Wood-burning locomotives later replaced the horses. By the 1850s, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad had been chartered, making it Kentucky’s first interstate standard carrier railroad ...

The movement of people and modern transportation shapes the way our cities are established and developed. For Bowling Green, ...

In 1914, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N) needed a reliable water source for their steam locomotives and livestock pens, so they dammed Otter Creek to create the 85-acre lake seen today.

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