MU’s first athletic director, widely disliked at the time for his fervour in regulating the university’s sports programs, planted seeds that led to the abundance of parks in Columbia today.
100 years in parks and recreation
A look at parks and recreation in Columbia
Friday, July 11, 2008 | 6:45 p.m. CDT;
updated 8:57 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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