Devin Montague holds on tight to her father Martin Montague while riding the roller coster at Joyland in 1998.
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People ride the bumper boats in 1983.
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Roger Peak runs the kiddy cars, one of the park's oldest rides.
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People wait in line for a ride in 1983.
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Riding the roller coaster in 1991.
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The roller coaster in 1999, 50 years after the park first opened.
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Roger Peak tests the helicopters in preparation for Joyland's re-opening in 2006.
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This undated photo shows Joyland roller coaster under construction.
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Joyland rides on the midway in 1999.
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Daxton Miller takes a swing at the "High Striker" game at Joyland Amusement Park in 1994.
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Jim Gregg and his daughter Debie hang on as they ride the roller coaster in 1985.
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People enjoy the Joyland Skycoaster in 1996.
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Joyland amusement park in 2006.
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In 1989, roller coaster enthusiasts Paul Young, left, and Sam Hughes came to Wichita from San Antonio just to ride the Joyland roller coaster.
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Andy Ranfeld holds on during a ride on the merry-go-round in 1991.
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In 1990 Melissa Martin screams as she rides the Joyland roller coaster.
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A new addition to the park in 1955 was the Mother Goose Shoe that was in Mother Gooseland at Joyland. The shoe was later named the Old Woman's Shoe.
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Natasha Keene hangs on during a ride in a fish at Joyland on opening day in 2006 after the park had been closed for the two previous years.
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Eugene Sawyer, left, and Emory Fowler ride the roller coaster in 1992.
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In 1991 Martha Riley and her daughter Abigail peek into a window of the Old Woman's Shoe.
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The Joyland roller coaster in 1985.
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In 1983 Joyland sign painter John Hammond touches up the sign that warns roller coaster riders at the top of the first hill.
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Brad Randall paints part of the upper reaches of the Joyland roller coaster in 2001.
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In 1957 a new ride called the Strato Jet was added to the park.
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In 1983 Joyland gardener Raymond Sharm trims up the fern elephant Bimbo.
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Kids ride the Ferris wheel as riders near the top of the roller coaster in the background in this photo from 1983.
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The Whacky Shack at Joyland in 2006.
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The Joyland midway in 1979.
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People ride the Joyland roller coaster in 2000.
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People ride the bumper boats in 1983.
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A unique trash container at Joyland. The vacuum equipped pig sucked the trash right out of your hand.
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In 1984 retired farmer Joe Woodson of Penalosa worked on the Joyland railroad.
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Evelyn Prado takes a ride in one of the car rides at Joyland Amusement Park in 2006.
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Will Woods got his first job working at Joyland. He joined others outside City Hall in 2008 to drum up support for Joyland.
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Joyland owner Stanley Nelson tells stories of the amusement park's golden years. Nelson died July 13, 2010.
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