Highway 15 Yard Sale Draws Hundreds of Vendors Across East Mississippi Towns
By
Dustin Cardon
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Summary
The article covers the Highway 15 Yard Sale event in East Mississippi, where hundreds of vendors set up stalls stretching from Newton to Maben. It highlights the story of Timothy Bozeman, a former Coca-Cola plant worker who started as a yard sale enthusiast and eventually became a vendor himself. The event is a collaboration between flea-market owners and independent vendors, creating a long corridor of sales across multiple Mississippi towns.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledFor years, Timothy Bozeman would spend his days off from working at a North Mississippi Coca-Cola plant driving along Highway 11 in search of local flea markets and yard sales.
Parking his truck, he'd hop out and browse the antiques and other used items for treasures that caught his eye.
Seeking out these odds and ends across the state turned out to be a great way to meet new people, he found.
Eventually, Bozeman collected enough interesting items that he decided to start running his own stall at a nearby flea market so that new people could come to him.
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