Mt. Gretna Amusement Park?

Awhile ago, my dad had a book about the history of the local area of where I live, and it showed a picture of a roller coaster and other amusement rides. I can't find the book, but what I do remember is that the park closed down I believe in the 1930's or 20's. I also know that the area where the park once was stood in the open field close to the lake. I searched RCDB, MSN, and Google but couldn't come up with anything.

I was wondering if anyone has any information on the park and/or it's roller coaster. Any information is appreciated.

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"If we knew how safe roller coasters were, we'd lose their thrill" - Daniel Keller

Do not know much about the park but do seem to remember something about the park being reached via a 2 foot narrow gauge railroad. Pretty sure it was Mt Gretna
Just throwing that out for the other railfan coaster lovers.

Jim Wolgamuth

Yes, Mt. Gretna had it's own narrow gauge railroad that connected it to outside. In fact Baldwin Locomotive Works built a pair of handsome 4-4-0 Americans for the line, the first one in one working week! The resort was a popular location for National Guard encampments and Civil War Veterans reunions. During one of the Guard encampments a group of intoxicated weekend warriors managed to tip over a coach, in turn tipping over the adjoining coaches. There were fatalities, and the resorts fortunes began to decline after that.
*** This post was edited by Dutchman 7/22/2003 11:03:37 PM ***

SOME things never change... ;)

They probably didn't have security back then...not that typical amusement park security guards could stop a mob of drunken vets from doing whatever the heck they felt like doing...

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"SOME people have NO class!" - Mom from the Whizzer queue

Heres some stuff I just found on ebay with Mt. Gretna.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3618505934&category=13878

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2184467214&category=20232

I usually see one or two items for Mt. Gretna when I do my searches on ebay. I think the one ACE magazeine had an article about Mt. Gretna back in 2000.

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Signature will be closed today. Sorry for the inconveinance.

Thanks for all the information. I also recieved 2 e-mails with a lot of useful information. Apparently the park was called Kauffman's Park. Again, thanks for the info.