Rebuilding Grandpa’s Log Cabin
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Gene England built a replica of his grandfather's Blairsville, Georgia log cabin. While clearing his 55 acre property he realized there was some wonderful timber that could be used for this purpose. Follow along while he shows us the cabin he built completely by himself and furnished with period furnishings.
Gene demonstrates the use of a "brush broom" or "yard broom" made from a clump of dogwood branches to clean the front yard, which was made of sand. He also shows us how they used "broom straw" to make a broom for the inside of the house.
Next we go inside and see the Home Comfort cookstove with a 30 gallon water reservoir, assorted cast iron pots and kettles, a vintage stovewood box, wooden butter churn, wood "potty", Hoosier cabinet, wild cherry table, homemade curtains and curtain rods and an ingenious door latch.
The house is made from six-inch timbers milled from the onsite pine trees. The walls and ceiling are board batten.
Watch for Gene England's other episodes on his Vintage Village here on Rural Heritage TH-cam channel.
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I am 42 years old and have very fond memories of my grandparents and neighbors living like this in the small rural cummity that i grew up in. We didn't really think nothing of it at the time as we just assumed everyone lived like this. Now as im older i am truly thankful that i had the privilege to witness history in the making
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You are absolutely right, and I would have loved to have had the opportunity to experience that.
I would love to sit down on this GREAT man's front porch with a glass of iced lemonade or sweet tea, sit back & listen to his years of stories & life full of wisdom & advice, smile, take a deep breath, & learn more about life.
Even though I'm already 52 yrs old I could still learn a lot more!!!
Much love from Mobile Alabama.
What a treasure this man is..
Oh my gosh, I love this. It’s wonderful to hear first hand knowledge about how people got their days going in the morning and kept the place clean. It really makes history a living thing and not just a random collection of antiques. Thank you so much. I also love how he still calls his father “Daddy”. Sounds like a wonderful, loving family.
This cabin is gorgeous ! I cannot imagine having about six kids and having to get up everyday and make enough bread for that many people. It must be heaven to sit by that fireplace at night to read a book. If this cabin were mine, I wouldn't want to do this because people tend to tear up your property, but do you know how much money people would pay to stay a night in this cabin?? Great job......love the oil painting of the Grandpa's cabin, too !
My great-grandmother’s home. The sound of rain on that rusted tin roof. Cracks in the floor. Crackling fire. Days gone by.
Rain on the roof, the best sound to go to sleep with
The kind of gentleman everybody wants for a grandfather. I never got to experience having one that I was old enough to remember, but I always thought they’d be just like this. Interesting, knowledgeable and hard working. Great video.
I know how you feel. I had my grandfather on my father side. He was a drunk. And there was my step grandfather on my mother side. He was a child molester. So yeah, this man is what everyone wishes thier grandfather was like.
John Parker I agree! He is a gem.
Deborah Shaw whatever, you should honor your elders. There was a certain order of life back then that actually served all mankind better than the multicultural crap we have today.
Wow, what a wonderful history lesson. It was a simpler time in life but I feel a much better time. Thank you for this video.
My grandpa grew up in the depression area and he said something a lot about reading the grapes of wrath. Still got to sit and read that. He didn't say much other about it so it seemed like a really hard time for people
He is so correct, I remember gathering the dogwood and straw for the brooms at my grandma's house. It's easy so beautiful to sweep your yards and only see that beautiful sand with flowers bed on the side and at the porch areas. Good memories!
The best history taught comes from that person who lived it. I enjoyed his memories of his childhood life very much.
I’m 71 but grew up in Nevada. I’ve always dreamed about living the country life of the south east. I eventually lived in middle Tennessee and enjoyed my time there, the friends I’ve made and met. My kind of people. Unfortunately I only lived in a modern home there but still dreamed of having a little place like you shared with us. Thanks for sharing. I pray you and yours have many years of enjoyment at your family
I grew up in Nevada too, only lived in modern homes. But I wonder if families in Nevada still live in their same home that their grandparents or great grandparents lived in. I don’t see as many old homes out here that look as good as the ones In the south or Midwest. And if I do see old homes out here, they’re withered and destroyed beyond repair.
