Written on back:

Mrs Ethyl Beranek Oxford Junction Iowa R.I. 3/18/42 Dear Hobby Pal, I would be glad to exchange a few cards with you. I do not have but a few of the kind you like. You can send me any kind of card you have. A state capital will be fine. Would have answered sooner but could not make it with all my writing to catch up with. Sincerily Marguerite (Brown) 1412 S. Jackson St. [blue ink] x-Ice Break Up on Cedar River. 3/21/42 First one. Duck Pond In Ellis Park 3/9/42

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City Park, Jacksonville, Texas

Postmarked: Mar 18, 1942, Jacksonville, Texas
Type: Linen, 1930-1945
Copyright: L. H. Hugghins, Jacksonville, Texas
Printer: E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, Wis.
Card #: 23994

History:
From Jacksonville: the Story of a Dynamic Community,
1872 - 1972, p. 142, City Park

"A public square, donated by International Railroad when the townsite was laid out, became City Park, through which Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad, in 1882, cut diagonally across. Citizens allowed this, but no right-of-way deed was executed.

Historian M. L. Earle related that a water tower, erected in 1906, was removed during tenure of Mayor T. E. Acker [1918-1952]; a small fire station and pine-slab jail stood for a short time. Tree planting began in 1891, directed by Captain H. L. Morris. Many have contributed toward beautification. Concrete walks were laid in 1910; a wood, gingerbread-trimmed bandstand was built in 1907, was replaced in the 1930s with a rock structure built by WPA labor.

In 1928, Mr. Earle stated two Cotton Belt engineers were in his office, and "there was talk of removing the tracks from the park." This Centennial Year "there still is talk" of removing the tracks."