The Zoom presentation given by Berry Craig during the 2021 Spring Meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society on April 10, 2021 can now be viewed on the Video Webpage of this website https://jacksonpurchasehistoricalsociety.org/videos/. The title of the program was Kentuckians and Pearl Harbor: Stories from the Day of Infamy and was based upon his book of the same title published earlier in the year.
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Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from April 29, 1871 • Oscar Turner of Ballard County was seriously injured after being thrown from his buggy when his horse became frightened on April 28th. Mr. Turner broke both legs and was expected to be confined to home for several weeks. • Mr. Patterson of Paducah was killed near Fort Smith, Arkansas after being dragged by a runaway mule the week before. • The Hickman City Council granted a business license to Lane & Scharfe to operate a coffee house in the city. • Thomas Strechum, an employee of the Mobile…