Cedar Point History - 1920's

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1920

1920

Bon-Air wing of Hotel Breakers opens

The entrance and a portion of the Cedar Point Chausee, battered by storms over previous years, are relocated two miles west.

Sunday, 06 June 1920

Cedar Point opens for 51st season.

1921

Sunday, 12 June 1921: Cedar Point opens for its 52nd season.

1922

Sunday, 11 June 1922: Cedar Point opens for its 53rd season.

1923

1923: Cedar Point spends $150,000 improving and remodeling concessions, the midway, and other areas of the resort.
Monday, 02 April 1923: Cedar Point awards contract for candy and soft drink concessions to Roy Dickson, owner of The Evergreens, W. F. McClurg, manager of the cafeteria, and James Brownscombe.
Sunday, 10 June 1923: Cedar Point opens for its 54th season

1924

1924

The first Kiddieland opens.

The Caterpillar opens.

Tornado destroys Cedar Point boat dock in downtown Sandusky.

Sunday, 08 June 1924

Cedar Point opens for its 55th season.

1925

1925: Noah's Ark opens
Sunday, 14 June 1925: Cedar Point opens for its 56th season
Tuesday, 30 June 1925: Hellen Keller speaks to the Lions Club at Cedar Point.

1926

Sunday, 13 June 1926: Cedar Point opens for its 57th season.

1927

Sunday, 12 June 1927: Cedar Point opens for its 58th season.

1928

1928: Final season for the Racer
Sunday, 10 June 1928: Cedar Point opens for its 59th season.

1929

1929

The Cyclone opens.

The Cedar Point Bridge Co. established as a subsidiary of the G. A. Boeckling Co. The public utility corporation was created to build a causeway from Sandusky to Cedar Point. With the Great Depression to soon follow, construction is never started.

Thursday, 02 May 1929

Portions of the Cedar Point auto roadway are damaged by storm winds.

Sunday, 09 June 1929

Cedar Point opens for its 60th season

Tuesday, 16 July 1929

Cedar Point formally denies that the resort is to be closed because of impure water conditions. President G. A. Boeckling said similar rumors had been circulated about other Lake Erie shore resorts.