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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…
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…
Samuel Husband CromwellInsurance Man, Civic Leader, and Mayoral Candidate In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Henderson’s civic and business life was shaped by a number of…
Peter Lavialle Whelan (1916-1944) Peter Lavialle Whelan was one of Henderson’s promising young men whose life and future were cut short by World War II. Born on February…
Joy Reddish (1893-1934)A River Man’s Life in an Unforgiving Era On July 28, 1934, in a cell at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Joy Reddish died at…
Henderson Hero: PFC William G. Miller (1926 – 1945) 🇺🇸 Walk through Fernwood Cemetery and you will find a simple flat marble marker that reads: WILLIAM G. MILLERKentuckyPVT…
From butcher shop to in-laws: the story of Unverzagt & Smith. Before refrigeration, before supermarkets, before chain groceries, Henderson depended on local butchers who knew livestock, knew their…
Henderson Hometown Hero: PFC John Frederick Wilkerson (1924-1945) In Section 22, Lot 1190 at Fernwood Cemetery rests one of Henderson’s own, a young man who left South Alvasia…
THE REPORTER, HENDERSON, KY. MARCH 15, 1881 A SUDDEN DEATH Lucy Washington Goes to Sleep Friday Afternoon and Opens Her Eyes in the Kingdom Come Late Friday afternoon…
Michael Peter “Mike” Abel (1874–1935) Michael Peter Abel, commonly known as Mike P. Abel, was a longtime Henderson public official whose career spanned municipal policing, city administration, fire…