Jackson County IL Archives News.....Finest Parks System In This Part Of State October 16, 1923
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The Daily Independent Newspaper, Murphysboro, IL October 16, 1923

    Murphysboro has made a beginning in a park system that is unequalled by many
cities of Illinois several times its size.

    Riverside Park in the southwest part of the city containing fifty acres is
one of the beauty places of the city and is unusually attractive with its
blending of native trees with the part of the landscape garden and the growth of
exotic trees and shrubs.  With fine open spaces, a picturesque band stand and
rest pavilion in different parts of the grounds, it is the scene of many
gatherings every pretty day.

    There too is located one of the best Tourists camping grounds in this
section of the state, with electric lights and open ovens.  Tourists from almost
every state in the union have been seen there in the evenings in the summer and
fall preparing the meals and resting for the night.

    The second park called Park View, is historic in a measure having been for
years dedicated to the uses of the Turnveriens of other days.  For years this
park was unused but the park board took it over and made it into one of the play
grounds of the city.  Located as it is in a thickly settled section of the city
the play ground apparatus is in constant use by the children of the neighborhood
and the shade of the fine old trees is enjoyed by their elders.  The park
district was formed in April, 1908 by a special election creating a park board
and giving the power for a small park tax levy.

    The first officers were:

        J. J. PIERSON, President
        W. S. CRAINE, Temporary secretary
        H.O. OZBURN, Permanent secretary
        Chas. CHAPMAN, Treasurer
    Members were:
        J. J. PIERSON
        Henry BORGERS
        O. B. ORMSBY
        Francis WHITE
        W. S. CRAINE
    The present officers and members are:
        Dr. O. B. ORMSBY, President
        P. W. GRIFFITH, Vice President
        Fred G. BIERER, Attorney
        H. O. OZBURN, Treasurer
        F. A. KUEHLE, Secretary
        Albert HERRING, Member
        W. J. H. ARBEITER, Member
        Caeser BRUSATTI, Member




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