Lake Winnepesaukah Amusement Park

Lake Winnepesaukah has played an important role in the region's history for centuries.

The lake was constructed by the Indigenous peoples, who built a narrow earthen dam at the head of several hundred springs, creating the six-acre lake. It later became a gristmill used by area farmers for grinding corn into meal. During the Civil War, the lake was contended for and subsequently became the campground for the Union army. It later became a hunting reserve until it was bought by Carl and Minette Dixon in 1924. Their vision, combined with hard work and a sense of play--the same for three succeeding generations--brought the land and the lake to be a setting for the premier family-owned amusement park and water park it is today.