Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from November 23, 1872 It was reported that businessmen in Hickman were frustrated that no bank existed in the city and that one should be organized. The Star House Hotel, owned by John W. Mayes & Son, planned to reopen in March of 1873 after a “refitting.” The hotel was previously known as the Walker House. Charlie Margraff set up a barber shop on the Commercial Block in old Hickman. Clem Nolte, a clerk on the steamship City of Chester, was attacked and severely knifed by Robert E. Petty of Ballard County the week prior…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from November 16, 1872 The final tally for the First Congressional District seat was – Crossland, 10,059, Houston, 1,799, Trabue, 2,215, and Martin, 1,432. The Democrats won nine of the ten Congressional seats in Kentucky. Following the results of the national elections, the editor of the Hickman Courier wrote: “If the Northern mind is prejudiced against the old party because of old war positions, we must by wise and just laws, where we have power, and by wise and prudent policies, where the power is against us, overcome these prejudices, and let the Northern Conservative…