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Historic Shade River Rainbow Arch Bridge, Chester, Ohio. At some point in the early to mid 1800s, a covered bridge was built across the Shade River on the west side of Chester, Ohio.
- Coney Island
- Kings Island
- Chester Park
- Ludlow Lagoon
- Lesourdsville Lake
Cincinnati’s first fun park evolved from Parker’s Grove, a picturesque apple orchard along the Ohio River where steamboats would park for a picnic. James Parker purchased the farm land in 1867 and soon added a carousel and shelters. In 1886, it was heralded as “the new Coney Island of the west,” and that’s what people called it. Coney Island added ...
Looking for a way to market their Hanna-Barbera characters, Cincinnati-based Taft Broadcasting Co. bought Coney Island in 1969, but closed it in favor of building a new $20 million park in Warren County. Kings Island, named for the town Kings Mills and Coney Island, opened on April 29, 1972. The Eiffel Tower, the dual-tracked Racer and the Enchante...
Chester Park, located on Spring Grove Avenue in Winton Place, began as a horseracing track in 1875, named for owner George N. Stone’s favorite horse, Lady Chester. The Cincinnati Street Railway Co. bought the track in 1896 with the idea of an amusement park as a draw to get people riding their electric streetcars. The track was turned into a lake c...
Ludlow Lagoon was a short-lived amusement park in Ludlow, Kentucky, created by J.J. Weaver in 1894. As its name suggests, there was a lake with bathing beaches, plus the Scenic Railway, one of the earliest roller coasters that ran over the water, and an elevated automobile track called Autoing Above the Treetops. Quite popular in its day, it could ...
Described by The Enquirer as a “blue-collar Coney,” LeSourdsville Lake in Monroe, Ohio, had similar origins as a picnic and swimming spot opened by Edgar Streifthau in 1922. In its peak in the 1940s, the park added the Sunset Gardens Ballroom and the Screechin’ Eagle wooden roller coaster. Competition from nearby Kings Island proved to be too much....
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The courthouse in Chester still stands today as not only the oldest courthouse in the State of Ohio, but also the oldest in what was the Northwest Territory. In 1848, the first case was heard in the new courthouse, located in Pomeroy.
It was named in honor of Captain Stone’s famous horse, Lady Chester. Chester Park was the “King’s Island” of its time and had horse racing, boxing, baseball games, rides, and other activities.
The following is a list of famous people born in the U.S. state of Ohio, and people who spent significant periods of their lives living in Ohio.
His famous "Me and My Shadow" routine came about when one of Ted's performers vaudevillian Eddie Chester was watching Ted perform the song from the wings. Chester followed Ted onto the stage and mimicked his movements and Ted kept the routine in his act for the rest of his career.
Chester is an unincorporated community in central Chester Township, Meigs County, Ohio, United States. [1] . It lies along the Shade River at the intersection of State Routes 7 and 248. [2] . It has a post office with the ZIP code 45720. [3] History. Chester was platted in about 1822 as the original seat of Meigs County. [4] .
