kzread.info/dash/bejne/qmprlryphrPPirQ.htmlsi=YIJW3JCIBf3_j5M1 0:05 0:05 This is my first drive through from a few years ago if anyone's interested.

Many years ago my husband drove me thru these hills. Many years ago my husband and I drove into those hills in W. V. We happened upon a woman who was sitting outside her home (shack). We got to talking and she suddenly gets up to go inside her house and came out w/ an incredibly beautiful patchwork quilt that she wanted to sell us for $20. It’s beautiful - we gave her (5) $20 bills and some smaller bills - that’s all we had on us. I buried my husband in it 🙏 and I’m glad I did so.

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

Aww.. that's a really nice story and happy you got to experience that. 🙃 The area is full of really nice people in my experience.. drugs have made an impact over the years but I've had nothing but pleasantries with the people in the area. Thank you for the story 💖

@RichRocketMan

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Marleen. If you don't mind me asking, how old was your husband when he passed. Was it long ago?

@Grammie-hk5vb

2 ай бұрын

My roots run deep....thank you. 🌹

I grew up in Thurmond in the 70's & 80's. We lived in the 2nd yellow house on the left after the 1st big U corner. My aunt, uncle & cousins lived in the yellow house before ours. My great uncle lived in the green house up on the hill to the right after my house. It had around 60 people in it back then. We has electricity, burnt coal & wood for heat & an alternate source for cooking when the power would go out. The water ran down off the mountain & collected in a huge tank for that part of the town. In the winter the water pump would freeze, so we always made sure we had enough water to last awhile if it did. Lots of great memories growing up there.

@travsteelman

2 ай бұрын

That is awesome.. I would have absolutely loved to live their as a kid in a thriving little community. Being a kid around all that wilderness and next to the river.. I'm sure it would get boring after awhile but the 70s and 80s were a different time altogether and not as many things to sidetrack us. I know its a shadow of what it used to be and it's sad but time marches on I guess. I appreciate the post 👋

@nfernandez11163

2 ай бұрын

You are a better man for experiencing your childhood here and I can tell you are proud.

very cool. id live there and be perfectly happy....

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

Same here.. they have an air bnb you can rent that's an original home next to the caretakers houses up on top of town.

@SpiKSpaN-ei6zq

4 ай бұрын

Love the mountains and isolation

@bennetts-revenge_2

4 ай бұрын

Me too

@user-bq4pd6te9o

4 ай бұрын

What a hole

@kevinsievert5489

3 ай бұрын

Me also. My dream town actually

Love videos like this... Thank You...

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

Thank you 😃

WV is an interesting and beautiful state. I saw a man riding a horse through the drive thru at McDonald's in Grafton, WV. After he ordered and rode to the window to get his food, the person at the window fed the horse oatmeal. After leaving the window he rode over to a sign at the edge of the parking lot, tied the rein around the post and ate. When he left he proceeded to the road and joined a line of cars at the traffic light. When the light turned green and the traffic began to move he had the horse at a trot, passed through the light and then galloped on down the road. Still wishing I would have had a camera to film that. Nice video. Thanks for sharing the ride.

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

That's awesome.. I guarantee he was a regular and nobody looked twice or thought it was odd.. good stuff 👋

Sure, it may be abandoned, but it's in great shape. No graffiti, no burned out buildings, no trash on the roads or smashed windows. It looks like a place people took pride in. Pride that still pays tribute to those who have come before.

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

People still appreciate it and treat it well.. it's not something that you happen across,so,anyone that's there has specifically intended to go appreciate the history.. kinda neat that everyone is on the same page 😃

@nfernandez11163

2 ай бұрын

I give credit to these true Americans for their fortitude and pride of where they live and respect for their ancestors.

@truckinpoppop6777

Ай бұрын

The national park service has a lot to do with it I believe.

