Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from November 30, 1872 The President of the Holly Springs & Brownsville Railroad visited Hickman with a survey party to consult with the stockholders of the Mississippi Levee Company to construct a narrow-gauge railroad from Hickman to Friendship, Tennessee to connect to their mainline. The cost of the project was estimated at $300,000 and would include 14 miles of levee. It was proposed that Lake, Obion, and Dyer counties in Tennessee would raise $200,000 from levee taxes and Fulton County $100,000. The President assured those present that the rail line would be completed by the…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from November 23, 1872 It was reported that businessmen in Hickman were frustrated that no bank existed in the city and that one should be organized. The Star House Hotel, owned by John W. Mayes & Son, planned to reopen in March of 1873 after a “refitting.” The hotel was previously known as the Walker House. Charlie Margraff set up a barber shop on the Commercial Block in old Hickman. Clem Nolte, a clerk on the steamship City of Chester, was attacked and severely knifed by Robert E. Petty of Ballard County the week prior…