I could spend days listening to this man speak. These old timers are great.
My buddy rebuilt his grandpa’s cabin by inviting friend up for a week long trip to Canada, all food, drink etc provided in exchange for their help in doing repairs. Shingles were replaced, outhouses and saunas built, docks rebuilt, windows installed. Guys fell in love with the place and would find ways to improve the place.
tell us more please !!
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This is an endearing story told by a man who has lived a part of history we can't afford to forget. Love the video.
My grandfather passed last year (2019) he was almost 99 years old and still drove and lived alone. He used to love teaching us and talking to us about old times. We are all from the Brushy Mountains of North Carolina. And I know sweeping the front yard really well. He was born in a 2 room log house as well. We took trips to see it and learn every other weekend in the Brushies here. He said many times they were so poor they did not know the great depression even came no ones life around here changed really. As Everyone was so self reliant. I bought an old 1880s family home and have tried to restore it the way it was with antiques and victorian wall paper. And grow gardens, make my own soap & washing powder. Can food. There may be a day soon this comes in very useful as a must again. 10th generational Western North Carolinian here.
That was the old ways of the bygone days. I love to see the older folks share the knowledge and their life experiences. This is much better than reading a history book. Thank you old man.
I am in my seventies, and the things shown in this video bring back lots of great memories. In my life I traveled to a lots of places, and noticed most homes of that period were pretty much the same with the exception of the materials used. That depended on what was grown, or existed locally, but manufactured goods were all the same. Great video.
Gene, Thank you for preserving important American history. This video will be used to teach history long after we are gone! My mother told me about her grandparents who ran a Texaco Station out in rural Miss. before electricity, which they never did have. Her grandmother kept white creek sand on the kitchen floor from a nearby creek. They pumped gas by hand and kept coke and other things cold in a CocaCola ice box. They grew corn, had hogs, a cow and took corn to a mill to be ground. They sold newspapers, staples,candy and sundries. Loved your story, please continue to educate children about life in the past!
He sure has an eye for using the beauty of the wood itself to provide the decorative touch. And it's perfect for an all wood, rustic cabin. The mantel really caught my eye and the cherry table he built was beautiful! I loved listening to his stories and explanations about how things worked. I remember my grandma using a monster of a cast iron, coal burning stove to cook. She lifted the lids of the eyes with a lifter like he did. She heated up two cast iron, irons on it to press clothes. She made delicious meals, baked scrumptious desserts, everyone's clothes were pressed smooth, the pants sharply creased. No scorching. Did all this for a large family, water from a well, all by herself until my mom was old enough to help. Did this on hot humid summer days in Indiana, without complaining. My mom and I couldn't stand the heat of that kitchen in the 1950's to early 1960's on summer vacations out there. My grandma lived until 2003, age 99. Will never see the likes of her kind again! ♥️♥️♥️
This ole boy has it all been tryin to get prepped with what he already has for years God Bless this great man.
Mr. Gene England, thank you for sharing your cabin and some of your family history with us. You sir, are a natural. I could listen to you all day long. Your cabin is quite beautiful and extremely interesting. God Bless.
There is so much to his story telling that a 30 minute video will never collect. Thank you for sharing this man with me. God Bless y’all.
Know where he is coming from george
This made me feel so good! My Father build our house. He was a carpenter and so was my Grandfather and his before him. This is how I was raised! We had to draw water for drinking and everything else! We had a big furnace in the basement that heated the whole house. We also used coal. This was a wonderful visit to my childhood! Thank you and GOD bless!
I live in the south west of Ireland and cook on a turf and wood fired range, I still pump my water from a spring well in the garden and have only recently ( 3 years ago ) had electricity installed, until then it was gas lights or oil lamps. I still have a big open fire place with a crane where I hang the kettle and can bake bread in a cast iron pot or Dutch oven. My bed is exactly the same, brass and iron with a metal mesh type base, and a hand made patchwork quite This is in 2019.. so I really know how it is to live the simple life
You are a happy human,I envy you,greetings from Greece
Jane Lloyd
Your home sounds wondetful , wish i could visit you for a little stay , but you will be happy to know it about impossible . Take care , xxxx
Long live Eire!
