At one time the Mail Pouch slogan appeared on thousands of roadside barns throughout the Ohio River Valley. Today, these nostalgic reminders of Sunday drives from the 50s have been disappearing since 1992. Spending 55 years at his trade, the Mail Pouch advertising came to a halt when the last Mail Pouch Barn painter, Harley Warrick, died. A considerable tally of these barn-side billboards were the work of Warrick, a resident of Belmont County, Ohio. Harley joined the Mail Pouch team in his early 20s and spent his working life painting and repainting the advertisements. At first, working six days out of seven and earning as much as 32 dollars per week, Harley put his expert touch to over 20,000 barns throughout the mid-West. For the company, the Mail Pouch barn campaign began in 1890 and continued until 1992. The slogan could be read from Wisconsin to South Carolina and from New Jersey to Iowa.
   This roadside barn is located along Ohio's Covered Bridge Scenic Byway near Moss Run, a small community in Washington County.

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