Actually, the channel started as a way for them to feature the products they sell in their catalog and online. The cooking videos came from featuring their period correct items used for cooking. They then branched out into other areas of historical interests. But their main business is still selling period clothing and supplies for living history.
@@buttonvalleyhuh it's almost like we're living in a morally bankrupt capitalistic society that is reaching its inevitable implosion. Keep telling it like it is!
By a country mile. Anything out on the homestead is just incredible. Construction, building, smithing, cooking - love it all when it's out there. It feels so much more authentic and closer to reason I watch than content recorded back in the house, especially since Ryan and the computer guy left.
A modern building is a staggering amount of work, too. The difference is that we share that work out to machines and to other people in exchange for money transfers. Bring all the farmed out work together, take away the modern mill equipment, and it would be like this.
John Marston: "Barn'll take the three of us six months to build!" Uncle: "Oh, you don't build a barn, dummy... what do you think this is, 1785?!" Jon Townsend: "Yes!"
It is very interesting to see how farmers built things in North America, long ago. As someone who is originally from a very large farm in Alberta, Canada, it's amazing to see how far we have come with farming. This was great. Cheers!
MAN, those Poplar logs are straight and beautiful. In the 1980s did several cabins in the Sierra Nevada mountains - we were blessed with excellent CEDAR for foundations, and good Doug Fir trees for the primary logs - the fir was difficult to peel, but we got good draw-knives eventually that made it easier. One of the cabins was STILL standing in 2012, but then came apart over the next few winters due to a lack of maintenance. OH - and we were also blessed to have a TON of Cedar to split for shingles - lots of fun with a Froe.
Thank you Townsends for this video! It was great to see the reality that women worked with the men building everything that was needed. It wasn't just that women cooked,sewed,washed, cleaned and raised the children. It was much more of an equal partnership then than now because they really only had each other to count on. At first I did think it was Townsend's crew building a barn. That would have been even better because I know most of the regular people in the videos from watching for at least 3yrs. No matter what content you provide for us it is always Top Notch!
Do not underestimate the importance of traditional women's work. Society recognized how important the women's role was. Watchung the children, while cooking from scratch, growing the vegetables and herbs, preserving food, spinning wool, knitting, sewing clothes by hand...that was just as necessary as chopping down a tree or plowing a field.
@@miggy7165 of course,it is. What I meant was women were not strictly tied to that role. There was much more felaxability of who does what than what we have been taught to believe.
I really love these build episodes! I am fascinated by how our ancestors survived, it's really amazing what they could do together. Thank you for preserving this knowledge, and for sharing with us.
I am a huge student of history and I love shows like yours.And I caught your channel many , many years ago and I have to say you never fail to impress and make me happy
This video is excellent and this should be learned in schools to make the children understand the struggles these Pioneers had to go through just so we can live in the US in peace and honor these people for their hard work and dedication.
Great video. Very interesting to see how a cabin or homestead was actually built in the pioneer days, nothing like what we see in TV/movies. If I were 30 years younger and in better health, I would be out there learning how to do this, since it's a good skill to have if one is ever in a situation they might need to build a long term shelter, one would at least have the basic knowledge.
Greetings from the off grid cabin in Ohio. I used the same saddle notch in my cabin. Fun build. Still stands after 40 years. Wish I could have been there to help. Thanks for the video..
Fabulous video and especially appreciate the insights and enthusiasm shared by the various participants. As a lifelong crafter, always have respect for anything handcrafted, made from scratch, using basic materials and tools. Very inspiring. 😊
New build!!!!! I know these projects are a lot of work and I appreciate all the educational content you create but I do love these building/constructing videos so much! Thank you guys:)
Wow! Such workmanship! Good to see the ladies working right along with the men. 😊 Wondering if they had work gloves back then 🤔. My hands hurt just watching 🫣. Thank you for a wonderful video 👍🏻
I was at an AWI re-enactment at Historic Brattonsville in NC. They have a barn like this. The design was new to me. I thought it was some kind of corn crib. It is very satisfying to find out the actual purpose of the bays.
