Well-known historian of the Jackson Purchase Berry Craig will discuss his latest book, Kentuckians and Pearl Harbor: Stories from the Day of Infamy on April 10, 2021 beginning at 10:30 am. The meeting will be on Zoom. As the publisher describes the book, “When the air raid alarm sounded around 7:55 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Gunner’s Mate Second Class James Allard Vessels of Paducah was preparing to participate in morning colors aboard the USS Arizona. In the scramble for battle stations, Vessels quickly climbed to a machine gun platform high atop the mainmast as others descended below decks to…
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Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from April 1, 1871 • J. J. Hickman, the Grand Sachem of the temperance cause in Kentucky, was reported to have delivered ninety-five lectures since January 1, 1871. He also organized forty-three new lodges with over 1,700 members during the same time period. • A tornado struck Boydsville in Grave County on March 29th killing several people. The Mayfield Democrat reported the twister was 60 yards wide and traveled roughly two miles. • A writer from Calloway County states that the wheat crop looks “splendid” and the “prospect for a heavy crop never…