Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from February 17, 1872 The Fulton County Court met on February 12th where M. B. King was appointed overseer of the Troy Road to the top of Smith Hill and John Cloar appointed overseer of the Wilson Road. A petition was filed to survey a road from the Little Obion Ferry to the Hickman County line to intersect with the Columbus Road. Ezberth H. Osborn was scheduled to commence a series of sermons at the Hickman Baptist Church to begin on February 20th. A Temperance Conference planned to meet at Hickman Methodist Church on February…
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The Jackson Purchase Historical Society (JPHS) will meet on Saturday February 19 at 10:30 am at the Benton Branch of the Marshall County Public Library, 1150 Birch Street in Benton, Kentucky. Our speaker will be Society Vice President Richard D. Parker who will discuss his just-published book, Wicked Western Kentucky with a special emphasis on the Marshall County area. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing at the meeting. This is a change from the program previously announced, which has been rescheduled for June. The program will be available by ZOOM for those unable to attend…