John T. Scopes was from Paducah, and is best remembered as the focus of the 'Scopes Monkey Trial.' Evolution was a hot topic in the early part of the last century, and Scopes was caught up in the Trial of the Century, in tiny Dayton, Tennessee. The case opened in 1925, with Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan pitting their best lawyer rhetoric for both arguments. Scopes was convicted and paid a $100 fine. In 1960, the story was retold in a movie, "Inherit the Wind."  Scopes is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery.