Jeff Adams, owner of inBronze cast the 1,500 - pound statue, hauled it to the site from northwest Illinois on a trailer attached to a pick - up truck and was
greeted by city officials and residents snapping...
Where Maunsel White participated in the celebrations as a
city official, it is not difficult to imagine, and certainly fits logically within the time frame that Maunsel White sauce was first concocted (which is dated
by two different accounts to have been either 1849 or 1850) that the alleged traveler from Central America story perpetuated in McIlhenny family lore was actually a soldier returning through the port of New Orleans from the Mexican - American war to a festive reception in June of 1847, being honored and
greeted by a prominent former military officer who was also a
city commissioner.