On North Water Street at 1st Street, on the left when traveling north on North Water Street.
"A very large part of the state is completely overrun with guerrillas, who plunder farm-house, and fields, and villages at will, and often murder the helpless victims of their robberies."
-Letter from Adjutant-General J. Holt to . . . — — Map (db m121698) HM
Near North Water Street north of 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.
Steamboats, with their capability to travel against the current, revolutionized river transportation and opened grand economic and social doors for Henderson. They lowered transportation costs, carried enormous loads of cargo, provided comfortable . . . — — Map (db m121690) HM
Near North Water Street south of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north.
The Ohio River Valley's worst flood occurred in January-February 1937. Three weeks of continuous rain, sleet and snow dropped 21 inches of precipitation during this period. The Ohio River reached its crest in Henderson on February 1, 1937, at the . . . — — Map (db m121662) HM
On South Morgan Street (U.S. 60) south of West Main Street (State Route 130), on the right when traveling south.
The 55th Kentucky county created, it was formed entirely out of Henderson County. "It was possibly so named because of the unanimity of its citizens for division of the old county."
Morganfield made county seat. Named for Gen. Daniel Morgan, who . . . — — Map (db m123603) HM
Near North Water Street north of 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.
Henderson County has been the home of four men who have distinguished themselves as governor of Kentucky.
Lazarus Powell
(1851-55)
Powell's opponent in the gubernatorial race was his former law partner and fellow . . . — — Map (db m121700) HM
Near Tennessee Route 114 0.3 miles south of Route 100, on the left when traveling south.
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Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest led his cavalry brigade on a raid through West Tennessee, Dec 15, 1862-Jan 3, 1863, destroying railroads and severing Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's supply line between Columbus, Kentucky, and Vicksburg, . . . — — Map (db m142782) HM
On Washington Highway (State Highway 17) at River Road, on the right when traveling north on Washington Highway.
On Wahatche (War Woman) Creek, in Revolutionary times, lived Nancy Morgan Hart, her husband, Benjamin, and their children. Six feet tall, masculine in strength and courage, Nancy Hart was a staunch patriot, a deadly shot, a skilled doctor, and a . . . — — Map (db m37254) HM
On East Tyler Street at North Prairieville Street, on the left when traveling west on East Tyler Street.
Athens native Joseph William (J.W.) Brownlow (1924-2001) was born to Ed and Annie Lou Brownlow and raised in the Walnut Creek and Oakland communities. He spent 31 years in law enforcement, including 26 years as Henderson County Sheriff. J.W. met . . . — — Map (db m245062) HM
On County Road 3907 1.3 miles north of Route 3918, on the left when traveling north.
In 1856, Joseph M. Stirman of Kentucky donated five acres of his property for the building of a church and school regardless of race, sex, or religion, establishing the Sand Flat community. Of these five acres, two acres signify the resting place . . . — — Map (db m310460) HM
Benjamin Franklin Wheeler, namesake for the Ben Wheeler Community, contributed to the development of communications across the region in his mail-carrying career and influenced land ownership in the area. He was born in 1818, in Adair County, . . . — — Map (db m255899) HM
Near North Water Street north of 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.
During the 1940's a thriving nightclub and gambling industry developed in Henderson County, patronized not only by local citizens but also by workers from Evansville's war factories and soldiers from nearby Camp Breckinridge. By 1950 it was said . . . — — Map (db m121697) HM
On Cream Level Road 1.5 miles north of Edmonson Ave, on the right when traveling north.
According to family history, Thomas Boucher Wood (1820-1897) was born in Columbus, Mississippi. He attended the University of Louisville in Kentucky in 1843 and again in 1849, at which time he received his doctoral degree in medicine with a thesis . . . — — Map (db m310456) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
