I live in Mississippi. Most folks leave because jobs are getting less and less. Most of us want a better life for our kids. It's sad in small towns they don't stick around and make it better. Lure of big city riches and the past everyone wants to harbor on kills us. Not to mention, most politicians are padding their pocket books with what little we have. People here are very kind and God fearing for the most part. I've stayed here because I love my family. My great great grandfather was the first to settle here. I come from a line of coal miners, poor sharecroppers, and farmers. My dad walked barefoot as a child on the streets I look at now. I don't mind being poor. I wish I could make it better for my child though. They will probably move though. I'm happy here with my family in the end that's all you have.
Well, your state government hasn't done you any favors. They have no plan to improve the situation in your area, and you just keep electing the same old do nothings. There is plenty they could do to attract light manufacturing jobs. Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas are a mess. It's completely different from the rest of the country. Your schools are bottom of the heap. I'd leave too, if I lived there.
I live outside of Denver and I hate it here. Just because a place is bigger and more people certainly doesn’t make for quality of life. I’m sure Mississippi will have a resurgence of businesses coming back and the economy in the state improving.
Thank you for sharing your story. It resonates with me because I have seen many small towns almost become abandoned due to US jobs going to foreign countries and drugs. People who are on drugs don't care about small town values.
@@jrswackhammer8205 yeah, I wish all the generations after learned what their forefathers had & suffered for, and like you, appreciate what we have & their privileges since Martin Luther King. I remember back in the old days, poor people had pride, they worked hard, took low wage jobs, just to have peace & feed their families. They did NOT rob, steal, smash & grab and break laws like today. I too, had a pair of shoes & I worked until I retired, Never broke the law, just wanted to live. I bless all the decent hard workers in this country. Don’t ask what the rich can do for me but what I can do for myself.
Funny.. I've always thought the same thing. I've been to cemeteries that had folks that died 100 years ago. No one today remembers them obviously. How many of us visit deceased grand parents graves or great grand parents, etc? Kind of depressing. I think this is why cremation and a marker are so popular today.
The old factory that's now falling down, was a sewing type factory. My mom was a seamstress there when she became pregnant with me. I have family on her side that still live around there and Enterprise. I lived there as a tiny child as well. Thank you for filming here. My dad was born in Quitman, it's also where he is buried after passing. I lived in Quitman as well. My mom was from nearby Enterprise.
Joe and Nicole, believe it or not, your travels are higher ed lectures on our country. This video alone has given us powerful insight into how small towns are beginning to go the way of the earth, the past perspective of the civil war from those in the south, and the tragic circumstances that come failing to see others as equals based on ethnicity. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.
Wow! Sobering, insightful, and tragic all at once, and as usual, very well done and presented. Grateful for a vicarious experience in towns that I would never have a chance to visit otherwise. And super chuffed to see your next video from a former coal mining town. Thank you!
There are some Lee's from Virginia on my Mothers side so wonder about my ancestry.She was born and raised in Va.Too much to try and explain.Tired old hands and phone not always cooperating. Thanks for all of your travels. Quite enjoyable. Be safe,healthy and happy Grandma H age 84🥰
Do you know if any of them are related to the Lees of Lee Hall, Virginia? The mansion near Newport News was built by Richard Decatur Lee just before the Civil War.
@ohreally8929 Sorry have no idea.My Mothers life was complicated . My Dad was a career Marine from age 18,lots of moving , not close with either side of family. Grandma H age 84😉
Great video joe excellent job as usual. I still love these small town videos they are my favorites. Even though I know they’re in decline and it’s shows , they still have a quiet, peaceful pace as they slowly fade into history. That was either a sawmill or even more likely a pulpwood mill that was in ruins in the first town, I know both were big there but thinking pulpwood even more so especially after seeing the type of building. Even though these places are dying they still have pride in what that is left. Clean looking and as tidy as possible. Personally I think those were really nice looking neighborhoods myself. Nothing extravagant but just nice common livable homes and yards. Thanks for the ride along and of course the stats. Safe travels my friend and keep videoing I’ll keep watching
I cannot explain how much I enjoy you going into these little towns whether run down or still up & running... I love them all. We just don't have this in our little communities in Canada... just bare bones and blah !
