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Fentier Village was a family owned and operated enterprise which was open for only four short summer seasons from 1966-1969, but as participants arrived and greeted each other it soon became apparent that everyone who worked at Fentier Village was considered part of an extended family.

Fentier Village closed about 30 years ago as a result of the construction of the new "Route 17" which went right through Fentier Village property.


June 11, 1990

SALAMANCA, N.Y. � A ghost town high above the city disappeared Saturday when Fentier Village, an amusement park billed as ''where the Old West comes east,'' was disassembled and auctioned off. Carved into a mountaintop 1,500 feet up, the frontier town replica was conceived by Ned Fenton, who died of cancer six months ago. Fentier Village, opened in 1966, was a three-tiered frontier town connected by cable car and steps made of railroad ties. Visitors also traveled through the park via stagecoach, a 1 1/2-mile train ride or on horseback. Saturday's auction drew about 500 people and raised at least $70,000.