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The red colored
buildings in the middle of the trees comprises Logger's Run (formerly
Tombstone Territory). The small body of water immediately on the
right is a portion of the park's lake. The horizontal body of river
running along the bottom of the picture is the Great Miami River.
The houses located in the upper right corner are located on Lakeview
Drive, Anne Road, Ridge Court and Dazey Drive. These homes were
built by LeSourdsville Lake founder Edgar Streifthau beginning in
the late 1930s. Anne Drive and Lindy Drive (not pictured) were named
after Edgar's children. Dazey Drive was named after the Don Dazey
family. [Photo credit: ©2000 by Robert Curtis]
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Most of us
view the park from the opposite direction from State Route 4 (located
along the top of the picture. The blue structure in the middle of
the picture is the Serpent roller coaster. The large white building
just left of the Serpent is the former home of the Indy 500 racer
ride. Immediately to the top of the white building is the gift shop
and former restaurant and represents the last "original"
park building that was built in 1926. The Screechin' Eagle roller
coaster is located in the lower right corner. The outline of the
Ferris Wheel is visible in the middle of the picture. [Photo
credit: ©2000 by Robert Curtis] |
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| This view looking
north shows the grounds of Fantasy Farm in the upper left corner.
[Photo credit: ©2000 by Robert Curtis]
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This view provides
a close-up of the midway. The structures that look like they have
red sides on them are actually picnic shelters. The red appearance
is caused by the large number of red stained picnic tables stored
in the shelters during the winter months. The steeple style building
is the park's food court built in 1990 after the devastating fire
that destroyed the Stardust Gardens ballroom and a food and games
complex. [Photo credit: ©2000 by Robert Curtis] |
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| This view of
the main entrance area gives you an idea how large the old Stardust
Gardens area was. The structure began in the lower right corner
just to the right of the main gate (where the triangle roof building
stands. It continued on down the midway and ended where the long
brown building stands along the railroad tracks on the left side
of the picture. Ironically, the carousel and Dodgem' car ride was
located just to the left of the long brown building and was destroyed
in another fire in May 1988. The long brown building serves as the
park's administrative offices. [Photo credit: ©2000
by Robert Curtis] |
This is another
close-up of the midway area including the turn of the Screechin'
Eagle. The peninsula of land in the middle of the picture was extended
into the lake to facilitate rescues if the Skyride stopped operating.
The large body of water on the left is the Great Miami River. [Photo
credit: ©2000 by Robert Curtis] |
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| Yes, this is
a part of Americana....it's actually a closer look at Logger's Run.
On the far left is the Great Miami River and on the far right are
railroad tracks. The Raging Thunder log flume is located in the
lower left corner. Immediately to the right is part of the saloon
and attached buildings. The large brown structure is used as a storage
facility but was once used as the Hamilton-Fairfield Jaycees Haunted
House for a couple years in the mid 1990s. Across from the storage
building is the Scrambler and the Rock-O-Plane. Logger's Run is
also home to the Rock-O-Planes, the Scrambler and the Liberty Train,
in addition to an arcade, a food outlet, the Saloon and Coffelt's
Candy Shop. [Photo credit: ©2000 by Robert Curtis] |
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