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coming soon... another article, maybe Riverside Amusement Park (Estes Park) near Fort Collins, Colorado?

From http://www.esteshistory.com/chronology.html :

July 4, 1923 Riverside Amusement Park opens, built by Ted Jelsema and Frank Bond. The combination dance hall, ice cream and lunch parlor and swimming pool area was an immediate success. Later, after the end of Prohibition, the Dark Horse Inn is added, a tavern that featured merry-go-round hoses for bar stools.

From http://books.google.com/books?id=qf7BqH0zaQwC&pg=PT95&lpg=PT95&dq=%22Riverside+Amusement+Park%22+Estes&source=bl&ots=JSY_xAEhld&sig=A31drLVS5VJLe31oZ5nuZnzhs0k&hl=en&ei=1bnWSouLN-SvtgeMxumcBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Riverside%20Amusement%20Park%22%20Estes&f=false:

Park closed Jan. 31, 1970 (source has a good overview of the history)