Jane Lloyd, you may not be rich, but you live richer than most, including me, I have all the modern stuff, and PAY for all that modern stuff, some how I got misdirected in my life ways. your place sounds like where I really want to be.
Can you do a video and let me know?
beautiful cabin! people were not wealthy, but they were not poor ,they were resourceful and ingenious which how man should be!
Reminds of my grandpa’s house, my grandma could cook/bake anything on that stove. In the winter the kitchen was the only warm room in the house. We bathed in a wash tub in front of the fire when we were little boys, grandma heated water on the stove for our baths.
People now a day's don't appreciate having a roof over their head food and clothes.That is what used to be a good life.
Yes, but back then life expectancy was 50.
🐷🐖🐮🐄love go back but electric would be a must and TV hot water cooler car and on the doorstep a butcher backer grosser pup 🐟 chips 🎣🚾🚿🍔. 🐶 a bill lol👏👌👍
@@VB-lz5cx yes but if you took the best of today that had helped us live longer and then live under simpler style we would be much happier.
This has been the most comprehensive video on cabin life back in the day, that I have ever seen! I loved it and really felt the warmth, serenity and simplicity of life back then........and yes, I could sense the intense amount of hard work that went into the day. That makes the days off and Sunday meals the best! Thank you for this video, Sir!
Don't fantasize and idealize too much because though simple life back then was TRULY hard and tough with work days of 16 hours without any weekends, leisure time, holidays or vacation being a real struggle having enough food just to survive!
Anyone who says “kindly” instead of “kind of” and refers to their father as “daddy” is the real deal. Ty for this excellent video. I enjoyed him explaining how they did everything years ago.
I’m from Alabama and I helped sweep my grandmothers yard and her house with those type brooms. Those were the good ole days.
I don't think they did called it the good old days then. I am 72 born in France. I remember my school friends dying of lungs diseases, no penicillin yet. A couple of children with the sequels of typhoid fever and others chilren killer diseases. The parents lived in terror for their children. Good old days? Not so sure.
Wow so beautiful.i just love grandpas cabin.its so homely . Uk 🇬🇧
You did a beautiful job on your cabin. Listening to you describe the household items, I could imagine how life would have looked. Really great.
Wow! Such a wealth of knowledge! Incredible to see how people lived back then, from someone who actually lived through it.
There was a time when we lived by our wits, grits, guts, imagination, skills, and, determination,, and, love of family!!
That's how life should be lived. Food has made a lot of difference. If we eat food of supermarkets, we will live a sub human life!
I love that stove 💜 my Grandma used to sweep the yard with a brush broom... thanks for bringing back those memories. 😊👍
We actually live in a log cabin not much bigger than this. I really love my peaceful home. Log homes represent strength and warmth. This video touched my heart because I really understand Mr Gene’s love for his cabin. God has blessed me and my family so much and I am forever grateful. Thank you for sharing this video❤️
This was when life was simple, this was when people work very hard for the things they needed NOT WANTS.... God Bless the old ways... Thank you for the video... I can't believe the ones that dislike this video.. closed mind people tbat doesn't care about history of our past... God have Mercy for these people.
I'm rebuilding my grandfather's log cabin too. I live in it all year long.. My grandfather's log cabin was built out of white cedar logs in 1950 with the help from a local Chippewa man named Whitney Alberts (Chief Blue Cloud) and his son.
now that he's done with HIS cabin maybe he could ACTUALLY re-build his grandpa's cabin.. like you are....
This is the best log cabin tour I've ever seen, even better than Williamsburg, VA tours. This gentleman does an excellent job of teaching and explaining the details of historical cabin life. 👏
Thank you, Sir, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I love learning about the way people lived in history. It is very important that American people learn how wonderful and rich their heritage is.
Hello 👋 dear , how are you doing?
Thanks for posting I love that he grew up living on the land with no TV no bathroom and here he is posting on youtube amazing
When he said that when he was about 12 years old, his dad would call him and tell him to start a fire in the stove, I'm sure he meant "called him out loud". I'll bet any youngster hearing this story would picture an iPhone in his hand. lol
What a sweet story. Thanks for sharing your cabin and your memories with us.
