@dmccoig OK so I'm going to explain the whole house to you.At the entrance their is the bone.On the inside (don't worry,its legal) is a normal house in Elkmont : empty rooms and bugs.In the backyard there's a wooden trail that leads to a separate room.When me and my cousin went inside,we found some perfume bottles that were new and other beauty products.
Thank you for this video, I have been in Tenn all week and knew I was going to check out elkmont. This video was awesome and has me excited about tomorrow morning.
Well, we spent all day at elkmont, walked around and took a ton of photos. I read they are going to stop the deterioration of the buildings. We walked around the main strip and a few back trails. Saw most of the things I wanted to see... the one thing I did not see is the old stair case that led to the train tracks that brought people to the vacation homes. Once I get home I will throw a photo montage together and create a video reply.
I think these homes should be restored and kept on the smokey Mountains National parks as our history. Not to tear down the structures but to keep our heritage living on for our future generations.
@mcbostic That is an interesting idea. The park service rents old small cabins on top of Mount LeConte, why not restore these old cottages and rent them to tourists ....
@redheadmichelle That is very cool, yes we have heard the Ownby name. It is in every cemetery up there! We love the Wonderland and wish we could have stayed a night or two there.
I live in the area (Sevierville) and my thought is if it was built primitive ( hewn logs, wooden shakes, hand forged nails) materials from the area it should be perserved like what you see in Cades Cove and Cherokee Orchard. Structeures built with modern materials ( modern framing, asphalt shingles, sheet rock) items that had to be brought into the aera should be removed. Right or wrong thats just my opinion.
I would like to think these buildings were being preserved '... it would be a shame to
to let the buildings rot or be tore down' after all it's part of American history plus it's not as if the buildings dont fit in with the surroundings' I believe the buildings add extra intrest to the area .
The book "SYNC" by Steven Strogatz mentions Elkmont and its fireflies. It seems that this is the only place in the Western Hemisphere where the fireflies flash in sincronization. In the book, someone from Elkmont said of the fireflies: they start up in mid June around 10 pm and "exhibit 6 seconds of total darkness; then in perfect sync, thousands light up 6 rapid times in a 3 second period before all going dark for 6 more seconds." Similar syncronisity of fireflies happens in Asia and Africa.
I don't understand why they couldn't rent these out. It doesn't need to be paved or changed. Just fix up the houses. I would love to rent one of these houses. It is so with nature with trees at every turn and NO CONCRETE which is what people who love nature want anyway.
Because if you want to rent a freaking cabin, then go into Gatlinburg or Pigeon's Forge or Cherokee or any one of the other tourist hellholes to do that. The Great Smoky Mountains was created to preserve the wilderness, not to give people yet another lodging choice.
i understand whot you meen but the houses are already there it just seems a shame not to use them or worse start ripping trees out all over to build another big hotel with 5000 rooms and a massive car park then every thing you wont to go see will be gone forever so i say keep these little cabins and enjoy your country side that way its more fun that way any way bye from lee in england
It is heartbreaking to see the way these homes have been allowed to ruin. Hopefully a decision will be reached soon to allow for the restoration of some of these historically signifigant homes. The Applachian club was a part of the Great Smokies history.
nature should take over the homes, it is the park's land now, and the people have come and gone, it's time to allow the park to re-vamp itself after humans almost ruined it
My 85 year old great uncle was forced from his home. The park has thousands and thousands of acres of "natural environments". Why does the park service feel all human history should be removed from the park? It is sad that they have let them ruin. the most popular area of the park is Cades Cove...WHY? People want to know the history of the land and the people who lived there. It is ok to build concrete camping grounds and parking lots but not preserve the history of those who lived there?
Love you channel and I love nature,been to the Smoky Mountian's many,many time's both as a child with my parents and as a adult. Also been to the Colorado Rockie's, and after my father retired he moved to the Ozark mountian's outside of Farmington Mo.keep up the great work and please visit the Ozark Mountian's lots of interesting place's there also
I would love to see you do a segment on the beautiful and just as remote Ozark Mountains of rural Missouri. The majesty and beauty of the ozarks is a wonder to behole.
Hey Dan - why don't you remove some of the senseless garbage people have found necessary to add to this comment section? Spoils the reading of comments to keep tripping over nonsense.
Great Video and storyteller. This made it easy for me to show my friends why I visit the elkmont area every year! Thank you so much! You put me right back there!
GSMNP, take from the people and give it to the privileged. Same as the Soviet Union used to do while proclaiming that they were doing "whatever" for the good of the people. There are too many examples to name where the NPS has sought to remove our freedom of using the park. Shame on you NPS.
