John B. Henderson Riverview Park! Traditional Cache
John B. Henderson Riverview Park!
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When the boys were kids we would drive from Quincy on RT 79 to Louisiana and Clarksville enjoying the scenery. One of our favorite places was this park with one of the best views of the Mississippi River.
Buzz Kill and couldn't believe there is no cache in this park, so here is one for your caching pleasure.
John B. Henderson was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives in 1848-1850 and 1856–1858, and was active in Democratic politics. He was commissioned a brigadier general in the Missouri State Militia in 1861, commanding Federal forces in northeast Missouri.
On January 17, 1862, Henderson was appointed to the U.S. Senate as a Unionist to fill the vacancy caused by the expulsion of Trusten Polk. Later that year, Henderson was elected to a full six-year term in the U.S. Senate.
Henderson signed a peace treaty with Jefferson Jones of the short-lived Kingdom of Callaway, lending that breakaway state legitimacy in 1862.
According to a story circulated in the early 1900s Henderson met with President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865 shortly before Lincoln left for Ford's Theatre where he was assassinated that night. Henderson successfully procured a pardon for Missouri resident George S. E. Vaughn who had been convicted of spying and sentenced to death. It was Lincoln's last official act as President. However in 2011 David Blanchette of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois said there is no record of any such pardon.
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