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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Electric Automobile''' ride, also known as the '''Racing Autos''', '''Mechanical Autos''', and '''Custer Car Speedway''',<ref>Arter, Bill. "Kid Paradise." ''This Week in Columbus (TWIC).'' June 1956. Accessed through the Columbus Metropolitan Library. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/memory/id/56778/rec/1</del></ref> was a Custer Car<ref>Advertisement. ''The Columbus Dispatch.'' June 8, 1930. Page 57.</ref><ref>Kuster, Gordon. "Band Opens At Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Dispatch.'' Aug. 7, 1933. Page 10.</ref> track installed at Olentangy Park in [[1911 Season|1911]].<ref>"Opening of Olentangy Park." ''The Bucyrus Evening Telegraph (Bucyrus, Ohio).'' April 8, 1911. Page 3. Accessed through Newspapers.com <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https://www</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">newspapers.com/article/the-bucyrus-evening-telegraph-opening-of/156893612/</del></ref> The track was installed near the [[Electric Express|Miniature Railway]].<ref name="aug1913">"Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' Aug. 4, 1913. Page 12.</ref> Later, it was just south of the [[Loop-the-Loop]] and by 1930, near [[Tom Thumb Miniature Golf|Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Course]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Electric Automobile''' ride, also known as the '''Racing Autos''', '''Mechanical Autos''', and '''Custer Car Speedway''',<ref>Arter, Bill. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/memory/id/56778/rec/1 </ins>"Kid Paradise."<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </ins>''This Week in Columbus (TWIC).'' June 1956. Accessed through the Columbus Metropolitan Library.</ref> was a Custer Car<ref>Advertisement. ''The Columbus Dispatch.'' June 8, 1930. Page 57.</ref><ref>Kuster, Gordon. "Band Opens At Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Dispatch.'' Aug. 7, 1933. Page 10.</ref> track installed at Olentangy Park in [[1911 Season|1911]].<ref><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bucyrus-evening-telegraph-opening-of/156893612/ </ins>"Opening of Olentangy Park."<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </ins>''The Bucyrus Evening Telegraph (Bucyrus, Ohio).'' April 8, 1911. Page 3. Accessed through Newspapers.com.</ref> The track was installed near the [[Electric Express|Miniature Railway]].<ref name="aug1913">"Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch.'' Aug. 4, 1913. Page 12.</ref> Later, it was just south of the [[Loop-the-Loop]] and by 1930, near [[Tom Thumb Miniature Golf|Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Course]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Description ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Description ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A 1913 ''Columbus Dispatch'' article described the ride as "tiny cars" where riders "take an auto ride all by themselves, so they can handle the steering wheel and horn and be their own chauffeur."<ref name="aug1913" /></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A 1913 ''Columbus Dispatch'' article described the ride as "tiny cars" where riders "take an auto ride all by themselves, so they can handle the steering wheel and horn and be their own chauffeur."<ref name="aug1913" /></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Later descriptions referred to them as "Custer Cars." Custer Cars were battery-operated miniature cars invented by Levitt Custer for amusement parks in 1925. A unique feature of these cars was that their transmission required the driver to move the steering handle forward and backward to move the car in the desired direction.<ref>Photograph. "Custer Car - 1920s & 30s." ''MrScharroo's Weird Car Museum.'' Published May 6, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2024. Accessed through Flickr. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrscharroo/8712511197</del></ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Later descriptions referred to them as "Custer Cars." Custer Cars were battery-operated miniature cars invented by Levitt Custer for amusement parks in 1925. A unique feature of these cars was that their transmission required the driver to move the steering handle forward and backward to move the car in the desired direction.<ref>Photograph. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrscharroo/8712511197 </ins>"Custer Car - 1920s & 30s."<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">] </ins>''MrScharroo's Weird Car Museum.'' Published May 6, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2024. Accessed through Flickr.</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1912, Mamie L. Tschopp, had both bones in her right limb just above the ankle broken when the car on the Electric Auto ride went off the track and flipped over. She was riding with a Miss Linville and Nora McNeil.<ref><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Cite news |articletitle = Thirty Years Ago|pub = Lancaster Eagle-Gazette (Lancaster, Ohio)|date = July 24, 1942|page = 6|accessedthrough = Newspapers.com|url = </del>https://www.newspapers.com/article/lancaster-eagle-gazette-thirty-years-ago/176717399/ <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">}}</del></ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1912, Mamie L. Tschopp, had both bones in her right limb just above the ankle broken when the car on the Electric Auto ride went off the track and flipped over. She was riding with a Miss Linville and Nora McNeil.<ref><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[</ins>https://www.newspapers.com/article/lancaster-eagle-gazette-thirty-years-ago/176717399/ <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Thirty Years Ago."] ''Lancaster Eagle-Gazette (Lancaster, Ohio).'' July 24, 1942. Page 6. Accessed through Newspapers.com.