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)
UNA GRAN IMAGEN FELICIDADES.
I like the strong cultural aspect to this barn, and your narrative is a pleasure to read. Superb work!
Excellent photo and wonderful history as well as geography lessons Thank you
Very interesting intro into the history Lynell and as ever excellent photography! hugs Jane xxx
I think people ought to leave these kind of buildings alone ..it is part of our history and the young could learn from this!
LOVE THE PHOTO. MAYBE SOMEONE SHOULD PETITION THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO PUT THEM ON THE NATIONAL REGISTRY OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
Really neat clarity in this shot of the old barn, Lynell! Well, one cannot say that you don't know the most historic and memorable places to visit in what I assume is Tennessee, that's for sure! I doubt California can match this.
How cool... love the trees in the background and again, the colors are very soothing and blend well in this photo. Great work again!!!!
Wonderful historic story and another great capture of the barn.
This is wonderful !!!
A great way to advertise and that will be an interesting mission to see them all.
great capture...
Been there loved it took my parents car when i was 16 drove with 2 friends from northern Indiana to Tennesee camped in Knoxville and found look out mountain had a blast seen some of those signs and the Mammoth caves and JD ole'#7 ha ha Good times
Yes, nostalgic. Very. From when mom took all the family photos with a Brownie 620 and we'd drive from New Jersey to Alabama every summer in the 1947 Mercury. We'd stop at Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain. I remember the roadside picnic tables and the family picnic basket. We had Cheerios or Wheaties, lunch and supper sandwiches at them. Before hamburgers were a big thing. We'd get to slide the coke bottles out of the cooler and open them ourselves as a reward for not asking "Are we there yet." LOL Don't get me started!
excellent photo and history lynell..
Great image!
It's so great!
Interesting piece of American history and great barn!
very interesting, nice shot..
Very nice capture and this is a great peice of american history that I was not privvy to. I somewhat remember seeing some of these barns myself but had no idea as to what or where it was refering to. But it certainly does sound famialar! thanks for sharing!
great shot!
superlative shot! a most fantastic capture!
I had never heard of this! Sounds great! Thank you for sharing this information & your great photo! Good luck getting more of these photos before this part of history disappears!
What 7 states? My childhood has memories of farm country and distant relatives. This is a fantastic pic! Thanks for the peek! (:
Interesting history !
Excellently done! Have a nice weekend.
This brings back memories! After we moved to New Jersey, we would drive once a year to Louisiana to visit relatives. We'd see the See Rock City signs on the roofs and clamor "See Rock City! See Rock City! Let's go See Rock City!" But the parents were more interested in getting on with the trip. So no See Rock City for us. Great capture!
Fantastic! Well Done!
Very cool. Nice info too.
Cool shot.. and I really like the bit of history :) ...