In May 1872 after the park's creation, Langford was named its first superintendent.

The park's first director and one of its initiators was the legendary " carpenter from Skåne " Herman Lindholm, who managed it 1923 – 42.

The movie was shown in 1979 at Six Flags Great America theme park's Pictorium and was the first movie shown at the new theatres.

One of the very reasons for the park's creation, however, was also one of the county's first major economic engines: the lumber industry.

The national park's distinctive hard granite boulders and range originally formed out of magma that first slowly solidified under the Earth's crust about 250 million years ago.

The park's first two phases were completed in the fall of 2010.

Named Constitution Park when first created in 1832, it wasn't until 1857 that the elm trees arrived and with it the park's new name.

The park's first roller coaster since the Cyclone, the Wild Mouse, was built.

Elliott Key, the park's largest island, is considered the first of the true Florida Keys being formed from fossilized coral reef, i. e. Key Largo limestone.

The name " Chapultepec " means " at the grasshopper hill " in Nahuatl and refers to a large rock formation that is the center of the current park's " first section ".

Funded by State legislature in 1903, it became the first building to house the park's visitors.

The first installation of this variation will be the aptly titled Mammoth for the 2012 season at Splashin ' Safari in Indiana, which will replace the park's own Wildebeest as the longest water coaster in the world.

It was the park's second unscheduled closing, the first being shortly after the Assassination of John F. Kennedy.

The Haunted Castle ( het Spookslot ), which opened in 1978 as the park's first new large ride, was the first attraction designed entirely by Van de Ven ( although he used some ideas from joint brainstorming sessions with Pieck ).

A converted schoolhouse ( near the present day Quaker Inn ) served as the park's first administration building, and World War I Army Surplus Tents, on 16 ' x16 ' wooden platforms were primarily used during the time between the park's creation until the completion of the first permanent cabins in 1925.

The park's first water ride, the Mill Chute installed in 1929, was alongside the creek where Great Bear runs today.

* Randy Wolf of the Phillies threw the first pitch at 1: 32 pm EDT on April 12, 2004 to D ' Angelo Jimenez of the Reds, who got the park's first hit, a lead-off double.

Reds pitcher Paul Wilson earned the first win in that game and Danny Graves earned the park's first save.

The team moved to a new park in downtown Peoria, O ' Brien Field, on May 24, 2002 ; they set a franchise attendance record of 254, 407 in the new park's first year and also won the midwest league championship.

Bushwalkers accessing the remote central and southern sections of the park's moist subtropical rainforest will find a mix of corkwood, sassafras ( Doryphora sassafras ), large tree ferns ( Dicksonia ) and silver sycamore ( Cryptocarya glaucescens ).

The park's most characteristic landmark is Wilpena Pound, a large, sickle-shaped, natural amphitheatre covering nearly 80 km², containing the range's highest peak, St Mary Peak ( 1, 170 metres ).

Among the many financial, logistical, and regulatory obstacles facing the construction of the park are the locations of a state prison, a county jail, and other public facilities within the proposed park, as depicted by the large white block and small white block areas to the northeast of a planned lake amidst the attractions in the park's master plan.

Together with the large ponds and gardens ( with thousands of flowers, and maintained by an army of gardeners ), the park's abundant green space is rather unusual among the world's leading theme parks.

On December 11, 2008, theme park officials announced that they would spend 40 million euros during the years 2009-2012 on three large construction projects: a convention centre accommodating 1500 visitors ( de Burcht ), an arena from the Middle Ages for 750 show spectators ( Raveleijn ), and a redesign for snack bar " De Likkebaerd " to turn it into a station for the park's steam train.

Nearby to the south are the park's woodlands and to the north, across the divided highway, is a large commercial development.

Several large lakes lie wholly or partly within the park's boundaries, notably Lake Te Anau, Lake Manapouri, Lake Monowai, Lake Hauroko, and Lake Poteriteri.

To avoid this, the park's managers brought in a number of large herbivores to keep the area more open, including Konik ponies, red deer and Heck cattle.

The other relic of the park's industrial past are the large number of eucalyptus glades which were planted around the factory site " for safety reasons " ( as the park literature mysteriously states .).