On a happier note, the toilet papering done by neighborhood kids was so sweet to see. It does indicate that there are some close knit people in that neighborhood, always a plus. I'm old, so I figured that tping was lost to time. Then I moved to a very conservative area of Texas. Halloween 2013ish, I ran out of candy, so I gathered up loose change to give to some older kids who were out later than the little kids, for trick or treat. I apologized to these older kids for me running out of candy, as I tossed change into their bags. Woke up the next morning to find my mailbox out front tp'ed. I smiled because I thought those older kids were so sweet and precious to surprise me like that.
My cousin worked at the Stonewall Burlington Industries Cotton Mill, they made blue jean material.....then Burlington moved the operation to Mexico.....
Hey guys, I normally watch all of your videos on my big tv so I am unable to comment... so I am doing it from my computer today... I absolutely LOVE your travelling videos... I do like the way you let us know what time of the day it is, what day it is, and the month, it is just nice to know those things, and I really appreciate it, you are the only one that does that... and then you fill us in with all the statistics about each town, love those small town drive-arounds you do...the downtown area and then through those neighbourhoods, we get to see so much, just wow !! and the other great thing is when you take us along into the restaurants you go to eat and show us how much meals are in different places and how much food you get... and the kitty spying, lol... love your videos, you are the best that I have seen for travelling .. on You Tube... I have watched many and then came across yours, I'm hooked, don't watch any other ones anymore.. no need too... You guys are the best... so back to my big tv to continue with this adventure.... Thanks for everything you do......
I look forward and enjoy watching your videos, you give great information on each town you go to. I have looked up some of the properties that were on sale on Zillow and die find most of them. Keep up the fantastic work you share with us. Thanks!!!
I always judge a place by how I feel when I’m there. I’ve felt good in Gulfport , Natchez, Oxford , Corinth , Tupelo , 🤷🏻♂️. I like Mississippi . ( NC native btw) oh.. and the Natchez trace is awesome .
You will only be remembered as long as someone who once loved you is alive. When they are gone u will no longer be remembered. Like dust in the wind your life has ceased to be ,gone in an instant.this proves it. So sad.
Thanks for the tour. It's sad to see so many small towns dying, and large cities are not improving things. Hopefully, someone will care for the cemetery and its history.
Just in time for the first cup of coffee for the day. lol The 'gone to the doctor' sign is something you will see where I live! The tattered flags are so sad and depressing. It's understandable the young people are leaving to pursue jobs and a better life. Thanks.
First, thank you for keeping politics out of your videos. You are respectful of some very controversial topics and things and it’s greatly appreciated. It’s interesting seeing these towns in rural areas. I’m always amazed at how you never see any people. I think it would be nice to live somewhere like that.
As always, an interesting (and thought-provoking) virtual tour of off-the-beaten track America. Seeing the Civil War monuments and graveyard I'm reminded of the excellent book "Confederates In The Attic" by Tony Horwitz. Looking forward to checking out the coal town next time with you.
Stonewall's major industry from 1868 until 2002 was the cotton mill which operated as Burlington Industries from 1962 onward. In 2002, Burlington announced that it would be closing the Stonewall plant and put 850 people out of work.
We should worry about anyone that wants to bring back "camps" to deport thousands from this country...just thinking about what that would look like and hearing people chanting/cheering for it to happen makes my blood run cold. We are better than that kind of hate, this is a great country.
@@jimmyday9536 cant say I totally agree with that statement. Much of life is a learned behaviour from parents, siblings, friends, and neighbours and yes church and school
Another great video, as always. Love the confederate cemetery! Driving up kind of felt like the intro to a campy zombie horror movie. Glad to see you back on the road!
Anytime I see that kind of a TP rampage I imagine one of their parents, sitting at home in the bathroom going "Where the hell is all the toilet paper??"
Loved it. Bet that building in Shubuta you didnt know what it was is an old Mom and Pop grocery, saw a lot of them that resembled that building as a kid in the south.
