The Jackson Purchase Historical Society is pleased to announce the publication of Volume 49 of its Journal. The society was founded in 1958. During the last sixty plus years, it has played an important role in the life of the Jackson Purchase region due to the diligent efforts of its members to preserve the area’s past. The award-winning Journal of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society is part of this mission and continues to be the primary vehicle through which knowledge of the Jackson Purchase is disseminated and preserved. The 2022 issue contains five articles. George G. Humphreys discusses the political…
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Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from November 30, 1872 The President of the Holly Springs & Brownsville Railroad visited Hickman with a survey party to consult with the stockholders of the Mississippi Levee Company to construct a narrow-gauge railroad from Hickman to Friendship, Tennessee to connect to their mainline. The cost of the project was estimated at $300,000 and would include 14 miles of levee. It was proposed that Lake, Obion, and Dyer counties in Tennessee would raise $200,000 from levee taxes and Fulton County $100,000. The President assured those present that the rail line would be completed by the…