73-571: Scottsville Road is a major four-lane undivided thoroughfare in Bowling Green , in Warren County in south-central Kentucky . The road is often known as the busiest roadway in Bowling Green as heavy traffic volumes often use the road, especially with the presence of several businesses of all kinds, including Greenwood Mall . The heavy traffic on Scottsville Road is often a daily issue, even with
146-400: A bottleneck for traffic. In 1949, the U.S. Route 31W Bypass was opened to alleviate traffic problems, but it also drew off business from downtown. The bypass grew to become a business hotspot in Bowling Green. A 1954 advertisement exclaimed, "Your business can grow in the direction Bowling Green is growing – to the 31-W By-Pass". By the 1960s, the face of shopping was changing completely from
219-736: A hit in the Dutch charts in the late 1960s with "Ridin' on the L&;N" (a cover from the Dan Burley / Lionel Hampton composition from 1946). This composition also was covered by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers . The L&N is also mentioned in the Lost Dog Street Band song “Last Train”, written by Benjamin Tod , from their 2024 album Survived . In 1926 the L&N turned over approximately 137 acres to
292-544: A manner that earned it the nickname, "The Old Reliable". Growth of the railroad continued until its purchase and the tumultuous rail consolidations of the 1980s which led to continual successors. By the end of 1970, L&N operated 6,063 miles (9,757 km) of road on 10,051 miles (16,176 km) of track, not including the Carrollton Railroad. In 1971 the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad , successor to
365-530: A new public park called Circus Square, and installation of a new retail area, the Fountain Square Market. As of spring 2009, the new Chamber of Commerce, Riverwalk Park, and Circus Square have been completed. The Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center, a facility for arts and education, broke ground in October 2009 and celebrated its opening night on March 10, 2012, with a concert by Vince Gill . Ground
438-608: A paper mill in Harrodsburg, Kentucky , acquired from Wausau Paper . According to the city's 2022 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report , the top employers in the city are: Bowling Green is served by the Warren County Public Library. The main library is the Lisa Rice Library. Its website is warrenpl.org. E.A. Diddle Arena , located on the campus of Western Kentucky University , is a multi-purpose arena with
511-518: A part of Western Kentucky University), and Green River Female College, a boarding school. In 1906, Henry Hardin Cherry, the president and owner of Southern Normal School, donated the school to the state as the basis of the Western State Normal School. The school trained teachers for the expanding educational needs of the state. This institution is now known as Western Kentucky University and
584-591: A portion of the Lebanon Branch. The museum owns the following L&N equipment: K2A Light Pacific 4-6-2 No. 152, a steam locomotive; heavyweight coaches Nos. 2572 and 2554; an observation car; heavyweight combine No. 1603; combine coach No. 665; sleeper the Pearl River , the Pullman heavyweight 10 section sleeper-lounge Mt. Broderick which was assigned to the L&N but owned and operated by Pullman; several baggage cars;
657-480: A reclaimed landfill, which had served as Bowling Green's garbage dump for many years. During the early-morning hours of December 11, 2021, two destructive tornadoes struck Bowling Green. The first was an EF3 tornado that heavily damaged or destroyed several buildings and homes and killed seventeen people. The second tornado formed alongside the Main EF3 and caused additional damage on the southern and eastern parts of
730-496: A seating capacity of 7,500 persons. Built in 1963 and renovated in 2004, the arena has hosted college sports such as basketball and volleyball. It also hosted the KHSAA Girls' Sweet Sixteen state championship event in high school basketball from 2001 to 2015, after which it moved to BB&T Arena at Northern Kentucky University . The arena has also played host to various traveling rodeos and circuses. In 2006, Diddle Arena hosted
803-621: A statue of King George III and used the lead to make bullets during the American Revolution . According to the Encyclopedia of Kentucky , the name was derived from Bowling Green, Virginia , whence early migrants had come, or the personal "ball alley game" of founder Robert Moore. By 1810, Bowling Green had 154 residents. Growth in steamboat commerce and the proximity of the Barren River increased Bowling Green's prominence. In 1821,
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#1733086117100876-504: A steam-powered crane; and E-6 diesel locomotive No. 770. All of the last seven pieces of equipment listed need restoration. The Historic Railpark and Train Museum owns or operates several pieces of L&N equipment, including an E-8 diesel locomotive, a Railway Post Office car, dining car No. 2799, a sleeping car, an observation car, along with a Jim Crow combine in need of major overhaul. Several other museums own L&N equipment, including
949-586: Is provided by the Bowling Green Independent School District in inner sections of Bowling Green and by Warren County Public Schools in outlying sections. Several private schools also serve Bowling Green students. All of these schools are operated by the Warren County district except Bowling Green Junior High. Louisville and Nashville Railroad The Louisville and Nashville Railroad ( reporting mark LN ), commonly called
