Saturday, March 16 will be Helen LaFrance Day in Mayfield, her hometown. Several community organizations have come together to celebrate the life and work of this important African American artist. The Jackson Purchase Historical Society will meet at the Graves County Public Library Community Room for a program honoring LaFrance beginning at 10:30 am on March 16. The program will feature She Remembered It All: The Art of Memory Painter Helen LaFrance a new children’s book by Jayne Moore Waldrop and illustrated by Michael McBride. In addition to Waldrop and McBride speaking about the book and Helen LaFrance, Jayne will…
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Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from February 28, 1874 The Hickman City Council met on February 25th where the Finance Committee paid John Troutweine $5.00 for coal and fined John Heinze $50 for court fees. The Hickman Courier reported that trade in Hickman had been “remarkably good this season” and that merchants bought more cotton in the past year than in the last ten years. The firm of Powell & Brothers declared that they were “carrying a larger stock than any Paducah house” and selling at lower prices. The Knights of Pythias wished to establish an order in Hickman and…