The Tower, Carnival Park, Kansas City, Kas., is pictured on a postcard mailed in 1908, one year after the park opened May 25, 1907. The park was located between 14th and 16th, Barnett and Armstrong, on a 13.5-acre plot. The usual features of an amusement park were all there such as the scenic railway pictured. There were shoot-the-chutes over a water fall, a merry-go-round, billiards, bowling, a moving stairway to great heights and a skating rink. Picnic areas were scattered through the tall trees, and there were colorful flower beds and daily band concerts. Being in historic Wyandotte County, Indian dances and games were featured and a popular restaurant in the park was called the Wigwam Cafe .A history titled Great American Amusement Parks, by Gary Kyriazi, pictures Carnival Park and describes it as once equal to any park in the west and rivaled only by New York's Coney Island. Today a photo exhibition of the old park can be seen, through July 25, at the Wyandotte County museum, 631 N. 126th Street, Bonner Springs. Admission is free. The hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. The Webb Freyschlag Mercantile Co. published the card. It was mailed from California, Mo. to Cora Kahrs, 1611 E. 6th Street, Sedalia. Kansas City Times, July 3, 1987.
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