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Henderson Hero: Corporal Luke Richard Briscoe, Jr. 🇺🇸 If you walk through Fernwood Cemetery on a quiet afternoon, you might pass it without realizing what you’re seeing. A…
If only this could be located… It will be remembered the German Artist, Mr. H. Wedge, spent sone five or six weeks in taking a bird’s eye pencil…
The Wampus of Henderson… That Wasn’tIn October 1905, curiosity spread across Henderson about a strange creature-a “wampus”-reportedly on display at a local livery stable. Depending on who you…
Just a place to put a collection of Maclean Dameron photos. They have photo numbers, but I don’t know how many there are or what the system is.
Standing quietly in the doorway, a young boy looks out onto First Street, likely unaware that decades later his image would offer a glimpse into Henderson’s early commercial…
Henderson Hero: PFC Parker Cleveland Yates 🇺🇸 On a quiet stretch in Section 1 of Fernwood Cemetery rests a soldier who never made it home alive. His name…
Standing at the corner of Second and Clark Streets around 1900 was one of Henderson’s more recognizable neighborhood establishments, Charles J. Quinn’s saloon. The photograph captures a moment…
At first glance, it’s just a small brass token-stamped “W. I. LaRue – Henderson, Ky.” and valued at five cents. But this simple piece of metal opens a…
The Story of W. F. Wells – Merchant of Spottsville In the quiet river community of Spottsville, long shaped by the Green River, coal camps, and the steady…
Henderson Hero at Bastogne: Pvt. Hardis J. Liggett (1922-1944) 🇺🇸 If you walk through Fernwood Cemetery and find the grave of Pvt. Hardis J. Liggett, you will notice…
Jealousy, Murder, and Prison: The Troubled Life of Nash Sands In the winter of 1905, a short marriage in Henderson County began with what seemed like an ordinary…
In the years just before the Civil War, Henderson County was already looking ahead-toward growth, innovation, and community pride. That vision took shape in the mid-1850s with the…