Six Flags over Texas: The First Fifty Years

This work traces the historical past of the Six Flags Over Texas amusement park, positioned in Arlington, Texas for over fifty years. Protection begins with a dialogue of the theme parks constructed across the nation after the opening of Disneyland in 1955. The story proceeds to Six Flags’ preliminary planning and building within the late Nineteen Fifties and continues by way of its fiftieth anniversary season in 2011.

Offered are tons of of info and over 230 photos. The photographs embody idea artwork for the park; unique postcards; vacationer images; public relations images; memento paperwork; and unique images by the creator.

The ebook gives background concerning the people that designed and constructed the park. It covers every of the most important points of interest added every season. Typical data contains the producer of every attraction, with the experience’s capability, velocity or top.

The creator is an legal professional in Tarrant County that labored as a experience operator within the park for 4 years. He has consulted newspaper articles, books, and previous park souvenirs and artifacts to gather the knowledge included.