In 1959 Oak Creek's city park was used as a football field for the Oak Creek Union High Miners. It was bordered on the east by Gillians Icehouse and Pond.

Pictures and information courtesy of the Historical Society of Oak Creek & Phippsburg and presented by the class of 2007 at Soroco High School in 2004.The creek was very high in this 1966 view of the park.In 1984 the park flooded.A Beautification Committee was formed
to help restore the park.Sandbags were used keep the creek back.New sod was brought in & laid by volunteers.The beautiful new park was dedicated to Jim "Decker" Babcock who was killed in a mine accident.