Thanks for creating and posting this interesting history. As a boy, I frequented the cabins of Elkmont as a guest of the Tate family. The land there is a truly a special place, and it is sad to see it claimed by the intentional neglect of the park service.
i love the great smoky mountains,i would live there if i could. all homes should be preserved, and decides there are plenty of places one can go to get away from them if they didnt want to see historical homes.... dmc thanks for the videos...by the way whats your favorite place in the smokys, for me thats hard too say, but i think roaring fork is one of them (and i love the houses there too) im going to focus this year on thails near the del rio tn the home of "christy" and "cutters gap"
I camp in Elkmont every summer! I would hate to see those cabins go!! They make up part of the experience. I love to walk up toward the Jake's Gap trail head and look at all the old places along the way! I can't wait to go this summer!
It is 7 miles from Gatlinburg heading toward Townnsend, just look for the Elkmont Campground, But when you get to the campground,(look across the street and you can see the stone steps up the hill to the Wonderland Hotel site) keep going up the road and you will run into them.
Tear them down , they were only homes for the rich people who had political connections. All the poor folks were kicked out by the park service years ago.
Wow, that quite a place! I'd love to see those houses. It's a shame if they're falling into disrepair. I'm so glad you could film them before they disappear... Still, perhaps your video will raise some awareness so someone will take action to preserve them. Fingers crossed. Dan =:)
Seem the neglect may be due to the 1982 managment plan to remove the structures, no one would invest in development under that plan. But maybe the subsequent Historic district ruling will change that. Seems like two government agencies will spend our taxes trying to solve the dilemma. Beautiful video footage and narration, educational as well.
If you take the time to visit this place you will want it preserved too. Too bad the Park Service never has funds for this type of work anymore. Maybe corporate adoption would work, get Georgia/Pacific to repair one etc.
guess what? people were willing and the government said no thank you - it wouldn't have cost to repair - and then "the People" could have enjoyed - too bad life is so political.
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Great record of a faded time - gentle and humble production - worthy effort - thanks for your passion and concern. Will be an invaluable record for what I hope is ongoing careful management...
HAHAHAAA historical man you americans just have no culture in my city was established in 1300 and some hoeses are over 500 years old and you call these ugly houses wich are maybe 50 years old historical LOL!!!
man so f***in ignorant. the least u could do was to check out wikipedia. austraia was never near to village then. did you know that the asians built the chinese wall to protect themselves from the bulgarian empire... we were one of the few that could stand against the roman and otoman empire. in the ears 893-927 bulgaria touched the black, the white, and the adriatic seas. we've been here for 13 centuries... austria aint s***
congratulations ^^ but today you´re just a piece of shit germany has to pay for. what did your country invent whats relevant for the humanity?(german inventions: car, phone, TV, nozzle engine, diesel engine, helicopter...etc..) and why you didnt won the wc ´54 :D
bulgarians where the first to use airplanes as bombers. and btw u were talking about austro-hungaria... yeah now our country is very poor. but when we were in our golden ages, most of the countries today didn't even exist. they were just a bunch of tribes. we hav a couple of novelists too, but because of the communism we're unable to receive them... and don't worry we returned your money...
every land has novelists its not special. and atanasoff was born in the usa... no i never tried yoghurt from bulgaria i dont know what there should be special about it and im sure german yogurth with milk from happy cows from the alps ^^ is better. but whats important about such shit? who cares? and its just another sign that we are just better if u see that we made more in less time. your ancestors just stood at one place and were stupid farmers
ur so full of shit... if it wasnt for the 500 years of otoman yoke who knows what our country would look like... and the special bout our milk is not in the happy cows... there is bacterium Lactobacillus bulgaricus... if you intend on reading more facts about my country and arguing with me, we can go on. bu t since ur so blinded by the german's supremacy there's no point in waisting my time with you... and btw we were one of the country to save our jews...
They should fix them up and give them to the homeless and all the uninsurable in Tennessee or give it back to the CHEROKEE the land you people stole from them
this film will be priceless the moment they do remove everything from that land. what else would they look at if there is nothing else to see of that place?
PLEASE DONT READ THIS! In 1997 a girl called lauren was walikng in a forest and then a she just dissapeared no one ever found her untill 2000 when a yoing girl called Mary found her body and markings on her chest saying: I wasnt pretty enough" and now you have read this she will appear in your mirror saying your not pretty enough and kill you. by the way the girl called mary died shortly after.
