On December 5, 1942, the United States Army began purchasing properties totaling 36,000 acres in Henderson, Union, and Webster Counties, which became Camp Breckinridge Military Reservation. Part of the land purchased was the Richards Estate, owned by Revolutionary War soldier Lewis Richards. Camp Breckinridge was an active military base during World War II through the Korean War.
In June of 1968, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources purchased 5,424 acres from the United States Army later designated as Higginson-Henry Wildlife Management Area. In was named in memory of George T. Higgins, D.M.D. and C. D. Henry, Kentucky State Police, who died tragically in a boating accident while duck hunting on the Ohio River in 1964.
The Higginson-Henry Wildlife Management Area is located along Hwy 56 and Hwy 141 in Union County,
approximately two miles east of Morganfield, Kentucky. The majority of the 5,424 acre management area, owned by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, is forest land containing small streams and lakes; and has over ten miles of hiking and equestrian trials traversing it.
One of the Area’s main attractions is 82-acre Lake Mauzy, named in memory of Caspian W. Mauzy, Conservation Education Supervisor and Conservation Officer who served in Union County. There is also a Viewing Area and Learning Lab at the Area named in honor of Mr. Lee K. Nelson, retired Wildlife Biologist, Researcher and Author; and there are camp sites for primitive camping located at Lake Mauzy.
