Giant Indian Kaw-Liga - Pratt's BBQ - Kingsport, TN
Posted by: vhasler
N 36° 33.035 W 082° 31.593
17S E 363373 N 4046103
Giant skinny Indian in front of Pratt's BBQ
Waymark Code: WM4VQZ
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2008
Views: 21
Pratt's BBQ is located at 1225 E Stone Dr in Kingsport, TN. This road is the main highway on the north side of town, so you can't miss this guy. For locals, the Indian in part represents the city's only high school, Kingsport's Dobyns-Bennette High, known as "The Indians." Once an Indian always an Indian, the saying goes. 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 US11W, 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.
I did not classify this Indian as a Muffler Man as he lacks the proportions (skinny), the raised arm(s), and the right chin.
This Roadside Giant is made out of: Fiberglass
This Roadside Giant Depict...?: A humanoid form
Web Address for this giant or group of giants.: [Web Link]
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