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IDAHO FALLS A restoration project is underway to restore a piece of history while giving families a fun place to play.
For over a century, Tautphaus Park served as a home for Funland, an amusement park full of carnival rides and concession stands. It’s been in Idaho Falls since 1947 but has changed ownership multiple times and parts of it have gradually closed in the last decade.
The city of Idaho Falls purchased the property in 2019 in order to restore the aging carnival. The Funland Restoration Committee was then created with eight community members.
“This is really a grassroots, community-led effort to restore this,” Committee Member Brandon Lee told EastIdahoNews.com. “This isn’t something that’s being mandated by the city or anyone else, but it is a group of citizens who just think this is a great place to come with your family and make memories.”