Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from June 3, 1871 • The newly elected Board of Magistrates for Fulton County were scheduled to receive their commissions and to be inducted into office on June 5th. • More new houses are now being constructed in Hickman than had been for many years. • Picnics and barbecues were becoming popular in Hickman and were heard in every direction in town. • The citizens of East Hickman held a community picnic on June 2nd. • The students of Beech Wood Seminary had a picnic on June 3rd at Chalybeate Spring. • The…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from May 13, 1871 • The Hickman Courier reported that “Hickman is now enjoying a supremely pleasant dullness.” • In response to the enforcement of the “hog law” in Hickman, “most owners are selling off their stock.” • A few beef merchants from Hickman were arraigned in the Fulton County Court for knowingly selling diseased meats. It was reported that the cattle butchered was “so poor it takes two to make a shadow” and that others could have “easily slipped through the cracks” in the fence. • The Hickman City Council hired John…