So happy to see you traveling again! That hanging bridge is unbelievable. So sad. Thanks for sharing all of this with us. ~~~Liz in Wisconsin. Why is the Healthcare always 100? How do people afford it?
@@gigicostlow4414..Most of these Southern States deny their poor citizens Medicaid Expansion and they go without healthcare. Vote Red so you wind up Dead.
The juxtaposition of the sublimely sad neglected cemetery of tattered flags, with the lynchings of a 14 & 15 year -old for talking to a white girl in 1942...is almost too much to bear. Excellent video overall. True Americana.
Made me remember Camp Chase, a Confederate cemetery just below Franklinton, beside Columbus OH. The area was a Civil War Union camp before the converted it to a POW camp. There are around 2600 people buried there, most of them POWs.
You should go by the Double Springs court house in Winston county AL. It's a very small town but they call the county the free state of Winston County because during the Civil War they refused to choose sides. There is a statue of a Union and Confederate soldier standing together. Interesting looking Court House too.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip by the way in Houston ALl about 10 miles from there , there is an old log jail. Built in 1868. The boards were peppered with horseshoe nails to help secure the occupants.
It's a great thing to get off the main highways and find these places all over the country. Beautiful as they are, the tale they tell is unfortunately repeated over and over. Whether it's textiles, furniture or automobiles it's the story of focusing on one industry or market sector to the exclusion of all others. When that thing is no longer profitable or fashionable the economy and subsequently the community collapses or just moves on. Smart leaders work to diversify development, shielding their constituents from downturns in any one particular industry. Sometimes that may seem boring compared to a rocket factory or a diamond mine but there are success stories all over this great land where good folks make and do simple, timeless things that let them put food on their own table and raise their families in safety.
In Trump’s first two years, the economy added 462,000 manufacturing jobs. In Biden’s first two years in office, there was a gain of 754,000 manufacturing jobs.
@@lakenneth374 Biden's numbers are people returning to work from covid lockdown. This administration got caught lying about the creation of 876,000 extra jobs this year. Democracy=Democratic Rule. The way "manufacturing " is defined now makes a cook a manufacturer.
@@lakenneth374 the problem with your numbers is that Biden’s administration counted people returning to work post Covid as new jobs, when a lot weren’t. Another problem is that the government inflates the numbers to make whoever is in office look good.
That was a knitting mill. When it closed down the town went downhill and is barely hanging on. There was another one in Quitman, MS a few miles away that also shut down.
Stonewall...what an interesting downtown--one side of the street with a Piggly Wiggly and pastel-colored storefronts, the other side with the ruins of a mill. Were you tempted to pick up a brick from the mill as a "Stonewall souvenir" for your man cave? 🙂
I'm surprised you didn't show the Red Water Artesian Well in Shubuta. The town started drying up when the logging industry left the area. There used to be a train yard for loading the logs just outside of "downtown". I remember going through the town a lot in the 80s as a kid and seeing them. Most of the tracks were pulled in the 90s or early 2000s. Quitman is an interesting town. I go there probably 3 or 4 times a year to go to the state park.
When I was getting sober in buffalo id go inside if it was very accessible..bpd didn't care there was nothing in there...they call it urbex ....u should go..to the buffalo Central terminal....I we went there for years it's so big to see it all😊
You're exactly right. When the state widened Hwy45, they bypassed a lot of towns like Shubuta & Quitman. That's when they really lost hope in improving or growing.
Burlington Industries ,was into textiles that was what know as a Cotton Mill in the south. May have went to India or Mexico in the late 80's. Just guessing , that's what happened to the old mills in Georgia and South Carolina.
funny thing about some small towns in Mississippi and Alabama , the eating places like that don't open in the morning they open around 2 and closes around 8, some will go from 2 to midnight it wild. lot don't know why they bridge was made private, reason was they had a hard time keeping people off of it trying to hang others, so they made it private so they could arrest anyone going on it for any reason for trespassing, and the bridge is self is dangerous.
