Exploring An 1800’s Pioneer Dugout Home

My name is Carson Sleep, I’m 23 years old and am a 6th generation rancher on the Sleep Ranch.
Our ranch is located in the Northern Black Hills on the South Dakota/ Wyoming border where my family settled and started ranching in 1883.
I work alongside my parents, Jeff and Jodi, our ranch hand, Jaques, and my wife, Damaris who also works as a nurse in town. We have friends and family who come along very frequently as well!
We run a cow/calf operation where we summer our cattle on the Black Hills National Forest and winter them in the foothills of the Black Hills. We also have a backgrounding feedlot, and grow alfalfa and grass hay.
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P.O. Box 756
Spearfish, SD
57783
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  • @robgrt
    @robgrt Жыл бұрын

    Ok, this is wild... When my mom's father came from Norway. They first landed in South Dakota's Black Hills and they built and lived in a dugout. 9 kids and their parents in a two room dugout for 3yrs before they could afford to build a real house on their farm. I even have photos...It sure looked like that. They ended up moving to a bigger better farm in ND....My family is still farming in ND.

  • @glendawoodward8750

    @glendawoodward8750

    Жыл бұрын

    My family did the same! In nort dahkota 😂

  • @robgrt

    @robgrt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@glendawoodward8750 Uffda!

  • @glendawoodward8750

    @glendawoodward8750

    Жыл бұрын

    😂 you don't hear that very often, don't ya know

  • @itsthesmallhats

    @itsthesmallhats

    Жыл бұрын

    so they could have a farm up and running yet not build a basic wood shelter. its not a dug out home. its a root cellar. they are all over the place where i live.

  • @earljohnson7675

    @earljohnson7675

    Жыл бұрын

    My grandfather came from Norway also I can’t quite remember the year around 1853 I think

  • @stevehicks8944
    @stevehicks8944 Жыл бұрын

    Dugouts were ideally suited for the environment they were in; cool in the summer, easy to heat in the winter. They were also a great storm shelter

  • @jj-eo7bj

    @jj-eo7bj

    Жыл бұрын

    @@itsthesmallhats how does a “dugout” suppose to appear ? Do they have the earthen walls ? Can they also have brick lined “walls “ if you will

  • @lpmoron6258

    @lpmoron6258

    Жыл бұрын

    @@itsthesmallhats regardless of what it is called it has to have been stuff out in the hillside. Love it. Wish I had one

  • @contactjoy4140

    @contactjoy4140

    Жыл бұрын

    @@itsthesmallhats news flash: lots of people lived and still do live in the EARTH. Some are survivalists. Others are living in the Earth to conserve fuel, or to hide so they can kill hunters or hikers. They don't want any visitors in their area. My family had close friends, when I was a kid in Ohio, who were building a house. After they built the basement they decided not to build the house. They raised 4 kids all the way through marriage and the parents retired in the basement. The temperature was always perfect, my siblings and I loved visiting them... The only rule was: "don't run across the roof!"

  • @PK-bh1ww

    @PK-bh1ww

    Жыл бұрын

    @@itsthesmallhats it's called a "dug out" because they dug out the dirt to make a home. My gramma was raised in one and she called it a dug out" She would know what it is called... A root cellar was dug into the ground for them to store canned goods and other foods in so it wouldn't freeze or spoil. Sometimes it was below the house and sometimes it was a ways from the house and a room all it's own. They didn't live in the root cellar. My gramma's was under the house she lived in as an adult. Which was across the road from my family.

  • @janicem9225

    @janicem9225

    Жыл бұрын

    @@itsthesmallhats The man in the video made it plain it was ancestors who lived in the dugout, but you're saying it's a root cellar, when you don't even know these people. ROFL Obviously, you've never seen the dugout that Laura Ingalls and her family lived in, huh? It was exactly like this, and she even described it in her books. I've seen many pictures of dugouts, and they all looked exactly like this "dugout" house. You're not as smart as you think you are, and people are proving that to you, but your swelled up ego won't let you stop. People DID live in dugouts, and there are many examples, and many photos of them standing in front of their dugout houses, and some were even able to make small windows in the front, and put curtains on them. And quite a few pioneers kept records of this, and it's a well known historical fact. Some of these people just told you that they actually have pictures of the dugout houses that their ancestors lived in, but you persist for the sake of winning an argument, when you've clearly lost, and are in over your head, with those who know what this is. You're just making yourself look arrogant and ignorant, but you don't see that, because you're arrogant and ignorant. Lol And to call other people moronic simply because you're losing an argument, when YOU'RE the one who is a moron, is one of the most childish things you can do. Bless your little heart, you poor, narcissistic, argumentative troll. 😆

  • @gerardjohnson2106
    @gerardjohnson2106 Жыл бұрын

    Let Grandpa watch this video. I bet it will inspire memories for him and he'll be gushing stories like a spring flood. You'll probably need to make a series of videos with him. The "old people" know stuff that is beneficial to us if we ask and take time to listen. God Bless.

