Its borders are Edison Street on the north, the municipal Owen Park on the east, the Sand Springs Expressway (Hwy 412) on the south, and Zenith Avenue on the west.

Pausing briefly at a lookout point, Irving enjoyed the panorama from the hilltop in the Owen Park neighborhood.

Following this period, it has been suggested that Owen Park was the location of a Creek settlement called Big Springs Town.

The point where the Osage, Cherokee and Creek Nations joined is commemorated by a monument in Owen Park.

In 1976, it was set on fire, which gained the attention of Beryl D. Ford, a historian who discovered letters to Morris from 1895 within the walls.

[4] In the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration built a topless, hollowed out grotto for the pond that deteriorated over time.

July 4 became a regular event, since it could accommodate band concerts, picnics and fireworks to entertain the crowds.

[4] Chauncey A. Owen (1847 - 1930), a Pennsylvania entrepreneur and Civil War veteran, conducted a freighting business in Kansas before coming to Indian Territory and marrying Jane Wolfe, a Creek woman.

Using imported white labor, he planted peach trees, cultivated large areas of fertile land, owned herds of cattle and harvested walnut timber on the Verdigris.

He built a ranch home known throughout the region as the “Big House.” In 1882, the railroad was on the way from Vinita across the Verdigris to the Arkansas River.

Although the Hall brothers are considered to be the founders of modern Tulsa, Chauncey Owen was already in the boardinghouse business at the nearby riverbank.

Owen immediately moved his tent boardinghouse near the new terminal location, and soon after began to build the first hotel in Tulsa.

[6] In 1892, Owen leased 80 acres (320,000 m2) of his wife's Creek land to J. P. Goumaz, who built a home at Brady Street and Santa Fe Avenue.

Around 1895, the Goumaz family planted 7,000 peach trees, an apple orchard, strawberry fields, and established a large concord grape vineyard from the top of the hill east to Quanah Avenue.

Her heirs received an allotment of 160 acres (0.65 km2) from the Creek Nation, which encompassed the present Owen Park and neighborhood.

In March 1909, the city held its first Park Commission meeting and, by August 18, 1909, decided to purchase the land from Chauncey and Mary Owen for $13,500.

He contended that the brick company would “excavate large quantities of earth which will make a dangerous hole for the accumulation of water and the production of sickness...” and would be a “detriment to the health and comfort of the citizens.” He lost an appeal to the State Supreme Court, who held that the deed did not specify that the land would be used for park purposes only.

The major problem occurred when bathers, jumping from the twelve-foot tower, sometimes missed the diving hole.

Today, bathing and skating are prohibited, but fishing is a popular pastime and the lake is home to a thriving population of ducks and geese.