Another twenty minute ride took us to West Point, Kentucky where we immediately spotted the brightly painted red Illinois Central caboose positioned prominently in the center of town. After taking photographs we walked over to the Star Cafe. Built nearly a century ago as a hotel serving rail travelers, this charming structure later became a boarding house after passenger service on this line discontinued. The top offering on the menu is the “Robert Plant Special”. This peaked my interest and the owner, Cindy Rutledge, gushed when she told me about Sir Robert Plant’s visit to her café two years ago. The rock legend and former lead singer for the 1970’s super group Led Zeppelin had stopped in for lunch. He was in the area to perform a concert with Bluegrass artist Alison Krauss and was spending the afternoon visiting the historic Civil War battlefield, Fort Duffield. 
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