Guthrie The divided loyalties of the Civil War, the Cherokee Trail of Tears, and the Night Riders of the 1904 Tobacco War are all part of Hopkinsville's rich heritage. The downtown Pennyroyal Area Museum captures the spirit of these bygone days, and features artifacts of native son and renowned clairvoyant and healer Edgar Cayce. In 1838, the Trail of Tears Commemorative Park was a Cherokee campground during the tribe's forced march to Oklahoma.
Today there are statues at the gravesites of two chiefs who died here and an information wall.
The heritage center shows examples of Cherokee culture. The site is now a part of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. The Don F. Pratt Museum showcases this heritage with indoor exhibits from the Civil War to Desert Storm. The Fort Campbell Memorial Park on US-41A in Hopkinsville commemorates the 248 soldiers who died in the 1985 airplane crash in Newfoundland. The museum recalls the turn of the century when the town was one of the South's best known health resorts, with 38 hotels and boarding houses.