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W. W. Williams: Dry Goods, Millinery, and a Henderson Merchant’s Life Silk laces, folding fans, fashionable shoes, and hats trimmed with ribbons and feathers: the advertisements of W….
Rose Anna Kennedy (1850–1943) Rose Anna Kennedy was a longtime African American resident of Henderson, Kentucky, remembered in a contemporary newspaper notice as “one of that city’s oldest…
Edwin Hodge was a Henderson tobacco merchant, exporter, and bank officer whose career connected the city with markets in Great Britain. He also helped develop the Park Theater…
Dr. James G. Glass: A Dedicated Doctor on Clay Street In December 1959, Henderson set aside a day to honor Dr. James Garfield Glass. The City Commission proclaimed…
Henderson County’s Revolutionary War Monument at First and Main At the corner of First and Main streets, on the courthouse square near Central Park, stands a rough-faced granite…
A HENDERSON VOICE ON BLACK SWAN Marianna Johnson’s 1921 Record Born in Henderson, Johnson carried her musical gifts to Huntington, Harlem and one of America’s pioneering Black-owned record…
First Sergeant Payton Bibb: A Henderson Soldier in the 118th U.S. Colored Infantry A weathered military marker in Henderson’s Fernwood Cemetery bears only a few words: PAYTON BIBBS1ST…
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….
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…
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…