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'''Riverview Park''' was an amusement park in Des Moines, Iowa, from 1915 to 1978. What began in pre-1915 as a zoological garden and trolley destination in an area of Des Moines known as Highland Park would become Riverview Amusement Park, a popular family entertainment oasis in early Iowa history. It was built upon an island, accessed via a wooden bridge, by a group of nine local businessmen that were headed up by a Des Moines movie-theater mogul named [[Abe Frankle]]. During the first half of the 20th century, Riverview Park served as the primary location of outdoor summer boxing programs in Des Moines.

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