Central-station electricity reached 165 homes in the southern part of Christian County when a switch was thrown at this spot on the night of September 2nd, 1938. These 165 homes were the first members served by the Pennyrile Rural Electric Cooperative Corp., which had been officially organized on August 13, 1937. The infant cooperative was guided by a Board of Directors composed of W.E. Lacy, president; Thomas J. Lyne, vice president; G.W. Latham, secretary-treasurer; John L. Thurmond; and John W. Stovall. The coming of electricity improved the quality of life in rural Kentucky more than anything else.