1022-465: Is the second-largest public university in the state, having recently surpassed the University of Louisville . In 1906, Doctors Lillian H. South , J. N. McCormack, and A.T. McCormack opened St. Joseph Hospital to provide medical and nursing care to the residents and students in the area. In 1925, the third and last Louisville and Nashville Railroad Station was opened. About 27 trains arrived daily at
1095-785: The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad , purchased the remainder of the L&N shares it did not already own, and the company became a subsidiary. By 1982, the Seaboard Coast Line had absorbed the Louisville & Nashville Railroad entirely. Then in 1986, the Seaboard System merged with the C&;O and B&O (known as the Chessie System ) and the combined company became CSX Transportation (CSX), which now owns and operates all of
1168-534: The Central Basketball League are based in Bowling Green, although they play their home games in Russellville . The Hornets are coached by Russellville native Nathan Thompson. The Bowling Green Parks and Recreation Department administers 895 acres (3.62 km ) of public land for recreational use. Swim centers include Russell Sims Aquatic Center, and Warren County Aquatics Facility. Public education
1241-690: The Georgian north of Nashville. (The Official Guide of the Railroads, February 1952) The railroad also hosted other named trains, including: The L&N was one of few railroads to discontinue a passenger train that was en route. On January 9, 1969, as soon as a judge lifted the injunction preventing its discontinuance, the L&N discontinued its southbound Humming Bird at Birmingham, in mid-run from Cincinnati to New Orleans. The 14 passengers continuing south did so by bus. There are several preservation organizations of L&N equipment and L&N lines, such as
1314-525: The Kentucky Legislature built a toll road between the town and Cloverport on the Ohio River . Canal locks and dams on the Barren River made it much more navigable. In 1832, the first portage railway connected the river to the location of the current county courthouse . Mules pulled freight and passengers to and from the city on the tracks. Despite rapid urbanization of the Bowling Green area in
1387-663: The Kentucky Railway Museum , The Historic Railpark and Train Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky , and the L&N Historical Society. The city of Atlanta, Georgia , is home to the General and the Texas , two 4-4-0 locomotives originally built for the Western and Atlantic Railroad , which was later leased to L&N predecessor Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis. The lease of the W&;A
1460-543: The L&;N , was a Class I railroad that operated freight and passenger services in the southeast United States . Chartered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1850, the road grew into one of the great success stories of American business. Operating under one name continuously for 132 years, it survived civil war and economic depression and several waves of social and technological change. Under Milton H. Smith , president of
1533-562: The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis was finally fully merged. In the 1960s, acquisitions in Illinois allowed a long-sought entry into the premier railroad nexus of Chicago , and some of the battered remains of the old rival, the Tennessee Central, were sold to the L&N as well. In 1971 the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad , successor to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad , purchased
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#17330861171001606-619: The SS Pensacola , the SS August Belmont , and the SS E. O. Saltmarsh . The venture ended with the sale of the Pensacola in 1906 and the selling off of the remaining assets in 1915. The World Wars placed heavy demand on the L&N. Its widespread and robust network coped well with the demands of war transport and production, and the resulting profits harked back to the boost it had received from
1679-683: The Union and Confederacy sought control of the city. The majority of its residents rejected both the Confederacy and the Lincoln administration. On September 18, 1861, around 1,300 Confederate soldiers arrived from Tennessee to occupy the city, placed under command of Kentucky native General Simon Bolivar Buckner . The city's pro-Union feelings surprised the Confederate occupiers. The Confederates fortified surrounding hills to secure possible military approaches to
1752-446: The model railroading hobby. The L&N Railroad is mentioned by country music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers in his "Blue Yodel #7". It is also the subject of the 2003 Rhonda Vincent bluegrass song "Kentucky Borderline", as well as " The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore " by Jean Ritchie and individually performed by Michelle Shocked , Johnny Cash , Billy Bragg & Joe Henry , and Kathy Mattea . Dutch blues/rock band The Bintangs had
1825-511: The third-most populous city in the state, after Louisville and Lexington . The Bowling Green metropolitan area is the fourth-largest in the state and had a population of 179,639 in 2020. Founded by pioneers in 1798, Bowling Green was the provisional capital of Confederate Kentucky during the American Civil War . In the 21st century, it is the location of numerous manufacturers, including General Motors , Spalding , and Fruit of
