Saturday, April 26, 10:30 AM, Mayfield, Kentucky Our speaker will be Murray attorney and Graves County native Sid Easley. He will talk about and read from his new book A Courthouse Tragedy: Politics, Murder, and Redemption in a Small Kentucky Town about a famous murder and trial in Mayfield in the early 20th century. Our meeting will be at the courthouse where both events took place. Saturday, July 19, 10:30 AM, Paducah, Kentucky Our speakers will be Ed and Meagan Musselman who have purchased and are renovating the old Coca Cola plant in Paducah and turning the building into multi-purpose…

Quarterly Meeting of the Jackson Purchase Historical Society Saturday, January 25, 2014, 10:30 AM Wilson Hall, Murray State University President Dr. Bob Lochte called the meeting together at 10:30 a.m. 1.  Approval of the minutes of the November 2, 2013 meeting.  Before the meeting began Secretary-Treasurer Marvin Downing distributed typed copies of the minutes.  Jim Gantt pointed out a typo in the Treasury portion of 42,867.95.  It was corrected to $2,867.95.  The minutes were approved. 2. Secretary’s Report.  On behalf of,Journal Editor Sarah Strange, Downing shared she already has articles from Dieter Ullrich, Dr. Mulligan, and Dr. Bob Cowser of Martin.  She has…