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Abstract Methodist minister, Hiram Frakes, founded Henderson Settlement in 1925, chiefly as a community center and educational institution.  It is located in southern Bell County, Kentucky, a few miles northeast of Jellico, Tennessee. The area was quite isolated at the time and had come to be known locally as “South America.” Frakes, was educated in Kansas and southern Indiana and before becoming a miniser, had worked as a telegraph operator for the Santa Fe Railroad.  A chance hearing of...