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Park History
110 years and counting
| We Need Your Help!
Park Management is seeking stories and photos of the Redbank Valley Municipal Park throughout the years. If you have any old pictures of the park maybe an old family photo taken in the park we would love to see it and maybe post it on this page. If you can be of assistance in helping us expand and improve our park history section of this web site please contact the park office. |
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Newly Constructed Swimming Pool 1958
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![]() Demolition Grandstand 2008 |
| Previously landscaped with several large goldfish ponds spanned by concrete bridges, a Ferris Wheel, and yo-yo swings, the first major project of the American Legion was the erection of the present grandstand. Built sometime in the late 1930’s the Grandstand was intended to be used for everything from dog races to concerts and baseball. Although no dog races ever took place at the Grandstand, numerous concerts, ball games, demo derbies, tractor pulls and more have been enjoyed for over 65 years. One of the first and longest standing structures established on the property was known as “The Merry Go Round Building”. For several generations the building housed a carousel that quickly became the center attraction for visitors. The Merry Go Round was purchased from Alameda Park in Butler County. After the Merry Go Round was removed, the building was used as a dance hall then was developed into a skate rink. The Morrey family of Baxter operated a beer garden in a section built onto the Hawthorne side of the structure. A collapsible stage was used in the building to hold wrestling and boxing matches supported by the Golden Gloves outfit out of Indiana. In the late 1940’s a new skate rink was built on the foundation of an open air theater on the park property where it still operates today. A Kitchen Booth once stood at the park entrance and was eventually replaced by a miniature golf course which operated for several years before being closed in the late 1990’s. The Park’s main concession booth which is used during the Clarion Fair and most of the Parks major events was constructed in 1952. The swimming pool which still operates today was added to the park in 1958. Originally the pool was built with a high dive and wading pool. The high dive was eventually replaced with a standard diving board and remnants of the wading pool can still be seen past the pools shallow end under the gazebo.
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Please feel free to contact the Park Office with any questions.
137 Park Road, Fairmont City, PA 16224
phone: 814-365-5924
e-mail us: redbankpark@windstream.net
Redbank Valley Municipal Park is a non-profit organization.
Dan Landers Website Administrator