Columbus Neighborhoods: History of Buckeye Lake

[@quelray43]

My mom used to tell me about the carnival there they went to every summer when she was little

[@rtm457]

My wife and I had our first date at Buckeye Lake Park. This was in 1971. We have now been married 49 years. I miss that old park.

[@jimsstuff2201]

In the summer of 1969 three girls and two of my pals and I visited the amusement park. All of us had just graduated from high school. I remember about half the rides weren't open and there weren't a lot of people there. I remember seeing a poster of Gary Lewis and the Playboys who were to perform in the area. There was a photo booth that took those crummy strips of photos for a quarter. A bunch of us crowed into the booth. I still have the photos. I recently did an internet search and discovered, sadly, that three of that six are now gone.

[@bruceferguson6637]

I grew up in Columbus and our family had visited Buckeye Lake on many occasions. We knew the Braigs, and Donna and Jim were always very generous and hospitable when we visited them there. For those not familiar with Buckeye Lake, Donna Braig was something of an institution there, having not only grown up at the lake, but also working at the amusement park in it's heyday. Donna and her daughter, J-me, are seen in this video and were among those who initiated the museum there and rallied volunteers for many projects. I had the pleasure of visiting Donna a year or two before her passing. She was a wonderful lady.

[@TheJbks2012]

Wow I grew up across the lake on Fairfield Beach in the 60-70s. We could see the amusement park across the lake

[@paulrock4816]

My Dad worked at Kaiser Aluminum they had their picnics at this park. I remember the dance hall, I remember the bowling alley in the park in the '60s. We lived in Millersport. I also remember an unscored-on team from Millersport I think 1968.

[@Scotti-i3d]

I love how we had an electric train car back in 1895 and now we have a Cota bus that takes 4 hrs and smells like urine. Lol

[@mycool8980]

I wanted to know more about the great stone mound but it wasn't even mentioned. It's stone was used to build the dam

[@AnnaBrown-h4e]

I' ve never heard of it, where was it located?

[@AnnaBrown-h4e]

My Father, Otis Eugene Sheward, called Ottie, worked there as an electrican the last one or two years that it was open. Sadly there doesn't seem to be any record of that, 😮😢 Joe Bowers worked there at the same time operating one of the rides, they are right, the owner had no interesting in keeping up the basic maintance or putting money back into it!! 😢😢 It was said of him, " if he saw a nickle on the side walk and knew if he left it, tomorrow it would be a quarter, he'd still pick it up today"!!😮😢

[@danielmatthewfilms]

They said nothing about how they built the dam to actually make Buckeye lake... well they disassembled a prehistoric stone pyramid and used all the rock from it to build the dam.

[@shaserv]

She said the kkk was there like it was something to be proud of.

[@dalegervais1462]

shaserv ,,, that would be deamoncrat Wilson’s kkk restarted in 1915.

[@donbraden8533]

And your point is ? There still around

[@dalegervais1462]

Don Braden my point is the deamoncrats have always been the human trafficking, ethnic cleansing, hate plantation terrorist party of kkk, blm, isis, antifa cop killing hate crimes.

[@williamkirk7781]

Some people think so not everyone is the same. You hate them the same way they hate people of color. Both is racism.

[@bruceferguson6637]

She stated it as a matter of history. Period.

[@budmeister]

There's an interurban car being used as a part of someone's home in Buckeye Lake.

[@AnnaBrown-h4e]

Where is that?

[@thecommentmonster]

Excuse me, J-me?

[@frankfacts6207]

Better think twiced before riding the damn Wild Mouse

[@bryanmassa6051]

One big nasty septic tank

[@budmeister]

The park is now just a ghost of its former glory.

[@AnnaBrown-h4e]

It isn't even there, 😢

[@jamieround2072]

WHO'S THE LADY TALKING ABOUT HER BROTHER THAT TALKED THE OPERATOR INTO THE 1 RIDE THAT WAS MOTOR'D BY AN OLD CHEVY MOTOR ON IT TO REALLY CRANK IT UP & THE BROTHER IS THE ONE WHO FELL OUT & BONKED HIS HEAD ON THE RAILING & THE GROUND..... W/O A SQUAD AROUND BACK THEN WOOOO WAY SCARY...... DID THE BROTHER LIVE ON OR WHAT....... & DID THEY LIVE THERE IN BUCKEYE LAKE OR NO..................???????????????????

[@thecommentmonster]

Jamie Round You alright, bro?

[@ifynna4306]

I'm just doin this for homwork

[@chloefetters2841]

Same

[@caroltenge5147]

Drain the swamp.

[@AnnaBrown-h4e]

You talking about Washington???

[@caroltenge5147]

@@AnnaBrown-h4e No, the one out by interstate 10 in Louisiana.....

[@americansmark]

I feel like advertising the KKK meetings isnt exactly helpful. 🤣

[@wnerko7484]

Columbus neighborhoods??? Not by a long shot.about a 50 mile distance.but it does have Columbus like elitists.they all pretend they're ocean people.i liked it better as a ghetto

[@AnnaBrown-h4e]

Was? It still is like a ghetto, if your talking about the village. But it is making a come back!!😊❤

[@heheheiamasupahflyingace3921]

Well this was neat and wholesome until they brought up the KKK gatherings and ride incidents...