At the quarterly meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society Saturday, members and guests will hear a presentation on the History of Hickman County in the morning, followed by a picnic lunch at Columbus-Belmont State Park. The meeting begins at 10:30 AM Saturday, July 16th, at the Hickman County Historical and Genealogy Society, 107 S. Washington St., on the court square in Clinton. Members and guests may bring their own lunch, or purchase it at the state park snack bar. After lunch, JPHS President Bill Mulligan, Professor of History at Murray State University, will give a brief talk about Columbus,…

Quarterly Meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society Saturday, April 9, 2016, 10:30 AM Benton Branch, Marshall County Public Library, Benton, KY   Prior to the business session, Dr. William Mulligan, JPHS President, paused to pay tribute to prominent Murray citizen who passed away about a month before.  Through the years he served JPHS in several ways.   1) Approval of the minutes of the last meeting.  They were approved as printed and distributed. 2) Secretary-Treasurer’s Report.  Likewise, these were approved as printed. 3) President’s Report.  Mulligan emphasized the need and desire to make JPHS more visible. 4) Old Business…