The Jackson Purchase Historical Society will meet on Saturday, May 21, at 10:30 a.m. at Wickliffe Mounds State Park, 94 Green Street, Wickliffe, Kentucky. Our speaker will be Carla Hildebrand, who has been at the park for a number of years and has been manager of the Wickliffe Mounds State Park since 2004. The park has a very long and rich prehistorical story to tell as a human habitation and cultural site. Probably more than can be discussed fully in a single program. Among the topics Carla’s presentation will address are the occupation of the site by the Mississippian culture…

The Jackson Purchase Historical Society (JPHS) will meet on Saturday, April 23, at 10:30 a.m. at the City of Martin Public Library, 410 South Lindell Street, Martin, TN. Our speaker will be Jenna Stoker Wright. “A Musical Legacy: My Uncle Gordon, the Jordanaires, and Elvis.” The Jordanaires were an American vocal quartet that formed as a gospel group in 1948 in Missouri. Over the years, they recorded both sacred and secular music as a solo act for various record companies. In the early 1950s, they began lending their vocal talents to featured artists as background vocalists in recording sessions. They…