Inside a Longhunter Camp - American Frontier Trek
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I am so jealous! Remember, a bad day reenacting is still better than a good day at work.
Day 3. Raccoons broke into our stores of food, we have little else for the rest of the trip. Gary got kicked by his horse and his leg bone is showing. And we have all caught violent diarrhea.....
@@serronserron1320 still better than work
@@serronserron1320 🤣☠
@@MrHocotateFreight Where the heck do you work? Microsoft?
Hey I know some of those guys
This was utterly transporting. What a treasure. It was like seeing scenes from my novels come to life. Love this slice of wilderness/frontier life. Please do more of these.
I agree hope to see more
Yes. This. ☝🏻
@Chief Wildhorse can't have that, to much fact would destroy their narrative. the truth would ruin their "story"
@Chief Wildhorse I agree. Show what the Comanche are really like.-APACHEE NATION
The leather stocking tales
My husband's 5th great-grandfather is William "Long Hunter" Harrelson. Thank you for this peek into his lifestyle.
Quite excellent to have a name put to the Past. I would say we should all be humble when we think about what they did with so little given where we are now. I come from a humble background and I'm Amazed with where my family is now
cool, my 8th great grandfather is Elisha Wallen the Longhunter
@@noahgilbert8218my dad is the king of England
Caaaaaaaap
I think we would be remiss to say that everyone who lived that way did so out of necessity alone. I believe there were many men who were drawn to that life and they loved it, that was home to them. The way some of these people wrote about their travels is nothing short of poetry.
Still happens every spring up here in Alaska. People looking to homestead. Some stay, some we have to go get with helicopters and airplanes.
@@georgeschmitt8205 That sounds similar to what happens in Maine, just a little less air rescue involved.
@@georgeschmitt8205 my parents mistakenly thought that we had what it took to “homestead” in Alaska back in the summer of 1970. It was primarily my father’s romantic notion. We got to Fairbanks and my dad found work on the University of Alaska Experimental Farm in College. From there our education about Alaska began in earnest. We drove up in April and by September, as school began, my mom finally convinced dad that we were in no way ready to homestead in Alaska. It was the summer of my 14th year and one that I have never duplicated.
A lot of people laugh at the neo homesteaders. I don't. They have an adventure and even if we have to go rescue them they have a cool story to tell everyone.
At the very least they tend to buy things here and that helps the economy.
Men were created for this stuff.
You should host a festival like this!
Half role play and half educational helping instill the knowledge of self reliance. Love the content!
I would go to this %100
@@DocPicklez Me too, I would absolutely go to that!
Only if I can play tecumseh and try to drive you out lol
Go to Manskers Station in Goodlettsville, TN. They do frontier living history all the time.
School of the Longhunter at Prickett's Fort.
School of the Ranger at Fort Frederick
Modern "fashion" and stretch of plastic in modern clothing has greatly affected how we think of wearable fabrics and ruined the utility of most clothing. I would love a video that explained the thinking behind 18th-century clothing design. Pocket placement, layering, and materials.
Really like how they made they own shot and everything.
*their
Is that a way to make a birdshot or something bigger?
Always wondered
Guess the CCP had not invented Walmart yet - I know not funny - but true - yes, they had to make their own shot
@@marthaadams4393 so true
It's amazing to think that in 1775 Versailles was at the height of gilded decadence and yet the emerging nation of America was mostly wilderness. The rugged lifestyle helped to shape the sense of individualism that we still value today.
El torita, you seem to forget that the white europeans took over you're land. Annexed if you will.
@@nicholasdiaz9424 Those of us who are products of conquered lands and people have to accept it. As a Tejano, I am a mix of everything that clashed together here.
@@gabe6645 aren't we all wild mixes to day? i am a southern german and look the part. my family lives here since at least 1500 and likely much longer. give me a tunic and i could easily act in "barbarians".
Now i found out that i have some 3.x % persian in me.
