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  1. Oregon is home to over 3,200 parks. One of them is the world’s smallest, comprising exactly one tree.

    Mills End Park resides in a median strip in downtown Portland.

    In 1946, Dick Fagan worked near what was then a hole in the ground, where a broken light post had not been replaced. He planted flowers in the hole and named it the world’s smallest park. In 1971 the Guinness Book of World’s Records confirmed it.

    portland.gov/parks/mill-ends-p

    #PublicParks #Oregon #PNW #MillsEndPark #TIL #History

  2. Oregon is home to over 3,200 parks. One of them is the world’s smallest, comprising exactly one tree.

    Mills End Park resides in a median strip in downtown Portland.

    In 1946, Dick Fagan worked near what was then a hole in the ground, where a broken light post had not been replaced. He planted flowers in the hole and named it the world’s smallest park. In 1971 the Guinness Book of World’s Records confirmed it.

    portland.gov/parks/mill-ends-p

    #PublicParks #Oregon #PNW #MillsEndPark #TIL #History

  3. Oregon is home to over 3,200 parks. One of them is the world’s smallest, comprising exactly one tree.

    Mills End Park resides in a median strip in downtown Portland.

    In 1946, Dick Fagan worked near what was then a hole in the ground, where a broken light post had not been replaced. He planted flowers in the hole and named it the world’s smallest park. In 1971 the Guinness Book of World’s Records confirmed it.

    portland.gov/parks/mill-ends-p

    #PublicParks #Oregon #PNW #MillsEndPark #TIL #History

  4. Oregon is home to over 3,200 parks. One of them is the world’s smallest, comprising exactly one tree.

    Mills End Park resides in a median strip in downtown Portland.

    In 1946, Dick Fagan worked near what was then a hole in the ground, where a broken light post had not been replaced. He planted flowers in the hole and named it the world’s smallest park. In 1971 the Guinness Book of World’s Records confirmed it.

    portland.gov/parks/mill-ends-p

  5. Oregon is home to over 3,200 parks. One of them is the world’s smallest, comprising exactly one tree.

    Mills End Park resides in a median strip in downtown Portland.

    In 1946, Dick Fagan worked near what was then a hole in the ground, where a broken light post had not been replaced. He planted flowers in the hole and named it the world’s smallest park. In 1971 the Guinness Book of World’s Records confirmed it.

    portland.gov/parks/mill-ends-p

    #PublicParks #Oregon #PNW #MillsEndPark #TIL #History