I visited a friend of mine in West Virginia back in the 80's. They had just bought a small house with land. Back then, a piece of property was going for under $10,000 for an 4 acres. They were very happy there, the neighbors were fantastic. Very rustic, and I loved the wood stove. I fell in love with West Virginia, and I'll never forget John Denver's song West Virginia, country mama ... It's just saddens me that those older ones have all passed away and their kids are gone too (moved out of the town). Their homes were simple and so modest. It was like stepping back in a time of peace and security. Everyone knew who was who, and took care of each other. They really put the true meaning of love thy neighbor so many years ago. I appreciate you driving through the Holler of Thurmond. I've never been there, but it reminds me of the place I did go when visiting my friends.

@travsteelman

2 ай бұрын

Thats awesome.. There's still alot of that in the small towns.. drugs took their tolls but places like hinton and welch and those little towns built on the hills and rivers are still right off of a postcard scene. I've been looking at land and it's still ridiculously cheap for 2024 😃

Building those houses on that steep hillside must have been interesting. Thank you for posting this video.

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

Very welcome 😃 There's alot of that type of construction in Appalachia.. they either build on the hillside or dig into the hillside and flatten it out so they can build.. makes for neat homes and structures 👋

@crystalbelle2349

2 ай бұрын

⁠@@travsteelmanawe, I identified with one that house in my YT stream, recognizing it as WV. My now 90 year old aunt always lived in those hillside rentals in Logan County, where I grew up. Saddens me I can’t visit here now that she’s 90, but I relocated in 1989 for work, so am now disabled at age 62 & haven’t driven in over a year due to vision & mobility issues. Admittedly cried watching you video, as the broken one lane road around that mountain reminded me of the road through Harts Creek to my grandparents home when I was a little girl, so tears of joy & fond memories. Haha I remember Mom growling at Dad for driving too fast, although her warning was right: never know what’s around the next curve or where the road had broken off, leading to a steep drop into those beautiful trees & rattlers! As a Daddy’s girl, I laughed, knowing my Dad was “Superman” so could fly us to safety regardless. Now, I live in a small, comfortable house in NC, a Type A personality turned recluse hiding my shame after medical issues piled on after a guy in a truck bigger than mine ran a red light in 2000. Awe, I went back to work, but by 2005 medical specialists denied me a work return clearance bc at 5’2” I had “the spine of a 70 year old working man”. Fortunately, I married & had a son back when I was age 14 & knew everything lol. Yes, feeding the cliches of West Virginia child brides, but my husband was only 16 & of no relation to my family. He & I are still friends and I bought the house next door to my son & his family once invited by my daughter inlaw, bc God blessed me with a grandson to help raise early 2006. My lift limit was 5 lbs. but I was surrounded by friends to help while my son & his wife were both working, keeping the desire to live in me. My grandson is an adult now, hasn’t really needed supervision since around age ten, with me next door. So I spend too much time on KZread, although I mind my own without harming anyone. Sometimes, like this evening, I am blessed with a visit to my childhood, thanks to you & a couple other. It was my Mom’s sister who spent her life in those hillside rentals with her exhusband & children, while we lived several mountains away near a little town named Man bc my Dad worked in the coal mines there as a UMWA electrician. Only 2 states away was as different as though we relocated to a different country, so I earnestly appreciate these videos after leaving in the eighties during “the great falling away”. But that’s a story for another day. Thank you very much for a quality video with very professional, high quality photography and audio. May GBU & yours with long, healthy & prosperous lives. Pardon typos from arthritic fingers & wonky eyes, but I enjoyed this so much that I would have felt like a troll to leave without telling you how appreciative I am to you for your kindness and work. ~

@travsteelman

2 ай бұрын

@@crystalbelle2349 I very much appreciate this.. thank you 💖 👋

I miss these small towns.

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

Go visit west Virginia.. small towns are alive and well.. Not always thriving but they try.

@nfernandez11163

2 ай бұрын

Me as well.

I love the Appalachian area

I like it so quiet and love all the woods and winding road.

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

It's definitely quite.. a train comes through every now and then and makes a racket but that's about it 😃

Interesting drive. That must have been quite the place once. Thanks for the vid.

@travsteelman

5 ай бұрын

It was.. used to be a boom town in the 1800s from all the coal.

