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    Bernadette Rule, author of Dark Fire, to Speak on October 30th

    October 13, 2021

    Jackson Purchase Historical Society will meet Oct. 30, 2021, at 10:30 AM Central Time via Zoom, viewing is available at the Graves County Public Library. We will be hosting Bernadette Rule who will talk about her book Dark Fire. Dark Fire is a historical novel. Bernadette Rule grew up in Graves County and heard the family story of the night the Drew and Lawrence families were killed by night riders in the summer of 1921. She is related to some of those killed. The night riders were part of a violent episode in Kentucky history known as the Black Patch…

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    Published this Month as a Special Supplement in the Mayfield Messenger

    September 16, 2021

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