CSX Freight Train Rolling Through Pascagoula, MS Locomotives 3051 & 96 Outdoors With Shawn 2023-07-04 | CSX Freight Train Rolling Through Pascagoula, MS Locomotives 3051 & 96#train #railfans #railway
Independence Day 2023 Outdoors With Shawn 2023-07-04 | Happy Independence Day 2023!#independenceday #4thofjuly #flag
Fort McDermott - The Last Civil War Battlefield Outdoors With Shawn 2023-06-25 | #civilwar #alabama #fort
Solo Camping On A Civil War Battlefield - Blakeley State Park Outdoors With Shawn 2023-06-18 | Historic Blakeley State Park is a park located on the site of the former town of Blakeley in Baldwin County, Alabama on the Tensaw River delta. The park encompasses an area once occupied by settlers in what was a thriving community on the river. Later, Confederate soldiers were garrisoned here and fought in the last major battle of the U.S. Civil War against Union forces.The park was founded by school teacher Mary Grice, of Mobile, Alabama. In 1976 the park was established as a private not-for-profit foundation. The goal was to preserve and redevelop the area. In 1981, the Alabama Legislature named Blakeley a state park and created a separate state authority to oversee operations. Although it is called a state park, it is not operated by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. State funding was suspended during 2011, and the park is now fully funded by private contributions and gate receipts.In 1993, Blakeley was named a Class A Civil War site by the United States Congress. The park is part of the Civil War Discovery Trail due to it being the site of the Battle of Fort Blakeley. Some remnants of battlefield operations remain including the Confederate breastworks that cross the park. Some effort is underway to restore the Confederate and Union constructs that supported the Battle of Fort Blakeley. That battle, involving over 16,000 soldiers occurred on the same day as the Confederate surrender. African-American troops made up a significant number of the Union forces.Little evidence remains today of the previous town of Blakeley. A few historical markers designate important locations such as a brick kiln and an old oak tree used as a hanging tree for the local courts. A river crossing here once linked Mobile and Baldwin counties. Prior to the establishment of the town of Blakeley, an ancient Native American village existed and, later, a large plantation occupied this location.The 2,000 acre park is located on Alabama 225 about 4.5 miles north of the town of Spanish Fort. The park is bounded on the east by the highway and by the river to the west. Mobile, Alabama can be seen in the distance across the river. Camping, both primitive and RV, is available year-round. Group campsites are also available. Numerous picnic areas and over twenty miles of hiking trails are found within the park. The park charges a fee for admission and for camping. Song: Lost Sky - Dreams [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/DreamsWatch: http://youtu.be/SHFTHDncw0g#solocamping #camping #nature
Signs On The Natchez Trace Parkway Outdoors With Shawn 2023-06-14 | Wayfinder signs along the Natchez Trace Parkway.🎵 Song: 'AERØHEAD - Fragments' is under a Free for YouTube license.youtube.com/channel/UCoZbM1a4PKQ6haa2Ap4TSdg🎶 Music promoted by BreakingCopyright:youtu.be/h_SJmiVLM_g
Best Of My Natchez Trace Journey - From Natchez To Tishomingo State Park Outdoors With Shawn 2023-06-11 | My journey up the Natchez Trace Parkway started in Natchez, MS & ended well over 350 miles away in Tishomingo, MS over the course of four days. I made right at one hundred stops in those days on the first half of the Trace. This is the "best of" of those stops. In total, I drove a bit over 1,000 miles round trip. And I don't regret one bit of it.The first half of my journey is actually the first 2/3rds of the Natchez Trace Parkway. I ended the journey around the 305 mile mark out of the total 444 miles. This was mainly due to time and road condition restrictions. I'll continue the rest of the journey this fall after the Parkway opens up in August of 2023 after the repairs are made. I'll start back at Tishomingo State Park and end up in Nashville, Tennessee. Then continue home from there, stopping along the way at any interesting things I come across.I've been wanting to do this journey for a few years. I'd start in Natchez and stop at every nook & cranny along the way that I could that was relevant to the Trace. I would camp at the free campgrounds along the way as well as a State Park or two. I originally didn't plan on video documenting the trip, but later thought it'd be a good idea to share to you. Once I completed my solo trip, I'd take my family on the same journey, except now I know which stops were worth seeing and which were not. The Natchez Trace Trail was created and used by Native Americans for centuries. Later it was used by early European & American explorers, traders, & emigrants in the late 18th into the early 19th century. European Americans founded inns, also known as "stands", along the Trace to serve food and lodging to travelers. As travel shifted to steamboats on the Mississippi and other rivers, most of these stands closed.Today, the path is commemorated by the 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway, which follows the approximate path of the Trace as well as the related Natchez Trace Trail. Parts of the original trail are still accessible, and some segments are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.#travel #travelvlog #traveling
Ghost Town Church With A Cannonball Stuck In It Rodney Mississippi Outdoors With Shawn 2023-06-08 | ...