To be saved paste this to 5 other videos. THIS IS TRUE
Why do we cling to the past? Because,some of us(yourself excluded),know we are doomed to repeat the same mistakes of the "past",if we don't respect it. If you find yourself scratching your noggin,thinkin',Huh? Don't be afaraid,it's just the contents of that little brain,trying hard to keep up. Have a nice day. James : (
Several people have said so, and i thought about re-editing about a minute into it and screaming like the other ghost videos.. I may do the next one that way
I learned something here. I thought ghost towns was pretty much a phenomenon of the western U.S. (of which there are plenty). I hope at least some of the better preserved buildings can be saved.
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I have had several comments expecting ghosts. There is a mansion in Charleston SC that claims to actually have ghosts.. we are going to check it out soon.
Muy emotivo video, lamentablemente dudo que Elkmont vuelva a ser lo mismo de antes, por lo tanto inmortalizarlo en imagenes fué lo mejor que pudieron hacer.
mtraboulay2002's comments were so unbelievable it moved me to sign up for You Tube just so I could respond. You obviously know absolutely nothing about the Southern United States and are so blinded by your ignorance and prejudice that you missed the video's point all together. The hasty generalizations you make about slave owners and Halliburton are hillarious. Just remember, when we choose to reduce it to witing we expose a little bit of ourselves for all to see as I am happy to do.
I'm sure this video served your purpose, but I kept expecting to see a ghost. . . Something more alluring. I loved the music and the pics although it moved rather slow. So I would say I'm a little disappointed.
are you serious, man this is the most mundane use of you tube ever.First of its intresting that you want to revive something that was made by racist elitist slave owners, ya dang nabbit such a shame.
second of all if you fixed it up, only rich people would be able to buy them.
so you must be some oil tycoon from haliburton that wants his own select social club .
sorry....i just have a real distaste for the south.
So you know for a fact that it was built by slave owners? The place wasn't even built until 1908. This place needs to be saved as a historical landmark. Your prejudices toward the south seem VERY unfounded.
The folks from East Tennessee were very poor and mostly didn't own slaves. They also sided with the North during the Civil War. The Scots-Irish were so independent they succeded from the succession.
Thank You for your comments.
And I am southern, but if you check your Canadian history my Generations go back to Archibald McCoig an elected Gov. Member of your country.
We are going to Williamsburg later this summer, I really love Eastern KY, have been many times through the Cumberland Gap. But Berea? is my favorite part of KY , oh that and DOGPATCH on hwy 75 exit 41 I think?
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I think it's great to see people so interested in the past. It's to those in the past that we even have the future. I think it should be saved and taken care of. People 10 years down the road even sooner would love to see the Ghost Town of Elkmont Houses. I love Ghost Towns. Good work. I loved the music in the back ground also. I hope everything comes out the way you hope.
Has anyone seen the "chicken bone house"as my family calls it.
vietnameiscool 3 weeks ago
@vietnameiscool What is the chicken bone house? sounds interesting.
dmccoig 3 weeks ago
@dmccoig OK so I'm going to explain the whole house to you.At the entrance their is the bone.On the inside (don't worry,its legal) is a normal house in Elkmont : empty rooms and bugs.In the backyard there's a wooden trail that leads to a separate room.When me and my cousin went inside,we found some perfume bottles that were new and other beauty products.
vietnameiscool 3 weeks ago
Thank you for this video, I have been in Tenn all week and knew I was going to check out elkmont. This video was awesome and has me excited about tomorrow morning.
twiztidbagz 2 months ago
@twiztidbagz Hey Jeff, That is so cool, let me know what it looks like? and have fun
dmccoig 2 months ago
@dmccoig
Well, we spent all day at elkmont, walked around and took a ton of photos. I read they are going to stop the deterioration of the buildings. We walked around the main strip and a few back trails. Saw most of the things I wanted to see... the one thing I did not see is the old stair case that led to the train tracks that brought people to the vacation homes. Once I get home I will throw a photo montage together and create a video reply.
twiztidbagz 2 months ago
I dig this channel. Like a mini American history e-book.
