Mountain City, Tennessee: A Small Town Slice of Mayberry in East Tennessee
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- Mountain City, Tennessee: A Little Slice of Mayberry in East Tennessee
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I live in Mountain City and go to church at that beautiful First United Methodist Church. The reason i was so dead on that Saturday night was because there was 350 people at Heritage Hall listening to Kody Norris, a hometown boy who has made it big, along with his band. Thanks for visiting us.
Now that is a great reason, love hearing local talent hitting it big and getting great support from the community. Thanks for that information.
Mr. Holder do you know if there are any West clan still living in and around Mountain City? My 5th Great Grandfather is buried in the Philippi Cemetery. I know at one point John West born in 1832 in Virginia also lived there and owned property in the mid to late 1800s.
I spent a week in Mountain City in the late 1990s, was a wonderful experience, great friendly people, good food, All in all great.
Melody is definetly the angel. I could sit and listen to y’all talk all day. Sure do miss my mountains. My oldest daughter lives there in mt. City
It’s a beautiful town
And thank you, John! We much appreciate you and I appreciate winning the angel vote 😇 - Melody
My dad was born here, I loved visiting the area. So nice and peaceful... and beautiful!
It really is
Thanks Shane and Melody for showcasing my hometown of Mountain City. Thanks also for the video on Copperhead Road! We are very proud of our town and history. Mountain City has seen a lot changes since the 1800s. The revitalization efforts downtown will help boost tourism. The town will host the upcoming Sunflower Festival in July. The Long Journey Home will also focus on the musicians/heritage throughout Johnson County. I hope this video makes it far and wide to viewers. It will greatly give more exposure to our slice of "Mayberry".😀😊 Thanks y'all!
We saw so much effort going into that downtown and love it! We’re so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much! - Melody
Love this! Thanks for all y’all are doing to document, teach about and promote these small Appalachian towns.
Really glad you enjoy them, thank you
Good job! Thanks for visiting. I am one of the Mural artists. There are several more In town and an Art Center on the street near FSB and Heritage Hall. Come back anytime.
Y’all did amazing work on the murals, really adds a lot of charm and character to the town and helps tell the story. So glad you commented
OMG THAT GIRL HAS A SMILE TO DIE FOR NOTHING BUT LOVE FROM NEW YORK CITY XX
I was born in Boone NC & raised in Mtn City Great video Y’all should’ve showed the ole burley warehouses that have been turned into businesses & Mike’s BBQ…the best bbq you’ll ever eat
Awesome Video, Its kinda funny that theirs no one out on the streets, looked like a movie set, like Mayberry! Thanks!
It did seem oddly empty especially for a Saturday
What a great show of a city full of people who care about their community. That general store owner really has it together. I hope he makes a killing there. When I drive back down to Florida next late fall, I am going to do a detour and see this wonderful small Appalachia town. Thanks you both, and you both make good angles. LOL
Yeah, I think you’ll be glad you did take the detour. We appreciate the endorsement lol
That is a very nice little community. That old Pharmacy/store would be so fun to redo and open, like you guys hope they are remodeling for that exact reason.
Yes, hope the work gets completed and it comes out from under wraps
Thank-you for showcasing va west VA an east tN and western NC
A beautiful laid back little town. Miss Melody has the most relaxing voice I've ever heard.
WOw! I didn't realize that one could go through Mountain City, TN to reach WV. Well, I learned something new!! Mountain City is the route I traveled from Johnson City to Boone, NC. It is a beautiful little town with friendly people. When traveling towards Boone, NC, you will pass a beautiful Watauga Lake where the water is green. The food in the restaurant is great! However, it has been years since I traveled that route so I don't know if the lake restaurant is still open. You have produced a wonderful video Shane and Melody. Thank you so very much!! Be safe in your travels.
Thank you so much, Judy, we sure appreciate you watching them and commenting
@@realappalachia You are an angel Melody! Sometimes I think that I comment too much, but the places that you visit bring back so many great memories.
You don’t comment too much!! I look for your sweet comments every time and appreciate them more than you know!! Glad to have you as our friend
From Johnson city you go through Hampton and cloudland on your way to boone,nc.
