NAPHA Chronicle Magazine

Volume 42: 2020

Magazine Vol.42/No.1: 2020. 22x28cm – 36 Pages – Full colour Features: The Electric Playground (Includes Lake Winnepesaukah: Chattanooga, TN; Myrtle Beach Pavilion: Myrtle Beach, SC; Six Flags Over Texas: Arlington, TX; Riverside Park: Agawam, MA; Kennywood Park: West Mifflin, PA; Roseland Parl: Canandaigua, NY; Whalom Park: Lunenburg, MA) / Rocky Glen Park (Park history, 10 pages, 26 images) / A Look Back to 1920 (Includes Seabreeze Park: Rochester, NY; Kennywood Park: West Mifflin, PA; Lakeside Park: Salem, Virginia; Dorney Park: Allentown, PA; Venice Pier, CA; Ross Park Zoo: Bingham, NY) / Closed for the Season: Closed for Good (Includes Southern Adventures: Huntsville, AL; Clementon Park: Clementon, NJ; Fantasy Island: Grand Island, NY; Upper Clements: Nova Scotia, Canada; Elise's Family Fun Center: Winnie, TX; Scandia: Ontario, CA) / Another Change in Direction for Cincy's Coney (Park history, 8 pages, 30).

Magazine Vol.42/No.2: 2020. 22x28cm – 36 Pages – Full colour Features: Coasters Lost & Long Forgotten (Hillside PArk: Belleville, NJ; Frontier Village: San Jose, CA; Coney Island; Cincinnati, OH; Hersheypark, Hershey, PA; Brighton Beach, Luna Park: Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY; Hanlan's Point: Toronto, CA) / A Brief Sojourn On South Florida's High Seas (History of Pirate's World: Dania Beach, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 6 pages, 14 images) / A Look Back to 1945 (AllanHerschell, Company, Inc.: North Onawanda, NY; Beverly Park, Las Angelas, CA; Palisades Park: Cliffside PArk, NY; Steel Pier: Atlantic City, NJ; Fairview Park: Salem, Twp, PA; Wonder Wheel Park: Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY) / People of the Parks: Keith Hood (Details Keith's career working at various amusement parks, 6 pages, 18 images) / Haunting Memories of Dark Summer's Past (Palisades Park: Palisades, NJ; Fort George, NY; Miracle Strip: Panema City, FL; Trier's Park: For Wayne, IN; LaRonde: Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Pleasure Park: Rye Beach, NY ) / Mountain Park: Holyoke, MA (History of Mountain Park, 13 pages, 40 images) / Window to the Past International Amusement Park World (Dominion Park: Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Pleasure Beach: Great Yarmouth, UK; Irisn International Exhibition: Dublin, Ireland; La Feria Chapultepec, Mexico)

Magazine Vol.42/No.3: 2020. 22x28cm – 40 Pages – Full colour Chapter Points: Roller Coasters Lost & Long Forgotten (Coasters involving amusement parks Ocean View Park: Norfolk, VA; Revere Beach: Revere, MA; Junction Park: New Brighton, PA; Hanson's Amusement Park: Harvey's Lake, PA; Long Branch, NJ; Queen's Park: Long Beach, CA) / Lakemont Park: Story of Adaptation and Rebirth (includes a detailed history of Lakemont on 32 pages and 145 images) / A Look Back To 1970 (Includes events Riverside Park: Indianapolis, IA; Dodge Park Playland: Council Bluffs, IA; Hunt's Pier: Wildwood, NJ; Six Flags Over Georgia: Austell, GA, Lion Country Safari: Irvina, CA & Sockbridge GA; Land Of Oz: Beech Mountain, NC).

Magazine Vol.42/No.4: 2020. 22x28cm – 36 Pages – Full colour Features: Coasters Lost & Long Forgotten (Includes; The Pike: Long Beach, CA; Lincoln Park: North Dartmouth, MA; Petticoat Junction: Panema City, FL; Six Flags new England: Agawam, MA; Libertyland: Memphis, TN; Six Flags AstroWorld: Houston, TX) / My Bell's Story (NAPHA Member Greg Nuse tells his story of working at Bell's: Tulsa, OK. 8 pages, 18 images) / Bell's Amusement Park: A Timeline (2 pages, 12 images) / A Look Back to 1995 ( Disneyland Paris, Coupvray France; Busch Gardens: Williamsburg, VA; Conneaut Lake Park, Conneaut Lake, PA; Disneyland: Anaheim, CA; Geauga Lake Park: Aurora, OH; Elitch Gardens: Denver, CO) / The Strange Saga of Phillip S. Fry (Includes Phillip S. Fry's ownership of Paradise Lake: Guernsey County, OH; Eastland Fun Park: Columbus, OH; Prairie Dell Lake: Prairie Dell, TX. 12 pages, 34 images) / A Caterpillar's Long Journey to Samoa's First Amusement Park (Tupai Bruno Loyale built Samoa Fiagia Park; Tafaigata, Apia, Samoa with mention of Enchanted Forest: Porter IN; Greenwell's Family Fun Park: Fort Meyers, FL; Old Town: Kissimmee, FL; Miracle Strop Amusement Park: Panema City Beach, FL; Miracle Strip Pier Park: Panema City Beach, FL; Swampy Jack's Wongo Adventure: Panema City Beach, FL; Vollmar's Park: Bowling Green, OH; Santa Monica Pier: Santa Monica, CA. 6 pages, 16 images)

