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The Rollercoaster
Fair in Kentucky, started in 1986 by Sarah Ann Bowers, is one of her proudest accomplishments. Ms. Bowers wanted to improve
the beautiful Cordell Hull Highway and needed to prove that this road was well traveled. Therefore in 1986, she put a fair
on the Cordell Hull Highway and in 2001, over 140,000 visitors traveled to the Rollercoaster Fair! To celebrate their ten
year anniversary, the attendance surpassed that of the Kentucky Derby.
Today
Hwy. 63, a Kentucky Scenic Byway, is a road well traveled and has been greatly improved, due to Ms. Bowers persistent efforts.
Ms. Bowers also was instrumental in bringing the Rollercoaster Fair into Tennessee in 2002 - bringing it down to Tennessee
from Hwy 63 through Clay County and Celina, Overton County and Livingston, and to Pickett County and Byrdstown. This year
the Rollercoaster Fair route has been extended to go completely around Dale Hollow Lake - north on Hwy. 111 to the Tennessee/Kentucky
state line in Static - and then north on Hwy. 127 to Clinton County and Albany, west onto Hwy. 90 through Cumberland County
and Burkesville, Metcalfe County and Summer Shade, then back to Glasgow, Kentucky
The
Cordell Hull Parkway is a fifty-seven mile ribbon of road that threads through a most scenic and historical route from Mammoth
Cave to the Tennessee state line. In 1935, the Kentucky and Tennessee legislatures designated the route connecting Mammoth
Cave and the Great Smokey Mountain National Park in honor of Cordell Hull as a tribute to his services to the nation. Hull, a Tennessee
native of Pickett County, had a successful law practice in nearby Celina, Gainesboro and Carthage, Tennessee. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1907-31. He served many years as a U.S. Senator, beginning
in 1931. As Secretary of State under Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hull became known universally as "The Father of The United Nations,"
an achievement for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945.
First
built in 1805, the winding roller coaster highway serves the special needs of the Roller Coaster Fair beginning at Mammoth Cave National Park (Hwy 70) to Cave City (Hwy 90) to Glasgow, where it converges with Hwy 63. Barren
and Monroe countians share KY 63 from Glasgow to Tompkinsville, then Hwy 163 to the Tennessee state line by way of Temple
Hill, Freedom, Mount Hermon, Mud Lick, Tompkinsville, Moores Mill and Hestand. At the state line near Moss, TN, this historic
roadway converges with TN 52, destined to Celina and beyond.
This
year, for the third time, the Roller Coaster Fair route has been extended to go completely around Dale Hollow Lake north on
Hwy. 111 to the Tennessee/Kentucky state line in Static and north on Hwy. 127 to Albany/Clinton County, west onto Hwy. 90
through Burkesville Cumberland County and Summer Shade, Metcalfe County Kentucky back to Glasgow Kentucky.
Don't miss our
4th Annual
Bluegrass Music & Folk Art
at Hidden Hill Nursery
September 11th (Saturday)
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THE LINEUP
We will have blacksmith, woodcraft and art demonstrations
beginning Saturday morning
at 9 a.m.
and we are looking for more outdoor related artists
Please contact Janet or Bob Hill
We will have barbecue
food during the day and
Huber Winery and our annual "Slo-Food" Feast at night
Admission this year is $10 per car load -
and
that includes parking! (even in the neighbor's field)
Our Music Festival includes:
BlueZenGrass
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1 P.M. - BlueZenGrass- An eclectic bluegrass group that recently appeared at Louisville's HulabaLou Festival at Churchill Downs. A musical sound phenomena consisting of bluezy tunes, bluegrass music and similar
music styles in between.
Potluck Ramblers
 | 3 p.m. - Potluck Ramblers - A long time popular Louisville group that mixes bluegrass, country, rock, gospel, whimsy,
fun and whatever is left. "Our band name is a great reference for playing a musical banquet, with something on the menu
for everyone!"
Dennis Wheatley
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5 P.M. - Dennis Wheatley & Friends - Louisville group led by the entertaining Dennis
Wheatly, whose music roots include Bluegrass, Elvis, Cajun, Johnny Cash, Ernest Tubb and "Lovin', Livin' and Drinkin' songs".
Relic
 | 7 P.M. - Relic - A truly kick-ass bluegrass group making its 4th annual and very welcome visit to
Hidden Hill. A rousing finish to a great day. Drawing from an array of influences, Relic creates a new, distinctive approach
to the traditions of Bluegrass Music, THE definitive American folk genre.
PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN IN OUR DAY-LONG JAM SESSIONS.
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