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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Aunt Donna's Enchanting Local History Facts
The Enchanted Forest in Ellicott City , Maryland was the first Theme Park in Maryland and the East Coast, and the second oldest Theme Park in the USA, Disneyland being the oldest. It opened Monday, August 15, 1955. Admission was $1 for adults and 50¢ for children. It featured no mechanical rides or spectacular special effects, and in its heyday it hosted some 300,000 visitors annually. Opened in 1955, it delighted generations of families from far and wide throughout the next three decades. Sadly, the park closed in 1988, when the original owners sold the property. In 2005, a number of items were moved to Clark's Elioak Farm and restored
For those old enough to remember, these names should make sense: Mother Goose and her Gosling, the Black Duck, the six Mice that pulled Cinderella's Pumpkin Coach, Papa Bear, the giant mushrooms, the bell-shaped Flowers, two giant Lollipops, a number of Gingerbread Men, a large Candy Cane, the Little Red Schoolhouse, the Crooked House and the Crooked Man, the Easter Bunny's House, the Beanstalk with the Giant at the top, The Three Pigs, Goldilocks and the three Bears, etc. all can now be seen displayed throughout the farm. Read Online Preservation Article:
http://www.nationaltrust.org/magazine/archives/arch_story/010904.htm
For those old enough to remember, these names should make sense: Mother Goose and her Gosling, the Black Duck, the six Mice that pulled Cinderella's Pumpkin Coach, Papa Bear, the giant mushrooms, the bell-shaped Flowers, two giant Lollipops, a number of Gingerbread Men, a large Candy Cane, the Little Red Schoolhouse, the Crooked House and the Crooked Man, the Easter Bunny's House, the Beanstalk with the Giant at the top, The Three Pigs, Goldilocks and the three Bears, etc. all can now be seen displayed throughout the farm. Read Online Preservation Article:
http://www.nationaltrust.org/magazine/archives/arch_story/010904.htm
Monday, October 23, 2006
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