Tracey Hausel, Author at Trimper Rides

The Trimper Menagerie Carousel Story

September 20, 2023August 4, 2023 by Tracey Hausel

The pride and joy of Trimper Rides is our 1912 Menagerie Carousel. Its story began when Daniel Trimper built a new structure in 1911. He ordered it from the Herschell-Spillman Company in North Tonawanda, New York. It is thought to be one of two of its kind. The other one was destroyed in a fire … Read more

Daniel Trimper

June 21, 2023June 2, 2023 by Tracey Hausel

Daniel B. Trimper was born on February 17, 1851, in Hesse-Cassel, Germany, to Christopher Trimper and Margaret Fisher Trimper. Their names, like most immigrants, were Americanized. The church register for Daniel's baptism Christopher and Margaret's names were written as Christoph and Anna Margaretha Trömpe. Daniel Trimper Immigrates to the United States Daniel immigrated to the ... Read more