Natchez Trace Journey - Day 4 - Tishomingo State Park Outdoors With Shawn 2023-06-03 | Tishomingo State Park is a public recreation area that was established in 1935. The park is located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Tishomingo County, some 45 miles northeast of Tupelo, Mississippi. The major feature of the park is Bear Creek Canyon and its generous sandstone outcroppings. Activities in the park include canoeing, rock climbing, fishing, and hiking. The park sits at Milepost 304 of Natchez Trace Parkway, a scenic road operated by the National Park Service commemorating the historical Natchez Trace.The park was among those constructed in Mississippi by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. CCC Company 3497 began work creating the park in April 1935; the park opened to the public in May 1939. Many of the original facilities are extant, including several buildings, trails, picnic tables, campgrounds, cabins and a fishing pond used by the CCC workers themselves. The rustic quality of the CCC structures resulted from the use of native materials, their original designs, and the craftsmanship of the builders. While most of the facilities in Mississippi were built of wood, Tishomingo and Wall Doxey state parks feature substantial use of stone construction.Tishomingo State Park offers visitors seven hiking trails that range in length from ¾ to 3 miles and in difficulty from easy to moderate. The trails feature scenic natural springs, waterfalls, rocky creeks and streams, cliffs, rock walls and huge outcrops. The terrain suggests mountains, and indeed this is a part of the Appalachian range, but the hills here are no higher than about 660 feet. Rock climbing, which requires a helmet and a free permit (available at the park office), is a popular activity on the trails, particularly at the formation known as Jean's Overhang. Bear Creek is encountered at a number of points by the trail system, and can itself be explored by canoe on one of the float trips offered here.Three popular disc golf courses are available, and an Olympic-sized outdoor swimming pool is open during late spring and summer. The park provides a number of lodging options including 15 primitive campsites, two primitive Scout campsites, 62 developed RV campsites, which offer water and electricity, and seven furnished cabins.The park's Nature Center, which re-opened in 2016, offers displays of Tishomingo county heritage, nature, art, animals, arrowheads and memorabilia from the Civilian Conservation Corps.The park is named for one of the last great Chickasaw leaders, Chief Tishu Miko, born not far from the park in Lee County, Mississippi, around 1735. Modern Chickasaw occasionally make pilgrimage to the park to visit the areas where the famous Chief fished and hunted.The park's importance to Native American history extends even beyond the historical Chickasaw Nation, as archaeological excavations confirm the presence of Paleo Indians in the area now encompassed by the park as early as 7000 B.C. The ancient tribes were able to produce excellent tools from the high-quality chert and limestone that was available here, and ceramic pottery from clay dug from the hills.This is one of, if not, the best state parks that Mississippi has to offer. From the beautiful lake surrounded by shady camping spots, the miles of scenic trails, fishing, canoeing, to the old school playgrounds, there is something for everyone who loves the great outdoors. #tishomingo #park #mississippi 0:00 Intro0:28 Frontier Cabin3:57 Cascading Waterfall 7:06 Driving Around7:30 Nature Museum, Lodge & Pool8:35 Swinging Bridge11:20 Fork in the Trail12:42 Appalachian Foothills 15:15 Yellow Trail15:58 Waterfall 19:42 Top of the Cliff21:48 Indian Markings?23:55 Waterfall No224:38 More Indian Things? 25:39 Massive Rock Overhang28:41 Conclusion 29:35 Slideshow–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Purple Dream by Ghostrifter Official bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/3Cn2faB Music promoted by Audio Library  • Purple Dream – Gh... ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Song: Inukshuk - Too Far Gone [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/TooFarGoneWatch: http://youtu.be/60XUgHQo71Q
CSX Freight Train Locomotives 4042 & 4084 Outdoors With Shawn 2023-05-30 | Caught a small freight train lead by CSX locomotives 4042 & 4084 coming through "North Pascagoula"#train #railway #railfans
