The second annual Highway 79-63 Junk Hunt Loop, a 120-mile trail of rummage sales, is one of two events developed by Jennifer King of Rison to promote tourism.
The event will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5-7, following a route that begins and ends at Pine Bluff while including places like Rison, Kingsland, New Edinburg, Fordyce, Warren and Woodlawn. Most events are held from about 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
King said there is no cost to participate in the Junk Hunt Loop and people may set up a sale somewhere along the route. She encouraged those setting up to post their location on the Highway 79-63 Junk Hunt Loop Facebook page.
King said the Junk Hunt Loop will start at the U.S. 79 exit at Interstate 530 in Pine Bluff, proceed south along U.S. 79 through Watson Chapel, Rison, Kingsland and eventually to Fordyce.
At Fordyce, the loop turns east along Highway 8 passing through New Edinburg to Warren. At Warren, the loop turns north on U.S. 63 heading back to Pine Bluff through the communities of Rye, Pansy, Rowell, Calmer, Woodlawn and Randall.
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While the Interstate 530-Highway 79 intersection is designated at the official starting point, King said people can take in the route at any point along the circuit.
The Highway 79-63 Junk Hunt Loop is one of two rummage sale trails developed by King as a way to attract people to a part of the state that they typically may not visit.
King said she has been informed of several sales being set up along U.S. 79 South in Jefferson County. In addition, she said there are “hubs,” a site with several vendors at one location, being set up at the Pioneer Village in Rison, Main Street in downtown Fordyce, the New Edinburg Community Center in New Edinburg, downtown Warren and at “The Place” on U.S. 63 in the Randall community, just south of the Cleveland-Jefferson County line.