Well, those romans brought persian auxilliaries, so that's that ;)
Rugged individualism is a dangerous myth that has killed countless people
I don't know if "individualism" is the right word here, community was very important. I'd say self-suffiency
Man I love this video. It’s wild to see what life could have been like for those who chose to live it this way. I know I would have chosen this life.
I understand that life like this could be very dangerous, but man, I envy the absolute freedom and experiences that these guys must have had. It must have made their trials and tribulations seem all worth it in the end.
The grass is always greener on the other side… but they certainly had some advantages and elements to life that we lack in our modern luxuries and societally made complexities.
This is so well done! It’s been so fun to watch how Townsends has grown and matured over the years. Your level of sophistication in producing videos has increased noticeably but not at the cost of your authenticity and ability to appeal to a society that is craving decency and sincerity as well as being able to learn “up close and personal” about the 18th century. I am so grateful for Townsends and your TH-cam channel.
Can't think of a better feast for Easter.
Excellent timing, and Happy Easter following Good Friday!
I actually live in the area he's describing. Western Pennsylvania and Ohio were the frontier during this time and most of it was completely unknown and unexplored.
I'm in south western NY, right on the PA/NY state line, about 50 miles east of Erie PA. This video all looks too familiar. Lol.
Except the natives who were already there lol
I’m in pa I got videos of my adventures
@@pinchevulpes well rip
@@outdoorvideoswithbrad
What part of PA?
I'm in Fayette county.
Wonderful recruitment video for longhunting/buckskinning! Who ever knew history could be so much fun !?!
Given the discord and tumult of the world at large and here at home, this video soothes the restless aching I have for the balm of hard work, peace, tranquility and a sense of community. I plan on watching this again and again at home with a couple drams of very good bourbon and a prayer for better times. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
This is awesome! I live near Connellsville, PA near Braddocks crossing on the Youghiogheny River.
My maternal 6th great-grandfather, Dietrich "Teter"Nave, a 1st generation American colonist of Swiss-German ancestry & Overmountain veteran of the battle of Kings Mountain (1780), was a longhunter & early settler in the East Tennessee Watauga Valley.
I wish I could turn back the clock permanently to this America.
Naves Crossroads/Cooperstown Tennessee outside of Nashville?
@@sambush1032- not sure if that has any direct relation to Teter"Nave, perhaps a descendant.
Dietrich 'Teter' Nave was one of the early settlers of the Watauga Settlement in East Tennessee about 1771, he had a large tract of land there, It included Siam Valley on the south side of the Watauga River (now Carter County).
@@sambush1032 - I was just doing some quick reading on Nave's Crossroads. I would hazard a guess that David Nave who it was originally named after was descendant of my Nave kin.
I will be looking into this further, thank you for the lead!
A long time ago I was metal detecting in the Washington PA area and found a large silver spoon with a hole drilled in middle of the bottom. Thinking it useless I sold it for scrap. I later learned that may have been used to make swan shot.
I like the spiral pan holder! You can see bits of medieval life here as well as signs of the modern world to come; neat.
Love this video style. No narration but excerpts from historical literature while watching scenes straight from the 18th century. Do more of these videos please!
Yeah, I really like this new kind of narration. Townsends is good at explaining things, but sometimes it's nice to just soak in the vibes.
I was most immersed by this video! I could see myself there, sipping away at the broth of freshly cooked ramen noodles, hahaha! Jokes aside, I love this! Thank you so much for sharing a glimpse of the longhunter experience!
what a wonderful video. This is the type of history I love. The intimate, personal accounts of daily life. Thank you so much and greetings from Canada.
I love how Jim looks like a city folk brought into a hunt, even with period clothes
so true
Who is Jim? Jon Townsend is our host in these vids.
Jim was wearing his fancy duds 😂
Beautiful work, Townsends! Enjoyed it so much that I just had to watch it a 2nd time! A new favorite for my Townsends playlist. Love it, love it, love it! Giving this one 5 out of 5 nutmegs Bravo to all involved!!!! 👏👏👏
I agree that this is so good. Hope you have a Happy Easter. Cheers, Rose! ✌️
Dang, just boys being boys, out in the woods as nature intended. Looks like a good time.
are you assuming their gender?