Most people live outside the ‘city’ limits making the population effectively larger for the area than what is shown in the city census counts. As far as where do people work many travel to larger nearby towns such as Meridian and Laurel. But even in Meridian the population there is lower due to people moving away and people moving out in the country which makes the city population lower. You really need to compare county wide counts to get a better idea of the true population for the area.
Have not watch you in a few months been going through cancer treatment have not been doing good, I was born in Clarksdale Miss. lived on moon lake, live in Florida now back in 1968 family friend of ours his son found a confederate soldiers reminds in the woods had the uniform his gun, and everything beside him his brother put the gun and stuff in there car his father went to the nearest pay phone and called the police, they did figure out the guy's name,
Burlington Industries was a major textile manufacturer based out of North Carolina. As foreign textiles flooded the American marker Burlington has to file bankruptcy.
The first thing that I thought of when I saw the TP housing was the episode from South Park when the art teacher punished the boys and there revenge was TP-ing her house and it was utter chaos 😂😂
I live in Mississippi. Most folks leave because jobs are getting less and less. Most of us want a better life for our kids. It's sad in small towns they don't stick around and make it better. Lure of big city riches and the past everyone wants to harbor on kills us. Not to mention, most politicians are padding their pocket books with what little we have. People here are very kind and God fearing for the most part. I've stayed here because I love my family. My great great grandfather was the first to settle here. I come from a line of coal miners, poor sharecroppers, and farmers. My dad walked barefoot as a child on the streets I look at now. I don't mind being poor. I wish I could make it better for my child though. They will probably move though. I'm happy here with my family in the end that's all you have.
I was checking on poverty stats for Mississippi today & was horrified. Industry could make a killing there, but politicians do not care. 💔
Well, your state government hasn't done you any favors. They have no plan to improve the situation in your area, and you just keep electing the same old do nothings. There is plenty they could do to attract light manufacturing jobs. Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas are a mess. It's completely different from the rest of the country. Your schools are bottom of the heap. I'd leave too, if I lived there.
I live outside of Denver and I hate it here. Just because a place is bigger and more people certainly doesn’t make for quality of life. I’m sure Mississippi will have a resurgence of businesses coming back and the economy in the state improving.
Thank you for sharing your story. It resonates with me because I have seen many small towns almost become abandoned due to US jobs going to foreign countries and drugs. People who are on drugs don't care about small town values.
@@jrswackhammer8205 yeah, I wish all the generations after learned what their forefathers had & suffered for, and like you, appreciate what we have & their privileges since Martin Luther King. I remember back in the old days, poor people had pride, they worked hard, took low wage jobs, just to have peace & feed their families. They did
NOT rob, steal, smash & grab and break laws like today. I too, had a pair of shoes & I worked until I retired, Never broke the law, just wanted to live. I bless all the decent hard workers in this country. Don’t ask what the rich can do for me but what I can do for myself.
That cemetery reminds me that eventually, all of us will be forgotten
Funny.. I've always thought the same thing. I've been to cemeteries that had folks that died 100 years ago. No one today remembers them obviously. How many of us visit deceased grand parents graves or great grand parents, etc? Kind of depressing. I think this is why cremation and a marker are so popular today.
Sadly this is so true.
Its like the billions of people before us.. and before them. :( its how I see my cat and dog.
@@WhittyPics The good thing is we won't know we're forgotten then.
@@koilamaoh4238 Woof woof😊
The old factory that's now falling down, was a sewing type factory. My mom was a seamstress there when she became pregnant with me. I have family on her side that still live around there and Enterprise. I lived there as a tiny child as well. Thank you for filming here. My dad was born in Quitman, it's also where he is buried after passing. I lived in Quitman as well. My mom was from nearby Enterprise.
They made denim cotton
Definitely one of your top videos yet!
Wow, thanks!
Joe and Nicole, believe it or not, your travels are higher ed lectures on our country. This video alone has given us powerful insight into how small towns are beginning to go the way of the earth, the past perspective of the civil war from those in the south, and the tragic circumstances that come failing to see others as equals based on ethnicity. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.
