Hillbilly Files - Legends & Locations

06/11/2026

Hi everybody. :-)
I would like to introduce you all to someone.

Counter fitting Sol, or moneymaking Sol if you prefer, was a veteran of the war of 1812.
He was also a prosperous and fairly famous counter fitter back in his day, and eventually became a hillbilly mountain patriarch.
Thousands of people all across the country, can trace their lineage directly back to this man, and this place!

The problem is, his story has been all but forgotten over the years since his death in 1858.

Until Today... :-)

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06/07/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK9199arkrE

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06/06/2026

T-minus 12 hours, until we launch the mountain goat again! lol

Wish me luck everybody.
I'm headed out on one of our classic search missions at dawn tomorrow!
I'm going to go search for, and video, whatever is left of an old ghost town in the middle of nowhere, and then try to find the old cemetery that still holds It's residents, to this day.

Tell a few legends, and show a few locations... :-)

As near as I can tell I'll be driving to a certain point, taking the ebike so far In, and then walking "as needed" from there.

Should be a pretty cool day!
If I can find it... lol

06/03/2026

Hi Everybody!
Just got back from one of the "prettiest" camping trips I have ever seen, and thought I would share some of my pics with you all. :-)
I spent 3 days and 2 nights at Fishpond lake in Letcher county Kentucky near the town of Jenkins.
I made BBQ ribs the first night, and had Hardees drive-thru on the second. I ran into several of our viewers, saw a 4 foot black snake, got a hole in my raft, and got in about 40 miles on the bike too.
I fished a little bit, flew the drone, and got accepted to become a member of a family of ducks.

I didn't do anything else on this trip.
There were no mountains to climb, no lost sites to search for, and no stories to tell. This one was all mine. :-)

I was the only one camping there.
So I rocked my site like Ozzy in the daylight... And then lit the place up like a Christmas tree at night!! LOL

We should have the video posted in a couple days. :-)

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06/03/2026

The Outlaw Trails near McCarr Kentucky & Matewan West Virginia follow a network of remote mountain roads and former coal mining routes that riders have explored for generations. Long before Pike County created the official Hillbilly Trails system, local ATV and side-by-side enthusiasts used these paths to travel the ridges, reclaimed strip mines, remote hollows, and scenic overlooks that stretch across the mountains surrounding McCarr, Blackberry, and the Tug Valley region.

These trails wind through some of the most historic ground in eastern Kentucky. Just below many of the ridges lies the Tug Fork Valley, the same region made famous by the Hatfield-McCoy Feud of the late 1800s. Across the river from McCarr sits Matewan, West Virginia, while nearby communities in Pike County were home to many members of the McCoy family. Riders often find themselves traveling through the very mountains where feud stories, family rivalries, and Appalachian history unfolded more than a century ago.

05/30/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHBbVoZRY8Y

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05/28/2026

Another adventure in the books. :-)

I got a little creative on this one and let my hair down. My hair is only about 1/4 inch long, but I let it down anyway. lol

My plan was to just whip something up with a large covered area and a fireplace "hillbilly ingenuity style" on the spot, and then spend the night in it during a thunderstorm.
I had nice weather most of the day, but got hit pretty hard last night. Rain, wind, thunder and lightening. The frogs were loving it! Screeching all around me so loud you could barely hear yourself.
It was awesome!

I had several deer in camp, and watched a hawk dive into the bushes behind me, and roll out the other side with some kind of rat looking thing... lol
I, on the other hand, did not have rat for dinner.
I had pan seared salmon with home made salmon cakes, and sausage and eggs for breakfast.

We should have the video posted on our other channel in the next couple days. :-) https://www.youtube.com/

05/25/2026

05/25/2026

The lost camping trip...

These few pics are all that's left.
The gopro finally kicked the bucket on us, and didn't save any of the videos.

I actually made a joke in the video about how strange it is that I was all alone in the middle of nowhere, but still talking to all of you at the same time.
Turned out the joke was on me. I really was just talking to myself the whole time, and didn't even know it... LOL

05/23/2026

After 2 attempts, Mission complete!

We have been planning to do this story over a year.. Nice to finall...