Park City in Barren County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Bell's Tavern

Photographed by Duane Hall, July 31, 2016

1. Bell's Tavern Marker

Inscription. Erected by Wm. Bell, 1830. Stage stop for his lines that brought visitors to Mammoth Cave when first promoted. Famed in U.S. and Europe for elite patrons, cuisine and magic peach and honey brandy for “Joy before the journey’s end”, until it burned 1860. Civil War doomed completion of new tavern begun by grandson, Wm. F. Bell and his stepfather, George M. Proctor.

Erected 1967 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1039.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1830.

Location. 37° 5.52′ N, 86° 2.986′ W. Marker is in Park City, Kentucky, in Barren County. It is on Old Dixie Highway (State Highway 255) west of J. Brown Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Park City KY 42160, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave Country

and in the Pennyroyal Region.

It is also in the American

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South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Diamond Caverns (approx. 1.8 miles away); a different marker also named Diamond Caverns (approx. 1.8 miles away); Locust Grove Cemetery (approx. 3.1 miles away); Union City: Cave Crossroads (approx. 3.4 miles away); Hearth and Home (approx. 3.4 miles away); Mill Hole Farm-Prehistoric Site (approx. 3½ miles away); Sand Cave (approx. 4.1 miles away); Sand Cave Trail (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Park City.

Marker in Front of Ruins of Bell's Tavern image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, July 31, 2016

2. Marker in Front of Ruins of Bell's Tavern

View to East Along Old Dixie Highway image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, July 31, 2016

3. View to East Along Old Dixie Highway

Marker on right (south) side of road

Ruins of Bell's Tavern image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, July 31, 2016

4. Ruins of Bell's Tavern

View of west end of ruins

Credits. This page was last revised on June 3, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 11, 2016, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 764 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 11, 2016, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.