LostandFoundTravel 10 months ago
@LostandFoundTravel Thanks Lost and Found!
dmccoig 10 months ago
I think these homes should be restored and kept on the smokey Mountains National parks as our history. Not to tear down the structures but to keep our heritage living on for our future generations.
mcbostic 1 year ago
@mcbostic That is an interesting idea. The park service rents old small cabins on top of Mount LeConte, why not restore these old cottages and rent them to tourists ....
troyshereforu 1 year ago
all my people are from elkmont ..do you know or know of Lem Ownby ? they built Wonderland on his property
redheadmichelle 1 year ago
@redheadmichelle That is very cool, yes we have heard the Ownby name. It is in every cemetery up there! We love the Wonderland and wish we could have stayed a night or two there.
dmccoig 1 year ago
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redheadmichelle 1 year ago
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redheadmichelle 1 year ago
stupid why not just let people come and enjoy the place stay and share in the up keep and repairs fun for kids a get away
RoyElvisBand 1 year ago
I live in the area (Sevierville) and my thought is if it was built primitive ( hewn logs, wooden shakes, hand forged nails) materials from the area it should be perserved like what you see in Cades Cove and Cherokee Orchard. Structeures built with modern materials ( modern framing, asphalt shingles, sheet rock) items that had to be brought into the aera should be removed. Right or wrong thats just my opinion.
TheHarleyhillbilly 1 year ago
I would like to think these buildings were being preserved '... it would be a shame to
to let the buildings rot or be tore down' after all it's part of American history plus it's not as if the buildings dont fit in with the surroundings' I believe the buildings add extra intrest to the area .
TheTexastom62 1 year ago
heibin total ungezogen heute wer will mit mir camn der kann sich ja melden
AllysonDrybreadify 1 year ago
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kingd442001 1 year ago
The book "SYNC" by Steven Strogatz mentions Elkmont and its fireflies. It seems that this is the only place in the Western Hemisphere where the fireflies flash in sincronization. In the book, someone from Elkmont said of the fireflies: they start up in mid June around 10 pm and "exhibit 6 seconds of total darkness; then in perfect sync, thousands light up 6 rapid times in a 3 second period before all going dark for 6 more seconds." Similar syncronisity of fireflies happens in Asia and Africa.
Ozzyjazz 2 years ago
that also happens in southern indiana
DurdleMcDurdle 2 years ago
I don't understand why they couldn't rent these out. It doesn't need to be paved or changed. Just fix up the houses. I would love to rent one of these houses. It is so with nature with trees at every turn and NO CONCRETE which is what people who love nature want anyway.
gourmetcoffeee 2 years ago
Because if you want to rent a freaking cabin, then go into Gatlinburg or Pigeon's Forge or Cherokee or any one of the other tourist hellholes to do that. The Great Smoky Mountains was created to preserve the wilderness, not to give people yet another lodging choice.
JamesRobertSmith 1 year ago
@JamesRobertSmith spoken like the nazi green party idiot you are.
GoldenEyeJack 1 year ago
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ewensell3 2 years ago
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ewensell3 2 years ago
beautiful area but feel sad that habitats are destroying natural surroundings. It's sad we often forget where we came from; nature.
.. and we don't even think twice to our actions to what we could be doing. 2:08 was a beautiful scene there all is great.thank you for sharing.
friend,
ruben
k6yardotcom 2 years ago
i understand whot you meen but the houses are already there it just seems a shame not to use them or worse start ripping trees out all over to build another big hotel with 5000 rooms and a massive car park then every thing you wont to go see will be gone forever so i say keep these little cabins and enjoy your country side that way its more fun that way any way bye from lee in england
dean11081988 2 years ago
i still love this place and would move straight away just one thing can somebody please tell me the lottery numbers im sure its my turn this weak
dean11081988 2 years ago
It is heartbreaking to see the way these homes have been allowed to ruin. Hopefully a decision will be reached soon to allow for the restoration of some of these historically signifigant homes. The Applachian club was a part of the Great Smokies history.
blueroseky 3 years ago
With the UN administrating this area under the guise of a "Biosphere" I'm surprised they let you in to film it.
jjhtr 3 years ago
nature should take over the homes, it is the park's land now, and the people have come and gone, it's time to allow the park to re-vamp itself after humans almost ruined it
cewing2301 3 years ago 4
Thanks cewing, boy it really was a bald area in the 1930s!
Thanks for your comment
Dan
dmccoig 3 years ago
My 85 year old great uncle was forced from his home. The park has thousands and thousands of acres of "natural environments". Why does the park service feel all human history should be removed from the park? It is sad that they have let them ruin. the most popular area of the park is Cades Cove...WHY? People want to know the history of the land and the people who lived there. It is ok to build concrete camping grounds and parking lots but not preserve the history of those who lived there?
emilybeaty 2 years ago 6
@cewing2301 ahhh it is always nice to hear from a tree hugging liberal.
GoldenEyeJack 1 year ago
@cewing2301 Yeah, they need to fall down and rot. Can't wait to see them all go.
JamesRobertSmith 1 year ago
@cewing2301 I am happy to see these ratty structures rotting into the forest floor. The sooner the forest reclaims them the better!
