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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.
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]
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]
Saucon Creek – from Lenape word Sacunk, 'the mouth of a stream' [29] (This Lenape placename does not occur within the bounds of Lenapehoking, as defined by the map accompanying this article.) Shackamaxon – which means 'place of the council' and is on the site of Penn Treaty Park in Philadelphia .
The Dauphin County-based amusement park opened Memorial Day in 1906. Hersheypark includes more than a dozen coasters that range from historic wooden tracks to spinning, glow-in-the-dark rides.
A majority of the buildings were built before 1845. The district features an assortment of 18th-century and 19th-century farmhouses and related outbuildings located on a 500-acre Indian land grant by William Penn to the Okehocking band of Lenape, established in 1703.
Six Flags Great Adventure is an amusement park located approximately 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Trenton in Jackson Township, New Jersey.Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park complex is situated between New York City and Philadelphia and includes a water park named Hurricane Harbor.
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 ...