Wild West City celebrates anniversary
| 02 Aug 2016 | 01:49
In back, Byram Township Councilman David Gray. In front, from left, Byram Township Councilwomen Marie Raffay and Nisha Kash, Mary Benson Stabile, Sussex County Freeholder George Graham, U.S. Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen, and Mike Stabile.
Face time at the pie-eating contest
Frelinghuysen and Mike Stabile
Honest Abe and wife Mary Todd stopped by.
Children compete in the horse stick race.
STANHOPE — Wild West City, a western heritage theme park on Lackawanna Drive in Stanhope, recently celebrated its 60th anniversary, attended by many local dignitaries, including Sussex County Freeholder George graham and U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), whose 11th Congressional District takes in Stanhope, Byram, Ogdensburg, Hopatcong and a part of Sparta in Sussex County. Frelinghuysen presente the Stabile family, which owns Wild West City, with a U.S. flag that has floown over the Capitol in Washington, D.C.