I so enjoyed this.i used to come to mtn city alot.i still come up from time to time to the grocery store at pioneer village,,to get a certain brand of country ham that's sugar cured.ty for the trip to mtn city
Thanks for sharing those memories
Great trip thank you Shane and Melody. You are both awesome, Melody wins for the angel. ❤️
Thank you so much, Robin
This was one of your best! I really got a feel for that town.yall are so cute and both of yall tied for best angels.
That’s awesome, thanks for the wonderful feedback, Polly. I’ll definitely take a tie in the angel department lol
He did it on horseback and we have a Carola.
Gas is as high as Willie Nelson
🤣 Both great lines
Thank ya, thank ya very much lol
Boone traveled ,on foot, 160 miles in four days, after escaping from the Shawnees. Pretty tough old boy.
During the 14 1/2 years Barbara and I resided in either Johnson City or Cleveland, we often motorcycled to and through there. Usually, we'd head south from there through Doe Valley and surrounding areas.
MISS both HER and the equally beautiful mountain roads
I’m sure it is a fantastic place to ride a motorcycle. The road called The Snake heading into Shady Valley is a great one
@@realappalachia but have you ever traveled Cross Mountain road ? It turns east off of 91 south of shady valley, takes you near Doe Valley
I don’t think so
@@realappalachia sure wish some of you east TN videographers would travel the BACK roads !!
My cousin owns the old pharmacy, he is opening a sandwich shop
That’s great to hear, we’ll look forward to check it out when it gets finished
Come back and visit on a Friday evening. We have a cruise in on main street.
Thank you for taking me with on your tour of Mountain City , Tennessee .
It's the next best thing to actually being there.
I think BOTH of you are Angel's .
Looking forward to your next journey in the Appalachias .
Thank you so much, John, and thanks for riding along with us
Many memories from my childhood. Will return in a few years like so many of my relatives have done. Return to R.I.P.
Well....the wings fit Shane perfectly, melody is the sweet angel ....Charlie pride " kiss an angel good morning..." I love mountain city ....if I was going to live in Tennessee, mountain city area would be my first choice....the flowers were beautiful and love hearing the birds singing....thanks guys.....God bless y'all....🙏❤
Thank you, Ben, God bless you too
I love that y’all came through. I’ve lived in Mountain City all my life and it’s a great small town
We loved it there and hope to get back and Suba’s was so good it makes us want it to be even sooner lol
This. Is. Where. I live
Thanks for this video. I have wanted to visit (really wanted to live) in Mountain City. It is so beautiful. Maybe someday I'll get there. I love your videos. ❤
Thank you so much, Kathe, we are glad you watched it
You don’t it’s pretty but when it’s quite it’s nice but it’s meth head city and not everywhere is nic here
That is a beautiful piece of property. The lawn man didn't look too enthusiastic 😂
😂😂
Sure was nice to see my old HIgh School. At that stoplight where you start and end at used to be Blackburn's Market--family owned grocery store. I remember going to the Pharmacy there a lot. Also, there used to be a Dollar General downtown too. On the other side of town when I lived there towards NC we only had a Pizza Hut, a Skating Rink, and a convenient store. It has grown up so much. "Leilani Bontrager"
Love your program, keep it coming! Thanks.
Thank you
I have deep roots in Johnson County, Tennessee on my mother's side. We would go visit our great-grandparents while my brother and I were growing up, and once I got into my family history, I have been making my own trips there. I was just up visiting this past fall. We love Mountain City. It's beautiful country!
It really is some beautiful country
I like Mountain City; it looks more cared for than Johnson City. I like the way the hills are around the town. I will move in a few years, and this town seems possible. Thanks for the tour.
I know a family who moved there last year from NH. Watching from VA
You're such angels---this tour was quite nice. Did you get a chance to eat at the restaurant? I hope it was good, if you did. 🤗
Thank you, you’re too sweet. I was just saying earlier that I was kicking myself in the pants for forgetting to put in the video from the restaurant. We went to a place called Suba’s and it was amazing.
