He was said to have been burned on a wagon wheel, either by native Cheyenne tribesmen or white horse thieves.

[5] The Pat Hennessey Memorial Park can be found at Iowa and Arapaho streets.

Pat Hennessey was originally buried next to the location of his death in a shallow grave.

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.

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