Living in Virginia: In The Mountain's Shadow

There's not a thing wrong with sewing your own clothes weave in your own baskets and eating squirrel you ain't going to be cold you ain't going to go hungry you don't realize how wealthy you are in life when you have those two things handled it's too less worries on your plate at the end of the day

Mountain people are intelligent and resourceful. Their way of life is sustainable. We will seek their wisdom to survive when our modern society collapses.

Hey yall!!! Virginia gal here.... My ancestors all came here and resided in the mountains in Virginia and West Virginia, they were known as Hillbillys and Mountain people, they all lived in the Hollows, they were poor and worked hard for what they had an were damn good moonshine makers... I now reside near the mountains my ancestors call home and still have family living there, Don't think mountain people are dumb just cause they consider us "Hillbillys", we are very smart and resourceful!!

I lived in the mountains for many years. It is hard living. The winter is long and the summer is very short. The cold eventually gets to your bones. Very peaceful! It’s truly how you make it. You have to walk in my shoes and spend a day living my life to understand. Very hard working people but little pay and work. We grew our own food and farmed our animals. We learned to fix things on our own and only count on yourself.

I want to thank y'all leaving kind comments about my grandmother Phyllis and her quilts. I'm her youngest grandson and fondly remember growing up watching and helping her work. She sadly passed ten years ago this July, but her daughters (my mom and aunts) are still quilting and creating other fabric art to preserve her memory and legacy. It really warms my heart to know even ten years since her passing, she is still captivating so many folks with her passion.

Folks are trying to get back to this way of living! Interesting that this was a good self sustaining way of life.

i live on a ridge in west virginia , so beautiful and peaceful. i remember grandma telling me when her youngins were growing up she made the girls dresses out of feedsacks , there was 10 altogether in the family they grew and raised their own food made their own quilts and rag rugs , the only time they would have to buy something from the store as in food would be sugar salt ,pepper condiments,they had a hundred and forty acre farm which was alot of work day in day out. I always wanted to have a farm when i grew up and my daddy always said no ya dont, its too much work it can work ya into your grave he would say. such a beautiful family , they loved one another and respected each other, church every sunday and great work ethics. my dad is gone now and the rest of his family but a sister and a brother , what great memories of the life i lived in these west virginia hills.

I came home from leave and found my dad had ran a pipe from the spring to the house. No pump because the spring was higher than the house. After I joined the Navy they didn't have anyone to carry water.. Large Hollow right outside of Abingdon Va.

Born and raised in SW Virginia. Have lived many other places around the nation. There are no better people on earth than those of Appalachia. I miss the the beauty and security of the mountains. And I especially miss the cooking!

First week I lived in the country neighbors from both sides came over, introduced themselves, offered help, and brought homemade pies and other goodies. Lived in the city in an apartment building for over 10 years, never met anyone friendly or nice except for one old lady who had a foreign accent who I used to give a hand lugging her grocery cart up to the third floor.

During the Great Depression many Appalachian Folk moved here to the Great Pacific Northwest to log the Forrest's ! The town of Darrington Washington in the Cascade Mountains was a destination for many ! Many of these families still reside here and are the most honest hard working God loving people you could know ! Loggers are definitely a different breed !!

Those quilts are a work if art, they are gorgeous, definitely a showpiece for any room.

I drove through these mountains in a sports car and thought I was handling the road very well, until a 79 f250 was on my rear andI could tell he wishes I'd get moving. Impressive drivers.

Poor in money, but rich in family... I love the culture of Appalachia... loved the story about this little one laying and thinking about the quilt squares. Thank you.

I am 54 and very proud to live in Va. We can get along with little. Know how to make it when times get tough. Growing and canning and hunting

Never jydge anyone until you have walked a mile in their shoes!! Love this video!!

They might not have had a lot materially, but they had a sense of community.

I was raised in north western (Pacolet, South Carolina), dad was killed as police officer in 1963. Mom and I worked like crazy. She eventually earned a Masters Degree in School Counseling and I studied under David L. Clark at Indiana University and earned an Ed.D. in Higher Education in 1978. I returned home and have served several universities. I married an Indiana girl. We became Episcopalians, raised a family and have lived a blessed life. Thanks be to God we live in paradise.

HER QUILTS ARE BEAUTIFUL REALLY BEAUTIFUL.... SO PRETTY....

Thank you for this well produced documentary. I was not raised in the mountains, but my ancestors (both sides) have lived along the Kentucky/Tennessee border since coming down the gap with Daniel Boone. My people are from Corbin and nearby. I learned much from my Grandmother. And there's much to be said for genetic memories. When I learned of my heritage, I was and am proud to call myself, mountain person.