The historic 1920 Allen Herschell carousel in its current home at Millville Community Park. Consider a visit to see it!
have been included in those photos.” All reminders of what once was are gone. It is easy though to walk the grounds and “imagine” the excitement of the crowds as they stepped off the trolley onto the platform all ready for a day at the park….and a magical spin on the carousel. “The Carousel that Crossed the County”... a little History Under Your Nose that you may not have even realized was there. You may know the carousel, perhaps taking a ride or two yourself through the years. Now you know the full story. Acknowledgements: I really need to thank a couple of people who were instrumental in helping me with different aspects of this article. Robert Dunkelberger, Commonwealth University Archivist and Historian, provided me with some facts on Columbia Park. More importantly, he provided me with some photos of the park taken during its heyday. I have looked over these photos at length just trying to put myself into each one to experience the scene. I am extremely grateful for the help and effort from Mr. Dunkelberger. I am also thankful to the author of an online article on treasurenet.com (known only as “Jeff of PA”) who did some really great research about Columbia Park including providing aerial shots of the park.
Sources: [1] treasurenet.com “Shawneee Park aka Columbia Park” Jeff of PA. 3/10/2017 [2] Andruss Library Special Collections. CU - Bloomsburg. Robert Dunkelberger. Historian & Archivist. [3] Images of America. Early Columbia County. Columbia County Historical & Genealogy
Society 2009. Page 101 [4] vintagecarousels.com [5] patternflower.blogspot.com
[6] “50th Anniversary. Millville Community Fire Company. 1937- 1987” Compiled by James Brown & Millville Fire Company Friends and Neighbors. - On loan from the private collection of James Eves, Millville.
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