History Archives

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.

A century ago, these 5-foot-long snowshoes carried a lawyer through Hopkinsville

by Alissa Keller
January 16, 2023

Artifacts like the snowshoes, which date to the 1910s, reveal bigger stories that strike at the "heart of who we are," observes Alissa Keller.

A Hopkinsville Christmas parade to rival all others

by Alissa Keller
December 19, 2022

This month's "Snapshots in Time" column takes us back to the 1949 Hopkinsville Christmas parade, which featured enormous balloons as the main attraction.

Yule traditions topic for History on Tap

by Jennifer P. Brown
November 30, 2022

Alissa Keller will be the speaker for the Dec. 8 program at Hopkinsville Brewing Co.

How medieval Catholic traditions of thanksgiving prayers and feasting shaped the Protestant celebration of Plymouth’s pilgrims

by Joanne Pierce
November 24, 2022

The Catholic hymn, "Te Deum" -- which says, “You, God, we praise” ... and feasting shaped the Protestant celebration of Plymouth's pilgrims.

Auto dealer’s 1922 display tells a colorful story

by Alissa Keller
November 21, 2022

This month’s “Snapshots in Time” column features a photo hand-picked by Christian County historian William T. Turner.