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>> THE FOLLOWING EPISODE OF
TRAIL OF HISTORY IS BROUGHT TO
YOU BY CENTRAL PIEDMONT
COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND VIEWERS
LIKE YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> HELLO. I'M TONY ZEISS,
PRESIDENT OF CENTRAL PIEDMONT
COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
YOU KNOW, THE RICH AND DIVERSE
HISTORY OF THE CHARLOTTE REGION
IS JUST WONDERFUL, AND WE AT THE
COLLEGE WANT TO BRING IT TO YOU
AND SHARE IT.
WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
HISTORY.
WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
LEARNING FROM THE PAST SO THAT
WE CAN DO BETTER IN THE FUTURE.
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE
IN FOR A REAL TREAT.
THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT AT
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY
COLLEGE HAS PARTNERED WITH OUR
TELEVISION STATION TO BRING YOU
THIS SPECIAL, ONE-OF-A-KIND
HISTORY PROGRAM.
STAY TUNED.
I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO ENJOY
IT.
(THEME MUSIC)
>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO A TRAIL
OF HISTORY.
I'M YOUR HOST, GARY RIDDER.
BEHIND ME IS AN 18 T H CENTURY
GRIST MILL.
IT'S A COLLECTION OF BUILDINGS
LOCATED HERE AT HART'S SQUARE
LOCATED IN CATAWBA COUNTY, NORTH
CAROLINA.
ON THIS EPISODE, WE'LL BE
LOOKING AT THE WAY PEOPLE USED
TO LIVE IN 19 T H CENTURY AND
BEYOND NORTH CAROLINA.
(MUSIC)
>> THIS IS SOMETHING SO ALIVE
AND SO COMPLETE THAT IT REALLY
GIVES YOU THE PICTURE IN A WAY
THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYWHERE.
(MUSIC)
>> TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IT'S MORE
THAN BEING IN THE COUNTRY.
(MUSIC)
>> OUR SQUARE IS ONE OF THE MOST
AMAZING PLACES I'VE EVER BEEN.
>> HARTS SQUARE IS A COLLECTION
OF SOME 93 STRUCTURES, 75 LARGE
STRUCTURES, ALL OF WHICH HAVE
BEEN COLLECTED OVER A PERIOD OF
40 YEARS AND FOUND BASICALLY
LOCATED IN THE CATAWBA VALLEY
REGION.
>> WELL, HART SQUARE IS AN
AMAZING PLACE.
ALL THE BUILDINGS THAT DR.
HART'S PULLED TOGETHER AND THEN
ALL THE FURNISHINGS INSIDE THAT
ARE JUST A TREASURE TROVE FOR
SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO ENJOYS
HISTORY AND THE MATERIAL CULTURE
OF THAT TIME PERIOD.
>> HART SQUARE IS A COLLECTION
OF 75 ORIGINAL 18 T H TO 19 T H
CENTURY BUILDINGS, THE LARGEST
IN THE WORLD.
ALL OF WHICH-- ALL EXCEPT ONE--
CAME WITHIN 25 MILES OF HARTS
SQUARE.
MOST OF WHICH WERE DONATED TO
DR. HART HE STARTED OUT
COLLECTING THESE LOG CABINS
BECAUSE HE LIKED THEM, AND
POPULATING THEM WITH ANTIQUES
BECAUSE HE LIKED TO COLLECT
ANTIQUES.
>> I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA THAT
WE WOULD HAVE ALL OF THESE LOG
STRUCTURES.
THE FIRST ONE WAS A LEARNING
EXPERIENCE AND FUN.
THEN FROM THERE, JUST HAS
BALLOONED INTO A FULL-TIME JOB
FOR HIM.
I GET TO SWEEP AND DUST A LOT.
>> WHEN I MOVE A CABIN, I TAKE
EVERY ROCK, EVERY BOARD, EVERY
NAIL, EVERY WINDOW BASICALLY FOR
RESTORATION ALONG WITH THE
GETTING DEBT TAILED HISTORY OF
THAT PARTICULAR CABIN.
