Shawnee Amusement Park In West Virginia

The population of the west virginia coal fields was booming and snidow knew that the families living in the area needed entertainment.

Shawnee amusement park in west virginia. 3 5 5 united states west virginia wv. Lake shawnee amusement park near princeton could easily be one of the creepiest places in west virginia. Opened in 1926 the park operated for 40 years before closing intially in 1966.

Lake shawnee is an unincorporated community in mercer county west virginia united states. A trip to this haunted amusement park in west virginia is truly terrifying. The lake shawnee amusement park was abandoned in 1966.

144 years later entrepreneur conley snidow saw opportunity in the land around lake shawnee. A haunted amusement park. The park featured a spring fed swimming pool dance hall occasional wild west shows carnival rides water.

Opened in 1926 the park operated for 40 years before closing in 1966. The area was first a native american burial ground and then later the site of a massacre of european settlers. Dean jeffrey via flickr according to visit west virginia the park s.

The lake shawnee amusement park is a defunct amusement park in princeton west virginia united states located along lake shawnee. Lake shawnee is located along u s. Snidow in the 1920s.

Little did the owner know that the park was built on a native american burial ground and that a bloody massacre had taken place there. The history of west virginia s abandoned lake shawnee amusement park abandoned in 1966 this mercer county amusement park was built by entrepreneur conley t. Lake shawnee amusement park princeton west virginia.