Wood Park - Jet, OK
Posted by: The Snowdog
N 36° 40.000 W 098° 10.680
14S E 573457 N 4058210
A small municipal park in Jet, Oklahoma.
Waymark Code: WMZQTK
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/24/2018
Views: 1
Jet, Oklahoma (official population 213) was founded by six brothers with surname Jett but the town name has been spelled with one 't' since incorporation in 1900. Built on the homesteads established by these brothers, the town moved two miles west in 1906 to take advantage of a new railroad line.
This small municipal park is named in honor of T.F. "Tex" Wood. It includes a picnic table, a gazebo, a tennis court, and a children's play area with a swing set and teeter-totter. On the southeast corner is a separate park with a veterans memorial, a jet aircraft on display. Between the two parks is a sequence of murals on billboards describing the history of the town.
Name: Wood Park
Street Location: 101 N 1st Street
Local Municipality: Jet
State/Province, etc.: Oklahoma
Country: United States
Memorial/Commemoration: T.F. "Tex" Wood
Date Established: 1963
Picnic Facilities: Picnic table, pavilion
Recreational Facilities: Children's play area, tennis court
Monuments/Statues: Veterans Memorial in separate park, at southeast corner
Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Several murals on billboards along the south side of the park
Web Site: Not listed
Fountains: Not listed
Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: Not listed
Special Events: Not listed
Traditional Geocaches: Not listed
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