People would go ape over the old Six Flags today

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4:19p, 11/3/22
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Early 1960s: Children getting inducted into the Confederacy at Six Flags Over Texas. Fort Worth Star-Telegram archive/UT Arlington Special Collections




Early 1960s: Six Flags Over Texas: Indian Village Fort Worth Star-Telegram archive/UT Arlington Special Collections



November 1961: Audience watching a Western themed act depicting a shoot-out at Six Flags Over Texas. Fort Worth Star-Telegram archive/UT Arlington Special Collections

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4:22p, 11/3/22
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And more from my home - Arlington State Rebels football team, undated

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4:26p, 11/3/22
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https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3336475
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4:26p, 11/3/22
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Now you'd have to go all the way to Chicago to see a gunfight in the middle of the street like that.
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In reply to Jason C. • 4:28p, 11/3/22
Jason C. said:
Now you'd have to go all the way to Chicago to see a gunfight in the middle of the street like that.
Houston has plenty.
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4:31p, 11/3/22
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Are there not enough safe spaces to accommodate the people today ……….
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4:34p, 11/3/22
Cancel six flags
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4:36p, 11/3/22
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if the indian village pic was taken today it would be a bunch of beer guts in jorts/cargo shorts
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4:39p, 11/3/22
Kind of cool, this is my grandfather on the cover of the first brochure for Six Flags Over Texas in 1961, painted by a family member on my grandmother's side of the fam. He was a badass. His cousin is the guy shot and falling down...he was actually leaning against the arm of a couch for the photos used for the painting, bc otherwise it was too blurry.



EDIT: This was actually advertising for that wild-west themed shootout show up above.
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4:41p, 11/3/22
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I remember it well. I was 10 when I first went to Six Flags in 1960. Each of the six flags had their section of the park. My favorite thing was the gunfight because it was so loud. The park was great fun and, surprisingly, no gang fights broke out while I was there. My parents bought a Confederate flag for me which I still have.
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4:54p, 11/3/22
Dang, I am pretty sure the man in the black hat being held back is my papaw but I had only heard about the brochure, trying to confirm. Sorry, this thread has me geeking out...miss that guy!

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4:56p, 11/3/22
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Technically there are possibly two black hats. ;-) Assuming you mean the one front and center on the left. Why is he standing higher up steps than the others?
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5:03p, 11/3/22
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Not enough fats in those pictures. Can't be Six Flags.
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In reply to titan • 5:24p, 11/3/22
titan said:

Technically there are possibly two black hats. ;-) Assuming you mean the one front and center on the left. Why is he standing higher up steps than the others?
The lower guy in the right with black hat looks exactly like my dad and papaw, but just called and he said it wasn't his dad.

i figured maybe he was invited to be a part of it or something since he was the model for the brochure. Bummer, got real excited.
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In reply to AgBQ-00 • 5:27p, 11/3/22
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if the indian village pic was taken today it would be a bunch of beer guts in jorts/cargo shorts


And tattoos aplenty!
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In reply to Law Hall 69-72 • 5:42p, 11/3/22
Law Hall 69-72 said:
I remember it well. I was 10 when I first went to Six Flags in 1960. Each of the six flags had their section of the park. My favorite thing was the gunfight because it was so loud. The park was great fun and, surprisingly, no gang fights broke out while I was there. My parents bought a Confederate flag for me which I still have.

The park was still like that in the 1980s.
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In reply to The Fife • 5:49p, 11/3/22
The Fife said:
Law Hall 69-72 said:
I remember it well. I was 10 when I first went to Six Flags in 1960. Each of the six flags had their section of the park. My favorite thing was the gunfight because it was so loud. The park was great fun and, surprisingly, no gang fights broke out while I was there. My parents bought a Confederate flag for me which I still have.

The park was still like that in the 1980s.
Yep, even at Astroworld in Houston in the 80's they did the gunfights, although I bet they shut it down by 1990. I was born in 1981 and I remember being old enough to know what was going on, and intrigued, but also a little scared. Pretty sure that was at Astroworld at least.
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In reply to aezmvp • 5:53p, 11/3/22
aezmvp said:
Jason C. said:
Now you'd have to go all the way to Chicago to see a gunfight in the middle of the street like that.
Houston has plenty.


Chief 'Throwing Dice' Takeoff just got killed in Houston
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5:55p, 11/3/22
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loved these guys. usually ROTC guys from UTA.

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6:07p, 11/3/22
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In reply to The Fife • 6:41p, 11/3/22
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The Fife said:
Law Hall 69-72 said:
I remember it well. I was 10 when I first went to Six Flags in 1960. Each of the six flags had their section of the park. My favorite thing was the gunfight because it was so loud. The park was great fun and, surprisingly, no gang fights broke out while I was there. My parents bought a Confederate flag for me which I still have.

The park was still like that in the 1980s.
Yep, I remember the gunfights well. So cool as a kid.
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In reply to wbt5845 • 7:05p, 11/3/22
wbt5845 said:
Early 1960s: Children getting inducted into the Confederacy at Six Flags Over Texas. Fort Worth Star-Telegram archive/UT Arlington Special Collections




Early 1960s: Six Flags Over Texas: Indian Village Fort Worth Star-Telegram archive/UT Arlington Special Collections



November 1961: Audience watching a Western themed act depicting a shoot-out at Six Flags Over Texas. Fort Worth Star-Telegram archive/UT Arlington Special Collections

Wow, I remember this shootout act at Six Flags when I was a kid. Just wow!
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In reply to TRADUCTOR • 7:14p, 11/3/22
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TRADUCTOR said:
aezmvp said:
Jason C. said:
Now you'd have to go all the way to Chicago to see a gunfight in the middle of the street like that.
Houston has plenty.


Chief 'Throwing Dice' Takeoff just got killed in Houston


This thread delivers
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7:16p, 11/3/22
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Tragic the size of Houston and no amusement park.
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In reply to Jason C. • 7:43p, 11/3/22
Jason C. said:
Now you'd have to go all the way to Chicago to see a gunfight in the middle of the street like that.
The big difference is that in Chicago, they use real bullets.
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7:51p, 11/3/22
At some point they changed the Confederate themed section to "pioneer" or some such. Never mind that the Confederate flag was one of the "flags over Texas."

I will enjoy spinning in a giant sombrero and riding the "Conquistador" until those get cancelled too.
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8:06p, 11/3/22
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I bet the lines were ridiculous because that.looks.awesome!
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In reply to titan • 8:32p, 11/3/22
titan said:

Technically there are possibly two black hats. ;-) Assuming you mean the one front and center on the left. Why is he standing higher up steps than the others?
But only one is being held back
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