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The listings below show 50 things to do, see, or know about regarding this area. Download the brochure, or stop by the Chamber office for a copy.

50 Things to Do

1. Float the Piney River

2. Fish for trout at Bucksnort

3. Go horseback riding

4. Wade Swan Creek

5. Hunt a trophy buck

6. Call up a wild turkey

7. Swim in Lick Creek

8. View fall foliage

9. Go wild-flowering

10. Geo trek, geo cache

11. Bike chert roads

12. Listen to a waterfall

13. Tour the Natchez Trace Parkway

14. Watch a Civil War reenactment

15. Go to a rodeo or horse show

16. Go spelunking in many caves

17. Paint a scene

18. Take landscape photos

19. Eat a fried bologna sandwich at Tarkington's Store.

20. Buy fresh produce at the Farmer's Market

21. Shop on the square

22. Buy "Pearl Red" wine at the Grinders Switch Winery

23. Shop in the Mennonite Community for fresh produce and crafts.

24. Find a gift at the Magnolia Tree in Lyles.

25. Dig through a “junk” store to find a real collectible

26. Barter at the town square Trader's Day-2nd Sat of each summer month

27. Study history at our archives

28. Take in a Clay Harris play

29. Go to the annual Quilt Show

30. Attend a live radio broadcast from the Grinder's Switch Center

31. Country ham at the historic Beacon Light Restaurant

32. Homemade pie at Breece’s Cafe

33. Feel the pride of fancy, custom cars at the auto show each October

34. Rumble with1000 motorcycles at Grinders Switch in October

35. Breece's plate lunch on the Centerville Square

36. Enjoy the bar-be-que at Barnhill's in Lyles.

37. Stay at one of our B&B's

38. Soccer for kids at River Park.

39. County Fair rides in August.

40. Listen to the roar of a truck pull at the "Pullin' At The Switch"".

41. Relax at the City Park pool

42. Listen to real country music

43. Enjoy a local TSSAA sports teams at either High School

44. Line dance at the Barn in Centervil1e.

45. Cycle the twisties on Hwy 48.

46. Picnic at Buford McCord Park in Lyles.

47. See the art at the Hickman County Arts Guild show.

48. Tour area homes during the Christmas Tour of Homes.

49. Listen to the great artists at the Grinders Switch Blues Festival.

50. Go birding & watch wildlife

50 Places to See

1. Minnie Pearl Museum -- Chamber of Commerce

2. Samich Gallery

3. Walk of Fame at the Hickman Co. Ag Pavilion

4. Century Farms

5. Camp NaCoMe

6. Jackson Falls on the Natchez Trace Parkway

7. Old Iron Furnace at Bucksnort

8. Bon Aqua Old Growth Forest

9. Gordon House on the Natchez Trace Parkway

10. Tarkington’s Store for a trip back in time

11. Hickman Falls, one of many waterfalls

12. Edwin Hickman’s Gravesite

13. Historic cemeteries. Learn your Genealogy.

14. Historic churches for a sense of community

15. Historic courthouse in Centerville

16. Centerville Cave under the Town Square

17. Scenic, old bridges over the Duck

18. Swimming holes on Lick Creek

19. Patton’s barn (Moonshine Drive In)

20. Creek fords on Cavender’s branch

21. Camp Meribah for a rustic, modern retreat

22. Mennonite Store at Cane Creek

23. Panther Cave--big, secluded cave

24. Fiddler’s Bluff where the fiddler hung by a rope to play over the crowd below

25. Back roads of Sheboss, Ugly Creek, and Blue Buck

26. Anderson Bend for beautiful farmland

27. Trace Creek Falls, small but beautiful

28. Coble scenic area historic rural area

29. Pleasantville Community scenic area

30. Shady Grove small country village

31. Pinewood area--acres of beautiful grass

32. Nunnelly--home of Beth Slater Whitson

33. Tottys Bend--Duck River farming country

34. Swan Creek (Sunrise) scenic area

35. Brushy/Aetna--mining and forest history

36. Beaverdam Springs--former health resort

37. Primm Springs--A booming resort 100 years ago

38. Bon Aqua--Healing waters of an old resort

39. Lyles--historic community

40. Wrigley --historic industrial area

41. Mill Creek scenic area

42. Duck River Overlooks off Hwy 50w

43. Cane Creek--Mennonite Country

44. Little Lot Historic farming community on the Duck

45. Grinders Switch--Mythical home of Minnie Pearl

46. Colley Town--The real home of Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon (Minnie Pearl)

47. Red Barn Arts & Crafts--for recent Hickman County Arts and Crafts

48. Vernon, first county seat

49. Rail Road Trestle at Centerville--old, impressive wooden railroad bridge over the Duck River

50. Historic houses & stone fences of Centerville--Old!

50 Bicentennial Facts

1. 1791 Edwin Hickman killed by Indians

2. 1807 Hickman County established

3. 1809 Vernon selected as first county seat

4. 1818 Settlers can live south of the Duck River

5. 1825 First Iron Furnace at Aetna

6. 1880 Railroad comes to the county

7. 1883 First telegraph comes to the county

8. 1884 Hotel opens on Centerville town square

9. 1899 Opera House opens on town square

10. 1903 Emancipation Day celebrated

11. 1904 Centerville incorporates

12. 1905 – 1907 Diptheria and Smallpox ravage county

13. 1906 Thomas Edison visits looking for cobalt

14. 1912 Colley Bridge connects Shipps Bend

15. 1913 – 1918 Bon Aqua and Beaverdam Resorts

16. 1915 Iron Furnaces and Phosphate mines prosper

17. 1917 Spanish flu takes many lives

18. 1920 Hickman County High School opens

19. 1921 Electric lights for Centerville

20. 1922 Hospital opens in Centerville

21. 1923 Fire destroys business district of Lyles

22. 1923Water utility established for Centerville

23. 1926 Present Courthouse completed

24. 1931 Graham Airport established in Nunnelly

25. 1934 Highway 100 completed

26. 1940 Southern Sportswear factory opens

27. 1945 McDonald’s Funeral Home opens

28. 1946 General Shoe (Genesco) opens

29. 1950 Dial telephones come to county

30. 1955 Radio Station comes to county

31. 1956 Natural gas lines come to county

32. 1959 New Airport comes to county

33. 1961 Country club comes to county

34. 1963 Two new elementary schools

35. 1964 New hospital comes to Centerville

36. 1966 I-40 opens from Memphis to Nashville

37. 1966 Wrigley Plant sold

38. 1967 Rescue Squad created

39. 1969 Nursing Home opened

40. 1970 Dixie Shouse Bridge over Duck River opened

41. 1971 Turney Center opened

42. 1973 Public Library building completed

43. 1976 New High School in Centerville completed

44. 1982 Genesco closes

45. 1985 Two new Middle Schools open

46. 1987 East Hickman Clubhouse completed

47. 1987 Natchez Trace Parkway open to Shady Grove

48. 1999 First Ag Center event

49. 2005 Minnie Pearl Statue

50. 2007 New High School at East Hickman