Haunting Appalachian Backroads "In the Sticks" of Panther West Virginia
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- Join me as I explore Appalachia's haunting wilderness and backroads out "in the sticks" of Panther West Virginia! So much of Appalachia is vast and verdant wilderness like wild, wonderful West Virginia.
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Love hearing from you in the comments! Where should we plan to explore next?
My dad was born in Camp Creek. Grew up on a farm in Flat Top. I'd love to see some videos in that area.
@@doldham1929 Princeton is about the closest I've been Camp Creek. I've got some trail riding photos over on the Mountain Roots Facebook page when we took our horses to Camp Creek a month or two ago.
White top
Montrose, WV outside of Elkins❣
I want to know about "planting by the signs" if you can find any info on that. I know you said a lot has been lost. Also, thanks for putting up the song credits. I love the music on this channel. thanks.
Thank you so much for all your videos. I’m disabled and can’t get out and walk, so I live vicariously through your eyes. I’ve also shared this with my nephew-in-law who was raised in Welch. He loved it. His father’s picture is on a lamppost in honor of his Vietnam service.
I'm glad you're here enjoying the journey with me!
Bradshaw has a lot of veteran photos along the road as well!!! I love driving through McDowell and seeing the red, white, and blue. What a wonderful thank you to everyone who served our country.
God Bless you my friend. Trust in Jesus.
Just when I lose faith in TH-cam I find a channel like this. Such good stories keep up the great work
Wow, I really appreciate that thank you!
❤️ From West 'ByGod' Virginia
Almost heaven!
Thanks, I was born in Princeton WV and remember driving around the Panther/Iaeger area nearly 50 years ago.
You're welcome! Be sure to check out my episode on Princeton- its changed a bit 😉
Thanks again josh...going to watch blue field n Berkeley spring's.
You're welcome, appreciate you watching!
Love the music, scenery, and history. I lament the lost knowledge, traditions, and culture. Thank you for such inspiring films.
Thank you for taking time to watch & comment, it means a lot!! I'm trying to preserve and share all I can about Appalachia's places, people, and stories!
Because King Coal has blown so many mountains up.
I'm Australian but have always had a special fascination with West Virginia and the Appalachian mountains. Thank you for showing us this beautiful state!!
You're welcome!
I'm from blfd WV thank you I have always wanted to see Australia you should come ride the Hatfield McCoy trails it's a blast the people here are nice to we enjoy people coming to our lil town plenty of accommodations
Hello from Florida! It's so good to hear that WV twang! Most of my Kin folk have passed on. It makes a lot of sense for the children and grandchildren to preserve the history of Appalachia. Wherever you decide to go next, I'm coming along on YT.
I'm not on Facebook but if you are, would be great to reach out and ask the community if anyone's Grandparents could share any stories and photos with us.
Both of my grandparents came from Italy to WV at the turn of the century. One grandfather went back to Italy and fought in WW1. He was a WV pork farmer in Fairmont. Most of our photos are on old fashioned slide from the 60's-80's I've got to dig up.
Love that old family history! Thanks for watching!!
I grew up in this park, good memories for sure.
All my family is from WV. Thanks for sharing these.
You're welcome!
I love this park! The scenery is so beautiful❤
Thanks for sharing ❤️ a Panther girl born and raised !!! I love these hills ❤️
Beautiful hills!!
Did you leave?? Why didn't you go back?
It’s amazing that I stumbled across this. You drove right by my grandparents home going down longpole. Dad went to grade school at Panther. I grew up going to Panther state park as a kid. If I remember correctly if you stay on that road it takes you to the top of Beartown Mtn which is where I grew up. Mom and dad met at the pool. Crazy how much has changed, I remember so much of that road being unpaved.
Absolutely love this!!! Thanks for sharing with us!!!
Appreciate you being here!
Lived in Eastern Tennessee for awhile, The most beautiful area I've ever seen, and I have lived all over America, really miss it there , very nice weather as well, this looks very much like it.
I rely relate to the Mountain culture….my descendants were Scottish and came through here and set up all over
So many of them called these hollers & hills home. Thanks for watching!
thanks for sharing!! always fun watching these videos when you’re craving some mountain time 🐆🏔
You're welcome...the mountains are calling!
I absolutely love this ❤ I’m from Lincoln in the U.K.
I’ve always had a fascination with Appalachia, (well tbh, I think ALL of the mountains and National parks).
We’ve nothing like this here, and I find the whole history of Appalachia (and again…other National Parks) truly wondrous. The social history too, all of it.
