Logan McKee and the 4th of July 1911

Logan McKee and the 4th of July 1911. . Logan David McKee, born on the 27th of February in 1877, is known as a remarkable man in Monett Missouri. Logan grew up in Hutchinson, Kansas. He came to Monett in 1891 to be a pharmacist and worked for many drug stores in the area until he had his own business. In 1904 McKee opened “McKee and Sheehan Drug Company,” and was in the pharmacy business for many years. Logan McKee was also known for his aviation. Ed DeChenne, a man from Joplin, Missouri, built his own plane in Joplin, Missouri then hired Logan McKee to fly it in Monett for the 4th of July exhibition in 1911. At the event, around 10,000 people from the area came to see the aircraft fly. McKee was entirely self-taught as a pilot and planes were rather new, which led to locals being skeptical of his flying ability. During the 4th of July celebration, McKee got into the plane and flew around the southwest side of Monett, near the current South Park and Jack Henry campus. The next day McKee crashed the same plane yet survived. Although the plane crashed, it was still kept and was kept on the ceiling of one of V.B. Hall's buildings through the 1930s. In his lifetime, McKee joined the school board, and as a school board member McKee completed his senior year of high school to earn his diploma, as he had never completed high school. He was also known for helping crippled and disadvantaged children. , Written by: Ti Reh and Isaac Ticknor , This sign was created by students under the direction of Monett High School Missouri Literature and Composition teacher Amy M. Sampson and was paid for via a grant she wrote and was awarded from Rural Schools Collaborative and their 2023 Celia B. Godsil Grants in Place Fellows Program.