RockinRickHale...Actually, The Zippin Pippin (or Pippin, as it was known back then) was built in 1912, not 1923. This is what Wikipedia says about when it was built. “The Zippin Pippin is one of the oldest existing wooden roller coasters in the United States. It was initially constructed in the former East End Park in Memphis, Tennessee, in either 1912, 1915, or 1917 by John A. Miller and Harry C. Baker of National Amusement Devices. The construction material was pine wood. As the park declined in popularity, the coaster was dismantled and relocated adjacent to the horse track in Montgomery Park, later known as the Mid-South Fairgrounds.”
and we thank you very much for letting us preserve the memory! this ride has been packing a punch ever since! Airtime Thrills just did a video on it putting it in his top 50 coasters! That good!
All interesting facts! Thanks for the info! I was just explaining to my 15yr old son that Memphis use to have a theme park & a water park. Now we only have the Zoo & it’s not exactly up to par 😞
8 years later.....miss it sooooo much. We grew up in Oxford, Ms. Weren't poor, but certainly not rich. This was the only amusement park I ever went to for the first 18 years of my life. The nostalgia is nuts. Miss the log ride, too.
Cameraman thank you for your footage this place simply don't exist no more without footage like this I can never show my children of the fun I used to have living in Memphis and how much the world has changed today this video as if I jumped in a time machine and went back to being a ten-year-old kid in Memphis having as much fun as I could
I was born in 1996, and I remember going to liberty land all the time as a child before it closed down. I remember seeing the Zippin Pippin to the left when you entered the fair grounds, and I always thought it looked ancient lol. Didn’t know until much later that it was nearly 100 years old. It as built in 1923.
Oh Wow never thought I would ride that ever again!!! Thanks for sharing an awesome memory!!! My Grandfather and his oldest brother use to operate this thing back in the old days, years, years and years ago!!! I am Memphis born and LibertyLand was what I grew up with!!!
Thanks for the memories, from someone that can remember the ride when it was simply the Pippin and it resided at a place simply called the Fairgrounds, a place where the old mill helped to cool a person off on a hot muggy day. I care not what others say I say we had the best of times as kids there.
Oh wow!! I am sooooo glad someone filmed this and kept it! AMAZING. Very much nostalgic. The good ol' wooden Zippin Pippin. Liberty Land was so small in hindsight but it was amazing for my childhood! So glad I knew that version of Memphis. There were 2 roller coasters in Liberty Land. The other was called the Revolution. Great memories!
I dont know how this showed up, but I'm glad it did. This brought back some memories! It wasn't the biggest or the fastest but the sound would scare you to death!
I remember riding on this rollercoaster in 1969 , I was than 12 years old and my class went on a school outing . We went from Greenville Mississippi to Memphis , just to go to libertyLand . What a day that was , I was in the 7th grade and was just learning what girls were made for . The good old days and I had to wait another year before I had the chance to kiss a girl . Like I said , the good old days and what a ride . I mean the rollercoaster and the girl .
I rode this with elvis a few weeks before he died. Poor bastard felt so sick he couldn't get out of the seat and was too proud to admit it so he just kept demanding we ride it again. must have been a hundred times on this old thing. RIP, perverse king.
well now we have the massive Bass Pro Shops in the Pyramid, Mud Island River Park, Beale Street Landing, lots of parks, plenty of museums like Brooks, Dixon Gallery, shopping malls, Grizzlies and Tiger basketball, Tiger football. Plus any given weekend there are tons of concerts and other shows at various venues around town. If you ever need to know what's happening around town a great resource is www.ilovememphisblog.com/
Patrick94GSR I live downtown and I know all about these things. I guess I'm really attached to amusement arks. At least Sept is right around the corner!
Hey dude awesome rare footage! Do you mind if I use it for my upcoming documentary? I will give you credit via a link in the description to this video.
