LOST AMUSEMENT PARKS

KANSAS & NEBRASKA - AMUSEMENT PARKS

• Burlington Beach – Lincoln, NB  - (1895 - 1905) [Lake dried up when dike leaked] (Nothing Known)
• Capitol Beach Park – Lincoln, NB – (1906 - 1960’s)  MAP
• Carnival Park – Kansas City, KS – MAP (1907 - 1909) [Closed due to financial problems]
• Carter Lake Pleasure Pier & Kiddieland - (1949 - 1959) [Park sold to man who wanted to open a marina]
• Clown Town - Hutchingson, KS - (1958 - 1979) (Nothing Known)
• Clyde White City – Dearing / Coffeyville), KS -  (1907 - ?)
• Courtland Beach – Omaha, NB  - ( 1892 – 1930s?)
• Crystal Lake (Dyer’s Mill) – Leroy, NB -  (1890’s-1938) MAP [Dance hall burned in 1937/38 and area population declined]
• Electric Park - Iola, KS - (1902 - 1918) (Nothing Known)
• Electric Park – Kansas City, KS – (1899 - 1906) [Park grounds too small so moved]
• Electric Park - Kansas City, KS - (1907 - 1925) [Park burned in a fire]
• Fern Lake Park - Fort Scott, KS - (1906 - ? ) (Nothing Known)
• Forest Park – Atchison, KS  -   (Nothing Known)
• Gage Park - Topeka, KS - (1899 - 1903?)
• Garfield Park – Topeka, KS –  ( ? - 1903)  MAP
• Glenwood Park – Wood River / Keanne), NB  - (1880’s – 1910) (Nothing Known)
• Hastings Amusement Park – Hastings, NB -  (1918- ??) (Nothing Known)
• Idle Hour Park - Chicopee / Pittsburg, KS - (1900 or 1910? - 1915? ) (Nothing Known)
• Iola Electric Park – Iola, KS – (1902 - 1919?) [Trolley service to park halted & industry in area declined]
• Joyland Park – Wichita, KS – (1949 - 2003) [Aging rides with high maintance - financial problems?] 
• King’s Park – Norfolk, NB  -  (1920's - early 1930s) (Nothing Known)
• Krug Park – Omaha, NB – (1902 - 1940)   [After terrible coaster accident in 1930, city banned roller coasters & attendance declined]
• Lake Manawa Park – Omaha, NB (on Iowa side of river)  - (1904 - ? ) (Nothing Known)
• Lakeside Farms Kiddie Park - Hutchinson, KS - (1968 - ? ) (Nothing Known)
• Lakeview Park – Omaha, NB - (1917? – 1931?)   MAP (Nothing Known)
• Loop Park - Omaha - (1906) [Destroyed by fire after being open only three weeks]
• Midway Park / Cotton Mill Lake) – Kearney, NB  (1920-1922) - (Park destroyed by a fire]
• Peony Park – Omaha, NB – (1919 - 1994) [Dwindling revenue and high operational costs closed park]
• Playland Park – Omaha, NB  - (1948 - 1970) (Nothing Known)
• Reunion Park - Baxter Springs, KS - (Nothing Known)
• Riverside Park - Beatrice, NB - (Nothing Known)
• Riverside Park – Hutchinson, KS – MAP (1901 - 1930s) [Depression and automobile ownership killed park]
• Riverside Park – Independence, KS  (1914 - Present)
• South Side Park - Independence, KS - (Nothing Known)
• Vinewood Amusement Park – Topeka, KS- (1903 -1930s) [Victim of the Dust Bowl drought during the Depression] 
• White City - Hutchinson, KS - (1908 - ? ) (Nothing Known)
• Wonderland Park – Wichita, KS – (1905 -1918)  MAP [Park closed after Blue laws banned Sunday shows in the park theater]
• Woodland Park – Lawrence, KS  - (1902 - 1920s)