Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from March 7, 1874 The Mississippi River was reported as breaching its banks and flooding lowlands and nearby risings. Farmers in the region feared heavy and prolonged rains would “retard spring farming operations considerably.” Seven-month Fulton County pigs were reported to weigh 265 pounds. A Temperance law was likely to be voted upon in Fulton County in May. It would prohibit the manufacture and sale of any quantity of “spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors, etc.” Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, the Kentucky State Geologist, was expected to visit Hickman to examine the “overflow district” below the city…
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Saturday, March 16 will be Helen LaFrance Day in Mayfield, her hometown. Several community organizations have come together to celebrate the life and work of this important African American artist. The Jackson Purchase Historical Society will meet at the Graves County Public Library Community Room for a program honoring LaFrance beginning at 10:30 am on March 16. The program will feature She Remembered It All: The Art of Memory Painter Helen LaFrance a new children’s book by Jayne Moore Waldrop and illustrated by Michael McBride. In addition to Waldrop and McBride speaking about the book and Helen LaFrance, Jayne will…