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Bison Inn

Has anyone heard of the Bison Inn? Located at 531 Alvasia street in 1935. Curious if it is the building listed as 533 S Alvasia in the 1923…

John Reichert Cigars

John Reichert is listed as a cigar manufacturer at 15 Main Street in the Kentucky State Gazetteer and Business Directory of 1884. He produced Barret House Bouquet and…

800 Madison / Madison Market

800 Madison Street was a grocery store with various owners over the years including G. A. Jenkins, Ernest Y Johnson, J. L. McCoy, and in 1944 Fulcher’s Food…

Clark’s Grocery

Clark’s Grocery opened on Mar 27, 1907 at Second and Adams streets (601 Second). L. E. Clark, proprietor. “The Store of Quallty,” the store of the times, the…

Mecca Cafe

Mecca Cafe at the corner of Second and N Elm Streets. Later the location of the Kentucky Bakery. The Mecca Cafe, of which J. J. Bolton is proprietor,…

Kentucky Bakery

Kentucky Bakery began in approximately 1886 by Jacob Beugger. He operated his bakery at 113 N Main Street. In 1907, Jacob sold his business to his son, Charles…

Sam B Mayer & Sons

Sam B Mayer & Sons was a dry good business that started in 1903 at 138 Second Street. They were Henderson’s leading department store and known for their…

Liquor Store

Anyone know which store and where this was?

Soaper Barret Button Factory

Soaper-Barret (W. H. Soaper and W. T. Barret) Button factory opened in 1904 and turned fresh mussel shells from the Ohio River into button blanks. The company disolved…

The Logab Tobacco Company

The Logab Tobacco Company, formed in 1912 by Charles Argue and Louis Gaebel, produced Logab Mixture and Logab Homespun. LOGAB MIXTURE is a combination of the most fragrant…

M Silverman Poem

FURS AND FUR COATS Ladies, your attention I would callTo M. SILVERMAN: he leads them all.Here you may purchase the latest in dress,And always be sure of getting…

Frostop

Did you know Henderson had a Frostop location at the NW corner of Hwy 41N and Robin Rd in 1963? Frostop is the name of an American root…