Situated on a portion of the campground used by the Cherokee Indians on the infamous Trail of Tears, this portion includes the gravesites of Chiefs White Path and Fly Smith. Also on the site is a restored log cabin, Heritage Center and picnic areas.

A Trail of Tears Pow Wow is held annually the weekend following Labor Day with native dance competitions, crafts, food and more.

The former Post Office constructed in 1914 is now home to the Pennyroyal Area Museum, where the colorful past of southwestern Kentucky comes alive.

See the Night Riders light up the sky during the tobacco war, clairvoyant Edgar Cayce perform his miracles, historic clothing, antique toys and local memorabilia from bygone years.

Rotating exhibits by local artists are also on display. The $5 admission covers both the Pennyroyal Area Museum and the Woody Winfree Fire-Transportation Museum.

Nestled among a grove of trees on the Hopkinsville Community College campus, the park features King Arthur's Sword in the Stone, a 22,000 pound replica of King Arthur's Round Table, the Muse of Tragedy, a Greco-Roman amphitheatre, a Medieval Wall, the Delphain Tholos and melpomene.

Jeffers’ Bend consists of a 40 acre grassland, 1 acre lake, 2.7 miles of walking trails and six buildings which once housed the Hopkinsville Water Treatment Plant.

The facility now offers nature trails, a windmill-aerated lake, bird observatory, amphitheatre, welcome center and environmental classrooms. Herb and butterfly gardens are maintained by volunteers and a new children's garden allows kids from nearby neighborhoods to plant and grow their vegetables.

Fort Campbell Memorial Park honors 248 soldiers who were killed on December 12, 1985 at Gander, Newfoundland while returning home to Fort Campbell from a peace-keeping mission in the Sinai.

The 16-acre park is located at 41-A and Pennyrile Parkway and features a paved walking trail, benches and lighted “Peacekeeper” monument sculpted by Hopkinsville artist Steve Shields. The seven-foot copper statue is fronted by granite markers chiseled with the names of the fallen soldiers.

Built in 1892, the L & N Depot is on the National Register of Historic Places and now houses the Pennyroyal Arts Council.

The Hopkinsville depot is a six-room, single-story frame building. During its operating years, the Hopkinsville depot was a popular layover spot for those traveling by train. It was the only Louisville & Nashville station between Evansville, Indiana and Nashville, Tennessee where it was legal to drink alcohol. Hopkinsville got the nickname "Hop town" due to train passengers asking the conductors when they would arrive at Hopkinsville, so they could "hop off and get a drink."

The Hopkinsville L & N Railroad Depot was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 1, 1975. It is now used by the Pennyroyal Arts Council.

The one-room school house attended by world-renowned psychic Edgar Cayce was constructed in 1889 and restored in 1999. The Pennyroyal Area Museum provides educational programs in which the museum staff provides classroom studies and playground activities as they were a century ago.

A 25-foot eagle and a 65-foot pole for the American flag mark the entrance to the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery-West. On grave sites marked with white crosses, Veterans of all wars and ranks are buried side by side. A computer terminal in a brick entry building with a heated foyer helps visitors find the graves or stored ashes of loved ones. A covered area designed for large memorial services also serves active-duty service members from nearby Fort Campbell.

Newly opened in 2007, this water park features twisting tubes, a lazy river, a splash zone interactive playground, along with a pool-side cafe.

Tie Breaker Family Aquatic Center is located in Hopkinsville’s Tie Breaker Park, just on the southeast side of the city.

Special discounted admission is available for groups of 50 or more that book in advance, making Tie Breaker guaranteed fun for a company picnic or family reunion. Exclusive afternoon rentals and catering are also available.

Bravard Vineyard & Winery is a small family farm winery located in Western Kentucky. It is one of Kentucky's first wineries, established in 1992. Owners Jim & Jan Bravard along with their daughters, maintain over six acres of grapes. They are dedicated to growing and hand crafting quality grapes and wine in Kentucky.

Enjoy a pleasant drive through the hills of northeast Christian County. At Bravard Winery you can stroll through the vineyard, tour the quaint wine cellar, and enjoy complimentary tastings of the wine.

