Nearly 1,000 years ago, Native Americans settled on a large hill overlooking the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. With no writings, the history of the people is not…
If you’ve traveled through Wickliffe, perhaps making a run to Lamberts in Sikeston for some “throwed rolls”, a large cross sitting on a hill likely grabbed your attention. That’s the…
Two hundred years ago, the Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky had only one county. Hickman County spanned across all the entire area, from the Mississippi River to the Tennessee River. …
You’ve heard of far western Kentucky. It is the section of the state between the Mississippi River and the Tennessee River. However, this part of the state did not become under definitive US control in 1792 when formed. In 1818, Andrew Jackson officially purchased the disputed land from the Chickasaw Indians. The Kentucky part of the sale became known as the Jackson Purchase.
