When Play Day Farm begins its fourth year of operation on Oct. 13, visitors will get to see something new.

A mini museum was added to the High Hill amusement park in honor of the late owner Richard Tinsley, who died on Oct. 25, 2022. High Hill Mayor Tom Stine said the museum includes old items such as a couple of rides that Tinsley and his father built in the basement of their house as well as a street car and a fire engine.

“There is stuff that nobody has seen,” Stine said. “There’s stuff that dates back to the 1940s.”

Play Day Farm will be open from Friday through Sunday for three weeks in October. The dates are Oct. 13-15, 20-22 and 27-29. The hours of operation are 3 p.m.-7 p.m. on Fridays and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. On the second weekend, the First Annual Car Truck Tractor Cycle Show and Shine will be held at Play Day Farm to help raise money for improvements to the High Hill Community Building.

Play Day Farm first opened in September 2020. It has attractions such as the C.P. Huntington Train, Carousel, Umbrella Combo, Scrambler, Pharaoh’s Fury, Super Slide and the Corn Maze, which is 4.5 acres long.

Tinsley worked in the carnival business for more than 50 years before bringing Play Day Farm to Montgomery County three years ago. His business, Tinsley Amusements, Inc., operates carnivals and fairs at six states across the country – Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, Mississippi, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Tinsley passed away before the third and final weekend of operation at Play Day Farm last year. Sandy George and Kenneth Bender share duties of operating the park.

“Rich wanted to see it go on,” Stine said. “That is kind of what he wanted. We’re making sure that it does.”