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Prehistoric Forest (closed)
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The Prehistoric Forest was also built around 1963. In 1997, the place was put up for sale and new owners took over in 1999. But the park closed soon after that and remains so as of 2005. The Prehistoric Forest had a safari train that took visitors around the 8-acre property, past a rumbling and smoking volcano and a 35' waterfall. There were dinosaur bones, serpents, pterodactyls, a dinosaur egg nest, a caveman, strange giant daisies and fake cactus, and 15 life-size dinosaurs. These creations were the work of James Q. Sidwell who also made the statues for the Prehistoric Forest in Marblehead, OH and Dinosaur Land in White Post, VA. I also believe he made the cavepeople for (see similar-looking ones at Magic Forest in Lake George, NY).
After the ride, there was a dig site with fossils, footprints and bones. There was also a waterslide (added in the early 1980s) and a crazy maze - both now gone. For more, see this website.
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