  • @tastx3142

    @tastx3142

    Жыл бұрын

    My great grandparents were born in the 1890’s and my father brought a tape recorder in the late 1960’s so he could talk about his life. He was a justice of the peace, storeowner, postman who delivered mail on horseback and still lived in his Victorian house with leaded glass windows, crystal doorknobs, skeleton key locks, claw foot tubs, curved mahogany staircase, covered front porch with swing, a carriage house with a loft and and multiple fruit trees in a small town. I inherited the old trunk from around 1870 that had been in my great grandmother’s family and the oak roll top desk that had been in their store and people would bring their eggs in and the eggs would be placed in cartons at the desk so they could be sold. Sadly, my only child has no interest in family history or ‘old junk’ that has been properly cared for and used throughout the years. A few more scuffs, but never abused. An identical trunk and desk are on display in a museum in Colorado. Many people today have no interest in what others lives were like years ago. My current husband spoke about growing up in a small town in Illinois and that’s where my great-grandparents had lived, but his town had about 2,500 residents. The town my great grandparents lived had less than 500. My sister and I had walked to the old store owned by someone else who immediately asked who we were because she knew we weren’t from there.

  • @kathywinkler9802

    @kathywinkler9802

    Жыл бұрын

    yes!!

  • @izznet799

    @izznet799

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tastx3142 Sounds like my family and my childhood! Thank you for sharing. 😊

  • @efuller6770

    @efuller6770

    Жыл бұрын

    I wish I had taken the time to do this before my grandparents had passed, the things that start getting fuzzy with so much to remember day to day ...

  • @kernjames

    @kernjames

    Жыл бұрын

    I am in my early 70s and I grew up on a farm NE Ks.. I saw plenty of rattlesnakes, copperheads and water moccasins. I really don't need to see any more. And I have long given up throwing rocks at rattlesnakes like this young guy does. This young guy's lack of caution reminds me of when I was younger.

  • @kristenkaz3080
    @kristenkaz3080 Жыл бұрын

    My family came from Norway & homesteaded in North Dakota. They started out in a dugout & would leave the door open in the middle of January because it got too warm with the stove going. Can you imagine? They eventually built a log home & were reluctant to move onto a sawed board home because it would not hold heat as well. My cousins still farm the homestead. It’s gorgeous there. Rolling prairie, trees & rivers.

  • @honeytubs

    @honeytubs

    Жыл бұрын

    Amazing story! I guess they cooked outside in the summer. I wonder how water is kept out. Do the roofs leak?

  • @grantfahlman1815

    @grantfahlman1815

    Жыл бұрын

    Kristen, your closing sentences say it all. I live in Regina, SK and come from families that were rural based. Fortunately, as a child, mom and dad would often take us to visit our relatives on the farms/small town settings and those are memories that last forever. As a city kid, almost all my life, I think those experiences are why I see the beauty all around me... outside the city where life is a lot more like it still should be!

  • @GlorifiedGremlin

    @GlorifiedGremlin

    Жыл бұрын

    That's incredible, I wish I had a lineage like that. I'm in my early 20s and come from a line of trade workers and I'm trying to become the first one with a homestead and a farm lol would be easier with one to inherit, but maybe I can start one and pass that down through the family

  • @j.w.3345
    @j.w.3345 Жыл бұрын

    Definitely record ALL the stories your grandfather has to tell. Someday you can pass them down to your sons, daughters and grandchildren. Priceless history, don’t lose it! Edit: Thanks for bringing us along!

  • @boonedog1457
    @boonedog1457 Жыл бұрын

    As Gerard Johnson stated in the comments below, "old people" know stuff. It's ice to hear old folks get some credit these days. In the world we now live in, many people would like to exterminate old folks. Sadly, in doing so, our history is lost. Plus, old folks are how we all got here. I am One of the old folks. It was fun seeing you two explore a bit and care about a piece of history. When the SHTF fully engages America, this old dugout home could litterally be a great fall back position for survival and a lifesaver. It would be great to see it fully restored and outfitted with a wood stove to heat and cook on. That's a real find! You are both adorable as a couple. That's what love looks like folks! ❤ Appreciated your video. Blessings......

  • @skeeterclovis7163

    @skeeterclovis7163

    Жыл бұрын

    It's not a dugout it's a root cellar

  • @laaaliiiluuu

    @laaaliiiluuu

    Жыл бұрын

    Not every old person is wise. Some clearly just got old.

  • @skeeterclovis7163

    @skeeterclovis7163

    Жыл бұрын

    @@laaaliiiluuu 🤣 that's true too as a 42 year old who was stuck with a kook of a counselor I was appointed to (not by choice). She be riding that liberal left b.s. and we all know they lack critical thinking skills and have no common sense with extremely flawed logic. Not to mention she non stop tried to identify with,idolize, and talk non stop about Hollywood celebrities as well as kept challenging my faith in christianity while being execited for the great reset which we all know is just another word for NWO. It was wild to think they're people in job fields like that where they might have influence on someone and what psycho does that than the problem at hand.total abuse of position and scary how any idiot can hold a certificate and license in such matters.i could go on but I have already typed a freaking novel.

  • @PK-bh1ww

    @PK-bh1ww

    Жыл бұрын

    @@skeeterclovis7163 Wrong! People lived in dug outs and they were built into the side if a hill as this one was. . Root cellars were below the ground and kept canned goods and other foods. Root cellars were below the house or a ways from the house on it's own. My granny had both. And told me about them. She would know..

  • @judyandkevinsnow4534

    @judyandkevinsnow4534

    Жыл бұрын

    So true... and it could be rented out to someone right now who needs a home, or turn it into a cool airbnb or a summer cabin for the family.