There's a log cabin circa 1700 near me that I look at with new light after this video and the cabin videos. It's the Downingtown Log House - what a simple marvel that makes the tasks I do today all the more easy to accomplish. From the wiki "The house was constructed using 62 chestnut, oak, and white pine logs, all still extant. The roof is cedar-shingled and the exterior whitewashed. The log corners are saddle notched, characteristic of English Quaker log construction, though there are Swedish derivatives such as a slide-boarded window on the south wall and horizontal planking on the gable ends."
Thanks for sharing guys. Lovely watching. My only criticism from a carpentey point of view is the saws. You want to try to use all the teeth as you go at it. As you re sharpen through the life of the saw, you will waste good material from the teeth at the ends. Or, end up with a hollow saw, if you only sharpen what needs to be sharpened.
Wow spectacular job Brother thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise and for taking us on your adventures through time and history GOD-BLESS brother and hello from romulus Michigan 12 miles west of dearborn ville
All well and good but winning all that sounds like a hefty bill for the recipient. I'd love to have it, but taxes and the cost to build a sustainable lifestyle on the land would be astronomical for a poor chap like me. How far removed we are from the 18th century...
This structure reminds me so muc h of older homesteads where the people would live in one 'cell' and the animals would live in the other. More sealed off, but the concepts are so similar.
Saw only one hewing axe here. It is a far better tool for shaping wood than the rest of the axes I saw being used. There were many shapes of axe head, for many specific tasks, which settlers would have had. I also think they would have improvised saw horses to save their backs.
This is 18th century but up were I am I can still see cabins from the 20th century Tanana Valley Gold Rush (bit after the more well known Yukon Gold Rush) and the early miners were building things the same way, they had a cast iron stove by that point but everything else was the same. A lot of moss roofs up here, as well as moss used as chinking between the logs.
The funniest barn construction scene is in the Amish Paradise music video parody by Weird Al where a barn wall falls towards him but he doesn't get hurt because an open window saves him. Lol 🤣
In the video, they're raising the support beams via rope and the beam structure falls. There were no walls or windows, as those aren't added until the barn is placed into its foundation.
I'm not gonna lie, seeing Ryan holding a modern tool at 0:36, same with that man in the background using a chainsaw at 0:39 in the top right is for some reason so funny to me.
19:50 Regarding the gentleman speaking here and his comments - I hope I get the chance to do these things, but now I am poor and I have to work. I have a wife and children who depend on me, but one day when they are grown and out of the house and I do not have to support so many mouths, I think I will attempt a project like this. God bless you.
Imagine not knowing that there are mechanized ways to accomplish that work. It's a luxury knowing there are faster, easier ways to get it done, but choosing not to. And not a bad luxury atall.
Raise this barn, raise this barn One, two, three, four Together, we can raise this barn One, two, three, four Up, up, up, go the beams Hammer those joints, work in teams Turn 'em round quick by the right elbow Grab a new partner, here we go Raise this barn, raise this barn One, two, three, four Together, we can raise this barn One, two, three, four Finish the frame, recycling wood Workin' hard, you're doin' good Turn 'em round quick by the right elbow Grab your partner, here we go Raise this barn, oh, raise this barn One, two, three, four Together, we can raise this barn One, two, three, four Slats of wood come off the ground Hold 'em up and nail 'em down Turn 'em round quick by the left elbow Grab a new partner, here we go Bow to your partner, circle right Get down if you're scared of heights Forward back and twirl around The barn's gonna be the best in town Raise this barn, raise this barn One, two, three, four Together, we can raise this barn One, two, three, four Take your brushes, young and old Together, paint it, bright and bold Turn 'em round quick by the left elbow Grab a new partner, here we go We raised this barn, we raised this barn Yes, we did Together we sure raised this barn Yes, we did Being together counts the most We all came here from coast to coast All we need to strive to be Is part of the Townsend family
I love how this channel has evolved from a historical cooking show to a living history experiment
Actually, the channel started as a way for them to feature the products they sell in their catalog and online. The cooking videos came from featuring their period correct items used for cooking. They then branched out into other areas of historical interests. But their main business is still selling period clothing and supplies for living history.
@@buttonvalleyhuh it's almost like we're living in a morally bankrupt capitalistic society that is reaching its inevitable implosion. Keep telling it like it is!