The Winery is open on Saturday from 10 to 5, closed on Sunday, and by appointment only during the week. Bravard caters special small picinics for parties of two and four throughout the summer, please call for reservations.
 

Surrounded by the beautiful woods of western Kentucky on the serene Pennyrile Lake, this state resort park features a rustic wood and stone lodge, rental cottages, camping, restaurant, golf course, meeting rooms, nature trails, fishing, boating, mountain biking, swimming, tennis and picnic shelters. Pennyrile Forest State Resort park is located 20 miles northwest of Hopkinsville.

Horse Camping
Pennyrile Forest offers 8 pull-through campsites specifically designed for horse owners. These sites feature electric, water and sewer hook-ups. Each site has its own corresponding hitching posts for up to four horses, picnic table, lantern hanger & fire ring/grill combo. Horse campers have access to all campground amenities, which include bathhouses, laundry area and playgrounds. A new 1.25 mile horse trail near the campground connects horseback riders to the 40+ miles of horse trails on the adjacent Pennyrile State Forest. Pennyrile Forest.

Recognized as one of the premier courses in the region, the Links at Novadell offer championship golf in peaceful natural surroundings. The 6,886, par 72 layout is situated on beautiful rolling farmland. Open driving areas, tall natural grasses, strategically placed pot bunkers and winds that blow across the farmland give this course a "Links" style unique to the area.

After a major renovation, the Alhambra Theatre reopened in 2008. Audiences in the 780-seat proscenium theatre enjoy the expansions, comfort, and restored molding that is patterned after the original 1928 styling.

The Alhambra opened on May 28, 1928 for both live stage shows and silent movies. Admission was seventy-five cents. The opening movie was John Barrymore in "Don Juan" with additional comedies, newsreels, and a live orchestra. Advertisements called it "The Theatre Beautiful." On September 11, 1929 the first sound movie shown at the Alhambra was "His Captive Woman." The sound process was called Vitaphone Talking Movies.

The Pennyroyal Arts Council began leasing the building from the county in the fall of 1983 to be used as a community performing arts center. An annual Live at the Alhambra Series offers a variety of shows and musical performances.

The birthplace of the nation's first poet laureate and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, this museum is complete with period furnishings reflecting Warren's turn-of-the-century childhood with exhibits on his life and works.

Located within Fort Campbell, this musuem traces the history of the "Screaming Eagles" from World War II engagements to Vietnam to Operation Desert Storm. Various aircraft, military equipment and monuments are on display.

More than 170,000 acres and 300 miles of undeveloped shoreline comprise Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, the largest island peninsula in the U.S. With some 200 miles of hiking and biking trails, 985 campsites, five lake access areas and numerous educational venues, LBL is a haven for outdoor adventure.

With water ranging from 5 to 130 feet depths, Pennyroyal Scuba offers a full-range of diving experiences from beginner to advanced. With some of the clearest waters in the state and 40+ underwater attractions, Blue Springs is a must-dive destination.

This renovated caboose contains historic railroad displays from the L&N railroad.

Rated 3 1/2 stars from Golf Digest, these Bermuda fairways and Bent grass greens make Western Hills one of the best municipal golf courses in the area. The course offers scenic but challenging golf with a friendly professional staff that works to ensure an enjoyable experience.

18 holes, par 72, yardage - 6,886

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Built in 1947 , the Cole Park Golf Course course features several dramatic changes in elevation during the first eleven holes, then reverts back to flat terrain on the final seven holes. This course was spread out over 350 acres of prime real estate, so everything is large, including the pine trees. Bent Grass greens and Bermuda Fairways make for quality golf year-round. With varying course yardages and four sets of tees, golfers of all skill levels and ages can enjoy this course.

18 holes, par 72, yardage - 7,129

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Fun the entire family can enjoy.

Fun the entire family can enjoy.

Amazing Acres has been a burley and dark fired tobacco farm since 1978. They offer heritage activities that kids of all ages enjoy and learn from.

