Fantasyland, the amusement park on a portion of the Gettysburg Battlefield, was an immediate hit. The Gettysburg Times noted in 1959, “’Fantasyland,’ which is Gettysburg’s newest major tourist attraction, outgrew its facilities for handling crowds on the second day of its operation.” During the opening weekend, 4,500 people entered the park and that number quickly grew to 4,800 by the third weekend. Weekdays saw 500 to 700 people a day visiting the park. “We never turned anybody away,” Jacqueline White, daughter of park owners Kenneth and Thelma Dick, said. A second entrance even had to be built to handle the weekend crowds. White started working at the park when she was only eight years old. She played Little Red Riding Hood walking through the park and talking to the visitors. As she got older, she worked other jobs in the Read more…