Babe Ruth Field was a

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Ventura, California Ventura, officially named San Buenaventura (Spanish for "Saint Bonaventure"), is a city in and the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States. It is a coastal city located northwest of Los Angeles. The population was 110,763 at the ...

, United States, named after the famous

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player George Herman ("Babe") Ruth, (1895–1948), of

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, that was used as a

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park from 1948 to 1955. Tenant franchises (all of the old

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) included the Ventura Yankees, (1947–1949), the

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, (1950–1952), and the Channel Cities Oilers, (1954–1955). The site of the old stadium is now the Seaside Park (commonly called the Ventura County Fairgrounds) adjacent parking lot, now directly in front of the Ventura train platform/station, served by Amtrak's (National Rail Passenger Corp.), West Coastal trains, the ''

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'', from

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to San Luis Obispo, and the non-stop express ''

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''. This broad flat area adjacent to the

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beach took the name of Seaside Park after Eugene P. (E. P.) and Orpha Foster donated the land to the public. They envisioned a beautiful waterfront gateway to the town of Ventura, where families could walk, picnic, and enjoy family outings.Mildred Ranger Schofield
A BRIEF HISTORY OF EUGENE P. FOSTER appended to HISTORY OF THE VENTURA COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT

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