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Paducah (pədy  `kə, –d`–), city (1990 pop. 27,256), seat of McCracken co., SW Ky., on the Ohio River at the mouth of the Tennessee River; inc. as a city 1856. It is a tobacco market, a farm trade and livestock shipping point, and a river port. It has railroad shops and boat yards, and there is diversified manufacturing. During the Civil War, Paducah was held for the Union (1861) by Grant, and in 1864, it was the objective of a Confederate raid by Nathan Forrest Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821–77, Confederate general, b. Bedford co., Tenn. (his birthplace is now in Marshall co.). At the beginning of the Civil War, Forrest, a wealthy citizen of Memphis, organized a cavalry force, which he led at Fort Donelson (Feb...... Click the link for more information. . The city suffered serious floods in 1884, 1913, and 1937. The American Quilter's Society is headquartered there. |
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My mother-in-law was recently widowed this past summer and my father-in-law left her 40 acres of property in Paducah, Kentucky. Turner Publications, PO Box 3101, Paducah, KY 42002-3101. Similar incidents have occurred in West Paducah, Ky. |
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