The construction videos you guys put out are probably my favorite thing on youtube! Thanks for the hard work, folks!
By a country mile. Anything out on the homestead is just incredible. Construction, building, smithing, cooking - love it all when it's out there. It feels so much more authentic and closer to reason I watch than content recorded back in the house, especially since Ryan and the computer guy left.
I really enjoy it too ☺
What a staggering amount of work. Our ancestors sure didn't have it easy. Great video.
A modern building is a staggering amount of work, too. The difference is that we share that work out to machines and to other people in exchange for money transfers. Bring all the farmed out work together, take away the modern mill equipment, and it would be like this.
@@annalorreevery neat Anna thank you. Have you read about skyscraper construction? It's actually very interesting, complex stuff
Favorite Sunday morning, activity… Cuppa coffee, and the latest drop from Townsends. ☕️
This barn is gorgeous in person. I don't live too far from the David Crockett Birthplace. It really is a magical area.
John Marston: "Barn'll take the three of us six months to build!"
Uncle: "Oh, you don't build a barn, dummy... what do you think this is, 1785?!"
Jon Townsend: "Yes!"
Why are farmers so good at what they do? Because they are always outstanding in their fields.
Oof
It is very interesting to see how farmers built things in North America, long ago. As someone who is originally from a very large farm in Alberta, Canada, it's amazing to see how far we have come with farming. This was great. Cheers!
MAN, those Poplar logs are straight and beautiful. In the 1980s did several cabins in the Sierra Nevada mountains - we were blessed with excellent CEDAR for foundations, and good Doug Fir trees for the primary logs - the fir was difficult to peel, but we got good draw-knives eventually that made it easier. One of the cabins was STILL standing in 2012, but then came apart over the next few winters due to a lack of maintenance.
OH - and we were also blessed to have a TON of Cedar to split for shingles - lots of fun with a Froe.
Thank you Townsends for this video! It was great to see the reality that women worked with the men building everything that was needed. It wasn't just that women cooked,sewed,washed, cleaned and raised the children. It was much more of an equal partnership then than now because they really only had each other to count on.
At first I did think it was Townsend's crew building a barn. That would have been even better because I know most of the regular people in the videos from watching for at least 3yrs.
No matter what content you provide for us it is always Top Notch!
Do not underestimate the importance of traditional women's work. Society recognized how important the women's role was. Watchung the children, while cooking from scratch, growing the vegetables and herbs, preserving food, spinning wool, knitting, sewing clothes by hand...that was just as necessary as chopping down a tree or plowing a field.
@@miggy7165 of course,it is. What I meant was women were not strictly tied to that role. There was much more felaxability of who does what than what we have been taught to believe.
@winnerscreed6767 Great point. It's a big reason why women got the right to vote in the Western USA before the urban East Coast
I really love these build episodes! I am fascinated by how our ancestors survived, it's really amazing what they could do together. Thank you for preserving this knowledge, and for sharing with us.
Well said!
Waking up on my birthday to see a new townsends video is awesome
Happy Birthday!
I am a huge student of history and I love shows like yours.And I caught your channel many , many years ago and I have to say you never fail to impress and make me happy
Still love the wholesomeness of this channel
This video is excellent and this should be learned in schools to make the children understand the struggles these Pioneers had to go through just so we can live in the US in peace and honor these people for their hard work and dedication.
Love what ya'll do. Thank you 🇺🇸
Beautiful building and what a great exercise in teamwork like people normally did in the old days to accomplish these wonders.
Great video. Very interesting to see how a cabin or homestead was actually built in the pioneer days, nothing like what we see in TV/movies.
If I were 30 years younger and in better health, I would be out there learning how to do this, since it's a good skill to have if one is ever in a situation they might need to build a long term shelter, one would at least have the basic knowledge.
I'm a 21st century guy through and through, but I'll stop everything for a Townsends build video.
What great footage. So glad you were able to upload it. Thanks for posting.
I would truly love to not only work on something like this but to live it as well.
Greetings from the off grid cabin in Ohio. I used the same saddle notch in my cabin. Fun build. Still stands after 40 years. Wish I could have been there to help. Thanks for the video..
