Sources:

 

#1  “The Influence of the Union Station Depot & the Railroad in Henderson, Ky” by Valerie Barnett, April 1988

 

#2  “History of Henderson County, Kentucky” by Frieda Dannheiser and Donald Hazelwood, 1980

 

#3  “History of Henderson County, Kentucky” by Edmund L. Starling, 1887

 

#4  “Annals & Scandals” by Maralee Arnett

 

#5  “Corporate History of the L&N Railroad Company and Roads in its System” by Edward W. Hines, submitted by Charles Castner, President of the L&N Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky

 

#6  “Henderson & Her Improvements in the Last Ten Years” from The Henderson Reporter, 1880

 

#7  “Henderson Union Station Has Interesting History” from The Gleaner-Journal, Sunday, 17 Dec 1922

 

#8  “Iron Horse Serves Henderson More Than 80 Years” by Jack Hudgions, Morning Gleaner, 11 Jul 1952

 

#9  “The Union Station Depot” speech by Mr. Samuel Isaac

 

#10  “Henderson, A Guide to Audubon’s Home Town in Kentucky” by Susan Starling Towles, through the writer’s program of the Works Project Administration in Kentucky, 1941

 

#11  “The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Reached Providence in 1882”, Centennial Supplement of The Providence Enterprise

 

#12  “Really: There Was A Day When Railroads Were Unwelcome” by Colonel A. Kaintuck, Gleaner and Journal, 24 Jun 1960

 

#13  “Whistle-stops Made History” by Chuck Stinnet, The Gleaner, 21 Jul 1960

 

#14  “Hannah’s Hat” by Judy Jenkins, The Gleaner, 14 Nov 1989

 

#15  “Union Station in Henderson Comes to Life Again” by Lori Rey, The Evansville Courier, 29 Jul 1990

 

#16  “Henderson Depot to Show New Face at Open House” by Judy Jenkins, The Gleaner, 19 Sep 1990

 

#17  “Trains:  Henderson Was the Railroad City” by Chuck Stinnett, The Gleaner, 28 Mar 1992

 

#18  “Truman Picks Henderson As Whistle Stop Site” by Judy Jenkins, The Gleaner, 30 Mar 1996

 

#19  National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, 19 Mar 1980

 

#20 “History of Kentucky” by Richard H. Collins, Volume II, 1874 is referenced on the Nomination Form

 

#21  “Former Chief Engineer Dies”, The L&N Employees’ Magazine, Page 23, April 1934 is referenced on the Nomination Form

 

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