This Man Worried About People Sinning, So He Invented a Clever Diversion
The rollercoaster was invented to distract Americans from sin. In the 1880s, hosiery businessman LaMarcus Thompson didn’t like that Americans were going to places like saloons and brothels and created the first rollercoaster on Coney Island to persuade them to go there instead. Born in Ohio and... Sign in to see full entry.