Editing Hennessey, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
[[File:US81nRoad-HennesseyOK (39393076944).jpg|thumb|left|[[U.S. Route 81 in Oklahoma|U.S. Route 81]] in Hennessey, October 2016]]
Hennessey is named after Pat Hennessey, an Irish freighter who was killed at the present townsite in April 1874. He was said to have been burned on a wagon wheel, either by native [[Cheyenne]] tribesmen or white horse thieves.<ref name= "EOHC-Hennessey">[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/H/HE016.html Everett, Dianna. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Hennessey."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721055419/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/H/HE016.html |date=July 21, 2010 }} Retrieved September 27, 2013.</ref>

The Pat Hennessey Memorial Park can be found at Iowa and Arapaho streets. The location of his body is another story. Pat Hennessey was originally buried next to the location of his death in a shallow grave. Rocks were placed over his body, and [[teamster]]s passing by would continue to place markers on his grave. At some point in history Hennessey's body was moved. It is possible his relatives came from Ireland and reclaimed his body. In any case, it is not at the marker site at Memorial Park: excavations there produced no remains.

The town was laid out by the Hennessey Townsite Company after the [[land run]] of April 22, 1889. The [[Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway]], which was owned by the [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway]], built a line from [[Kansas]] through the [[Cherokee Outlet]], and the first train arrived in September 1889. The town was incorporated on June 10, 1890.<ref name= "EOHC-Hennessey"/>

Hennessey is the home town of former NFL fullback [[Leon Crosswhite]] and actor [[Nicki Aycox]].