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| Fountain Square Park |
This afternoon we took a couple hours to tour the historic downtown area. The “square” in this town is typical of squares across the south. The original log courthouse is no longer on the site. Instead, the center of the square is occupied by Fountain Square Park. This 2-acre plot of land became a park in 1870. In 1881, the city bought the 6,000 pound fountain from J.L. Mott Ironworks of New York which is the centerpiece of the park. Hebe, goddess of youth, is on top. The current courthouse is located in the next block.
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| Taking care of business |
After touring around town we sat for a few minutes in the park. We were enjoying the light breeze and beautiful sunshine. Gene did have to spend a few minutes on the phone with the office, but not so many. Also on the square was a small coffee house. At dinner this evening when Gene asked me what my favorite part of the day had been, I finally selected the time we spent in the coffee house, but Fountain Square Park was a close runner up.
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| Bowling Green Courthouse |
One of Bowling Green renowned citizens was Duncan Hines of boxed cake mix fame. In fact, I have several of his products in my cupboard at this very moment. Duncan was a traveling salesman in his day. He spent a great deal of time traveling across America and eating at local restaurants. He compiled a list for his friends of restaurants where he had gotten a good meal. This list became quite popular and eventually was published. He did the same for good hotels.
The quote of the day--"If the soup was as warm as the wine, if the wine was as old as the turkey, if the turkey had breasts like the maid, it would have been a fine dinner." - Duncan Hines
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| Coffee break |
One attraction here, which we probably won’t have time for during this trip, is the National Corvette Museum. We’ll have to put that on our list for another time.
interesting history of Duncan Hines!!.love those cake mixes!!
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