Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from September 8, 1876 • The businessmen, farmers and tobacco growers wished that a tobacco market be established in Hickman, or immediate vicinity, to regain the market as a “chief product” of the region. • Pap White, “the old saddler,” relocated his business establishment from Hickman to Fulton. • The Hickman Methodist Choir planned a concert at city hall on September 11th for the benefit of the Methodist Sunday School Library. • The pastors in Hickman, after requesting assistance for a poor widow with several children, reported that they were able to bestow…
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An interview with Brown Tucker of Murray, Kentucky by Robert M. Rennick on August 4, 1977, on the origin and history of the community names of Calloway County, Kentucky. Part 3 of 6 Tucker: The only person I ever heard make a comment about Hico was George Hart and Lockie Hart. And she said something about the kids, they used to go to, they used to have big political rallies at Hico. And she’d go and collect those cards, the little girls, you know, 18 years old, I’d collect those little cards everybody’s handing out. And she had her talking…