Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from July 8, 1871 • Seventeen passengers were killed and twenty-three wounded when a train operated by the Nashville & Northwestern Railroad traveling between Nashville and Hickman plunged into the Harpeth River on the evening of July 3rd. The bridge that traversed the river was believed to be defective and an investigation was reported underway. • The African-American population of Fulton County had a grand celebration on July 4th. The procession through Hickman numbered over several hundred. • The Finance Committee of the Hickman City Council paid W. L. McCutchen $64 for timbers…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from July 1, 1871 • Hickman was struck by severe storms on June 27th which tore the roofs off wharf-boats, freight sheds, homes and businesses. The storms also uprooted trees, destroyed fences and ripped apart timbers, rafters, shingles, etc. No lives were lost but the estimated cost of destruction by the storms was more than $20,000. • The residents of the bottom district between Hickman and Madrid Bend called for a meeting on July 10th to address the reorganization of the Levee Company to redeem the overflow lands. • On June 25th the…