Knockum Hill’s Bar-B-Que Shack II will be closing Saturday and some 50 people gathered Friday night to say farewell.
Christian County Historian, William Turner regaled the crowd with the history of the area.
click to download audioHe says the notoriety from the death of the store clerk was short-lived, when Clarksville Mayor Tom Herndon learned a railroad was being put in to run from Clarksville to Princeton.
click to download audioKnockum Hill reemerged on the scene when vice presidential candidate and Christian County native, Adlai Stevenson was invited home to speak.
click to download audioA crowd of 3,500 to 10,000 was on hand to hear Stevenson, who spoke for an hour and a half. He would be sworn in as the 23rd Vice President the following year.
click to download audioThe first electric lights in the area were turned on in the area in 1937. Then in the 1970s Will Hargrove bought land on Knockum Hill.
click to download audioTurner says over the last 30 years many have visited the bar-b-que place.
click to download audioThe land Hargove bought, his house, and the restaurant will go up for auction July 26 at 9 am.
