Save the Date!

Join the Forney Historic Preservation League and the Malone family for the public unveiling and dedication of Forney’s newest historical marker recognizing

Reeves Henry: Blacksmith, Inventor, Mechanic

Saturday, October 19th
210 E. Broad St.
Forney, TX 75126
On the back/Pacific St. side of the Cotton Gin
(near the former location of Reeves Henry’s shop)

Program begins at 10:00 a.m. with unveiling and photos to follow.
This event is free and open to the public.

We don’t have any confirmed photos of Reeves Henry in our collection. The above is an AI rendering commissioned by Henry’s descendants taken from a photo of an unidentified man on the porch of the Malone house plus sketches from one of his approved patent applications for a cotton chopper.