125 – Woodruff Park
January 27th, 2007
Woodruff Park, at Grant Street, just off Adams. [map]
PeoriaHistory.com says this:ÂÂ
WOODRUFF PARK
Foot of Grant Street, Peoria
Includes Woodruff Field and land of the former Isolation Hospital, and later city incinerator.
1979 – Land turned over to Park District, ball fields added, expanded to 9 acres.
Has sulphur springs outlet in a ravine.
Currently there is one ball field (shown) and a green area that fronts the river. I took this photo from the third base side dugout on a sloppy morning that required me to later take off my shoes at the door. Apparently it’s a popular hangout for the geese (or whatever these birds are, I’m no bird expert). There were literally hundreds of them, and they weren’t scared of me walking around; infact they gave me the cold shoulder. It reminded me of my college years.