history

View Related Slideshows

Life of Alben W. Barkley has lessons to teach

Jul 26, 2018 at 02:32 pm by admin

Judge Shea Nickell brings life of a Purchase favorite son to life in courthouse presentation (Clinton, KY) - Those who watch Julia Louis-Dreyfus' misadventures as Vice Preside.... Read More

Déjà vu for Democrats this fall?

Jul 12, 2018 at 10:54 am by admin

"Republicans take the Kentucky House after 95 years of Democratic control," trumpeted a Lexington Herald-Leader headline on Nov. 8, 2016. Similar headlines blared in newspaper.... Read More

Hands On History at Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site

Jun 11, 2018 at 04:26 pm by admin

WICKLIFFE, Ky - (June 2, 2018) -- Family-friendly activities related to archaeology, Mississippian Native American culture and the natural environment will be offered on Satur.... Read More

Rain doesn't dampen historians' enthusiasm

Mar 07, 2018 at 03:06 pm by admin

(Clinton KY - February 17, 2018) - The weather started out frowning on the first Family History Day at the Hickman County Historical and Genealogical Society. But rain early i.... Read More

The Spencer Journal donated to Historical Society

Feb 22, 2018 at 03:09 pm by admin

Bro. R. Charles Blair has donated to the Hickman County Historical & Genealogical Society a copy of the September 2017 edition of the J. H. Spencer Historical Society's jo.... Read More

Jackson Purchase Historical Society website now linked to WKJ

Jan 25, 2018 at 03:18 pm by admin

Our newest site of interest is the Jackson Purchase Historical Society which meets quarterly. http://jacksonpurchasehistory.org/ Next meeting: March 10: The Wild World of the.... Read More

Gimme That Ole Time Religion - Old Hymn Sing brings out crowd

Sep 13, 2017 at 02:29 pm by admin

Hundreds turned out to listen to talented musicians sing and play. There were plenty of chances for everyone to join in singing old favorites. Only one group not pictured - t.... Read More

A Political Street Dictionary for a 21st Century

Aug 24, 2017 at 02:40 pm by admin

Each of us stands at a new crossroads of geo-political importance as to shape the entire span of history and events for the rest of the 21st Century. There is no more "normal".... Read More

Young Historians 2017: Studying history in 7th grade earns rewards and cupcakes

May 16, 2017 at 11:18 am by admin

What do Loretta Lynn, Lou Gehrig, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Monroe and Secretariat have in common? Besides all being famous, their lives were profiled in speeches and power point.... Read More

JPHS to meet in Fancy Farm Saturday

Apr 19, 2017 at 03:45 pm by admin

How St. Jerome Church became the focal point for the Fancy Farm community in west Kentucky will be the featured program for the Jackson Purchase Historical Society spring meet.... Read More

Garan reunion Saturday

Apr 19, 2017 at 03:18 pm by admin

Garment manufacturing was a job creator in the last half of the twentieth century in Clinton Kentucky. Hundreds of families benefited from steady jobs. Women became managers a.... Read More

The Written Word: Foundation Language for Political Protest

Feb 14, 2017 at 12:26 pm by admin

During this time of political crisis in American government, most people only know what is covered each at 5:30 pm in national TV from ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, or MSNBC. Often thes.... Read More

Jackson Purchase Historical Society honors Calloway County patriot Lt. Nathaniel G. Hale Saturday, January 14, at the National Guard Armory, in Murray

Jan 04, 2017 at 08:48 am by admin

Editor's Update: Bill Mulligan announced that January 13th will be First Lieutenant Nathaniel G. Hale/Calloway National Guard Day in recognition both of Lt. Hale who died Janu.... Read More

Civil War Days at Columbus Belmont begin Friday Oct. 7

Oct 02, 2016 at 06:29 pm by admin

Columbus Belmont Park at the far western end of Kentucky will once again echo to cannon and bugle blasts as the annual recreation of a battle fought across the Mississippi bet.... Read More

Leadership students start year with culture, tourism tour

Sep 21, 2016 at 02:46 pm by admin

(Clinton, KY) Sixteen sophomores, ten girls and six boys, visited local museums, a history center and Civil War site on Tuesday. The sixteen are the newest leadership class to.... Read More