Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from July 15, 1871 • Governor Preston H. Leslie planned to address the citizens of Fulton County in Hickman on July 19th. He also scheduled addresses at Clinton, Blandville, Paducah, Mayfield, Murray and Benton from July 20th to July 26th. • The Fulton and Madrid Bend Railroad and Levee Company was established on July 10th at the Fulton County Courthouse to canvass and promote a levee and railroad line be constructed between Hickman and Tiptonville. H. A. Tyler was elected president of the company and Henry Campbell as Vice President. John W. Cowgill…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from July 8, 1871 • Seventeen passengers were killed and twenty-three wounded when a train operated by the Nashville & Northwestern Railroad traveling between Nashville and Hickman plunged into the Harpeth River on the evening of July 3rd. The bridge that traversed the river was believed to be defective and an investigation was reported underway. • The African-American population of Fulton County had a grand celebration on July 4th. The procession through Hickman numbered over several hundred. • The Finance Committee of the Hickman City Council paid W. L. McCutchen $64 for timbers…