In 1810, the Munford Inn began welcoming all travelers. The inn is one of 13 stops on The Old Munfordville Walking tour. Union and Confederate forces occupied Munfordville for the five-year duration of the Civil War as each side sought control of the vital railroad bridge.

Three separate battles raged here for control of the bridge, including the Battle and Siege of Munfordville, September 14-17, 1862, perhaps the moment of the Confederacy’s greatest potential in the West.

Visitors can pick up a copy of the walking tour map at the Welcome Center & Gift Shop in the restored turn-of-the century Houk Drugstore building in downtown Munfordville or two doors down at the Hart County Historical Museum in the historic Chapline Building, that houses exhibits, artifacts and one of the area’s most comprehensive collections of archives and genealogical materials.

Just across the Green River is the Battle for the Bridge Historic Preserve. Two miles of interpretive trails begin at the historic Anthony Woodson House, which features an orientation area and museum exhibits.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Preserve is a stop on the Civil War Discovery Trail, the John Hunt Morgan In Kentucky Heritage Trail, and the US 31W-31E Heritage Corridor.

In 1850 Major Albert Anderson purchased all the land (535 acres) which is now Horse Cave.  He marked off the streets and sold $40,000 worth of town lots and donated the land for the railroad and depot.  The narrow, non-connecting streets are attributed to Anderson. 

Horse Cave’s charming downtown commercial district has more than 50 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Colorful awnings and Victorian gingerbread decorate the town. If you look closely, you can trace the pathway of the cave under your feet!

Take time to pick up a collector’s copy of that book you’ve always wanted and shop at an authentic small town department store or a unique gift shop.

Adjacent to the cave is the American Cave Museum, honored by The Nature Conservancy Magazine as “a little bit of Smithsonian in rural Kentucky”. You’ll enjoy their state-of –the-art exhibits of cave bats, blindfish and other cave

animals; prehistoric and modern cave explorers; the history of cave country; and the “cave wars".

If you’re looking for great entertainment, you can find it right on Main Street. Kentucky Repertory Theatre has offered acclaimed professional productions for more than 30 years. Honored by USA Today as “one of the 10 great places to see the lights way off Broadway”, Kentucky Repertory Theatre brings the classics,

Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Lynn Blackburn and C.W. Gilbert
 

Shakespeare, comedies, original Kentucky plays and children’s productions to the stage in a historic building that also houses the Thomas Opera House, a historic vaudeville stage. The main season usually runs from July through December.

Bonnieville (population 354) is the county’s other incorporated city. According to local lore, Bonnieville was originally known as Bacon Creek after a man stole a side of bacon and to avoid being caught with the evidence threw it into the nearby creek.

During the civil War, a large number of Union troops were encamped there, and the L&N Railroad trestle was the site of several attacks.

Members of the old Order Amish faith began moving into the area during the late 1980s, may of them form Geauga County, Ohio. Approximately 200 families now live throughout the county, with the largest population in the Logsdon Valley/Forestville communities.