127 Yard Sale
First Full Weekend in August
The headquarters are located at the
Fentress County Chamber of Commerce
in Jamestown, TN on the beautiful Upper
Cumberland Plateau. The Sale always
officially starts on the first Thursday in
August through the following Sunday.
Many sellers in the Clarkrange and
Jamestown, TN area start selling the
weekend before the official start date.
“It is aptly titled, ‘The Worlds Longest Yard
Sale!’ Every year individuals clean out
their closets and stake out their front yards
along the Hwy 127 corridor stretching
over 690 miles from Addison, Michigan to
Gadsden, Alabama. They band together as
communities, in groups or as individuals
and over a four-day weekend they
welcome the onslaught of visitors from
the North, South, East and West.
“It is a mutual exchange of cultures with
a common goal; to look, buy and sell!
As you drive the country roads, you will
hear a collection of dialects, be privy to
incredible stories related to the individuals
and the items they sell and see a plethora
of items that only your grandmother could
love.
“Most importantly, I think most come
to see the unusual and socialize. It is
Americana at its best,” Dennis Keim, www.
dk-studio.com
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