  • @AVToth
    @AVToth Жыл бұрын

    Whenever I pass an old abandoned house, they're usually close to fields, I always wish there was a way to go back and be invisible to walk around and watch and listen the day the house was brand new. I'd love to see the people moving in. Were they a young couple, recently married, making their plans, imagining the children they would raise there. Were they a young family. Mother, father, kids. People, probably family members or church members helping haul in the stove, the bedstead. Mama is both happy and aggravated. She wants everything unloaded and then be left alone. Oh, my very own house. I swear, if the aren't more careful they are gonna break my dishes! It's perfect, I know just where I want everything to go. If they drag my granny's quilt through the dirt I'm gonna knock a nickel knot on someone's head! I'd love to walk around the inside after everything is in. I love the old places but an important part is always missing. You can tell if there is a fireplace chimney or a smaller stove chimney. If there was a woodstove for cooking then when the house was new, it probably didn't have electricity. No electricity, no water heater. No water heater, no bathroom. The outhouse is never there. Either it didn't last or when the REA brought power they added a bathroom on. By by winter night thunder jug.

  • @cameronr7223

    @cameronr7223

    Жыл бұрын

    I feel the same way, it’s kind of sad seeing old abandoned homes and imagining how they were in their prime

  • @suemcknight9051

    @suemcknight9051

    Жыл бұрын

    @Amy Toth… you have a wonderful flair for story telling with your imaginative scenario of what probably really was the way it was…👌💖

  • @sarramiller976

    @sarramiller976

    Жыл бұрын

    My daughter and I create vivid stories - names of everyone, did their grandparents live with them, etc. How did the parents interact with each other... it is so much fun! but oh if we could simply be a fly on the wall on moving in day!

  • @bobroberson9286
    @bobroberson9286 Жыл бұрын

    Looking at the "dugout" tells me that life in those days was certainly not for the faint hearted, an era of strong wil, determined people, enjoyed the video 👍

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Bob, you’re right about that. I bet everyone back then had to be tough

  • @debrapaulino918

    @debrapaulino918

    Жыл бұрын

    The autobiography of Rachel Caloff, Russian Jewish woman from the Pale of Settlement. Betrothed age 18 with a Jewish man in ND she never met. Great read great wit great lady. Her children found it in her trunk and published it unedited. She lived in the Devil's Lake area known to Natives as Spirit Lake.

  • @kurtpeterson315

    @kurtpeterson315

    Жыл бұрын

    When men were built from steel and ships built from wood.

  • @itsthesmallhats

    @itsthesmallhats

    Жыл бұрын

    its a root cellar, not a dug out home. lol

  • @harvdog5669

    @harvdog5669

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sleepranch looks like a big root cellar,. Get better bright lighting ang go back in and show us the dug out . Hard to really see without good lighting.. Thankyou please update and show again..

  • @missmaggie5509
    @missmaggie5509 Жыл бұрын

    Laura ingalls Wilder and her family lived in one of these before they settled in South Dakota! I just read the book to my girls. “By the Shores of Silver Lake”....those books are like survival manuals.

  • @stanadams6670
    @stanadams6670 Жыл бұрын

    Those old buildings and the dugout show how hard past generations worked to survive and build a life for them and their families. I think it's awesome to see some of this history. You definitely should restore some or all of it for others to see. If only the walls could talk.......

  • @georgedavidson1221

    @georgedavidson1221

    Жыл бұрын

    And to think our politicians spend all their time talking about C02

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    The stories the walls could tell!

  • @earlwright9715

    @earlwright9715

    Жыл бұрын

    And just look at us now

  • @KJ-jq9pq

    @KJ-jq9pq

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sleepranch Yes you definitely should sympathetically restore it. Replace the original materials only if necessary. It won't last forever. It will be a loss if it falls into ruin.

  • @4325air
    @4325air Жыл бұрын

    My paternal grandmother was a little girl during the Oklahoma Territory Land Rush of 1897. They sold their farm in Kansas and settled to the east of what would be Enid, OK. They built and lived in a "soddy" until lumber could be brought in for a proper house. Most folks have no idea what a "young" state Oklahoma really is.

  • @stratocaster1greg

    @stratocaster1greg

    Жыл бұрын

    I have some Chickasha I. T . bricks made before 1907.

  • @theunspoke815
    @theunspoke815 Жыл бұрын

    Take a minute to appreciate the fact that you may be the last person who can walk up their barn stairs and not only tell you they held barn dances in the 1920's, but you actually have the piano!!! PRICELESS!!! THANK YOU FOR THE TOUR!!! 💖..........and HEY!!! She shouldn't be walking thru that tall grass!! C'mon man!!! 😜

  • @throwback336
    @throwback336 Жыл бұрын

    Plenty of people's have probably commented on it already but that is a winnower up in the barn. It was used to clean seed. I love history and the tour. I can't wait for the interview plus it'll be good for your family to have your history documented.

  • @KThom429

    @KThom429

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep. Cleaned the chaff from the seed to allow the seed to be bagged and stored or sold.

  • @teresalane1796
    @teresalane1796 Жыл бұрын

    I couldn't believe this when I saw it. You are so so blessed to have such a vibrant history. And your grandfather is alive to tell you how he built it!! I'm a native Texan and have Always wanted to live out like that with such a tie to earlier life in America, You might video your loved grandpa and grama telling about everything they can recall as their story will be lost forever and your own children may not see them and hear their first hand account of such radically different times. Your barn is beautiful and can still be restored. I would keep every out building if possible. Capture it ALL in photos. T in Texas.

