Harry McClure Johnson
Harry McClure Johnson was Chicago lawyer and member of the firm of Offend, Bulkley, Poole and Scott.Early life
Harry McClure Johnson went to Peoria High School and graduated as the Salutatorian in the Class of 1903.
After he graduated from Princeton University in 1907, he studied law at Northwestern University Law School. There he received the degree of LLB in 1910.Military life
Life as a Lawyer
As a life member of the Alpine Club of Canada he climbed Mount Robson, and Mount Assiniboine in the Canadian Rockies. In 1910 Harry McClure and his cousin Myra King Ellison and her father Price Ellison and 20 others went on as expedition to Vancouver Island in Canada with a goal to find a potential for a park in the island centre. The team left the town of Campbell River, British Columbia and travelled inland up the Campbell River to the Upper Campbell Lake. Later a party of nine scaled the Crown Mountain. Following the ascent, the party continued down Butte Lake in British Columbia, up to Price Creek and wound up at the Port Alberni. This expedition led to the 1911 opening of the first park in British Columbia called Strathcona Provincial Park. On 7 August 1912 he and his cousin climbed Mount Little which is on the border between Alberta and British Columbia. He took many photos of these mountains. He had a very good singing tenor voice. He rode horses in Oklahoma Valley, Vernon, British Columbia, and on his Uncle Price Ellison's Ranch.His Death
He died at the age of 46 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada where he was visiting his mother, from a sudden attack of influenza which developed into pneumonia. His five children he had when he died were Mansi, McClure, Elizabeth, Sarah Jane, and Priscilla. His wife Helena Modjeska Chase Johnson,, remained a widow for over 33 years. In his personal life Mr. Johnson's outstanding traits were his unyielding Integrity and his helpful and unfailing Loyalty to his friends.
