History Archives

Edgar Cayce’s photography: The world as he saw it

by Alissa Keller
March 18, 2024

Before he became internationally famous as a psychic, Cayce earned his living for several years as a photographer in Hopkinsville and other cities.

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.