Editing Montoursville, Pennsylvania (section)

===Indian Park===
Indian Park is located on the north-western side of Montoursville; [[Interstate 180 (Pennsylvania)|Interstate 180]]/[[U.S. Route 220 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 220]] run parallel to it. In the 21st century, the large recreational park has several miles of hiking and biking trails, numerous [[softball]] fields, [[picnic]] areas and [[pavilion]]s, and fishing ponds.

Indian Park was a developed as an amusement park in the late 19th century. Known as a [[trolley park]], it could be reached by public transportation. Visitors from [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]] would board the [[Tram|trolley]] in downtown and ride to Indian Park to spend a day of recreation along the banks of Loyalsock Creek.<ref name="King"/> The park had one of the largest and longest [[wooden roller coaster|roller coasters]] on the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]]. The park also featured more than {{convert|20|acre|m2}} of ponds, a theater, and a [[merry-go-round]]. The amusement park was closed in 1924 due in large part to the seasonal costs of reconstruction of infrastructure following the annual floods on Loyalsock Creek. In addition, people's increasing use of automobiles meant they traveled to other destinations for pleasure.