Volume 43: 2021

Magazine Vol.43/No.1: 2021. 22x28cm – 36 Pages – Full colour Features: A Look Back to 1921 (Includes Lagoon: Farmington, UT; Chippewa Park: Thunder Bay, Ontario; Alamo Park: Cedar Rapids, IA; Rendezvous Park: Atlantic City, NJ; Seabreeze: Rochester, NY; Exposition Park: Aurora, IL) / Amusement Park Steam Trains: A New Life in Retirement (Includes Knott's Berry Farm: Buena Park, CA; Disneyland: Anaheim, CA; Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL; Cedar Pont: Sandusky, OH; Dollywood/Rebel Railroad/Silver Dollar City; Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge, TN; Six Flags Over Texas: Arlington, TX; Silverwood: Athol, ID; 26 pages, 73 images) / The Electric Playground (Inclues EPCOT Center: Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL; Rocky Point: Warwick, RI; Adventureland Park: Altoona IA; Arnolds Park: Arnolds Park, IA; Crystal Beach Park: Crystal Beach, Ontario; Crescent Park: Riverside,RI) / Coasters Lost & Long Forgotten (Includes DandiLion Park: Muskego, WI; Nantasket Point Midway: Hull, MA; Willow Mill Park: Mechanicsburg, PA; Dodge Park Playland: Council Bluffs, IA; Knott's Berry Farm: Buena Park, CA; Lake Lansing Park: Haslett, MI)

Magazine Vol.43/No.2: 2021. 22x28cm – 36 Pages – Full colour Features: A Look Back to 1946 (Includes Lincoln Park, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, National Amusement Device Company; White City, Savin Rock, West Haven, Connecticut; Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, Iowa; Santa Claus Land/Holiday World, Santa Claus, Indiana; Conneaut Lake Park, Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania; Clacton Pier, Clacton-on-the-Sea, England) / Orange Lake Park / Wonderland: 1906-1910 / Other Wonderlands / Haunting Memories of Dark Summer’s Past (Includes: Conneaut Lake Park, Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania; Myrtle Beach Pavilion, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Roseland Park, Canandaigua, New York; Minnesota State Fair, Falcon Heights, Minnesota; State Fair, Texas, Dallas, Texas) / From the Archives (Includes: John A . Miller images: Roller Coasters, Mill Chutes, Splash Chutes, Dome Trusses, Chutes Boats) / Closed for the Season, Closed for Good; Covid Casualties (Includes: Lollipop Park, Centennial, Colorado; Paradise Park, Lee’s Summit, Missouri; / Window to the Past International Amusement Park World (Includes: Ocean Beach, Marine Lake, Rhyl, Wales; Storybook Gardens, London, Ontario; Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark; Pleasure Beach, Great Yarmouth, England)

Magazine Vol.43/No.3: 2020. 22x28cm – 36 Pages – Full colour Features: 4 A Look Back to 1971 (Palisades Park, Fort Lee, New Jersey; Enchanted Forest, Turner, Oregon; Six Flags St. Louis, Eureka, Missouri; Silver Beach Park, St. Joseph, Michigan; Hershey Park, Hershey, Pennsylvania; Coney Island, Cincinnati, Ohio; Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida)/ 6 Kiddie City and Santa Fe Kiddie Land: Merry Metropolises for Denver’s Youngsters / 18 The Electric Playground (Family Kingdom: Myrtle Beach, SC; Fun Fair Luna Park: Scarborough, UK; LeSourdsville Lake: Monroe, OH; Long Beach Resort: Panama City Beach, FL; Luna Park: Sydney, Australia; Pontchartrain Beach: New Orleans, LA) / French Fried Summer of Amazement (Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio) / Tumble Tumble Tumble...Bug (Conneaut Lake Park, Conneaut Lake, PA; Playland, Rye, NY; Euclid Beach Park: Euclid (Cleveland), OH; Rocky Point Park: Warwick, RI; Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Blackpool, England; Geauga Lake Park: Aurora, OH) / A Blue and Gold 150th (Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio)

