It didn't take long for Gary Norton, the owner, to start adding carnival rides, then roller coasters, and finally, six years ago, a full-fledged water park called Boulder Beach. ... There are dozens of other rides, from a ferris wheel to bumper boats to a log ride. But my favorite is the oldest and slowest attraction in the park. The first ride installed at Silverwood was an authentic 1915 steam engine train that runs in a 30-minute loop through the nearby woods and ...
Recently I posted a painting for my wordless image at History Is Elementary by Jean Ferris titled Call of the Sea (1920). The subjects in the painting are George Washington at the age of 14 and Mary Ball Washington. ...