Wow! Sobering, insightful, and tragic all at once, and as usual, very well done and presented. Grateful for a vicarious experience in towns that I would never have a chance to visit otherwise. And super chuffed to see your next video from a former coal mining town. Thank you!
There are some Lee's from Virginia on my Mothers side so wonder about my ancestry.She was born and raised in Va.Too much to try and explain.Tired old hands and phone not always cooperating. Thanks for all of your travels. Quite enjoyable. Be safe,healthy and happy
Grandma H age 84🥰
Do you know if any of them are related to the Lees of Lee Hall, Virginia? The mansion near Newport News was built by Richard Decatur Lee just before the Civil War.
@ohreally8929 Sorry have no idea.My Mothers life was complicated . My Dad was a career Marine from age 18,lots of moving , not close with either side of family.
Grandma H age 84😉
I really enjoyed this video. Thanks so much for sharing. Blessings from Michigan.
Great video joe excellent job as usual. I still love these small town videos they are my favorites. Even though I know they’re in decline and it’s shows , they still have a quiet, peaceful pace as they slowly fade into history. That was either a sawmill or even more likely a pulpwood mill that was in ruins in the first town, I know both were big there but thinking pulpwood even more so especially after seeing the type of building. Even though these places are dying they still have pride in what that is left. Clean looking and as tidy as possible. Personally I think those were really nice looking neighborhoods myself. Nothing extravagant but just nice common livable homes and yards. Thanks for the ride along and of course the stats. Safe travels my friend and keep videoing I’ll keep watching
I cannot explain how much I enjoy you going into these little towns whether run down or still up & running... I love them all. We just don't have this in our little communities in Canada... just bare bones and blah !
something to be said about pricey realestate in Canada. There are some vintage towns and houses in prairie provinces..
On a happier note, the toilet papering done by neighborhood kids was so sweet to see.
It does indicate that there are some close knit people in that neighborhood, always a plus.
I'm old, so I figured that tping was lost to time. Then I moved to a very conservative area
of Texas. Halloween 2013ish, I ran out of candy, so I gathered up loose change to give
to some older kids who were out later than the little kids, for trick or treat. I apologized
to these older kids for me running out of candy, as I tossed change into their bags.
Woke up the next morning to find my mailbox out front tp'ed. I smiled because I
thought those older kids were so sweet and precious to surprise me like that.
TP is bio degradable, unlike, spray painted graffiti, TP will come and go, paint stays around for a long time.
Those heatherns probably took your loose change, and bought the toilet paper to wrap your place. How's that for gratitude?
It is the same old story in a lot of small towns my friend .
No harm,no foul. @@carywest9256
We never said a word on who did it,
Enjoyed watching those beautiful old towns
My cousin worked at the Stonewall Burlington Industries Cotton Mill, they made blue jean material.....then Burlington moved the operation to Mexico.....
That's what I thought the factory was. Textiles.
Hey guys, I normally watch all of your videos on my big tv so I am unable to comment... so I am doing it from my computer today... I absolutely LOVE your travelling videos... I do like the way you let us know what time of the day it is, what day it is, and the month, it is just nice to know those things, and I really appreciate it, you are the only one that does that... and then you fill us in with all the statistics about each town, love those small town drive-arounds you do...the downtown area and then through those neighbourhoods, we get to see so much, just wow !! and the other great thing is when you take us along into the restaurants you go to eat and show us how much meals are in different places and how much food you get... and the kitty spying, lol... love your videos, you are the best that I have seen for travelling .. on You Tube... I have watched many and then came across yours, I'm hooked, don't watch any other ones anymore.. no need too... You guys are the best... so back to my big tv to continue with this adventure.... Thanks for everything you do......
Awesome, thank you!!
Your video and a cup of coffee. That's the way to start my day. So beautiful. Thank you. Safe travels. ❤
Thank you!
Glass of milk and pop tarts for me
A great video! Fascinating old towns to explore, and so peaceful! Thank you so much, Joe and Nic.😊💖
This was one of the most haunting and disturbing videos you've ever done...that bridge should be turned into a memorial
I look forward and enjoy watching your videos, you give great information on each town you go to. I have looked up some of the properties that were on sale on Zillow and die find most of them. Keep up the fantastic work you share with us. Thanks!!!
