The Jackson Purchase Historical Society will meet at Temple Israel, 330 Joe Clifton Drive in Paducah at 10:30 am on Saturday, August 17. The program will focus on General U. S. Grant’s General Order expelling Jews from the territory under his command. The program is free and all who are interested are welcome to attend. Unfortunately, the program will not be available via ZOOM but will be recorded and posted on the JPHS website in the near future. The program, entitled “Grant, Kaskel, and the Infamous General Order No. 11” will be presented by Roy Hensel who will explore the…

The Jackson Purchase Historical Society will meet at the Inland Waterways Museum as part of their joint History on the River occasional series of programs on July 20. The meeting will begin at 10:30 am at the Museum at 117 South Water Street in Paducah. The program will be presented by Bob Jost who will discuss his extensive research on the Trail of Tears, especially the Water Route, which went down the Tennessee River and then west on the Ohio. The various groups being removed via the Water Route passed directly in front of the building in which we will…