June 22 Murray KY– Calloway County Public Library Stuart Sanders, “Anatomy of a Duel: Secession, Civil War, and the Evolution of Kentucky Violence.” Book Signing to follow. July 20 Paducah KY– Inland Waterways Museum Bob Jost, “The Trail of Tears: The Water Route.” August 17 Paducah KY – Temple Israel Roy Hensel, “US Grant and the Expulsion of the Jews from Paducah.” September TO BE ANNOUNCED October 12 Mayfield KY– Venue to be determined. Bruce Dobyns, “The Campbell Stone Movement in Western Kentucky.” November 2 — Venue to be determined. Erik Nordberg, “Early Aviation History in West Tennessee.”
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Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from May 23, 1874 The falling of the Mississippi River had caused uneasiness to business owners on Front Street in Hickman. The riverbank had sunk by a foot or more and efforts were being made to stabilize and protect property along the shore. It was reported that people in Hickman were searching for a hidden box of “Freebooters” treasure in the city believed to have been buried many decades earlier. “There have been hundreds of attempts to find the interesting localities of their concealment,” the Hickman Courier The “Cantata of Esther” was scheduled…