The area was also known as "Vinegar Hill" in the late 1800s and was a shanty town settled primarily by Irish immigrants. (Book "Kansas City An American History" by John Montgomery and Shirl Kasper) Jeanne Delaney Hubbard ----- Original Message ----- From: "John O'Brien" <JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com> To: <kansascity@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [KANSASCITY] Question - Origin of name of Penn Valley Park? > 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. >