Natchez Trace Journey - Day 3 Part 2 Tishomingo Solo Camping Outdoors With Shawn 2023-05-29 | The final stop on this half of my Natchez Trace Parkway journey is at Tishomingo State Park for some solo camping. Started the afternoon with some great weather which lead to some nice camping. Cooked a little dinner, had a decent night's sleep. I had one piece of gear fail miserably on me. The next morning I had some amazing breakfast.The Natchez Trace Trail was created and used by Native Americans for centuries and was later used by early European and American explorers, traders, and emigrants in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. European Americans founded inns, also known as "stands", along the Trace to serve food and lodging to travelers. As travel shifted to steamboats on the Mississippi and other rivers, most of these stands closed.Today, the path is commemorated by the 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway, which follows the approximate path of the Trace as well as the related Natchez Trace Trail. Parts of the original trail are still accessible, and some segments are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.#camping #solocamping #tent MUSIC: "Zero Gravity" - Artem GrebenshchikovWebsite: argsound.comYouTube Channel: bit.ly/2UrSOii
Natchez Trace Journey - Day 3 Part 1 Witches & Cemeteries Outdoors With Shawn 2023-05-27 | The third day of my Natchez Trace journey begins at Jeff Busby Campgrounds and ends at Tishomingo State Park. Along the way I explore Indian mounds, a witching area, an interesting cemetary, just to name a few. I'll travel through Tupelo, Kosciusko, French Camp and end up around Tishomingo Mississippi. The trail was created and used by Native Americans for centuries and was later used by early European and American explorers, traders, and emigrants in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. European Americans founded inns, also known as "stands", along the Trace to serve food and lodging to travelers. As travel shifted to steamboats on the Mississippi and other rivers, most of these stands closed.Today, the path is commemorated by the 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway, which follows the approximate path of the Trace as well as the related Natchez Trace Trail. Parts of the original trail are still accessible, and some segments are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.#travel #travelvlog #traveling0:00 Intro to the day1:05 Old Trace3:44 Wayside Information Exhibit4:32 Line Creek5:30 Old Trace Trail hike6:38 Bynum Mounds9:26 Witch Dance11:44 Owl Creek Indian Mounds14:33 Tockshish15:39 Lunch16:04 Chickasaw Council House16:54 Chickasaw Village Site19:26 Indian Flora Usage Trail23:32 Natchez Trace Visior's Center25:30 Old Trace Cemetary27:28 Pharr Indian Mounds29:00 Trace Parkway Thoughts29:48 Tenn Tom Waterway 30:48 Future Plans32:15 Tishomingo State Park
Natchez Trace Journey - Day 2 Part 2 - Solo Camping At Jeff Busby Outdoors With Shawn 2023-05-25 | On my Natchez Trace Parkway journey, I made a stop at Jeff Busby Campgrounds for some solo camping. The afternoon started with thunderstorms, which has become typical. I got lucky and missed out on them. But then there were more storms in the evening that threatened to damper my camp. I made the best of it, but found out I forgot an important piece of gear at the house...The Natchez Trace Trail was created and used by Native Americans for centuries and was later used by early European and American explorers, traders, and emigrants in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. European Americans founded inns, also known as "stands," along the Trace to serve food and lodging to travelers. As travel shifted to steamboats on the Mississippi and other rivers, most of these stands closed, and the usage of the trail demenished.Today, the path is commemorated by the 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway, which follows the approximate path of the Trace as well as the related Natchez Trace Trail. Parts of the original trail are still accessible, and some segments are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.#camping #solocamping #tent
CSX Railroad Passing By Historic L&N Train Depot Outdoors With Shawn 2023-05-23 | CSX freight train passing by the 1904 L&N Depot in Pascagoula, MS.More about the depot here:youtu.be/YTI-itzNg0EMore train videos here:#train #railway #railfans
