- Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] In the summer of 1937, it seemed as if Walton's Mountain was reborn. The blue-misted mountains, the tall stands of evergreens and the wild flowers that grew everywhere gave a fragrance to the air and a spirit to the soul. It was also the summer that Martha Corinne Walton came to visit, and that made it a summer to remember.