</ins></ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Electric Automobile''' ride, also known as the '''Racing Autos''', '''Mechanical Autos''', and '''Custer Car Speedway''',<ref>Arter, Bill. "Kid Paradise." ''This Week in Columbus (TWIC).'' June 1956. Accessed through the Columbus Metropolitan Library. https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/memory/id/56778/rec/1</ref> was a Custer Car<ref>Advertisement<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. 1930</del>. ''The Columbus Dispatch<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del>'' June 8, 1930. Page 57.</ref><ref>Kuster, Gordon. "Band Opens At Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Dispatch<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del>'' Aug. 7, 1933. Page 10.</ref> track installed at Olentangy Park in [[1911 Season|1911]].<ref>"Opening of Olentangy Park." ''The Bucyrus Evening Telegraph (Bucyrus, Ohio)<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del>'' April 8, 1911. Page 3. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bucyrus-evening-telegraph-opening-of/156893612/</ref> The track was installed near the [[Electric Express|Miniature Railway]].<ref name="aug1913">"Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">,</del>'' Aug. 4, 1913. Page 12.</ref> Later, it was just south of the [[Loop-the-Loop]] and by 1930, near [[Tom Thumb Miniature Golf|Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Course]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Electric Automobile''' ride, also known as the '''Racing Autos''', '''Mechanical Autos''', and '''Custer Car Speedway''',<ref>Arter, Bill. "Kid Paradise." ''This Week in Columbus (TWIC).'' June 1956. Accessed through the Columbus Metropolitan Library. https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/memory/id/56778/rec/1</ref> was a Custer Car<ref>Advertisement. ''The Columbus Dispatch<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins>'' June 8, 1930. Page 57.</ref><ref>Kuster, Gordon. "Band Opens At Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Dispatch<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins>'' Aug. 7, 1933. Page 10.</ref> track installed at Olentangy Park in [[1911 Season|1911]].<ref>"Opening of Olentangy Park." ''The Bucyrus Evening Telegraph (Bucyrus, Ohio)<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins>'' April 8, 1911. Page 3. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bucyrus-evening-telegraph-opening-of/156893612/</ref> The track was installed near the [[Electric Express|Miniature Railway]].<ref name="aug1913">"Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins>'' Aug. 4, 1913. Page 12.</ref> Later, it was just south of the [[Loop-the-Loop]] and by 1930, near [[Tom Thumb Miniature Golf|Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Course]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Later descriptions <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">called </del>them "Custer Cars." Custer Cars were battery-operated miniature cars invented by Levitt Custer for amusement parks in 1925. A unique feature of these cars was that their transmission required the driver to move the steering handle forward and backward to move the car in the desired direction.<ref>Photograph. "Custer Car - 1920s & 30s." ''MrScharroo's Weird Car Museum.'' Published May 6, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2024. Accessed through Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrscharroo/8712511197</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Later descriptions <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">referred to </ins>them <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as </ins>"Custer Cars." Custer Cars were battery-operated miniature cars invented by Levitt Custer for amusement parks in 1925. A unique feature of these cars was that their transmission required the driver to move the steering handle forward and backward to move the car in the desired direction.<ref>Photograph. "Custer Car - 1920s & 30s." ''MrScharroo's Weird Car Museum.'' Published May 6, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2024. Accessed through Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrscharroo/8712511197</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Later descriptions called them "Custer Cars." Custer Cars were battery-operated miniature cars invented by Levitt Custer for amusement parks in 1925. A unique feature of these cars was that their transmission required the driver to move the steering handle forward and backward to move the car in the desired direction.<ref>Photograph. "Custer Car - 1920s & 30s." ''MrScharroo's Weird Car Museum.'' Published May 6, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2024. Accessed through Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrscharroo/8712511197</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Later descriptions called them "Custer Cars." Custer Cars were battery-operated miniature cars invented by Levitt Custer for amusement parks in 1925. A unique feature of these cars was that their transmission required the driver to move the steering handle forward and backward to move the car in the desired direction.<ref>Photograph. "Custer Car - 1920s & 30s." ''MrScharroo's Weird Car Museum.'' Published May 6, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2024. Accessed through Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrscharroo/8712511197</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Electric Automobile''' ride, also known as the '''Racing Autos''' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </del>'''Mechanical Autos''', was a Custer Car<ref>Advertisement. 1930. ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' June 8, 1930. Page 57.</ref><ref>Kuster, Gordon<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. 1933</del>. "Band Opens At Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">August </del>7, 1933. Page 10.</ref> track installed at Olentangy Park in [[1911 Season|1911]].<ref>"Opening of Olentangy Park." ''The Bucyrus Evening Telegraph (Bucyrus, Ohio),'' April 8, 1911. Page 3. