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Slow process to stub out smokingYesterday’s News by Frank BoyettSUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2022 Ashtrays in most public establishments have pretty much gone the way of the spittoon.Both America…
Flatboat Days had a good runYesterday’s News by Frank BoyettSUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2023 – THE GLEANER Henderson’s entry in the first Flatboat Days race wasn’t exactly built for…
Howdy-Doo-Dee Club, across from Audubon Park, operated by Allen Wilson. Turned into an eight-room tourist motel after the crack down on illegal gambling.
Kentucky Blood Remedy, John Denton, Prop. A BLOOD MEDICINE WHICH WILL CURE INDIGESTION, RHEUMATISM, KIDNEY TROUBLE AND SIMILAR AILMENTS. MADE RIGHT IN HENDERSON BY RELIABLE HOME MEN The…
Opened in March 1942 at the corner of Second and Adams Streets, White Swan Cleaners introduced Henderson to one of the area’s first drive-in laundry and cleaning stations….
The Rankin-Markwell House at 112 South Green Street in Henderson was a stately late-Victorian brick residence, notable for its steep gables, tall chimneys, bay windows, and a wide…
Marinda Alderson (1815–1908) Early Life Marinda Swope Alderson was born July 25, 1815, near Elk Creek in Shelby County, Kentucky (later Spencer County), during the presidency of James…
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…