Join the Jackson Purchase Historical Society for a special program celebrating UT Martin’s 125th anniversary (quasquicentennial) at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 18, 2026, in the Paul Meek Library 10 Wayne Fisher Drive) Presenters Sam Richardson and Karen Elmore from the Meek Library’s Special Collections department, along with Nathan Morgan from University Relations, will share insights from their research for the anniversary book and exhibit. Their work took them deep into the University Archives, campus administrative files, and local community collections to uncover rare photos, historic documents, and personal stories that trace UT Martin’s roots back to 1900 and the founding…

The Jackson Purchase Historical Society will meet on Saturday June 13 at the Lloyd Tilghman House & Civil War Museum, 631 Kentucky Avenue in Paducah. The meeting will begin at 10:30 am. The program is free and all are welcome. The program will focus on the life and times of Henry County, Tennessee native Pud Diggs who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War and was hung on the courthouse lawn in Murray in 1867 for murdering a sheriff. It was the last legal hanging in Calloway County. Diggs’ life and death offer a number of insights into life…