Electric Park was one of the most famous entertainment centers in the Midwest from 1910 to 1930. The real development of the park began with the team of Ernest Johnson, Ray Nichols and R.E. Peterson. This group of men saw an opportunity to establish an entertainment center on 14 acres of land Johnson's family owned near a major railroad line. Soon an open-air theatre and a bandstand were built along with an airplane ride that swung out over the river. After transfers in the ownership of the land, Peterson was in full control of the park and took this opportunity to develop the land even more.

On November 21, 1933, Electric Park's Fun House burned down and never rebuilt. Most rides disappeared by World War II. By the late 1950s, all that was left of the Park was the ballroom. The last president of Electric Park, Bob Bender, sold the ballroom to the Dairy Cattle Congress in the early 1970s.