Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from June 2, 1876 An informal meeting of citizens was held on May 30th at Hickman City Hall to discuss the “best manner, ways, and means, for appropriately celebrating the approaching 4th of July.” George Warren was elected chairman of the Fulton County Celebration Committee and George B. Prather was elected secretary. The rest of the committee members were C. L. Randle, J. W. Powell, James Barksdale, Henry Campbell, Matthew Johnson, J. M. Alexander, F. M. Usher, R. H. Binford, R. S. Murrell, Thomas Boaz, L. Everett, J. N. Hawkins, C. S. Harper,…
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The Jackson Purchase Historical Society will meet on Saturday June 13 at the Lloyd Tilghman House & Civil War Museum, 631 Kentucky Avenue in Paducah. The meeting will begin at 10:30 am. The program is free and all are welcome. The program will focus on the life and times of Henry County, Tennessee native Pud Diggs who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War and was hung on the courthouse lawn in Murray in 1867 for murdering a sheriff. It was the last legal hanging in Calloway County. Diggs’ life and death offer a number of insights into life…