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Plant played key role in WWII effortYesterday’s News by Frank BoyettSunday, December 27, 2015 The year 1940 ended with a strong whiff of exhilaration in Henderson’s collective nostrils….
The Ohio Valley Banking & Trust Company Clock / Field & Main Bank Clock installed in 1917 at the corner of Main and Second Streets on the Ohio…
Demand for new cars practically exploded after WWII endedYesterday’s News by Frank BoyettJANUARY 31, 2021 World War II was barely over when American consumers began trying to scratch…
Nathan Schlesinger was born on August 24, 1844, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In his early twenties, he emigrated from Bremen, Germany, aboard the ship Marco Polo, arriving in New…
Konrad Geibel, the parental head of the family of whom this sketch relates, was born in Wachenheim, Bavaria, on the 8th day of Sep 1815. His father, Peter…
🗺️ #MapMonday: Tracing Dr. Forwood’s Footsteps in Henderson This week’s map find takes us to 526 First Street in Henderson, Kentucky – once the home and medical office…
205 S Elm was constructed just after the Civil War for dry goods merchant, banker and farmer Lucian Clay Dallam and Elizabeth Soaper Dallam. It remained in Dallam…
Dr. William S. Forwood (1862–1952) Dr. William S. Forwood was born on February 19, 1862, in Oldham County, Kentucky. He was educated in Kentucky’s common schools and later…
815 Powell was opened as Hoffman Bros. Garage in 1950. At some point it became D&R Automotive. Anyone remember any other businesses here?