Roy V. Cashion - Memorial Park - Hennessey, OK - Oklahoma Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Memorial Park is located on Highway 81 on the north side of Hennessey. Many dedications and memorials are on display here. This is an historical marker placed by the Oklahoma Historical Society and Oklahoma Highway Commission in 1957. It honors one of the local heroes in the town's history.

Roy V. Cashion 1st Okla. Vol. U.S. Cavalry After his regiment helped in the victory at Las Quasimas, Cuba, he was killed as he charged over San Juan Hill, July 1, 1898, in the Spanish-American War. This Oklahoma boy -- Hennessey High School graduate -- rode horse- back to Guthrie, and enlisted on May 5, 1898, in "Rough Riders" under Col. Theodore Roosevelt

County: Kingfisher County Record Address:: Memorial Park 201 N. Main Hennessey, OK US 73742 Web site if available: [Web Link] Rate the Site: Date Erected: 1957 Sponsor (Who put it there): Okla. Hist. Soc & Okla. Highway Comm.

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