Thanks for sharing your camp with us on this journey. Really enjoyed the time around the campfires. The food was awesome and plentiful. Stay safe my friends.
Great content as usual John. I love how your videos are for the whole family and are educational. A channel such as the History would be lucky to have you. They have gotten so far away from what it once was. Please continue to provide your wonderful videos and items from the store for the ones of us who were born alittle to late for our dreams of a time long ago!
This was like the best of a rendezvous video, re-enactors video, historical film and historical novel all wrapped up as one. Just wonderful and captivating. Thank you! I really enjoyed this.
Another great and informative video. Really enjoyed it. The period commentary and great video shots worked so well together. Thanks for this look into the long hunter life!
Wonderful as usual. Such a joy and talk
about being transported. Thank you.
I love this video because of all the Western Pa references! Fort Pitt, Ohio River, Monongahela River, Youghiogheny River, Braddock's Field. Another well done video from Townsends!
I've always thought those guys with the single shot muskets must have been very true with their aim. And during battle must have been incredible in terms of refilling the musket
This is unequivocally one of the top 5 videos Townsends has uploaded over the years.
The sounds if metal breaking , the sound of the rifle muzzle make, the wood splitting under the axe, the horses nickle and snort, the rain drizzling, the wind blowing through the branches, the fire popping and cracking. What an experience indeed. 👏
I love this channel so much. Thank you for all that you guys do.
Beautiful video. Loved the whole thing. Reading from the journals made it enriching.
From a time when people ran to work rather than from it
Great group of guys Keith and the boys. I can't wait to camp with them again.
Looking forward to it !
Thanks John, just what I needed to de stress after work. Very well done 👍
This is awesome. Love your other videos but would love to see more like this as well.
Just fantastic!
Another brilliant video! Thank you!
Such an excellent video. Amazing and beautiful work guys!
Hello from Detroit Michigan brother 👋 thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise and for taking us on your adventure through time
You always seem to capture the essence of days gone by keep up the good work and keep the videos coming
This night I sat and looked upon Towsend’s TH-cam theatrics and there did espy wonderful visions of times past. That done, and in a state those of sound disposition would describe as an alcoholic stupor, I did seek my repose and regretted that I might not take part in such forays myself on the morrow.
Really good video. Had to smile at the blue tic dog at the end sporting what looked like a camo dog collar.
this was fascinating! I'd love to learn more about the saddles & bridles used as the time, given that the ones you were using in this video seem quite different than the ones I've seen
Thank you! More like this please!
My friend, this is fantastic! PLEASE, more videos like this. The passage you read at around 4:30 really takes me away. Transcendent!
I love this style of video. These journal entries were written an hour from home, it made this especially satisfying.
I just LOVE this channel.
I really enjoyed this video. Another great video from Townsend's.
Absolutely love this! Thank you for the video.
I recently read "Recreating the American Longhunter" for the first time and started on "The Bark Covered House" for the first time last night. I found it amusing that my first studies with the life of the longhunters and pioneers coincides with the release of this video, especially since I recognized one of the excerpts you read in the narration from a story I had read within the past 18 hours. The only books I have on the subject are the two mentioned above, along with "The American Frugal Housewife" and a book called "The Prairie Traveler" by Randolph B. Marcy. What other books would you suggest I add to m collection? I am particularly interested in books that describe how and why they did things, not just what they did. For instance, "The Prairie Traveler" explained why a traveler would want to take a specific trail west and why they would choose to begin their journey at a certain time of year. It is far more valuable to know why something is done than just knowing what happened.
Thank you for this channel
Thank you for all your hard work
Great cinematography and choice of readings!
A fine treat! A generous look into a day with a party of Long Hunters.
That's one helluva hunt. Good job and good luck with you adventures.
Fascinating. Loved the camp cooking.
Brilliant, imaginative and well designed piece, really a documentary.
