| Wisconsin might be better known as the home state | | | | swimming became more and more popular at Bay |
| to Harry Houdini and Orson Welles, but it also | | | | View Beach, Cusick began renting swimsuit for ten |
| contains a variety of tourist attractions to entice | | | | cents a piece, a venture which proved incredibly |
| visitors from across America and the world. One of | | | | lucrative. From this time onwards, the expansion of |
| these attractions is the Bay Beach Amusement Park, | | | | Bay Beach was well under way, and only became |
| a small amusement park near the mouth of the Fox | | | | increasingly successful with time. Bay Beach |
| River in Green Bay, Wisconsin. If you're looking for a | | | | Amusement Park, as it is now called, rose in |
| family outing full of good, solid fun, then Bay Beach | | | | popularity as a venue for rallies and concerts; for |
| Amusement Park will be your ideal holiday destination. | | | | example, the park's tercentennial celebration saw |
| The amusement park has a rich history which | | | | Franklin D Roosevelt address thousands of residents |
| stretches back to 1892; in this year, a young | | | | and visitors to the area. Today, Bay Beach has a |
| entrepreneur called Mitchell Nejedlo, inspired by the | | | | number of attractions including the nearby Bay Beach |
| areas natural beauty, bought a small strip of land to | | | | Wildlife Sanctuary, which is a 700-acre nature reserve |
| begin developing the land for a private beach resort | | | | where visitors can feed geese, ducks and other small |
| which he named Bay View Beach. Though the poor | | | | animals. Bay Beach Amusement Park itself houses a |
| roads at the time made it difficult for him to attract | | | | number of rides as well; its famous rollercoaster, built |
| visitors through the often swamp, mosquito-infested | | | | in 1901 but dismantled in 1936, has remained an |
| land, he worked hard to improve the fledgling resort. | | | | absent feature of the amusement park; but recent |
| Nejedlo built a dance hall, bar and a small bath house; | | | | exciting plans have come about to erect another |
| he also planned to sell individual lots on the land as | | | | roller coaster at Bay Beach. Bay Beach Amusement |
| sites for summer cottages. Before long, Nejedlo | | | | Park is a fantastic place to take your family and |
| needed a partner, and in 1902, he teamed up with | | | | friends, and there is a variety of comfortable and |
| Captain John Cusick who eventually bought out | | | | affordable hotel accommodation in and around the |
| Nejedlo in 1908. Cusick continued the expansions that | | | | Green Bay area. So, if you're interested in finding a |
| Nejedlo had started, beginning a service that ferried | | | | great way to spend some quality time with your |
| passengers from their dock just south of the Walnut | | | | family in Wisconsin, choose Bay Beach Amusement |
| Street Bridge to the new dock at Bay View Beach in | | | | Park for a wealth of leisure activities and memorable |
| a boat that could contain up to 400 people. As | | | | fun. |