The city park was quite different looking than it is now, the first few years it was just natural grass and barren trees, about all it was good for was a good place for dogs to play. The story was told that when the town was first plotted that vacant block was intended for court house space, but when the famous Gooseneck section of Ward County came into being the decision was made to make a city park of it, not without several good political scraps, however. The Park Board began functioning in 1910.