History Archives

University Heights Academy celebrates 50th anniversary

by Jennifer P. Brown
April 16, 2023

Special recognition was given to Marvin Denison, a history teacher and head of the upper school who has been on the faculty since 1975.

Freedom Rider will give lecture at Hopkinsville Community College

by Hoptown Chronicle
March 25, 2023

Hezekiah Watkins was 13 years old when he joined the Freedom Riders in 1961 and was arrested in Mississippi.

Gone from the streetscape, Holland’s Opera House still tells a Hopkinsville story

by Alissa Keller
March 20, 2023

Richard Holland constructed and furnished the opera house in grand fashion for $25,000 to $30,000 in 1882. He was 23 years old when it opened to the public.

Chautauqua portrayal of midwife founder is a multi-course affair

by Constance Alexander
March 20, 2023

The Kentucky Humanities program brings history to life in communities across the state.

History on Tap will feature the adventures of 10 traveling women in 1911

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 15, 2023

Alissa Keller will give the program on March 30 at Hopkinsville Brewing Co.

Brick by brick, Holland Opera House is being erased from downtown view

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 2, 2023

Features of the Holland Opera House that have been hidden for decades resurfaced Thursday as demolition of the 140-year-old building continued.

Claybron Merriweather: lawyer, painter and poet

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 27, 2023

The final installment of our Black History Month series features Claybron Merriweather, a lawyer, painter and poet from Hopkinsville.

Buried for more than a century, Civil War artifact unearths Christian County history

by Alissa Keller
February 24, 2023

In the latest installment of "Snapshots in Time," museum director Alissa Keller explores stories inspired by the 2014 discovery of pieces from an iron fence that surrounded the courthouse Confederate soldiers torched on Dec. 12, 1864, in Hopkinsville.

Attucks basketball teams were the first in Hopkinsville to claim state titles

by Chris Jung
February 19, 2023

Led by legendary coach William Falls, the Wolves of Attucks High School won the state championship for Black schools in 1947 and '57.

They were Navy men for the United States

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 12, 2023

The U.S. Navy enlisted at least 10 Black men from Christian County during the Civil War. They ranged in age from 14 to 40.

After enslavement: Christian County stories of survival

by Alissa Keller
February 5, 2023

Twenty-five formerly enslaved residents of the county were featured in newspaper profiles published in 1934. Museum director Alissa Keller looks at their biographies through a new lens.

Hopkinsville MLK observance focuses on youth

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 16, 2023

A record number of students joined the march and then participated in a program at the community college.