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The DeLuxe Inn In the 1940s, the DeLuxe Inn was a nightclub on Country Club Road south of Henderson that served the area’s Black community. A contemporary advertisement…
R. B. Meador and Henderson’s Working Man’s Store Richard Benton Meador was a farmer in Union County when he married Maggie Etta Randolph in Morganfield on December 24,…
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…
Henderson County farmer, bank director, and remembered friend to the friendless William S. Elam was born in Virginia on April 7, 1818, the son of Harmon Elam and…
845 Second Street: A Neighborhood Storefront for 125 Years From groceries and fresh meat to crafts, rare books, flowers, and children’s clothing, the two-story brick building at 845…
Lost Cities of Henderson County Were 8 in Number; What Has Become of Them? Some of Them Were Only On Paper, While Others Had Promising Starts. One Sold…
Reeder’s Grocery (500 Fagan Street) Reeder’s Grocery was a neighborhood market located at the southeast corner of Fagan and Vine streets. The location had housed a grocery for…
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…
Henry B. King was born 13 Mar 1866 to Patrick Henry King (1831-1906) and Angeline Moore King (1842-1892). Henry was an electrician who operated a business at 34…
