Come visit the Walton Hamner House
Come visit the boyhood home of The Waltons creator Earl Hamner. Jr. The REAL John-Boy in Schuyler, VA.
2016 Schuyler, Virginia: Home Town of Earl Hamner, Jr (John Boy) Waltons
I have uploaded a couple of videos from Schuyler. Check out my playlist on Schuyler. The Hamner house is a historic landmark now & is open to the public To see the photos we have of Schuyler & the Waltons through out the years, go to my Facebook album at
Earl Hamner Childhood Home, Schuyler, VA
A short introduction to the Waltons Hamner House, including the childhood home of author/screenwriter Earl Hamner, the truck, the store, the museum, and the country roads. An expansion of the grounds, including a replica of the Waltons house and a botanical garden named for actor Will Geer, will be completed in 2019.
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Living in Virginia: Waltons Legacy
THE WALTONS first aired on commercial television in 1972 and became a hit. The series, based on the life of the Hamner family of Schuyler, Virginia, was written by brother and author Earl Hamner. This special presentation features interviews with the Hamner brothers and sisters, the stars of THE WALTONS at the series' Silver Anniversary celebration, and the residents of Schuyler. The Hamners discuss their strong family ties, tell about growing up in Nelson County, relay how the commercial series was different from real life, and remember what it was like to have their lives and community portrayed on national television. The presentation visits Schuyler, the Hamners' childhood home, and the Walton Museum.
The Waltons and Walton's Mountain Museum - Schuyler, Virginia
The long-running TV series The Waltons was based on author Earl Hamner, Jr's experiences growing up in a large family in the hamlet of Schuyler (pronounced Sky-ler) in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. These were the basis of his books Spencer's Mountain and The Homecoming. The success of a TV movie based on The Homecoming led to the creation of The Waltons series, which became one of the most popular series of the 1970s.
The school that Hamner and his brothers and sisters attended has been converted into Schuyler's community center and the Walton's Mountain Museum. The museum's collection is well-presented and surprisingly extensive, making it a must-see for fans of the show. In addition to memorablia from the show and photographs, it includes faithful reproductions of the sets, a movie room, models of a number of buildings that appeared in the show and their inspirations from the Schuyler area, scripts, information about the Hamner family and Ike Godsey's Store and Souvenir Shop.
The Photos (in order)
F09A0101 - The Walton's Mountain Museum once housed the school where Earl Hamner, Jr and his brothers and sisters attended school from elementary grades through high school
F09A0107 - The kitchen set used in The Waltons is one of three rooms from the show that have been faithfully reproduced inside the museum
F09A0104 - John-Boy's bedroom is another one of the rooms from the show that has been reproduced inside the museum
F09A0109 - This radio was actually used in the series; John Walton brought it home to the family at the start of the series; the Waltons frequently gathered around the radio throughout the series
F09A0116 - There apparently was a lot more Waltons-inspired merchandise and memorabilia when the show was on than I was aware of; the museum has a huge collection of these items
F09A0120 - Earl Hamner, Jr grew up in the Hamner home, located across the street from the school/museum
F09A0124 - The Schuyler Baptist Church was the inspiration for the church the Waltons attended in the series
V87A0074 - S & H Grocery, also known as Snead's Store, served as the inspiration for Ike Godsey's General Store in the series; the store burned down in 1989; I took this photo when I first passed through Schuyler in 1987 using a cheap 110 camera, thus the grainy look to the photo
R.I.P. Earl Hamner, Jr. (1923-2016)
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Walton (Hamner) original house
. Walking up to the original Walton (Hamner) house where John Boy Walton(Earl Hamner) grow up with his family. This video shows how close the church and school is to the house. The house is currently being renovated, that is why you see the dumpster in front of the house.
Journey? Back in Time to Schuyler Virginia
Aside from seeing my kids, of course, this little side trip to Schuyler was my favoirite part of our vacation.
I can't wait for Season 8 to come out on DVD.
Thanks to all the nice people at the Gift Shop and the Museum in Schyuler. We had fun.
Music by Kevin MacLeod, Heart Warming
Howardsville, Virginia
It's Howardsville Landing, where the Rockfish and James Rivers come together and a pretty spot it is. We are in Albemarle County.Nelson is on the right and across the river Buckingham. How British can you get.
The dog ain't mine.
