Iowa City’s City Park Kids Amusement Rides.
From 1952 to 1999, three generations of the Drollinger Family of Iowa City ran the children’s rides in City Park. Guy Drollinger’s grandfather started it all with the infamous train.
“My grandparents started it all originally (1952) and they ran it for 25 years or so,” Guy Drollinger said. “My dad then ran it for about 20 years, and then I took over for six years, starting in 1993.” The city purchased the rides from the Dollingers in 1999, keeping the rides going until 2018, when finally, maintenance and insurance costs overtook any desire to keep the rides alive.
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