• JPHS Meetings

    Erik Nordberg to Present a Program on Aviation in Northwest Tennessee on November 2nd

    The November meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society will be hosted at the Everett-Stewart Airport in Union City Tennessee on Saturday, November 2 beginning at 10:30 am in one of the airport’s historic 1942 hangars. The airport is located between Martin and Union City, off Highway 22 at 1489 Airport Circle Road, Union City, for those using GPS. The meeting will focus on the history of aviation in northwest Tennessee. The event is co-sponsored by the Everett-Stewart Airport Authority and Full Stop Aviation. The program will feature Dr. Erik Nordberg, an industrial historian and dean of the Paul Meek…

  • JPHS Meetings

    Jackson Purchase Historical Society Meeting on October 19 to focus on Kentucky Dam

    The October meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society will be hosted by the Kentucky Dam Village State Park on Saturday, October 19 beginning at 10:30 am in the Henry Ward Building, the main lodge at the park, 166 Upper Village Inn Drive in Gilbertsville. The meeting will focus on the construction of Kentucky Dam, the last of the TVA high dams that transformed life in the Tennessee River Valley. The National Hydropower Association is joining us, as a co-sponsor. The program will feature Robert L. Underwood, author of the recently published Dam It! Electrifying America and Taming Her Waterways.…