Four Rivers Explorer loves to showcase old towns and villages, some of which may not exist anymore. They have a history – some good, some bad, but all with a worthwhile story to share.
Two hundred years ago, the Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky had only one county. Hickman County spanned across all the entire area, from the Mississippi River to the Tennessee River. …
A large landowner with several slaves ran a store in southwestern Graves County in the 1820s. Two of his slave girls both wanted the same man and grew jealous of…
Most of today’s towns and cities in the Four Rivers Region played second fiddle to others two centuries ago, living in the shadows of other fledging pioneer towns. Today’s three…
Guerilla warfare, a post office named “Blood” and a solitary tombstone in the heart of Kentucky Lake. Those are the eyebrow-raising storylines of Newburg, Kentucky’s history. Located underneath the waters…
