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Johnstown purchased Luna Park, its land, and an additional tract in Upper Yoder Township with an appropriation of $ 366,618 ($ 210,469 going to the heirs of Cresswell, who still owned Luna Park's land). Subsequently, a vote of
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Johnstown was investigating the possibility of purchasing land for possible use as a municipal park. In 1917, the city stepped up its attempts to increase its parkland. After the 1918 purchase of nearby Highland Park, Johnstown mayor Joe Cauffiel urged the purchase of Luna
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Cresswell attempted to persuade Pender to bring his races back to Roxbury Park, the park was subsequently leased to an association of roughly 100 businessmen and community leaders, including mayor Charles Young. The association invested an additional $ 50,000 for new attractions, including a
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Driving Park Association defaulted on $ 40,000 in bonds, ownership of the land fell into the hands of stockbroker Frank Cresswell, who then quadrupled the rent on the Roxbury Race Track in 1904. Track manager John Pender responded by moving all of the track's scheduled
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Johnstown Luna Park managed to outlast most of its contemporary namesakes despite the uncertainty of its ownership. A new "New Luna Park Amusement Company" was incorporated on April 5, 1910.
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Johnstown City Commission restored the Roxbury Park name to the still-open amusement park. Roxbury Park was converted into a municipal park after the end of the 1922 season. In the present day, no trace remains of the racetrack or the amusement park itself.
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set aside land in his town for use as public parks in 1800. Part of that land was the land which would later house
Roxbury Park, which, by 1904, was established as a fenced-off amusement area that contained a
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