Charles Meacham Archives

1886 snowstorm was like nothing Hopkinsville had ever seen

by Alissa Keller
January 16, 2022

In the middle of an 1886 blizzard that blanketed Hopkinsville and Christian County in snow, a photographer set up his camera to capture the moment — and provide us a peek into Hopkinsville' history. In the second installment of Hoptown Chronicle's new "Snapshots in Time" column, Alissa Keller brings the moment to life.

A mud-loving colt gave Christian County a chapter in Kentucky Derby history

by Jennifer P. Brown
May 1, 2021

In the early 20th century, Christian County had several prosperous thoroughbred breeding farms. Two of those farms were involved in breeding Flying Ebony and preparing the young colt to be sold as a yearling in New York.

An old tailor’s mark endures at downtown property set for auction

by Jennifer P. Brown
April 26, 2021

The tailor J.K. Hooser installed the decorative, colored-glass sign at his shop in the summer of 1914. It survives 105 years later in the 600 block of South Main Street.

Charles Meacham’s History of Christian County illustrates value of minutiae

by Jennifer P. Brown
August 13, 2020

One historical tidbit woven into Charles Mayfield Meacham's History of Christian County was an ordinance passed in 1906 prohibiting cows from running at large.

Longtime Hopkinsville newspaper editor wrote history of Christian County

by Jennifer P. Brown
July 16, 2020

Charles Meacham, a longtime Hopkinsville journalist and the city’s former mayor, wrote the last comprehensive history of Christian County.

Hopkinsville took big steps in 1895 toward modern conveniences

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 26, 2020

Also that year, the Kentucky Press Association met for a convention in Hopkinsville's Hotel Latham.

Fountain honors Hopkinsville’s ‘fearless’ Confederate Col. Thomas Woodward

by Jennifer P. Brown
January 31, 2020

A Union colonel who was tricked into surrendering to the Confederates at Clarksville, Tennessee, called Woodward an "insignificant cuss."

Electrician, tinkerer created Hopkinsville’s first Christmas tree lights in color

by Jennifer P. Brown
November 14, 2019

Thomas Jefferson Baugh, who became an electrician after working for a phone company, put the colored lights on the city's tree at Peace Park.