The November meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society will celebrate the Bicentennial of Calloway County with a panel discussion focused on the Bicentennial history book, Calloway County, Kentucky: Celebrating the First 200 Years, 1822-2022. that has just been published. The meeting will be held on Saturday, November 19, beginning at 10:30 AM in the County Courthouse Annex at 201 South Fourth Street in Murray. The venue for the meeting, the courthouse annex, served for many years as the City of Murray’s post office and is itself part of the downtown historic district. The JPHS is honored to join with…
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Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from November 9, 1872 The election was reported as remarkably quiet and unexciting in Hickman. The Hickman Courier noted “very little drinking” and no fights or disturbances in the city. Official results of the Presidential election in Fulton County were Greeley and Brown – 624 votes, Grant and Wilson – 87, and O’Conor and Adams – 15. The results for Congress were Edward Crossland – 605, Henry H. Houston – 79, John Martin Sr. – 24, Isaac Trabue – 3, and C. L. Randle – 4. The counties of Hickman, Ballard, and Graves overwhelmingly voted…