Puritas Springs Park featured a roller rink, dance hall, picnic spots, and a ball field. But the 80-acre park was best known for its fast, thrilling rides, especially the famous (and dangerous) ...

The roller coaster has its origins in St. Petersburg ... Ohio , which used the cliffs and gorges at Puritas Springs to press the tracks into what some visitors described as V shapes.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Col. – Looking straight up all I can see is blue sky and puffy white clouds as I lie on my back and the roller coaster hauls me 110 feet atop a tower. Every moment the ...