Old CdA carousel to get new home

Coeur d’Alene’s historic carnival carousel has sat in storage for four years, awaiting a new home. Now it has one. The 1922 Stillman will be reassembled next to Memorial Field, not far from where it was part of a lakefront amusement park at Independence Point more than 40 years ago. “We are really just delighted that it’s finally come to fruition,” said Rita Sims-Snyder of the Coeur d’Alene Carousel Foundation. “It’s going to be a pretty special place.” The goal is to have the carousel up and running next year. It will be a seasonal attraction, open April 1 through Oct. 3. The Coeur d’Alene City Council this week approved a lease agreement for the carousel to sit on 3,200 square feet of land within an area slated for redevelopment in what’s called the Four Corners project/ Scott Maben , SR. More here .

Question: When did you last ride on a carousel?