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VanVactor Murder

Sad story of VanVactor murder. As their 12-year-old daughter looked on, a Henderson father murdered his estranged wife by pumping four bullets into her back, and then fatally…

Home Town – Introducing Your Neighbors In The Tri-State

HOME TOWN – Introducing Your Neighbors In The Tri-State

They’re ready for Carousel of Arts fair

Joni Watkins, left, and Brock Goldsberry and Kathy Ashby are ready for the Henderson Arts Council’s Carousel of Arts fair, which will be held from 10 in the…

Henderson Fires

Past major fires in Henderson, compiled by Chuck Stinnett Tobacco warehouses, Sept. 12, 1956: An early morning fire destroyed the Argue Tobacco Co. stemmery at Water and First…

Schmit’s Smoke Shop Word Twisters

Frank G. Schmitt’s Smoke Shop, 226 N. Main Street, ran a 3 part advertisement in the Gleaner containing twisted word sentences in 1911. 1) EW ASHER URO OSTIFPR…

1906 Mammoth Cave Contest

The Gleaner has made arrangements to give the greatest popularty contest ever offered by a newspaper outside of the metropolitan press.Twenty young ladies will be given a free…

Moving a house

Henderson police escort a truck carring a house as it passes the railroad bridge on Water Street. The house is being moved by Marty Girten of Waverly from…

Healthful Beer

Healthful, Strengthening, Invigorating, and Refreshing “Spinx” Beer is the best Tonic you can use. Henderson Brewing Co.

Cemetery Map

Henderson County, Kentucky Cemetery Map Prepared By James L. Blue, 1990, Revised By Janet Wallace, 2010, Published By Henderson County Genealogical, & Historical Society, Provided by Henderson County…

Flood of April 1913

Flood of April 1913 reached 47.9 foot flood stage. At Henderson, Ky., where the rate of rise and fall was again very similar to that experienced at Evansville…

Oldrieve Number 2

Edward Snyder Has Invented a Pair of Pedal “Gondolas” With Which He Walks on the Ohio. Edward Snyder, a well known young man of this city, is said…

Norris Hardware

Courtesy of Chuck Stinnett: Over the years, it operated under a variety of names, including Norris & Norment; Norris & Lockett; Norris Locket & White; Norris Hardware and…