JamesRobertSmith 10 months ago
@cewing2301 Agreed. I am so glad to see these places rot into the ground.
JamesRobertSmith 1 month ago
Love you channel and I love nature,been to the Smoky Mountian's many,many time's both as a child with my parents and as a adult. Also been to the Colorado Rockie's, and after my father retired he moved to the Ozark mountian's outside of Farmington Mo.keep up the great work and please visit the Ozark Mountian's lots of interesting place's there also
Sierra081 3 years ago
I would love to see you do a segment on the beautiful and just as remote Ozark Mountains of rural Missouri. The majesty and beauty of the ozarks is a wonder to behole.
bullmoose6972 3 years ago
Thanks Bullmoose, you may have to do that one, I did go to MO when I was young, Merrimac Caverns, Grants Farm etc
It was great
dmccoig 3 years ago
tell ya what, I would love to, especially of you are financing the expedition. LOL
bullmoose6972 3 years ago
I understand, about the only thing we are financing these days are the electric and gas companies.
dmccoig 3 years ago
I'm going to hit Tenn this fall on a week vacation trip
jamescgale 3 years ago
Awesome James!
Let us know where you go!
dmccoig 3 years ago
Hey Dan - why don't you remove some of the senseless garbage people have found necessary to add to this comment section? Spoils the reading of comments to keep tripping over nonsense.
MerryGoRnd 3 years ago
Love that fiddle!
Really great video and information, keep em coming.
MossyCove 3 years ago
Great Video and storyteller. This made it easy for me to show my friends why I visit the elkmont area every year! Thank you so much! You put me right back there!
smokylover 3 years ago
SAVE THESE HOUSES!!!
WookietheChowChow 3 years ago
GSMNP, take from the people and give it to the privileged. Same as the Soviet Union used to do while proclaiming that they were doing "whatever" for the good of the people. There are too many examples to name where the NPS has sought to remove our freedom of using the park. Shame on you NPS.
hillbillyvol 3 years ago
Thanks for creating and posting this interesting history. As a boy, I frequented the cabins of Elkmont as a guest of the Tate family. The land there is a truly a special place, and it is sad to see it claimed by the intentional neglect of the park service.
KommieBob 3 years ago
wat ever
bakakakang 3 years ago
yeah looks nice id go camping there ; ) doesnt look run down or dirty just uninhabited
Nndankn 3 years ago
qwerty
parys84 3 years ago
Very nice please preserve this place.
John
BCghostTownsDOTca 3 years ago
Thanks John, it is a treasure.
dmccoig 3 years ago
It should be saved as part of it's heritage. A majority of the worlds working people would rather see where the workers lived.
avanzatotrxx 3 years ago
Thanks avanzatotrxx
I think you are right about the working folk. It is a part of history that is often left out of the books in any real meaningful way.
dmccoig 3 years ago
i love the great smoky mountains,i would live there if i could. all homes should be preserved, and decides there are plenty of places one can go to get away from them if they didnt want to see historical homes.... dmc thanks for the videos...by the way whats your favorite place in the smokys, for me thats hard too say, but i think roaring fork is one of them (and i love the houses there too) im going to focus this year on thails near the del rio tn the home of "christy" and "cutters gap"
donnabuckner 3 years ago
Del Rio has a great and rich history, worth telling!
dmccoig 3 years ago
I camp in Elkmont every summer! I would hate to see those cabins go!! They make up part of the experience. I love to walk up toward the Jake's Gap trail head and look at all the old places along the way! I can't wait to go this summer!
rschli1 3 years ago
Thanks rschli1,
It is one of our favorite places in the world.
dmccoig 3 years ago
Ghost Towns are a rare spectacle. I say keep it.
LikaLaruku 3 years ago
where about is this place in the park area ?
whistlepig75 3 years ago
It is 7 miles from Gatlinburg heading toward Townnsend, just look for the Elkmont Campground, But when you get to the campground,(look across the street and you can see the stone steps up the hill to the Wonderland Hotel site) keep going up the road and you will run into them.
dmccoig 3 years ago
Just Leave them be... they aint hurting nothing!
lilredrunningshoe 3 years ago
Thanks lilredrunningshoe
I like the way you think
dmccoig 3 years ago
Gotta love Tennessee!
9sec2valve 4 years ago
GO VOLS!
at least Go Lady Vols :)
dmccoig 3 years ago
I think that this historic vacation community should be maintained. It is so beautiful up there!
pavlos999 4 years ago
Thanks pavlos999
I agree
dmccoig 3 years ago
Tear them down , they were only homes for the rich people who had political connections. All the poor folks were kicked out by the park service years ago.
grousehunter45 4 years ago
How many homeless people could find a home here?
photocat 4 years ago
None, they'd have to pay to get into the park, then they'd have to pay tresspassing fines.