Awesome, thank you!
I always judge a place by how I feel when I’m there. I’ve felt good in Gulfport , Natchez, Oxford , Corinth , Tupelo , 🤷🏻♂️. I like Mississippi . ( NC native btw) oh.. and the Natchez trace is awesome .
You will only be remembered as long as someone who once loved you is alive. When they are gone u will no longer be remembered. Like dust in the wind your life has ceased to be ,gone in an instant.this proves it. So sad.
Thanks Joe & Nic. Have a great trips. ☘️
Thanks for the tour. It's sad to see so many small towns dying, and large cities are not improving things. Hopefully, someone will care for the cemetery and its history.
Thank you, very sobering to see the cemetery.
It is so sad all of these small towns are dying off
So sad to see the death of so many small towns...then again we are all here for such a short time and most of us will not be remembered very long. 😢
Just in time for the first cup of coffee for the day. lol The 'gone to the doctor' sign is something you will see where I live! The tattered flags are so sad and depressing. It's understandable the young people are leaving to pursue jobs and a better life. Thanks.
Thanks for the video, really learn a lot about America 😊
I’ve only been to the western side of Mississippi on vacation, and we loved it.
I’ve sorely needed my weekend to begin. This video dropping marks the start! Saturday mornings with Joe and Nic is becoming my ritual 😂
Yeah, I like watching stuff like this on a early Saturday morning, and I don't have to get ready for work.
Thank you!!!
First, thank you for keeping politics out of your videos. You are respectful of some very controversial topics and things and it’s greatly appreciated.
It’s interesting seeing these towns in rural areas. I’m always amazed at how you never see any people. I think it would be nice to live somewhere like that.
Enjoy your trips..never been to US beforew and loved all those small towns. It is so fascinating...
As always, an interesting (and thought-provoking) virtual tour of off-the-beaten track America. Seeing the Civil War monuments and graveyard I'm reminded of the excellent book "Confederates In The Attic" by Tony Horwitz. Looking forward to checking out the coal town next time with you.
Awesome. 😀👍
Stonewall's major industry from 1868 until 2002 was the cotton mill which operated as Burlington Industries from 1962 onward. In 2002, Burlington announced that it would be closing the Stonewall plant and put 850 people out of work.
So all the working people that made everything else thrive were out of a living there and probably moved?
Is this somehow related to Burlington Coat Factory?
@@lindsayobrien8110 No. They're 2 separate entities.
Mississippi will grow most anything. The land is beautiful.
Where did they move?
I live in Starkville Mississippi great college town.
Looks perfect for mystery, horror movie. Beautiful, peaceful, chilling, mysterious.
I love when you do those visits like the confederate cemetery and the hanging bridge. It’s unbelievable that we treated people like that!
People are still the same. Our DNA hasn't changed.
We should worry about anyone that wants to bring back "camps" to deport thousands from this country...just thinking about what that would look like and hearing people chanting/cheering for it to happen makes my blood run cold. We are better than that kind of hate, this is a great country.
@@jimmyday9536 cant say I totally agree with that statement. Much of life is a learned behaviour from parents, siblings, friends, and neighbours and yes church and school
@@jimmyday9536 What does DNA have to do with it?
Yall are truly my favorite. ❤
6:34 Burlington was and is textiles.I'mfrom a former textile town of Columbus, Ga
God bless you and Nicole! Our History is important and a lot of it is being lost! Keep going with your videos!
@@Create-The-Imaginable we’d have better future had we learned more about our past lessons.
Thanks a lot. I've been having nightmares for almost a week now.
Out of the 3 towns Shubuta had some of the nicest homes but it is closest to dying. Another nice video thank you.
I used to live in a little town not far from Hattiesburg call poplar ville ,
Another great video, as always. Love the confederate cemetery! Driving up kind of felt like the intro to a campy zombie horror movie. Glad to see you back on the road!
Thank you!!!
