MOTORISTS WHO REGULARLY TRAVEL ALONG US 641 NEAR THE LYON-CALDWELL COUNTY LINE ARE ALREADY NOTICING A SIGN OF SPRING POPPING UP ALONG THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY. STRETCHING BETWEEN THE 4- AND 5-MILE MARKERS, A LINE OF JONQUILS HAS BEEN APPEARING EACH SPRING FOR ABOUT AS LONG AS ANYONE CAN REMEMBER.
THE FLOWERS WERE PLANTED BY CHARLES BROCKMEYER JR., WITH HELP FROM HIS FRIEND AND FARMHAND KELL MOORE OF PRINCETON IN THE FALL OF 1949. THEY FIRST BLOOMED IN THE SPRING OF 1950, MAKING THIS THE 60TH YEAR THEY HAVE BRIGHTENED THE ROADSIDE BETWEEN EDDYVILLE AND FREDONIA.
SANDRA BROCKMEYER BUTTON SAYS HER FATHER WOULD BE PLEASED THE REAPPEARANCE OF THE FLOWERS EACH SPRING IS STILL MAKING PEOPLE SMILE. NOW LIVING IN VERMONT, BUTTON STILL GETS A GREAT DEAL OF JOY WHEN SHE OCCASIONALLY RETURNS TO THE HOME PLACE WHILE THE FLOWERS ARE IN BLOOM, USUALLY IN THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO EASTER. BUTTON HAS FOLLOWED UP ON THE LEGACY HER FATHER LEFT FOR OTHERS BY PLANTING ROWS OF FLOWERS ALONG THE ROADWAY NEAR HER HOME IN VERMONT.
KENTUCKY TRANSPORTATION CABINET LYON COUNTY HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT ROGER KNOTH SAYS IT’S AMAZING THAT THE JONQUILS HAVE CONTINUED TO COME UP ON THEIR OWN EACH YEAR. KNOTH SAYS HIGHWAY CREWS ROUTINELY MOW THE AREA SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. OTHER THAN THAT, THE JONQUILS GROW UNATTENDED.
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