Attractions

Story Land Childrens Theme Park

The inspiration for Story Land came to Bob and Ruth Morrell of North Conway, NH, from a woman they met in Germany, while Bob was serving in the U.S. Army in the early 1950s. Frau Von Arps had created a collection of small dolls based on characters from children's stories, and she suggested that the Morrells build a small village to house them when they returned home to the White Mountains. They took her suggestion much further, deciding instead to bring some of those characters and stories to life in a setting with green grass and flowers, where children are safe and busy at every turn. We opened for business in 1954 with Humpty Dumpty, the Old Woman in the Shoe, the Three Little Pigs, Peter Rabbit, Heidi's Grandfather, the Red Schoolhouse, and a few other familiar characters taking the place of heavy equipment on the site of an old saw mill. The only ride was Freddy the Fire Truck, a real fire engine that took guests on a path through the woods. Read more ...