Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from June 6, 1874 Concerned citizens of West Hickman asked what was to be done with the levee since another overflow would likely “destroy the work that has already been done.” The drought has ruined the strawberry crop in the region, but the wheat crop was expected to be “splendid” and the “average yield will be very large.” Reverend E. H. Pearce, former State Commissioner to the International Exposition at Vienna, was scheduled to give a lecture at the Hickman Methodist Church on June 9th. The subject of his lecture was to be…