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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramCharles Bloyd with his children during their visit to the Six Gun Territory tourist attraction - Ocala, Florida.
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Tourists
Tourism
Wagons
Men--Florida--Marion County--Ocala
Children--Florida--Marion County--Ocala
Families--Florida--Marion County--Ocala
Father and child--Florida--Marion County--Ocala
Portraits, Group--Florida--Marion County--Ocala
Parks--Florida--Marion County--Ocala
Attractions--Florida--Marion County--Ocala
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Six Gun Territory was a 200-acre western-themed tourist attraction located on State Highway 40 (Silver Springs Blvd) in Ocala, Florida. Designed by Russell Pearson (who also designed Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO and Ghost Town in the Sky in Maggie Valley, NC) it opened on 2 February 1963 and remained opened until 1984. Visitors arrived at the visitor center ? a replica Southern Railway station -- and rode a wood-burning narrow gauge engine to a mock Western town (pictured here) to see gunfights, saloon dances, an ?Indian village? and various amusement rides.
L-R: Curtis, Larry, Charles, Susan and Leanne.
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