The First Appalachians

Comments · 2.7K

• TH

  @TheAppalachianStoryteller · 4 years ago · pinned

  Support the preservation of Appalachian History by Subscribing to this channel. Like, Comment, and Share!<br>SPONSOR this channel- by clicking the JOIN button<br>OFFICIAL MERCH- <a href="http://www.theappalachianstoryteller.com/">www.theappalachianstoryteller.com</a><br>FACEBOOK- <a href="http://www.facebook.com/theappalachianstoryteller">www.facebook.com/theappalachianstoryteller</a>

  173

• CH

  @cherylcbutmck7384 · 1 year ago

  These people built America folks...very proud to be Appalachian...

  96

• RA

  @raquellucas2202 · 4 years ago

  I am so proud of our history. I’m from very southwestern WV. We “ hillbillies “ usually get a bad rap. We come from strong, smart and self resilient ancestors. We were so isolated for so long that we had to be strong and self sufficient. Independent! Especially after the civil war, no schools for generations. Still we stand proud, we made it. &nbsp;Love this and thank you!

  575

• CA

  @catshannon2u · 1 year ago

  This is one of my favorite stories but I&apos;m happy to say that the chestnut tree is making a comeback, there are some arborist that have been successful in bringing them back to Appalachia. We may not see them in our lifetime but our grandchildren will ❤

  47

• BR

  @bradlane3662 · 4 years ago

  My grandmother, my Dad&apos;s mom had 16. She was born in 1893 here in southern WV. She married at 14 and had her first at 15. In 1908. She had 14 straight boys! Then finally a daughter in 1930. Then my Dad, the last, in 1933. She had one set of twins. 15 pregnancies over a 25 year span. That&apos;s over 11 years of her life pregnant! They farmed and made liquor for a living. Some of the boys stole a few of her chickens to boil over a campfire while they drank one night. She offered them a choice of jail or a beating at her hands! She was in her 50s by then. They all opted for a beating, even though some of them were crying! (grown men!) She died at 78 when I was 13. What a woman! They literally don&apos;t make people, not just women, like this anymore. And that&apos;s why our country is collapsing. A generation of &quot;IT&apos;S ALL ABOUT ME!&quot; self entitled wimps!

  387

• KA

  @karenashton5053 · 3 years ago

  My great grandma was scot Irish from Tennessee and came to Texas after the Civil War on a covered wagon. Her married name was Steele and the women were strong and proud. I have her cast iron boiling pot and I proudly can hunt, fish, and can fruits. I’m damn proud to continue the strong tradition.

  259

• NA

  @Nannada1212 · 3 years ago (edited)

  &quot;Good men, who were patient, calm, and reserved... Were also men who were courageous, prompt, and thorough.&quot; That&apos;s such a good line, man!

  111

• KE

  @kells4723 · 1 year ago

  My 7th great-grandfather, John Lewis, was the first settler in the Shenandoah Valley. His sons carried on his legacy—General Andrew Lewis led forces at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, often considered the first battle of the American Revolutionary War, and Colonel Charles Lewis died fighting in that same battle. Proud to be part of this remarkable heritage!!

  18

• ND

  @Ndimethy · 2 years ago

  I’m proud to be appalachian and no one can take that from me 🙌

  10

• FL

  @FlashyVic · 4 years ago (edited)

  Hello from an Ulster Scot (what you call Scotch/Irish) whose ancestors stayed in Northern Ireland and who stumbled on this video by accident. Just a little example of shared roots separated by centuries and thousands of miles. My wife&apos;s maiden name is an uncommon old Scots surname and when her brother did a genealogy search he found &nbsp;out there are only 2 areas on the planet where the surname is found in any &nbsp;numbers. Here in the northern part of County Down and in Eastern Tennessee but not in Scotland. Seems that the entire original family migrated to Ulster from Scotland in the early 1600s and then half of them made the further leap across the pond a century or so later.

  633

• LE

  @learawson2232 · 10 months ago

  I feel deprived that I did not get to grow up there. So beautiful!

  10

• TE

  @terrylyons3577 · 3 years ago

  My grandpa told me how devastating it was when all the chestnut trees died. He said there was such bountiful food for people and animals that came from the trees. He said they were as thick as the hickory trees in the Appalachian hills. The ground would be covered in chestnuts like you can find hickory nuts and acorns now. He said that was one of the biggest losses in his entire life. It changed life forever in the mountains.

  76