Yesterday's Henderson County

Henderson County, Tennessee History Page

Business and Industry

• Bank of Darden
• Classified Telephone Directory (Lexington, Tennessee 1952)
• Clearing the Way for the Farmers State Bank Branch, Lexington
• The Glory Days, A Look at Lexington's Past (with photographs)
• Goodbye to the Threadgill Store, Lexington Progress (photos)
• Harding Machine Screw Company
• Hare Mill (photo)
• Brief History of Tulsa Enterprises, Tulsa Enterprises
• The Legend and Legacy of Henry C. Graper, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Motor Car for Sale - circa 1930
• Our History, Hardin Southern Railroad
• Pottery Making in Henderson County, Tennessee, Samuel D. Smith and Stephen T. Rogers
• Princess Theater
• Salant & Salant Shirt Factory in Full Operation
• Salant & Salant
• Stave Mill in Darden (photo)
• Statement of Condition of Farmers State Bank of Scotts Hill (1922), Lexington Progress
• Thompsie Hardin Barber Shop (photo)
• Towns and Villages of Henderson County in Old Gazetteers, Jonathan K. T. Smith (lists businesses and professionals 1860, 1876, 1887, 1890)
• United Grocery Company, 1905-1955
  
• U.S. Census, 1850, Industrial Schedule, Henderson County, Tennessee, Jonathan K. T. Smith
• Wolf Creek Ordnance Plant - Milan Ordnance Depot
• Wow...Just Look at this Pot! (photo)

This page is to help make Henderson County history more accessible by sharing over the Internet some of the materials which are available.  Do you have a history of your church, school, community, or business?  How about your grandfather's farm journal or a story told by your grandmother about a memorable event?

Please contact me to share it with others.