That sucks, looks like a nice quiet place to live.exellent video bro

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

It's super peaceful for sure.. thank you 👋

Yes it's old. But very well maintained. Not a piece of trash to be found ! I bet people don't even have to lock their doors,

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

Probably not.. everyone treats it well when they come to visit 😃

Beautiful countryside

Creepy how some of those houses and buildings just hanging off the mountain 😮

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

And been hanging there 150 years or more 😲

I have traveled all over WV on motorcycle. Its a beautiful state. But what i really liked was the people. Interesting down to earth people. I am in my 70s now traveled all around the world several times. Theres no place like WV and its people.

@travsteelman

2 ай бұрын

I agree.. I live in florida and we've gotten far too busy.. everyone is grumpy and aggressive and in each other's way. West Virginia is like another planet compared to here 👋

Thanks for the tour. I kept expecting the road to be totally washed out in places -- but it wasn't. And abandoned houses to be trashed -- but they didn't seem to be. Very good that folks are respecting Thurmond. There were many more houses there than I expected: I thought the first set of them would be it for the town. Thank you.

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it! It used to be a boom town with probably 5 times as many structures but a few burned and time did in the rest of them.. People are really respectful of it because you have to make a point to visit it and not alot of people live close so it's not a weekend hangout 😀

If I were 20 years younger I would love to live there.

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

It's a great area if you have some money and love the solitude.. not alot of jobs around.

I drove thru Virginia. Its scary as hell. Gives me the creeps.

@user-bk8rq5by8w

2 ай бұрын

y just curious. My daughter used to live in WV in a few different places. Ive been 3 times didnt get no weird vibes but i have alot of other places and i do get where your comimg from.

@nfernandez11163

2 ай бұрын

I’ve driven through NYC and LA and I was terrified and ready to get the hell out.

People still have respect for this town. Notice the windows are not all broken. Imagine if this was Chicago, everything would be destroyed and looted.

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

Very much so.. people that I've seen there are very conscious of the history and try not to disturb it 👍

@krisaaron8180

3 ай бұрын

Maybe they haven't been corrupted by the idea that you stand up for your rights by destroying things.

Stunning !

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

It is that 😃

It reminds me of parts of western Massachusetts.

Up in the Holler.

You are truly a wonderful person

I would love to visit and live there! Thanks for sharing your adventure with us!

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

Absolutely.. 😃

Very interesting drive. Lot of stories there

Awesome video. Driving the steep rough roads make it feel even more remote. 😊

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

Its pretty remote but definitely has that feel with the old single lane roads 😃

My dad grew up in breach fork around the Huntington area. It's was just like that. Very poor people

my home town. well the half that is still there

Thanks for sharing...absolutely breathtaking views definitely want to visit and stay at the bnb...or permanently looks so well taken care of ...really appreciate the ones who have kept up with the upkeep of the town...may all travelers who visit do the same not just here...everyone everywhere ❤

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

It's a neat place.. super lush and green in the summer too 😃

Nice. Reminds me of Bear River, Nova Scotia. Same hills, narrow roads, even the architecture.

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

Probably built in the same Era 😃

Cool stuff

I love WV so its great seeing the different places. I was there in the 70s and in 2000. Would love to live there again

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

It's an awesome,calm place.. I live in florida and escape a few times a year to somewhere calmer.

Strong resident evil 4 energy in this place.

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

I'm sayin.. it's a totally different vibe in the summer 😆

@nfernandez11163

2 ай бұрын

Why?

Very cool. Love how it wasn't just hokey music or stupid chatting

@nfernandez11163

2 ай бұрын

Appalachian music is not hokey and its roots are from Scotland and Ireland. It’s music from the heart.

Very well built older homes

I always thought this was the place to go if World War 3 starts-hide in those mountains! I’m in SC-lived in WV before and I’m glad it is so different from other places. A sense of peace and home. I miss WV. The land is quiet.

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

It would be a super good place to go.. One of my favorite places on earth. Super nice people too.

Cool road, that one on the mountain. It reminds me of some of the roads in far western Morris County, NJ, where I grew up. That's a part of Thurmond I haven't seen on KZread. This video came up in my feed, I guess because of watching other videos from Appalachia. By the way, my Mom is a Steelman.

