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Battle Summary: Paducah KY

Forrests Expedition into West Tennessee and Kentucky. In March 1864, Forrest set out from Columbus, Mississippi, with a force of less than 3,000 men on a multipurpose expedition (recruit, reoutfit, disperse Yankees, etc.) into West Tennessee and Kentucky. Forrest arrived in Paducah on March 25 and quickly occupied the town....

Greater Paducah Economic and Development Council (GPEDC)

Greater Paducah Economic and Development Council (GPEDC) The Greater Paducah Economic Development Council is a non-profit entity charged with attracting new investment and creating new jobs in Paducah/McCracken County, Kentucky. GPEDC is supported by investors from the private business community and local government, working in harmony to promote the growth of Paducah’s local economy 124 million people within 600 miles

John Scopes

John Scopes The defendant in the "Scopes Monkey Trial" is a Paducah native. John Thomas Scopes (August 3, 1900 – October 21, 1970), a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, was charged on May 5, 1925 with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. He was tried in a case known as the Scopes Monkey Trial.
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