Hickman County is probably most noted for the Columbus-Belmont State Park located on the bluffs above the Mississippi River.  The park contains  the anchor and and a portion of the  chain with which the Confederate Army tried to block the river and keep the Union Army from controlling it. Born in Hickman County on December 29, 1954, Robert Burns Smith went on to become the third governor of Montana (1897-1901).  Smith was educated in Kentucky, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1877.  He began his legal career in Mayfield, Kentucky and continued it in Helena, Montana.  As…

Carlisle County is located in the northwest portion of the Jackson Purchase, bounded by Ballard, Graves, and Hickman counties, and the Mississippi River, having an area of 1910 square miles. It was the 119th in order of formation and the last formed in the Jackson Purchase and second youngest in the state.  Its county seat is Bardwell, incorporated in 1879. Carlisle County was created out of Ballard County on May 3, 1886.  However, the Ballard County citizens south of Mayfield Creek had wanted a separate county at the time Ballard was created but were denied.  Beginning with the very first…