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 25-William McKinley, 1897-1901
McKinley was not a very charismatic leader but his use of printed propaganda, the press, and other forms of publicity were so effec- tive they set the standard for modern political campaigns. The turn of the century represented the height of railroad travel, over 500 million passengers a year. Refrigerated railroad cars trans- ported Texas longhorn cattle to be butchered in Chicago for sale in New York and Boston. It
is at this time when all re- gional barbecue styles as we know it today started to appear. Texas meat markets started serving beef brisket, southern barbecue sauce was bottled in Atlanta GA. Kansas City, Memphis, Chicago opened restau- rants specializing in their regional style of barbecue. Even the large free public barbecue events were being downplayed due to events such as the Denver Barbe- cue Riot where several peo- ple were killed in the chaos.
William Haislip of Virginia was known locally as one of
the best BBQ men around. His friends called him “Black Hawk” and he would brag that he was the only man in thew state that cook a whole ox properly. His reputation earned him a visit to the White House where he personally invited McKinley to a barbecue in Spotsylvania. The newspapers reported he had no problem see- ing the president.
McKinley acquired over- seas territories fought and won a war with a European power on put America on the road to be a new world power. He won the Spanish American War, took control of Cuba, the Philippine is- lands and Puerto Rico. He started to annex the Hawaiian Islands and to build the Panama Canal.
McKinley was assassinated a few months after his sec- ond term began. His image is on the $500 dollar bill. He was the first president to ride in an automobile. One of McKinley’s cam- paign slogans was “ the full dinner pail”. B.Q. Score 3
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