History

John F. Baker Jr., who wrote "The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: Stories of My Family's Journey to Freedom," will give the lecture on June 14.

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

Finding the right dress for a 1913 graduation was crucial for a young woman like Margaret Dalton at Hopkinsville High School.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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