Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Carnivals & circuses

Wedding in an amusement park

Rock Springs Park, close to the Ohio River, included a carousel, dance pavilion, bath house, lake and large swimming pool.

Home Depot employees Tayla Madaris, left, and Alan Kelly add stain to the deck at the American Legion Paul E. Bolding Post 7.

Harry Kramer, vaudeville trick-cyclist, designed and fabricated his own trick bicycles and unicycles. ‘Pop’ dazzled people with his antics.

The Black Gold Festival in Hazard is Kentucky’s second largest festival (the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon/miniMarathon is the largest).

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