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Lunch visit turns into planned Day Trip to ferry By Linda Waggener A recent lunchtime trip resulted in the discovery of old friends, Monroe County BBQ and discovery a ferry nearby on the Cumberland River that requires a future Day Trip. Once upon a time there was a business on Hudson Street in Columbia called Red Barn Bar-B-Q owned by Marketta and Gary Dubree from Tompkinsville, KY. They brought real Monroe County style barbecue to Adair County and were quickly adopted by many. Click this link to see how a fire changed everything. The business had to close down and for many years the little red barn building was just a vacant reminder of what our community had lost. Recently Ellen Zornes and I passed by and noticed a sign that designated the building is now the home of a church. In our conversation about the good food and good friends - you'll have to ask Ellen or Marketta to tell you their convertible story - we decided it was time to go find our friends in Monroe County. Since the fire closed their Columbia store, Marketta and Gary have been continuing their business just south of their home city of Tompkinsville. We found them there and enjoyed a fine reunion. While waiting for the food, we noticed a picture of a ferry boat on the wall and asked about it. It's still running in a part of Monroe County that can be reached from Tompkinsville only by crossing the Cumberland River on that ferry. It takes you to the scenic Turkey Neck Bend area. At one time, the ferry was considered one of the best steamboat landings along the upper Cumberland River. It is free and is the only state-operated ferry in Kentucky. To get to the Cumberland River Ferry, take a winding Highway 214 from Tompkinsville. We plan to do so at the next opportunity for a Day Trip. This story was posted on 2019-07-25 04:32:00
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