So enjoyed this from a good ‘ ole Georgia boy!! My father had told me years ago growing up in Georgia in the 30’s and 40’s he swept the yard and kept it clean and then grass growing was considered lazy and untidy looking. I thought that was the strangest thing ever and it’s nice to see a visual of sweeping the yard! Hope to see more videos!,
Love to experience how our great grandparents, grandparents live those days
Mr. England the cabin is a work of art, but the stories are a treasure. I would love to here them all. The only thing missing was a bird dog on the front porch.
Beauty in simplicity. Money cannot buy this. So beautiful!!!!
I loved watching this, thank you. My Daddy's family homestead is still there on the property south of Monticello, Florida. The cabin is circa 1850. I want a place like this of my own. Beautiful craftsmanship and captured history. This is an American treasure.
So reminiscent of my grandfather who haled from Tifton, Ga. Another thoughtful repurposing individual who made use of what he had and what was readily available. I miss him greatly, he was a spirited blue-eyed individual who wore a smile as well as anyone and could build and or fix equipment like no one I had ever seen before or since. We called him Aba...
Just wonderful workmanship and a lovely tribute to your roots.
That's is what life is about cherishing our heritage therefore making future generations will do the same!
Gene is a National Treasure.
So beautiful to watch how people use to live back then! Brings back a lot of memories when me and my cousins used to spend holidays with our grandparents in the country. They still lived the old ways of cooking over an open fire (out back of the house) & still had to outside toilets (which I used to hate using at night). They never used electricity (which was available in the area they lived at) & running water was collected from an outside water tank, so rainy days was a bonus during summer. I miss my grandparents so much and I miss that way of living. If I was given a chance to live the old ways, I wouldn't be able too! lol. Thanks for the upload, I really enjoyed every bit of it..beautiful just beautiful.
Thank you so much for inspiring me to just go out there and live my best life. I recently turned 58 and I just feel like this touched my soul.. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU xoxo
GOD BLESS YOU. IT IS AN 🎖 HONOR TO HEAR YOU SHARE PURE HARD WORKING AND CLEAN LIFE. IN JESUS NAME. THANK YOU. I WOULD TRULY LOVE TO LIVE HERE. IT TOUCHES MY HEART.
CHOW from MICHIGAN
Your Grandfather’s cabin looks like the house we lived in when we left the homestead in Alaska and went back to GA. There was a hand dug well that looks like what people duplicate with it’s little roof. Our house in GA. Was hand-split planks and cedar shingles. There were two porches and two lean- rooms, one for a bedroom and one for a pantry. Your latch was like ours both the Quonset and doors in GA. Nice stove. The one in Alaska was very beautiful and cooked great baked goods.It had the high shelf towards the back of the stove she used to put pies to cool.Hers had yellow enamel that had some iridescent with the edges trimmed in black. It was a cast iron stove. I can’t find who the maker was. Lol This is how I grew up. You did a Beautiful job! Absolutely beautiful ❣️😊❤️💕👍❣️
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video. Years ago we lived in an old log cabin without running water too . Wood cook stoves are amazing. 🙂
Brings back memories of my youngest years visiting the grandparents house.
Videos like this are priceless and what is good about TH-cam. Thank you.
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful memories!
I love listening to this amazing story teller....... wonderful man
Beautiful. It makes me think of my grandma that I called nanny and the stories of her life growing up.
Imagine trying to get a 12 year old in 2019 to get up first to get the fires started.
Thank you very much for posting this video.
Well, you couldn't find adults who would be willing to do what these folks did either
You're right, someone had to raise those kids.
The thing that blows my mind with teenagers these days is, a lot of them don't care about driving, that just doesn't compute, they'd rather site in front a computer than go out and explore the real world.
@@bigredc222 ... yep, we raised those snowflakes... we failed miserably.
C Smith Good luck with that one...🤪
C Smith I like trees, myself... so does my dog. Lol.
Incredible. I bet most folks would prefer living simply like this.or least I would.
Beautiful, we are reading through the Little House book series and there is so much I don’t know about simple homesteading I wish I knew.