Melody is the angel Shane you a great guy. I love mountain city been there a lot thank y’all for sharing another great video
I’ll take that statement lol, thank you!
Loved this area....those southern porches 🤩. Also you two were very funny today. A few good "one liners" 😆
Well, thank you so much, Sandy
MELODY IS SO BEAUTIFUL XX
You missed out on one of the best restaurants in the Appalachian mountains. Suba's restaurant in Mountain City. The food is great, but the desserts are absolutely incredible!!! You need to plan another trip back just to eat at Suba's!
We actually did eat at Suba’s and it was amazing. I forgot to put it in this original video so we posted it as a short on this channel - the dessert were incredible.
My 5th Great Grandfather is buried there in Mountain City, 1799 to 1875. He is buried in the Phillippi Cemetery. We knew we were from back east but in the early 1900s our family moved out to California. I just learned about our heritage last year doing the ancestry website. They lived in that area and in Ashe county North Carolina. Many are buried in various graves in and around Ashe County.
Pretty little town! Thanks for sharing!
Glad you liked it, Daniel
Nice ride along. All the leaves are gone now. Can’t wait till April/May!
I used to go there just about every summer growing up, as our family farm was there... it was just up the road and around the bend from the former iron Mountain Stoneware...
Absolutely love y'all and what you do! I live just down the road in Hampton, on Watauga Lake and have been to many of the locations you feature on this channel. I really enjoy the history and stories you include with these spectacular views. God Bless Y'all and stay safe
Beautiful little town
What a great video of a beautiful small town. Absolutely love these type of videos. Again, thanks for taking us along. God bless you both. 🙏🙏
I have been to Elizabethton, but not Mountain City. I enjoyed this. I especially enjoyed the two churches. I was worried you weren't going to show them to us after driving by them the first time. The clouds near the end were beautiful too.
Melody is more of an angel !! No disrespect to you Shane!!
have you heard Shane sing John Anderson? My God that man has the voice of an angel... ;-)
Ouch! Lol
You tell her, Chubba lol
@@realappalachia no worries, your the second best :)
I love Mountain City, TN
Love Mountain City tn
It is a great town
Good job love it
Thanks so much, James
Mountain City my know prefered way of going to Coalwood,WV instead of going I40 then I77 can I give Melody 2 votes for being best angel lol
I forgot you could go that way up to WV, we’ll give you 2 votes this time lol
I'm in Vale,NC it's 15 miles south of Hickory from now on going 321 to Boone then to Mt city the Damascus, Abingdon then 19 to Tazewell then 16 doesn't take maybe 30 minutes more than going I40 to 77 lot more to see alot less stressful drive
You’re talking my language lol
Beautiful video, really special to see parts of the country I can’t get to. Thank you both very much.
Glad you enjoy them, Lori
Hi y'all, really have been enjoying your vids! I came up there in 2009 to the little town of Gray. Stayed there fory job til 2015 when health reasons wouldn't allow me to work anymore, came back to Florida., I love the Way you find all the small town life that I missed when I was there, maybe one day y'all could do one on Gray? Not much goes on there until October with the fair, and also on RT 75 there is a dinosaur museum, anyway keep up the great videos!!
We hope to get one of Gray, it is a little tricky because it seems to get busier and busier there because of the housing boom I guess but we want to do it
You guys are great. Love watching your adventures.❤️
Thank you so much, Jeannette
Beautiful and pleasant walk, the only thing missing is the Twin Peaks intro song.
You nailed it lol
Thank you so much for making this video. My Dad grew up in Mountain City. Precious video. In fact, this video shows the location where my parents first met! ❤️👏
Now THAT is awesome Sharon
I could listen to you all talk about Mountain City all day long. Nice to see the old stomping grounds on CZcams
Thanks so much, that’s quite a compliment
Well you're right about Mtn City being a slice of Mayberry. Looks like its going to give Big Stone Gap a run for its money for the Mayberry title. Excellent video you two. You can really tell you all love being with each other.
thanks so much
I enjoy yr videos.i used to live in Boone,NC and familiar with this area. Great to learn more about this area of TN, SWVA & WNC
Back in '99, we stopped at this town way out in the west of Virginia where people said we could get gas. It was on a dirt road and was just a cabin with one gas pump real close to the road. It was after dark, so we knocked on the door and the guy came out and put gas in my car. It was near Hagen Holler. One of those one road and no Stop Sign places where people still rode horses to town.
