Searching for Barns | Road Trip # 1
Nine-hundred barns stood at one time emblazed with a message about Rock City Gardens. Today, only about 42 remain, and as every day passes, that number falls. If you consider that many of the barns exceeded 80-years-old, that’s remarkable. Many barns have outlived the land owners and have been passed down to the next generation or sold to a new owner.
The original painter was Clark Byers. You’ll hear more about him throughout this process. With a paint brush and a bucket of paint, he climbed ladders and transformed a barn roof into advertising gold. How did this idea begin? What roads? What message? Who decided?
RCB # 5070 | Ruby Falls | Millions Have Seen Rock City (Buttermilk Road), Kingston TN
RCB # 5241 | See 7 States from Rock City Atop Lookout Mt. | Rutledge, TN
RCB # 5070 | Ruby Falls | Millions Have Seen Rock City (Buttermilk Road), Kingston TN
RCB #5166 | Off I-40 off entrance ramp
Tennessee Titan Collaboration | From Knoxville South on 411
