Isaac Wolfe Bernheim and the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
If you drive around the I-65 Corridor from the Ohio River South to at least the Cave City area of Kentucky, you are likely to notice numerous yard signs decrying the need to “SAVE BERNHEIM.” The “Bernheim” in question is more properly known as the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest which is made up of over 16,000 acres of land, in excess of three million trees, contains a 600-acre arboretum and is home to over 2,100 wildlife species. The save Bernheim slogan refers to an effort to protect the forest and its waterways from a proposed Louisville Gas and Electric natural gas pipeline that would break the conservation easement and cut through the Cedar Creek Wildlife Corridor. Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest contains an area known as Guerilla Hollow, a location which served as a base of operations for Magruder's Confederate Guerrilla Command during the Civil War. Magruder had served at the Battle of Fort Donelson and was captured there by the Union forces led by