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Better research than Steve did on the dead files....fine job brother. - Surry Virginia

Hello! I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this video. My mom's family is from this area, I spent a lot of time with my grandparents when little in Stone Kentucky, they would take me to JUSTICES drive-inn. I love this area so much, and watching it takes me to a place where i would like to return, being 60 now. I really miss it there. Thank you so much for featuring these beautiful mountains and surrounding West Virginia and Kentucky.

Butcher Holler isn't in Floyd Co (Prestonsburg) it's in Johnson Co

Great Video from obviously a drone and from the ground. Looking forward to the Saturday, 17 August 2024, Sons of the American Revolution, National Event: "Battle of Blue Licks!"

Watch out for all the methheads...seriously. unsolved is pretty big in Pikeville.

Common theme with these abandoned hospitals/asylums. A school then becomes an asylum/sanitarium. One simple explanation. The Rockefeller foundation

Mingo county WV had some of the best coal seams in Central Appalachia, across the Tug Fork River in eastern Pike county KY was the same. Several high quality coal seams some of which were very thick coal seams like the Thacker or Williamson seam. The WV side having the better coal of the two sides, therefore the large coal companies of the early 1900’s began mining Mingo county as aggressively as possible during that time. Across the river in KY Ford Motor Co had a coal town called Fordson & they along with other companies began aggressively mining eastern Pike county. The coal boom of 1970, 1973-1975 allowed many local independent coal operators on both sides of the Tug Fork River to make millions upon millions of dollars mining the coal the big coal companies of the early 1900’s hadn’t yet mined. In 1978 coal prices spiked again but not quite as high as 1974 prices, but this price jump lasted from 78-81 during which time the independents began selling their operations to out of state corporations for big $$. The McCoy brothers who owned Caney Branch Coal Co & McCoy Elkhorn Coal sold out for almost $50 Million in 1978 for example. During the 1970’s two very large corporations, Pittston Coal Corp (owned by BRINKS) & A.T. Massey Coal Co (Massey Energy ) began buying & acquiring large scale mining & processing operations in Mingo county WV & Pike county KY. Each operation was operated by a subsidiary, Pittston had Kentland Elkhorn & Eastern Coal Corp in Pike county while Massey had several subsidiaries in Mingo county WV & in Pike county KY. These big corporations began exhausting the coal that remained on both sides of the river & around Williamson which was the trading hub for the entire area. One man remained an independent coal operator in Mingo county WV, James “Buck” Harless, his Hampden Coal Co was the model for what a coal company should be & Buck Harless was not only a great coal operator but a very generous philanthropist to the area. By the 1990’s Massey had grown & grown, they dominated the area, Pittston had mined out most of its quality coal reserves & sold its operations to a Florida Power Conglomerate who managed to exhaust what little coal remained & go bankrupt. Alpha Natural Resources was designed to bail out Massey from all of its reclamation obligations & liabilities from lawsuits & mining violations. Alpha NR goes bankrupt as it was designed to do, to protect the Massey stockholders & deny retirement & health benefits to employees from Massey Energy. Now you have these startups with investor’s capital trying to pick through the scraps of coal left & they are simply designed to enrich the schemers who manage to sweet talk the investors they intend to screw over & go bankrupt leaving more unreclaimed mountainsides on both sides of the Tug Fork. Overproduction of the coal reserves around Williamson, unnecessary over-mining the coal seams helped lead to Williamson & other towns in WV & KY being ghost towns now. The coal reserves were not managed properly starting in the late 70’s & 80’s & the big coal corporations just mined the coal reserves to death, literally. As a result the city of Williamson died with it.

Thanks for taking the time to record this. I've been to Pdrestonsburg on a motorcycle. I also got to go to Buther Hollow. My experience was positive and I look forward to going back again.

Thank you for sharing 🎉🎉🎉🎉

I reenacted the 130th anniversary of this battle. Good job!

Wow!! Nice video 📹 too check out!!

The lands dangerous bc of ancient being, they r everwhere certain areas, so if someone tells u a place is sacred, dont go there and set up camp, if u do, oh well, u received a warning.....smh 🤦‍♀️

Excellent video! Ever restless after leading his band of explorers over an immense and rugged distance, up the ancient "warrior path" over the edge of the Appalachians, and finding the mysterious Cumberland Gap running north, Boone was surely surging with anticipation that he might finally be getting close to the "mythic" lands he had first heard about from an old Indian trader. The Shawnee called that place "Kanta-ke" and the Iroquois called it "Ken-tah-ten" - both which translate as the "Place of Lush Meadows." And when he first saw it from Pilot Knob. He had gone on ahead and then hiked to the top - the rest of his party had paused to do some hunting, a good distance below. After coming so many miles over dangerous, jaggy peaks and ridges, through immense rhododendron thickets, as he climbed up to this historic overlook, he must have wondered if he would see more mountain ranges or, perhaps, that incredible place of meadows he had so long heard and dreamed about. One cannot imagine Boone's excitement in that moment - a view VERY few Europeans had ever seen - or lived to tell. And so, when one stands there today, knowing the history of that incredible 18th century moment, it should send a respectful chill down their spine.

