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DandiLion Park (Muskego, Wisconsin, USA)

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Amusement Park: DandiLion Park (1968 to present)
Muskego Beach Amusement Park (1861 to 1967)
Address: Janesville Road
Location: Muskego, Wisconsin, USA
Postal Code: 53150
10/19/1943  Park owner William J. Boszhardt dies.
1944  Charles Rose purchases Muskego Beach from Mrs. William Boszhardt.
3/3/1963  Park owner and manager Charles Rose dies at age 80.
5/1/1968  Willard Masterson purchased the park from Mrs. Charles Rose.
7/17/1974  An 11 year old boy falls 50' from the Ferris wheel and dies.  Mechanical reasons are to blame and the state issued violations against the park for not properly inspecting the ride and for not keeping it in safe operating condition.
7/13/1980  Vandals set fire to the office area of the park.  Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire only to be called back to a second fire which destroyed the building.  The office was an old one room grade school which was moved to the site in 1928.
3/19/1983  The vacant game and concession stands were burned as part of a firefighter training exercise.  The next day the ballroom was burned.
4/19/1988  John Ingersoll purchased the property for a little over 1 million dollars.
7/31/1990  The living quarters on the north side of Pioneer Drive and Janesville Road was burned as part of a training exercise.  By 9:30 pm the last trace of DandiLion Amusement Park was reduced to ashes.
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