Category:Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom Before 1923

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Dorney Park, known for its thrill rides, began as a fish hatchery in 1870. Cetronia entrepreneur Solomon Dorney wanted to raise trout along the Cedar Creek to attract local anglers and to sell to fish markets. His "Fish Weir and Summer Resort" originally featured eight trout ponds and several picnic groves.

After adding a small zoo and some rides in 1884, Dorney renamed the grove "Dorney's Trout Ponds and Summer Resort," which is considered the official beginning of Dorney Park. The trout ponds continued for many years and fresh trout was a specialty at Dorney's Mansion House restaurant. Throughout the years, trout continued to thrive in the creek and became accustomed to being fed by park patrons.

Today, the massive fieldstone fountain built in one of the original trout ponds by Robert Plarr, who bought the park in 1923, still attracts patrons to feed trout.

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