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 Pat Hennessey - Hennessey, OK Posted by:  hamquilter
N 36° 06.768 W 097° 54.131
14S E 598804 N 3997017
This bronze historical marker is located in the Pat Hennessey Memorial Gardens.
Waymark Code: WMYAX6
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/22/2018
Views: 11
This memorial garden honoring Pat Hennessey was established on May 30, 1941 and was the idea of U.S. Marshall Malaley. In the garden is the gravesite. Among other memorials to Pat Hennessey, he brought in a huge rock boulder on which a bronze plaque tells the story.
This marks the place
on Chisholm Trail where,
during the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe Indian Wars,
Pat Hennessey
a government freighter,
was massacred, July 4, 1874,
by white outlaws, masked
as Indians
His grave lies nearby.
The town of Hennessey
was named in his honor.
Presented to Town of Hennessey
by
Annette B. Ehler
May 30, 1941
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County: Kingfisher County
Record Address::
Pat Hennessey Memorial Gardens
W. Iowa and N. Arapaho Streets
Hennessey, OK US
73742
Web site if available: [Web Link]
Rate the Site: 
Date Erected: 5/30/1941
Sponsor (Who put it there): Mrs. Annete B. Ehler
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Visit Instructions:1 - Must visit the site in person.
2 - New Photo required.
3 - Give some new insight to the marker/site.
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