  • @susanrichardson3220

    @susanrichardson3220

    Жыл бұрын

    most likely his grandfather is close to my age and did not build the barn or dugout, but knows the history as it was passed down to him from his parents and granparents

  • @kristycook6041
    @kristycook6041 Жыл бұрын

    There's more treasures in this one video than all the jewelry world wide. Magnificent! Irreplaceable! All the money in the world would be worth less than the memories your walking amongst... of life and love, hurt and loss, of joy and celebration, griefs and struggle, hopes and dreams, brokenness and sorrow, history and future... A glorious bag of good, bad, right, wrong, and indifferent...and then more faith, hope, and love. What a treasure trove of beauty. I could surely sit for a spell in absolute bliss.

  • @tinamariewoehler649
    @tinamariewoehler649 Жыл бұрын

    I love America. We have a lot of beauty here.

  • @ollie-lk5dx
    @ollie-lk5dx Жыл бұрын

    I believe that's a hero fanning mill. It was used to clean grain. Thanks for the tour Love the dugout , Imagine living in one. Beautiful country!

  • @johnsadler8637

    @johnsadler8637

    Жыл бұрын

    Looked like a seed cleaner to me. We had one that cleaned very small seed, like clover. Looked a lot like that. I don’t know the brand on ours.

  • @oldbones3092

    @oldbones3092

    Жыл бұрын

    @@johnsadler8637 yeah, I have a cleaner here. There are different sized screens to put in them for different size seed.

  • @farmhandluke5182
    @farmhandluke5182 Жыл бұрын

    Can’t wait to hear some more history from your grandfather, that barn is a beauty! Could almost hear that piano come to life in my head when you showed it! What a job that was getting that up there! And those two ol trucks seem to be enjoying there well deserved restful slumber from a life of ranch work! Thank ya both for taking us along! Much appreciated, 👍👋

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    I think you’re right Luke, this trucks looked to be enjoying their rest haha take care friend!

  • @LtBRS
    @LtBRS Жыл бұрын

    What a blessing to still have mema and mepa still there to have living memories and living context to understand and appreciate.

  • @NewYorkJennifer
    @NewYorkJennifer Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. It was a privilege to see your family place. You keep a roof on that barn! They'll stand as long as the roof is good, and that's a beauty with the stone silo. Your grandpa did a real nice job.

  • @bobsmoot2392
    @bobsmoot2392 Жыл бұрын

    I love old barns... all farm buildings. There is something so hauntingly beautiful about them. They are time capsules. The aging timbers, the remnants of hay on the floor, even the abandoned "junk". They touch the soul. The people who lived and worked them long ago, are gone, but there is something of them lingering there still. It's humbling to think their dreams and lives of toil, helped bring us to where we are today.

  • @AlecMuller
    @AlecMuller Жыл бұрын

    That's awesome that it has stayed in your family for so many generations and that you're learning the history of it. Can you imagine living through a Great Plains winter in that dugout with all those kids? The stone structures are a great reminder of what's possible when you build things to last.

  • @tj-kv6vr
    @tj-kv6vr Жыл бұрын

    Thank You! Very PROUD of you and your family, Ranching is very hard work and underappreciated.

  • @Littleanimalsarecute
    @Littleanimalsarecute5 ай бұрын

    This is such a cool video!! I loved the suspense of the dugout, finding the rattlesnake, and the stomach dive when you said this is all gonna be y’all’s now. So much responsibility to inherit!!

  • @Raelven
    @Raelven Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful. Most of us suburban dwellers have no idea how hard you work or how beautiful the land is. Thanks for sharing this peek into your world.

  • @HomerEscobar1
    @HomerEscobar1 Жыл бұрын

    That is awesome! My great grandparents built one in Nebraska in the 1880's and lived in it for years

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow that’s cool!

  • @Javelina_Poppers

    @Javelina_Poppers

    Жыл бұрын

    Ditto, my great grandparents also had one in Nebraska and I got to see the remnants of it when I was a little kid back in the late 50s. We found their old water pump in the weeds and I still have it in my garage.

  • @nitaleach6816
    @nitaleach6816 Жыл бұрын

    Carson, your so bless to be raised, and still working your family farm. Thank You for sharing your family history. Get thise trucks working. You have a gold mine in them. God Bless You.

  • @butcherwoman3753
    @butcherwoman3753 Жыл бұрын

    Omg! That Chevy is my dream truck! You two are living in paradise out there! God bless.

  • @chrisblack8390
    @chrisblack8390 Жыл бұрын

    That barn is the nicest barn I've ever seen. I think the weighs for a pulley are to open the big doors on the top. I undid my grandpa's to get the doors off before they tore down the barn. The whole farm is beautiful an things are growing unlike most farms now are all dried up. I can't wait to hear your grandpa. The dugout was excellent too. If you inherited that farm, you are the luckiest man in the world. In my opinion. So beautiful! Thank you

  • @beverlyschrider3114

    @beverlyschrider3114

    Жыл бұрын

    Back then they built barns to last a generation or two, not like today.

  • @1ACL

    @1ACL

    Жыл бұрын

    There are barns in New England built in the 1700s still being used.

