The Wick park dispute of 1901 - How the city almost lost the park

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Wick Park
1/9/1901
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QJxcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z1cNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2848%2C29717

Wick Park
June 26, 1900
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-KxJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_YQMAAAAIBAJ&dq=wick%20park%20vindicator&pg=4462%2C3820787

Wick Park
June 28, 1900
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-qxJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_YQMAAAAIBAJ&dq=wick%20park%20vindicator&pg=3520%2C3993211

Aug. 12, 1898
Bissell Estate
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bA9KAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YYUMAAAAIBAJ&dq=wick%20park%20vindicator&pg=3991%2C3701953

Nov. 29, 1920
Stambaugh Auditorium
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ri1KAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_YUMAAAAIBAJ&dq=stambaugh%20auditorium%20vindicator&pg=2460%2C6638304

Nov. 13, 1938
Wick Family
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aeJJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5YQMAAAAIBAJ&dq=wick%20park%20vindicator&pg=6257%2C3823267

[AllanY2525]

Here's an interesting story from the January 9, 1901 issue of the Vindicator.

It tells some of the history on how Wick park came to be, and how the City
of Youngstown nearly lost the land it sits on.  It also gives a rough timeframe
on when the historic district around the park began to be divided, and developed
into residential neighborhoods.

You'll have to download it to make it readable, as it appears rather small
here.