Join Alex Waldrop as he discusses his time working in the horse racing industry at the next meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 27, at the Calloway County Public Library at 710 Main St, Murray, Kentucky. The presentation is free to attend and centers around the history, tradition and the unique spectacle of the Kentucky Derby. Waldrop’s presentation will enlighten the audience concerning the many reasons why the “Run for the Roses” has grown into America’s most prestigious annual horse racing event and what Forbes Magazine has described as one of the “Greatest Bucket-list Sporting Events”…
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Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from April 11, 1874 A snowstorm on April 9th reportedly “caused a heavy demand for coal, overcoats, and overshoes” in Hickman. The freeze of that night “finished the fruit crop of this section.” Farmers were “getting dispirited” that the wet weather halted progress with the planting season. The Mississippi River was reported rising and that with the melting snow overflow was “inevitable” at Hickman. Due to bad weather of April 9th, the “letting of the bridge across Puncheon Creek” was postponed until April 17th. The new St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Hickman was to be…