Lost Amusement Parks Of Kentuckiana

Author : Carrie Cooke Ketterman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439666463

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Lost Amusement Parks of Kentuckiana by Carrie Cooke Ketterman Pdf

Once upon a time, the banks of the Ohio River provided an ideal location where amusement parks thrived - the area simply known as "Kentuckiana!" Picnic grounds flourished and steamboat travel was abundant at the coast the Ohio River known as "Kentuckiana." Popular amusement parks such as Glenwood Park, Rose Island, White City, Fontaine Ferry, and Kiddieland welcomed visitors as early as 1902, and the more successful parks continued to operate well into the 1960s. Visitors to these parks enjoyed steamboat excursions, live music, rides, games, picnics, sporting events, and more. These parks were not only for amusement seekers but also for keen businessmen like David Rose, who purchased Fern Grove in 1923 and renamed the park Rose Island. Transportation businesses thrived, with steamboats like the Idlewild (now the Belle of Louisville) providing regular transportation to the parks along the Ohio River. In addition to an increase in river traffic, companies like the New Albany Traction Company purchased the area that would become Glenwood Park from the well-known Beharrel family, of New Albany, Indiana, and provided rail transportation to their park.

Author : Wesley Gottlock,Barbara H. Gottlock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Amusement parks
ISBN : 1450773524

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Lost Amusement Parks of the Hudson Valley by Wesley Gottlock,Barbara H. Gottlock Pdf

Author : Rachel E. Smith
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781439669631

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Western Pennsylvania's Lost Amusement Parks by Rachel E. Smith Pdf

At one time, Western Pennsylvania was home to dozens of small amusement parks, many of them trolley parks. These parks, originally designed to bolster streetcar business, were a way for workers to seek respite from the crowded, dirty cities. While some of these parks never developed into much more than a dance hall and a merry-go-round, others became full-scale amusement parks with rides, entertainment, and other amusements. After years of battling floods, changing economies, the decline of streetcars, and competition from other amusement parks, many of these amusement parks ended up closing their gates for good, the thrills they once provided now relegated to memories. With many of these parks all but lost to time, it is time to take a look back and remember some of the most prominent lost amusement parks of Western Pennsylvania.

Author : Joseph McCauley
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781439677872

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Detroit's Lost Amusement Parks by Joseph McCauley Pdf

Arthur Gaulker, a successful real estate scion, gathered investors to create Electric Amusement Park in 1906. Gaulker's park was located near the Belle Isle Bridge just a few miles from downtown Detroit. Morris Wolff opened his Wolff's Park in 1906 directly across the street from Electric Park. Both parks spent lavishly and went bankrupt within a few years; however, other parks replaced them. By 1927, city officials had grown tired of the noise and widespread gambling, so they closed down the parks. Eastwood Park, Jefferson Beach Amusement Park, Edgewater Park, Walled Lake Park, and Bob Lo Park filled the void for years. Big bands got the parks through the Depression, multiple wars, and an onslaught of televised entertainment. However, costly fires, local opposition, and corporate competition became too much for the local parks, most of which were family-owned. Bob Lo Park, which closed in 1993, was the last to go out of business.

Author : Wesley Gottlock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 153729847X

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Lost Amusement Parks of the Hudson Valley by Wesley Gottlock Pdf

For hundreds of years throughout the world amusement parks have appealed to "the kid in all of us." Starting in the 1870's, a bourgeoning population along the Hudson River Valley and in New York City created a need for recreational outlets. With the valley's natural beauty, its access to waterfront cities, and its proximity to the nation's largest metropolis, entrepreneurs were quick to respond.The mass appeal of large parks such as Coney Island and Palisades Amusement Park has been documented thoroughly. The authors highlight some of the lesser known amusement parks, now largely forgotten, that entertained millions into the 20th century.

