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Standing quietly in the doorway, a young boy looks out onto First Street, likely unaware that decades later his image would offer a glimpse into Henderson’s early commercial…
Henderson Hero: PFC Parker Cleveland Yates 🇺🇸 On a quiet stretch in Section 1 of Fernwood Cemetery rests a soldier who never made it home alive. His name…
Standing at the corner of Second and Clark Streets around 1900 was one of Henderson’s more recognizable neighborhood establishments, Charles J. Quinn’s saloon. The photograph captures a moment…
At first glance, it’s just a small brass token-stamped “W. I. LaRue – Henderson, Ky.” and valued at five cents. But this simple piece of metal opens a…
The Story of W. F. Wells – Merchant of Spottsville In the quiet river community of Spottsville, long shaped by the Green River, coal camps, and the steady…
Henderson Hero at Bastogne: Pvt. Hardis J. Liggett (1922-1944) 🇺🇸 If you walk through Fernwood Cemetery and find the grave of Pvt. Hardis J. Liggett, you will notice…
Jealousy, Murder, and Prison: The Troubled Life of Nash Sands In the winter of 1905, a short marriage in Henderson County began with what seemed like an ordinary…
In the years just before the Civil War, Henderson County was already looking ahead-toward growth, innovation, and community pride. That vision took shape in the mid-1850s with the…
Samuel Husband CromwellInsurance Man, Civic Leader, and Mayoral Candidate In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Henderson’s civic and business life was shaped by a number of…
In 1960, developer Melvin Hunt filed the plat for Balmoral Subdivision, carving a new neighborhood out of farmland just off U.S. Highway 60. The original plan shows wide…
Opened in 1956 as City High School. It is now South Middle School.
Peter Lavialle Whelan (1916-1944) Peter Lavialle Whelan was one of Henderson’s promising young men whose life and future were cut short by World War II. Born on February…