Echo Valley Theme Park operated in Cleveland, South Carolina, in northern Greenville County, from 1964 to 1968. In late 1963, Harry Stewart, one of the founders of Ghost Town in the Sky in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, approached local businessmen about opening a western theme park similar to Ghost Town.
According to travelersresthere, the park included “a chairlift over Echo Lake to the top of Echo Ridge with a great mountain view, multiple “shootouts” daily on Main Street, a saloon, photo shop, print shop, bumper cars, a Ferris wheel, go-karts, a mini-train ride for kids called “The Bunny Rabbit Railroad”, horse rides, a church where local pastors would preach on Sunday afternoons and all sorts of performers and singers.”
It even featured “The Swamp Rabbit Railroad,” which offered a round-trip train ride, pulled by the Cliffside Railroad #110, a genuine steam engine.
Unfortunately, the park’s success was short-lived, and it closed at the end of the 1968 season.
Written By John G. Clark Jr.
