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This water park can be found in the small community of Oolagah, right off Highway 88. Oolagah is probably best known for being the birthplace of aviation legend Will Rogers, but is also home to this wonderful Abandoned Oklahoma place. During the 50’s and 60’s, the state was busy building lakes for water supply and tourism. Out of this massive project many state lakes were formed including lake Oolagah. This increased tourism in the area, and the Ponderosa Water Park was built. It was open until 1984, when a 9-year-old girl died tragically when she was sucked into a pump propeller, and then into an 8-inch pipe. The park still stands today, just as it was left in 1984, although the larger building is rented for storage.
Special Thanks to John Wiley, publisher of the ‘Oolagah Lake Leader Newspaper’ for his help researching this location.
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Thanx to those at Abandoned Ok for finding all this amazing info on the places I’ve explored. I never would have know the story of this location if it weren’t for Ya’ll!
You’re quite welcome! Without your photos though, we would have never even known about these great locations!
I know this site well. It was not built in the 50’s or 60’s. I don’t remember the actual year, but it was no earlier than 1980 or so. The water slide was very popular, even though it’s basically just over the hill from Oologah Lake.
The putt-putt golf course at the base of the hill never really got of the ground, and may have been open for only a few months when the drowning happened. The larger building nearby was actually a sort of arcade, if memory serves.
The small blue building with the open door was the lower floor of office/ticket window which is now gone.
I bet that little girl is still there playing!
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