LOST AMUSEMENT PARKS

MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA, ALABAMA & ARKANSAS - AMUSEMENT PARKS

• Alabama State Fairgrounds - W. Birmingham, Alabama - (? - 1990s)
• Dixie Amusement Park - Mobile, Alabama - (1908 - ? ) (Blacks only) (Nothing Known)
• Dog Patch USA - Harrison / Jasper, Ark - (1968 - 1993)
• East Lake Park – Birmingham, Ala  - (1908 or early 1920s - ?)
• Echo Park – Meridian, Miss -  (Nothing Known)
• Electric Park – Fort Smith, Ark – (1905 - 1920) MAP
• Electric Park – Montgomery, Alabama  - (1904 - 1909)
• Fair Park - Birmingham, Ala - (1927 - ? ) (Nothing Known)
• Fair Park – Shreveport, LA - (1922 - ? ) (Nothing Known)
• Fairyland Park – Little Rock, Ark  - (1929 - ? ) (Nothing Known)
• Forest Park - Little Rock, Ark - (1904 - 1921 )
• Forest Park – Montgomery, Ala – (1920- 1924)  (Nothing Known)
• Forest Park - Pine Bluff, Ark - (1905 - ? ) - (Nothing Known)
• Fun Fair Park - Baton Rouge, LA - (1963 - 1999) [Relocated & renamed Dixie Landin]
• Fun Time USA - Gulfport, Miss - (1978 - 2005) [Hurricane Katrina destroyed park] (Nothing Known)
• Gladstone Park – Shreveport, LA  - (1909 - ? ) (Nothing Known)
• Gulf Shores Amusement Park - Gulf Shores, Ala - (1980s - 2004) [Hurricane Ivan destroyed park] (Nothing Known)
• Hammel’s Amusement Park – Shreveport, LA – (mid 1960s - 1999]
• Idle Hour Park - Phenix City, Ala - (1938 - early 1960s)
• Jazzland / Six Flags New Orleans - New Orleans, LA - (2000 - 2005) [Hurricane Katrina flooded low-lying park with salt water - declared a total loss]
• Joyland Park – Little Rock, Ark  -  (Nothing Known)
• Lincoln Beach – Pontchartrain Lake, LA – (1955 -1965) [After integration, a blacks only park, they patronized nearby Pontchartrain Beach]
• Mobile Park - Mobile, Ala - (1896 - 1916) (Nothing Known)
• Oxford Lake Park - Anniston, Ala - (1994 - ?) (Nothing Known)
• Pickett Springs – Montgomery, Ala – (1886? - late 1910s) (Nothing Known)
• Pontchartrain Beach – New Orleans, LA – (1930 - 1938) & moved (1939 - 1983) [Couldn't compete with TV and newer theme parks]
• Pulaski Heights Park - Little Rock, Ark - (1904 - ? ) (Nothing Known)
• Scenic Park – New Orleans, LA  - (1908? - 1914) (Nothing Known)
• Spanish Fort – New Orleans, LA – (1877 - 1926) {Park closed when project reclaimed land and moved shoreline away from the old fort]
• Tuxedo Park - Birmingham, Ala - (1925 - ? ) [Blacks only park] (Nothing Known)
• Washington Park - Montgomery, Ala - (Nothing known) (Blacks only)
• West End – New Orleans - (1901 - 1928)
• White City /Athletic Park – New Orleans, LA – (1891 - 1912 or 1904-1912) (Nothing Known)
• White City - Little Rock, Ark - (1908 - ? ) (Nothing Known)
• Whittington Park – Hot Springs, ARK –  (1894 - 1935)
• Willow Lake Park - El Dorado, Ark - (1926 - 1928) (Nothing Known)
• Wonderland Park - Little Rock, Ark - (1908 - ?) (Nothing Known)