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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…
Randolph’s Tavern: A Neighborhood Business at Alvasia and Dixon During the 1930s and 1940s, Randolph’s Beer Tavern stood near the intersection of Alvasia and Dixon streets in Henderson….
W. R. Conover: The Florist Behind Henderson’s Water Street Greenhouses At first glance, Henderson’s 1906 Sanborn fire insurance map appears to be a maze of buildings, measurements and…
Pierre “Red” Jackson: A Champion for Henderson Teacher, coach, civil rights advocate and community mentor, 1927-2014 Pierre “Red” Jackson helped shape Henderson through the people he taught, coached…
The Tragic Story of Little Maud Gough Among the many monuments in Henderson’s Fernwood Cemetery, few are as touching as the one marking the grave of Maud Gough….
The Rise of Apple Production in Henderson County, Kentucky How scientific orcharding, cold storage, cooperative marketing, and the celebrated Winesap made Henderson one of Kentucky’s foremost apple-growing counties…
Margaret “Tardy” Nichols Coker After 33 years inside Henderson City Hall, Margaret Nichols asked voters to put her at its head. In 1973, she nearly became Henderson’s first…
Oscar Yates and the Woodchoppers During the early days of radio in Henderson, listeners did not always hear music from records. Local and traveling musicians often performed live…
A Separate Door to Knowledge Henderson’s 1904 library branch for African American readers A 2014 Gleaner feature brought renewed attention to Maria Powell Carr and Henderson’s segregated Eighth…
THE STRANGE ADVENTURE OF SHERIFF GREEN WITH GHOST; THRILLING PIONEER STORY Gleaner-Journal, Henderson, KentuckySunday, April 26, 1925, page 10 (Editorial Note—Some twenty-five years ago the late James N….