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

Oh awesome.. im glad the youtube algorithm is getting the oddball videos out for people to see the stuff they don't normally get to.. New Jersey has alot of country around the pine Barron's and stuff that alot of people aren't familiar with.. they just think of a big ole city. My steelman side of the family is mostly in Tennessee.. that's neato

I might be wrong but i believe there is a toxics problem in the Thurman Minden area, PCBs etc dumped. Hopefully with National Park New River Gorge designation it will be cleaned up soon if it hasnt already

Ty for sharing this😊

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

Very welcome 😃

Nice place to explore, rather interesting

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

Very interesting.. alot of history in that area and even prettier with the leaves on the trees 🌳

so much history

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

For sure 😃

Imagine driving that road when covered in ice😢

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

It would be an adventure.. may slide right off the edge 😬

@joanwood9480

4 ай бұрын

We lived in central WVa and there was only about 6 weeks of hard winter. We didn't have a real problem. Just needed a 4 wheel drive to get up to the hard road where we parked our little Honda.

@joanwood9480

4 ай бұрын

We lived in central WVa and there was only about 6 weeks of hard winter. We didn't have a real problem. Just needed a 4 wheel drive to get up to the hard road where we parked our little Honda.

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

@@joanwood9480 I think my little corolla could handle it 😆 😃

It's really nice in West Virginia.... can't exactly explain it but I loved being there. New River near Hinton is real good fishing and stunning. All the people I met were very kind to me.

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

Hinton is a really neat place.. I stayed in a nice little bed and breakfast there a couple years ago and it's a cool town. The entire new river gorge area is hard to explain the appeal if someone hasn't been there.. just calm and slow and the people really are nice 😃

@katbow5922

4 ай бұрын

@@travsteelman I totally agree. Ron and I camped along New River, fished for Bass caught some of the best catfish I have ever tasted. Yeah, trees make a noise when they fall in the forest. Trains on the other side of the river sound like the are comin' thru your tent and the earth moves. Crazy, me much younger and in lust/love some of my best memories. Even waking up to a bear diggin' for the leftovers in the fire pit. Everybody I met was super down to earth. Ron is gone now , sadly but I get to keep.the memories. New river gorge is indeed a place you have to see, and feel to appreciate. Thanks for your post♥️

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

@@katbow5922 well booo.. sorry about the loss but yes.. memories can't be taken away. I love when the new river is low and the sound of the water on all the boulders at the bottom.. just a pleasant,constant,roar 💖 Thank you 👋

A very nice video, thanks, I enjoyed it. Historic but very sad, what a tough life for so many good people. Is the railroad still being used?

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 👋 It's very active.. coal trains come through with CSX regularly and AMTRAK stops at thurmond depot 😲

This would be a PERFECT location to film an American remake of the infamous British horror classic "Eden Lake" (2008)...!!

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

I'll have to look it up.. definitely good horror movie material at night

@l.salisbury1253

4 ай бұрын

@@travsteelman "Eden Lake" has been compared to no-less-a-movie than "Deliverance"!! It's proof that England's backwoods rednecks are just as scary and dangerous as ours! (I'm surprised it hasn't remade Stateside yet!) Trailers are on KZread...

I'd live there and be happy. This used to be a thriving town. Sad

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

It was a boom town in the 1800s..used to be alot more buildings and homes but some burned down or collapsed or got demolished over the years.

I could dig it !

I was waiting for a car to come in the opposite direction

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

I amazed I've never encountered one.. somebody would he backing up 😃

Those cliff houses are typical to river towns. I was raised in Hannibal , Mo. there were several there.when the Mississippi got out it kept those close to the River safe.

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

Smart.. we have stilt homes near the coast here in Florida where I live.

They filmed a movie there. All the town scenes for "Matewan" were filmed there, especially the famous shootout with the miners and strike breakers.

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

I'll have to check that out

@jlohmann13

4 ай бұрын

I remember that movie well.

