History

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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