Walton's Mountain Home Schuyler VA
Slideshow presentation of Walton's Mountain Home in Schuyler, VA,
Bold Rock Cidery and old Rockfish, Virginia Post Office
My Walton Mountain Museum Trip
This is a trip we took to Schuyler, Virginia April, 2009 to see the Waltons Mountain Museum. If you are a Walton fan, you will like it. The museum is inside a old schoolhouse. You can buy things at the General Store inside there. I know I didnt look happy at the post office window but its that I dont like being in pictures is all. LOL! I have never heard the whole entire theme song before. Its by The Daniel Caine Orchestra playing. You can find out more about the museum at this link.
Hammer McFadden Cemetery by George E. Wolf Jr./2014
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Dave & Darcy's 2001 Trip to the REAL Walton's Mountain
2 big fans of the popular TV series The Waltons travel to Schuyler, Virginia - the hometown of show creator Earl Hamner Jr. to visit the region that inspired the popular TV show.
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Father speaks out after authorities recover body of Hanover teen last seen in Virginia quarry
Authorities have found the body of a Hanover County teenager who went missing while swimming in a Virginia quarry Tuesday night, according to the teen's father.
Patrick Morin told our sister station 8News that rescue crews recovered the body of his son -- 18-year-old Henry Christian Morin.
The Story of the Walton Family
Sam Walton and his family. From 2005.
Earl Hamner, Jr.
Earl Henry Hamner Jr., is an American television writer and producer, best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s on the long-running CBS series The Waltons and Falcon Crest. As a novelist, he is best known for Spencer's Mountain, which was inspired by his own childhood and formed the basis for both the film of the same name and the television series The Waltons, for which he provided voice-over narration.
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The Waltons - Memories of filming 'The Homecoming', October 2001
The children from the cast of The Waltons share their memories of filming 'The Homecoming - A Christmas Story' - 30 years after the release of the 1971 movie that inspired the popular TV show The Waltons.
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2011 NC Awards Winner for Public Service -- Charles E. Hamner
Charles Hamner was born in 1935 in Schuyler, Virginia—the home of 1970s television family, the Waltons. His childhood was not unlike that of the Waltons, the storyline having been developed by his cousin, writer Earl Hamner Jr. Hamner studied animal husbandry at Virginia Tech and went on to earn three degrees from the University of Georgia, a Masters of Arts in chemistry and doctorate degrees in veterinary medicine and biochemistry. From 1964 to 1988 he worked at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, teaching surgery and biochemistry.
Hamner retired from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in 2002 but shortly thereafter was appointed Chairman of the Board of the Chemical Institute for Industrial Toxicology, renamed the Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences in his honor. The Hamner, as it is known, guides innovative chemical and pharmaceutical development with an emphasis on product safety. He has been awarded three honorary doctorates, including one from Northern Ireland's University of Ulster, the citation there recognizing his boosts to the pharmaceutical industry in that region.
Waltons Mountain Gift Shop and Museum
If you're ever in Schuyler, I highly recommend you spend the $6 and go visit all the memorabilia. It may sound kinda corny, but it sure was fun :-)
Oh, and pay no attention to me humming The Waltons theme music, as I walked through the place... I just couldn't help myself :-D
Music By: Kevin MacLeod; Incompetech.com
(-!-) The Waltons / John Boy's Balls blooper
The Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name, about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II.
The series pilot The Homecoming: A Christmas Story was broadcast on December 19, 1971. Beginning in September 1972, the series aired on CBS for nine seasons. After the series was canceled by CBS in 1981, NBC aired three television movie sequels in 1982, with three more in the 1990s on CBS. The Waltons was produced by Lorimar Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution in syndication. Thanks For Watching
The Waltons 1972 - 1981 Opening and Closing Theme (With Goodnight Snippet)
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The Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show is centered on a family in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
The series pilot aired as a television movie entitled The Homecoming: A Christmas Story and was broadcast on December 19, 1971. Beginning in September 1972, the series originally aired on CBS for a total of nine seasons. After the series was canceled by CBS in 1981, NBC aired three television movie sequels in 1982, with three more in the 1990s on CBS.
The Waltons was produced by Lorimar Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution in syndication. The main story takes place in Walton's Mountain, a fictional town at the foot of a mountain in fictitious Jefferson County, Virginia. The actual place upon which the stories are based is in Nelson County, Virginia and is the community of Schuyler.
The time period is from 1933 to 1946, during the Great Depression and World War II, during the presidential administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S Truman. The year 1933 is suggested by a reference to the opening of the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago, a brief shot of an automobile registration, and it is divulged in episode 18 that the date is in the spring of 1933. The last episode of season one, An Easter Story, is set in February?April 1934. The year 1934 takes two seasons to cover, while some successive years are covered over the course of a few months.