WHAT A GREAT VIDEO.....HOW LIFE WAS SIMPLE.......VERY SMART MAN....HOW PROUD HE MUST BE TO HAVE THIS.....WOULD LOVE TO SIT DOWN WITH HIM AND LISTEN......VERY SAD TO WHAT WE HAVE BECOME....
Who remembers a coffee can with saved bacon grease on the stove?
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He really got the old habits sweeping the yards. I remember my relatives doing that. The old house was like the ones they had. Those was the days. He is so right bringing back memories. Good video.
Very lovely vlog, so interesting. I am 64 yrs old and remember the 60’s as a child.in Chicago city life. Nothing like this you’re showing it is so amazing.
Hello 👋 Mary, how are you doing?
sadly as each generation passes we lose so much knowledge and experience but with great programs like this we will always have a small insight into what life was like back when live was simpler. Thank you for sharing.
That double rinsing tub on your porch is exactly like one my mother had when I was a little girl. She put bluing or starch in one of them, and clear rinse water in the other. One day, when Mother came in from hanging up clothes, she found I had put my toddler sister in the clean water because I thought she was hot. There she was, sitting in that tub, laughing and splashing! Needless to say, it was carefully (and emphatically) told that the water was for RINSING, not little girl's PLAYPOOL. My, so many years ago. What a wonderful cabin - thanks so much for sharing this!!
I am 55 years old and I remember some of those days of the little girl being at my great-grandmother's house
When l was young my mother used a stove exactly like the one you have. Brings back a lot of memories. Thank you again
This is just beautiful, makes me appreciate my late grandfather even more
For me this man is the epitome of a decent American....you can tell...not a bad bone in his body....
Everyone is a sinner you nutcase. EVERYONE has bad traits. Including this man.
@@TheresaPowers good evening Katherine...,and you really think that this is news for me ? I am roughly this mans age....and I don't think that you need an explanation for the idiom "not a bad bone in his body.." We all know that there falls no shadow where there shines no sun... Although well aware that every human has his/her shortcomings I just wanted to express that this man is the embodiment of a decent American -for me- .And this,Katherine is no reason to call me a nutcase. Enjoy your evening ,Roger
2233golf2 2233golf2 she was in a grouchy mood I’m guessing... everybody as to have an opinion!😂 Right on Roger! I’m with you! NOT A BAD BONE IN HIS BODY!!! 👍🏻
@Big Bill O'Reilly Do you just go bringing up the president everywhere you can?
@Big Bill O'Reilly what an idiot
My stepmom grew up in a house just like this in north central Florida.
Her dad had actually moved the house once to a different location and he did it by disassembling the house and actually straightening the nails and rebuilding it on the spot where it lived the rest of it's life.the place looked very similar to this place.
*What a beautiful story coming from a beautiful soul. So many awsome memories to cherish. thank you sir for sharing.Peace* ✌
Love grandpas log cabin. Hope it stays forever in the family
Beautiful craftsmanship sir, what a gorgeous cabin, God Bless.
the times were so much simpler but occupied more time this is what honest pure living is. I love this cabin and everything about it. only thing id have done different is build a basement under the home.
In the Deep South, you can't build basements. Our water table is too high and there are rivers and creeks everywhere. :) We hit water just a few feet into the ground. :)
Such a wonderful presentation! Your cabin is beautiful and I love the treasures hidden inside.
Wish I had all that knowledge from his mind. Loved watching this video. In today's world we are getting ready to live like this again! God bless everyone
I truly enjoyed your presentation . I grew up in the 50's in Arkansas and we had electric and gas heat but we had a out house and a slop jar for night time.You did a good job with the cabin.Your parents would be proud .
terryrial I was born in 1942 in Arkansas, lived in a shotgun house until I married in 1961. My Dad was a farmer between Harrisburg @ns Marked Tree.
Oh, my goodness, he reminds me so much of my granddaddy. I'm 81 years old and remember so much of the things that he's telling us in this wonderful video when visiting my grandparents house in North Carolina when I was a little girl. The woodstove, gathering the stove wood and keeping the box full, sweeping the yard and house with homemade brooms, kerosene lanterns, the outhouse out back. This brings back some wonderful memories of days gone by. The cabin is wonderful, I honestly could live there today.