>> ANOTHER AMAZING THING TO ME
ABOUT DR. HART IS HE HAS MADE
SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE HOUSE HAS
A SHEET OF PAINARY VAILABLE AND
THEY CAN TAKE COPIES WITH THEM,
AND IT TELLS THE HOUSE NAME,
WHERE IT CAME FROM, WHO THE
FAMILY WAS, AS MUCH OF THE
HISTORY OF HOW THE HOUSE WAS
BUILT, WHEN IT WAS BUILT, WHO
BUILT IT, WHO LIVED IN IT AS HE
POSSIBLY CAN HAVE.
HE HAS THAT FOR EVERY SINGLE
BUILDING.
IT'S ASTOUNDING.
>> BOTH OF THEM WERE GIVE TON
ME.
I BOUGHT A FEW FOR A HUNDRED
DOLLARS, $200, AND MOST OF THE
PEOPLE ENJOYED KNOWING THAT
THEIR CABIN HAS BEEN PRESERVED
AND THE HISTORY WILL BE WITH
THAT CABIN.
(MUSIC)
>> THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES WERE
OF INTEREST TO ME, MY BACKGROUND
IN ART AND ARCHITECT AND THAT
THING AND HOW BEAUTIFULLY
PRESERVED THEY WERE.
>> SHE'D PHOTOGRAPH THEM.
I MADE THE MISTAKE ONE TIME I
NUMBERED THEM WITH MY DUCT TAPE.
DEER CAME IN AND EAT A DUCT
TAPE.
FOR A TWO-STORY BUILDING WHEN
YOU GET ON TOP WITH A NOTCH AND
A BOOM AND IT DOESN'T NOTCH IN
AND YOU HAVE TO ABOUT FOUR, FIVE
TIMES, YOU APPRECIATE THE
NUMBERS THAT TELL YOU WHERE THEY
GO.
LIKE I SAY TODAY, I WILL NOT
ONLY NUMBER THE LOGS AND I WILL
PHOTOGRAPH THEM AND I ALSO MAKE
A SKETCH SO I GOT THREE BACKUPS
THAT WILL TELL ME IF SOMETHING
GETS LOST OR OUT OF PLACE, I CAN
LOOK AT THE LOG BY ITS SHAPE OR
A PICTURE OF ONE THAT HAS A KNOT
IN IT OR SOMETHING, AND I'LL
KNOW THAT'S THE RIGHT LOG THAT
GOES THAT PARTICULAR PLACE.
>> I'LL OPEN THIS UP AND YOU
COME AROUND HERE.
>> COTTON GIN IS THE NEATEST
STORY.
I SEEN ONE FOR $400 OFF A PORCH
FROM AN ANTIQUE DEALER AND SENT
THE PICTURE TO THE SMITHSONIAN.
THEY TOLD ME AND SAID THERE WERE
NINE OTHER COTTON GINS IN THE
COUNTRY.
OF COURSE, I JUMPED IN MY
AIRPLANE AND FLEW IT IN WITH MY
RETIRED ENGINEER, GEORGE BISHOP.
WE FLEW DOWN TO GEORGIA, WHICH
IS THE NAME OF THE MUSEUM, AND
CAME BACK AND WE WERE DRAWING
PLAN FORCE IT AND REFURBISHED
IT.
I FLEW DOWN TO SOUTH CAROLINA
AND LOOKED AT THE ONE IN
LEXINGTON.
I FLEW TO TARBORO AND LOOKED AT
THE ONE IN TARBORO.
I'M SITTING DOWN CHRISTMAS WITH
MY DADDY-IN-LAW TELLING HIM WHAT
I'M GOING TO DO.
HE SAID, BOBBY, DON'T BUILD ONE.
LET ME GET YOU ONE THAT'S BEEN
IN OUR FAMILY FOR LIKE FIVE
GENERATIONS IN THE BACKYARD.
YOUR WIFE PLAYED IN IT WHEN SHE
WAS A CHILD.
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN A COTTON GIN
IN OPERATION BEFORE AND THE
COTTON PRESS.
YOU KNOW, A COTTON GIN IS REALLY
A SMALL SORT OF A DEVICE IN A
GREAT BIG BUILDING BECAUSE YOU
BRING IN THE COTTON AND YOU TAKE
OUT THE SEED AND THE COTTON
FIBER ALL RUN BY A MULE.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING BOB HART
TELLS THE STORY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HE
DECIDED HE NEEDED TO HAVE THERE
BECAUSE THEY GREW COTTEN IN THE
AREA AND SO HE WENT AROUND UNTIL
HE FOUND ONE OF HIS OLD GINS AND
FOUND A GUY THAT COULD BUILD A
BUILDING FOR IT, AND WHEN THEY
GOT DONE WITH THAT, THEN THEY
WENT AND BUILT A COTTON PRESS TO
PRESS IT INTO A BAIL OF COTTON
AND THEY'D GIN COTTEN AND THEY'D
PRESS IT INTO BAIL.
