Six Flags

Seeing the runaway success of Disneyland after it opened in 1955, there were regional entrepreneurs and visionaries around the country who started thinking they could give it a shot themselves. After a few false starts, an industrialist, a smooth-talking salesman, and a film art director finally got it done.

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© Barry R. Hill