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bucyrus-evening-telegraph-opening-of/156893612/</ref> The track was installed near the [[Electric Express|Miniature Railway]].<ref name="aug1913">"Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">August </del>4, 1913. Page 12.</ref> Later, it was just south of the [[Loop-the-Loop]] and by 1930, near [[Tom Thumb Miniature Golf|Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Course]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Electric Automobile''' ride, also known as the '''Racing Autos'''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>'''Mechanical Autos''', <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and '''Custer Car Speedway''',<ref>Arter, Bill. "Kid Paradise." ''This Week in Columbus (TWIC).'' June 1956. Accessed through the Columbus Metropolitan Library. https://digital-collections.columbuslibrary.org/digital/collection/memory/id/56778/rec/1</ref> </ins>was a Custer Car<ref>Advertisement. 1930. ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' June 8, 1930. Page 57.</ref><ref>Kuster, Gordon. "Band Opens At Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Aug. </ins>7, 1933. Page 10.</ref> track installed at Olentangy Park in [[1911 Season|1911]].<ref>"Opening of Olentangy Park." ''The Bucyrus Evening Telegraph (Bucyrus, Ohio),'' April 8, 1911. Page 3. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bucyrus-evening-telegraph-opening-of/156893612/</ref> The track was installed near the [[Electric Express|Miniature Railway]].<ref name="aug1913">"Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Aug. </ins>4, 1913. Page 12.</ref> Later, it was just south of the [[Loop-the-Loop]] and by 1930, near [[Tom Thumb Miniature Golf|Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Course]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Electric Automobile''' ride, also known as the '''Racing Autos''' and '''Mechanical Autos''', was a Custer Car<ref>Advertisement. 1930. ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' June 8, 1930. Page 57.</ref><ref>Kuster, Gordon. 1933. "Band Opens At Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' August 7, 1933. Page 10.</ref> track installed at Olentangy Park in [[1911 Season|1911]].<ref>"Opening of Olentangy Park." ''The Bucyrus Evening Telegraph (Bucyrus, Ohio),'' April 8, 1911. Page 3. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bucyrus-evening-telegraph-opening-of/156893612/</ref> The track was installed near the [[Electric Express|Miniature Railway]]<ref name="aug1913">"Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' August 4, 1913. Page 12.</ref><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. </del>Later, it was just south of the [[Loop-the-Loop]] and by 1930, near [[Tom Thumb Miniature Golf|Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Course]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Electric Automobile''' ride, also known as the '''Racing Autos''' and '''Mechanical Autos''', was a Custer Car<ref>Advertisement. 1930. ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' June 8, 1930. Page 57.</ref><ref>Kuster, Gordon. 1933. "Band Opens At Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' August 7, 1933. Page 10.</ref> track installed at Olentangy Park in [[1911 Season|1911]].<ref>"Opening of Olentangy Park." ''The Bucyrus Evening Telegraph (Bucyrus, Ohio),'' April 8, 1911. Page 3. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bucyrus-evening-telegraph-opening-of/156893612/</ref> The track was installed near the [[Electric Express|Miniature Railway]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins><ref name="aug1913">"Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' August 4, 1913. Page 12.</ref> Later, it was just south of the [[Loop-the-Loop]] and by 1930, near [[Tom Thumb Miniature Golf|Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Course]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Electric Automobile''' ride, also known as the '''Racing Autos''' and '''Mechanical Autos''', was a Custer Car<ref>Advertisement. 1930. ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' June 8, 1930. Page 57.</ref><ref>Kuster, Gordon. 1933. "Band Opens At Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' August 7, 1933. Page 10.</ref> track installed at Olentangy Park in [[1911 Season|1911]].<ref>"Opening of Olentangy Park." ''The Bucyrus Evening Telegraph (Bucyrus, Ohio),'' April 8, 1911. Page 3. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bucyrus-evening-telegraph-opening-of/156893612/</ref> The track was installed near the [[Electric Express|Miniature Railway]]<ref name="aug1913">"Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' August 4, 1913. Page 12.</ref> and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">later </del>near [[Tom Thumb Miniature Golf|Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Course]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Electric Automobile''' ride, also known as the '''Racing Autos''' and '''Mechanical Autos''', was a Custer Car<ref>Advertisement. 1930. ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' June 8, 1930. Page 57.</ref><ref>Kuster, Gordon. 1933. "Band Opens At Olentangy Park." ''The Columbus Dispatch,'' August 7, 1933. Page 10.</ref> track installed at Olentangy Park in [[1911 Season|1911]].<ref>"Opening of Olentangy Park." ''The Bucyrus Evening Telegraph (Bucyrus, Ohio),'' April 8, 1911. Page 3. Accessed through Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bucyrus-evening-telegraph-opening-of/156893612/</ref> The track was installed near the [[Electric Express|Miniature Railway]]<ref name="aug1913">"Olentangy Park." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch,'' August 4, 1913. Page 12.</ref><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Later, it was just south of the [[Loop-the-Loop]] </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by 1930, </ins>near [[Tom Thumb Miniature Golf|Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Course]].</div></td></tr>
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