Here's a peek at what you'll find on the tour

A sample of the barns that are on the self-guided driving tour:

1. Thomas Lowe Lindley barn

Location: 4831 W. 6800 South, Mount Sterling

Best view: Anywhere along 6800 South

Built: 1924

Style: Gambrel-roofed dairy barn

Interesting tidbits: The hardwood tongue-and-groove floor of the loft was so well-built that for two years it served as a dance hall, with music by the Mendon Jazz Band. Current owner A. Reed Lindley remembers using it as a basketball court. "We'd feed hay out of the center as soon as we could so me and my brother could play basketball." He also remembers the process of filling the loft. "We'd put the first crop of hay in until it reached to top. Then all the kids would tromp and tromp the hay down so there was room for the second crop."

Lindley has put a metal roof on the barn. "The roof is the first thing that goes, and then everything else rots. A good roof and a good foundation make a good barn."

It would no longer be cost-effective to fill the loft with hay, he said. "It's cheaper to cover bales of hay than to hire people to stack it in the barn." Those are the economics of modern farming, he said wryly. "If you want to farm, you need a really good other job so you can afford it."

2. McBride granary

Location: 6800 South and 3600 West, Mount Sterling

Best view: From 3600 West

Built: 1896

Style: Stacked 2x4

Interesting tidbits: A granary, rather than a barn, it still provides a look at outbuilding history. It was built in one of two common styles. (Another was inside-out, where siding walls were placed inside the heavy wall studs.) This granary has pencil notations inside that detail amounts of grain stored there. It is believed to have been used as part of the LDS Women's Relief Society grain-storage program that occurred around the turn of the century.

3. Clawson barn

Location: 281 S. 200 East, Hyrum

Best view: 300 South, looking north

Built: Maybe around 1927

Style: Classic Intermountain, with gable roof, a central bay and attached wings