Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from June 20, 1874 Workmen that had torn down the Ledgwick Block in Hickman during the past week found remnants of silver and lead type settings from the old Hickman Courier where the past press office was located prior to being destroyed by Union troops during the Civil War. Small tenement houses in Hickman were quickly being occupied and new residences were being constructed in East Hickman by Plaut & Brothers and W. B. Benny to meet the demand of new families moving to the city. Some citizens complained that the West Hickman…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from June 13, 1874 The long-continued drought in the region had caused “great injury to our farming interest and great despondency with our whole people.” Tobacco was expected to be half the average crop, hay was “literally burnt up,” oats “greatly damaged,” corn was “suffering,” cotton “greatly injured,” but the wheat crop was believed to be above average. Hickman City Council met on June 8th to compensate contractors for street repairs and formed a committee to investigate the death of a horse owned by R. E. Finch claimed to have been killed by…