  • @elizabethsmith3416
    @elizabethsmith3416 Жыл бұрын

    Loved this. These dugout homes are likely to make a comeback very soon. They are temperature controlled, separate rooms for food storage, protective against storms etc. Cost effective. Critters can be kept at bay lol. Thank you for sharing

  • @aethulwulfvonstopphen8013
    @aethulwulfvonstopphen8013 Жыл бұрын

    Your ancestors sure did you right setting your family up in the Black Hills of Dakota. Freedom aunt free and I know they earned it.

  • @csrlivestock7080
    @csrlivestock7080 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Carson thanks for the tour looking forward now to hear from your grandparents to give us the story behind what you showed us. Those keepsake items you mentioned you would like to fix up, once they are gone they are gone. Imagine having a few items to tell your kids about their family history, as they will be a generation removed again from their fore fathers. The dugout, imagine during winter the 10 or so of them in there for month after month. What a debt we owe our past family doing what they did paving the way for the life you are now living. Thanks heaps from Down Under.

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s pretty amazing what they went through. We are going to try and fix it all up little by little. Hope you guys are doing well down under! God Bless!

  • @kennethsmith7769
    @kennethsmith7769 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tour of barn the dugout has sure stood the test of time they were hard working humble people look forward to more history of the ranch Thanks Carson

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    They sure were hard people! Thanks Kenneth, God Bless!

  • @terrimoore5181
    @terrimoore5181 Жыл бұрын

    I can’t believe large families lived in houses this size of the dugout. Also the wood building that was by the barn looked like the chicken house to me. You have wonderful family history and live in a beautiful place. You should find a lot of the old farm tools, buckets or anything cool and hang them off your back porch on your house.

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s a great idea Terri!

  • @user-pk2fg8im4u
    @user-pk2fg8im4u Жыл бұрын

    A add on comment about the fanning mill, most all of the old ones were cranked by hand, there was a paddle fan that blew air up through a series of screens. The screens rocked back and forth as the seed passed through. The screens were placed above each other with space between each separate screen. Each screen had different sized holes to allow certain grains to pass through, while larger pieces traveled over the screen and dropped out a discharge port. Very small weed seeds and small grain seed passed all the way through and were discharged. Only properly sized grain kernels came out the clean port and were then either used for seed, or were used as cleaned seed to grind flour. Had one just about like yours before we tore it apart, heck, who knew that cream separators, churning machines, old washing tubs and wringers, would be antiques. We were glad to see 'em go!

  • @denisedenomme361
    @denisedenomme36111 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the tour. Anxious to hear what your grandpa has to say about this historic part. Nice seeing both of you.👍❤️🇨🇦

  • @douga6968
    @douga6968 Жыл бұрын

    Looking forward to hearing from your grandfather. It’s always great to get those stories recorded for future generations to learn from.

  • @davidtrandahl6891
    @davidtrandahl6891 Жыл бұрын

    That is a winnower. It’s used for cleaning seed

  • @victorias.6751
    @victorias.675110 ай бұрын

    We have been learning about the Homestead Act in our homeschool and I was able to show my kids your video to supplement what we have been reading about. Thanks for sharing it!

  • @demsandlibsareswinecancer4667
    @demsandlibsareswinecancer4667 Жыл бұрын

    Please please please never lose sight of how precious what you have truly is. I would give anything and I do mean anything I currently have to trade it back in for my grandfather's Farm

  • @jacksongatlin5418
    @jacksongatlin5418 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve always wanted to live in a home like that dugout, I’m not sure why I’ve always been attracted to that sort of life.

  • @suzettekath9860

    @suzettekath9860

    Жыл бұрын

    Did you ever read the Little House on the Prairie? The Ingalls family lived in one for some time.

  • @T_Barb
    @T_Barb Жыл бұрын

    Awwwwww! Reminds me of my grandpa’s farm in Tennessee. Grandma and grandpa are long gone but we still have the farm. So many beautiful memories made there. Treasure your grandpa. You’ll sure miss him. That you’re catching this all on video will be one of your most precious possessions.

  • @MissionaryInMexico
    @MissionaryInMexico Жыл бұрын

    This is a channel that's going to have a half million subs in a year. Glad to jump on early and do my part! 👍🙏 Best wishes!

  • @benburns5995
    @benburns5995 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting video of your old homestead. This tour will help when your grandfather gives us the history and we can picture the buildings.

  • @slowtwist
    @slowtwist Жыл бұрын

    I think that implement you found in the barn was a seed cleaner. They saved seed back from last crop to replant. They had to clean it to make it feed through the planter or grain drill.

  • @sherriebarnes6687

    @sherriebarnes6687

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly

  • @markenge9348

    @markenge9348

    Жыл бұрын

    It's called a fanning mill. My Uncle sold seed oats along with hybrid seed corn he raised to sell to other farmers. It blew all the weed seeds out of the heavier good seed. It would shake the seed down those different tiers and the circular part had a fan like a steamboat paddle wheel that created the wind that blew the lighter stuff out as the seed dropped from tier to tier. Some farmers still use these machines.

  • @129stacey

    @129stacey

    Жыл бұрын

    Came here to say that! We currently have 2 of them

  • @frankirwin2377
    @frankirwin2377 Жыл бұрын

    You might grab some friends and tractors and brush hogs to clean the place up so Gramps could really brag on how nice the place used to be. He'd know and feel proud his kids and grandkids felt the pride of their roots. The Greatest Generation made these places work and function all over America as they raised their families. Much respect goes to that generation who endured thru the depression and war times.

