Flower Park - Sulphur, Oklahoma
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gparkes
N 34° 30.252 W 096° 58.232
14S E 686316 N 3819932
Inside the Chickasaw National Recreation Area are several markers giving context to the history of the area.
Waymark Code: WM8J3E
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2010
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The marker here has the following narrative:
Flower Park
Flower Park, named for its flower beds, was once faithfully maintained by residents of Sulphur. By 1935 it had been redesigned into a pedestrian park, and the Lincoln Bridge became its entrance. The Civilian Conservation Corps built new features that included curving trails, reflecting pools, rock dams, cascades, and a serpentine stream, reminiscent of an "English Romantic Landscape."
In the 1930s, pools were created in Flower Park to use the sulphur water for health and beauty treatments. Visitors applied the sulphur-rich, black mud on their faces and bodies, hoping to cure their ills.