Part Three of the History of Ohio's Coney Island

What started as a picnic grove on the banks of the Ohio River had grown into a full fledged amusement park by the mid 1920s. Coney Island had added a number of rides, including several roller coasters as well as a children's section and had opened a dance pavilion called Moonlight Gardens that featured top name national touring talent. But the thing that made Coney Island so successful was also it's biggest problem. Sitting on the banks of the Ohio meant that the park was prone to floods. By 1969 new owners, Taft Broadcasting, were building a new amusement park built on higher ground. But that didn't mean the ultimate end to Coney Island. It still exists on a smaller scale and has become the home to one of the region's more popular car shows, Cruise-A-Palooza. The show draws great cars such as this Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle, a 1948 Chevy, a Plymouth sedan, another Beetle, an Edsel Corsair, a 1967 Cadillac, an Oldsmobile 442, and a 1956 Caddy.