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…
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Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from May 26, 1876 The Hickman Courier announced A. R. Boone of Graves County as a candidate for re-election for United States Congress on the Democratic ticket. The newspaper also announced B. R. Walker as candidate for Sheriff of Fulton County. The wheat crop in Fulton County appeared not to be as promising as the year prior. King’s Storehouse in East Hickman, owned by James M. Coffey, was destroyed by fire the week prior. Powell & Brothers farm machinery and implements celebrated their fourth year in business in Hickman. The Stephens [William and…