Author : Dinah Williams
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781684028573

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Abandoned Amusement Parks by Dinah Williams Pdf

There is something both sad and creepy about an abandoned amusement park. Perhaps it’s because a place that was once packed with fun seekers has become slowly choked with weeds. Or maybe it’s because the sound of kids’ excited laughter has been replaced with the quiet creaking of rusted rides. When the only visitors are the spirits of those who died there long ago, an amusement park can be a scary place to visit. Among the 11 amusement parks in this book, children will discover a roller coaster left to rot after nearly killing its passengers, a theme park that is now home to alligators and snakes, and the ghost of a man who is still trying to take a ride on a Ferris wheel that stopped working years ago. The haunting photographs and chilling nonfiction text will keep children turning the pages to discover more spooky stories.

Author : Barbara Gottlock,Wesley Gottlock
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781625845566

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Lost Amusement Parks of New York City by Barbara Gottlock,Wesley Gottlock Pdf

A historical tour of fun and frolic in the five boroughs—including photos from the good old days. Coney Island is an iconic symbol of turn-of-the-century New York—but many other amusement parks have thrilled the residents of the five boroughs. Strategically placed at the end of trolley lines, railways, public beaches, and waterways, these playgrounds for the rich and poor alike first appeared in 1767. From humble beginnings, they developed into huge sites like Fort George, Manhattan’s massive amusement complex. Each park was influenced by the culture and eclectic tastes of its owners and patrons—from the wooden coasters at Staten Island’s Midland Beach to beer gardens on Queens’ North Beach and fireworks blasting from the Bronx’s Starlight Park. As real estate became more valuable, these parks disappeared. With this historical tour, you can rediscover the thrills of the past from the lost amusement parks of New York City.

Author : Rick Geffken,George Severini
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439659847

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Lost Amusement Parks of the North Jersey Shore by Rick Geffken,George Severini Pdf

The Jersey Shore has always attracted people seeking relief from summer heat and humidity. Long before Europeans came here, the native Lenape clammed, fished, and played games on the beach and in the surf. These original people could scarcely have imagined that, by the end of the 19th century, the 120-mile-long coastline of New Jersey would be dotted with amusement parks featuring gentle kiddie car rides, terrifying roller coasters, merry-go-rounds, and fast-food emporiums. James Bradley in Asbury Park and William Sandlass Jr. in Highland Beach created mass entertainment for hundreds of thousands of people. Their seaside recreation centers, along with those in Long Branch, Bradley Beach, Pleasure Bay, and others, endured for years but are just fond and fading memories today.

Author : Wesley Gottlock,Barbara H. Gottlock
Publisher : Lost
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 1626191034

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Lost Amusement Parks of New York City by Wesley Gottlock,Barbara H. Gottlock Pdf

"The book emphasizes the rise and fall of amusement parks in New York City from the turn of the 20th century through the 1960s, which had unique histories and fond memories of their own and the fearless entrepreneurs who created them. Many of the special attractions in these parks appealed to the city's burgeoning population during this period"--

Author : Bill Kooker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1388738791

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Riverview Park: the Lost Summers by Bill Kooker Pdf

This 2nd Edition book is about the nostalgic memories of the amusement park on the north side of Des Moines that reside with generations of Iowans. Crossing the rickety, wooden bridge to get to the island, the scent of coal cinders from the train, the old-fashioned wooden roller coaster, the antique carousel, the Riviera Ballroom where the big bands played are all things that made a legend of the sedate, old-fashioned nature of Riverview Park.

Author : John Sublett
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1502911612

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Lost Amusement Parks by John Sublett Pdf

Establishment of railroad service to Staten Island's South Beach and Midland Beach areas in 1882 set off a wave of development. Hotels, dance halls, concessions, carousels, roller coasters, beer gardens, shooting galleries, bathing pavilions, theaters and Ferris wheels sprung up at both places. By 1890, ferries, trains and trolleys were filled to capacity with vacationers and day-trippers trying to reach Staten Island beaches. In the 1920's, Staten Island beaches saw as many as 40,000 people each day during the summer months. A boardwalk was built in 1892 followed in 1906 by an amusement area called "Happyland". Taking full advantage of the summer closings of most Broadway theaters, Happyland's amusements, stage productions, and vaudeville shows attracted thirty-thousand visitors on opening day. It was a large park and lasted until 1927. This book also include the amusements that were on Sand Lane, South Beach, which included, The South Beach Amusement Park, Beachland Arcade and The Fun House. Included are over 140 historical photographs of all the amusement parks.

