Ballard County’s Fort Jefferson Memorial Park to be seen of SAR/DAR Patriotic Grave Marking Ceremony for the deceased soldiers and civilians from George Rogers Clark’ 1780-1781 Fort Jefferson on September 21, 2024, at 2 pm An SAR Patriotic Grave Marking Ceremony will take place on Saturday, September 21 at 2 pm on Fort Jefferson Hill adjacent to the Ballard County Visitor Center, one mile south of Wickliffe, Ky within the Fort Jefferson Memorial Park. This ceremony will mark the beginning of Ballard County’s celebration of this Nation’s Semi-quincentennial (1775-2025), and the extremely important contribution made by the men, women, and…
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Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from September 4, 1874 The Hickman City Council met on August 31st to settle debts, pay private contractors and resolve claims against the city. H. A. Tyler was awarded $30 for putting rock on the riverbank before Lot No. 1 in old Hickman. The Acting Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of the First Congressional District of Fulton County published an invitation to other county committees to meet in Paducah on September 8th to discuss holding a Congressional Convention. Nick Combs of Hickman grew a sweet potato that weighed over six pounds and…