Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from April 6, 1872 The City of Hickman appropriated $50,000 to improve the city wharf. The building of new brick buildings on vacant lots in Hickman have stimulated conversations of other brick construction on the Troutweine Block, Bailey’s Corner and the Plummer and Ledwidge property. Peach trees in and around Hickman were in full bloom and “fruit promises to be plentiful.” The Hickman Cornet Band played a concert on April 30th to a less than full house. They plan to hold another concert on April 10th. W. Bain gave a lecture on Temperance at the…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from March 30, 1872 The Mississippi River was at its lowest levels in recent memory. The Hickman wharf continued to make progress under the chief engineer Fritz Hellner. The piling was near completion and was expected to be the best wharf on the Mississippi River when finished. The Hickman Cornet Band proposed to give an amateur minstrel performance at the Hickman City Council Hall on March 30th. A grand ball was planned for April 1st by the Deutschen Unterstuetzung Verein (German Assistance Association) at the McCutchen’s Building in Hickman. The committee organized to manage the…