Argonne Forest Park

The Argonne Forest Park amusement park was located in what is now Possum Creek MetroPark at the southwest corner of Dayton, Ohio. It was the dream of Null M. Hodapp and named after Argonne Forest in France, the place where his good friend Ralph Clemons died just hours before World War I ended. He built a clubhouse for veterans and then expanded it to include a dance hall, horse racing track, shooting range, baseball diamonds, and a huge swimming area among other attractions. The park closed in 1941, a victim of wartime rationing.