The Jackson Purchase Historical Society (JPHS) will meet on Saturday January 22 at 10:30 am at the Discovery Park of America, 830 Everett Blvd., Union City, Tennessee. Our speaker will be Scott Williams, who will speak on “The Accidental Fame and Lack of Fortune of West Tennessee’s David Crockett” Those attending the meeting should identify themselves at the Registration Desk as attendees for the Jackson Purchase meeting and they will be directed to the meeting room. Those attending will have the opportunity to tour the Discovery Park after the meeting. The program will also be available by ZOOM. Register in…

Jackson Purchase Historical Society will meet Oct. 30, 2021, at 10:30 AM Central Time via Zoom, viewing is available at the Graves County Public Library. We will be hosting Bernadette Rule who will talk about her book Dark Fire. Dark Fire is a historical novel. Bernadette Rule grew up in Graves County and heard the family story of the night the Drew and Lawrence families were killed by night riders in the summer of 1921. She is related to some of those killed. The night riders were part of a violent episode in Kentucky history known as the Black Patch…