Welcome to Historic HendersonNestled along the Ohio River, Henderson, Kentucky, boasts a rich history shaped by enterprise, community spirit, and remarkable people. From the bustling tobacco warehouses and…
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W. R. Conover: The Florist Behind Henderson’s Water Street Greenhouses At first glance, Henderson’s 1906 Sanborn fire insurance map appears to be a maze of buildings, measurements and…
Pierre “Red” Jackson: A Champion for Henderson Teacher, coach, civil rights advocate and community mentor, 1927-2014 Pierre “Red” Jackson helped shape Henderson through the people he taught, coached…
The Tragic Story of Little Maud Gough Among the many monuments in Henderson’s Fernwood Cemetery, few are as touching as the one marking the grave of Maud Gough….
The Rise of Apple Production in Henderson County, Kentucky How scientific orcharding, cold storage, cooperative marketing, and the celebrated Winesap made Henderson one of Kentucky’s foremost apple-growing counties…
Margaret “Tardy” Nichols Coker After 33 years inside Henderson City Hall, Margaret Nichols asked voters to put her at its head. In 1973, she nearly became Henderson’s first…
Oscar Yates and the Woodchoppers During the early days of radio in Henderson, listeners did not always hear music from records. Local and traveling musicians often performed live…
A Separate Door to Knowledge Henderson’s 1904 library branch for African American readers A 2014 Gleaner feature brought renewed attention to Maria Powell Carr and Henderson’s segregated Eighth…
THE STRANGE ADVENTURE OF SHERIFF GREEN WITH GHOST; THRILLING PIONEER STORY Gleaner-Journal, Henderson, KentuckySunday, April 26, 1925, page 10 (Editorial Note—Some twenty-five years ago the late James N….
Jacob C. Hoffman, Florist: The Greenhouses Opposite Fernwood German-born florist Jacob C. Hoffman operated a substantial greenhouse business at Madison and Fagan streets. After his death, the property…
LONGSHOTS By W. G. Schoepflin Sunday Gleaner and Journal, Henderson, Kentucky, July 10, 1932, page 3. The bridge is open and how. They certainly did string across that…
The Trible Co. The Trible Co. was a Henderson furniture repair and carpet-cleaning business operating during the early 1920s. An advertisement in the September 9, 1922, Henderson Morning…
Coal shortage especially hard on HendersonBy Frank BoyettOCTOBER 15, 2017 A shortage of coal hit Henderson – and much of the rest of the country – during the…