Oakland Beach. The main reason for Oakland Beach, in Warwick, to exist was to try to take away business from Rocky Point. Of course it failed miserably. By 1873 there was a hotel on a peninsula south of Rocky Point. House lots and dinner halls were added. "The hotel was surrounded by a pleasure garden and amusement park..." Attractions like roller coasters and small rides were built in the attempt to take business away from Rocky Point. In 1903, the hotel burned down and "part of its grounds were subsequently occupied by concession stands, an amusement arcade, a carousel, and a movie theater." It never succeeded because there was very little way of reaching the park unless by boat.
-- I seem to see a Trolley bridge on above postcard --
The movie theater seems as it survived into the 1950's.