1898-505: The "little hickory twigs" growing in the barrens have roots as large as his legs... In 1859, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (currently CSX Transportation ) laid railroad through Bowling Green that connected the city with northern and southern markets. Bowling Green declared itself neutral in an attempt to escape the Civil War. Because of its prime location and resources, however, both
1971-457: The 1830s, agriculture remained an important part of local life. A visitor to Bowling Green noted the boasting of a tavern proprietor named Benjamin Vance: [Vance] says that he has seen a turnip this fall that measures thirty-two inches around, and has a beet that weighs sixteen pounds and a half;... that corn in this country grows so fast that if you look at it the next, it has grown a foot higher; that
2044-411: The Barren River, the railroad depot, and other important buildings that could be used by the enemy. The city was subject to disruptions and raids throughout the remainder of the war. During the summer of 1864, Union General Stephen G. Burbridge arrested 22 civilians in and around Bowling Green on a charge of treason . This incident and other harsh treatment by federal authorities led to bitterness toward
2117-772: The Civil War, different parts of the network were pressed into service by both armies at various times, and considerable damage from wear, battle, and sabotage occurred. (For example, during the Battle of Lebanon in July 1863, the company's depot in Lebanon, Kentucky , was used as a stronghold by outnumbered Union troops). However, the company benefited from being based in Kentucky, a southern border state that initially had competing Unionist and Confederate state governments, but with Bowling Green (the latter's capital) and Nashville falling to Union forces within
2190-649: The Civil War. In the postwar period, the line shifted gradually to diesel power, and the new streamlined engines pulled some of the most elegant passenger trains of the last great age of passenger rail, such as the Dixie Flyer , the Humming Bird , and the Pan-American . Though well past its 100th anniversary, the line was still growing. The railroad retired its last steam locomotive, a J-4 class 2-8-2 Mikado #1882, from active service on January 28, 1957. Also in that year,
2263-643: The High-A Bowling Green Hot Rods organization of the High-A East . The Hot Rods began play in the spring of 2009 in the South Atlantic League , transferring to the Midwest League for 2010. In 2021 as part of Minor League Baseball 's realignment they began play in the newly formed High-A East. They are a farm team for Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays . The Bowling Green Hornets of
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2336-618: The Kentucky State Park Commission, making possible the creation of the state's Natural Bridge State Park . The Humming Bird and Pan-American , both from Cincinnati to New Orleans and Memphis, were two of the L&N's most popular passenger trains that ran entirely on its own lines. However, the Humming Bird later added a Chicago to New Orleans section in conjunction with the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad utilizing
2409-467: The L&N to its rival Atlantic Coast Line Railroad , but that company did not attempt to control L&N operations, and for many decades there were no consequences of this change. The L&N also attempted an expansion into foreign trade, through investments into the Export Coal Company, and the creation of a wholly owned subsidiary the "Gulf Transit Company" in 1895. This operated three ships,
2482-510: The Loom , is headquartered in Bowling Green, employing about 930 people in the city as of 2022. The company shuttered its plant in nearby Jamestown in 2014. Conglomerate Houchens Industries , one of the U.S.'s largest 100% employee-owned enterprises , is based in Bowling Green. The Swedish company SCA opened a manufacturing facility in Bowling Green in 1988; as of 2016, the company employed about 160 employees in Bowling Green and 500 employees at
2555-469: The Loom . The Bowling Green Assembly Plant has been the source of all Chevrolet Corvettes built since 1981. Bowling Green is also home to Western Kentucky University (or WKU for short), and the National Corvette Museum . The first Europeans known to have reached the area carved their names on beech trees near the river c. 1775 . By 1778, settlers established McFadden's Station on
2628-399: The Seaboard System merged into the C&O / B&O combined system known as the Chessie System . The combined company became CSX Transportation (CSX), which now owns and operates all of the former Louisville and Nashville lines, except for some routes abandoned or sold off. Several historical groups and publications devoted to the line exist, and L&N equipment is well represented in
2701-584: The Southern Normal School , which had been founded in 1875, moved to Bowling Green from the town of Glasgow, Kentucky . Pleasant J. Potter founded a women's college in Bowling Green in 1889. It closed in 1909 and its property was sold to the Western Kentucky State Normal School (see below, now known as Western Kentucky University ). Other important schools in this era were Methodist Warren College, Ogden College (which also became