I’ve read a few fiction/non-fiction books over the years but no matter how good they are, it doesn’t compare to visuals such as this.
Visiting Appalachia, trails such as this etc…is top of my bucket list. I know it’ll never happen for me, but still, the dreams there!
So I’ll carry in watching and enjoying the beautiful videos you put out, thank you 😊
You're so welcome!...but don't stop dreaming, ya never know where the road might just take you 😊
Then I suggest yous read lt. Gen. Nathan bedford forrest and his critter company
Same but to me it's a like a pull i can't explain . I have never been to America even though i have been to Australia, Asia, Turkey, Cambodia , KL, Barley, Ireland, Spain, ect ect. But never Where that feel is more of a ? . Hmm steange.
@@beyouasyou That’s it!! It’s like a pull, I don’t even know where/when it started. I just can’t get enough xx
Wife and I are retiring near Boone County , West Virginia..
Great people.
Indeed they are!
Love the true root twang.
Mountain Roots!!
Thank you again for a great video. I have relatives in Iaeger my grandparents and great grandparents live in that area.
You're so welcome! Be sure to check out my episode on Iaeger 😁
Was born and raised in panther. Wouldn't change it for the world
Area rich in American History! The French and Indian War alone is a major part of the birth of this country. Thanks for sharing.
You're so welcome!
Nice videos! Thanks for sharing these types of videos. Missing WV so much. Hope you can do Beckley too. 🥰🥰🥰
You're welcome, thanks a lot for watching! Planning to in the future👍
Beautiful country...
Thank you for letting us know the music! It’s sooo goood
You always play great background music ❤️
THANK YOU for referring to that conflict as the War Between the States !
Absolutely, that's what it was.
@@MountainRoots will you venture down into east TN anytime soon?
@@tooge47 possibly, near future.
@@MountainRoots there's one road I'd love to see one last time, please. Tilson Mountain Road southeast of Johnson City
There's a lot of history up in those Hills keep up the work I've only seen one other one and already you've captured my attention
Well thank you, appreciate you watching!
If you make it to Paynesville in McDowell, It's a fun little bit of history that straddles the state line with Virginia.
Thanks😊
Hello from Scotland, great video.👍
You’re a good writer. Nice videos 😎
I just recently found your channel and I absolutely love it!❤ My daddy (who's a Lester) was born in McDowell Co. and grew up in Welch, recently passed away and your videos touch my heart deeply. He loved those mountains and was proud to say he was born in West by God Virginia ❤ thank you so much! Stay safe on your travels and God bless 🙏 ❤
Ahh, you're so welcome! Glad they mean something to you, appreciate you watching!
I grew up and still live in Welch. My Mom was a Lester. Her mom was a Lockhart who grew up in Long Pole. Dad was from Welch and Mom spent most of her childhood in Pad Fork in the Hanover area and Long Pole.
Love these videos. Brings back good memories of visiting my grandparents in Harts Creek in Logan County as a kid.
Glad they bring back good memories! 😊
Loved the opening instrumental music and beautiful drone footage of the lush, rolling hills. And I believe this was likely your best narration yet! Keep ‘em coming!
Wow, thank you! Appreciate you watching!!
Home 🥰 I was raised at the mouth of trapfork and this will always be my home. In all my travels I still say this is the most beautiful place in w.v
God's country!
Are you from the Blankenship family that has a cemetary in that area?? I found it on Google maps after searching the area because of this video. Are you still living there or did you move away?
Another great one! Words cannot explain how these mountain videos make me feel and how they connect me back to my roots. Thanks for sharing the history and the beautiful mountains. The drive into the park was gorgeous. My mom and her family would always have their yearly family renunion in that park. Keep them coming.
I take it the park has seen quite a bit if traffic over the years, thanks for watching!
I love the the scenery in your videos and the history lessons. Great work man!
Appreciate that feedback, means a lot! Thanks so much for watching!!
👋 hey 👋 from Dexter,Missouri
Super awesome video.
Have a super awesome night 🌉
Thanks, you too!
Beautiful State and terrain for the right self-sufficient person. I live and work in NC but have a hideaway/house in Quinwood, there is an 'Appalachian market' right around the corner, several Dollar stores along RT 60 in Rupert and Rainelle and also the Kroger's in Rainelle, Lewisburg has WM and Lowes. I like pulling onto my street and seeing HEALTHY chickens roaming free not stuffed into cages that look like they were hit by radiation.
I got to know this intro song. So cool.
