Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from November 18, 1871 • The November term of the Fulton County Court met during the past week. Asa Kimbro was appointed overseer of the county road between Moscow and Mayfield and Joe Dougal appointed to oversee the State road between the city limits and the crossing of the Nashville & Northwest Railroad. A petition was granted to W. W. Webster to upgrade the Moscow and Troy road along the railroad track. • The Hickman City Council met on November 11th to amend the City Market Ordinance. All retailers and dealers that sold…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from November 11, 1871 • The Hickman City Council met on November 8th. The Finance Committee reported payments to George Warren for printing the City’s Charter and By-laws, W. L. Gardner for street repairs, W. D. Taylor for feeding the prisoners in the city jail, and W. A. Brevard for printing bonds to fund the city debt. Alfred Gardner was ordered to remove his residential fence out of the street within 30 days. The City Marshal was directed to deliver the newly printed by-laws and ordinances to every business firm in the city.…