LikaLaruku 3 years ago
Fines yes, but the Smoky Mountains National Park doesn't charge to get in. One of the reasons we love it.
Dan
dmccoig 3 years ago
Wow, that quite a place! I'd love to see those houses. It's a shame if they're falling into disrepair. I'm so glad you could film them before they disappear... Still, perhaps your video will raise some awareness so someone will take action to preserve them. Fingers crossed. Dan =:)
dan9tee 4 years ago
Thanks much dan9tee,
I think they will pick some to save and others to scrape, it is awesome up there though
Dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
Seem the neglect may be due to the 1982 managment plan to remove the structures, no one would invest in development under that plan. But maybe the subsequent Historic district ruling will change that. Seems like two government agencies will spend our taxes trying to solve the dilemma. Beautiful video footage and narration, educational as well.
vidular 4 years ago
I love this video. Thanks for recording it.
TennesseeShelties 4 years ago
On top of old Smokey
All covered with cheese
I lost my poor meatball
When somebody sneezed
Hey Dan! Great video! What's that link to buy Tee shirts, and coffee cups?
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milleeniusX 4 years ago
If it was in England (UK) I'm sure someone would preserve it. It could be resurrected as a holiday location, an escape?
ringadingadan 4 years ago
Perhaps a movie production company would be interested in using them for a project.
That way they could be restored AND government money would not have to be used.
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jaetrae 4 years ago
I did!
Thanks
Dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
I would recycle as much of original materials used in the cottages to refurbish them. Save them.
Offer me one, and I will pack up and get the hell out of the city! In the future, a Mega Walmart with be adjacent to a National Park.
ktorca 4 years ago
i would rather watch paint dry than this guy reading from cue cards in the most monotone voice conceivable
dukesdynasty 4 years ago
Leave the land and remove the houses.
nitricacidx 4 years ago
Stop playing that Violin !!! Pave that crap over and make room for new life.
Zoroasterrrr 4 years ago
Dmb people who build houses out of wood and expect it to last long?! Start learning to build your houses out of bricks fgs.
TiCKoMasta 4 years ago
if i subscribed to the "who gives a chit" channel i would love this video
dukesdynasty 4 years ago
If I subscribed to the "I'm a complete retard for watching a video that I don't care about" channel, I would love this comment.
sejb12992 4 years ago 2
If you take the time to visit this place you will want it preserved too. Too bad the Park Service never has funds for this type of work anymore. Maybe corporate adoption would work, get Georgia/Pacific to repair one etc.
gpbroker 4 years ago
guess what? people were willing and the government said no thank you - it wouldn't have cost to repair - and then "the People" could have enjoyed - too bad life is so political.
lcrawford402 4 years ago
Yeah, Don't care.
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oshikimiki 4 years ago
Most houses shown there are little more than wooden shacks. I don't see what is to be preserved.
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mmbg 4 years ago
Great record of a faded time - gentle and humble production - worthy effort - thanks for your passion and concern. Will be an invaluable record for what I hope is ongoing careful management...
garyjenny 4 years ago
xzvr1 your just as bad as everyone else.
BrotherQ69 4 years ago
You can always tell an idiot by the words they speak, case in point here. Guess that's why your name is Tyrant, it's fitting.
braticuss 4 years ago
HAHAHAAA historical man you americans just have no culture in my city was established in 1300 and some hoeses are over 500 years old and you call these ugly houses wich are maybe 50 years old historical LOL!!!
Ruchsacksepp 4 years ago
my country was found way back in 681 but u still dont see me wavin my d*** n hatin..
LipzZ 4 years ago
haha bulgaria was not founded in 681 they where one country with austria till hmm i think 1890. omg
Ruchsacksepp 4 years ago
man so f***in ignorant. the least u could do was to check out wikipedia. austraia was never near to village then. did you know that the asians built the chinese wall to protect themselves from the bulgarian empire... we were one of the few that could stand against the roman and otoman empire. in the ears 893-927 bulgaria touched the black, the white, and the adriatic seas. we've been here for 13 centuries... austria aint s***
LipzZ 4 years ago
congratulations ^^ but today you´re just a piece of shit germany has to pay for. what did your country invent whats relevant for the humanity?(german inventions: car, phone, TV, nozzle engine, diesel engine, helicopter...etc..) and why you didnt won the wc ´54 :D
Ruchsacksepp 4 years ago
John Atanasov, the man who invetnted the first computer was bulgarian. have you ever tasted bulgarian youghurt? or
LipzZ 4 years ago
bulgarians where the first to use airplanes as bombers. and btw u were talking about austro-hungaria... yeah now our country is very poor. but when we were in our golden ages, most of the countries today didn't even exist. they were just a bunch of tribes. we hav a couple of novelists too, but because of the communism we're unable to receive them... and don't worry we returned your money...
