Purchase and Transport
At some point the carousel was purchased by a carnival or the City of Tacoma, Washington where it remained until 1958. In that year a group of farmers from Ferry County located the carousel in Tacoma. The group applied for and obtained a $2,000 loan for the purchase of the machine from the Tacoma owner. The entire machine was then transported back to the Ferry County fairgrounds on the bed of a wheat truck. At this time the carousel was repainted and received an art deco makeover, including metal running boards and neon lights. This marked the last major changes until the mid-1990s.
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