River Oaks Park

Pictures from my childhood home area.

River Oaks Park, though quite pretty, was seldom used by anyone (and still isn't). It was thus a great place to spend the day wandering around, and we invariably somehow ended up in the water -- which was even dirtier than the pond mentioned earlier (raw sewage was sometimes visible in the water in those days.) Typically you could (and still can) find at least one derelict boat somewhere in the park's ditches, and there continue to be bridges that aren't useable (see adjacent)

Scans of older pictures, best viewed from left to right, as part of Jacksonville set.