DanTraveling Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia -

On a recent Autumn trip up the Blue Ridge Parkway, we got a glimpse into the workings of the Mabry Mill. There were Rangers telling stories and grinding corn as well as Blacksmith and weaving demonstrations. Over twenty million visitors a year head up and down the parkway and Mabry Mill is a favorite destination. This video features beautiful photographs taken by Janet.

From HappyMappy.com Perhaps the most photographed site on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Mabry Mill was a community gathering place in the early decades of the 1900s and is a gathering place for Parkway visitors today. A restored gristmill, sawmill, wood working shop, and blacksmith shop. Traditional rural skills such as basket weaving, chair caneing, spinning and weaving are demonstrated on a regular basis during the visitor season. Apple butter on weekends in October and music and dancing each Sunday afternoon during the summer and fall make Mabry Mill one of many delightful Parkway experiences. Located at Milepost 176 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Moonshine, Corn Grinding, and Blacksmiths

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[toonful]

nice video,im just off the parkway in carroll co. Va....thanks for the ride,my grandpa told me about 30 yrs. ago,that if some1 was sentenced to hard labor in prison,they beat boulders into rocks building this great 45mph road to really see some of God's beautiful work..may God bless you & yours...

[dmccoig]

Thanks for the history, I bet that prison labor built much of what we vacation on nowadays

[tjbigdog64]

Hey Dan I'm really glad that I ran across your videos. They are excellent in every aspect. You took me right back to when I was a kid in the late 60's traveling with my Mom & Pop. We always took the Skyline Drive & Blue Ridge Parkway when vacationing to see family in Yadkin Valley NC. Some of my fondest memories are of Mabry Mill. We have pics of our family (there were 7 kids) playing around the mill stream and pond. Thank you for posting.

This ones for CL Doc Johnson Sr. R.I.P.

Miss ya Pop.

[dmccoig]

Thank You so much tjbigdog,

your comment is one of our absolute favorites. We love having and making memories with family and it sounds like you have quite a few great ones yourself. We'll leave this video up as long as YouTube lets us, hopefully forever, so you can go back to Mabry Mill anytime you wish. We just came from seeing the Frescos over in W. Jefferson. Is that still in the Yadkin?

[TorsoFok]

Thanks for all your video's!

I really like American history and it has

always been a dream of mine to go to the

United States and see it for myself.

I'm hoping i will go there in a few years.

Keep up the good work! Greeting from Holland.

[dmccoig]

Thank You so much TorsoFok,

We hope you get to come over someday, Traveling is great here in the south of the USA

[TheUrsulafoster]

i enjoyed thia, i married a foster from rocky mount.

[cyankuruma]

I love being from Virginia. These people are my ancestors. I'm of Scot/Irish decent.

[muffelmeierheinrich]

Real nice video, bringing back lots of old memories. I spent all my summers growing up in Meadows of Dan, and my sister used to be a waitress in the Restaurant serving those great tasting pancakes. Once I was even "given" a bath in the sluice guiding the water to the Mill, maybe thats why I like hot showers so much.

[GrnEyedAngel81]

Oh, I can't tell you how much I loved seeing this.....This and Mt. Mitchell have always been our fav. stops on the Parkway. And to share, my man loves the Sullivan Sisters and has a couple of their cd's as he also plays gospel bluegrass in the Fredericksburg/King George/Caroline County, VA area. We are particularly fond of Graves Mountain - also a great area to learn to appreciate the beauty of VA and the Blue Ridge.

[Beebomb101]

FANTASTIC video. Thanks for sharing the part of America some people don't apprciate. Don't keep it a secret. This country was settle by those who were never faint hearted, but willing to sacrifice after haveing been shackeled by Europeona Class society that was less than geteel! They were hearty immigrants who came to bring not take from a country that was bless by God. It's up to us keep it!! Freedom is never FREE.

[luvscats69]

I haven't been there in years. I miss going there.

[bigd522524]

thanks for sharing !:D

[carlapage54]

samuel balsley elizabeth,s husband was a blacksmith on the mountain.he probably worked at the mabry mill.

[carlapage54]

i have a special attachment to the mountain,my family history is on the mountain.they have records of every family that lived up on the mountain as we call it.if you need help researching your families i will be glad to help.the docents have the records and will copy them if the records aren,t too lengthy.aunt orleana puckett delivered my ancestors children.elizabeth jane page&samuel balsley lived on the mountain and are buried there.

[carlapage54]

thankyou so much for this video,it is my all time favorite.i,ve been to mabry mill twice now,i was there just last month.the mountain is like home to me.