Decades before Warren County’s Kings Island became a regional attraction, Americana Amusement Park was a premier summer attraction in Southwest Ohio.

Edgar Streifthau opened LeSourdsville Lake in Monroe in 1922 as a family picnic destination. It grew and expanded, adding rides and becoming an amusement park in the following decades.

Moeller Brew Barn in Monroe plans to open this summer and has asked the city for permission to use some items from LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park.

MONROE — For Scott Fowler the history at LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park is something to be appreciated.

Memories of Americana Amusement Park are some of the most special in Butler County. Click through the photos above to relived life at Americana and LeSourdsville Lake.

Old paddleboats, bumper cars and arcade storefronts are just a few of the remaining relics littered throughout the former site of Americana Amusement Park at Lesourdsville Lake.

Remember the rides at LeSourdsville Lake, also known as Americana Amusement Park.

LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park opened later than the other larger parks in the region. It also stayed in business longer, though the park struggled to compete with Kings Island in the 1990s.

The former Americana and LeSourdsville Lake amusement park in Monroe will get new life.

Old paddleboats, bumper cars and arcade storefronts are just a few of the remaining relics littered throughout the former site of Americana Amusement Park at Lesourdsville Lake.

The owners of Moeller Brew Barn in Monroe have asked the city to borrow some items from LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park in their brewery, 6550 Hamilton Lebanon Road.

Moeller Brew Barn in Monroe plans to open this summer and has asked the city for permission to use some items from LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park.