2774-498: The U.S. 31-W Bypass and the riverbank, between Louisville Road and Old Louisville Road), upriver to Peete Park. The new plans include use of the adjacent river for white-water sports—the stretch of river includes rapids rated on the International Scale of River Difficulty between Class II and Class IV—as well as a mountain biking trail, a bicycle pump track , and a rock climbing area. Some of this facility will be located on
2847-578: The Union among Bowling Green residents and increased sympathies with the Confederacy . After the Civil War, Bowling Green's business district grew considerably. Previously, agriculture had dominated the city's economy. During the 1870s, many of the historic business structures seen today were erected. One of the most important businesses in Bowling Green of this era was Carie Burnam Taylor's dress-making company. By 1906, Taylor employed more than 200 women. In 1868,
2920-510: The basic ingredients of steel production. The arrival of L&N transport and investment capital helped create a great industrial city and the South's first postwar urban success story. The railroad's access to good coal enabled it to claim for a few years starting in 1940 the nation's longest unrefuelled run, about 490 miles (790 km) from Louisville to Montgomery, Alabama . In the Gilded Age of
2993-800: The city and was rated EF2. The Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport is 547 feet (167 m) above sea level. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 35.6 square miles (92 km ), of which 35.4 square miles (92 km ) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km ), or 0.45%, is covered by water. Bowling Green has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen climate classification : Cfa ). The monthly daily average temperature ranges from 35.7 °F (2.1 °C) in January to 78.7 °F (25.9 °C) in July. On average, 41 days of 90 °F (32 °C)+ highs occur annually, and 11 days occur each winter when
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3066-416: The city constructed its first waterworks system. The fourth county courthouse was completed in 1868. The first three were completed in 1798, 1805, and 1813. In 1889, the first mule -drawn streetcars appeared in the city. The first electric streetcars began to replace them by 1895. The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth founded St. Columbia's Academy in 1862, succeeded by St. Joseph's School in 1911. In 1884,
3139-536: The city since 1994. The Japan-based Kobe Steel Ltd. operates a large assembly plant in Bowling Green, manufacturing aluminum products used in car bumpers and frames for the North American auto sector; construction of the plant began in 2016, and began operation in 2018. Camping World Holdings Inc. , an RV company, was founded in Bowling Green in 1966 by David Garvin, the owner of the Beech Bend amusement park ;
3212-539: The city was $ 42,044, and for families was $ 50,853. Males had a median income of $ 35,986 versus $ 28,271 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 19,302. About 20.9% of families and 25.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.7% of those under age 18. Western Kentucky University is the largest employer in Bowling Green; according to a 2022 report, WKU employed 3,274 people. A 2011 study estimated that WKU salaries account for approximately 10% of all income earned in Warren County, which includes
3285-511: The city was 64.3% White, 13.8% African American, 0.4% Native American, 8.0% Asian, 0.8% Pacific Islander, and 7.1% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 5.6% of the population. Of the 27,504 households, 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.3% were married couples living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46% were not families. About 33.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who
3358-462: The city. General Motors ' Bowling Green Assembly Plant , which opened in 1981, is located in the city; by 2023, the plant had produced approximately 1.1 million Chevrolet Corvettes . As of 2022, GM employed approximately 1,100 people in Bowling Green. The plant's workers are unionized , belonging to UAW Local 2164. Auto supplier Holley Performance Products has manufactured products in Bowling Green since 1952, and has been headquartered in
3431-586: The city. The new shops featured a central, 920-foot long transfer table that connected the main buildings. From that year until the 1920s, the South Louisville Shop built many of its own locomotives as well as repairing them. The shops in Decatur, Alabama were used to build most of the system's freight cars. The only other significant shops were located in Howell, Indiana , built in 1889. Since all locomotives of
3504-457: The company for 30 years, the L&N grew from a road with less than three hundred miles (480 km) of track to a 6,000-mile (9,700 km) system serving fourteen states. As one of the premier Southern railroads , the L&N extended its reach far beyond its namesake cities, stretching to St. Louis , Memphis , Atlanta , and New Orleans . The railroad was economically strong throughout its lifetime, operating freight and passenger trains in
3577-476: The company maintains Bowling Green as one of three headquarters (the others being Lincolnshire, England and Denver, Colorado ). In 2022, AESC , a Japanese electric vehicle battery firm, announced plans to establish the Envision AESC plant at Bowling Green, creating an estimated 2,000 jobs in a $ 2 billion " gigafactory " investment. Apparel manufacturer Union Underwear Co. LLC, doing business as Fruit of
