Courtesy Frontier Village Show More Show Less 4 of6 May 25, 1980: Two of Frontier Village's "Fall Guys" engage in a knife fight at the Old West-themed amusement park. Clem Albers / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 3 of6 16, 1980: Park officials clean up after the closure of Frontier Village, the Old West-themed amusement park in San Jose. Clem Albers / The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of6
Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate The founders managed to create an Old West community - with a railroad, mine ride and island circled by canoes - while displacing only four trees on the property. purchased 60 acres of land from the doctor who owned historic Hayes Mansion in San Jose, building the park where an arboretum used to be. Clem Albers/The Chronicle 1980įrontier Village was conceived in the 1950s when Joseph Zukin Jr. Why does a park that was open for only 19 years - from 1961 to 1980 - have such a hold over generations of Bay Area residents?Ī Frontier Village park official has fun with the pillory while cleaning up after closing time. When we post images of other theme parks in the Chronicle Vault account on Instagram, people want to talk about Frontier Village. When I write about the Great America or Marine World amusement parks, people want to talk about Frontier Village.
Sometimes my memories of Frontier Village and watching “Bonanza” get mixed up. The Old West theme park also had a pillory, a horse-drawn stagecoach, a buffalo and a pond where kids could fish for live trout.
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