The site that would become the Mill Ends Park was originally scheduled for a light pole.
It was Fagan who started calling the space as the “World’s Smallest Park.”
The park was dedicated, two years later, on St. Patrick’s Day in 1948.
He told a story about how he looked out the window and spotted a leprechaun digging in the hole.
He ran down and grabbed the leprechaun, which meant that he had earned a wish.
Fagan even named the head leprechaun, Patrick O’Toole.
Fagan died of cancer in 1969, but the park lives on, cared for by others.
Occupy Mill Ends Park in Portland.Photo credit
Sources:PortlandOregon.gov/Wikipedia