  • @tatjanakragh1539
    @tatjanakragh1539 Жыл бұрын

    Wow!!! Hope that gets cleaned up, isn't allowed to just erode. Local historical treasure!!!

  • @bobogilvie4472
    @bobogilvie4472 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing watching what our forefathers lived like. Could be seed cleaner.

  • @davidgregg2778

    @davidgregg2778

    Жыл бұрын

    That's what I thought it was . I have something similar up in the rafters of my grainery .

  • @davidcopling1442
    @davidcopling1442 Жыл бұрын

    Really really enjoyed this one. The most fascinating thing was how deep the silo went below ground. I hope you continue with the channel. You guys are doing great. God Bless you and yours.

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks David! God Bless!

  • @historybuff5739

    @historybuff5739

    Жыл бұрын

    When I was a young teenager, back in the early 70's, I had a friend who's family ran a dairy. I stayed with them some on weekends. I remember climbing up into the silo and forking down silage for the cows to eat. They seem to have loved it. The silage was fermented corn stalks. I guess the cows got a buzz from it? 🥴🐄

  • @Sunshine_Daydream222
    @Sunshine_Daydream222 Жыл бұрын

    Interview grandpa as much as you can about everything you can! All of my elders were gone before I was old enough to think of things like that, I really wish I had had the opportunity...

  • @monicaw5036
    @monicaw5036 Жыл бұрын

    Now that old barn would be a dream!! You should really try to restore that for sure. How amazing❤️

  • @jimaalbers857
    @jimaalbers857 Жыл бұрын

    Really like seeing these old barns they can make a mind wonder. Thanks for sharing and look forward to more

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching Jim!

  • @johnlookabill8495
    @johnlookabill8495 Жыл бұрын

    I really enjoyed the tour. I share your love for history and old farms and buildings an such. I believe we are both old souls. The two old trucks were awesome. We actually used similar old trucks when I was young on our farm. I love that you are a young man with character morals and values. Yiu bkess my old heart with every video. Just wish there were more of them. But I know you are a busy young man. And videos take a lot of time. Really looking forward to seeing you as a father. Love you my brother in Christ. May God always bless you and yours.

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    Well thank you John, I really appreciate that! I hope he blesses you and yours as well!

  • @wandamacpherson8733
    @wandamacpherson8733 Жыл бұрын

    A big flashlight would help see all of this. Glad you hope to preserve it

  • @davidkimmel4216
    @davidkimmel4216 Жыл бұрын

    Thank You and your wife for sharing your family videos

  • @greenthumb6875
    @greenthumb6875 Жыл бұрын

    seed cleaner in barn, called a gravity table where screens were used with pre sized holes that the correct seed would fall through, and non-desirable seed would be removed

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    Very cool! Thanks for the info!

  • @gregtroyer1366
    @gregtroyer1366 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your videos. My dad started deer hunting around Sundance, WY at the Harry Reynolds Ranch in 1960 and almost every year after that until 2008. I first went with him in 1975 and made about 15 hunting trips after that. The Black Hill hold some of my favorite memories. Your video reminds me of the old bunk house my dad first stayed in. I wish you and your family the Best!

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    That sounds like a lot of fun! I bet you have some great memories! God Bless!

  • @VideoSaySo
    @VideoSaySo Жыл бұрын

    That sure was a lot of noise to be coming from such a little twerp! Lol! Thank you for leaving it alone to mind it's own little snakie business and not throwing rocks!

  • @pauliewalnuts5241
    @pauliewalnuts5241 Жыл бұрын

    Support American Farming 🚜 🇺🇸 God bless

  • @hiheeledsneakers
    @hiheeledsneakers Жыл бұрын

    KZread did something right, they put you in my feed. I've subscribed and will tag along wishing you and yours all the best. I love the history and seeing your farm. Can't wait to see what your grandfather says.

  • @livinggracehomestead5792
    @livinggracehomestead5792 Жыл бұрын

    How blessed you are to have such history. Can't wait to hear your Grandfather tell the old stories!!

  • @richardhawkins2248
    @richardhawkins2248 Жыл бұрын

    That's a polite rattler. I grew up in Colorado. The prairie rattlers were famous for rattling to let you know, "Hey! Yeah! I was the one that nailed you!"

  • @rebeccadees2300
    @rebeccadees2300 Жыл бұрын

    You live in a beautiful area. Thank you for sharing your videos. I've been seeing things I would never have seen so thank you.

  • @crowznest438
    @crowznest438 Жыл бұрын

    All the buildings and the dugout are wonderful. They all look very fixable. That old square piano is interesting. As I understand it, they never did sound all that great but sure were beautiful when not kept in a barn. What a cool tour. Looking forward to Grandpa's take on all this.

  • @mervjb809
    @mervjb809 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, that is some really cool stuff! A lot of history there. I know it takes a lot of money, but it would be really nice if the barn and dugout could be restored. The old truck as well. Good stuff!!

  • @acanadianfarmgirl2667
    @acanadianfarmgirl2667 Жыл бұрын

    Please restore and keep this heritage alive. It is so vital for everyone.

  • @jamey4242
    @jamey4242 Жыл бұрын

    That dugout is awesome. Please keep it up and never change anything about it. Use it as a getaway camp

  • @guybever8935
    @guybever8935 Жыл бұрын

    Nice to see the history of the ranch. Thanks for the video.

