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Flatboat races ran from 1973 to 1986. Frank Boyett wrote up a story that best explains it so I’ll leave you with that. Flatboat Days had a good…
During the 1950s and 1960s, a Phillips 66 service station stood along U.S. Highway 41 North in Henderson, Kentucky, just across from Audubon State Park. The station featured…
Cape Girardeau / Gordon C. Greene Launched in 1923 from the Howard Ship Yards in Jeffersonville, Indiana, the sternwheeler Cape Girardeau was built for the Eagle Packet Company…
ELLIS PARK KENTUCKY HAM PART I:1 Aged Kentucky Hamsmall handful whole cloveslarge bayleaf2 cups vinegar1 lb. brown sugar1 lb. dry onions PART II:1 cup light brown sugar2 teaspoons…
YESTERDAY’S NEWS by FRANK BOYETT THE GLEANER • Sunday, May 20, 2012 Kerosene lanterns give way to electric lights 75 years ago It took a good, long while…
The Spanish bungalow at 24 N Adams was built in 1929 by I. C Richardson to be occupied by V. J. Woerner. References: Henderson Morning Gleaner • Sun,…
Hugh McGary also linked to Henderson Imagine Henderson, Ky., as it was first whittled from the forests surrounding the Ohio River in 1791. First to arrive were two…
This historic photograph, labeled “Tobacco Scene, Henderson, Ky”, captures a busy view of downtown Henderson around 1915. The vantage point is looking north along the 200 block of…
Built in 1923, the Majestic was the last of America’s great traveling showboats, bringing live theater and vaudeville to towns along the Ohio River. Pulled by the tug…
222 Clay: irregularly-shaped late Queen Anne style frame cottage with I-gable roof and small front porch with box post and match stick railing filling space on west side…
William Irving Thompson was born 17 Jul 1867 to Dr. Pinckney Thompson (1828-1897) and Nannie Starling Holloway Thompson (1837-1902). Willam Irving Thompson married Lillie Monima Riekie, but they…