Central city, Kentucky is a magnificent city, which has plenty of places of interest and amusement, both for the residents and the tourists too.

Merle Travis Birth place and Monument

November 17, 1917, saw the birth of Merle Travis in Rosewood in Muhlenberg County, to proud parents Rob and Laura Travis. Then later on, his birthplace was shifted to the beautiful Paradise Park, where the renovation took place. Today, it consists not only of the memorabilia, but also the pictures from Hall of Fame along with other interesting articles.

He was one of the main people who enhanced the multifaceted picking way, rarely heard of by western Kentucky. Merle Travis passed away on 19th of October, 1983. Thereafter, his remnants were buried and scattered approximately around the Travis monument.

Everly Brothers Monument

“The Everly Brothers, Don and Phil, have brought about a revolution in the music, in Kentucky, from Brownie to Knoxville, to Hollywood, as taught by their parents” something to this effect can be seen on the dedication of their monument. This special tribute to the famous Everly Brothers is situated at 208 North First Street.

Mose Rager Monument

Mose, born on second of April, 1911, played very proficiently the finger and thumb style of picking the guitar. According to him, all the credit goes to Kennedy Jones, who was inspired from Arnold Shultzs. Mose died on May 14, and is cremated in Ebenezer Cemetery. There stands a monument in his honor between Drakesboro, Kentucky and City Hall.

There are numerous other remarkable monuments and points of interest like the House Of Onyx, which is the world’s largest gem store, the Central City Civic and convention Centre, Paradise Park Museum complex, Springridge School, which continue to hold people’s anticipation and interests.