Pleasure Island (Borger, Texas amusement park)
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Pleasure Island is a defunct Amusement Park was located on South Main Street, between Huber Park and Huber Baseball Field, Borger, Texas .
| Pleasure Island | |
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| Location | Borger Texas, USA |
| Opened | 1960's |
| Closed | 1980's |
| Area | Less than 1/2 a City Block |
| Rides | 7 total |
[edit] About Pleasure Island
Pleasure Island was built in the early 1960's with rides geared for young children. Pleasure Island was a fun place to take the kids, eat cotton candy and spend time as a family.
Pleasure Island was open evenings and weekends.
The park opened in the 60s and was surrounded by Huber park on the south west side and Huber Baseball Park on the north and East.
The park's name changed in the 1980's in a contest to give the park a new name, One Flag Over Borger was picked. Today Pleasure Island is just a memory. The last remaining parts were removed and the area black-topped and now is a Free RV parking area (Huber Park Free RV Park)
A Local collector owned the Peddle Cars and Airplanes but, all were sold to other collectors. Several Paddle Cars and Planes were in a restaurant in Amarillo, Texas called "All the Fixins" which is now closed.
[edit] Rides and Attractions
Rides:
- Train, Medium Size Train carried Passengers around the Park
- Paddle Boats, Small boats kids could paddle or push with the paddle around a man made pond
- Kids Car Ride, Was made with peddle cars
- Kids Airplane Ride, Peddle Airplanes which hung from chains and went around in a circle
- Kids Boats Ride, Around and Around they went
- Hand Cranked Ride, On small train track
- The Hammer, What a thrill ride for a kiddie’s park.
Attractions:
18 Hole Miniature Golf Coarse, Hazzards: A Steep Hill and A Dutch Windmill
