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…

Photographer and author Lynn Bartlett will speak to members and guests of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society. Her topic is the subject of her book Tobacco Barns of Western Kentucky and Things Along the Way. The quarterly meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society begins at 10:30 AM Saturday, April 9th, at the Marshall County Public Library, 1003 Poplar Street in Benton, Kentucky. The meeting is open to the public and free of charge, but seating is limited.