Good morning from Bakersfield,California love saturday morning with Joe And Nic you make my day❤😊🎉
Well done, Joe. Thanks for the video.
Thank you!
Well, that certainly was an education. Thank you.
Great video. I enjoyed touring and learning about these small towns. We usually look homes up on Zillow when you go to towns to see home prices, etc.
great video. Burlington industries was a manufacturer of textiles
Excellent..and growing more so..much enjoyed!
Anytime I see that kind of a TP rampage I imagine one of their parents, sitting at home in the bathroom going "Where the hell is all the toilet paper??"
Loved it. Bet that building in Shubuta you didnt know what it was is an old Mom and Pop grocery, saw a lot of them that resembled that building as a kid in the south.
The TPing of those houses is the one of the few signs of life (and kids) I’ve seen in these small town videos
So happy to see you traveling again! That hanging bridge is unbelievable. So sad. Thanks for sharing all of this with us.
~~~Liz in Wisconsin. Why is the Healthcare always 100? How do people afford it?
Medicaid and for those that are retirement age, Medicare. Some that get Medicare are also on Medicaid.
@@gigicostlow4414..Most of these Southern States deny their poor citizens Medicaid Expansion and they go without healthcare. Vote Red so you wind up Dead.
The juxtaposition of the sublimely sad neglected cemetery of tattered flags, with the lynchings of a 14 & 15 year -old for talking to a white girl in 1942...is almost too much to bear. Excellent video overall. True Americana.
Almanac : different stories
Noted dates & events also
Always enjoy your videos, but you missed out on Quitman. There are some GORGEOUS homes and churches on the other side of downtown towards the lake!
Also Enjoyed watching those beautiful old towns !!
Great story & video Thankyou guys safe travels 🤠
Our pleasure!
That's some dark history
Be care when walking in the woods in Miss. and most southern states, you never know what you might stumble across
Yes, the past of this region is dark.
Made me remember Camp Chase, a Confederate cemetery just below Franklinton, beside Columbus OH. The area was a Civil War Union camp before the converted it to a POW camp. There are around 2600 people buried there, most of them POWs.
Very good video, Joe. Thumbs up for you!
That abandoned factory in Stonewall was a textile mill. It closed in 2002.
I’m a member of sons of confederate soldiers in Denton Texas, thank you for sharing
You should go by the Double Springs court house in Winston county AL. It's a very small town but they call the county the free state of Winston County because during the Civil War they refused to choose sides. There is a statue of a Union and Confederate soldier standing together. Interesting looking Court House too.
That sounds interesting, and we're heading to Alabama in November. I might have to visit there!
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip by the way in Houston ALl about 10 miles from there , there is an old log jail. Built in 1868. The boards were peppered with horseshoe nails to help secure the occupants.
Burlington made carpets and rugs.
Looking forward for the next video
It's a great thing to get off the main highways and find these places all over the country. Beautiful as they are, the tale they tell is unfortunately repeated over and over. Whether it's textiles, furniture or automobiles it's the story of focusing on one industry or market sector to the exclusion of all others. When that thing is no longer profitable or fashionable the economy and subsequently the community collapses or just moves on. Smart leaders work to diversify development, shielding their constituents from downturns in any one particular industry. Sometimes that may seem boring compared to a rocket factory or a diamond mine but there are success stories all over this great land where good folks make and do simple, timeless things that let them put food on their own table and raise their families in safety.
The TP rolling is a high school homecoming week tradition .
I always enjoy your deep south videos the most 🤗
Riley's words are well said!
Beautiful sunny skies 😃
Yes, but remember, this is in "Dixie Alley". It's not alway sunny.
Nice video. Thanks.
Burlington (Mills) Industries is a textile manufacturing company.
this is what happens to a country when ALL manufacturing is sent overseas. It kills communities large and small.
In Trump’s first two years, the economy added 462,000 manufacturing jobs.
In Biden’s first two years in office, there was a gain of 754,000 manufacturing jobs.
@@lakenneth374all because of Trump. Biden is smile and a crook.