Fabulous video and especially appreciate the insights and enthusiasm shared by the various participants. As a lifelong crafter, always have respect for anything handcrafted, made from scratch, using basic materials and tools. Very inspiring. 😊
New build!!!!! I know these projects are a lot of work and I appreciate all the educational content you create but I do love these building/constructing videos so much! Thank you guys:)
Love the dedication of building this 18 the century barn! I know how hard it is! Learned something new! David Back.
Wow! Such workmanship! Good to see the ladies working right along with the men. 😊 Wondering if they had work gloves back then 🤔. My hands hurt just watching 🫣. Thank you for a wonderful video 👍🏻
I was at an AWI re-enactment at Historic Brattonsville in NC. They have a barn like this. The design was new to me. I thought it was some kind of corn crib. It is very satisfying to find out the actual purpose of the bays.
There's a log cabin circa 1700 near me that I look at with new light after this video and the cabin videos. It's the Downingtown Log House - what a simple marvel that makes the tasks I do today all the more easy to accomplish.
From the wiki "The house was constructed using 62 chestnut, oak, and white pine logs, all still extant. The roof is cedar-shingled and the exterior whitewashed. The log corners are saddle notched, characteristic of English Quaker log construction, though there are Swedish derivatives such as a slide-boarded window on the south wall and horizontal planking on the gable ends."
Thanks for sharing guys. Lovely watching. My only criticism from a carpentey point of view is the saws. You want to try to use all the teeth as you go at it. As you re sharpen through the life of the saw, you will waste good material from the teeth at the ends. Or, end up with a hollow saw, if you only sharpen what needs to be sharpened.
In a crazy world, Townsends is an oasis we can escape to.
Beautiful in so many ways. Your ancestors are surely proud of each of you. You honor them.
Really good stuff. Thank you, Townsend's, for finding and sharing these projects.
I’ve been waiting not so patiently for a new 18th century building video. Lol… Thank you Jon and the team at Townsends!
I’m so glad to see you make more construction videos instead of food stuff. Iv been waiting for a while glad it’s out now. Great job guys.
Love love love it y’all keep bring history to life.
Just when I thought my day off wouldn’t get any better. Thank you Townsends.
Thank-you for another special experience.
Wow spectacular job Brother thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise and for taking us on your adventures through time and history GOD-BLESS brother and hello from romulus Michigan 12 miles west of dearborn ville
All this done without fancy or power tools. Our ancestors were awesome!
Awesome! Thank you!
Can we get a reality TV spinoff where contestants have only 18th century tools to survive with? Wheoever quits last gets 40 acres and a mule.
All well and good but winning all that sounds like a hefty bill for the recipient. I'd love to have it, but taxes and the cost to build a sustainable lifestyle on the land would be astronomical for a poor chap like me.
How far removed we are from the 18th century...
I'm in let's do it
I'm in lets do this
@@TemperedMediayou can find land that no one owns
will there still be wi fi
This was fascinating. So much respect for their dedication to hard work. Thank you for the vid.
Hey Jamie!!! I knew I should have moved down there years ago! Great video, keep on doing what you do best my friend!
Love that double pin barn. I saw on just like it last fall at Horne Creek living history farm.
Southerners, salt of the Earth, good family people.
FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was pleasurable viewing! I especially enjoyed that I didn't recognize any of the building team ☺
very nice, i built a 12 x12 log with loft with friend two axes and a hatchet. used a saw to cut out door.
Awesome video!
Those are some sharp axes 🪓 Safety first!
This structure reminds me so muc h of older homesteads where the people would live in one 'cell' and the animals would live in the other.
More sealed off, but the concepts are so similar.
Wow! Impressive like a giant set of Lincoln Logs you have to make from scratch 👌
Saw only one hewing axe here. It is a far better tool for shaping wood than the rest of the axes I saw being used. There were many shapes of axe head, for many specific tasks, which settlers would have had. I also think they would have improvised saw horses to save their backs.
Outstanding!!! Something to be proud of.
That’s really neat
Everything made by hand is the best
Love it! Love it! Very well thought out!
All those wood chips and leftover pieces can be used in the fireplace.
Very cool to see. I do wish you had shown the making of the doorways though.
Love these videos on building up your homestead.
@17:45 That looks like the best tasting watermelon ever!
