Luther H. Echols was a jeweler and optometrist whose Main Street businesses reflected Henderson’s growth and modernization in the early 20th century. Born in Scottsville, Kentucky, in 1890,…
🗺️ #MapMonday: Center Street, 1923 Today’s spotlight: Trinity A.M.E. Zion Church and Center Street Public School, shown across the street in this 1923 Sanborn map. Also note the…
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….
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…