Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from September 23, 1871 • The Fulton County court met and appointed road surveyors to construct and repair roads in the county. The court also attached a part of the Johnson’s Precinct to the city of Hickman, which was expected to increase the number of voters by twenty-five. • A squad of Federal soldiers from Humboldt, Tennessee visited Hickman on September 19th to arrest a man named Bud Wade. He was charged with killing a black man in Obion County. The soldiers proceeded to Obion County to arrest five other men charged with…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from September 16, 1871 • The Fulton County Fair was set to run from September 26th to September 30th. • The Steamer Illinois was making semi-weekly voyages between Cairo and Hickman with “considerable freight” and was expected to make daily trips to Hickman during the Fulton County Fair. • Frank Miller declared that his beer garden near Hickman would have music and dancing each night during the County Fair. • Downpours occurred on September 13th and 14th at Hickman. Those being the first significant rains in many weeks. • The Hickman City Council…