...The Dips roller coaster - the biggest attraction in the park - crashed in 1958 and wasn't repaired. Foot traffic steadily declined until the park closed in 1970. (Today, the old park site is occupied by an Ohio Department of Natural Resources boat launch and a small beach. The only remains of the place: a plaque and large fountain in the parking lot.)

Up to 90 percent of the permanent residents of Buckeye Lake village had been making a living off the amusement park and summer tourism, Braig said - so the park's closing didn't bode well.

An increasing number of village homes were abandoned, and the effect proved lasting.

"When people saw the park in disrepair, that was a reflection on the lake," Levacy said. "It hurt the lake's reputation, and it lingered."...

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I remember something years ago about someone getting money together for a park there but nothing happened.