Abandoned Amusement Parks In Oregon. It can be striking to see these former meccas for family fun and excitement once brightly colored and filled with happy crowds now desolate and in varying states of disrepair and decay. Thrill ville usa was an amusement park in turner oregon united states.
Oregon s only other amusement park oaks park in portland was closed all summer and closed again only a week after opening its skating rink in early november. The small lake shawnee amusement park had a history of violence and death before it became a destination for amusement. Abandoned amusement parks of nevada oregon washington and other trivia park name.
Built on the site of the clay family massacre in which native americans kidnapped and killed members of a settling family the amusement park opened in 1926 long before the age of mega parks.
The park closed in 1938 after a severe flood. After the death of two children on the park grounds it closed in 1966 leaving behind many of its wood and steel rides. Besides living in oregon and being a writer full time is to own a cart from an. It can be striking to see these former meccas for family fun and excitement once brightly colored and filled with happy crowds now desolate and in varying states of disrepair and decay.
