Hi, everyone, Today I was writing a friend out of state about The Scout statue in Penn Valley Park when I began to wonder - how did the park get its name? So far as I know there isn't/wasn't? a Penn Creek, to form 'Penn Valley' -- or maybe there was in the early years? Anyone know? I tried a web search but got nowhere. Vanette

According to the book: "At the River's Bend, an Illustrated History" Back in the 1880s-1890s, the area was known as Penn Valley ravine and had a cluster of shanties. In 1893 the park board presented a plan to remove the shanties and create Penn Valley Park. It's not clear when the Park came about, probably between 1897 and 1915. It doesn't say how Penn Valley ravine got it's name. But probably after Pennsylvania ave as M suggested. John ----- Original Message ----- From: <VanetteHobbs@aol.com> To: <kansascity@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:10 AM Subject: [KANSASCITY] Question - Origin of name of Penn Valley Park? > Hi, everyone, > > Today I was writing a friend out of state about The Scout statue in Penn > Valley Park when I began to wonder - how did the park get its name? So > far as I > know there isn't/wasn't? a Penn Creek, to form 'Penn Valley' -- or maybe > there was in the early years? Anyone know? I tried a web search but > got > nowhere. > > Vanette > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KANSASCITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message