"RAINBOW GARDENS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS"

   The resort lay dormant through the depression until it was purchased by Harman W. Peery, Ogden's Cowboy Mayor in 1942.  He renamed it Riverside Gardens and billed it as the "Kochbrunnen of America", offering swimming and dancing.

    In 1946, the resort was turned over to Harm's son-in-law and daughter, Robert W. King and Rosanne Peery King: and the name was again changed (for the last time) to Rainbow Gardens.  The Kings began the restoration of the old Victorian Spa: and for 25 years, Rainbow Gardens operated as a resort, including indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a ballroom and 18 bowling lanes.

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