However, at the end of the 2009 season, the ride was removed and the site used for hotel construction.

During the 1850s summer cottages were first built and the construction of large hotels continued.

This was followed by construction of a movie house, a drug store, a new schoolhouse, and several hotels.

As for the hotel itself, a local paper called it "the last word in hotel construction."

"I don't see any potential for any new construction of hotels."

"I thought we were supposedly shutting the place down," he said, "and you see all this new hotel construction."

Second, companies borrowed for the short term but invested in long-term projects like hotel construction.

Although the plans for the highway have been put aside for the time being, hotel construction continues in those areas.

The town continued to grow through the 1850s and 1860s with the construction of churches, hotels and schools.

These easy transportation links encouraged the construction of hotels and resorts.