Another great one guys! I really enjoyed it. Mountain City is a neat little town.
Thank you, we loved our visit there
If you ever come back to our little town make sure to check out our Veterans wall at Ralph Stout Park. My aunt designed it.
Wondeerful trip would love to visit. Thanks for the ride.
Thanks for riding with us
I just came across this video, and enjoyed it. I'm from Butler TN. In Johnson county just down the road from Mountain City, just so yall know, the people that own the pharmacy building are working on it to restore it back to it's original look and plan to open it up. When y'all come back up you should check out Butler known as the town that wouldn't drown, and Shady Valley and all the cranberry boggs, and Backbone Rock, Laura Bloomery where the host the old Fiddlers Convention and Gentry Falls, and of course Trade and the Grist Meal. Also there is an old school just down the road from Copperhead Holler Rd. That has been converted into a Winery.
I just love you kids. My bloods from Williamson WVA. You two are so cute. And we say “warsh” the clothes around my kin.
Oh yes warsh is a must lol
Melodie is the Appalachian Angel
You guys make a great team doing this I love it I feel blessed listening to you guys and I got to say Melody I love the way you talk you're awesome all you guys are
Thank you so much
Shane will always be the angel between the two of you😇👍
Oh, Carl! I need to delete this comment before Shane sees it and gets a bigger head haha - Melody
Y'all are both angels, and so is Clarence. This was fun, thank you!
Thank you, Joseph!
A wonderful good hearted layed back town in the south.I have some relatives from there.I am from Pennsylvania and my folks came up here for work.I visited Mountain City TN in 1992 for three days and it was a dreat place to visit.
That really is a beautiful town from every angle because the hills are just my size; not too big, not too small. I must visit!
Come on down!
Mel is the angel
Hello I’m a Canadian fan of your channel, born and raised in a big city, but wish I lived in a small town. Keep the videos coming we love ‘em
So glad to hear from you in Canada, we appreciate you watching. Hopefully you can come visit someday
@@realappalachia we actually stopped by in Nutter Fort WV one year driving back from South Carolina because we saw a Harley Davidson store from the highway. Is that considered Appalachia?
Melody is the angel. She already has that Tennessee accent! Good job on filming.
She would agree lol, thank you!
Hello. I just found your channel and I instantly subscribed. Thank you putting out these videos. Have you ever visited Green Bank, WV? It's supposed to be a town that bans wifi and people rely on landlines and payphones.
Thank you so much and welcome to the family. We haven’t had a chance to make it up to Green Bank just yet but it is on our hit list for someday.
Y’all are my kind of people. Checking out the older homes. ❤️ I’d love to have y’all come to Como, Mississippi but nit appala
Man, I love visiting Mississippi, one of my favorite states
That pretty woman is the angle, no doubt.
Thank you!! 😇
If you leave Mountain City on Rt 421 going north you will find a war memorial in the city park on the left.
greetings from good old germany !
And a howdy to you from Appalachia! Thanks for joining us! - Melody
Near where my dad was from. Shady valley.
was just in your home state of virginia on the Appalachian trail and cool dirt road to drive on were I got off because of rain
Wish you had better weather but glad you got to get in a little bit of fun first
You guys have such great chemistry with your banter. I’m really enjoying your videos. Just curious if you guys are a couple or are just colleagues?
Mountain City used to be a busy place on Friday nights. Everyone would get paid and go to town. The old stores sold to new folks and main street shops always close on Saturdays at noon and closed on Sundays. Doe Mountain Recreation Area off of HWY 67 on Harbin Hill Road is open on weekends. Off road ATV and hiking. Climb the fire tower, archery, hatchet throwing, mountain biking. Lots of interesting homes, farms and churches all over the county.
