Henderson

14 historical markers in Kentucky

A Civil War Action

Henderson, KY

Brig. General A. R. Johnson and 30 CSA raiders took city, capturing 50 guns, hospital supplies, and commissary stores July 17, 1862, then...

Albert B. "Happy" Chandler, 1898-1991

Corydon, KY

This Henderson County native was state senator and lt. gov. before becoming governor in 1935 & 1955.

Audubon Saw and Grist Mill

Henderson, KY

In 1816 John James Audubon and his wife's brother, Thomas Bakewell, built a steam mill here.

Fernwood Cemetery

Henderson, KY

Established 1849, cemetery contains graves of some noted Kentuckians; among them are Lazarus Powell and John Y. Brown.

First Kentucky Consumer Rural Cooperative Electricity

US 41 Alt., KY

Here in October 1937 Frank T. Street became first member-consumer to receive rural electric cooperative power in Ky.

Home of Lucy Furman

Henderson, KY

Author, lecturer. Depicted life of Kentucky mountain people with dignity in books, serials.

Kimmel Homestead

Henderson, KY

Site of home of three generations of Kimmels.

Lewis and Clark in Kentucky - Henderson

Henderson, KY

Robert Frazer, a member of the 1803-06 Lewis & Clark Expedition, visited General Samuel Hopkins here in Feb. & April 1807.

Louis Marshall "Grandpa" Jones

Niagara, KY

Louis Marshall Jones was born Oct. 20, 1913 in Niagara, Ky.

Mother's Day

Henderson, KY

Here, Mary Towles Sasseen Wilson in 1887 first observed Mother's Day.

Nurse Mary W. Arvin, 1879-1947

Henderson, KY

Ky’s most decorated WWI female veteran.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Henderson, KY

The design of this English Gothic church was supervised by Bishop Benjamin Bosworth Smith; church consecrated by him in May 1869.

The African Baptist Church

Henderson, KY

The church was formed in 1840.

Transylvania Company

Henderson, KY

The company founded Henderson in 1797.

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