History

News, features and commentary about history in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

In the most recent installment of Brick & Mortar Monthly, Grace Abernethy explores an inivisible thread that tied passers-through to this place.
Petrie Memorial
Luke Bendick, an American history instructor at the community college, will lead the program.
The artifact featured in this month's Snapshots in Time column served as an inspiration for the menu at the museum's upcoming gala.
Volunteers are invited to help clean headstones on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at Union Benevolent Society Cemetery on Vine Street.
headstone
Technological changes, including the popularity of TV and air conditioning, have altered the way and the extent to which we use porches.
Found on the floor in the basement shortly after the building was chosen as the site for the Pennyroyal Area Museum, these pages provide insight into the construction of this landmark on the downtown streetscape.
The program starts at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, at Hopkinsville Brewing Co.
Modern research shows that the lack of Black doctors helps explain why about 70% of Black people don’t trust their doctors, and why Black people tend to die younger than their white peers.
The Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and volunteers from the Kentucky Genealogical Society are reaching out to county clerks to notify them of the opportunity to have their records digitized for free by FamilySearch.
The museum's gathering was the first of three Hopkinsville events planned to celebrate the Eighth of August.
The fact that the Dalton house still had nearly all of its historic windows was a big selling point for Hopkinsville's Grace and Brendan Abernethy, whose restoration efforts now provide lessons for others working on older homes.