Jacksonville's Historic Ballpark: Durkee Field

[Coolyfett]

Maybe someone should do a follow up on the situation. Stanton HS has been using that field since 2005. I'm in that area a lot so I see the players and coaches out there all the time.

[HisBuffPVB]

Elvis Pressley's first performance in Jacksonville was at that park, in the summer of 1955, as one act in a country music show. Has nothing to do with sports but thought it was an interesting piece of information.

[KenFSU]

Elvis Pressley's first performance in Jacksonville was at that park, in the summer of 1955, as one act in a country music show. Has nothing to do with sports but thought it was an interesting piece of information.

May of 1955 - Hank Snow's All-Star Jamboree, featuring Faron Young, the Wilburn Brothers, Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters, Anita and Becky; Jimmy Rodgers Snow, Onie Wheeler, Slim Whitman, Martha Carson and the Country Gentlemen, and Elvis Presley, with Bill and Scotty.

Tickets were $1.25 at the gate, or $1 in advance at the Dixie Music Shop or any McDuff Hardware store.