LipzZ 4 years ago
every land has novelists its not special. and atanasoff was born in the usa... no i never tried yoghurt from bulgaria i dont know what there should be special about it and im sure german yogurth with milk from happy cows from the alps ^^ is better. but whats important about such shit? who cares? and its just another sign that we are just better if u see that we made more in less time. your ancestors just stood at one place and were stupid farmers
Ruchsacksepp 4 years ago
ur so full of shit... if it wasnt for the 500 years of otoman yoke who knows what our country would look like... and the special bout our milk is not in the happy cows... there is bacterium Lactobacillus bulgaricus... if you intend on reading more facts about my country and arguing with me, we can go on. bu t since ur so blinded by the german's supremacy there's no point in waisting my time with you... and btw we were one of the country to save our jews...
LipzZ 4 years ago
i just joked about happy cows because nobody is interested in yoghurt. you can be very very proud of this bacterium really congratulations...!
Ruchsacksepp 4 years ago
They should fix them up and give them to the homeless and all the uninsurable in Tennessee or give it back to the CHEROKEE the land you people stole from them
nohealthcare62 4 years ago
rotflmao
kn3ckel 4 years ago
Right on!
daligoddess2006 4 years ago
very interesting. I like the feeling of uncovering secrets before the masses get to them.
rightclix 4 years ago
this film will be priceless the moment they do remove everything from that land. what else would they look at if there is nothing else to see of that place?
eyebeams2007 4 years ago
say the elkmont community! i wish i could be there, looks really soothing.
junqtion 4 years ago
save*
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thababygurl93 4 years ago
I'm sure there are some buildings in that community that are worth saving and fixing up but I doubt all of them are.
Pokygirl2001 4 years ago
Why do we cling to the past? Because,some of us(yourself excluded),know we are doomed to repeat the same mistakes of the "past",if we don't respect it. If you find yourself scratching your noggin,thinkin',Huh? Don't be afaraid,it's just the contents of that little brain,trying hard to keep up. Have a nice day. James : (
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Knk082 4 years ago
why do we cling to the past?
305cid 4 years ago
That was an exquisite piece of filmmaking - and a marvelous example of putting youtube to good use!
Pambie36 4 years ago
I dont mean to criticize but if you want to save it why did the camera person zoom in on the hole in the floor in front of the front door.
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tailsinspace 4 years ago
Thanks tailsinspace,
I didnt see any, I have however been haunted by the list of things I need to work on around the house, instead of making videos!
again Thanks
Dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
love it
ritagblue 4 years ago
Thanks ritagblue,
It is nice to hear.
Dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
Ummm wow. I just seen ghost in title and expected to be O_O wowzd. But nvm. *gets down to this grrrreeeeatttttt music* Not. :-D
RustedGlass 4 years ago
Thanks Rusted glass,
Several people have said so, and i thought about re-editing about a minute into it and screaming like the other ghost videos.. I may do the next one that way
Dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
I learned something here. I thought ghost towns was pretty much a phenomenon of the western U.S. (of which there are plenty). I hope at least some of the better preserved buildings can be saved.
FallonBill 4 years ago
I have too FallonBill,
so many folks have written to tell me about more Ghost towns here in the south.. We are going to see one this weekend up in WV
Thanks
Dan
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IRISHMOBSTER55 4 years ago
I do to, but hate Moles more.. the only way to get rid of moles is to die first!
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ADReNaL1ne17 4 years ago
Why was I expecting ghost stuff? Oh well...
reformedfruit 4 years ago
thats wacko i was expecting the same thing fo r33l
MpL0g4n15 4 years ago
I'm sorry MpLog4n15,
*see comment to Rusted glass.
thanks for taking the time to comment
Dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
Sorry reformedfruit,
I have had several comments expecting ghosts. There is a mansion in Charleston SC that claims to actually have ghosts.. we are going to check it out soon.
thanks
Dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
Thanks for taking the time to reply. This video is actually pretty cool, I just misread the title while tube-surfing.
Best of luck to you.
reformedfruit 4 years ago
Muy emotivo video, lamentablemente dudo que Elkmont vuelva a ser lo mismo de antes, por lo tanto inmortalizarlo en imagenes fué lo mejor que pudieron hacer.
dpcmelyu 4 years ago
I dont speak this launguage, I barely speak english correctly.. translation anyone?
