The hard working staff of Johnny-Sells.com attended
The Worlds Longest Yard Sale in Kentucky in early August, 2009.
The sale dates back to the 1980s when the city manager of a small town in Tennessee got the idea to have everyone who was going to have a yard sale, stage it along Route 127, the main street in town. When the interstate highways were built, a lot of small towns were bypassed and had fallen on hard times. This was his way of generating some tourism.
The Rte 127 yard sale was a success. Soon it spread to other towns along the road. Now the sale goes from near Cincinnati, Ohio to northern Alabama, over 450 miles, all along Rte 127.
We went there to source some bargains for you, our valued customers. This is what we found.
Stop Here if You Like Quality. Maybe the items for sale were quality, but the sign sure wasn't.
Johnny-Sells employee of the month Janet Treuhaft at the 450 Mile Tag sale. We traveled north from Russell Springs to Frankfort, Kentucky. There were hundreds of vendors and just plain folks selling everything you could think of.
Some were very organized like these in Danville's county fairgrounds.
Others were set up in horse barns.
Antique light fixtures and serving pieces
They wanted $675 for this phone.
Old Candlestick Phone
Quilts
Streamlined Baby Buggy
Hand Pump Vacuum Cleaner
Johnny couldn't afford any of that stuff, so he bought a genuine Dale Earnhardt, Jr. kids see through backpack. We also bought lots of cool items which will start showing up in the Johnny-Sells eBay store in the days to come.
This Gent was selling ancient Native American arrow heads. He was asking $12,000 for an atlatl (top center).
Some of the towns along the way were very cute. This is Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
Norman Rockwell would love this place.
Ornamental windows on the top of one of the stores
This little girl made cute motor sounds as she road tested a tractor pedal car.
Log Cabin Court House in Danville, KY. Built in 1765.
Derelict barn
The green hills of Kentucky beyond the horse competition judges' stand at a county fairgrounds.
We also visited Mammoth Cave National Park.
Ranger John was a former high school teacher
The natural entrance to the cave. Several others had been blasted into the hillsides above the 300 mile cave system in the years before it became a national park in 1941.
Ranger John telling us about the Native American burial grounds in the cave.
Sunset in Cave City, KY
We really enjoyed our time in Kentucky. You'll never meet friendlier people. And the fried chicken is amazing.