Thanks for the information it is great when someone adds color to it
Hi Melody Shane great video.My granddaughter’s great grandma and grandpa are from around these areas near Johnson City and surrounding areas. Last name was Johnson. You spoke about music my granddaughter’s cousin is Doyle Lawson of Doyle Lawson and Quick Silver he is a relative of Johnson. Grandma side of family is last name of Conway my granddaughter has a lot of family in these areas. We enjoy your videos just thought we would share this story.Take care keep up the great videos.
That’s great, I met Doyle Lawson a few years back in Bristol and saw him perform in Clinton. Seems like a great man.
Hello I just viewed your post and enjoyed the content. I especially like the fact that you showed highlights of the town and surrounding areas. And it wasn't connected with a real estate point of view. For this reason I will be joining your channel in hopes to view other surrounding towns in Tennessee. I am especially interested in Johnson City Tennessee. Because I'm going to be relocating to that city in the very near future. And would be interested in seeing highlights of the city, especially would like to know if there is a fabric shop ? Because I like to do quilting and would like to know what fabric stores you have in Johnson City, Tennessee. But also would like to know other surrounding towns with fabric stores available? Thank you for posting this very interesting and likable video.
Thank you! We do have a Johnson City video but don’t show any of the fabric stores! They have a JoAnn Fabrics and Hobby Lobby but I’m sure they have some locally owned ones as well. Bristol and Abingdon will also have fabric stores! - Melody
@@realappalachia Thank you Melody for replying back to me, you are the only person on any of these apps. That has bothered to inform me about the questions I've had. Thank you for that information I very much appreciate it. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos. ❤️
I have a record of that Fiddlers Convention here!!
Oh, wow, that's awesome!
I love your videos
Thank you
I went to church hill high school in the late 1970's. Usually the johnson county longhorns had to play us in the 1 st round of high school AA football playoffs.
Awesome video thanks for sharing. Someone has the Giggles today. ( I think I'll call her Giggles from now on, lol.) A guy once told me he was hitchhiking through Mountain City in the early Sixties. And it had Board Sidewalks then. Is that true? Stay well & safe guys. Btw, Giggles is a true Angel I'm sure, lol.
I’d love to know if that story of board sidewalks is true, would love to see pics. I’m not sure how she’s going to feel about that giggles nickname lol
I like it! I am very giggly! Haha and an angel. Giggles the Angel has a nice ring to it. - Melody
@@realappalachia Aww, I'm happy you like it. No disrespect intended. Ok? You are a very sweet woman. Your hubby is a very lucky man.
No board sidewalks in the 1960's. There were back in the early 1900's.
When you drove through that guy's driveway he waved to you so I don't think he was too upset.
True and we haven’t heard from him since so that’s a good thing too lol
@@realappalachia He did have a nice house. Would ahve loved to see the inside. Maybe you guys could get peopel to let you feature their homes on your channel.
What day of the week is it? Where is everyone? These old towns are great.
It was a Saturday believe it or not! Seemed eerily quiet to me too but we still loved the place! - Melody
You have to go back to Mountain City and eat in one of our favorite restaurants, Suba’s restaurant. Plan to leave room for dessert. Their story is great, check out their Facebook page!
We actually did eat at Suba’s and it was amazing. I forgot to put it in this original video so we posted it as a short on this channel the next day- the dessert were incredible.
Melody
I live here and I know that it’s a cute but strange place it has good spots check out the pool some time near the community center
Did yall cover the stuff going on in Mt. City correction men's complex and appex??? Terrible convicts and corruption all over that town.
Stouts shoe store and cobbler shop had bo coos of history,you got it on film but didn't know it
Very cool!
GAS prices ? LOL, count your blessings you're not having to buy DIESEL !!
Oh man, I’m sure lol
Really neat town!!! Sorry Shane; Melody is the angel. 😊😊😊
Boooooooo lol. Yes, we loved our visit there
Thank you, Keith!! 😇 - Melody
My brother In law is a mountain city boy 46 yr old boy
How is the humidity in eastern TN vs western TN?
Melody 8s a angel
Thank you 😇 - Melody