Tilyou's Steeplechase ride ... have inspired the flurry of roller coasters that were, for all intents and purposes, trains in their own right. Palisades Amusement Park, for one, was born in ...

Coney Island is a twentieth-century icon of American fun, and the birthplace of the large-scale amusement park. George Tilyou's grinning "funny face" logo for Steeplechase Park, the giant tower at ...