In the ninth installment of this educational series, Shelly & Noe Valladolid talk about how – as the 19th Century gave way to the 20th – amusement parks as we know them today began to pop up around the country 

Throughout this episode, listeners will learn about:

• How Lake Compouce sprang up from a failed explosives experiment

• How Disney’s Boardwalk Resort was originally supposed to feature a selection of classic theme park attractions

• How a young immigrant went from sleeping under an Atlantic City pier to owning it

• The precursor to Disney’s Ford Wonder Rotunda at the 1964 New York World’s Fair

• West Coast amusement parks in Venice and Long Beach, California 

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