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    Interview with Tucker Brown on the Place Names of Calloway County – Part 2

    An interview with Brown Tucker of Murray, Kentucky by Robert M. Rennick on August 4, 1977, on the origin and history of the community names of Calloway County, Kentucky. Part 2 of 6 Tucker: I might shed some light on that, and I never do … I never did write any article or do any … write an article or do any research on New Providence. Rennick: Did that ever have another name? Tucker: I’m not sure. According to my record, officially, no. Before the post office is concerned or anything like that. Crossland, next one… Rennick: What kind of…

  • JPHS Meetings

    Presentation on Reverend Howell Forgy by Author Barry Craig on August 22nd

    The Jackson Purchase Historical Society will meet on Saturday, August 22nd at 10:30 AM. The focus of the meetings will be on Kentuckians at Pearl Harbor, with a special focus on the Reverend Howell Forgy, who was a Navy chaplain at Pearl Harbor during the attack, He was on the USS New Orleans when the attack started and is credited with coining the phrase “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition” to encourage the sailors on the New Orleans. The phrase became an inspirational song during World War II. His book And Pass the Ammunition (1944) written with Jack S.…