Chippewa Lake Park had been in business since the 1880's. The Beach family, Mac and his son Parker, had owned it for most of that time. Then in 1969 Parker sold it. Nine years later the new owners shut it down and left, leaving everything just as if it had closed for the night. Just like the ghost towns of the old west, overnight it was deserted. The author has lived in Chippewa Lake Ohio for over 60 years and worked at Chippewa Lake Park in his teen...