That would have to be some of the best Longhunter reenactment scenes ever!The sight of that meat cooking over an open fire made me drool.Well done and thankyou.Safe trails
Thanks for the awesome content!!
I grew up along the Ohio in Louis Wetzel’s stomping grounds, and also lived on the Monongahela River . During these years I didn’t always have an appreciation for what went on during our country’s formative years . As I grew older I gradually came to the realization that those stories didn’t take place in some exotic locale, I was walking in the footsteps of these giants . This sobering thought has given me a great appreciation and interest in the lives and times of these people .
Great video, and i'm glad to see that you've included Keith from Ramshackle Homestead!
What an excellent video! Thank you!
Thank you for making this video. The music is amazing John Denver would be proud.
Love this video. It feels like you are right there with them on the Pennsylvania frontier.
Great story and videography!
Awesome video!!
I loved this! I hope there will be more!
Fantastic!
Please keep these 18th Century Frontier survival and trekking videos a'comin.
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DEO VINDICE
Excellent job on the video. 👍
The way food prices are shooting up here in California I may just have to do some longhunting of my own 🙄
Or just do what they did and eat Ramen noodles.
Marvelous video j. Would love to see more
Hi from Syracuse NY everyone thank you for sharing your adventures
John this is one of the best reacting senes!verry nice senery!I would like reenact this way!I like the way the shot was made!Learned something new. Keep up the good work! God bless you and Townsends!David Back
absolutely loved this! Only wish it was longer! :D
This video was great. I was surprised and disappointed when it ended so quickly. EDIT: More like this please. Really made my morning.
Imagine you're just taking a walk through the forest and you see these guys and think you are hallucinating the past
Was about to post this, glad I wasn't the only one thinking it lol.
Hey, you, you're finally awake
It’s actually happened to a few of us before 😂
Great stuff man
I enjoy most heartedly the vision of this most difficult journey in good time reminiscent of centuries past, in my cotton linen laden cherry wood four poster bed… on my iPad. Love your fine work.
I used to be a skinner, its been meny years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday. I miss it so much. It is a part of me, I will never forget .....
I first read about the longhunters in Blood & Treasure Daniel Boone. Life on the frontier seemed incredibly tough, but the life of a longhunter seemed to be eons tougher.
Loved this video!
I like those very authentic ramen noodles in the pot at 6:38! (Just poking fun, I love the video and imagine this trip was a blast!)
It becomes 18th-century ramen if you add a little nutmeg.
LOVE these kind of Townsend's!
My good man,.. you have a fascinating channel.
Great video! Well done!
Nicely done . Thank you.
Lived in the bush a lot of my life so watching your video just bring me back home
What an interesting way to make shot. This video is so soothing.
Everyone should try to obtain this type of experience with mother nature and simple life of yesterday. It's a memory you'll have for life, always wanting to do again. Thanks for sharing. Blessings everyone. !!
Thank you for inviting us along, so to speak.
Absolutely glorious!
very well done,thanks,jon
Very well done...congrats!!
Glamping. Wow, you guys go all out with the creature comforts. Must be nice. I'll have to try it one day.
Makes me wanna do a lewis and clarke expidition but in real life.
I do that kind of stuff but I’m using military surplus, I have been just using candles lately
That would be interesting. Live as they did back then, but with the knowledge that if something goes wrong there's always the 21st century to rely on as a backup.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 oh yeah i would def use gps instead of some local guides.
Very enjoyable video. I really enjoyed reading Nicholas Creswell's journal last year. Need to read Daniel Boone now
I enjoyed all of this. Thank you
With all the conveniences that a life in this century contains, I cannot imagine the hardships that these folk went through in their times, and I am awed by the simple fact that they did not view this as a hardship, because it was their way of life. I'm happy that there are still those that carry on their traditions.
I thought, what a Beautiful Video, then you outdid yourselves with the Liver shot at the end. Lol. 👍😋
TFS, take care, & Happy Easter everyone. 🐇🍫❤🙂🐶
This video is already one of my favourites. Really wish i was at least 5x longer, i could fall asleep watching this every night.