3650-464: The depot. Intercity bus lines were also a popular form of travel. By the 1960s, railroad travel had dramatically declined in the face of competition from airlines and automobiles. The station has been adapted for use as a museum. In 1940, a Union Underwear factory built in Bowling Green bolstered the city's economy significantly. During the 1960s, the city's population began to surpass that of Ashland , Paducah , and Newport . Downtown streets became
3723-528: The downtown Bowling Green area. The Downtown Redevelopment Authority was formed to plan redevelopment. Plans for the project incorporated Bowling Green's waterfront assets, as well as its historic center and streetscape around Fountain Square. It also proposed a new building for the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce, construction of a Riverwalk Park where downtown borders the Barren River, creation of
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#17330861171003796-480: The downtown retail square to suburban shopping centers. Between May and November 1967, stores in Bowling Green Mall opened for business. Another advertisement said, "One-stop shopping. Just park [free], step out and shop. You'll find everything close at hand." Between September 1979 and September 1980, stores in the larger Greenwood Mall came online. The city's limits began to stretch toward Interstate 65 . By
3869-465: The eastern U.S. as part of the observance of the Civil War Centennial, including a visit to the 1964 New York World's Fair . Between 1966 and 1971, a legal battle ensued between the railroad and the city of Chattanooga as the former had planned to send the engine to Georgia, while the latter claimed to be the owners of the engine. After the dispute was settled, the engine was formally presented to
3942-425: The firm began an expansion that never really stopped. Within 30 years the network reached from Ohio and Missouri to Louisiana and Florida . By 1884, the firm had such importance that it was included in the Dow Jones Transportation Average , the first American stock market index . It was such a large customer of the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works , the country's second-largest locomotive maker, that in 1879
4015-399: The firm presented L&N with a free locomotive as a thank-you bonus. Beginning in 1858 and continuing throughout its history, the primary repair shops for rolling stock were located in Louisville , Kentucky. The first shops were acquired from the Kentucky Locomotive Works in 1858. However, this location could not be expanded, so a new tract of land was purchased in 1904 at the south side of
4088-404: The first WWE event to be held in Bowling Green in over ten years. The city and surrounding area is home to the Warren County Inline Hockey League. It also is home to the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers team, which competes in the NCAA , and are part of conference USA Bowling Green Ballpark is a baseball stadium currently in use in Bowling Green. It is primarily used for baseball, for
4161-498: The first year of the war, remaining in their hands for the war's duration. The company profited from Northern haulage contracts for troops and supplies, paid in sound Federal greenbacks , as opposed to the rapidly depreciating Confederate dollars . After the war, other railroads in the South were devastated to the point of collapse, and the general economic depression meant that labor and materials to repair its roads could be had fairly cheaply. Buoyed by these fortunate circumstances,
4234-439: The former Louisville and Nashville lines. Its first line extended barely south of Louisville, Kentucky , and it took until 1859 to span the 180-odd miles (290 km) to its second namesake city of Nashville . There were about 250 miles (400 km) of track in the system by the outbreak of the Civil War, and its strategic location, spanning the Union / Confederate lines, made it of great interest to both governments. During
4307-459: The high fails to rise above freezing. Annual precipitation is 47.51 in, with spring being slightly wetter; snowfall averages 8.4 inches (21.3 cm) per year. Extreme temperatures range from −21 °F (−29 °C) on January 23 and 24, 1963, up to 108 °F (42 °C) on July 28, 1930. As of the census of 2020, 72,294 people resided in the city. The population density was 1,808.8 inhabitants per square mile (698.4/km ). The racial makeup of
4380-470: The late 1960s, Interstate 65, which runs just to the east of Bowling Green, was completed. The Green River Parkway (now called the William H. Natcher Parkway and renamed I-165 in April 2019), was completed in the 1970s to connect Bowling Green and Owensboro . These vital transportation arteries attracted many industries to Bowling Green. In 1981, General Motors moved its Chevrolet Corvette assembly plant from St. Louis, Missouri , to Bowling Green. In
4453-423: The late 19th century there were no such things as anti-trust or fair-competition laws and very little financial regulation . Business was a keen and mean affair, and the L&N was a formidable competitor. It would exclude upstarts like the Tennessee Central Railway Company from critical infrastructure like urban stations. Where that wasn't possible, as with the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway (which
