John Henry leaves downtown office location after more than 50 years

A lot has changed on Colfax's Main Street in the last 50 years, but at least one thing has remained consistent: John Henry's Colfax Security office.

“It's been come and go, come and go,” said Henry of Main Street businesses. “There's been good years and thin years. I've been there through thick and thin.”

Henry first started business in Colfax when he purchased the Colfax Security business from Claude Edgren in 1963. The business had been there long before that.

“Been there since the '30s,” said Henry.

Henry has now moved out of the Colfax Security office.

“I found a time to move, and I've done it,” he said. “It's just an opportunity to move.”

Henry will continue to conduct his real estate and insurance business and will also continue to write bail bonds. He will essentially operate a mobile office through his home and through his secretary, Amy Kraut.

“We're gonna stay and be here and serve the public,” he vowed.

Henry's move out of the office building has already been completed, with only a couple of desks remaining. He said moving was an interesting process.

“We threw a lot of stuff away,” he commented. “And I found stuff I thought I'd lost that now has been rediscovered. I found pictures and a bunch of stuff.”

Henry will continue to be available at the same Colfax Security phone number, 397-3473, as well as his cell phone number, 509-336-1719.