Thanks (I hope)
Dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
Translation
Emotive video, unfortunally I don't think Elkmont town could back to be the same, so then, inmortalize it in images is the best you can do
Best regards
dpcmelyu 4 years ago
i don't get it.
hypergamer8789 4 years ago
I didnt either the first time I watched it hypergamer8789.
I didnt plan to post, but decided to just because I didnt figure more than 3-4 people would watch it..
Thanks for commenting
Dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
poop!!!!
romMellow 4 years ago
mtraboulay2002's comments were so unbelievable it moved me to sign up for You Tube just so I could respond. You obviously know absolutely nothing about the Southern United States and are so blinded by your ignorance and prejudice that you missed the video's point all together. The hasty generalizations you make about slave owners and Halliburton are hillarious. Just remember, when we choose to reduce it to witing we expose a little bit of ourselves for all to see as I am happy to do.
jgianniny 4 years ago
i thought this place was guna be like haunted && like c ghosts this is definately not that
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jagdgear 4 years ago
If I ever do see a ghost looking back at me, there be no tape of it.. unless the ghost picks up my camera and posts a vid on YouTube!
Thanks
Dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
I'm sure this video served your purpose, but I kept expecting to see a ghost. . . Something more alluring. I loved the music and the pics although it moved rather slow. So I would say I'm a little disappointed.
maggielaneink 4 years ago
So sorry maggielaneink.
I agree it could have been much better
thanks
Dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
*yawn* this was soo flipping boring *yawn*
yuogut 4 years ago
Your not kidding, I saw a comment about sleeping on a desk in elementary school. Thats what I would be doing if I didnt like history and old houses!
Thanks, I try to post more vibrant videos
dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
are you serious, man this is the most mundane use of you tube ever.First of its intresting that you want to revive something that was made by racist elitist slave owners, ya dang nabbit such a shame.
second of all if you fixed it up, only rich people would be able to buy them.
so you must be some oil tycoon from haliburton that wants his own select social club .
sorry....i just have a real distaste for the south.
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olop01 4 years ago
So you know for a fact that it was built by slave owners? The place wasn't even built until 1908. This place needs to be saved as a historical landmark. Your prejudices toward the south seem VERY unfounded.
hothotheat42 4 years ago
Thank you hothotheat,
I know its usually the other way around? I do hear people in the south disrespectful to the folks from up north, but the reverse is more rare.
Thanks
Dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
The folks from East Tennessee were very poor and mostly didn't own slaves. They also sided with the North during the Civil War. The Scots-Irish were so independent they succeded from the succession.
Thank You for your comments.
And I am southern, but if you check your Canadian history my Generations go back to Archibald McCoig an elected Gov. Member of your country.
Thanks you for commenting
Dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
I feel like im in elementry... I just wish i could turn out the lights at my desk and fall asleep.
phildphunk 4 years ago
I feel your pain, I slept a great deal in school to video/films just like this .. so sorry to bore!
Thanks for commenting
Dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
it wasnt boring... It jus brought back memories!
phildphunk 4 years ago
The shot of the running brook made me Really want to be there, thanks.
Surf2Jesus 4 years ago
Thanks surf2Jesus,
The streams are cold like they are nearly frozen and clear. I wish I were there as well now..
Dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
if you want to bring the past alive, visit Williamsburg, Va. now that is a place to restore an visit the past. Shacks are a plenty in the south and
enter-city, believe me, I know, I'm from eastern KY.
jackmaggard 4 years ago
Cool jackmaggard,
We are going to Williamsburg later this summer, I really love Eastern KY, have been many times through the Cumberland Gap. But Berea? is my favorite part of KY , oh that and DOGPATCH on hwy 75 exit 41 I think?
Thanks
Dan
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Terrekon 4 years ago
Love the music
Yousignhere 4 years ago
Thanks yousignhere,
I called Nick on the phone and told him about your comment.
He is a wonderfully talented Mississippian!
Kind regards
Dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
I think it's great to see people so interested in the past. It's to those in the past that we even have the future. I think it should be saved and taken care of. People 10 years down the road even sooner would love to see the Ghost Town of Elkmont Houses. I love Ghost Towns. Good work. I loved the music in the back ground also. I hope everything comes out the way you hope.
beth6580 4 years ago
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YugSoth 4 years ago
Thank you beth for your great comments..
I agree it is wonderful the debate that appears to have taken over this little video.
It is fun as well
Thanks
Dan
dmccoig 4 years ago
best sleep i got in my life! XD
scarfacecrazy77 4 years ago