Since its opening in 1897, Cascade Park has welcomed thousands of
visitors to its picnic grove, summer cottages, mineral springs,
dance pavilion, swimming pool, baseball field, zoo, boat rides,
outdoor theater, fireworks, and numerous other amusements. The park
is an unusually beautiful natural setting with Big Run Falls, Cat
Rocks, a gorge, rolling hills, shady walkways, and even a ginkgo
tree or two. In the 1890s, when it was called a trolley park, crowds
of visitors arrived by streetcar. Eventually automobiles took over,
and the roller coaster was dismantled to make space for a parking
lot. Today automobiles spill out of the parking lot once a year when
more than 1,000 vintage cars travel to the Back to the 50s Weekend,
now in its 25th year. This and other family-oriented events continue
the tradition of good times in Cascade Park.
Author Bio: Anita DeVivo is the author of New Castle and
Mahoningtown and coauthor of Lawrence County. The Lawrence County
Historical Society's archives and its John Hitch Collection
furnished most of the photographs in Cascade Park.
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