The Jackson Purchase Historical Society (JPHS) and the Paducah Historical Preservation Group (PHPG) are partnering to offer a special tour of the Helen LaFrance Collection. The PHPG recently acquired a significant number of LaFrance’s paintings as part of its effort to preserve African American history and culture in the Jackson Purchase. JPHS wants its members and others who support its mission, as well as the many historical organizations in western Kentucky, to have an opportunity to view this impressive collection. PHPG wants to share this treasure with the region. The collection is currently housed at the Paducah School of Art…
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The March meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society (JPHS) will be held at the Dyer County Historical Society Museum in the Professional Development Center located at 305 College Street in Dyersburg, Tennessee beginning at 10:30 am. This is a joint meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, the West Tennessee Historical Society, and the West Tennessee Heritage Initiative, an informal consortium of archives, local history libraries, and historic sites. The meeting will focus on historic preservation projects, specifically state historic markers and nominating properties to the National Register of Historic Places. Historians, archivists, librarians, and others interested in historic…