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Long before NASA was established, and men landed on
the moon, people were curious about outer space. To aid this curiosity, in 1946 the Moon Rocket ride
opened at Cedar Point. (It only remained for a few seasons; apparently people had learned enough about space travel.) An article in the
June 13, 1946 issue of the Sandusky
Register Star News reported that other features of the 1946 Cedar Point
season included many “big bands” in the Cedar Point Ballroom, a fun house,
renovations to the Hotel Breakers lobby and soda grill, and a fresh coat of
paint and new lifeboats for the G.A. Boeckling.
To read a more about the history of
Cedar Point, see the book Cedar Point: The Queen of American Watering
Places, by David W. and Diane DeMali Francis (Amusement Park
Books, 1995), available at the Sandusky Library.
1 comment:
I have the book mentioned in the final paragraph. It is incredibly well-done and filled with interesting photos and history. Highly recommended! (It would make a great gift but it might be out-of-print. I think I found it on eBay about 10-12 years ago, although I bought mine at Borders years before that.)
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