Petticoat Junction

Long Beach Resort, Panama City Beach, Florida

 

One of the trains at "Petticoat Junction"

 

"Petticoat Junction" was an attraction at Long Beach Resort in Panama City Beach, Florida from 1963 - 1984. It featured steam trains, a rollercoaster called the Tornado, a Flume, a Ghost Town, an arcade, a merry-go-round, and a variety of other entertainment.

Learn more about its interesting history:

 

1. Tim Hollis describes how "Petticoat Junction" came about in his new book, "Dixie Before Disney - 100 Years of Roadside Fun"

(University Press of Mississippi 1999)

2. Advertisements for "Petticoat Junction"

3. "Petticoat Junction" postcard and photo

4. The Trains of "Petticoat Junction"

(photos from Florida State Archives)

5. Article on the closing of "Petticoat Junction" & auction of its contents

6. "Petticoat Junction" Train postcards

 

 

Many thanks to Tim Hollis for his major contribution of information about "Petticoat Junction"! To order his book "Dixie Before Disney":

Click here for ordering information

Tim Hollis is also Executive Secretary of "The National Lum and Abner Society" and author of articles in its official publication "The Jot 'Em Down Journal"

Click here for more information

 

 

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