History Archives

History on Tap: Old Shaker distilled spirits program rescheduled on June 26

by Hoptown Chronicle
May 29, 2025

The director of South Union Shaker Village in Logan County will be in Hopkinsville to speak about the history of whiskey-making by the religious sect — and about a new bourbon the historic site is producing.

Ceremony set to celebrate historical marker and murals for Elder Watson Diggs

by Hoptown Chronicle
May 28, 2025

The ceremony honoring the co-founder of Kappa Alpha Psi will be June 7 at Founders Square in downtown Hopkinsville.

Museum offering 2 history tours in May, June

by Hoptown Chronicle
May 16, 2025

The museum is offering its popular Downtown Tipsy Tour and a bus tour of state historical markers across the county.

Before emancipation, a free man of color set the course for his family in Christian County

by Yvette Holmes
May 12, 2025

Elisha Wiggins, born about 1790 in North Carolina, was likely emancipated in 1833 in Trigg County — and several years later began buying land in Christian County.

Brick and Mortar Underground: Hopkinsville’s sanitation history, from cesspit to sewer system

by Grace Abernethy
April 30, 2025

Grace Abernethy didn't realize that some heavy lawn work at the Dalton house would led to a lesson in the history of public sanitation in Hopkinsville.

Former US Capitol architect topic for History on Tap

by Hoptown Chronicle
April 7, 2025

Chamber of Commerce president Taylor Hayes will give the program about Hopkinsville native Eugene Poole Jr.

A beaten path to the Dalton kitchen

by Grace Abernethy
March 30, 2025

Grace and Brendan Abernethy are taking their kitchen back to its origin, which will include space for the venerable beaten biscuit machine.

Hopkinsville nonprofit looks to renovate century-old school building into community center

by Zacharie Lamb
March 24, 2025

Men 2 Be acquired the shuttered structure from the Crispus Attucks Community Association last year.

Historical marker, mural honor Kappa Alpha Psi co-founder Elder Watson Diggs

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 17, 2025

The establishment of the fraternity was a major step for Black men at the Indiana University, where segregation rules prevented them from participating in many of the school’s organizations.

Women in education topic for History on Tap

by Hoptown Chronicle
March 14, 2025

The program is slated at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27.

Kentucky’s historical marker program one of oldest, largest in the United States

by Steve Flairty
March 12, 2025

Among the 2,400 historical markers throughout Kentucky, 22 tell the history of Christian County.

Snapshots in Time: The story of a Hopkinsville glove factory and its employees

by Alissa Keller
March 4, 2025

A photo take in the 1930s or '40s shows that all of the production workers for Baus Manufacturing Co. were African American women. They made work gloves.