OK then. Not quite sure why you wouldn't just SAY what you mean, as if it is somehow more "acceptable" when you don't actually say it. Are you ashamed of your opinions or something? The "ghettoness" of Memphis is a result of the general nastiness of the people of Tennessee, and I know this because I was born and raised there, and luckily got the hell out. Every time I have to go there for something, I'm reminded of just how awful the place was, because it has somehow become even worse. Your comment is a case in point.
That's the way I remember my Memphis........long gone! You can never go back, but thanks for a peak back in time!
They rebuilt it in Wisconsin
@@blacklisted351 Yea, im gonna ride on it soon.
This was shot in Memphis,TN on a ride that now resides in Green Bay, WI. It was built in Memphis in 1923 and sold just a couple of years ago.
RockinRickHale...Actually, The Zippin Pippin (or Pippin, as it was known back then) was built in 1912, not 1923.
This is what Wikipedia says about when it was built.
“The Zippin Pippin is one of the oldest existing wooden roller coasters in the United States. It was initially constructed in the former East End Park in Memphis, Tennessee, in either 1912, 1915, or 1917 by John A. Miller and Harry C. Baker of National Amusement Devices. The construction material was pine wood. As the park declined in popularity, the coaster was dismantled and relocated adjacent to the horse track in Montgomery Park, later known as the Mid-South Fairgrounds.”
I remember riding this coaster when i lived in Wisconsin... Scared the hell out of me
and we thank you very much for letting us preserve the memory! this ride has been packing a punch ever since! Airtime Thrills just did a video on it putting it in his top 50 coasters! That good!
All interesting facts! Thanks for the info! I was just explaining to my 15yr old son that Memphis use to have a theme park & a water park. Now we only have the Zoo & it’s not exactly up to par 😞
@@homerogarzajr1787but its so good!
I miss liberty land so very much I loved that amusement park my favorite ride was the revolution
Yesssss
Come over too Bay beach, they got the zippin pippin there too.
8 years later.....miss it sooooo much. We grew up in Oxford, Ms. Weren't poor, but certainly not rich. This was the only amusement park I ever went to for the first 18 years of my life.
The nostalgia is nuts. Miss the log ride, too.
*I miss Liberty 🗽 Land!!* 💞💞
Cameraman thank you for your footage this place simply don't exist no more without footage like this I can never show my children of the fun I used to have living in Memphis and how much the world has changed today this video as if I jumped in a time machine and went back to being a ten-year-old kid in Memphis having as much fun as I could
I was born in 1996, and I remember going to liberty land all the time as a child before it closed down. I remember seeing the Zippin Pippin to the left when you entered the fair grounds, and I always thought it looked ancient lol. Didn’t know until much later that it was nearly 100 years old. It as built in 1923.
Oh Wow never thought I would ride that ever again!!! Thanks for sharing an awesome memory!!! My Grandfather and his oldest brother use to operate this thing back in the old days, years, years and years ago!!! I am Memphis born and LibertyLand was what I grew up with!!!
Just rode it in Green Bay today while passing through! A-MAZing!
@@danmurphy9173I rode it 3 times my last visit, gonna re ride it my next, in 2 days :D
Thanks for the memories, from someone that can remember the ride when it was simply the Pippin and it resided at a place simply called the Fairgrounds, a place where the old mill helped to cool a person off on a hot muggy day. I care not what others say I say we had the best of times as kids there.
Oh wow!! I am sooooo glad someone filmed this and kept it! AMAZING. Very much nostalgic. The good ol' wooden Zippin Pippin. Liberty Land was so small in hindsight but it was amazing for my childhood! So glad I knew that version of Memphis. There were 2 roller coasters in Liberty Land. The other was called the Revolution. Great memories!
So many good things have left Memphis in the last 40 years.
I dont know how this showed up, but I'm glad it did. This brought back some memories! It wasn't the biggest or the fastest but the sound would scare you to death!
