Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from July 11, 1874 “A beautiful meteor shot through the sky illuminating the whole of Hickman” on the night of July 7th. The editor of the Hickman Courier wrote that it “exploded brilliant scintillations in apparent variegated colors.” The thermometer stood at 100 degrees on July 6th and 7th in Hickman. A rain showered the region on July 8th in great relief of the townsfolk and farmers. The black citizens of Hickman, and a great number of visitors from around the region, celebrated the 4th of July with a grand picnic, procession, speeches,…

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…