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Kooken Field
Kooken Field
Professor J.A. Kooken and Dr. R.A. Kooken, Sr. were brothers. Professor Kooken was co-principal of Hamilton High School at the turn of the Twentieth Century with Professor J.J. McCollum. Dr. R.A. Kooken, Sr. was a doctor of high renown in the community. His son, Dr. R.A. Kooken II continued the tradition of service to Hamilton owning a medical clinic with Dr. C.C. Cleveland.
The land for the field was donated by Mrs. R.A. Kooken in 1929.
Kooken Field is the home of Hamilton Bulldogs Football and Track.
Sources:
Hamilton County Historical Commission. A History of Hamilton County Texas. Taylor Publishing Company, 1979.
"Kooken Field for Athletics." The Hamilton Herald-Record. October 25, 1929.
Weathers, Elreeta Crain. Kooken, Dr. Dr. R A., I., 1998, https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~gazetteer2000/genealogy/pioneer/1897/kooken_1.htm.
Weathers, Elreeta Crain. Kooken, J. A., Prof., 1998, https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~gazetteer2000/genealogy/pioneer/1897/kooken__j.htm.
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