It was uninhabited when it was chosen as a terr. capital in 1836 & named for a president who died that year
Doty... [DOC] [TLE] William Henry Harrison - Wikipedia [PAR] William Henry Harrison, Sr. (February 9, 1773  April 4, 1841) was the ninth 
President of the United States (1841), an American military officer and politician, 
and the last president born as a British subject.