Sabbath Song Farm was initially the dream of the David Dupee family. It is now the home of Carolyn and Wes Boatman. The construction began in 1998 with the construction of the main house sitting atop 96 spectacular Bracken County Kentucky acres. Close enough to town to be a short road trip, far enough away from the bright lights to see every star in the night sky.

The style of the home is traditional medieval architecture created by engineer David Gaker.  You may recognize his name as the man personally responsible for saving, preserving, renovating and restoring more than 50 barns over a 20-year period throughout Indiana, Kentucky and Southern Ohio. He seemed the perfect choice for Sabbath Song Farm.

The pre-history of the current day farm is much more colorful and exciting. It involves adding the neighboring 167 acre farm, cattle, Slim Haley and a well digger from West Virginia.

According to those originally from this area, Slim Haley used to "run cattle here on the ridge."  What?  You don't know Slim Haley?  Why everyone from the neighbors, to the CEO at the First National Bank of Brooksville used to work for Slim Haley, either tending cows or throwing hay and tobacco in his old barn.

Well, as mentioned earlier, Slim Haley "ran cattle" here . . . and if you don't know what it really means to "run cows" it's . . . oh. never mind . . . 

Slim Haley sold his place to a well digger from West Virginia . . . (I'm serious . . .  even I can't make this up . . . ) and the well digger from West Virginia is the one who took Slim Haley's original gambrel roofed barn and converted it into a house . . . with all of those fabulous views . . . That’s what we call The Country Lodge.

And there you have it…the rest of the story.