Long ago on independence square (Kansas City, Jackson: military, train, cars)

[CaseyMO]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

How about the rest of the people at that table? I'll guess the lady next to Mr. Wood should be Mrs. Wood.

I only know two other names. The people to Mrs. Wood's left are Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Scott. He owned a plumbing, heating and air conditioning business in the 1950s and 1960s.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by CaseyMO

I only know two other names. The people to Mrs. Wood's left are Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Scott. He owned a plumbing, heating and air conditioning business in the 1950s and 1960s.

What was the occasion for the dinner? When and/or where?

[WCHS'59]

Below are several random facts:

At birth, he was a British subject.

He was instrumental in the Battle of the Thames near London.

As a US president, he was the first of only eight presidents to have this particular distinction among presidents.

He had a total of sixteen children, but only ten were with his wife.

At age 22, he was one of the signers of a major Indian Treaty, also signed by Lewis and Clark.

He received the message “We have met the enemy and they are ours"

He was the first president to be elected from his party and the first to get involved with his campaign.

His wife never moved into the White House.

More people watched his inaugural parade than had since George Washington’s.

At an advanced age, he was the oldest president to be elected at that time.

While in office and under the weather he was treated with opium, leeches, and snakeroot.


Who was this man and what does Sugar Creek have to do with any of this?

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

Below are several random facts:

At birth, he was a British subject.

He was instrumental in the Battle of the Thames near London.

As a US president, he was the first of only eight presidents to have this particular distinction among presidents.

He had a total of sixteen children, but only ten were with his wife.

At age 22, he was one of the signers of a major Indian Treaty, also signed by Lewis and Clark.

He received the message “We have met the enemy and they are ours"

He was the first president to be elected from his party and the first to get involved with his campaign.

His wife never moved into the White House.

More people watched his inaugural parade than had since George Washington’s.

At an advanced age, he was the oldest president to be elected at that time.

While in office and under the weather he was treated with opium, leeches, and snakeroot.


Who was this man and what does Sugar Creek have to do with any of this?

Did Sugar Creek provide the opium, leeches or snakeroot?

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

Below are several random facts:

At birth, he was a British subject.

He was instrumental in the Battle of the Thames near London.

As a US president, he was the first of only eight presidents to have this particular distinction among presidents.

He had a total of sixteen children, but only ten were with his wife.

At age 22, he was one of the signers of a major Indian Treaty, also signed by Lewis and Clark.

He received the message “We have met the enemy and they are ours"

He was the first president to be elected from his party and the first to get involved with his campaign.

His wife never moved into the White House.

More people watched his inaugural parade than had since George Washington’s.

At an advanced age, he was the oldest president to be elected at that time.

While in office and under the weather he was treated with opium, leeches, and snakeroot.


Who was this man and what does Sugar Creek have to do with any of this?

Sugar Creek did name something rather large after this person.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

Below are several random facts:

At birth, he was a British subject.

He was instrumental in the Battle of the Thames near London.

As a US president, he was the first of only eight presidents to have this particular distinction among presidents.

He had a total of sixteen children, but only ten were with his wife.

At age 22, he was one of the signers of a major Indian Treaty, also signed by Lewis and Clark.

He received the message “We have met the enemy and they are ours"

He was the first president to be elected from his party and the first to get involved with his campaign.

His wife never moved into the White House.

More people watched his inaugural parade than had since George Washington’s.

At an advanced age, he was the oldest president to be elected at that time.

While in office and under the weather he was treated with opium, leeches, and snakeroot.


Who was this man and what does Sugar Creek have to do with any of this?

I'm not sure why Sugar Creek chose to honor him. Do you know?

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

I'm not sure why Sugar Creek chose to honor him. Do you know?

Yes.

[WCHS'59]

At birth, he was a British subject.
· Born in 1773, he was the last president to be born under British rule before the Declaration of Independence.

As a US president, he was the first of only eight presidents to have this particular distinction among presidents.
· A dubious distinction at most. He was the first to die in office, four died of natural causes and four died from violence.

He had a total of sixteen children, but only ten were with his wife.
· Six of his children were with a particular female slave he owned.

At age 22, he was one of the signers of a major Indian Treaty, also signed by Lewis and Clark.
· The Greenville Treaty of 1795.

He was instrumental in the Battle of the Thames near London.
· The Thames is a river in Ontario, which flows near London, Ontario. The battle was fought there during the War of 1812.

He received the message “We have met the enemy and they are ours."
· The message came from Admiral Perry during the War of 1812.

He was the first president to be elected from his party and the first to get involved with his campaign.
· He was a WHIG. Prior to this time, no presidential candidate had campaigned for himself. Previous candidates left that duty to others.

His wife never moved into the White House.
· She was ill at home and never became an onsite First Lady, but she still outlived him by 23 years.

More people watched his inaugural parade than had since George Washington’s.
· 50,000 people attended.

At an advanced age, he was the oldest president to be elected at that time.
· 68 years’ old

While in office and under the weather he was treated with opium, leeches, and snakeroot.
· It did not help-- William Henry Harrison died 31.5 days after being inaugurated.

He also delivered the longest inaugural address in American history: One hour forty-five minutes.

Harrison Park in Sugar Creek is named after President William Henry Harrison. The land for the park was donated by Mrs. Ethel Harrison, whose husband William Henry Harrison, was a descendant of the President.

[CaseyMO]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

What was the occasion for the dinner? When and/or where?

I don't have a clue what the occasion was or where.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

At birth, he was a British subject.
· Born in 1773, he was the last president to be born under British rule before the Declaration of Independence.

As a US president, he was the first of only eight presidents to have this particular distinction among presidents.
· A dubious distinction at most. He was the first to die in office, four died of natural causes and four died from violence.

He had a total of sixteen children, but only ten were with his wife.
· Six of his children were with a particular female slave he owned.

At age 22, he was one of the signers of a major Indian Treaty, also signed by Lewis and Clark.
· The Greenville Treaty of 1795.

He was instrumental in the Battle of the Thames near London.
· The Thames is a river in Ontario, which flows near London, Ontario. The battle was fought there during the War of 1812.

He received the message “We have met the enemy and they are ours."
· The message came from Admiral Perry during the War of 1812.

He was the first president to be elected from his party and the first to get involved with his campaign.
· He was a WHIG. Prior to this time, no presidential candidate had campaigned for himself. Previous candidates left that duty to others.

His wife never moved into the White House.
· She was ill at home and never became an onsite First Lady, but she still outlived him by 23 years.

More people watched his inaugural parade than had since George Washington’s.
· 50,000 people attended.

At an advanced age, he was the oldest president to be elected at that time.
· 68 years’ old

While in office and under the weather he was treated with opium, leeches, and snakeroot.
· It did not help-- William Henry Harrison died 31.5 days after being inaugurated.

He also delivered the longest inaugural address in American history: One hour forty-five minutes.

Harrison Park in Sugar Creek is named after President William Henry Harrison. The land for the park was donated by Mrs. Ethel Harrison, whose husband William Henry Harrison, was a descendant of the President.

William Henry Harrison IV was born in 1869 in LaCygne, Ks
Died in Kansas City in 1945
Buried in Independence in Mount Washington.

Ethel Etzenhausen was born in 1888 in Independence.
Died in Kansas City in 1970.
No info on where she is buried but apparently not Mount Washington.
The land gift to Sugar Creek for the park seems to have been made in 1966.