The park's original concept was history-based and the layout was arranged in the shape of a large map of the contiguous United States with guests entering at the approximate location of Washington, D. C. Baychester Avenue at the park's western edge ( roughly ) represented the border with Canada.

The vast majority of the park's area is covered by large open spaces of grassland, commonly used for football and other outdoor sports.

The stadium has a large open breezeway above the primary seating area with a view of the playing field, which contains most of the park's services, such as restrooms, most of the food concessions, activities, and a souvenir store behind home plate.

As a consequence of Japan's long recession, there are several large, but quiet and orderly, homeless camps around the park's periphery.

Reality Checkpoint is the name given to a large lamp-post in the middle of Parker's Piece, Cambridge, England, located at the intersection of the park's diagonal paths.

The finished bricks were laid in alternating light ( tan ) and dark ( brick red ) groups comprising a large portion of the 800, 000 bricks used in the park's construction.

The park is named after a large bald cypress tree that once stood on the park's grounds.

One of the park's most impressive features is a large lawn that is the longest expanse of grass in Manhattan south of Central Park.

Park officials cited dwindling attendance and rowdy behavior among some of the park-goers ( notably teenagers and young adults, who account for a large percentage of the park's attendance ) as reasons for wanting to sell the park while management was wanting to move Six Flags into more of a family park direction.

The park's proximity to southern Ontario make it very popular, especially in peak season, and reservations are often necessary despite its large number of campsites.

Thousands of trees were snapped or uprooted, and large parts of the park's camping areas and summit area were damaged.

Nearly half the park's area is old-growth forest, which includes many very large specimens of tuliptrees, sugar maples, beech, basswood, hemlocks, and white cedars.

In 1910, the park's new owner, Harry Wylie, modernized the park with carousels, a motion picture theater, and a " Figure 8 " roller coaster.

1986 saw the addition of a second looping coaster and the park's fifth roller coaster, Ultra Twister, with spiral inline twists.

It is the park's tallest, fastest, and longest roller coaster, as well as the tallest and fastest in Canada.

In 1982, the newly merged Arrow Huss built and opened the park's first major roller coaster, Viper.

In 1952, a fire destroyed the park's bowling alley, theater, dance hall and roller rink with damages estimated at $ 500, 000.

The King Kobra featured a 50-ton counter weight drop launch and was the park's first launched roller coaster.

Kings Dominion later expanded Old Virginia with the addition of the park's second wooden roller coaster, the Grizzly, in 1982 and a river rapids ride called White Water Canyon in 1983.

The flood destroyed six cottages and damaged many other buildings, including 24 of 25 rides and the park's roller rink.

Cyclists, runners, walkers and roller skaters enjoy the park's 2. 5 miles ( 4 km ) of road and bike paths.

In early 2010, the Texas Giant roller coaster was closed to be renovated into a super-hybrid coaster and was reopened on April 22, 2011, as the NEW Texas Giant for the park's 50th anniversary.

* Family Custom Coaster-A classical roller coaster, designed to families with 6 year-old children and custom to a park's layout and needs.

The announcement revealed the park's goal to build " the tallest and fastest roller coaster on earth ", reaching and accelerating up to in 4 seconds.

The Triple Hurricane was the park's first wooden roller coaster.

In 1983, Riverside Park added its third roller coaster, which was also the park's second wooden coaster.

But the following years saw a combination of characters and unforeseen events transform the high hopes of investors into a financial roller coaster ride which eventually ended in the park's demise.

In 2005, Magic Adventure opened the first new roller coaster since the park's opening named Zoomerang, a Vekoma Boomerang roller coaster relocated from Sydney, Australia.

The event revealed the park's goal to build " the tallest and fastest roller coaster on earth ", reaching and accelerating up to in 3. 5 seconds.

This ushered in an era of new major attractions at the park and a transformation of focus from the park's themes to its roller coasters.

Added in 1999, Raging Bull is still the park's tallest, fastest, and longest roller coaster.

Some notable rides at the park's opening were the original Carousel and Sidewinder roller coaster, relocated from the old park ; and a new version of the Mister Twister, the Twister II.

The first and most notable addition was the park's third roller coaster, Mind Eraser, a Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster.

Changes included repainting and renaming a number of rides, but the first major investment was in the park's first inverting coaster, Wipeout ( roller coaster ), from the closed American Adventure.