Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from February 28, 1874 The Hickman City Council met on February 25th where the Finance Committee paid John Troutweine $5.00 for coal and fined John Heinze $50 for court fees. The Hickman Courier reported that trade in Hickman had been “remarkably good this season” and that merchants bought more cotton in the past year than in the last ten years. The firm of Powell & Brothers declared that they were “carrying a larger stock than any Paducah house” and selling at lower prices. The Knights of Pythias wished to establish an order in Hickman and…
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On August 5, 1977, Robert Rennick interviewed historian Lon Carter Barton at his home in Mayfield for over four hours discussing the history of community names in Graves County and the Jackson Purchase. On this final recording, Barton continues to discuss his weekly radio program “Remember When,” the public library in Mayfield, former Assistant Attorney General M. B. Holifield, and the story of Columbus, Kentucky being once considered as the capital of the United States. Rennick was touring Kentucky researching the place names of villages, towns, and cities throughout the Commonwealth for a forthcoming publication. Below is the transcription of…