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Happy St Patricks Day! The most Irish tombstone I’ve come across belongs to Michael T. O’Brien (1838-1911). Buried in Fernwood Cemetery. The Evansville Journal • Fri, Aug 11,…
L. B. Culley Grocery and Meat Market operated at 1320 Powell Street around 1909 – 1943. It was also the location of a post office substation for the…
435 Chestnut Street, at corner of Ingram, was built in 1880 and has been home to many residents over the years. Some residents: A. E. Glover (1931), Mr….
HOME TOWN – Introducing Your Neighbors In The Tri-State
The Barret-Keach Farm, also called “The Elms,” was built in 1852 from bricks molded on site. The Federal-style home as well as its detached kitchen house, smokehouse, and…
Kenneth (Ken) Walter Tyler was born on 21 Oct 1910In California. He was married to Henderson native, Emma Pentecost (1914 – 2004). Tyler tragically died on 28 Aug…
1122 S Green was located on a lot just North of where Sureway is today. In 1976, it was the location of the murder of Prentice Kellen. References:…
Robert Lee Burdon was born 27 Sep 1919 to Robert D. Burdon (1898-1941) and Zola Blanche Zeiman (1897-1989). Robert served in the Army during World War 2. It…
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…
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…
Brown’s Blacksmith Shop BROWN, EDWARD HALL (b. 1861, Henderson Co., KY; d. 1946, Henderson, KY), blacksmith. Born on May 8, 1861, the eldest son of Michael (Mike) Brown…