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    This Week 150 Years Ago in Hickman – July 4, 1874

    July 2, 2024

    Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from July 4, 1874 O. Goalder killed a dog in Hickman believed to have rabies. D. Kingman and Henry Finch debated the “local option question” on prohibiting liquor sales in Fulton County at the Hickman Palestine Church on June 27th. The proposed law would replace the license system that was in existence. H. Plaut was erecting two tenement houses in East Hickman and John Robinson was planning to build two frame houses in West Hickman to meet the growing need for housing. Fritz Hellner was appointed depot agent of the Nashville & Northwestern…

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    Bob Jost to Speak at the Inland Waterways Museum on July 20th

    July 1, 2024

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