Gage Park, Topeka

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Gage Park in Topeka, Kansas is a city park of 160 acres (0.65 km2). It was established in 1899 and is one of the largest parks in Topeka. It features the Topeka Zoo, a miniature train of 15 in (381 mm) gauge, an outdoor theatre and the Reinisch Rose Garden. The 70-year-old rose garden is a very popular place for weddings and events, and also a place where serious horticultural work is done.

Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church began their anti-gay crusade in 1991 with what they call "The Great Gage Park Decency Drive," seeking a crack down on alleged homosexual cruising for sex in the park. At the time the church circulated a flyer "Gage Park Sodomite Rats Nest."[1]

In popular culture

Gage Park was featured in the beginning of the 1997 Stephen King novel The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass.

References

  1. ↑ Fall from Grace - Documentary Directed by K. Ryan Jones - 2008

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Coordinates: 39°03′20″N 95°43′50″W / 39.055561°N 95.730467°W / 39.055561; -95.730467

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