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Candy, fruit not only confections couple offeredYesterday’s News by Frank BoyettOCTOBER 21, 2018 Frank the Fruit Man and Popcorn Mary were a much-loved Henderson institution in their day.I…
Tropical tree on riverfront entrance led to teenage gang’s stash Yesterday’s News by Frank BoyettSEPTEMBER 25, 2022 Custodian James Shoutz walked into The Gleaner’s office 75 years ago…
Jacob Schaeffer (1812–1876) was a pioneering craftsman, businessman, and early undertaker in Henderson, whose work helped shape the town’s commercial and civic life in the mid-19th century. Born…
French brothers began longstanding undertaking in 1848Yesterday’s News by Frank BoyettMARCH 17, 2024 More than 175 years ago two French brothers named Schaeffer began letting Henderson residents down…
James D. Macken (December 6, 1868 – March 21, 1931) James D. Macken was born on December 6, 1868, in Kentucky, the son of Patrick Macken and Mary…
Clark L. MacDonald was born 30 Jun 1864 in Louisville, Kentucky, to Owen MacDonald and F.E. Clark. Clark married Martha (Mattie) Elizabeth Rice (17 May 1872 – 16…
The Ohio River was flat and brown that August afternoon in 1955, sliding past the bank near Dogtown as if it had nothing left to surprise anyone. Mrs….
Obituary:Dr. Robert K. Hatchett, 77, of Evansville, formerly of Henderson, died Sunday, August 16, 2009, at his home.He was a 1953 graduate of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky,…
Dr. Peyton Ligon, M.D.November 11, 1861 – October 21, 1947 Dr. Peyton Ligon was a physician whose life bridged two centuries of American medicine and whose service shaped…
In Section 11 of Fernwood Cemetery stands a small marble obelisk, now almost entirely cloaked in a golden-yellow lichen. Time and weather have worn the inscription so heavily…
122 Powell StreetOriginally identical to its neighbor at 124 Powell, this T-shaped, gable-roofed frame house once featured a small wraparound corner porch extending from a double-window bay. Over…