An interview with Brown Tucker of Murray, Kentucky by Robert M. Rennick on August 4, 1977, on the origin and history of the community names of Calloway County, Kentucky. Part 5 of 6 Tucker: … County telling us the location of Snow Hill’s post office. This office was established on August 23, 1856, with Francis M. Gardner’s postmaster. Location about one mile east of Elm Grove Church and near the Gardner Cemetery. Mr. Miller informed us that during the Civil War, Union forces broke into Mr. Gardner’s store, taking all his stock and merchandise as provisions. Also taking Mr. Gardner…
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The Jackson Purchase Historical Society will host a program at 10:30 on Saturday, November 7 in the events center at the Martin Public Library at 410 South Lindell Street, Martin, Tennessee. James and Gary Roberts will review the history of dredging operations along the Obion River in Weakley County, Tennessee, in the early twentieth century. River systems once existed in a natural and uncontrolled state, but annual flooding destroyed agricultural crops and limited the use of valuable farmland. This presentation documents how steam-powered dredges cut through forests and wetlands, transforming winding streams into engineered waterways designed to drain the land…