Probably don't want to go to Romance (Jackson County), West Virginia but it is named after my great grandfather, Romance Parsons. His first born son and my grandfather was born on Valentine's Day is one time stay on Middle Fork in Romance.
Ripley, WV Has a memorial to Romance's grandfather, Charles Parsons)who was in the Revolutionary War.
Of course, there is always Parsons West Virginia and Tucker County but they're named after like great a great+uncle, lol.
Oh wow, interesting! Thanks for sharing, love hearing family histories like that!!
Or I could show you Lake Chaweva (it stands for CHArlestonWEstVA) and is Is pronounced sha we va.
A girl I went to school with and have some photos of is a singer on Nashville Row, Kathy Mattea just lived across the road.
Great stuff. Do a video on West Virginia Trout Fishing!
My hometown lol just left it 2 years ago 😊
Thank you! I watch your videos when I get homesick.
I spent many summer days at Panther Pool.
What is Panther Pool?
@@klwthe3rd It’s a pool in Panther State Forest, has a huge pool and a kiddie pool.
@@danettejones4969 Thank you for your reply. Do you recommend anyone local to talk to when visiting the town of Panther to get more information on the town and its history?
My granny on my Mom's side grew up in Long Pole. We visited relatives and went to church there quite often in the sixties when I was a kid. I went to work for Coca Cola at their Welch warehouse in 1978. There was still a lot happening in McDowell County then and we delivered to numerous stops in the Panther area including the school and the pool. Thanks to Governor Justice, Panther is no longer a state park. However, it is still a state forest. I'm really enjoying your channel Josh. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Great video! Loved it!
Thank you, glad you liked it so much!
Country road take me home to the place i belong West Virginia mountain momma take me home country road!!
My great grandfather was a teacher in some one school room school somewhere in WV and was followed by a panther one day for over a mile. This was in the 1920s.
Incredible! Many locals and hunters still spot panthers in these hills from time to time.
My Walker kin live in Panther. I love the beauty and the solitude of the high mountain and the deep hidden hollers. My late uncle Monroe lived in Panther Creek Holler! We would have to leave the truck and walk the rest of the way into the Holler, because the potholes would swallow up the vehicle. What a fascinating lifestyle. Grandpa John Walker was born on the boat leaving Scotland coming to America. My grandma Eliza was an Eastern Band Cherokee Indian. I am so proud of my heritage.
Beautiful country! Thanks for the videos and keep doing this ! I’m a country boy from Northwest Louisiana and enjoy the videos !
You really need to go to Whitesville WV. It’s the home of the UBB Memorial and basically now, a ghost town. Once it thrived. My mother and her siblings were born and raised there.
I have ancestors from along the Tug River, Jenny Wiley was one of them. I sure would like to see more in the area of Dunlow, or Jeffrey WV.
I love that you’re sharing a little about the history, stories, and so much culture that has been forgotten about. Great video! 👍🏼
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Great channel!
Thank you!
Love these videos. Left Bluefield in the late 70s. Have been most these places yrs ago, great to revisit.
So glad you enjoy them! Have you watched my episode on Bluefield yet?
I believe it was around 1980. I was a Canadian paratrooper and we went to West Virginia to act as an enemy force for the National Guard. We were bunked in a tent city along the highway that did have some infrastructure. I do believe we were close to a small village that was close to Charleston? I now ride my motorcycle from Nova Scotia to the Virginia area. I'm looking to find this area because of your video content.
That's wild!
Great content, great music the way you present Appalachia to me keeps me, glued to the screen. I hear in your voice your deep apriciation and respect for the people, the land it's history, it's way of life and the industriousness and the shrewdness of it's people. Thank you and hello from another mountainous Country.🇨🇭
Thank you so much, really appreciate that!
Me and my family lives in panther wv honestly love it here wouldn’t want to raise my kids anywhere else.
It's beautiful country!
It really is!!
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Where are you all located? When you look at the town from above on Google maps there looks like a total of 15 houses yet the census says that you people have acouple hundred living in the town??
Great script/history. Music/play list is terrific!!.Another nice production Josh. Painting a nice picture for our mind's eye. Cheers!
Thanks for the great feedback, so glad you liked it!!
I love you video
Another fantastic video, I really enjoy watching them all. You are so informative and you bring a piece of Appalachia and West Virginia all the way to Scotland through the content of your excellent videos. Simply the best!
Thanks so much!!
Live in UK but i have always felt a connection to the Hollers, not sure at all why.
