Welcome to Liberty Park 1937.Money was hard to come by in the 1930s,but if you wanted something strongly enough there was always a way to scrape it together.The folks who lived in the neighborhoods near Grace Street wanted a city park where their kids could play close to home,so they took it upon themselves to raise the money it took to buy 24 acres with a small creek.It took 5 years to raise the money during the Great Depression,with bake sales,fund raising picnics,dances,minstrel shows,and walking door-to-door collecting nickels and dimes.A government project-the WPA-took care of building the pool and the roadways,and then neighbors put together the pavilion.On an overcast day in 1937 a grand ceremony was staged when the park was presented to the City of Mansfield.
Congratulations to Greggreggregg and Starsthaticouldreach for FTF!