The Reason for the Park was written by Mark Cuvillier, who generously granted permission for the song to be featured and downloaded from this website. Mark grew up in Kingman and attended school with children who lost their fathers in the BLEVE tragedy. His personal connection to the community gives this song a particularly meaningful place within the story and history being remembered. Mark is also an author currently working on two books. The first is a multigenerational family history exploring his Cajun ancestry. The second examines the regional impact of the 1927 Mississippi Flood in Louisiana, which forced many Cajun families to relocate to Southeast Texas, including Port Arthur and Orange.