Welcome To Oregon: A Oregon History & Lore Podcast

Episode 31: For Your Amusement


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Lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford takes you on a roller coaster ride through the history of Oregon's amusement parks! Summer festivities are here and the heat is in full swing, and what better way to enjoy fun in the sun than an amusement park? Learning it's history perhaps?


Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_fair

https://www.funcrewusa.com/resources/carnival-vs-fair-vs-festival/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure_garden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusement_park

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138306757/john-francis-cordray

https://www.newspapers.com/image/80186992/?clipping_id=101482315&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjgwMTg2OTkyLCJpYXQiOjE3MTk5ODI5MjgsImV4cCI6MTcyMDA2OTMyOH0.Oi-6Z1rC_JM6ThhMW8UzuvKoNHBQHk-bfxaBpWWV4yA

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40308075/robert-edward-bollinger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaks_Amusement_Park

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/pixieland/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jantzen_Beach_Amusement_Park

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/jantzen/

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/enchanted-forest/

https://www.statesmanjournal.com/obituaries/pore0607434

https://www.oakspark.com/about-us#:~:text=Oaks%20Park%20has%20been%20%22where,area's%20emerging%20interurban%20transportation%20system.

https://www.pdxmonthly.com/travel-and-outdoors/2023/04/pixieland-oregon-amusement-park-history-lincoln-city


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