  • @annieladysmith
    @annieladysmith Жыл бұрын

    Great look at history, life was a lot of hard work. The old barn still could be very functional if fixed up. I'd get that dug out sealed off from the inside and secure the door and entrance. It could be very handy when their geoengineered weather gets out of control. They don't make barns like that nowadays, keep your breeding stock safe from the same weather bombs. Looking forward to hearing more. God bless.

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah we’re going to work on it little by little! God Bless!

  • @rolux4853

    @rolux4853

    Жыл бұрын

    Geoengineered weather? Weather bombs? Do you please elaborate those terms? Or do you mean climate change with that?

  • @theanonymouscommenter5608

    @theanonymouscommenter5608

    Жыл бұрын

    Noooo climate change doesn’t exist. It wasn’t real then the deep state changed the weather so we wouldn’t catch their lie. /j

  • @joenewman6494

    @joenewman6494

    Жыл бұрын

    Never heard of that kind of weather where the hell y’all at.

  • @shutterchick79

    @shutterchick79

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rolux4853 Alt-right conspiracy theorists believe that the government can control the weather somehow. Crazy 🤪. Anything to call climate change a hoax...

  • @jamesgossens6853
    @jamesgossens6853 Жыл бұрын

    My family's house is 200+ years old in Vermont. Try to look at the world around that place as they saw it. THAT is America, as your ancestors made it. Two thumbs up brother.

  • @tracymacfarlan8959
    @tracymacfarlan8959 Жыл бұрын

    I think it is so cool you can look at all the the things your ancestors built and took care of. Just started watching hope to find the episode where your grandpa tells your family history.

  • @cadenlear4644
    @cadenlear4644 Жыл бұрын

    That was a great video fun to watch! That barn is absolutely amazing!!

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Caden, hope you’re doing well!

  • @jacksak
    @jacksak Жыл бұрын

    It's good to know that Damaris is the sensible one of you two when it comes to poisonous snakes. Thanks for the tour. It's always amazing to see how much work it took back in the day to build or work on stuff then.

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha she has a good head on her shoulders! Those folks were really tough back then

  • @marlinyohn8982
    @marlinyohn8982 Жыл бұрын

    The barn looks structurally sound, and that is probably because the roof is good. When water gets in, that is the beginning of the deterioration of the barn. I just finished up restoring my great grandfathers bank barn. We found a board that read Feb. 1881. Hopefully it stands for another 100 years. Your barn would be great to restore for you and future generations. Maybe you could start up the barn dances again.

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh wow I’d love to see that barn! I bet that was a lot of fun!

  • @lucyl2770
    @lucyl2770 Жыл бұрын

    The dugout is soo neat - please do a little work at the doorway so the wall won’t collapse. The dugout is a great piece of history for the ranch. Oh, the Barn - THAT is a must! The walls and inside appear to be in good shape. I promise you, the older you get, the more precious the old buildings and trucks will become. Do it for your children and their legacy. I’m still a farmer/rancher’s daughter in my 70’s!!

  • @evelynescalona6077
    @evelynescalona6077 Жыл бұрын

    Wow,wow,wow. I loved it every second. The scenery was awesome. Imagine the wars between the Indians. Have you ever looked for artifacts? I loved the old barn. It reminds me of the barn my Grandmother had. I remember them putting the hay in the top and then forking it show the shoot. I bet the old wood had so much fragrance. Lucky you.

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Evelyn, those sound like fun memories! Yeah we find arrowheads all the time! Take care and God Bless!

  • @jenniferricker4207
    @jenniferricker4207 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tour! You should restore the barn & silo. It's beautiful art in its own way!

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    It sure is! We plan on it!

  • @melanielinkous8746
    @melanielinkous8746 Жыл бұрын

    This reminds me of Laura Ingles Wilder and her home On The Banks of Plum Creek. They lived in a dugout like that before Pa built their house.

  • @reneequalls5878
    @reneequalls5878 Жыл бұрын

    This is really cool! Can’t wait to see grandpas videos.

  • @EagleArrow
    @EagleArrow Жыл бұрын

    A lot of tall grass, perfect environment for snakes.

  • @rt3box6tx74

    @rt3box6tx74

    Жыл бұрын

    I found it amusing they were worried about snakes in the dugout, after wading through grass and weeds up to their armpits. You can differentiate between country folks & city slickers by watching them walk across a pasture. Country folks will always be looking down.

  • @badgerpa9
    @badgerpa9 Жыл бұрын

    Thought you might have rattlesnake soup! When I was younger I helped a farmer clear a bunch of rattlesnakes out of his fields, now I cannot believe how stupid I was. The Mong used to buy them. It is always a lot of work to fix up older places, people never realize you need to start with the foundation then the roof, they start with the easy stuff first. It would be nice to see the old trucks running if they will. Glad to see you two smiling and having fun. Stay safe and healthy. Can't wait for Great Grandpa video.

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Badger Pa, it is a lot of work but it would be cool someday! I bet it was fun clearing out all those snakes and selling them. I’m sure you had some close calls!

  • @lazygardens
    @lazygardens Жыл бұрын

    My grandparents lived in a soddy for a few years! Then they managed to build a cabin and use the soddy for a root cellar until it collapsed. Yours is a deluxe model, with ROCKS. Theirs was just cut sod, stacked to make the walls.

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha deluxe model, that’s funny! I bet you’re grandparents have some awesome stories to tell!

