History

Brett Pritchett will lead the Jan. 30 program on the history of one of Hopkinsville's fraternal organizations.

On the last Saturday of each month, participants can become detectives and help solve a history mystery at the museum.

Nearly half of the old homes that stood within the boundaries of the East Seventh Street Historic District when it was designated in 1983 are now gone. But columnist Grace Abernethy still sees reason to hope for the revival of areas like her neighborhood.

Staff members at the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County are hoping Santa's local elves will dig through attics to find merchandise from some of the community's signature businesses.

The “ripsnorting battle hymn of the Navy” was inspired by Chaplain Howell Forgy, 34, who left the pulpit at Murray First Presbyterian Church to join the Navy in 1940.

The horse housed at the Cayce-Yost department store gave rides to children for more than four decades.

The tour is planned on Saturday, Dec. 7, along South Main Street and Alumni Avenue.

After a tornado took out the Dalton house chimney, owners Grace and Brendan Abernethy, along with a mason who works on historic properties, spent 40 hours and used 700 bricks to rebuild it.

The award recognizes the renovation and preservation of the old U.S. Post Office building downtown that houses the Pennyroyal Area Museum.

The bid from Kentucky-based Railmark Holdings Inc. includes a pledge to establish a train-centric travel agency in the downtown building.

Guest speakers will be alumni of the era from Attucks, Hopkinsville and Christian County high schools.