Franklin Simpson Tourism

11/19/2024

Every year Kentucky Travel Industry Association honors the top projects in the state through the Traverse Awards for Excellence in Kentucky Tourism Marketing, which recognizes talent, creativity, and effectiveness in marketing. This year, almost 250 entries were submitted, and we are thrilled to share that Cave Country Trails brought home an award for the following entry:

🏆Interactive Mapping & Website

This project encompassed launching a brand-new website allowing for easy navigating of the hiking, cycling, mountain biking, caving, horseback riding, and paddling trails through iconography, photos, and pertinent information in our six-county region. We have identified 148 trails for your adventurous enjoyment and the number keeps growing!

Cave Country Trails extends a big thank you to the partners who assisted in exploring the vision and ex*****on of this project. MakespaceWeb dove in to curate the perfect trail mix for our audience and Jackson Dodd Photography captured the essence of the trails to help you visualize yourself in action.

Visit www.cavecountrytrails.com to view the new site and find your True North in Kentucky. We’ll see you on the trails!

Cave Country Trails partners include:
Visit BGKY
Morgantown Trail Town
Franklin Simpson Tourism
Hart County Tourism
Munfordville Tourism
Park City Tourism
Glasgow-Barren County KY Tourism
Visit Cave City, Kentucky
Edmonson County Tourism Commission

11/16/2024

A great night for Simpson County Tourism and our partners in the Kentucky After Dark Campaign which won the Best of Show and several gold and silver Traverse Travel Award at the Kentucky Tourism Industry Association annual conference. We are thrilled that Octagon Hall Museum represents Simpson County in this experience!

11/16/2024

Franklin Simpson Tourism Executive Director Amy Ellis completed the Certified Kentucky Tourism Professional program and received her diploma Thursday at the Kentucky Tourism Industry Association annual conference in Covington.

11/14/2024

A little history lesson about Simpson County

November 14, 1779 - Surveyors Walker and Smith got off course while establishing the border between Kentucky and Tennessee in what is now Simpson County, Kentucky and Robertson County, Tennessee. A pronounced dip south creates a triangular shaped portion of land known as the “Simpson County Offset.”

The surveyors lost track of the proper location of the line due to cloudy weather which didn’t allow them to obtain correct astronomical observations. Walker also noted that, “there was some iron ore in that vicinity, which deflected the needle of the compass.” Clearly a mistake, surveyors were sent to the area again in the 1830s to redraw the line. However, they recommended leaving the border where it was and let each state yield its claim to the territory and both states agreed.
The matter was brought up again a couple of decades later by a Robertson County, Tennessee settler named Middleton who claimed that 101 acres of his property protruded into Kentucky and was properly part of Tennessee. Once again, surveyors were dispatched to the area in 1859 to settle the dispute. The surveyors agreed with Middleton and redrew the line around his property leaving a rectangular shaped protrusion northward into Kentucky. Some have suggested that a barrel of whiskey offered by Middleton helped the surveyors find the location of the haphazard border.

In the early 19th century, the land - more than 600 acres - was known as a dueling ground as it was considered a “no-man’s land” between Kentucky and Tennessee and where those who might be charged with illegally dueling could dispute which state in which the duel had taken place.

11/13/2024

Go to www.visitfranklinky.com and click the events tab at the top of the page! We have a really cool local events calendar. To submit an item, email [email protected].

11/07/2024

Pre-order your Christmas Courthouse t-shirt or sweatshirt before they are all gone!

Grab your Small Town Christmas Sweatshirt or Long Sleeve T-shirt early! Make sure to include size and contact phone number in comments on Venmo. For questions call 270-586-8482.

11/04/2024

Congratulations to our winners & thank you for all of the wonderful entries this year!

11/04/2024

Shop with our merchants this weekend!

Friday, Saturday & Sunday - Franklin Downtown Merchants Christmas Open House
Clothing & jewelry, home decor, coffee, sweets, art, more. Historic Downtown Square Franklin (PICK UP A PRINTED COPY OF THE NOVEMBER ISSUE OF SOKY HAPPENINGS & SEE PAGE 47 FOR MORE DETAILS) facebook.com/p/Franklin-Downtown-Merchants-100080122156775/.

Find more fun & interesting happenings online at sokyhappenings.com

10/31/2024

Today is the last day to vote for your favorite hay bale entry!

10/31/2024

🇺🇲 FRANKLIN, KY WALMART 🇺🇲 /Nov 1rst @ 9a.m.).. Marty Brown will sing for the *Grand Reopening of Walmart*!!! Have your (*phone's on hand*) to Download his New George Strait song *To The Moon* or purchase a copy as Marty sings and meets everyone!!

10/29/2024

Proud of Marty Brown and all of his accomplishments!

Country music singer and hit songwriter Marty Brown will sing the National Anthem at the Grand Re-Opening of the Walmart in Franklin, KY on Friday, November 1st at 9 am!

Marty Brown will also be available for pictures and his new TO THE MOON T-shirts will also be available for $20. We hope you'll join us this Friday as we celebrate the Grand Re-Opening of Walmart in Franklin, Kentucky.

In Marty's early days on MCA records he toured Walmart's Grand Openings in the south including the Walmart in Franklin, Kentucky over 30 years ago. Sam Walton hand-picked Marty Brown as part of his promotion of the Walmart Grand Opening Tour in the southern United States.

Marty Brown is the hit songwriter of I'm from the country and I like it that Way recorded by Tracy Byrd, It Ain't Me if It Ain't You by Brooks & Dunn, When I Stop Loving You by Trace Adkins and has had over 187 songs recorded in his lifetime. His bucket list of all songs recorded is his newest song recorded by George Strait on the Cowboys and Dreamers album released on September 6th. Track number 3 called, To the Moon, was performed for the first time this summer by George Strait when Strait personally dedicated to his wife Norma of 52 years at Kyle Field at a record setting concert this summer.

See y'all in Franklin, Kentucky Franklin Simpson Tourism Walmart Franklin - Nashville Rd this Friday!

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10/27/2024

Start your collection today at Dueling Grounds Distillery!

Today was the perfect Kentucky day to start collecting your Wild West of Kentucky Bourbon cards!

HOW TO COLLECT:
Take a tour at any of our participating distilleries and receive your custom illustrated commemorative card! Collect all 6 to complete your collection while supplies last!!

Rhythm River’s card Coming Soon!

Casey Jones Distillery
Dueling Grounds Distillery
Green River Distilling Co.
MB Roland Distillery
Rhythm River Distillery
The Bard Distillery
Kentucky Tourism
Franklin Simpson Tourism
Visit Hopkinsville
Visit Owensboro
Muhlenberg County Tourism Commission
Henderson Tourist Commission

10/26/2024

10/26/2024

A driving trail of hay bale art in Simpson County Kentucky

10/26/2024

IT'S TIME TO VOTE! Vote for your favorite entry in the 2024 Simpson County Hay Bale Trail by commenting below with the number of your favorite hay bale entry. The winner will be named the It's Fall Y'all Award Winner and receive a $150 Franklin-Simpson Ky Chamber of Commerce gift certificate! A google map of the entries will also be posted! Thank you to all who entered. Happy Voting! VOTING ENDS OCT. 31, 2024