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Cowanshannock–Kittanning–Lenape Park: A line ran from Cowanshannock to Kittanning to Lenape Park, an amusement park built and operated by the company. This line was built to a 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) gauge, the only element of West Penn Railways not built to 5 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,588 mm ) gauge.
[7] [8] [9] The Lenape, a Native American people, are the earliest-known inhabitants of Moosic. The borough was incorporated on December 9, 1898. [10] Before incorporation, the villages of Moosic and Greenwood had been a part of Lackawanna Township. [10] From 1886 to 1987, Moosic was the site of Rocky Glen Park, an amusement park.
Though relations between the Lenni Lenape and the colonists were generally peaceful, Burlington Island witnessed one of the few murders of that era. In 1671, two Dutchmen were slaughtered by Tashiowycan and Wyannattamo. [1] The Lenape then promised to kill the braves responsible; the murder is the first recorded in New Jersey's history. [3]
Lenape is an unincorporated community in Pocopson Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. Lenape is centered on the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 52 and Pocopson Road, west of the Brandywine Creek. [2]
The park was home to one of the largest and longest roller coasters on the East Coast of the United States. The park also featured over 20 acres (81,000 m 2) of ponds, a theatre, and a merry-go-round. The amusement park was ultimately closed in 1924, due in large part to the rising and continued cost of reconstructing the park following the ...
Erie Beach Amusement Park, Fort Erie, Ontario (1904–1930) Fantasy Gardens, Richmond, British Columbia (1970s–2010) Hanlan's Point Amusement Park, Toronto, Ontario (1885–1936) Happyland Park (1906–1922) King Edward Amusement Park, Ile Grosbois Boucherville, Quebec (1909–1928) Magic Valley Theme Park, Alma, Nova Scotia (1971–2014)
Ringing Rocks County Park is a Bucks County park in Upper Black Eddy. [6] Originally, the land was acquired by the Penn family from the Lenape (Delaware Nation) through the infamous 1737 Walking Purchase. It is not clear who made the original land warrant for the area now covered by the Ringing Rocks County Park.
Shady Grove Park was a trolley park in Lemont Furnace, Pennsylvania. It operated as an amusement park and campground from 1905 to 2012. It operated as an amusement park and campground from 1905 to 2012.