Carson City and Indian Village

Established in 1958 by Arthur Gillette, a developer of several attractions in Upstate New York, Carson City was one of nearly ten Wild West replica towns that were created in the mid- to late 1950s, and at approximately 100 acres was one of the largest. Following Gillette’s death in 1988, Carson City was bought by David Osborn. Given the downturn in Catskill tourism in the 1990s, Carson City began to fail financially, and by 1995, Osborn filed for bankruptcy in an attempt to save the amusement park. In 1997, after running for almost 40 years, Carson City finally closed down. Several attempts were made to redevelop the land on which Carson City once stood. In 2002, the property served as the site for the Greene County Fair, an event that was discontinued two years later. In the mid-2000s, real estate owner Paul Segelman sought to develop the property for a housing complex, which was tentatively called Carson City Homes, though this idea never came to fruition and was abandoned. The property was last put up for auction in September 2009. While some of the Wild-West themed buildings remain on the property, many have been auctioned off as props.