Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from January 6, 1872 • The elections for Hickman City Officers were held on January 1st. H. A. Tyler was elected mayor and the council members elected were Samuel Landrum, N. P. Harness, Thaddeus W. Thomas, H. S. Campbell, John Troutweine and Jacob Frenz. • The Hickman City Council met on January 3rd and the City Clerk certified the election results. The City Treasurer, C. A. Holcombe, paid the judges, marshal and clerk that oversaw the elections. The City Tax Collector, John A. Wilson, reported $149.75 was collected and the City Clerk, W.…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from December 23, 1871 • The Hickman Courier published its last issue for 1871. The editor proudly claimed that close to two hundred subscribers were added primarily from the counties of Calloway, Graves and Ballard during the past week and he expected over 1000 additional subscribers by the opening of the New Year. • The mayor of Hickman submitted the final budget of 1871, declaring “revenues from all sources” was $9,402.54. $5,335.99 was paid on the city debt, $1,045.45 for the Market House, $245.25 for printing accounts, $1000.40 for city officer salaries and…