The Amazing History of CT's Lake Compounce in 60 Seconds

Bristol, Connecticut's Lake Compounce opened it's gates in 1846. You read that right, it's 175 years makes it the oldest continuously-operating amusement park in North America. One of the park's most popular attractions is Boulder Dash which has been named the country's best wooden rollercoaster year-after-year.

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Everyone in the Nutmeg State has some Compounce memory but the park's history is deeper and more significant than you might imagine. Things have taken place at the park that you wouldn't know unless you were there. Here is a pretty cool :60 rundown of Compounce's much larger story.

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We're just gonna casually drop in the fact that Frank Sinatra sold the place out? Oh, and there was a casino there in the 1930's? Can you imagine the grime that took place at that casino in the 1930's? I'm adding some new dates to my time machine FOMO list. If I ever get a working time machine, I need to hit up Frank Sinatra day in 1941. Then, I'm gonna take it back to 1934 and get to the Compounce casino just after prohibition was lifted, and get a little lifted myself. Here's a front row view of Boulder Dash from Theme Park Mark https://youtu.be/g-x9X_44obU?si=yZgnVR1oNO8oqr9R More Lake Compounce facts:

Between 1997 and 2008, over $20 million was spent on park upgrades.

In 1943, Lake Compouncre bought a mini-steam railroad which was built and designed by British actor William Gillette.

I took the family there recently and we had a blast!

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Even my wife Erica went on a ride.

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