Janet Kendrick looks through various items Friday in Ringgold, Ga. at The Dixie Highway 90-Mile Yard Sale. Despite the damage from the recent tornado there were plenty of people participating in the yard sale.IF YOU GO
* What: Dixie Highway 90-Mile Yard Sale.* When: Approximately 8 a.m.-6 p.m. today through Sunday.* Where: Ringgold, Ga. to Marietta, Ga.* Admission: Free.* Phone: 770-387-1357.* Website: www.face book.com/DixieHigh way90MileYardSale.
Chenille bedspreads may not be in abundance, but expert pickers are likely to find a wide variety of items in this weekend’s 90-mile Dixie Highway Yard Sale between roughly Ringgold, Ga., and Marietta, Ga.
“This is a free-for-all,” said Ellen Archer, executive director of the Cartersville and Bartow County Convention and Visitors Bureau. “It’s fun.”
The event, which began in 2006, is named for the highway first envisioned in 1912 by Carl Fisher to transport Northerners to the South in the winter. Built between 1915 and 1927, it served travelers from Michigan to Florida — including many a stand with chenille bedspreads — and later became U.S. Highway 41.
The initial purpose of the sale was to attract visitors off Interstate 75 after the Georgia legislature designated Dixie Highway as a historic driving route, officials said, and the Georgia Dixie Highway Association installed 12