ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The reopening of the roller skating rink at Bushkill Park in Fork Township — and hope for more of the 12-acre amusement park to re-emerge — might have people thinking about the ...
The amusement park as we know it today, with concessions and mechanical rides, dates back to the mid-1800s. In Alabama, the earliest park was likely Birmingham’s East Lake Park, which opened in 1886.