181]

Great video! Really interesting city. That art was cool. I admire your sense of adventure. Thank you for going places we can’t or won’t lol. I definitely would not have been walking in that field. I live in Warner Robins and the population is about 80,000 and we don’t have a downtown either.

[@Crazytraveladdicts]

Really??? Wow!!!

[@marilynmitchell5181]

@@Crazytraveladdicts IKR? A whole Air Force base and no downtown or historic district.

[@ladyketurahinwaiting]

😂 there is no “downtown” because Valley is the conglomeration of several unincorporated communities. Originally once you left Lanett, Alabama highway 29 traveled through the communities of Shawmut, Langdale, Fairfax, and Riverview. The courthouse is on 29 a few miles south of the local McDonalds. West Point Manufacturing (a textile company) was based in West Point and had textile mills in Lanett, Shawmut, Langdale, Fairfax, Riverview and Hughley. If I remember correctly it was in the 60s that the company was bought by Pepperell in Opelika and became West Point Pepperell. The old mill in Lanett on 29 was demolished some years ago. I think it was in the 80s that the train stopped running and the tracks were turned into a Rails to Trails walking & bike path. Until the 80s the only industry in the West Point, Lanett, Valley area was the textile mills. In the 80s an industrial complex was built in Hughley and Knauf fiberglass built the first new factory in the area.

[@Crazytraveladdicts]

Thank you!!! You always have great info for us!!!! You know more than google 🤣🤣

[@ladyketurahinwaiting]

@@Crazytraveladdicts This is my hometown where I was born and spent the first 50 years of my life. Valley high school was the arch rival of my high school in Lanett 😀

[@ladyketurahinwaiting]

Y’all do some awesome trips and I enjoy seeing places from my life time years ago 😂, and places I’ve never been to. Thank you for taking us with y’all 😍❣️

[@ladyketurahinwaiting]

@@Crazytraveladdicts😂

[@Crazytraveladdicts]

@@ladyketurahinwaiting Thank you for watching❤️❤️