Editing Arnolds Park, Iowa (section)

==Arts and culture==

===Arnolds Park Amusement Park===
[[File:Passengers leaving the 'Hiawatha' at Arnold's Park, West Okobji Lake, by Frank F. Roblin 2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|{{center|Passengers leaving the 'Hiawatha' at<br>Arnold's Park on West Okobji Lake (1883)}}]]
[[Arnolds Park (amusement park)|Arnolds Park]] is in the center of the [[Iowa Great Lakes]] resort region. It is home to a historic amusement park, also called Arnolds Park, which features Legend, An [[American Coaster Enthusiasts|ACE]] Coaster Landmark.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aceonline.org/CoasterAwards/?type=3 |title=ACE Coaster Landmark Awards |access-date=2008-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212021831/http://aceonline.org/CoasterAwards/?type=3 |archive-date=2010-12-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Legend, which carried its first riders in 1927, is believed to be the 13th oldest wooden roller coaster in the U.S. In 2012 the amusement park was selected as one of the fifteen best in the Midwest region by ''Midwest Living'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioiowa.com/2012/08/07/two-iowa-amusement-parks-considered-tops-in-the-midwest/|title=Two Iowa amusement parks considered tops in the midwest|publisher=Radio Iowa website|date=7 August 2012|access-date=7 August 2012}}</ref>

===Other landmarks===
Other major landmarks of the city include the Central Emporium shopping mall and the Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum and the [[Iowa Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame]].

[[Rock'n'Roll]] has a storied history in the area.  The old Roof Garden Ballroom in Arnolds Park, on West Lake Okoboji, for example, once attracted the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis, the Everly Brothers, the Guess Who and even country music legend, Johnny Cash, according to The Daily Globe, a Worthington, Minnesota-based newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.dglobe.com/content/famous-musicians-once-rocked-roof-garden
 |title=The Daily Globe}}</ref>  The Coney Island-style dance hall was housed on the second floor of a two-story wooden structure (the first floor housed a gift shop and a funhouse, the latter extending into an adjoining structure). The original Roof Garden / Funhouse / theater was razed in 1987, during a transition of ownership.<ref name="siouxcityjournal.com">{{Cite web|url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/new-arnolds-park-roof-garden-announces-debut-summer-concert-series/article_11235952-9cf5-5f66-a478-709e3d87bbc8.html|title=New Arnolds Park Roof Garden announces debut summer concert series}}</ref>

One musician who played The Roof Garden said BJ Thomas, during a pre-show rehearsal, tossed sheet music in Burt Bacharach's own handwriting to the band so they could rehearse, "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head."<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/archive/index.php/t-119801.html
 |title=BB/archive/index.php}}</ref>  "Musical magic seemed to happen all the time in Arnolds Park", says one article.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.siouxlandobserver.blogspot.com/2011/06/on-okoboji-lakefront-cabins-again.html
 |title=On The Okoboji}}</ref> A new Roof Garden debuted in 2019 near its original location in the amusement park and closely resembles the iconic original, including the name in letters large enough to be seen across the lake.<ref name="siouxcityjournal.com"/>

Located in Arnolds Park is the Abbie Gardner Sharp Cabin Museum, a site of the 1857 "[[Spirit Lake Massacre]]", a  violent conflict between European settlers and Native Americans. Next to the cabin is the small [[Pillsbury Point State Park]].