Always mean to travel to a real/decent reenactment. I lived in Massachusetts years ago and went to one in Groton MA (cuz you know, there were huge civil war battles there 😐).. There were about 15 people on each side.. the crowd outnumbered the combatants by like 100 to 1. It was a hot day so they were chugging down from plastic water bottles on the field.. There was one actual casualty... A guy who was about (I'm guessing) 315 lbs, and about 5ft 2in tall who got light headed.. which paused everything for almost an hour. I don't think there were any 315 lb Confederate soldiers back then, or Union but hey... who am I??? And every single reenactor was constantly yelling "HOLD THE LINE!!!" 🤦

Been there several times. THers definately something going on there.I could feel it and i saw ghostly Firey apparitions.Need to be there in the evening and after dark

I have a 2020 limited and was thinking of getting the same tires. What’s the size of the tire and do they rub?

I am from there, well the area. I lived in Williamson during my senior year and graduated that closed highschool you showed earlier. This brings back a lot of memories.

I honour the American dead of Blue Licks - the ones that died protecting their land, honour, friends and liberty - the 7 Loyalists and Native Americans who gave their lives for an honourable cause that is - , the others got what was coming to them. No, ...... but seriously .......... there is really no difference between the way this battle is memorialized and North Korean historical propaganda - it's on the same level. Mark's video is fine - but what he is showing us is quite shameful. It completely ignores the Indians - who were fighting for their own "liberty", and the so-called "British" were fellow Americans who sympathised with and befriended the Indians, and proved their loyal allies - sticking it out with them until the bitter end. As opposed to the "patriots" who wanted to exterminate and dispossess the Native Americans (eg: the Sullivan Expedition 1779) . If you study the Revolutionary War, every time Indian warriors were encountered in significant numbers (unless they were vastly outnumbered) it was a complete and utter blood-bath for the patriots - 10 to 1 casualties against the patriots was the usual outcome, BLUE LICKS was a pretty standard "day at the office" for these guys ( see the battle of Wyoming & Oriskany), and yet these incredible North American warriors (who were clearly fighting a defensive war) are ignored and vilified, and their white American allies are "magically" turned into "British" in order to aid the propagandist nationalist narrative. You would think after 240+ years a more nuanced view of the battle would have emerged - but apparently not.

Now Subscribed. Great video, Just a Huge Thank You for great coverage.... Ok, Indiana, caught me.

Did you check out the old coal house museum. Used to be the chamber of commerce

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This is such a sick truck. I have studied 4Runners like no other. Love the full time auto 4 wheel drive on limited trims especially for the times my wife will drive it in the winter. The one detail that might make me go with a regular limited is the body kit difference, the super straight rear end is different than the slightly angled rear end on the regular. I just think the regular limited looks better at the back. Might get the night shade and swap out the back end bumper. Yes I am a huge nerd.

I love Prestonsburg. I got to Paintsville, Pikeville, and Prestonsburg every year to see me grand parents and go to Apple Day

Its a beautiful tunnel!

I have the same truck and do the same type of driving...Looking to do a 3 inch lift.

Gorgeous

Born in that hospital! And attended the ‘old’ school with entrance for males and another for females, cool wood floors before switching to the newly built school which was so high tech. Thank you for sharing

Old Frankfort Pike Road from Frankfort to Lexington is a great scenic drive!

Hello im native American from Az..i found your video after watching leave the world behind 😂. Its crazy to see they built an amusement park on burial grounds .

Just watched this, wonderful video...totally agree this is a wonderful place and can't wait to visit again.

Love the video I am a Williamson and my dad always told me our family started that town never been there but always wanted to visit now I kinda feel like I have thanks

Love Daniel Boone! He was such a unique and fascinating man. I love history. Great to see where he actually hiked.

I’m Simon Preston, the 5th great grandson of John Preston which the town was named after.

Williamson holds a special spot in my heart. I lived there when I was little. My parents graduated from WHS in 1966 and my dad was a member of those great basketball teams in 1964-66. Truly sad to see how much is gone.

Another great tour! So glad I found your channel. Thank you!

I thought I heard a response when you asked if anybody was home

Awesome tour! Thank you!

I don't know if I want this much tunnel vision... a little long😱 & the roads in & out seem one car accessible as well😱😎

Idk if I can believe the Shawnee burned the kids. straight up, not theyre way of doing things. I can only think that family was so terrible it was revenge but even still. That is so far from their beliefs. Sounds like propaganda to prop up the ‘savage’ narrative.

Live near here. There is an old Inn here that served as a hospital/morgue then. The Inn burned down a few years back and is in ruins. This site has pretty much been forgotten.

Nice 4runner. I just picked up a 2019 Limited Nightshade. Did I miss the actual specs of your tires? Im looking at 275/55/20.

Awesome truck! What kind of amp are you running for those Hertz speakers?

Who else came here from the movie leave the world behind?

Glad I found your channel thank you liked and subscribed ❤

Been to Mercer County a couple of times. Spent two nights at the ranger cabin in Camp Creek State Forest. Had a good feeling. Had my German Shepherd Ben with me.

If it’s 2000 years old it’s def indigenous melanated peoples that this happened to. The truth is out. The Asian Mongoloid people were not the first peoples here. America lied about everything

Obama happened!

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I’m a decent of Daniel Boone just found out when I researched my bloodline .

Hey Bro you can't actually put 16inch wheels on it.