ELYSBURG — Knoebels Amusement Resort has got the gold. The popular Elysburg amusement park won the 2015 Golden Ticket Awards for best food and best carousel. The park’s Grand Carousel has won ...

Remember riding the carousel when you were a kid? You grabbed for rings as you whirled by – and sometimes you even got the golden one. That’s a little bit like what seems to be going on in the ...

Flying Horses: The Golden Age of American Carousel Art, 1870-1930 Peter J. Malia, photos by Bryan Page. Connecticut Press (www.connecticutpress.com), $75 (196p) ISBN 978-0-9825468-2-6.

Steam-powered carousels date back to the turn of the century, the period that carousel enthusiasts now refer to as the “golden age” of American carousel-making.

It wasn’t until the carousel came to America, though, that the golden age of the carousel began. “The American carousels were huge compared to their European counterparts and the woodwork of ...