Natchez Trace Journey - Day 2 Part 1 - Ghost Town Swamp Outdoors With Shawn 2023-05-22 | The second day of my journey up the Natchez Trace starts off in a ghost town. Followed by dead river swamps, various Indian mounds and other interesting historical places that most people don't stop & enjoy when on The Trace.The Natchez Trace Trail was created and used by Native Americans for centuries and was later used by early European and American explorers, traders, and emigrants in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. European Americans founded inns, also known as "stands", along the Trace to serve food and lodging to travelers. As travel shifted to steamboats on the Mississippi and other rivers, most of these stands closed.Today, the path is commemorated by the 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway, which follows the approximate path of the Trace as well as the related Natchez Trace Trail. Parts of the original trail are still accessible, and some segments are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.#travel #travelvlog #traveling0:00 Ghost Town 6:36 Choctaw Boundary7:21 Trace History8:49 Clinton Visior's Center11:44 Bad drivers12:22 Trace History13:29 Osburn Stand13:49 Interesting Trace Fact14:14 Choctaw Agency14:54 Sunken Trace & Brashears Stand16:23 Ross Barnett Reservoir17:33 Boyd Site Indian Mounds19:29 West Florida Boundary20:16 Slaves on the Trace20:40 Cypress Swamp Dead Pearl River24:25 River Bend Picnic Area - Pearl River25:34 Upper Choctaw Boundary 26:42 Rain Again?27:17 Holly Hill Rest Stop27:48 Hurricane Creek29:50 Cole Creek Dead River Swamp31:46 French Camp32:38 Jeff Busby Campground 35:25 Little Mountain Hiking Trail39:45 Deer Encounter 40:55 Campground Information
Natchez Trace Journey - Day 1 Part 2 - Solo Camping at Ghost Town of Rocky Springs Outdoors With Shawn 2023-05-19 | On my Natchez Trace Parkway journey I made a stop at Rocky Creek for some solo camping. Started the afternoon with severe thunderstorms, then more storms. I made the best of it and even got some hiking in.The trail was created and used by Native Americans for centuries and was later used by early European and American explorers, traders, and emigrants in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. European Americans founded inns, also known as "stands", along the Trace to serve food and lodging to travelers. As travel shifted to steamboats on the Mississippi and other rivers, most of these stands closed.Today, the path is commemorated by the 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway, which follows the approximate path of the Trace as well as the related Natchez Trace Trail. Parts of the original trail are still accessible, and some segments are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.#camping #solocamping #tent
Natchez Trace Journey - Day 1 Part 1 - The Journey Begins Outdoors With Shawn 2023-05-16 | The Natchez Trace, also known as the Old Natchez Trace, is a historic forest trail within the United States which extends roughly 444 miles from Nashville, Tennessee, to Natchez, Mississippi, linking the Cumberland, Tennessee, and Mississippi rivers.The trail was created and used by Native Americans for centuries and was later used by early European and American explorers, traders, and emigrants in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. European Americans founded inns, also known as "stands", along the Trace to serve food and lodging to travelers. As travel shifted to steamboats on the Mississippi and other rivers, most of these stands closed.Today, the path is commemorated by the 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway, which follows the approximate path of the Trace as well as the related Natchez Trace Trail. Parts of the original trail are still accessible, and some segments are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.This is the start of my journey on the Natchez Trace Parkway. Starting in Natchez and ending up at Rocky Springs, Mississippi. #travel #travelvlog #traveling0:00 The beginning 1:21 Elizabeth Female Academy 2:00 Sunken Trace 4:03 Emerald Mound4:46 Loess Bluff5:27 Mount Locust7:28 Fun Fence Fact7:52 Slave Cemetary 8:46 Mount Locust Family Cemetary9:42 Coles Creek Picnic Area10:35 Abandoned Park Area11:38 North Fork Coles Creek Picnic Area12:20 Sunken Trace 14:10 Magnum Mound 14:50 Grindstone Ford17:09 Owen's Creek & Waterfall 18:49 Rocky Creek Campground
Amtrak Train Testing With Locomotives 507 & 140 On MS Gulf Coast Outdoors With Shawn 2023-05-16 | On April 26, 2023, an Amtrak Train performing testing in Mobile, AL collided with an automobile that went around the crossing gates. The driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene.A few days later I saw the same train performing testing once again (I suppose the same locomotives) in Pascagoula, MS. A week later, after filming a CSX freight train, I caught this Amtrak Train. All the previous times I've seen the test runs have been with two newer style locomotives and one passenger car between them. Today, it was two different, older, locomotives and two passenger cars.I'm not sure which style locomotives or how many passenger cars will be used once this service opens back up.#train #railway #railfans