The hollers are calling! 😉
Great show love my WV history I'm from Wyoming county WV haven't watched em all yet but if looking for a good place to talk about try coal mountain in Wyoming county
Whats Coal mountain? I know Google maps shows a Wyoming city.
Like so many millions, my people came through the Gap but continued on inot Southern Illinois to settle. I have drivern through on my way to Ohio but would have enjoyed spending more time in your part of the country to explore the history. Thank you for posting these. I enjoy seeing the countryside.
Have you seen my episode on Cumberland Gap?
Love it!! I’ve been to Panther State Park and I’m gonna go back just for the heck of it. And you gotta love the the generation or two before us that pronounces it “PAIN-thur”. Thanks for this video!!
And most locals still do!
As an outsider looking in, you paint a beautiful picture of places that, in some cases, time has forgotten. And a voice to those that still call it home. And the music is fantastic. How do you go about selecting the music for each video?
Lots of pre-production..thanks for watching!
I'm an Aussie and these eps give me an idea of where to visit when hitting the road over there, thanks mate.
You're welcome, please come visit Appalachia!
Wish you would a story on Beauty Ky my home town.
Thanks! I really enjoyed this video!! I was born and raised back there! I would love to see more about Mcdowell County!! Bartley was my home town but I have and had family and friends from Panther, Iaeger, Sandy Huff, Three Forks, Bradshaw, Raysal, well all over them
Beautiful mountains and in them heavenly hollers! Hope you continue sharing!
First, thanks so much for your kind support! I've actually done several episodes now in McDowell- including Three Forks Holler! Be sure to check them out. Thanks again for watching!!
Why did you leave?? How often do you go back?
My 3rd great-grandparents, Green, Sparks, Adkins, Rose and other associated families settled in Southern Appalachia in the 1840s from Western North Carolina. I can't even begin to imagine what they were up against to move from mountains to mountains and set up their homes, farms and villages.
I'm marooned on the West Coast, but my next trip back will take me down to see where it all began nearly 200 years ago.
That sounds like a good trip to take!
Leave the west coast come to the fresh mountains
Have you did a videio going through Ikes Fork W/Va off of RT 52 ?
Very informative very good video. Are you ever going to go to Terra Alta West Virginia in Preston County?
Thank you! Perhaps?
@@MountainRoots that's where my ancestors are from that's the only reason I ask
I live in the general area where he made this film. All of Southern West Virginia has much the same terrain. In the last decade, West Virginia has become a tourist mecca, with people coming from all over the country and some foreign visitors to enjoy the ATV trails and southern hospitality. While it does help the local economy to a certain degree, one has to wonder if eventually people will tire of the intrusion into the peaceful way of life they've known for generations. I hope not. West Virginia is a gloriously beautiful state with a low population overall, which makes it even more appealing to those who want to "get away from it all". I don't blame them. Except for a very short time, I've lived here my whole life. I'm proud and thankful to call it my home.
I was wondering the same point that you made in your comment. I always got the impression that TRUE West Virginians didn't want alot of outsiders(people from out of state) to come flooding into their hollers and destroying what beauty there is left. It's always best to get a perspective from a true local who actually lives there and can give it to us straight.
@@klwthe3rd Thanks for your reply. Between the two of us, my brother and I have roughly 100 acres of land. We guard it closely and only allow family members to hunt or travel through it. We have bear, turkey, squirrel, rabbit, raccoon, opossum, deer, bobcat, the occasional cougar and other wildlife. I and my son hunt on it during season. It's gated and posted. I've thought a lot about the very thing you brought up. I live on a private road to this property that I maintain at my own expense without any government help. This property has been in my family since about 1940, before I was born. I'm seventy two, and I believe I'm entitled to my privacy. Would I give someone a walking tour ? If they were polite, yes I would.
@@terryrose6208 Well i hope i can keep you to your word of the "walking tour" if i ever get up to that part of the state. I completely agree with everything you said and i myself would have that property fenced and posted just as you do. I am NOT from Appalachia but i have meet many from that part of the country over my 40+ years. And they always told me that their privacy and land are sacred to them and although they don't mind tourists, they DON"T like the kind that start wandering around poking their heads into other people's property. There's kinda an unspoken understanding that you can easily overstay your welcome if you don't respect the rights, land and ways of the people of Appalachia. Someday i may move there for retirement and i fully accept that way of life.
@@klwthe3rd I would give you that tour and also show you some trails that are not on my property that you wouldn't have to pay as a tourist to ride.
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It may be cliche or too popular but id like to learn about Harpers Ferry WV.. also idk if you purposely upload in 2160p but not many channels do so i appreciate gettin the full use outta my new iPad with your vids..
