Jungleland USA
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Jungleland USA was a theme park in Thousand Oaks
, California
, United States
, on the current site of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.
Louis Goebel created Jungleland in 1926 as an animal training center for Hollywood. It later became one of Southern California
's first theme parks. It opened to the public in 1929. Wild animal shows entertained thousands in the 1940s and 1950s. Many TV and movie productions used the park's trained animals and were filmed there, including Birth of a Nation, Tarzan
, and The Adventures of Robin Hood
. Jungleland closed down in October 1969, in part because of competition from other Southern California amusement parks, such as Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm
and Universal Studios Hollywood
.
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Thousand Oaks, California
Thousand Oaks is a city in southeastern Ventura County, California, in the United States. It was named after the many oak trees that grace the area, and the city seal is adorned with an oak....
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, on the current site of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.
Louis Goebel created Jungleland in 1926 as an animal training center for Hollywood. It later became one of Southern California
Southern California
Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego...
's first theme parks. It opened to the public in 1929. Wild animal shows entertained thousands in the 1940s and 1950s. Many TV and movie productions used the park's trained animals and were filmed there, including Birth of a Nation, Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...
, and The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)
The Adventures of Robin Hood is a 1938 American swashbuckler film directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley. Filmed in Technicolor, the picture stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, and Claude Rains.-Plot:...
. Jungleland closed down in October 1969, in part because of competition from other Southern California amusement parks, such as Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm
Knott's Berry Farm
Knott's Berry Farm is a theme park in Buena Park, California, now owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, and a line of jams, jellies, preserves, and other specialty food, now part of The J. M. Smucker Company based in Placentia, California....
and Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal Studios Hollywood is a movie studio and theme park in the unincorporated Universal City community of Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is one of the oldest and most famous Hollywood movie studios still in use...
.
External links
- The History of Jungleland sponsored by Jungleland Skates
- Weird California: Jungleland
- Stagecoach Inn Museum: Jungleland of Thousand Oaks Exhibit
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