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

I need to make a specific note to find this movie.. apparently James earl Jones is in it 😲

Looks like where Loretta Lynn grew up. Kool!

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

She was born a coal miners daughter so probably close enough..

@captseamus

4 ай бұрын

Butcher Hollow, Kentucky

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

@@captseamus 155 miles away from thurmond.. not too far I guess 😃

@sharthun2009

3 ай бұрын

Not even close in distance or looks.

@misssusan8000

3 ай бұрын

@sharthun2009 comparing it to butcher holler was just a rhetorical statement, sweetie.

My wife would HATE IT, she's a city girl. I am a country boy at heart and would love it, assuming a comfy house and sufficient income. It could get very lonely though. Still, I'd prefer it to being woke up in the middle of the night by car "boom boxes" or neighbors with loud party music as is my situation now.

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

For sure.. I've thought if renting the air bnb for a few nights but I think I'd go a little stir crazy after a day or two.. if I'm being honest.

new sub

lovely place

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

The whole area is amazing

I always ahd to go through Thurmond to visit my grandmother who lived in Harvey. On the way to Harvey, you came to Thurmond, which led to Glen Jean. Glen Jean was at the the bottom and you climbed a road similar to this one and ended up in Harvey.

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

Very cool.. must be a neat trip 😃

This is a national park ..NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL PARK

Bet it's scary at night winter ❄️ must be a birch t😄

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

Yes and yes I'm sure 😆

I just happen upon this video; thank you.

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

Very welcome.. glad you enjoyed it 😃

❤❤❤❤❤

Hell Yeah

Thanks for sharing

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

For sure smile 😃

And your supposed to be able to drive on that with ice and not expect to crash off the cliff..scary other then that thought beautiful place,sad to see such old houses just barely holding off the last foundation..

👍👍👍

O hell yeah I live there in a minute

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

It's definitely peaceful.. not much to worry about besides supplies and winter snow 😀

They filmed the movie Matewan 1987 in town. The Guest House plays a big part.

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

I've been hearing about that movie.. definitely need to find time to watch it if I can find it 😃

@samanthab1923

3 ай бұрын

@@travsteelman It’s on YT. It’s good & you’ll recognize a lot of the surroundings 👋

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

@@samanthab1923 awesome I'll look it up 👋

Does it snow there in winter? If so, that road would be frightening!

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

Pretty much every year and quite a bit.. it snowed the last day I was there but missed thurmond.. there was quite a but at the Grandview overlook though. kzread.info/dash/bejne/i2GMqNZ_mdGxmqw.htmlsi=KhUjYnSsNKHRRsXN

I have driven that road several times. But, the road is definitely in worse shape than the last time I went down it. That was @ 6 -7 years ago.

Living on the Ridge ❤

I was there last year. I believe there are six houses on River Crest/Thurmond Rd that are lived in or livable. One of the yellow cabins is where I believe the park ranger lives. I believe the house behind the church is lived and another home up a driveway not visible from the road that also appeared to be a rental property.

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

I know the one is advertised on airbnb.. would be really neat to stay there until you needed supplies and had to leave.

i can hear banjos an pigs squealing 😂😂 all jokes aside, this is great. a part of the world I'll NEVER get to visit

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

I make a few deliverance cracks every time.. que the dueling banjos 🎵 🎵

I can see the old people setting around on the porches talking about old times

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

I'd like to get a time machine and go see it when it was booming.. I may get gunned down in the saloon or something though 😬

What would it be like to drive Model T Ford back in the old days ?

@captseamus

4 ай бұрын

A very rough ride.

Cool

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

Thanks 😃

I went there when they were filming Matewan. There were a lot of Hollywood types around. Folks wearing sunglasses and drinking hard alcohol in the middle of the day LOL.

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

That's awesome.. I still need to find that movie and watch it. Wasn't even aware of it till a few years ago but that would have been a site to see 😀

I’m not driving & this is scary

Hate to drive that at night. Especially in the rain and fog 😮

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

It's definitely different 😬

I'd be scared turd less at the road.

