Recreational facilities in Bolivar include a city park, city swimming
pool and the Hardeman County Golf and Country Club with a pool. The
city is served by a weekly newspaper, two radio stations and cable
television. Bolivar is home of the Bolivar-Hardeman County Library
with more than 50,000 volumes, which steadily increases each month,
and a Tennessee history room. The library serves about 20,000 readers
annually.
The Hardeman County Fairgrounds and Arena
are located west of Bolivar. The fair sponsors many events, including
circuses, mud derbies, demolition derbies and the Hardeman County Fair
itself. The arena hosts IPRA-sanctioned rodeos, as well as calf
ropings and cow pennings.
Also in the area are Ames Plantation,
Shiloh National Military Park, Chickasaw State Park and Bear Trace
Jack Nicklaus, and the National Bird Dog Museum, Field Trial Hall of
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Hatchie River is a designated scenic river which runs across the
county, offering a hunter's and fisherman's paradise.
More than 20
watershed lakes, ranging in size from 10 to 78 acres each, have been
constructed and stocked with game fish.
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