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Oblate Park

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Mission, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 26° 12' 59.89599", -98° 19' 15.72939999984"
 
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     In 1916 the city of Mission entered into a 99-year lease agreement with the Missionary Society of Oblate Fathers for the purpose of creating a public park for the use and benefit of all its citizens. Named for this society of Catholic priests, which, six years earlier, had sold land for the townsite of Mission, Oblate Park has been the scene of many band concerts, Memorial Day celebrations, and Fourth of July festivities. As the center of an early major addition to Mission, it became the focus of social activity for the developing city. (1984)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Oblate Park Historical Marker Location Map, Mission, Texas