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[haytater]

Did anyone go to Mutton Hollow? Do you have any pictures to share?

[Swoosh]

Yep I went there several times when I was younger, unfortunately I do not have any photos of the park.  There might be some buried at my grandma's house, but yeah.

The thing I remember most about the part was that it had a spinning barrel ride.

Later on towards the end of its life as Mutton Hollow, they added a midway with rides.  There were a couple of coasters there.  One was a Figure-8 and the other was a Go-Gator.  They also had an Eli Bridge Ferris Wheel and a few other rides. 

[betamike]

I went there when I was working at the City.  This was the year before it closed its doors and it was like a  ghost town.  I felt so bad for the people working there.  So bad in fact that I left after about 30 minutes. 

I must have been allergic to cameras back then because I didn't take any.  Odd too,  because it was fairly obvious that Mutton Hollow was on its way out by then and I would have liked to document it.

Growing up I do remember that Mutton Hollow was THE place to go for big name concerts.  This was well before Grand Palace and some of the resident artists that are currently there.

[sdcforever]

I went to Mutton Hollow with my family when I was young.  I remember having a good time but unfortunately I don't have any pictures readily available to share.  We have old photo albums and I'm sure if I got ambitious one day and started digging through them I'd find several photos that were taken at Mutton Hollow.

[rubedugans]

I remember that place! Here is another brochure from my collection...enjoy reminiscing!

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And another scan...

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And another...

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And this should be it unless I find another hiding somewhere!

[Hatfield McCoy]

The wife and I took a long vidoe of about every inch of that place just about 2 months before it closed.  For some reason though the tape has went to live with the storage goblins that steal most every odd thing I want to keep now days.

On another note, does anybody remember Jim Lane's grave located at Mutton Hollow?  That had to be a prop, right?  Because it is obviously not there now.

[haytater]

Thanks for the info everyone. The brochures were great. I'd love to see those videos sometime.

[Copper]

Look close at some of the buildings and you might be able to recognize them at CC. As a side not the guy pulling taffy is Rocky. He is Aunt June's brother. Aunt June is the lead of Brown's Candy Factory at SDC. He used to run MH's candy shop.

[SteamFreak]

Very cool bit of info...I wouldn't a park like that would last very long next to SDC, 1800's theme, steam trains, crafts...hard to compete with

[rubedugans]

I looked through all of my photos of CC and failed to find any definate matches for the ones from my brochure...but I am going to keep looking!

[SteamFreak]

When you die, I expect to get all of this awesome history you posses...just write "steamfreak" in the will.

[History Buff]

Look close at some of the buildings and you might be able to recognize them at CC.

Quite a few of the buildings are from MH - the toy store has been there for years, and even the "circular theater" was there during the MH days.

The thing I remember most about the part was that it had a spinning barrel ride.

I, too, remember seeing the barrel, but it was not in use when I walked through it.

On another note, does anybody remember Jim Lane's grave located at Mutton Hollow?  That had to be a prop, right?  Because it is obviously not there now.

I'd be interested in getting an answer to Hatfield McCoy's question about Jim Lane's grave.  With that being a historical figure, why would it be faked.  All the Shepherd of the Hills museum stuff is now in the Toy Museum on 76CB (unless that's changed too).  Why isn't it at SotH?