The Jackson Purchase Historical Society will meet Saturday, September 26 in the Community Room of the Graves County Public Library, 601 North 17th Street, Mayfield, Kentucky beginning at 10:30. The speaker will be Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Shea Nickell. Justice Nickell will discuss the career of Graves County native Alben Barkley and discuss items from his extensive collection of Barkley memorabilia. Barkley, who served as Vice President with President Harry S. Truman, was born in Wheel, Kentucky in 1877. He initially attended school in Lowes and, after his family moved to Clinton, graduated from Marvin College in 1897. He briefly…
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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 3 of 6 Tucker: The only person I ever heard make a comment about Hico was George Hart and Lockie Hart. And she said something about the kids, they used to go to, they used to have big political rallies at Hico. And she’d go and collect those cards, the little girls, you know, 18 years old, I’d collect those little cards everybody’s handing out. And she had her talking…