Calloway
Calloway Normal College
Kirksey, KY
This institution of higher learning was established by 1899 under the leadership of Rainey T. Wells, later president of Murray State...
Cleanth Brooks (1906-94)
Murray State University campus, KY
Murray native Cleanth Brooks became a major figure in the teaching and study of literature.
County Named, 1822
Murray, KY
For Col. Richard Calloway.
Desegregation of Murray State College
Murray, KY
Shortly after the historic U.S. Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education, et.
First Courthouse
Murray, KY
First public building in Jackson Purchase area.
Fort Heiman
Confederate fort erected in 1861.
Gerard Furnace
KY 121, KY
Built 21/4 miles east in 1854 by Browder, Kennedy and Co. Inside it was 24 ft. high and 101/2 ft. across at widest point, burning locally...
Murray State University
Murray State Univ. campus, KY
Established 1922. Founder, Rainey T. Wells (1875-1958).
Stubblefield Birthplace
MSU, KY
Nathan Bowman Stubblefield was born near here in 1860.
The Cooperative Program
Murray, KY
Under leadership of H. Boyce Taylor, First Baptist Church, Murray, began in 1900 a new approach to church finance.
Wadesboro
Dexter, KY
Two miles west was District seat of Jackson Purchase area 1818, now being Kentucky's eight and Tennessee's twenty westernmost counties.
Waters Schoolhouse
Murray, KY
This one-room school building, named for Joseph Spillman Waters (1822-1898), its first teacher, once sat near New Concord.