Name/Title
Lost St. Joseph Lake ContraryEntry/Object ID
2021.11.1Description
Lost St. Joseph Lake Contrary by Gary Westcott. Book, paperback. Color image of building that used to be present around Lake Contrary on front and back cover.
Provided on back cover:
"The Lake Contrary Amusement Park evolved fron an earlier boating club that had been extablished along an oxbow lake next to the Missouri River."
"In the final decade of the 19th century, electric trolley lines were developed in many cities with a population large enough to support them. The companies that established the trolley lines also developed trolley parks as destinations of these lines. Lake Contrary was already a popular natural leisure spot before the streetcar company purchased the site and expanded it to include regular entertainments, mechanical amusements, dance halls, sports fields, boat rides, restaurants and other resort facilities."
"Lake Contrary's large and elegantly furbished hotel, casino, boathouse, summer cottages, racetrack, and amusement park, all situated on the shores of a natural woodland setting, embodied the essence of Mark Twain's Gilded Age." This is the story of Lake Contrary."
1-Book, paperback. Color image of building that used to be present around Lake Contrary on front and back cover. 201 pages.Collection
Lake ContraryLexicon
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Lake Contrary Amusement Park, Lake Contrary Boathouse, Lake Contrary Casino, Lake Contrary Flood, Lake Contrary Lotus Club, Lake Contrary Recreation Area, Lake Contrary SailingBook Details
Author
Westcott, GaryPlace Published
City
MiddletownState/Province
DelawareDate Published
2021Publication Language
EnglishISBN
9798712045648Condition
Overall Condition
ExcellentRelationships
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Person or Organization
Westcott, Gary