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Often, these particular elders have lived through hard financial times, such as the Great Depression in the 1930s, which triggered an adult life of hoarding.
During the 1800s, the Lagoon area was a swimming pond with a local dance hall and saloon and reportedly sold bootleg booze. Now it appears the amusement park is finally adulting.