At various times of year, the farm offers session about such as,

• What an Outhouse is
• Sewing on a tredle sewing machine
• Hand pump water at the well house
• Churn butter from cows milk
• Shell field corn-grind it-feed the animals
• Pick-N-Pop popcorn on the cob
• See working bee hives
• Mow a yard--the real way
• See a working tobacco farm
• Wash clothes without electricity
• Hayride around the farm
• Waterballoon slingshot
• See the animals and learn where they are originally from
• Eggs from the farm
• Make homemade icecream
• Face painting
• Lets make a scarecrow
• Primitive camping and hiking for scouts
• Watch the gourds grow
• Feather writing
• Balloon release

The Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site is a memorial to the Confederate president born on the site June 3, 1808. The 351-foot concrete obelisk rests on a foundation of Kentucky limestone and contains walls seven feet thick at the base, tapering to two feet thick at the incline.

Also on the site are a Visitor's Center, featuring exhibits on the life of Jefferson Davis, and a gift shop with Kentucky handcrafts, books and Civil War memorabilia, picnic shelters and a playground.

Copper Canyon is a  recreated 1800's mining town. Historic replicated buildings include:

• Copper Canyon Bank
• Maude Gowdy's General Store
• Saloon
• Marshal's Office & Jail
• Barber Shop
• Wells Fargo Telegraph Office
• Bella Union Palace  
• Old Log Church

A unique outing for groups events and movie locations.  This is the official location where the upcoming new movie GUNTOWN (a modern day psychological thriller) was filmed, due to be released 12/1/09.  For trailers go to http://www.guntownthemovie.com/

Brusky Fork Creek Studio & Gallery owners Paul and Patricia Ferrell, create and display their various works of art. Paul creates woodturnings specializing in hollow-form vessels, bowls of all sizes, as well as oil lamps, decorative wooden wine tops, and ikebanas. Paul uses mostly burlwood and spalted wood from the hills and hollows of Western Kentucky. Patricia produces a variety of unique functional stoneware pottery and a distinctive line of woodfired pots. Patricia also has developed her own glazes that are unique to her work. 

Beekeepers since 1998, Tony and Alethia began with three hives in their backyard. In 2004, with 10 hives, Tony began to provide pollinating services to small farmers in the local area. Since then, the number of hives and farmers being served has continued to grow. The 2005 honey crop was the best harvest yet, with three distinct seasons of honey and four distinct colors and flavors of honey collected. Honey is sold in four sizes of bottles and a limited quantity of comb honey in pint-size jars. A gift-size 6-oz. honey bear is also available.

Since teenage, Alethia has had a personal interest in herbal remedies and personal care items made from all natural ingredients. She makes various soaps, using a cold-process lye method, much the same way that her grandmother and great-grandmother did, scented with herbs and essential oils. Alethia also makes lotions, lip balm, and solid lotion bars with natural ingredients and beeswax from her own honeybees. These products contain no dyes or petroleum-based products, making them especially appealing to those with skin problems and allergies. She also makes custom gift baskets with her products and honey.

Future plans include raising blackberries and blueberries. Anticipated harvests: 2008-Blackberries and 2009-Blueberries!

Formed in 1997 by local farmers in the community, buyers come from surrounding towns and cities and throughout the Midwest to purchase locally grown produce.

Look up to enjoy intricate detailed historic architecture as you stroll among local shopping boutiques in historic downtown Hopkinsville. Wares include ladies clothing and accessories, home decor and accessories, antiques, books, skin and hair care, fine jewelry, hardware and more. Downtown dining options include 50's style burger spots, upscale dining, cafes and more. Take in a show, get a facial or massage, visit museums, view local art exhibits, walk through the park, buy fresh produce...there's much to enjoy in historic downtown Hopkinsville.

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    Looking for a place to make memories?  Family owned and family operated, Christian Way Farm & Mini Golf is the perfect place.  Milton Corley is a third generation farmer who enjoys sharing his love for the farm with visitors of all ages.  Opening the farm to the public in 1998, Milton, his wife Janie, and their three children, introduced a pumpkin patch, corn maze, and animals to the school children of Christian County.  A few short years later they opened the farm to the general public and expanded the operation to include spring and summer activities on the farm—planting and harvesting and learning about the foods farmers grow for all our favorite meals.   Their visitors experience feeding the farm animals from corn they might shell and grind.  Playtime is great with corn trucks, playground equipment and, in the fall, a straw castle.  Fall includes tractor wagon sides to pick pumpkins and visit the corn maze.  Climb on the hay castle and enjoy a great fall day on the farm. 

