The Jackson Purchase Historical Society will begin its 65th year of service to the people of the Jackson Purchase region on January 28 with a program on the program on the Centennial history of Murray State University presented by Dr. Robert L. (Bob) Jackson, president of Murray State. The meeting will be held in Room 208 of Faculty Hall on the Murray State Campus. In addition to the live program in Faculty Hall, the program will be available via Zoom for those unable to attend in person and a recording of the program will be on the Jackson Purchase Historical…

The Jackson Purchase Historical Society will meet at 10:30 am on October 22 at the Hickman County Historical and Genealogical Society on the Court Square (107 S. Washington Street) , Clinton, Kentucky. The program will feature a panel discussion by those involved in writing and producing the Hickman County Bicentennial book and planning the other events that celebrated this milestone. The meeting will NOT be available by ZOOM due to unavailability of a stable Wi-Fi signal. A video of this presentation will be available on our website at https://jacksonpurchasehistoricalsociety.org/videos/ sometime later next month. Hickman County was established in 1821. It…