THEY MAKE COTTON UP THERE THE
SAME WAY THAT PEOPLE DID IT IN
THE EARLY 1800 S IN THIS AREA.
>> WE READ ABOUT GINS AND
PRESSES AND HOW THEY WORK AND
HAVE AN IDEA OF THE MECHANICS OF
IT IN YOUR BRAIN, BUT IT DOESN'T
REALLY COME INTO CLEAR FOCUS
UNTIL YOU REALLY SEE THE
MACHINERY IN ITS FULL SHAPE AND
SIZE IN OPERATION AND THEN YOU
CAN SAY AHA, NOW I UNDERSTAND
HOW IT'S DONE.
(MUSIC)
>> OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ONE DAY A
YEAR WHEN THEY LIMIT THE
ATTENDANCE TO 3,000 PEOPLE, AND
THEY HAVE 250 PLUS INTERPRETERS,
DEMONSTRATORS, REENACTORS THAT
COME IN AND MAKE IT OWNEN TO THE
PUBLIC.
>> YOU KNOW, BACK THEN, WE
KILLED A PIG AND HAD FRIENDS
OVER, CELEBRATED THE VILLAGE AND
TODAY WITH THE 92 STRUCTURES, MY
WIFE STARTS WITH THE FESTIVAL
WHICH IS OPEN ONLY ONE DAY A
YEAR.
STARTS IN JULY AND WORKS ALL THE
WAY THROUGH.
WE HAVE ABOUT 250 VOLUNTEERS,
AND WE DO-- WE BREAK FLAX, WEAVE
IT, DYE IT, TRAIL COOKING, OPEN
HEARTH COOKING, THERE ARE SO
MANY THINGS GOING ON THAT SHE
HAS TO GET READY, IT TAKES A LOT
OF TIME AND EFFORT.
BUT IT'S ONE DAY A YEAR.
IT'S ALWAYS THE FOURTH SATURDAY
IN OCTOBER.
THE TICKET SALES ARE A REAL--
PEOPLE WANT MORE TICKETS THAN WE
HAVE AND SO YOU HAVE TO PACIFY
THOSE WHO DON'T GET A TICKET AND
ASK THEM TO CALL NEXT YEAR.
THEY COME BY BUS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE PARKING FOR THE
LARGE BUSES, AND WE HAD SOME
FRIENDS ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO WHO
HAD VOLUNTEERED THERE, AND SAID
WE NEED TO COME TO THIS.
IT'S ONLY OWNEN TO THE PUBLIC
ONE DAY A YEAR.
YOU HAVE TO GET TICKETS.
YOU REALLY NEED TO COME.
SO MY HUSBAND, TERRY, AND I WENT
AND WERE JUST COMPLETELY BLOWN
AWAY BY WHAT WE SAW.
(MUSIC)
>> THERE ARE SEVERAL HUNDRED
VOLUNTEERS THAT IT TAKES TO MAN
THIS THING FOR ONE DAY A YEAR
THAT IT'S OWNEN TO THE PUBLIC.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHY
ISN'T IT OPEN MORE.
IT'S BECAUSE IT TAKES SEVERAL
HUNDRED PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING TO
COME AND GIVE THAT DAY TO DOING
WHATEVER IT IS THEY DO TO MAKE
THE VILLAGE COME TO LIFE.
ONCE THAT DAY GETS HERE, YOU
JUST SIT BACK AND LET IT GO AND
HOPE IT'S ALL ORGANIZED, BUT IT
DOES TAKE LOTS OF ORGANIZATION.
WE START IN JULY NOTIFYING ALL
OF OUR CRAFTSPEOPLE, ASKING THEM
IF THEY CAN COME AND THEY
RESPOND TO US, AND WE START
PREPARING THE PROGRAM AND GET
THAT PRINTED IN TIME.
JUST SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU
HAVE TO ORGANIZE TO BE READY FOR
3,000 VISITORS.
