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"Anytime, anything of a mysterious origin takes place, especially if it involves mischief of some sort, we would say, 'Oh, that's just Edgar.'"

Tom Rhein, vice president of operations from 1996-1999 referring to former owner Edgar Streifthau who passed away in 1988. Edgar sold LeSourdsville in 1960 and regretted the decision for years.

"We're not big enough to hurt Kings (Island) in any sense, but they do know we're here."

Howard Berni, owner of LeSourdsville Lake from 1960-1990, and located about 15 miles from Paramount's Kings Island.

"Sometimes people will ask what I did that day. I'll tell them in the morning I emptied garbage cans; and before I went home at night, I went around turning out the lights."

William (Bill) H. Robinson, vice president of operations from 1962-1983.

"Nobody's going to be dancing on that floor for awhile."

Lenny Gottstein, general manager/partner of LeSourdsville Lake from 1983-1996 after the 1990 fire destroyed the Stardust Gardens ballroom, food stands and arcade and resulted in over $4 million in damages.

"You can bet you are going to get wet. No joke you're going to get soaked."

Signs located at the entrance of the Raging Thunder log flume when it opened in 1984. The flume has been named as the "wettest" by readers of Inside Track, a former trade publication.

"A roller coaster designer visited LeSourdsville Lake in the early 1970s to view the Screechin' Eagle roller coaster. We were standing at the base of the lift hill when I asked him, 'What's the life of a coaster?' Without batting an eye, he seriously replied, 'The first big accident.' Of course, I was referring to the forces of nature acting on the wood structure but he gave me a better answer than the one I was looking for."

Alfred Freeman, former coaster operator.

"May the road rise up to meet you, and there always be a coaster on the horizon."

An e-mail received by former LeSourdsville Lake vice president Tom Rhein from a British coaster enthusiast following a historic visit to the park in 1999.

"Technically, he wasn't supposed to put a park within a hundred miles of us."

Howard Berni referring to the purchase contract of the park in 1960. LeSourdsville Lake's former owner, Edgar Streifthau built Fantasy Farm Amusement Park directly next door to LeSourdsville Lake after selling the park to Berni.

"The coaster is like a treasure chest. Every time you walk it, you find everything there is - keys, glasses, lots of money, cigarettes. You just pick them up as you go. We've had girls lose their bikini tops. We had a girl one time with a paper dress and nothing under it. I was collecting quarters for riders. I said, "Where's your money?' She said, "I lost my clothes." It didn't dawn on me what had happened. I said to Bill, "Come down and look at this." She wouldn't give me any money or get off. She rode two or three more times before we could get a coat for her. Everybody was looking at her."

Interview with ride operators at LeSourdsville Lake (from the Incredible Scream Machine by Robert Cartmell).

"It wasn't that there was anything wrong with the name LeSourdsville, it just wasn't a name that stayed in your mind, and nobody could spell it."

Howard Berni referring to the name change of the park in 1978.

"We were a thorn in the side of Coney Island in Cincinnati because we pulled patrons away. We're sure they're going to know we're still here when Kings Island opens. We aren't going to fade away. They have the worries, not us."

Howard Berni on the opening of neighboring Paramount's Kings Island in 1972.