The Jackson Purchase Historical Society is proud to be the recipient of the Kentucky History Award for Volunteer Organization of the Year from the Kentucky Historical Society.
Society President Bill Mulligan accepted the award at a ceremony in Frankfort and according to the Kentucky Historical Society, this award is presented to a group that is managed exclusively by volunteers who have made a substantial contribution to their local history and one that has been an effective service provider in their community.
The Kentucky Historical Society presented the Jackson Purchase Historical Society with this award because of the wide range of programs that they have offered and for their award-winning annual journal. “The Jackson Purchase Historical Society has done exemplary work this year,” said KHS executive director Scott Alvey. “From their programs to their outstanding journal, they have done a great job highlighting the history of the region.” Topics have included African American folk songs of the Ohio River Valley, family migration patterns in the region, the Civil War, and the history of Reelfoot Lake.
“We are deeply honored to be selected for this award, “said President Mulligan. “our goal is to be as inclusive as we can about the history of the region and offer programs on the history people actually lived, not only the great events that took place around them. All are welcome to our programs. History is crucial in today’s society as a foundation for community identity and cohesion —we need to know how we came to be the way we find ourselves. Further, history gives us a marker to measure how we are progressing towards our goals as a nation – that is especially important at the local level. We will be back in 2020 with a new series of programs that we will offer across the Purchase and invite anyone and everyone to attend and who have done research and written about the region to submit their work to our Journal.”
The Jackson Purchase Historical Society can be reached most easily at info@jacksonpurchasehistory.org or PO Box 531 Murray KY 42071-0009.
The Jackson Purchase Historical Society serves eight counties in western Kentucky and four western Tennessee counties along the Volunteer State border. Their meetings are held at different locations in that region.
In 1958, a group of historians met in Murray, Kentucky led by faculty from Murray State University and University of Tennessee-Martin and formed the Jackson Purchase Historical Society to promote interest, study, and preservation of the regional history of the territory encompassed in the Treaty of Tuscaloosa, known as the Jackson Purchase. The society holds a number of meetings each year with a speaker on Jackson Purchase history, publishes an award-winning journal on local history, and has recently launched an online Encyclopedia of the Jackson Purchase. Members include a wide range of people who simply have a love of history and a love of the Jackson Purchase area. Anyone interested in Jackson Purchase history is welcome to join the JPHS. Information about membership and future programs is available on the society’s website: http://jacksonpurchasehistory.org/
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