05/19/2026
Crestview is officially 110 years old this year. But unofficially, Crest View Depot, as it was originally known, was already in full swing as early as the 1880s.
To celebrate our city’s rich and sometimes colorful history, the Crestview Historic Preservation Board and the Crestview History Museum in the Bush House will host Crestview History Day on Saturday, June 13. At the same time, the museum will observe the Bush House’s centennial.
The family of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad’s then-track supervisor, Lorenza Bush, moved into the dignified American Craftsman-style house the railroad built for them sometime in the spring of 1926.
It’s now the History Museum's home, which will house several interesting and enlightening displays and activities during History Day, including rare photographs from our past — some never seen before — and displays about our community’s black heritage from the Carver-Hill Museum.
Older residents may remember the “Hasty Train” that chugged around downtown Crestview during festivals. The small scale, rideable train was crafted by Charlie Hasty who used to run the Sinclair gas station on U.S. Highway 90 West.
The train is one of the history museum’s prized artifacts and will be on display during History Day. Unfortunately, it isn’t operational yet, but HPD volunteers are in the process of refurbishing it. Because the board does not yet have room to display the train, History Day will be a rare opportunity to see a beloved artifact from Crestview’s past.
For those who want to delve deeper into Crestview’s moniker Hub City, local historian Bert Moore will offer “a practical and academic approach to the Hub City story,” as he put it. He will offer his presentation at 1 p.m. during History Day. His credentials are impeccable, being a lifelong Crestview resident, son of historian Jim Moore and having observed his hometown through many lenses.
“I have walked all through town,” he said. “I took a bus through town, I took the train through Crestview, and I even drove a tractor up Main Street towing a homecoming float.”
Crestview History Day will include complimentary refreshments, and since it’s also the Bush House centennial, there will be birthday cake for the historic home’s 100th birthday. For book lovers, the Friends of the Crestview Library will hold a book sale on the front porch.
“We’ll just have us one big ol’ happy day!” HPD President Ann Spann said.