Lol I love the period chainsaw at 0:40
beautiful build, beautiful accents and beautiful messages
Awesome!!
Nice to see it was not forgotten about.
these guys are the real deal
I love history and I love you guys, keep it up
Excellent makes me wish i had gotten into that when younger
0:50 John Hammond at it again, this time it's Colonial America Park
You need to setup a video on how more people can join this movement and events.
Big fan mr Townsend,from 🇧🇩
8:23 imagine the wine you could open with that
5 minutes gang, great stuff Townsends
Question is there a reason for the long tale blouses or is it the style of the day???
This is 18th century but up were I am I can still see cabins from the 20th century Tanana Valley Gold Rush (bit after the more well known Yukon Gold Rush) and the early miners were building things the same way, they had a cast iron stove by that point but everything else was the same. A lot of moss roofs up here, as well as moss used as chinking between the logs.
Amazing as always
The funniest barn construction scene is in the Amish Paradise music video parody by Weird Al where a barn wall falls towards him but he doesn't get hurt because an open window saves him. Lol 🤣
In the video, they're raising the support beams via rope and the beam structure falls. There were no walls or windows, as those aren't added until the barn is placed into its foundation.
It's an homage to Buster Keaton.
@@jodycarter7308 Oh
Great historical archaelogy
Where are the guys? I guess with so many people, you could hang back and focus on capturing this terrific footage. Pretty neat
Doing living history is the way to reach and educate
Enjoyed this much🌻
I'd love to have more information on those draw vices!
Yo let’s gooooooooooo another big project!!!!
Poplar has a lot of water in it! Do you cure the logs first?
I remember you going to film .👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
8:50 Ist das nicht eine Schnitzelbank?
And, historically these are the type of people fought the british. A super power in the world.
I know it's rustic but it's so beautiful! Well done everyone and thank you for letting us see the hard work you put into this barn! Just amazing! 👏🫶💪
I'm genuinely interested - please can you give me an idea of how many injuries there were during the build. Thanks 👍
So eventually do the spaces between logs get filled in with mud/hay mixture? The wind/cold would be pretty brutal with wide open holes like that.
That was great!
I'm not gonna lie, seeing Ryan holding a modern tool at 0:36, same with that man in the background using a chainsaw at 0:39 in the top right is for some reason so funny to me.
19:50 Regarding the gentleman speaking here and his comments - I hope I get the chance to do these things, but now I am poor and I have to work. I have a wife and children who depend on me, but one day when they are grown and out of the house and I do not have to support so many mouths, I think I will attempt a project like this. God bless you.
Awesome channel thank you!
Imagine not knowing that there are mechanized ways to accomplish that work. It's a luxury knowing there are faster, easier ways to get it done, but choosing not to. And not a bad luxury atall.
Are we going to get a video of you using the smokehouse?
Awesome video
Raise this barn, raise this barn
One, two, three, four
Together, we can raise this barn
One, two, three, four
Up, up, up, go the beams
Hammer those joints, work in teams
Turn 'em round quick by the right elbow
Grab a new partner, here we go
Raise this barn, raise this barn
One, two, three, four
Together, we can raise this barn
One, two, three, four
Finish the frame, recycling wood
Workin' hard, you're doin' good
Turn 'em round quick by the right elbow
Grab your partner, here we go
Raise this barn, oh, raise this barn
One, two, three, four
Together, we can raise this barn
One, two, three, four
Slats of wood come off the ground
Hold 'em up and nail 'em down
Turn 'em round quick by the left elbow
Grab a new partner, here we go
Bow to your partner, circle right
Get down if you're scared of heights
Forward back and twirl around
The barn's gonna be the best in town
Raise this barn, raise this barn
One, two, three, four
Together, we can raise this barn
One, two, three, four
Take your brushes, young and old
Together, paint it, bright and bold
Turn 'em round quick by the left elbow
Grab a new partner, here we go
We raised this barn, we raised this barn
Yes, we did
Together we sure raised this barn
Yes, we did
Being together counts the most
We all came here from coast to coast
All we need to strive to be
Is part of the Townsend family
Wonderful❤
this building recipe is good, tastes like wood though for some reason compared to other recipes jon has made