Charles I.D. Looff, one of the finest carousel builders of his age, helped to insure the popularity of the carousel through his carving creativity and his emphasis on providing the latest in carousel entertainment on each of his merry-go-rounds. More than that, Looff convinced various parks including Rocky Point to include attractions he believed would [...]
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After maintaining and improving the Rocky Point property for over fifteen years, William Winslow, the park’s founder, decided to sell the park to Byron Sprague, a local entrepreneur intent upon turning the Point into an upper class shore resort. Shore resorts had become increasingly popular among middle class citizens looking to emulate the vacation styles [...]
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“We are about to visit together another world, or at least a new country, full of mysteries and unknown delights, if you have never been there; if you have, it may give pleasure of ‘twice-told tale’ to hear again of a country which has a king, and a hundred thousand willing subjects who are clamorous [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Rocky Point on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
After over a hundred years of uncertainty regarding Rocky Point’s fate, legislators have finally secured a piece of land for the public indefinitely. Although owned by private interests since the park’s inception, the camp meetings, shore resort vacations, and days at the amusement park opened this bayside resort to anyone willing to pay the admission [...]
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