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

It gets worse but I avoided it 🤪

There are a couple X-Files episodes that start out like this

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

The best ones.. horror movies too 😆

I see a lot of fun stuff to do in WV,coal is out fun is in.❤😊

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

It's a really neat place with a ton of history

@Ruben-xh5vs

4 ай бұрын

My great uncle worked in the coal mines all his life,he is gone and so is coal in a Way so are tons of history. But new life is always coming.

@JamesPilkenton-se5cx

4 ай бұрын

Gauley River rafting. Some of the best

I am surprised someone who lives there doesn't open a small convenience store/ fast food place. Nowadays with all the microwave fast food from the commercial companies like Swan, they could get frozen single pizza, hamburger, cheeseburger, chicken sandwich, fish sandwich, breakfast sandwiches, etc.. So they could have a few booths with a bunch of sandwiches they could buy and microwave and bags of chips, sodas, and things tourists would buy like hats, shirts, etc And they could have batteries, chargers, stuff that tourist would forget or need. Flash cards. Stuff like that. Figure if you were already living there, having a place open for 4 or 5 hours a day, you could even have a credit card vending machine and have the items in the machine and people could buy them even when you were not open.

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

It could bring more tourism I guess.. it's so off the beaten path that I've never seen more than a few cars there at once. But amatrak stops through there so that may he a great idea 💡 😀

@shazza160

3 ай бұрын

Because they cook real food

That's a scary road

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

Probably scarier at night 😬

Does the Cardinal still stop at the station there?

@travsteelman

2 ай бұрын

There's an amtrack stop at thurmond depot 😃

What a creepy ass town

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

It Is for sure.. worse at night 😃

What do you do if someone is coming in the opposite direction! Yikes

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

Someone has to back up 😬

The Hills have Eyes.

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

For real 😃

Played on 2x speed feels like a scary roller coaster. 😂

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

Epic.. now I gotta try it.

I would like to ride around these roads in my truck.

@travsteelman

2 ай бұрын

It's a good time.. I was up there in my truck a couple years ago.

It actually looks like a mountain home in Bristol TN.

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

I think the Appalachians go all the way down to north Georgia so it should look similar 😃

Why are these housed built stacked up but hanging at the edge of hills and such. ?? 😊

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

There's alot of that in west Virginia.. homes are either built on the hills or cut into the hills.. the Appalachian mountains don't have alot of flat land so they had to improvise.. easier than moving hundreds of tons of dirt I guess 🤷

In those snowstorms how to get out of there if you not a retired person

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

It would be pretty hard.. there's only a few people living there and I think they're paid by the state to look after the town.

Great place to chil

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

Yeah it is.. nobody messes with the people exploring.. probably different at night but they don't seem to mind.

What a dump. Imagine driving at nighttime? Straight out of a horror movie 🎥 🍿. How in gods green earth did they built those homes on such narrow roads?

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

Would be perfect for a horror movie. There are maybe 30% of the buildings left from the towns heyday in the mid to late 1800s. West Virginia is known for building on the sides of mountains and hills.. I assume it was done buy alot of rugged men back in the day.. homesteaders that followed the coal and oil and gold and built towns where ever they found it at.

@mountainjustice

2 ай бұрын

Many mountain towns in Appalachia have similar roads cut into the hillsides. They are one way roads, if you meet another car someone has to back up

Potholes

I would be tired of riding

Why is it that most videos of W. Virginia seem to make you feel like a bomb went off and killed all the trees? Everywhere. Like nothing can grow there. Its creepy

@travsteelman

3 ай бұрын

Cause winter? It's lush and green in summer 🤷

Most of the homes look to be livable. Everyone has left ? Wondering why now… noticing these Rentals around the USA is becoming BIG BUSINESS for these properties and Land owners

@travsteelman

4 ай бұрын

It was a coal company boom town in the mid 1800s.. the coal mines dried up and the town failed because that's all there is around there. There's alot of failed coal mining towns in west Virginia.. luckily thurmond has been preserved somewhat.

@jackscott6551

4 ай бұрын

no jobs and everyone is on drugs.. I'm from here

Deadly afraid of height could not live there and drive on the roads