Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from December 16, 1871 • Fulton County Court met during the past week and appointed Levi Heath to oversee the Kirk Road section and Q. M. T. Salmon oversee the Upper River Road from the Hickman City limits to the county line. • A topographer of the Post Office Department wrote the U. S. Postmaster requesting a map of the neighborhood of Reelfoot Lake with intentions to supply mail service to the region. • Allen Pinkerton detectives arrived in Hickman on December 15th and were reported tp be on the trail of the…
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Dear Kentucky colleagues, Our hearts go out to you and your fellow Kentuckians in the wake of the devastating tornadoes. The Heritage Emergency National Task Force (HENTF), a partnership between FEMA and the Smithsonian Institution, is ready to support you, Kentucky arts organizations and cultural institutions, and local and state government entities that have been affected. HENTF and its 62 members – federal agencies and national service organizations – are ready to provide technical assistance, guidance, and resources (primarily in the form of subject matter expertise) now and into recovery. Life safety and life-sustaining activities remain the highest priority. Please…