Claim: Sells Park was given by the Sells family to the United States in 1939 which ceded it to Athens, Ohio five decades later.
Evidence: Sells Park, also known as Sells' City Park or Sells' Park, is a public park in Athens, Ohio, near Ohio University. Sells Park was formerly owned by the Sells family until it was given to the United States in 1939, and turned into a federal reserve. It was later ceded by the United States to Athens, Ohio, in 1979.