Great job Gene, wonderful cabin and even better story. Thank you.
Brings back memories of my life growing up in virginia and hearing the stories of my parents and grandparents growing up. At 77 iv seen a lot and experienced many of these things. No running water outside bathroom inside slop jar and many other things. Kinda miss the simpler life.
I absolutely love the cabin! My favorite part is the wood cooking stove. I agree, we've lost more than we've gained with technology.
Hello 👋 dear , how are you doing?
Family memories love how he talks about his parents.
Absolutely wonderful. How blessed you are!! Great job!
I will do anything to go back on those days and live a life like this. People were very happy then. Beautiful video grandpa.
We Need Many More People & Videos Like This...
Really Good Job Sir.
My Parents Stories & Great Grandparents Stories were much about this. Great for us to get to See these things as all of this is soon fading away Forever... Time Forgets Us...
We need to get all these memories saved.
@@bigredc222 it would be a shame to lose them
@@bigredc222 yes we certainly need to Preserve Them. To many being lost
@@bigredc222 Yes So True
I'm Irish, and my grandparents lived in larger sized Irish cottages near the local bay. They had a Spartan life with no electricity. They ate a lot of fish and seafood and lived to be over 100 years old.
They were happy people who played musical instruments. The children went to university and moved to Dublin when they were of age. Trinity University was also a campus of Oxford University. Oxford University has many many campuses.
This being said, I have always admired Scandinavian culture and how they brought their knowledge of building log cabins of any size to Minnesota.
The Swedes and Norwegians treated the Indigenous American Indians with kindness and hospitality. They paid the Indians to work their farms in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
If people set their prejudices aside, there are many wonderful things to be learned about American history and heritage, which is a rich, precious treasure.
My grandfather used a lunchbox like shown in this video, I still have it.
Yes. Good sturdy,and had a Thermos brand, solid glass insert, for his hot coffee. This fit in the lid, held in place with movable hinge. The cup was the screw on lid. Eventually, the glass insert was replaced with aluminum.
This reminds me of my grandpa's old house, although it was wood-frame instead of a cabin. We had a wood cook stove and my grandma was expert at cooking on it. We had a well outside the kitchen door or went to the spring for water. Gas lamps, wash stands, antique dressers and cedar chests, and quilts on the beds for warmth (no heat at night). My brother started the fire in the morning in the wood heat stove. Wonderful memories! Thank you for this tour of your beautiful cabin. And thanks for being Southern!
This gentleman is a treasure!!!
Mr England. Thank You . You are a font of knowledge! Thank You too Rural Heritage!
That's IT ,
That's perfect !
Great job this old timer did!
Simple / small / good 4
me and the dog .
Thanks for sharing .
What a nice gentleman! GOD bless! (Gordon's wife)
This is an amazing video I love learning how people in the old days survived and lived on a daily basis very good thank you for sharing
I have a cast iron which was used on a wood burning stove. The bottom of pot is flat,not rounded like the normal cast iron you can find today. It would sit in an eye of the top of stove. Also have a beautiful rocking chair she gave me when my first child was born. The chair was given to them before my mother was born as a wedding gift and it was second hand. Have quite a few antiques.
What an excellent and interesting story . You have done a wonderful job there ! Thankyou for sharing your beautiful , beautiful log cabin and all that history with us ..just wonderful !
My mother was a England. So we might just be related. I am so glad you are doing this.
Enjoyed the video. Thanks for taking the time to produce it. Y'all take care and God bless.
Very interesting, love all log cabins, this gentleman reminds me alot of my grandpa, he did a excellent job building this cabin, love all the antiques, he did a excellent job telling of his grandfather and family, Thanks for sharing such a wonderful story.
I very much enjoyed watching your video. Your cabin is a wonderful walk back into history.
Thank you for sharing.
what a wonderful video! my grandmother's stove is one of my most cherished childhood memories. the chance to operate a few as an adult was great. as a midwife, she was known to put premature babies up in the warming oven! (yes, they survived!). now that i'm retired i enjoy slowing down to the 'old ways' by baking bread, making baked beans from scratch, etc. and generally finding old-tyme recipes, methods and kitchen tools. it's all very satisfying.