Amtrak Train Testing on MS Gulf Coast Outdoors With Shawn 2023-05-11 | On April 26, 2023, an Amtrak Train performing testing in Mobile, AL collided with an automobile that went around the crossing gates. The driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene.A few days later I saw the same train performing testing once again (I suppose the same locomotives) in Pascagoula, MS. A week later, after filming a CSX freight train, I caught this Amtrak Train. All the previous times I've seen the test runs have been with two newer style locomotives and one passenger car between them. Today, it was two different, older, locomotives and two passenger cars.I'm not sure which style locomotives or how many passenger cars will be used once this service opens back up.#train #railway #railfans
CSX Train Rolling Through MS Gulf Coast Outdoors With Shawn 2023-05-09 | CSX Train coming through west Pascagoula.#train #railway #railfans
Oldest Tree In Mobile AL - Duffie Oak Outdoors With Shawn 2023-05-07 | In the late 1940s, Aaron Friedman dabbled in woodworking as a hobby. He taught himself the basic skills and completed a few small projects, most notably an inlaid card table and a miniature grandfather clock with a working pocket watch as the timepiece. But after completing a few projects, the demands of a growing family and business left no time for this hobby during the next 30 years. “My first love was woodworking, and I would rather have been in the woodworking business, but I don’t think I would have made a good living at it. As a hobby, it’s quite enjoyable,” Friedman said. In 1977, Friedman sold his retail clothing business. “I retired and had plenty of time on my hands,” he explained. “I played golf, traveled with my wife Sarah, did a little gardening, and a little woodworking.” But Friedman noticed that he was also spending a lot of time watching television and munching on candy and snack foods in the evenings. Aaron and Sarah were visiting their son Murray and his family when Aaron mentioned that he was looking for something to do with all of his spare time. His daughter-in-law, Lynn, asked a simple question: “Why don’t you build a dollhouse for Rachel and make it look like the house we live in here in Atlanta?” That question planted a seed that ultimately grew into the eight miniature houses now on display as the Aaron and Sarah Friedman Miniature Gallery at the History Museum of Mobile (seven houses named for the Friedman’s granddaughters and one built for Sarah). #miniature #house #gallery
Aaron Friedman Miniature Gallery Of Houses - Mobile History Museum Outdoors With Shawn 2023-05-06 | In the late 1940s, Aaron Friedman dabbled in woodworking as a hobby. He taught himself the basic skills and completed a few small projects, most notably an inlaid card table and a miniature grandfather clock with a working pocket watch as the timepiece. But after completing a few projects, the demands of a growing family and business left no time for this hobby during the next 30 years. “My first love was woodworking, and I would rather have been in the woodworking business, but I don’t think I would have made a good living at it. As a hobby, it’s quite enjoyable,” Friedman said. In 1977, Friedman sold his retail clothing business. “I retired and had plenty of time on my hands,” he explained. “I played golf, traveled with my wife Sarah, did a little gardening, and a little woodworking.” But Friedman noticed that he was also spending a lot of time watching television and munching on candy and snack foods in the evenings. Aaron and Sarah were visiting their son Murray and his family when Aaron mentioned that he was looking for something to do with all of his spare time. His daughter-in-law, Lynn, asked a simple question: “Why don’t you build a dollhouse for Rachel and make it look like the house we live in here in Atlanta?” That question planted a seed that ultimately grew into the eight miniature houses now on display as the Aaron and Sarah Friedman Miniature Gallery at the History Museum of Mobile (seven houses named for the Friedman’s granddaughters and one built for Sarah). #miniature #house #gallery
Amtrak Train Test Stop At L&N Pascagoula Depot Outdoors With Shawn 2023-04-25 | Amtrak has started testing the equipment and lines to extend service east of New Orleans for Fall of 2023. Today, I caught the test train making a stop at the historic 1904 L&N Depot in Pascagoula, MS#amtrak #train #railway
Payphone In The Wild #vintage #classic #payphone Outdoors With Shawn 2023-04-19 | Westbound CSX freight train rolling through Pascagoula, MS on 3/30/23 at 2pm#train #railway #locomotive
CSX Train Passing By Historic L&N Depot Outdoors With Shawn 2023-04-18 | Mid day mix freight train passing by the 1904 Historic L&N Depot in Pascagoula, MS#train #railway #railfans
