BASIC NEEDS: Recreation: Museums & History
ABRAHAM LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
View the first memorial built to honor Abraham Lincoln. The memorial and its formal landscape protects the birth site of our 16th president. Visit Sinking Spring, the family’s water source. This site offers a Visitor Center, information, exhibits, video and a bookstore.
Directions http://www.nps.gov/abli/planyourvisit/directions.htm
2995 Lincoln Farm Road, Hodgenville, Kentucky 42748
(270) 358-3137
Website http://www.nps.gov/abli/index.htm
View the first memorial built to honor Abraham Lincoln. The memorial and its formal landscape protects the birth site of our 16th president. Visit Sinking Spring, the family’s water source. This site offers a Visitor Center, information, exhibits, video and a bookstore.
Directions http://www.nps.gov/abli/planyourvisit/directions.htm
2995 Lincoln Farm Road, Hodgenville, Kentucky 42748
(270) 358-3137
Website http://www.nps.gov/abli/index.htm
BIG SOUTH FORK SCENIC RAILWAY
Ride the Kentucky & Tennessee Railway on a 16 mile round trip into the Daniel Boone National Forest and Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area. This trip is full of spectacular scenic vistas, lush vegetation and mountain streams as it descends 600 feet into the gorge before stopping at Blue Heron Coal Mining Camp, a NPS outdoor interpretive site.
100 Henderson Street, P.O. Box 368, Stearns, KY 42647
(800) 462-5664 or (606) 376-5330
Email [email protected]
Website http://www.bsfsry.com/
Ride the Kentucky & Tennessee Railway on a 16 mile round trip into the Daniel Boone National Forest and Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area. This trip is full of spectacular scenic vistas, lush vegetation and mountain streams as it descends 600 feet into the gorge before stopping at Blue Heron Coal Mining Camp, a NPS outdoor interpretive site.
100 Henderson Street, P.O. Box 368, Stearns, KY 42647
(800) 462-5664 or (606) 376-5330
Email [email protected]
Website http://www.bsfsry.com/
CONTENTED HEART QUILT GUILD
The Contented Heart Quilt Guild recognized the need to teach others their skills and also saw the opportunity to help those in need by using their rare talent. The Guild manages a Quilt Shop. There are members at the Shop Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. working away and always ready to share their knowledge with visitors. Classes are available for adults and children.
24 N. Main Street, Monticello, KY 42633
(606) 340-0015
Email [email protected]
Website http://contentedheartquiltguild.org/
The Contented Heart Quilt Guild recognized the need to teach others their skills and also saw the opportunity to help those in need by using their rare talent. The Guild manages a Quilt Shop. There are members at the Shop Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. working away and always ready to share their knowledge with visitors. Classes are available for adults and children.
24 N. Main Street, Monticello, KY 42633
(606) 340-0015
Email [email protected]
Website http://contentedheartquiltguild.org/
FRIENDSHIP SCHOOL ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE
Built in Taylor County about 1918. At different periods of its existence the class size may have varied from as small as eight to as large as forty students. The rural school played a critical role in shaping the communities future. The times demanded that all able hands in the family work, the school needed to provide the basics of learning. Many felt "preparation for life was the real function of the school," and life meant putting food on the table not grasping the concept of an acute angle. A truly successful teacher taught students how to apply the lesson of learning to the challenges of everyday living. The Friendship School now is both a museum and a classroom. It is part of our heritage that will become an important part of our present as well as our future.
Located behind the Taylor County High School
300 Ingram Avenue, Campbellsville, KY
Open the first Sunday afternoon of each month from 1:00 - 4:00 pm or by appointment.
(270) 465-5410 (270) 465-5106 or (270) 465-2055
Built in Taylor County about 1918. At different periods of its existence the class size may have varied from as small as eight to as large as forty students. The rural school played a critical role in shaping the communities future. The times demanded that all able hands in the family work, the school needed to provide the basics of learning. Many felt "preparation for life was the real function of the school," and life meant putting food on the table not grasping the concept of an acute angle. A truly successful teacher taught students how to apply the lesson of learning to the challenges of everyday living. The Friendship School now is both a museum and a classroom. It is part of our heritage that will become an important part of our present as well as our future.
Located behind the Taylor County High School
300 Ingram Avenue, Campbellsville, KY
Open the first Sunday afternoon of each month from 1:00 - 4:00 pm or by appointment.
(270) 465-5410 (270) 465-5106 or (270) 465-2055
MILL SPRINGS BATTLEFIELD VISITOR CENTER AND MUSEUM
Mill Springs Battlefield National Cemetery is the burial site of Union soldiers killed in the Jan. 19, 1862, Civil War battle. The visitor center and museum utilize multimedia technology and primary-resource books to tell the story of the battle. Regular events include a living history weekend and a ghost walk. A 10-stop driving tour of the Mill Springs Battlefield corridor — which includes the historic Brown-Lanier House and Mill Springs Park and Mill — is available with a companion brochure that can be downloaded from the website. Guided tours are also available with advance notice.
Located 8 miles west of Somerset on Hwy 80, next to the Mill Springs National Cemetery9020 W. Ky. 80, Nancy, Ky(606) 636-4045
Website www.millsprings.net
Mill Springs Battlefield National Cemetery is the burial site of Union soldiers killed in the Jan. 19, 1862, Civil War battle. The visitor center and museum utilize multimedia technology and primary-resource books to tell the story of the battle. Regular events include a living history weekend and a ghost walk. A 10-stop driving tour of the Mill Springs Battlefield corridor — which includes the historic Brown-Lanier House and Mill Springs Park and Mill — is available with a companion brochure that can be downloaded from the website. Guided tours are also available with advance notice.
Located 8 miles west of Somerset on Hwy 80, next to the Mill Springs National Cemetery9020 W. Ky. 80, Nancy, Ky(606) 636-4045
Website www.millsprings.net