Volume 12 , Issue 30

Woods County Courthouse Fountain

We did a quick search back through all the information that the "OkieLegacy" has gathered over the last eleven or twelve years and put up on our Woods County pages. We had completely forgot about the fountain story with the 2x4 lumber pressed into the wrought iron fence spikes around the fountain on the west side of the square.

As the story goes, the Woods County Courthouse fountain had this 2x4 lumber pressed into the points on the top of the wrought iron fence to keep children from hurting themselves.

It all began when two young boys were playing near the fountain way back in earlier times when the fountain existed. One boy (Kenneth Baker) had pushed another boy (Warner), causing Warner to fall over the points on the top of the wrought iron fence. Warner was punctured in the mid-section and died. We are not quite sure of the year. Can anyone help us with the rest of the story and tell us the year that happened?   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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