Promotional Brochure for Six Gun Territory in Silver Springs, Florida

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Brochure for Six Gun Territory, a "roaring west" themed amusement park in Silver Springs.

Six Gun Territory (Ocala, Fla.)

Florida Development Commission

State Library of Florida, Florida Ephemera Collection

Florida Development Commission

1963 (circa)

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Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

Silver Springs (Fla.)

Six Gun Territory (Ocala, Fla.)

Marion County (Fla.)

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Tourism And Attractions

Florida Development Commission

Six Gun Territory (Ocala, Fla.)

Blocker, Dan

Greene, Lorne

6 GUN TERRITORY SILVER SPRINGS FLORIDA RIDE THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY AND SIX GUN STEAM TRAIN TO "Ghost Town of The Old West"

ALL ABOARD ... with those magic words you start your ride back into history -back into time a hundred years -back into the days of the 'roaring west,' with all the famous heroes and villains who made this era the most glamorous, dramatic and thrilling in American history. You will find yourself in the middle of a bank holdup, or watching from a doorway as Old Grandpappy, bent over with rheumatism, limps down the street with his boys for a Shootout with the Marshall and "Digger," the territorial undertaker. listen to the nostalgic strains of the old honky-tonk piano in the Palace Saloon and Theatre, while the beautiful can-can girls dance on the large velvet curtained stage. The Indians are on the war trail, so watch authentic war dance at the Indian Village, performed by championship Indian dancers. cross the border into the old Mexican Town and enjoy the music of the castinats as the exciting senioritas do the "Hat Dance", while Old Pancho slumbers under a nearby tree. BREATHTAKING Bring your Camera! Pictures are Fun, at 6 Gun! Glamour Action ride the "Frontier Express" back into the yesteryears of the "ROARING WEST"

At 'chow-time' enjoy a full course dinner at the restaurant and cafeteria, or a hot dog or hamburger at the snack bar. Shop as your great grandparents did in the old days -everything from gifts, clothing, boots for yourself or shoes for your horses at the Blacksmith Shop. Speaking of horses, ride the trails of the golden west, or relax in the Old Stage Coach as it wends its way thru the painted desert, just as it did a hundred years ago -and in the evening, how about a good old-fashion square dance? So its blazing guns and thundering hoofs, red-satin ladies and tinkling nickelodeons, howling Indians and dusty burros, Conestoga wagons and stagecoaches -all at 6 GUN TERRITORY, where you will become a part of an old Frontier Town. If but for a few hours, we make you laugh and forget the many problems of the present day, then we shall consider our job well done. Come early, stay late and have a good time. OPEN EVERY DAY 6 GUN TERRITORY SILVER SPRINGS, FLORIDA DAN BLOCKER - Hoss Cartwright of Bonanza "I have appeared in rodeos, western towns throughout the United States, and I can certainly say that SIX GUN TERRITORY is one of the most authentic and entertaining ghost towns of the old west I have ever visited." LORNE GREENE - Ben Cartwright of Bonanza "A family park for kiddies from 2 to 100 where there is fun and entertainment for everyone - if you would like to spend a wonderful day in an old ghost town with its blazing guns, tinkling nickelodeons, Conestoga wagons and stage coaches, let that day be spent at SIX GUN TERRITORY where you will become a part of an old frontier town." OTHER FLORIDA ATTRACTIONS Silver Springs Cypress Gardens Ross Allen Reptile Institute Prince of Peace Tommy Bartlett-Deer Ranch Horn's Cars of Yesterday Early American Museum Marineland The Oldest House Alligator Farm Rainbow Springs Everglades Wonder Springs Lightner Hobby Museum Miami Serpentarium Monkey Jungle McKee Jungle Gardens Circus Hall of Fame Sarasota Jungle Gardens Thomas A. Edison Home Weeki Wachee Sunken Gardens Great Masterpiece Potter's Wax Museum Caribbean Gardens Seaquarium Parrot Jungle Wax Museum Citrus Tower For loan of 6 Gun, 15 minute, color movie, other information and literature about Florida, write to: FLORIDA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION New State Bldg. Tallahassee, Fla

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 February 2, 1963, and remained opened until 1984. Visitors arrived at the visitor center to a replica of a Southern Railway station then rode a wood-burning narrow gauge engine to a mock Western town to see gunfights, saloon dances, an Indian village and various amusement rides.