>> ONE THING I THINK THAT
DIFFERS US FROM MOST ORGANIZED
FESTIVITIES LIKE THIS IS THE
FACT THAT WE ARE NOT
COMMERCIALIZED.
WE DON'T-- YOU CAN COME IN HERE
AND DEMONSTRATE BUT WE DON'T
LIKE YOU SITTING.
>> I DO A LOT OF INTERPRETIVE
EVENTS AROUND THE SOUTHEAST.
SOME VERY LARGE ONES AND MANY
THAT ARE MUCH SMALLER.
THE THING THAT IS REALLY UNIQUE
ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR EVENT IS
THAT IT'S JUST ONE DAY A YEAR
IT'S SUCH A HUGE COLLECTION, SO
MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME TOGETHER
TO SHOW SUCH A WIDE VARIETY OF
SKILLS.
THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY UNIQUE AND
CAPTURED MY IMAGINATION ABOUT
THAT PLACE.
(MUSIC)
>> THERE'S SO MUCH ACTIVITY.
THERE'S SO MANY CRAFTSPEOPLE AND
DEMONSTRATORS AND INTERPRETERS
IN ALL THE BUILDINGS.
>> HART SQUARE BECAUSE IT'S NOT
JUST HOUSES, IT'S A VILLAGE.
IT'S EVERY BUILDING THAT YOU
WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE BEEN IN AN
1800 S VILLAGE.
SO THERE'S A SCHOOL WITH ALL OF
THE SCHOOL MATERIALS THAT YOU
WOULD SEE.
THERE'S A STORE, A COUNTRY STORE
COMPLETELY FURNISHED WITH
EVERYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
IN A COUNTRY STORE IN THAT ERA.
THERE ARE ALL THE ARTISANS THAT
HAVE A PLACE TO BE AT HART
SQUARE HAVE ALL THE UTENSILS AND
TOOLS AND THINGS THAT THEY USE
IN THEIR CRAFT.
YOU CAN SEE THEM, HANDS ON, AND
YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE DEMONSTRATE
THEM.
>> AT HART SQUARE, I SET UP NEAR
THE MIDDLE OF THE VILLAGE AND
INTERPRET BOOK BINDINGS, THE
MAKING OF BOOKS FROM-- IN THE 18
AND 1900 S .
OF COURSE, THE DAY STARTS EARLY
IN THE MORNING WHEN WE DRIVE OUT
OF CHARLOTTE TO GET UP THERE AND
GET SET UP BEFORE THE PUBLIC
ARRIVES AT 10:00.
I'M IN 19 T H CENTURY DRESS WITH
A TALL HAT AND A LONG COAT, AND
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, CROWDS
COME BY AND SAY, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?
I'M BINDING BOOKS.
>> I FIRST GOT INVOLVED IN
HISTORY AS A WEAVER WHICH IS
WHAT I DO AT HART SQUARE.
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED BY
TEXTILEICE AND LEARNED TO WEAVE
AND GOT PARTICULARLY INTERESTED
IN HISTORIC 19 T H CENTURY
COVERLETS AND I WOVE A LOT OF
THOSE FOR SOME YEARS, WHICH IS
THE KIND OF REPRODUCTION THAT I
DO AT HART SQUARE.
>> THE CABIN THAT I INTERPRET IN
WAS BUILT BY A 19 T H CENTURY
SURVEYOR, SO THAT'S WHERE I
INTERPRET.
HE HAD SOME SURVEY EQUIPMENT
THERE IN THE STRUCTURE, AND MY
JOB IS TO INTERPRET WHAT
SURVEYING WAS LIKE IN THE MIDDLE
TO LATE 19 T H CENTURY.
>> ALL KINDS OF THINGS, A
SCHOOL, A STORE, A CHURCH, A
MILL, A COTTON BAILING BUILDING,
ONE OF THE MOST STRIKING THINGS
TO ME ON THAT FIRST VISIT WAS
THAT I GOT TO SEE DEMONSTRATIONS
OF THINGS THAT I HAD HEARD
ABOUT, READ ABOUT, KNEW OCCURRED
BACK IN THE 180 0 S , BUT HAD
NEVER SEEN ACTUALLY HAPPENING
LIKE PIT SAWING.
THEY HAD A PIT SAW GOING ON, AND
IT MADE SO MUCH MORE SENSE ONCE
YOU SAW THAT BEING DONE.
