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Bergfeld Park was established in 1913 when Tyler businessman Rudolph Bergfeld donated land for the site. He stipulated that the land was to be used exclusively as a public park‚ and today the 8.32-acre park still has playground equipment‚ tennis courts and picnic areas.
Meanwhile‚ in 1936‚ Sears‚ Roebuck & Co. President R.E. Woods donated funds for a Tyler amphitheater. Woods made the gesture because the Sears store in Tyler was the only store in the company’s entire national chain to show a profit during several of the early Depression years.
The amphitheater still exists today‚ in Bergfeld Park‚ and is officially named Woods Amphitheater.