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#17330861171004526-441: The north bank of the Barren River . Present-day Bowling Green developed from homesteads erected by Robert and George Moore and General Elijah Covington, the namesake of the town near Cincinnati . Some controversy exists over the source of the town's name. The city refers to the first county commissioners' meeting (1798), which named the town "Bolin Green" after the Bowling Green in New York City, where patriots had pulled down
4599-407: The presence of the former William H. Natcher Parkway extension (now KY 9007 ), which opened in 2013. All traffic signals within Bowling Green city limits are numbered. The entire route is in Warren County . Bowling Green, Kentucky Bowling Green is a city and the county seat of Warren County, Kentucky , United States. Its population was 72,294 as of the 2020 census , making it
4672-404: The railroad industry consolidated, the Seaboard Coast Line absorbed the Louisville & Nashville Railroad entirely. The merged company was known as "SCL/L&N", " Family Lines ", and was depicted as such on the railroad's rolling stock. During the next few years several smaller acquisitions resulted in the creation of the Seaboard System Railroad . Yet more consolidation was ahead, and in 1986,
4745-588: The remainder of the L&N shares it did not already own, and the company became a subsidiary. Prior to the purchase, the L&N, like other railroads, had curtailed passenger service in response to dwindling ridership. Amtrak , the government-formed passenger railway service, took over the few remaining L&N passenger trains in 1971. In 1979, amid great lamentations in the press, the last passenger service over L&N rails ceased when Amtrak discontinued The Floridian , which had connected Louisville with Nashville and continued to Florida via Birmingham. By 1982, as
4818-425: The same year, the National Corvette Homecoming event was created: it is a large, annual gathering of Corvette owners, car parades, and related activities in Bowling Green. In 1994, the National Corvette Museum was constructed near the assembly plant. In 1997, Bowling Green was designated a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation . In 2012, the city undertook a feasibility study on ways to revitalize
4891-500: The state of Georgia in 1971. The engine currently resides at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, Georgia , while the Texas is currently at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina undergoing restoration for inclusion into an addition to house it and the cyclorama painting of the battle of Atlanta. The Texas should return to Georgia in late 2016. The Kentucky Railway Museum consists of many pieces of L&N equipment, as well as
4964-472: The time were steam-powered, many railroads had favored coal as their engines' fuel source after wood-burning models were found unsatisfactory. The L&N guaranteed not only its own fuel sources but a steady revenue stream by pushing its lines into the difficult but coal-rich terrain of eastern Kentucky , and also well into northern Alabama . There the small town of Birmingham had recently been founded amidst undeveloped deposits of coal, iron ore and limestone,
5037-434: The valuable river and railroad assets. In November 1861, the provisional Confederate government of Kentucky chose Bowling Green as its capital. On February 14, 1862, after receiving reports that Fort Henry on the Tennessee River and Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River had both been captured by Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant , the Confederates began to withdraw from Bowling Green. They destroyed bridges across
5110-410: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34, and the average family size was 3.02. In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.4% under the age of 18, 26.7% from 15 to 24, 27% from 25 to 44, 16.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 or older. The median age was 27.6 years. Females made up 51.5% of the population and males made up 48.5%. The median income for a household in
5183-411: Was broken for the Fountain Square Market in 2012. In 2005, an effort was made to incorporate a Whitewater Park into the downtown Bowling Green riverfront at Weldon Peete Park. Due to the recession, the project was not funded. In 2011, the Bowling Green Riverfront Foundation expanded its efforts to develop land on the opposite side of Barren River from Mitch McConnell Park (which is located alongside
5256-495: Was older than the L&N), it simply used its financial muscle—in 1880 it acquired a controlling interest in its chief competitor. A public outcry convinced the L&N directors that there were limits to their power. They discreetly continued the NC&;StL as a separate subsidiary, but now working with, instead of in competition with, the L&N. Ironically, in 1902 financial speculations by financier J.P. Morgan delivered control of
5329-628: Was passed to, and renewed by, L&N and its successors. The General and the Texas became famous for being participants in The Great Locomotive Chase during the Civil War. The General had been placed on display in the railroad's Union Depot in Chattanooga in 1901. In 1957, the L&N removed the engine and restored it to operating condition. The engine pulled the railroad's wooden center-door Jim Crow combine coach No. 665 as it traveled throughout
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