400-Mile Sale
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The 400-Mile Sale, sometimes referred to as the Highway 68 Yard Sale, is an outdoor
History
The 400 Mile Sale was founded in 2004 by Debbie Spencer whose goal was to bring awareness of antique and curiosity shops along the route. Leadership was passed to Judy Spencer in 2019. Tara Hall became the Director of the 400 Mile Sale in March 2022. The event took place every year since its inaugural sale, although in 2020, it was rescheduled to October 2–4 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
Counties along the route have always been the primary sponsors of the sale. The sponsors of the 2022 yard sale were Kentucky Lake/Marshall County Tourism, Cadiz/Trigg County Tourism, Visit Hopkinsville, City of Elkton, Logan County Tourism and Chamber of Commerce[1], the City of Auburn[1], Edmonton-Metcalfe Chamber of Commerce, Taylor County Tourism, Visit Lebanon, Perryville Main Street Association, Visit Harrodsburg, and Visit Jessamine.[5] In 2023, the yard sales in Perryville will be sponsored by Perryville Outlet Furniture, the sale's first business sponsor.
Further information
400mile.com is your Treasure Map
In 2022, 400mile.com was revamped to include the popular Map My Route feature. Sellers and multisites register their sales and you can find each one plotted on Map My Route. The map can be sorted by day of sale, regional shopping, and by item types.[6]
Areas exempt from the event
A 10-mile-long (16 km) stretch of the
Other events in the area during the yard sale
A town-wide yard sale in the eastern Warren County town of Smiths Grove is often held during the US 68 Yard Sale just off the highway. Elkton, the Todd County seat also has a lot of yard sales during the event, even if on other streets.[3][8][9] The Glasgow Highland Games at Barren River Lake State Resort Park, well south of the US 68 corridor along U.S. Route 31E, is often held during the same weekend as the 400 mile yard sale.[10]
The 400-mile sale on television
In southern Kentucky, the event is regularly publicized on the local level on ABC/Fox dual network affiliate WBKO in Bowling Green as that station's studio facilities are located on the yard sale route.
During the event in June 2015, the 400-mile sale gained national exposure when it was featured on two
See also
- 127 Corridor Sale, the world's longest yard sale along US 127
- U.S. Route 68
References
- ^ News Democrat & Leader. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ "400-Mile Sale Across Kentucky Along Historic Hwy 68". 400-Mile Sale. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ a b "Yard Sale Locations". 400-Mile Sale. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ Fuller, Leanne (May 31, 2021). "Kentucky's 400-mile yard sale to begin Thursday". WPSD-TV. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ News Democrat Leader, May 16, 2022
- ^ Moore, Robert (June 1, 2022). "Discover The Treasures Along U.S. 68 When The 400 Mile Sale Returns June 2". Harrodsburg Herald. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023.
- ^ 400-Mile Sale Brochure (Pamphlet). 2013.
- ^ "400-Mile Sale and Elkton Yard Sale Days". Elkton, Kentucky. April 15, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ "400-Mile Sale and Elkton Yard Sale Days 2015". Elkton, Kentucky. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ Perkins, Will (2016). "Glasgow biz booms this weekend". Glasgow Daily Times, June 4, 2016, page A-1.
- ^ "400 Mile Sale This Weekend". Barren County Progress. June 14, 2015.