Antelope Park in Lincoln, NE

Here is a copy of an Antelope Park post card from Lincoln, NE. The card is one of several that I inherited from my Aunt Dorothy Walker after her death some years ago. She was one of my Mother's sister and lived during her elderly years with her Uncle Fred Turner. My Walker Grand Mother was one of the older of the Turner family and Fred was among the younger. Fred and Tom neither married and spent many years in Sioux City, IA. The family kept in touch with the Penney Post Cards and many of them were put in the Album that I inherited.

I sent this card to Jim McKee who has written a weekly historic column in the Lincoln Journal Star. He tinted the picture and wrote a detailed historic story on the park. My card was mailed to Uncle Fred Turner from Lincoln, NE on May 21, 1915. In his story, McKee writes that this 1905 picture shows one of the early views of the Park which was given to the City in 1867. During the late 50's and early 60's when we lived in Lincoln with our four youngsters, we got out to the park quite frequently. It had a big slope for sledding in the winter that was quite an attraction. An "Open air" theater has been a summer attraction for the many years of its existence where notable plays have been presented. The Sunken Gardens on south 27th street are a very popular place for a wide variety of plants and bushes. It is a good example of taking a rather worthless site and with good planning and a lot of volunteer help, has been converted to one of the City's "Beauty spots". I remember visiting the Sunken Gardens as a little kid when we would get down to Lincoln occasionally to visit relatives.