TURLOCK -- With a brass plaque and mayoral proclamation, the old Karymor merry-go-round, a Crane Park staple for upward of 70 years, was memorialized. Unlike a carousel or modern school yard merry ...

Nearly 70 years ago, the West Point Pepperell Mill Company rented a merry-go-round for Valley, Alabama, during the holidays. When the mill closed in the early 2000s, the city kept things spinning.