History Archives

Hopkinsville women who influenced our history

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 10, 2024

In honor of Women's History Month, Hoptown Chronicle is highlighting some of Hopkisnville's most notable women throughout history.

Wendell Lynch appointed to state commission

by Hoptown Chronicle
March 8, 2024

Lynch will serve as an at-large member of the Kentucky African American Heritage Commission.

10,000 Kentuckians marched to demand racial equality. My grandmother was one of them.

by Liam Niemeyer
March 5, 2024

The 60th anniversary of the Freedom March on Frankfort was commemorated on Tuesday.

The healing legacy of Dr. Philip Carruthers Brooks

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 28, 2024

The 1927 graduate of Howard University's medical school treated patients in his hometown for 50 years and ran Hopkinsville's only hospital for Black patients during segregation.

A house for a car: Dalton House garage among earliest examples

by Grace Abernethy
February 28, 2024

At a time when there were only a few Hopkinsville homes with cars, the forward-thinking Monroe Dalton built a house with a garage.

The surprising history of 201 S. Virgina St.

by Grace Abernethy
February 26, 2024

In the second part of a three-part Black History Month series about Dr. Phillip Brooks, Grace Abernethy explores the history of the property where Brooks built Hopkinsville's only hospital for Black patients during segregation.

Nursery bed symbolizes Brooks family legacy in Hopkinsville

by Alissa Keller
February 26, 2024

Cowan Brooks, the son of Dr. Philip Carruthers Brooks, donated the artifact to the Pennyroyal Area Museum shortly after the death of his father.

John Brim: A blues man from Hopkinsville who wrote ‘Ice Cream Man’

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 25, 2024

The Hopkinsville native's best-known song is “Ice Cream Man,” and it has a backstory worthy of the blues.

1964 Freedom March on Frankfort, which had Hopkinsville ties, will be reenacted

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 22, 2024

The reenactment will be Tuesday, March 5, in Frankfort.

History on Tap will feature Christian County survivors of slavery

by Jennifer P. Brown
February 19, 2024

The stories come from newspaper biographies written by a former Hopkinsville mayor in 1934.

Museum hosting creative writing workshop

by Hoptown Chronicle
February 15, 2024

Hopkinsville Community College English professor Elizabeth Burton will teach the workshop, using artifacts as inspiration.

Beshear underscores support for DEI during Black History Month celebration

by McKenna Horsley
February 1, 2024

Amid a flurry of anti-DEI legislation in the General Assembly, Beshear said “diversity is an asset” and makes Kentucky “more welcoming” to companies that might relocate to the state.