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In 1891, Julian Scott Mudge constructed what is believed to be the first roller coaster in Michigan on the second island, now Island Park, of the Seven Islands Resort. The resort featured a hotel on the second island, a casino on the third island, and numerous foot bridges connecting the islands to the mainland. The roller coaster thrilled visitors as a one-way ride over the Grand River from the second to the third island. In 1883, after just two years of operation, the roller coaster went down in a flood.
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