Louisville's Fontaine Ferry Park's checkered history

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
  • Fontaine Ferry Park sat on 64-acres of land in west Louisville on the Ohio River. It's complicated history was rooted in segregation and eventually closed in 1969.

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  • @bigden31
    @bigden31 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Short - the park was desegregated and then it was immediately destroyed and burned down. The end.

  • @monaonassis6346
    @monaonassis6346 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    They left a lot out about what destroyed it.

  • @karensimpson7773
    @karensimpson7773 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A good place to go, at one time 😊

  • @bennorwood8433
    @bennorwood8433 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think they should reopen this part due to the lack amusement parks in the area it would be fun to have a call nice old vintage amusement park in America

    • @jasonrodgers9063
      @jasonrodgers9063 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Lots of other things are built on the site now. You can't go home again!

  • @shawnpitts4256
    @shawnpitts4256 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I couldn't go because it was segregated.

  • @jasonrodgers9063
    @jasonrodgers9063 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It is NOT "FOUNTAIN Ferry" it's FON-TAINE Ferry!! Just look at the lettering over the main entrance! Sad to see eminent historian Tom Owens getting this wrong! I got taken there a couple of times as a kindergartener/preschooler before integration. I had zero awareness of the social issues. Have some good (but fuzzy) memories!

  • @Passbu
    @Passbu ปีที่แล้ว +5

    They left a lot out that story smh typical

  • @johnneedy3164
    @johnneedy3164 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oooooooh how I remember 😊

  • @conniemahurin8964
    @conniemahurin8964 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Have such fond memories spending days there.

  • @teresaschneider6726
    @teresaschneider6726 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the video. I really miss this place. Love going there. 👏🏼🤗

  • @robertwest187
    @robertwest187 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Best roller coaster I've ever been on. Saw my first concert there-- the Kingsmen of Louie, Louie fame..

  • @sheld2229
    @sheld2229 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Happy times