The Spokesrider

Grandsons still living

Jan 272012

(29 August 2011, continued) The 1809 treaty line is somewhere off to the right in this photo. I was looking back on County Road 350W, facing north. The treaty line cuts approximately through the middle of the grove of trees far back on the horizon, and angles toward this road. There was no sign of it to be seen here, though — no field boundary or anything of that sort. On the other side of the grove of trees there is a field boundary that still follows the treaty line, but I know that only from aerial photos. It wasn’t visible from my bicycle when I rode past that grove.

Here is a place where one can see the treaty line. This photo was taken a little further south on the same road, and is facing south. Up ahead the road angles to the right and becomes known as Manlove Park Road. This angling road is almost two miles long, and follows the treaty line.

This stop was taken along the Manlove Park Road. The 1809 treaty cession is on the right side of the road.

William Henry Harrison, who negotiated that treaty, was elected President 21 years later. His treaty is still with us, in a fashion, as can be seen here.

This week Eric Pfeiffer of Yahoo News told us about something else from those days that is still with us. Two of President John Tyler’s grandsons are still living. Harrison was elected President in 1840, but died a few weeks after taking the oath of office. He was succeeded by Vice President John Tyler. Tyler was 17 years younger than Harrison, so of a younger generation, but it was still a surprise to me to learn that such a connection with the past was still with us.

But maybe I should be the last person to be surprised. One of Myra’s grandfathers was born during the U.S. Civil War. I’ll bet there aren’t too many people our age who have a connection like that.

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