    In August 2012, Christian Way Mini Golf opens to provide almost year-round entertainment on the farm.  With the tradition of the rest of the farm, antique farm equipment has been incorporated into a resort-quality 18-hole miniature golf course, complete with water features.  Nine holes of the course are fully accessible for wheelchairs .  The course starts with a practice green so you can warm up before playing .

    The farm has picnic areas, a farm gift shop and rocking chairs on the porch of the barn waiting just for you!!   Come make lots of great memories on the farm!

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Established in 1936 with a menu of hamburgers, cheesburgers and chili...and curbside service...Ferrell's is an institution to Hopkinsville. This small eight-stool eatery is an official kentucky landmark and continues to serve the hungry throngs. A visit to Hopkinsville is not complete wihtout a stop at Ferrell's Snappy Service.

Located about five miles south of Hopkinsville, off Highway 41A , the folks at Hosta Haven enjoy having folks come by for a tranquil stroll in the woods to share ideas about plants and landscaping. The offer many varieties of magnificent hostas and caladiums, along with ferns, ajuga, vinca, ivy, and other shade-loving plants that may just be what's needed for that empty corner of your yard.

Adlai Ewing Stevenson was born to, John Turner Stevenson and Eliza Ewing Stevenson who had located in Kentucky in 1813. Stevenson was born on the family farm in Christian County, Kentucky. He attended the common school in Blue Water, Kentucky. In 1852, when he was 16, frost killed the family's tobacco crop. His father set free their few slaves and the family moved to Bloomington, Illinois, where his father then operated a sawmill. Stevenson attended Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington and ultimately graduated from Centre College, in Danville, Kentucky; at the latter he was a part of Phi Delta Theta. His father's death prompted Adlai to return from Kentucky to Bloomington to run the sawmill.

At age 23, he began practicing law in Metamora, in Woodford County, Illinois. As a young lawyer, Stevenson encountered such celebrated Illinois attorneys as Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln, campaigning for Douglas in his 1858 Senate race against Lincoln. In a predominantly Republican area, the Democratic Stevenson won friends through his storytelling and his warm and engaging personality.

In 1874, Stevenson was elected as a Democrat to Congress, serving from 1875-1877. In 1876, Stevenson was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection with a narrow defeat. In 1878, he ran on both the Democratic and Greenback tickets and won. In 1880, he once more lost narrowly, and he lost again in 1882 in his final race for Congress.

Stevenson served as first assistant postmaster general under Grover Cleveland in 1885. During that time he fired over 40,000 Republican workers and replaced them with Democrats from the South. The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress did not forget this: when Stevenson was nominated for a federal judgeship, he was defeated for confirmation by the same people who never forgot his 1885 purge.

In 1892, when the Democrats chose Cleveland once again as their standard bearer, they appeased party regulars by the nomination of Stevenson for vice president. The winning Cleveland-Stevenson ticket carried Illinois, although not Stevenson's home district.

Adlai Stevenson enjoyed his role as vice president, presiding over the U.S. Senate, where he won praise for ruling in a dignified, nonpartisan manner. In personal appearance he stood six feet tall and was "of fine personal bearing and uniformly courteous to all."

After the 1900 election, Stevenson returned again to private practice in Illinois. He made one last attempt at office in a race for governor of Illinois in 1908, at age 72, narrowly losing. After that, he retired to Bloomington, where his Republican neighbors described him as "windy but amusing." He died in Chicago on June 14, 1914. His body is interred in a family plot in Evergreen Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois. Stevenson's son, Lewis G. Stevenson, was Illinois secretary of state (1914–1917).

Stevenson's grandson Adlai Ewing Stevenson II was Democratic candidate for President of the United States in 1952 and 1956 and Governor of Illinois. His great-grandson, Adlai Ewing Stevenson III, was a U.S. senator from Illinois from 1970 to 1981 and an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Illinois in 1982 and 1986.