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 Located 1 ½ miles from Gamaliel on KY 100, this ancient log building once served as both a church and school building for the African-American community of Freetown. Erected before the Civil War in 1846 by freed slaves of William Howard, the building is constructed of hewn logs held together with wooden pegs and chinked with clay. The building also was used as a school for African-American children for some 70 years, and the graveyard nearby served as a final resting place for most of the former slaves and their descendants who lived in that community. |
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20 Things To Do
- Sample Monroe County’s famous B-B-Q at several locations.
- Golf 18 holes at the beautiful Hidden Hills Country Club.
- Trace your heritage at the Court House, Public Library or more than 200 cemeteries.
- Ride the free ferry across the Cumberland River.
- Have a picnic at one of our four parks (Tompkinsville, Gamaliel and Fountain Run City Parks and Old Mulkey State Shrine).
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