Dickason Park / Toppe Field
Major Dickason / Erhardt Toppe
Major Dickason
Major Elbert Dickason founded Wyocena in 1843. He platted and named the village in 1846. He was instrumental in Wyocena being temporarily named the county seat. He died in 1848 and is buried in the Wyocena Cemetery.
Erhardt Toppe
Erhardt Toppe was solely responsible for recruiting and managing a baseball team that won the 40 team Home Talent League championship in 1953 and 1954. Toppe gave many youthful ballplayers their first baseball experience.
Marker is at the intersection of East Monroe Street (County Highway G) and South Jackson Street on East Monroe Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
