46-Ackerman Island

We sat down with Sara and Charity Harmon - award winning sister film makers. They were kind enough to talk to us about their film For Your Amusement: The Wonderland Park on Ackerman Island and the history behind Ackerman Island in general. Wait - you didn't know there used to be an entire amusement park AND baseball field smack dab in the middle of the Arkansas River?! Well this episode is for you! We look at how the island was formed, who Joseph Ackerman was, what Wonderland Park looked like, and what happened because of the Great Depression and where the island is today. This is some serious obscure Wichita history but we did not stop there - we also talked about the sisters new film Who Scammed Rajah Rabbit? This is a story you will not want to miss!Find the Wonderland Park Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wonderlandpark1906Find the Who Scammed Rajah Rabbit? page: https://www.facebook.com/rajahrabbitThey also have a podcast: https://doublestuffedpod.com/?fbclid=IwAR3D2yYe8l1oU-ZfLvTYflENQ_wuOxPeQ_1o4UbkLQurTr9k4lg9dAFmO2IFollow/Like Us!Website - https://www.wichitapodcast.com/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wichitapodcast/                          https://www.instagram.com/threeyumsix/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WichitaPodcast                          https://www.facebook.com/threeyumsixTwitter - https://twitter.com/WichitaPodcast                    https://twitter.com/threeyumsixTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@wichitapodcastEmail - [email protected] Podcast YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5-HvQ16Chb5FzfXBeXuOMA(3YUM6) YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO5v3FPrfLHBAbUZ5OBozBgTheme music by Emily Hahn - @emilyhahnmusic on Instagram. Find her music on Spotify, Apple Music, and anywhere you can stream music! EP is out called "Brighter Tomorrow" and single "Take Time."© Wichita Podcast LLC 2022