Parking is FREE, except on Big Event Days like Fourth of July! Just be sure to check out My Mommy Tips before you go! If you’ve never been to a horse track, it can be a little confusing, but don’t let that stop you! For an inexpensive day of fun, just follow my routine, or make a special day of it in Silks Dining Room.
Sometimes we wager, sometimes we don’t, but we always have fun! We all love horses, so the kids really enjoy going to see them.
The Jaycees, whose work helped found the first municipal park in Garland, continue to support Central Park preservation and improvements.The Lone Star Park racing season is from the beginning of April to about mid-July, and we usually average a visit once a year.
Central Park TodayĬentral Park has served Garland in many facets and is currently home to the Granger Recreation Center, South Garland Little League, Garland Pee Wee Football and the Garland Baseball Association. Central Park was the home of the Garland Civic Theater from 1969-1982. Air Force from 1958-2009, for a permanent Texas Air National Guard station. The City leased several acres to the U.S. The park also held the first official City Easter egg hunt in 1948. Central Park is also home to the first municipal tennis courts that are still in use today. This tract became Garland's first municipal park and was the beginning of the city's park and recreation system.Īs the first municipal park, Central Park was the location of the City’s initial municipal recreation facilities including the first community center and swimming pool. A proposed park acquisition was included by the council in the 1947 bond election, and in 1948 the City of Garland purchased the 50 acre tract from the Williams family. Opening to the Publicįollowing World War II, the Garland Junior Chamber of Commerce, commonly known as the Jaycees, started fundraising for a Community Park. Cecil Williams acquired the old Garland Park grounds, combined it with his family's adjacent creek side property and renamed it "Williams Park." Williams constructed a dam across the creek to form a natural swimming pool, which he proudly christened "Lake Garland." The Williams Park operation closed after the 1939 season. A Texas Historical Commission marker commemorating the "Bankhead Highway in Garland" was installed along the route in 2011. In the spring of 1919, an early federal transcontinental highway route extending from Washington DC to San Diego was laid out over sections of existing local roads and passed the current Central Park site on two sides. Early BeginningsĬentral Park, also known as the "old Garland Park grounds," "Williams Park," and "City Park" when it became the first municipal park in Garland's park system, has been used as Garland's common green, park, recreational area and community space, private or public, for well more than a century. A designation as a Lone Star Legacy is one of the highest honors that can be bestowed on a park.
These parks have endured the test of time and have become iconic to those who have visited, played and rested on their grounds. A Lone Star Legacy Park is a park that holds special prominence in the local community and the state of Texas. The City of Garland’s Central Park was designated as a Lone Star Legacy Park by the Texas Recreation and Park Society at their 2013 state conference.
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