RITHING SHINGLES FOR BUILDINGS.
I HAD NEVER SEEN HOW THAT WAS
DONE.
BAILING COTTON AND THE WONDERFUL
THING TO ME, BECAUSE I LOVE
NORTH CAROLINA POTTERY, IS THE
FULL-BLOWN KILN FIRING FOR THE
DAY OF POTTERY.
(BLUEGRASS MUSIC)
>> BEING THERE, HART SQUARE,
WHERE YOU KNOW THERE'S SOME
OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME
AFFLICTION WHO WANT TO PLAY THIS
KIND OF MUSIC WAS GREAT.
SOME OF THEM WE ALREADY KNOW
FROM VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS.
I'VE HEARD OF THESE FOLKS AND
KNOW OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS
SO THESE GATHERINGS CAN BE A BIT
OF A REUNION.
>> SO MY HUSBAND HAS AN OLD-TIME
BAND, SO HE PLAYED ON THE PORCH
ON ONE OF THE HOUSES AND I
VOLUNTEERED TO DOCENT IN ONE OF
THE HOUSES, GIVING TOURS,
GUARDING THE HOUSE.
SO WE SIGNED UP AND THAT WAS
ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, AND WE'VE
GONE EVERY YEAR SINCE.
IT'S JUST ONE OF MY MOST
FAVORITE DAYS OF THE YEAR.
(MUSIC)
>> SO WHEN YOU'RE A DOCENT,
YOU'RE IN THE HOUSE AND AS THE
PEOPLE COME THROUGH, BECAUSE
EVERYBODY JUST WANDERS AROUND
THE WHOLE VILLAGE ALL DAY, ALL
THE VISITORS AND THEY COME IN
THE DIFFERENT HOUSES, AND I LOVE
GETTING TO TELL THEM THE STORY
OF THE HOUSE.
>> WELL, I ACTUALLY BEGAN DOING
LIVING HISTORY WHEN I WAS IN
COLLEGEP.
SO IN THE MID-'80 S , A FRIEND
OF MINE INVITED ME TO
PARTICIPATE IN AN EVENT WITH
HIM.
SO I ACTUALLY JOINED HIM.
IT WAS OUT THERE THAT I THOUGHT,
THIS IS JUST REALLY STRANGE AND
I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT REALLY
HAPPENED.
SO I STARTED DOING RESEARCH ON
MY OWN AND WAS JUST FASCINATED
BY THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED
ABOUT HISTORY THAT I HAD NO IDEA
THAT I NEVER LEARNED IN SCHOOL.
>> BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE SEEMED
TO HAVE AN INTEREST IN HISTORY,
BUT IT'S NOT A VERY DEEP
UNDERSTANDING OR KNOWLEDGE AND
IF I CAN JUST SHOW PEOPLE SOME
THINGS AND GET THEM EXCITED OR
INTERESTED AND GET THEIR
ENTHUSIASM SPARKED JUST A TINY
BIT THEN I FEEL LIKE I'VE DONE
MY JOB.
ONCE I STARTED LEARNING ABOUT
MECKLENBURG COUNTY'S HISTORY,
WHICH IS MY HISTORY, MY FAMILY'S
HISTORY, IT JUST WAS LIKE
STRIKING A MATCH, AND I LOVED IT
EVER SINCE.
JUST BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT
PRESERVING IT, TEACHING IT,
LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THE AMAZING
STORIES OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAME
BEFORE US.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH THE
VILLAGE AND THE OLDER PEOPLE
TEACH AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN TELL
WHO ENJOYS AND WHO UNDERSTANDS
HISTORY, AND YOU DON'T SEE THE
YOUNG PEOPLE SOMETIMES, BUT BACK
AND FORTH, THEY'RE NOT REALLY
INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY.
SO I LIKE TO BRING THE HISTORY
BACK TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION
TO MAKE THEM MORE INVOLVED.
(MUSIC)
[ SOUND OF WATER RUNNING ]
>> TODAY, HAS GOT US TO THE
POINT THAT WITH THIS MANY
CABINS, IT'S GETTING TO BE A LOT
OF WORK AND WE ARE TRYING TO
WORK ON FEASIBILITY STUDIES DOWN
THE ROAD THAT WE CAN DO
SOMETHING WITH THE VILLAGE.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE, IT'S THE
LARGEST LOG VILLAGE IN THE
COUNTRY.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF LEAF RAKINGS
AND BACKPACK BLOWING.