Harper's Ferry is on my list, and yes, everything I publish here is done in 4k. Enjoy! 🤙
This is content worth sharing. I literally exist due to this area's contribution to the world - both good and bad. I really appreciate you taking these trips. What will you do in the winter when it all gets stark and grey and not so video-worthy? Thank you again.
Oh there's plenty to do in winter! I think a lot of folks may also enjoying seeing Appalachia in winter. What do you think?
@@MountainRoots I do too but one night I had a dream I was on 15 coming down that new hill into Jackson in the snow and this flatlander just didn't know what to do! Seriously where I live in Michigan you can see three miles
@@jasong428 I hear ya, flatlander 😉
I've some things I'm percolating on once the white stuff starts flying..
I’d move out there but my tanned skin would probably have me disappear in those parts 😂
Could you please do a video on Sutton West Virginia? Or Herold west Virginia?
I'll look into it!
Love your videos man ! I want sooo bad to move to West Virginia. I’m a carpenter but I’m not sure that I can make a living up there??
I think you'd do fine, even in many smaller communities. Open yourself a handyman business, always do what you say you'll do & show up...you'll be booked months in advance.
@@MountainRoots thanks for your response! That’s exactly what I have done just this past year . I started a handyman business in Greensboro North Carolina… The clients that I have right now really love my work and my prices and give me some word of mouth but so far it’s just not enough business.
DAR school. Salem South Carolina
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Very good! Are you shooting in 60fps? I like the pace
Thank you! Yes, I do use 60fps along with 24fps and even 120fps at times.
@@MountainRoots I like the "pace" as you go down the backroads and allows us to see the beauty of the area.
@@thecorporategypsy dashcam is usually shot 4k/ 24fps 👍
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I’ve subscribed to Myron Cook’s geology lectures on TH-cam for a while and I find him fascinating. Having grown up in the Laurentian mountains and travelled the Appalachians from Labrador to Georgia a few times I’m especially interested in its geological backstory. To think that at one time Africa was a part of the Appalachians and that the height and grandeur of the Appalachians was far greater than the Rocky Mountains or the Himalayas is mind boggling. See the lecture here: th-cam.com/video/tPrcNmsfc2c/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fHIVGNoiy0CftFu0
Don't take the wrong turn 😉
Do you ever go to other countries in West Virginia
Absolutely! Just take a look through the Exploring Appalachia playlist of episodes here on my channel. Several other WV counties, but also several other Appalachian states as well. Thanks for watching!
@@MountainRoots I was just asking I use to live in Glennville but haven't been back in years since my divorce but it was beautiful ❤️ there
panther are still there
why did he skip the holler
I have a question' i love your showing the world WV. But i have an issue with this as it seems your not showing the True WV.
I understand your outrage, really I do. Not everything that's Appalachia is ruin-porn, nor does it need to be. Across episodes I share, you'll see some of the good, bad, and the ugly but it's not my intention to solely focus on what so much yellow journalism has emphasized & even exaggerated over the decades.
There are channels that do however focus ONLY on the negative, and on the ruin and exploitation- like the channel Soft White Underbelly. If that's the content you want I suggest checking that out. Regardless, I appreciate having you around here. Please keep watching!
I'm from Panther and this is true w.v. I'm in Huntington now but Panther is w.v
@@kristenblankenship6236 What does everyone mean when they say, it's not "true West Virginia? What am i missing?
What do the fractions on the street signs mean? West Virginia is the only state with fractions on street signs.
You'll see these on spur roads. The top number specifies the trunk road or highway they diverge from, and the bottom is a serial number reflecting the order in which the number was assigned.
What about there $ struggles ?
What about there WATER struggles ?
What about no investment into the yearly floods they have to live through.
WHY ARE BIG Companies NOT investing underground pipe work ?
To make WV a place that's worth investing your family worth into.
Keep watching episodes, I touch on much of that...but it's not my sole aim here.
Black Panthers have never EVER existed in WV cougars dont have the gene for something to be all black
I rode most of these side roads man that you're on that long Pole Road I've been on that me and my crew with our side by sides we go down to Mingo County down there where 65 north goes up in the Moonshine Mountain that's a good place to eat down there on the corner have a good ride brother
Absolutely! Good times!!
Does anybody represent West Virginia if so they don't do shit to secure funding for area that desperately needs it.
Have you did a videio going through Ikes Fork W/Va off of RT 52 ?
Not yet, thanks for asking!