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After seeing the amusement park Knott's Berry Farm in southern California he was inspired in 1954 to open his own park in Queensbury, New York, which he named Storytown USA. In order to do this, he needed some loans from local banks. With $500 in his pocket at the time, he walked into a bank, applied for the necessary loans, and was denied.
Great Meadows-Vienna was an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Independence Township, in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2000 United States Census, the CDP's population was 1,264. [1] The combined CDP existed through the 2000 Census.
Queensbury is a town in Warren County, New York, United States. [8] The population was 29,169 at the 2020 census. [5] [4]It contains the county seat of Warren County, located at a municipal center complex on U.S. Route 9 south of the village of Lake George. [9]
Great Meadows is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) [10] located within Independence Township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that was created as part of the 2010 United States Census. [11] [12] [13] As of the 2010 census, the CDP's population was 303. [14]
The 1,000 acres (4.0 km 2) of land that Great Meadow Correctional Facility sits on was purchased by the state of New York in 1905 from Isaac Baker.A mountain lake 2 mi (3.2 km) from the prison was the main source of water for the facility.
Great Meadows Salt Marsh, a unit of the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge in Connecticut Great Meadow, Ukraine (Ukrainian: Великий Луг , Velykyi Luh ), a specific territory of the southern portions of Central Ukraine in several historical sources that was mostly flooded by the Kakhovka Reservoir until the destruction of the ...
On the other side across US 9 is the Six Flags theme park, Great Escape. This is the second resort the company has built, the first being Lodge on the Lake next to Darien Lake that opened in 1998. In November 2012, it announced an annual event, Holiday in the Lodge , to celebrate Christmas.
The Great Meadows Regional School District is a regional public school district in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Independence and Liberty townships.