• JPHS Meetings

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

    October 9, 2024

    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.…

  • JPHS Meetings

    Roy Hensel Examines Ulysses S. Grant’s General Order to Expel Jews from West Kentucky

    August 8, 2024

    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…