  • @maggiewatte7911
    @maggiewatte79117 ай бұрын

    I remember seeing that when visiting many years ago. That would be my Great Grandfather

  • @mikeross5927
    @mikeross5927 Жыл бұрын

    Love the history and the old barns, looking forward to hearing it from your grandfather.

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Mike!

  • @kenparham5747
    @kenparham5747 Жыл бұрын

    Love hearing some of the history and seeing the old buildings and trucks. I remember playing a lot in my grandads barn back in the day. Lots of good memories there! I'm with Damaris, that rattler can have that dugout! Lol!

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    I bet those are fun memories Ken! Haha take care!

  • @jasmineadkins-wills2297
    @jasmineadkins-wills2297 Жыл бұрын

    “Is that sound a rattle snake?!” I’m out too! You scared me to death going in there!

  • @BWYinYang
    @BWYinYang Жыл бұрын

    Dug out were used to store canned food, as dug outs were cooler to keep canned fresh longer. Old farm equipment is seed cleaner. Ford truck early 50s Chevy truck mid 50s

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    Cool, thanks!

  • @Chuck-ce5dv
    @Chuck-ce5dv Жыл бұрын

    Really a great story ! Am looking forward to what Grandpa and Grandma have to add ! Some of the things you pointed out would be great projects for historical restoration . Look around on the net , there may even be people and funding to assist in restoration projects .

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s a really good idea! I didn’t think about looking into grants or funding so thank you!

  • @Chuck-ce5dv

    @Chuck-ce5dv

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sleepranch Thanks for your reply ! You should find a serial number on that old piano that would date it . Our local church has one hidden in the basement that was dated to 1887 , the same rt the building was rebuilt after fire destroyed the original Bldg . You may find help from a musical minded organization. Your outbuildings are still in such a solid state that they may rate higher than other competitors for grant money . There are individuals in many communities that specialize in weighting and applying for grants . You may be able to ask around or even post for help on another KZread ! Good luck !!!

  • @margaretporkolab7166
    @margaretporkolab7166 Жыл бұрын

    What a wonderful history. Get all information from how it all was started and built. Please reserve all even the dugout. If I'm not mistaken it a grain or seed cleaner the we had a fanning mill to clean seed and grain. When I first saw the truck I thought oh my God it's a Fargo till you said a Ford. You should really take care of the old homestead. Fix on piece at a time. Windows and leaks and doors. That will stop any more deterioration going on. I would seriously work on the dugout, that is a statement and all its own own. That is true history. I bet there are not to many people around to tell that side of living. And record the storys. Wish I did that with my heritage. Wrote things down and recorded it. I have also forgot lots of it. Great video. Thanks for taking me along. God Bless.

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Margaret, we are going to try really hard to do that! God bless!

  • @nonsi3819
    @nonsi3819 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for showing us such wonderful places. If you can keep those beautiful buildings because they are part of your family and part of yourself. That restored barn would be a lovely place to raise your family 😄. Thanks again from Spain.

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching! It would be a lot of fun! Hope you’re doing well!

  • @bonnieuptree5691
    @bonnieuptree5691 Жыл бұрын

    My Great Grandmother and her 8 sons lived in a dugout in Texas in the late 1800's. Her Husband, My Great Grandfather, was a "Mule Skinner" (comparable to a modern day Trucker). He was often gone from the home for long periods of time. Once, She had to shoot a Mountain Lion that had been plaguing them during the darkness of night, for several nights. She killed it right at their door with a rifle that was the family's Only Protection.... A Woman I wish I'd known. 🌻

  • @kennethfroome6674
    @kennethfroome6674 Жыл бұрын

    Love this video and the history about your family Great job

  • @farmerbill6855
    @farmerbill6855 Жыл бұрын

    Such a beautiful place. The barn and silo are works of art. I'd enjoy knowing more. Best regards from Indiana.

  • @bekahdoug5572
    @bekahdoug5572 Жыл бұрын

    Hand built....Jesus that's incredible!!

  • @laurieboldis1537
    @laurieboldis1537 Жыл бұрын

    This guy is one cool cat to be so calm with rattlers around

  • @skrug5065
    @skrug5065 Жыл бұрын

    Is the roof in the dugout just wood planks with dirt over? Or Is there tin too? That silo is bueatiful. Thanks for showing us around! God bless you.

  • @jacksak
    @jacksak Жыл бұрын

    This video reminds me of taking a few hours of video back in the 1980's of our old dairy barn and hay lofts, etc. The video was on tape and much later I was transferring it to CDs when I screwed up and lost all the footage. The barn is no longer there, and I have no video which is a big loss. ~~~~ EDIT: The video equipment I used was one shoulder-mounted big camera attached by cable to a big battery box strapped to my waist... what a difference compared to my iPhone today.

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    I’d love to see those old videos! I bet it was a cool place to look around!

  • @timray1827
    @timray1827 Жыл бұрын

    Those old Truck's is an awesome find , keep them.

  • @justinmills8084
    @justinmills8084 Жыл бұрын

    It's great your filming this stuff for your future family.

  • @catharinalausen6263
    @catharinalausen6263 Жыл бұрын

    Learn the history and write it down, for your kids and grandkids. History seems to get forgotten a little at a time, until it’s gone!

  • @sleepranch

    @sleepranch

    Жыл бұрын

    I think that’s a good idea Catherina!

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