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Photo by See-Tennessee.com

Author Alex Haley got the inspiration for his famous book, Roots, while listening to family stories on the porch of his boyhood home in Henning. Haley is buried in the front yard, which houses a museum in his memory.

 

Arts

Ripley

Lauderdale Council of Arts Gallery
311 S. Washington St.
inside the Bank of Ripley
Phone: 731.635.7700

West Tennessee Association of Artists Art Mall
121 N. Main St.
Phone: 731.635.1891


Attractions

Halls

Murray Hudson Antiquarian Books, Maps, Prints & Globes
109 S. Church St., 38040
Phone: 800.748.9946
E-mail:
mapman@ecsis.net
Browse and shop through 30,000 antique maps and books and a fabulous collection of globes at the old Post Office building.

Veterans Museum -- Arnold Air Field
Phone: 731.836.7400

Henning

Alex Haley House Museum
200 S. Church St.
Phone: 731.738.2240

Ripley

Lauderdale Cellars
1900 Hwy 51 S.
Phone: 731.635.9541
Tour this family-owned winery and taste its famous tomato wine.

Photo by See-Tennessee.com

The Veterans' Museum is located at Arnold Air Field in Halls. The air field was used as a training base during World War II.


Recreation

Henning

Fort Pillow State Historic Park
Off Hwy 51, west of Henning
Phone: 731.738.5581
Confederate soldiers built a fortification overlooking the Mississippi River here during the Civil War.

Ripley

Ripley City Park and Waterslide

Rolling Hills Golf Course
502 Country Club Road
Phone: 731.635.2957

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