I remember riding on this rollercoaster in 1969 , I was than 12 years old and my class went on a school outing . We went from Greenville Mississippi to Memphis , just to go to libertyLand . What a day that was , I was in the 7th grade and was just learning what girls were made for . The good old days and I had to wait another year before I had the chance to kiss a girl . Like I said , the good old days and what a ride . I mean the rollercoaster and the girl .
I remember everything about that place where me and my friends use to hang out all the time
Sure was a fun attraction in Memphis
I remember always trying to grab the branches.. Lol
I rode this with elvis a few weeks before he died. Poor bastard felt so sick he couldn't get out of the seat and was too proud to admit it so he just kept demanding we ride it again. must have been a hundred times on this old thing. RIP, perverse king.
Memories 🥲 I used to run all over Liberty Land as a kid!!! The Zip’n Pip’n use Memphians called it!!!
Rumor has it ELVIS wore this out!......and i see why
wow, lifelong Memphian since 1980 here, visited Libertyland many times. But sadly I never did ride this. I would love to now.
Patrick94GSR it's at bay beach in green bay Wisconsin now
My first coaster experience ❤❤
I would never get on this ride. It use to sound like it WAS cracking.
Oh the memories
was one cool ride.:)
The zippin pippin is in Wisconsin now
Sad part: Memphis now needs an amusement park of its own!
unless ive missed somethin memphis is boring as hell without this place
SoldierIUA liberty land that is
SoldierIUA sad to see it go, but still tons to do in Memphis - one of the greatest cities in the nation!
Patrick94GSR what else besides the zoo and beal st?
well now we have the massive Bass Pro Shops in the Pyramid, Mud Island River Park, Beale Street Landing, lots of parks, plenty of museums like Brooks, Dixon Gallery, shopping malls, Grizzlies and Tiger basketball, Tiger football. Plus any given weekend there are tons of concerts and other shows at various venues around town.
If you ever need to know what's happening around town a great resource is www.ilovememphisblog.com/
Patrick94GSR I live downtown and I know all about these things. I guess I'm really attached to amusement arks. At least Sept is right around the corner!
Mid South coliseum where Jerry Lawler had many wars. (Against bill Dundee, Jeff Jarrett and Andy Kaufman among many others)
Good Enough For ELVIS, Good Enough For Me.......
I have rode taller and roller coasters than that, but they were awesome memories at libertyland
Faster
Weird that what is now the ejector death hill was once just a normal hill on the ride.what rebuilding does to a woodie I guess
zas of now, this is 11 years old!
Hey dude awesome rare footage! Do you mind if I use it for my upcoming documentary? I will give you credit via a link in the description to this video.
I probably rode that over 1000 times lol..
July 3, 2020. Neat
the one in Green Bay, Wisconsin is 10 x faster and higher. it's like an improved version of this one.
+Marina Kaurin They didn't change the height.....so what are you talking about? And, the original is always better.
+Matthew Explains It All it's more scarier. Plus it isn't as crooked and slow and loud.
+Marina Kaurin so what....Elvis didn't ride that one....he rode this one. Enough said...
Tony Amarillas I really don't give a shit which one he rode. The Wisconsin one is better. Enough said.
+Marina Kaurin Oh shut up and eat some cheese.
This'll be the best $1 I'll ever spend.
That bar use to be loose af I hate that ride
Rode this on my honeymoon. Husband thought I was trying to kill him.
Too bad the ghettoness of Memphis "you know what I mean" ruined this park..
Christopher Smith LoL how racists are you
Liberty land ran on some financial issues.
OK then. Not quite sure why you wouldn't just SAY what you mean, as if it is somehow more "acceptable" when you don't actually say it. Are you ashamed of your opinions or something? The "ghettoness" of Memphis is a result of the general nastiness of the people of Tennessee, and I know this because I was born and raised there, and luckily got the hell out. Every time I have to go there for something, I'm reminded of just how awful the place was, because it has somehow become even worse. Your comment is a case in point.
@@michaelmann8800 Sounds like you know what I mean 😀