Magazine Vol.43/No.4: 2020. 22x28cm – 36 Pages – Full colour Features: A Look Back to 1996 ()/ From Shady Lake to Old Indiana and Beyond…a Never Ending Story; Euclid Beach Park, Cleveland, OH; Shady Lake Park, Streetsboro, OH; Old Indiana, Thorntown, IN / Haunting Memories of Dark Summer's Past / A historical advertisement for the Ridee-O by Spillman Engineering / Roller Coasters Lost & Long Forgotten

Volume 44: 2022

Magazine Vol.44/No.1: 2022. 22x28cm – 36 Pages – Full colour Features: A Look Back to 1922 (Includes: Gordon Gardens, Cleveland, OH; Waldameer Park, Erie, PA; LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park, Monroe, OH.; Forest Park, Chicago, IL; River View Beach, Pennsville, NJ; Idora Park, Youngstown, OH)) / NAPHA ParkHop21 RECAP (Event recap includes photos of the following parks from the 2021 trip: Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY; Luna Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY; Coney Island USA, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY; Flushing Meadows Carousel, Fantasy Forest Amusement Park (Flushing Meadows-Corona Park), Corona, NY; Forest Park Carousel, Forest Park Carousel Amusement Village, Forest Park, NY; SeaGlass Carousel, Battery Park, Manhattan, NY; Pier 62 Carousel Hudson River Park, New York City, NY; New England, Carousel Museum, Bristol, CT; Lake Compounce, Bristol, CT; Quassy, Middlebury, CT; Playland, Rye, NY) / Chasin' Lightnin' Loops (A look at the Launched Loop roller coaster by Arrow Dynamics, later Huss Arrow Inc.)

Magazine Vol.44/No.2: 2022. 22x28cm – 36 Pages – Full colour Features: A Look Back to 1947 (Includes: Paramount Pictures: ABUSEMENT PARK film; Prater Amusement Park, Vienna, Austria; Lake Winnepesaukah, Roseville, GA,; DelGrosso’s Park and Laguna Splash, Tipton, PA; Bay Shore Park, Sparrows Point, MD )) / Columbian Park: Amusement Park Within a City Park (A complete history of the park) / Fantastic Flumes (Includes: Kennywood, West Mifflin, PA; Crystal Beach in Ontario, Canada; Kings Island, Kings Mills, OH; Libertyland Amusement Park, Memphis, TN; Six Flags St. Louis, Eureka, MO; Opryland USA, Nashville, TN) / Contributing Author Feature: Jay Ducharme: Nine Decades of Happiness (A History of the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round in Holyoke, MA, formerly from Mountain Park / Busch Gardens Tampa: Then & Now (Before and after photos of the park).

Magazine Vol.44/No.3: 2022. 22x28cm – 36 Pages – Full colour Features: A Look Back to 1972 (Includes: Fire in the Hole at Silver Dollar City, Branson, MO; Grand Ole Carousel, Six Flags St. Louis, Eureka, MO; Country Bear Jamboree at Disneyland, Anaheim, CA; Fantasy Farm, Middletown, OH; Allan Herschell Carousel, Silverwood Theme Park, Athol, ID; Allotria at Williams Grove, Mechanicsburg, PA; Riverview Carousel opened at Six Flags Over Georgia, Austell, GA., Philadelphia Toboggan Company carousel (#17), Riverview Park, Chicago, IL) / A Grand Strang Amusement Park Becomes a Family Kingdom; Myrtle Beach, SC / 50 Years of Kings Island; Kings Mills, OH

Magazine Vol.44/No.4: 2022. 22x28cm – 36 Pages – Full colour Features: A Look Back to 1997 (Includes: Fun Spot America, Orlando, FL; Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park, Wisconsin Dells, W; Arnolds Park, Arnolds Park, IA; Lake Compounce, Bristol, CT; Worlds of Fun, Kansas City, MO,; Kentucky Kingdom, Louisville, KY) / NAPHA ParkHop22 RECAP (Event recap includes photos of the following parks from the 2022 trip: Indiana Beach Boardwalk Resort, Monticello, IN; Santa's Village Amusement Park, Dundee, IL; Bay Beach, Green Bay, WI; and Little Amerricka, Marshall, WI) / Closed for the Season: Closed for Good (Includes recently closed amusement parks: Donley’s Wild West Town, Union, IL; Boomers Long Island, Medford, NY; Victorian Gardens, New York, NY; Andy Alligators Fun & Water Park, Norman, OK)