ALWAYS PATCHING HOLES IN THE
ROOFS, CHECKING THE BUILDINGS
FOR WATER LEAKS.
>> NO, IT'S BEEN GREAT.
I'VE LEARNED A LOT.
MISTAKES, YOU MAKE MISTAKES.
I LEARNED ON EVERY CABIN
SOMETHING I'VE DONE WRONG THAT I
WILL DO BETTER NEXT TIME.
MY BIGGEST MISTAKE IN PUTTING
THESE CABINS DOWN IS PROBABLY
NOT ON THE LOWER SPOT YOU THAT
PUT YOUR LOG ON AND I SHOULD
HAVE GONE 15 TO 18 INCHES DOWN
ON THE LOWER SPOT.
BECAUSE WATER WASHED UP AND
BROUGHT SOIL UP AGAINST THE
LOWER LOGS AND NOW THEY'RE
ALMOST SITTING ON THE GROUND.
YOU HAVE TO CLEAN THEM OUT AND
JACK THEM UP.
I ENJOYED TRYING TO FIND PERIOD
STUFF FOR THAT PARTICULAR ERA.
IF IT'S 1890, 1880 CABIN, THEN I
TRIED FINDING SOMETHING THAT
WOULD FIT TO THAT TIME LIMIT,
AND IT'S BEEN FUN.
I SPEND MY VACATIONS ANTIQUING.
I MAY TAKE A WEEK, MAYBE TWO
WEEKS GOING TO DIFFERENT PLACES.
(MUSIC)
>> JUST BEING WITH DOC AND MISS
BECKY AND KEEPING THIS PRESERVED
FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
I MEAN, IT'S SO REWARDING.
HE'S NOW A HISTORY BUFF, TOO,
WITH EVERYTHING HE'S DONE, BUT
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SINCE A CHILD.
>> THIS IS OUTSTANDING.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S A CHALLENGE AND I'M NOT
SURE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH
IT, BUT I'M OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.
I'M HAVING PEOPLE HELP ME TRY TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH
IT.
IT'S BEEN FUN, BUT IT'S GETTING
TO BE A LOT OF WORK.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO GET WRITER'S
CRAMP.
>> IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GO TO
HART'S SQUARE ONCE AND SEE EVEN
A TENTH OF WHAT'S GOING ON
THERE.
SO SO MANY OF THE VISITORS GO
BACK OVER AND OVER AND OVER
AGAIN EACH OCTOBER BECAUSE
THERE'S JUST SO MUCH TO SEE AND
DO.
>> MY WIFE CALLS IT AN
OBSESSION, BUT IT'S-- IT'S BEEN
FUN.
MY WIFE, FOR YEARS, HAS SAID YOU
CAN'T MOVE ANOTHER CABIN, BUT I
FIND ONE AND I CAN SEE THE FARM
FROM THE ROOF OF THAT ONE OR
IT'S A SLAVE'S CABIN AND I HAVE
BEEN LOOKING FOR ONE FOR 30
YEARS AND THE LAST ONE SHE SAID
NO TO WAS 1763, THE KNOLL HOUSE,
WHICH WAS SIX MILES FROM HERE
AND 1763, THE OLDEST IN EITHER
COUNTY, BUT MY KIDS FOR
CHRISTMAS ONE YEAR, PUT THE LOGS
IN A BOX, LINCOLN LOGS IN A BOX
AND GAVE IT TO ME FOR CHRISTMAS
TWO YEARS AGO AND I WAS MORE
EXCITED THAN KIDS GETTING
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, BUT THAT WAS
ONE OF THE LAST BUILDINGS THAT
WE MOVED.
>> I ABSOLUTELY GIVE UP ON
STOPPING HIM.
HE HAS PROMISED 30 HOUSES AGO
THIS IS THE LAST ONE.
BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER HOUSE
SOME PLACE THAT HAS TO BE MOVED.
>> WELL, THIS CONCLUDE OURS LOOK
AT THE HISTORIC VILLAGE AT
HART'S SQUARE.
WE THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND BE
SURE TO JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR A
TRAIL OF HISTORY.
(MUSIC)