Remembering Frontier Village
Since 2001 former employees and fans have held a reunion each summer at the Edenvale Garden Park, to reminisce about the park. The picnic always falls on the last Saturday in June.
A residential development just west of Edenvale Garden Park is named "Frontier Village."
Shaughnessy McGehee of Campbell, California is one of Frontier Village's biggest fans. He is in the process of creating a miniature version of the park in his own backyard. Currently he and his family open up the backyard to Halloween visitors. To date, he has built miniature versions of the Silver Dollar Saloon, General's Store, and Schoolhouse, with more to come. Some of Shaughnessy's most notable memorabilia are the Crazy Horse, three of the eight Antique Autos (with his most prized being the Yellow Maxwell), the Frontier Village lettering from the front entrance of the park, and the original Silver Dollar Saloon doors. In Shaughnessy's spare time, he spends time on "Remembering Frontier Village" and the related Gunfighter re-enactments, which were a popular park attraction.
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