Kingsport, Tennessee - Giant Skinny Indian
Field Report by the Roadsideamerica.com Team
- Address:
- 1225 E. Stone Drive, Kingsport, TN [Show Map]
- Directions:
- Pratt's Barn. I-181 to Stone Drive exit. East about three miles, south side of the road.
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Kingsport, Tennessee - Giant Skinny IndianThe tall, skinny, nearly nude Native stands in a town where other giants dwell. Roadsideamerica.com Report...
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Kingsport, Tennessee - Pratt's Barn, Big Indian During summers off from the University of Tennessee, I used to serve up some mean breakfast and barbecue at Pratt's Barn in Kingsport. The barbecue was good: tender and tangy! We also served breakfast with the best biscuits and sawmill gravy in town. I'm living in Kentucky now, and I don't know if they still serve breakfast, but try to make it in for a meal. Be sweet to the waitress....and tip her well, she's working hard, I can assure you. [Laura, 01/11/2008]
This location is the second home for the Indian. He has stood where he is since the early 1960s, when the new 11-W was built through the area where Pratts is now located, bypassing "downtown." The Indian stood on the ole US-11-W, now Hghiway 126, on what is known as Chestnut Ridge, about 2 miles as the crow files east of where he now stands. It was front page news the day "Kaw-Liga" was moved off the Ridge to his current home.
The old Pratt's location still stands as a private dwelling. The wife and I remember what a special treat it was to be taken to Pratt's when it was on the ridge for a hand dipped cone. [Dave Butler, 03/15/2006]
Kingsport, Tennessee - Huge Indian This big guy has been standing in front of Pratts BBQ Barn for at least 25 years. He provides humor for the locals when his skirt periodically comes off. He is about 5 miles from the "Pals Man" in Kingsport. [Melanie Tadlock Shaffer, 02/25/2001]
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Nearby Offbeat Places
- Big Fries, Hot Dog, Shake, Kingsport, TN - < 1 mi.
- Muffler Man Holding a Hamburger, Kingsport, TN - 3 mi.
- Grand Guitar, Bristol, TN - 15 mi.
- In the region: Big Mary the Elephant, Erwin, TN - 29 mi.


