Rock City Barn by tennesseecowgirl
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History:
By the time the Civil War reached the slopes of Lookout Mountain, more and more people had discovered what was already being called "the Rock City." During the famous battle of Lookout Mountain, both a Union officer and a Confederate nurse speculated in separate diary entries that one could see seven states from atop the summit. Rock City remained well known to hikers and geologists throughout the latter portion of the 1800's, but it would take the dawning of a new century before the fabulous Rock City would reach its full potential.
Rock City officially opened as a public attraction on May 21, 1932. It got off to a slow start, because advertising in those days was difficult; especially since Carter's mountain-top attraction was not located in a place that people would just happen to be passing by and take notice. It was at this point another brilliant idea of Carter's was born. He enlisted the help of a young sign painter named Clark Byers, who was hired to travel the nation's highways and offer to paint farmer's barns in exchange for letting them paint three simple words: See Rock City. The distinctive black-and-white signs appeared as far north as Michigan and as far west as Texas. The advertising soon began to produce the desired effect and, by the close of the 1930's, more travelers than ever had seen Rock City Gardens.
1936 - Garnet Carter began his famous barn roof advertising campaign to lure vacationers from the highways. By the 1950's Clark Byers had painted "See Rock City" on 900 barn roofs from Michigan to Texas.
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a lot of these barns THAT ARE LEFT are out here in my area so I going to do my darn best to get out and find as many as I can before WALMARTS plow them all over...
Hope you enjoyed... from the top of Look out Mountain where Rock City is located you can see 7 states can any one guess which seven those are??
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Comments (74)
Fidelity2
Great. 5+!
brycek
Wonderful capture and history!!
magnus073
Great pic and I love the history you provided Lynell. This looks so much like the sites from my area as they often use old barns and silo's as billboards
THROBBE
Beautiful barn scene with selective coloring. Never been there but looks like a great place to visit! Nice work Lynell! Ray
tennesseecowgirl
LOL there is no selective coloring on this one,that is how I shot it, it was a very overcast drab sort of day..
MagikUnicorn
Excellent :)
DAVER2112
Cool image! :)
decie
nice photo and thanks for the history lesson:)
mgtcs
Excellent capture, great narrative!
mickeyrony
Impressive research my Beautiful.Great naration. And always the class of a glance. Cheer still and mile mercies ((5++)) Impressionnante recherche ma Belle . Belle naration . Et toujours la classe d'un regard. Bravo encore et mile mercis ((5++))
MtnMist
This is another great shot. I've been to Lookout Mountain and it's one of most beautiful and scariest places I've had the pleasure/displeasure (afraid of heights) to be. The steeply inclined down-the-mountain rail ride will curl your hair!
Flannelman
Cool info and a really nice shot of history. Hope you find all that are left. ;-)
tennesseecowgirl
Yes I agree with you the first time I drove up there, I all I wanted to do was turn around but there wasn't anywhere to do that, I was in it to the end.. but the view is worth it, and you get to see 7 states all at once.
flora-crassella
wonderful picture!!!
PD154
Great history narrative sweetie, and this shot is fantastic!!!
carlx
Great story and capture!!!
flavia49
sperb capture and great info!
hipps13
Well, I would have to look that up lol wonderful information, I so enjoyed and love the capture warm hugs, Linda
Hendesse
Excellent shot, very interesting textures.
november22
Nice barn shot! I remember this place from when I was a kid - I thought one should be able to see white lines or something on the trees LOL! I was a kid. Well done.
Richardphotos
I have seen this very barn on television.excellent capture and narrative
Dreamingbee
like this .. wonderful
bmac62
THIS IS NOSTALGIC BEYOND BELIEF. The first time my family took a vacation together was in 1950. The only super highway was the Pennsylvania Turnpike. There was no interstate highway system at all yet. That effort really picked up speed later in the 1950s through the 1960-70s. Our first trip was in a two door 1941 black Ford sedan with mohair seats, little usable heat and absolutely no air-conditioning except at 450...that was four windows rolled down and 50 mph. All along our route (New York to midway across Ohio were "See Rock City" barns. The best part of the trip (besides sleeping) was hollering out there a Rock City barn or Chew Mail Pouch or the side splitting ditties we'd read on Birma Shave signs. Lynell...great picture. Go out and get us more. I read where there is only 100 of 900 left. And OK, I'll name the states: Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and by some mighty stretch of the imagination, Virginia and Kentucky...but I'd have to see the last two to believe it...they are 120 miles away from the top of Lookout Mountain.
farmerC
This is Shining.
DarkStormCrow
Excellent, I remember all the rock city barns and signs from childhood, well done...
ShadowsNTime
Wonderful history of this Lynell. My grandmothers cupboards were made from Burma Shave signs that littered the highways years ago, good use of advertising I think, lol! But this is cool advertising, there are still buildings in Seattle that have ads like this painted on them, I like the nostalgia! Great shot!!!
awjay
superb
Grego_Sheen
great shot and explanation about the place, its great to read and makes imagine the whole story!
Blush
Great shot sis We used to have a barn painted just like this in our county Unfortunately it got blown away a few yrs back in a bad storm This bought back so many memories Love it Hugs Susan~
Miska7
Very nice capture and information! Well done.