Author : Robert Schrage & David E. Schroeder
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625859822

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Lost Northern Kentucky by Robert Schrage & David E. Schroeder Pdf

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Author : Terry Chambers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 099902955X

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Rose Island by Terry Chambers Pdf

"Rose Island, An Almost Accurate Account of Days Gone By" provides you with an exhilarating and nonstop roller coaster ride of a read that includes mysteries of ancient treasures, lost loves, and ghostly apparitions. This is the story of Claire Christiansen, a spoiled debutante from Louisville, and her friend Lutticia Smailes, a young gal from the hollers of Hazard, whose destinies fatefully cross during the summer before everything they hold dear is destroyed by the great Ohio River flood of 1937. Together they forge an eternal bond that will last beyond the grave. The mysteries of the now deserted amusement park, ROSE ISLAND, hurls the reader at warp speed through countless plot twists and turns, in both current time and days gone by. This includes a retelling of local legends surrounding Louisville, Utica, the Falls of the Ohio, and the tribes of the moon-eyed White Indians. This tale, although a work of fiction, is mightily based on places and people in and around Kentuckiana!

Author : Deanna O'Daniel
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781452041797

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"Kiss Your Elbow" — A Kentucky Memoir by Deanna O'Daniel Pdf

You’ll want to spend every minute of your time with the O’Daniel Family, experiencing their simple adventures in a way that only this oldest daughter can weave them. Written with a sense of hope and an amazing capture of mid-twentieth century detail, you will enjoy the opportunity to: Revisit big department stores again, when Louisville’s only place to shop was downtown Spend a delightful day at Fontaine Ferry, Louisville’s famous amusement park Be part of the quarrels, love and joy – feeling the bonds of this close knit era, when dependence on family members and neighbors was essential. Experience farm life in the suburbs. Deanna’s classmates jumped rope in subdivisions while the O’Daniels slopped hogs, killed chickens, and hoped they went to school without smelling like the animals they tended. Only a few can tell their story coherently like Deanna does with this touching memoir. First born in a large rural family, she relates her passage through childhood with charming and accurate descriptions of life in Kentuckiana. A chronicle of many customs and places that are fast slipping away from our collective memories, such as her description of the country store in Nelson County, Kentucky. A book you will tell others, “I’m so fond of this one.” John Allen Boyd, Emerson Avery, That Latin Teacher Deanna’s story is of dedicated parents and (eventually) 11 children. They migrated near Louisville, Kentucky when Deanna was five. Her stories about those formative years paint a portrait in glowing colors, depicting struggles and love that molds and endures. You will love Deanna and her story. Terry Cummins, Feed My Sheep O’Daniel, a gifted writer who tightly weaves her life’s journey through stories that makes growing up on a farm sound like sunshine. She shares the daily toil, angst and rivalry associated with a large family in a humorous, but realistic way – tugging at your heart for a piece of those bygone days. Corrider Jones, A Backward Glance

Author : Gaye D. Holman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476669236

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Decades Behind Bars by Gaye D. Holman Pdf

More than two million people are incarcerated in America's prisons--one in nine is serving a life sentence. Mass long-term imprisonment devours state budgets, adversely affects community well-being and skews our collective moral compass. This study examines the human costs of keeping the convicted out of sight, out of mind. Beginning in 1994, the author began recording the personal stories of 50 incarcerated felons--17 of them were still in prison 20 years later. The men candidly discuss what it means to commit a serious crime and to be confined for perhaps the remainder of their lives. Their stories are balanced by conversations with correctional officers, prison administrators, chaplains and parole board members. The author identifies circumstances that ruin some prisoners and save others and presents insights for possible improvements in the criminal justice system.