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3705 State Rd 1380 (Highway 189 Bypass)
Enjoy skating, games, and concessions.
Parties, group fundraisers, birthday party packages are also available
at Spinners. Call 270-338-7655 or
105 North First Street
Paradise Park Museum Complex is
a full size coal mining town from the 1920s era. The complex celebrates
Muhlenberg's once world class coal mining as well as some of the old
country homes, schools and musical traditions. The late Merle Travis
birthplace, which contains his memorabilia is housed in the complex.
Located between Greenville and Central City Kentucky, the museum complex
is also the site of the two-day international thumb picking event.
Springridge
School,
previously located off River Road in Central City, is a two room school
house built in 1935. It wa
The Coal Mines Shotgun House was the second structure moved to the Paradise Park area. The shotgun house, formerly a company house, was furnished to coal mining families who worked at the local mines.
Merle Travis Birthplace
Merle Travis was born on November 17, 1917 in Rosewood in the southern
portion of Muhlenberg County to Rob and Laura Etta Latham Travis. His
birthplace was moved to Paradise Park where it was renovated. Today the
birthplace contains not only Merle Travis memorabilia but also Hall of
Fame pictures and other interesting items given by many pickers. The Four Legends Fountain is a tribute to four great guitarists (Kennedy Jones, Ike Everly, Mose Rager, Merle Travis), who used the thumb picking style of guitar playing. The fountain stands in Drakesboro, KY near Highway 176.
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Central City, Kentucky Tourism Commission |
Muhlenberg Community Theatre Inc.,
located at 120 North Main Street in Greenville, is listed under the
National Register of Historic Places and presented silent movies and
vaudeville acts in the early 1900's. The theatre closed in 1970 and was
later used as a wrestling arena. In 1983, a group of interested citizens
purchased the establishment and converted it into a stage performance
theatre. On February 25, 1999 its grand reopening took place after
extensive renovation/restoration in 1998.
