In 1920 a German family moved from the Hill Country of Texas to the Piney Woods, the father had a vision to open a park in East Texas. The parked closed in 1942 due to World War 2 hindering park attendance. I had heard stories of this park but there was no evidence that it exsisted. I did some research and finally found a Cousin of the family. He only had two pictures of two of the coasters the others were destroyed in a fire at the familys house. The pictures were taken after the coasters were built so you can see there were no stations yet or paths, here are the pics.
Piney Woods Side Friction Coaster taken in 1920 after being built. Taken from a Bell Tower the cousin said.
Piney Woods Park Flying Turns picture taken 1931
Now lets fast foward to now, March 25th 1966, I was finally able to buy all the land the former park was on today. Bad news is well let me show you, the woods have overgrown the property really hiding all evidence of the park. There was once an out and back wooden coaster but it got burned down in 1955 by an arsonist, why would somebody do that. Now to the photos the Side Friction and the flying turns are still up but both will need some major restoration to get them working and I will get those historic rides open! The stations were not there either guess the weather got to them and Grass has taken over the paths because all the paths were dirt.
Side Friction needs some TLC!
So does the Flying Turns, taken by a Helicopter.