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…
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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 4 of 6 Tucker: There’s something there, kind of like Kerksey, you see. A nice big shop or a water trough for horses or something. Seems more than likely. Rennick: I mean, with that name, Brown’s Grove. Tucker: Yeah, that’s right. And then there was a Brown there, and it had a grove of trees, and that old post out there they pointed out to me, a big old ……