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Tender Krust Bread was one of the best-known products of Kentucky Bakery, a longtime Henderson institution that supplied fresh bread and baked goods to homes and groceries across…
James Henry Priest (March 4, 1827 – August 8, 1884) was a longtime public servant and one of Henderson’s most prominent 19th-century law enforcement officials. Born in Daviess…
Hatchett Grocery, operated by Hart H. Hatchett, was a familiar neighborhood grocery on Henderson’s First Street during the late 1910s through the mid-20th century. Hatchett first appears in…
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is one of Henderson’s oldest and most architecturally significant religious landmarks, representing nearly two centuries of faith and community life in the city’s downtown…
This photo is described as boys selling newspapers in Henderson, KY. The paper is the Evansville Press, March 13, 1941. I suspect it was taken the same day…
Check out this awesome photo of Second Street in 1940! Standing on Second Street and looking towards the river, this remarkable photograph captures downtown Henderson at a moment…
During the 1930s and 1940s, palm readers and fortune tellers were a familiar-and often transient-presence in Henderson, advertising their services regularly in the Henderson Morning Gleaner. These practitioners…
Lazarus W. Powell, Member of Pioneer Henderson Family, Inaugurated as Chief Executive in 1851 Gleaner and Journal, Sunday, January 14, 1940 Was Third Democratic Governor of State After…
Henderson has provided some colorful governorsBy Frank Boyett Feb. 01, 2015 Henderson County has sent four governors to Frankfort, and some of you can probably name them all,…