@@lakenneth374 Biden's numbers are people returning to work from covid lockdown. This administration got caught lying about the creation of 876,000 extra jobs this year. Democracy=Democratic Rule. The way "manufacturing " is defined now makes a cook a manufacturer.
@@lakenneth374Overseas?
@@lakenneth374 the problem with your numbers is that Biden’s administration counted people returning to work post Covid as new jobs, when a lot weren’t. Another problem is that the government inflates the numbers to make whoever is in office look good.
THANKS NIC.❤
That was a knitting mill. When it closed down the town went downhill and is barely hanging on. There was another one in Quitman, MS a few miles away that also shut down.
Stonewall...what an interesting downtown--one side of the street with a Piggly Wiggly and pastel-colored storefronts, the other side with the ruins of a mill. Were you tempted to pick up a brick from the mill as a "Stonewall souvenir" for your man cave? 🙂
Maybe I did..!??
I'm surprised you didn't show the Red Water Artesian Well in Shubuta. The town started drying up when the logging industry left the area. There used to be a train yard for loading the logs just outside of "downtown". I remember going through the town a lot in the 80s as a kid and seeing them. Most of the tracks were pulled in the 90s or early 2000s.
Quitman is an interesting town. I go there probably 3 or 4 times a year to go to the state park.
When I was getting sober in buffalo id go inside if it was very accessible..bpd didn't care there was nothing in there...they call it urbex ....u should go..to the buffalo Central terminal....I we went there for years it's so big to see it all😊
Towns not near the Interstate . Happy Trails , once again !
You're exactly right. When the state widened Hwy45, they bypassed a lot of towns like Shubuta & Quitman. That's when they really lost hope in improving or growing.
Burlington Industries ,was into textiles that was what know as a Cotton Mill in the south. May have went to India or Mexico in the late 80's. Just guessing , that's what happened to the old mills in Georgia and South Carolina.
Are you gonna do a "Top 10" Video? Just found your channel because you drove thru my town &* eat at one of my favorite restaurants :)
Quitman is home to the nation’s number one running back recruit in football. He’s currently committed to play at Alabama.
Loved this Ty so much
Awesome!
Great video.
Burlington Industries Was a Textile Milling Corporation based in Burlington, NC. Not Lumber.
funny thing about some small towns in Mississippi and Alabama , the eating places like that don't open in the morning they open around 2 and closes around 8, some will go from 2 to midnight it wild. lot don't know why they bridge was made private, reason was they had a hard time keeping people off of it trying to hang others, so they made it private so they could arrest anyone going on it for any reason for trespassing, and the bridge is self is dangerous.
Haunting
Very pretty towns.
Most people live outside the ‘city’ limits making the population effectively larger for the area than what is shown in the city census counts. As far as where do people work many travel to larger nearby towns such as Meridian and Laurel. But even in Meridian the population there is lower due to people moving away and people moving out in the country which makes the city population lower. You really need to compare county wide counts to get a better idea of the true population for the area.
Stonewall: 16% growth in between 1970 and 1980, 15% drop between 1980 and 1990. Makes you wonder what business/industry came and went.
probably farming, most if miss depends on that, Logging and timber as well
Never been thru ole miss
I lived close to a family in Tn that was a direct descendant of Stonewall Jackson
Anderson Cooper's father was from right outside the town of Quitman, MS.
Please come to Natchez , lot of culture and history there 😊😉
Possibly in November. 😀👍
Have not watch you in a few months been going through cancer treatment have not been doing good, I was born in Clarksdale Miss. lived on moon lake, live in Florida now back in 1968 family friend of ours his son found a confederate soldiers reminds in the woods had the uniform his gun, and everything beside him his brother put the gun and stuff in there car his father went to the nearest pay phone and called the police, they did figure out the guy's name,
Excellent but sad.
Burlington Industries was a major textile manufacturer based out of North Carolina. As foreign textiles flooded the American marker Burlington has to file bankruptcy.
Burlington Industries is fabric. Probably a cotton mill.
The first thing that I thought of when I saw the TP housing was the episode from South Park when the art teacher punished the boys and there revenge was TP-ing her house and it was utter chaos 😂😂