From the June 22nd Chicago Tribune by John Owens.
The 74-acre park been gone for over 40 years now, but older Chicago-folk still talk about it, most with fond memories. Not me, I went there once and rode my first roller coaster there with buddy Rusty (his first ride on one as well).
That was our last roller coaster ride for about 16 years when I reluctantly went on the Screaming Eagle at Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Rusty and I went on the famous Bobs. We should have gone on a smaller one, perhaps a kids' one.
Scared both of us extremely badly, and the two girls we were trying to impress in the car in front of us had a great laugh at our expense.
The article was about Russ Hencinski who used to go to the amusement as a youngster and now can see the former location of it from his classroom at Lane Tech High School. He can still see all the rides in his mind. he attended Lane Tech from 1963 to 1967 and has been teaching at his former school for thirty years.
Stay Off the Bobs!! --Cooter
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