Dr. Lincoln Goodale, prominent and charitable pioneer, and the community's first physician in his later years. He died May 1, 1868. He donated the 40 acre site July 14, 1851 to be forever kept as a public park or pleasure resort for the inhabitants of City. If appropriated for any other use or purpose, park is to revert to heirs of Lincoln Goodale.. A bronze bust of Dr. Goodale was placed in the park in 1888. It was sculpted by J.G.A. Ward. Dr. Lincoln Goodale Monument is listed on National Register of Historic Places.
